2013-2014 NBA Thread - IND @ WAS and OKC @ LAC on ESPN

[do work son]

I know it's a second fiddle story, but Al Jefferson almost had a 40-20 game.

 

[calibeebee]

This is why people get upset over Lebron the amount od credit he gets is over the top.... ESPN ran his monologue for 13 MINUTES straight on sportscenter. Interviews, Charts, highlights, guest commentary all for a regular season game against a mediocre squad. 60 is impressive but you would think that the man did something historic the way they made an event out of it and it disgust me.

Tim Legler then goes on to say as good as a month KD had in January, Lebron is having a better February..... When in reality KD is still having a better month than Lebron as of this moment. I hope he comes out and drops 60+ on someones head tonight and see if he gets 25% of sporscenter time.

he did do something historic tho. he just broke the miami heat single game scoring record.

 

[do work son]

He wasn't "gifted" the title of best player in the league. It's just what he is. Wade is averaging those numbers skipping every other game to get rest. LeBron isn't the first and won't be the last player to not guard the other team's star player. And 4x MVP + 2 time champ. He's definitely paving his way to top 5 of all time

 

[imlive365]

no he used to get scrutinized and rightfully so when you've been gifted title of best player in the L and you average less than 20 with j.Kidd/ J. terry guarding you.

Ever since he got that ring tho people feel the need to slurp every move and give him no blame... I have heard analyst say that Lebron may need more help? That if he doesn't "Carry" the heat team they have no chance of winning??

Wade is simply averaging 21 5, & 5 on 55% shooting from the field but he's washed up. Lebron is the best defender on Earth yet 80% of the time battier is guarding the star player on the other end.

He's a great player but people are pushing him to a pedestal they want him to be rather than letting him earn it first. The fact that a discussion was started about him being top 5 ever is proof to how this hype thing works, it's not his fault it's the public. The same people who will call a movie Goat after watching it once, or call a album GOAT after giving it one spin people just live in the moment.

So in other words you pretty much said it was on for ESPN to bash him for 15 mins when he failed to win. But Its not OK to praise him

I see now thank you

 

[imlive365]

Go look at the past 6 heat wins and see how bad there beating these teams.

 

[bonafide hustla]

Shut up, when KD was on his run they were opening the show with his highlights and showing player tweets and talking about his nickname all day long too, analyzing each individual scoring highlight.

Bull - **** , KD was killing for an entire half a season and his numbers were great for a span of an entire month. Not just 1 game. He was playing lights out without a 2nd star on his team also. KD got his props, but just this fast, over the course of a few weeks, Bron puts up worse numbers than KD's run, and he's now the favorite for the MVP.

and the rest of yall in here gotta chill with the "hating on Bron" thing. Nobody hates this man. He's one of the best to ever do it. We just dont like seeing guys get handed accolades without consistent justification.

 

[proshares]

Some of you guys are amazing man, never change

 

[change the name Snyder]

 

you couldnt have typed that with a straight face. 

 

[youngtriz]

Of course they gonna watch lebrons every move after winning his first ring. Why not? Back to back rings and mvps..

 

[bonafide hustla]

ima jump outta here though. Whenever there's any refutation to claims, people get labeled haters. No actual counter argument to the fact that KD has put up better numbers for a longer stretch this year.

 

[IATT]

kd's feb:

Royce Young  ‏@royceyoung   Mar 3

Everyone talked up KD's crazy January, but he followed that up with a February of 33.4 points, 7.7 rebounds and 7.4 assists

 

[imlive365]

ima jump outta here though. Whenever there's any refutation to claims, people get labeled haters. No actual counter argument to the fact that KD has put up better numbers for a longer stretch this year.

Its not all about numbers sir. What was okcs losing streak after the all star break? Didn't they lose there first 4 games at home? MVP doesn't go to the most valuable player in the league it goes to the best player on the best team. That's how the mvp trophy works.

 

[finallyfamous]

ima jump outta here though

Alright man sounds good

 

[trynafeelmink]

kd's feb:

Royce Young ‏@royceyoung  Mar 3

Everyone talked up KD's crazy January, but he followed that up with a February of 33.4 points, 7.7 rebounds and 7.4 assists

This is my point how exactly does KD outplay LBJ for the first 4 months.... Then LBJ best month so far is literally being matched production wise in every facet by KD... but he suddenly deserves the MVP more.

There is no justification for anyone giving the MVP to Lebron over KD this year as of this moment.

 

[Humbled]

ima jump outta here though

Alright man sounds good

 

[CHAOSE57]

 

[IATT]

 

ima jump outta here though. Whenever there's any refutation to claims, people get labeled haters. No actual counter argument to the fact that KD has put up better numbers for a longer stretch this year.

Its not all about numbers sir. What was okcs losing streak after the all star break? Didn't they lose there first 4 games at home? MVP doesn't go to the most valuable player in the league it goes to the best player on the best team. That's how the mvp trophy works.

lost 3 games.. still the number 1 seed in the west

 

[captainsneakerhead23]

ima jump outta here though. Whenever there's any refutation to claims, people get labeled haters. No actual counter argument to the fact that KD has put up better numbers for a longer stretch this year.

Its not all about numbers sir. What was okcs losing streak after the all star break? Didn't they lose there first 4 games at home? MVP doesn't go to the most valuable player in the league it goes to the best player on the best team. That's how the mvp trophy works.

If that's the case then it should still go to KD since his team is in 1st place in the WEST ..

OKC lost 3 straight after the break, 2 of those losses were against good teams (Miami & LAC) but I guess they had to go undefeated though ..

What happend when Miami lost 3 straight to the KNICKS, BROOKLYN, & WASHINGTON back in Jan. :x

 

[RickBlast]

But this is the time miami turned it up ladt year. If the heat get the overall number one seed which is very possible lbj will be mvp

 

[imlive365]

If that's the case then it should still go to KD since his team is in 1st place in the WEST ..

OKC lost 3 straight after the break, 2 of those losses were against good teams (Miami & LAC) but I guess they had to go undefeated though ..

What happend when Miami lost 3 straight to the KNICKS, BROOKLYN, & WASHINGTON back in Jan. :x

There the 1 seed by 1 game in the loss column. And yes they do lebrons team is on a 8 game win streak. Keep up or get moving. That was 3 months ago were in march now. And where was all the kd slander when he lost in 5 games to Bron in the finals? I didn't see him get slandered like Bron did after that 2011 finals.

 

[100027]

The dumbest thing is the "D Wade sucks now" narrative

 

[sea manup]

people in this thread leave and come back more than jordan did

 

[IATT]

But this is the time miami turned it up ladt year. If the heat get the overall number one seed which is very possible lbj will be mvp

http://espn.go.com/nba/standings/_/group/1

the current 3rd seed in the east, has the 12th best record overall.. the 4th has the 13th best

the 5 worst teams currently in the NBA, record wise, are in the east

 

[imlive365]

There the 1 seed by 1 game in the loss column. And yes they do lebrons team is on a 8 game win streak. Keep up or get moving. That was 3 months ago were in march now. And where was all the kd slander when he lost in 5 games to Bron in the finals? I didn't see him get slandered like Bron did after that 2011 finals.

And your forgetting Miami's record is what it is with wade sitting out 16 games this year but kd played without Westbrook so I guess there even there.

 

[bonafide hustla]

"Everyone talked up KD's crazy January, but he followed that up with a February of 33.4 points, 7.7 rebounds and 7.4 assists"



want all of you screaming "hater" to really read this and reflect. This is basically why your claims are so out of bounds. But nobody is arguing any objective numbers or anything. Just calling folks haters. ha, yall are being puppeteered


also, if you don't actually watch both Thunder and Heat games, your opinion is probably null and void. I say that because its obvious that Russ disrupts the chemistry that entire team had when KD was running the show solo. Yet KD is still eating at a high rate.