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

[pmatic]

Livingston.

 

[dman14]

your personal attack on @Zyzz is unneccesary

steve ballmer still interested in getting a team?

Why are you ALWAYS mini-modding? Hope it's some sort of schtick...

I thought it's a shtick. He says reported like 4 times a day

trying to make NT a better community. is there something wrong with that? for the most part, i dont get offended, but you got folks on here not following the ROC. it's simple, clean up your language and follow simple rules

 

[Cashflow]

Cannot stand Tiago Splitter. Spurs wasted all these years by not getting a real center to play alongside Duncan

Splitter is probably one of their better Center acquisitions the Spurs have made this past decade.

Nasho Rasterovic :x
Nzar Muhammed :x

 

[shoeking2101]

S/O Dallas for taking that punch in the mouth early and rebounding nicely from it.

 

[eyedea]

Splitter is probably one of the better free agent Center acquisitions the Spurs have made this past decade.

Nasho Rasterovic

Nzar Muhammed

but dey drafted splitter doe

 

[flyerthandelta]

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[black leg]

Why is manu wearing Lebrons again?

now we know what team hes cheering for

I've actually noticed he's been wearing them for a few years now

 

[eyedea]

LULZ

seriously the east is so weak... and the west is rough

MIA will make the finals ez and i could see any team in the west getting there

hell every lower seed might win in the west

they need to seed the playoffs regardless of conference

 

[carltonjunior]

Well let's see here...He botched the series against Miami, but got them all the way to the finals. And IMO in that final, the better team won. You're only as good as your talent. And if his coaching style got him all the way to the finals, you would understand why he chose not to change certain lineups, and things of that nature. But Like I said, if we are going to give coaches credit then he has to get it I mean, he got his team to the finals, then won 60 games, then won 59 games this year. No one is going to win it all every year but results count for something.

Personally, as I've stated before, a coach is only as good as his talent and right now his talent isn't playing up to par and he's getting the blame for it. Make or miss league. TA and co. are forcing OKC into some really difficult shots that aren't going in. It isn't scott brooks that's pushing KD to the half court line, it isn't Scott Brooks shooting ill advised 3 pointers when they are down 2.

Stop man. Please stop. Do a little more research into how coaching really does impact the game of basketball before you come out here with this nonsense. The reason the team ain't eatin' is 100% the offense, they literally run the same set every time down the floor which leads to KD getting denied the ball. There's very little player or ball movement which means that the ball goes to the same place every single time down the floor, and if the other team knows what your going to do literally every time on offense, you get shut down.

Reggie Jackson was an interesting wrinkle added into OKC's offensive lineup because now you have 2 (should be 3 but Brooks) ballhandlers on the floor and it ultimately lead to a W despite OKC's idle offense, but in the next game Memphis negated it entirely and Joey put in the fix. Defensively, Brooks doesn't double enough on the post, doesn't use enough of the roster (PJ3 could probably work wonders defensvely because he'll give energy and can run unlike Perk) and TA is actually having a good series offensively. All of this is on Brooks and with a smarter coach this series would be over already.

 

[tricky nicky]

Why is manu wearing Lebrons again?

now we know what team hes cheering for

I've actually noticed he's been wearing them for a few years now

Hes been rocking the free gums since they first dropped

 

[finallyfamous]

Hasn't Manu been rocking LeBrons for years?

 

[Peep Game]

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That should be a pic of Wade

 

[Air Pope]

Hasn't Manu been rocking LeBrons for years?

Yes he has.

 

[MVP]

I'm not saying that he shouldn't have made adjustments in that final, but his rotations that year got them there and every game was extremely close sans the last one. So, he couldn't have been that bad I mean he got them to the finals, and put them in fantastic positions to win every game that series except the last one.

Creative offense is a moot point to me so I won't go into that. But Jones and especially Lamb haven't been that good at all this year when they were getting time. Hell, if Lamb was putting it down the Butler acquisition probably doesn't happen. Should he give them a shot? Probably. However, he's rolling with proven vets that have been better this year than those guys, can't really get on him for that. Besides, his rotations aren't why the Thunder are struggling right now anyway IMO.

Have Butler and Thabo been better though? The numbers say other wise.

Jeremy Lamb: 13.4 PER, 3.3 WS, 43% from the field
Perry Jones: 10.1 PER, 1.5 WS, 46% from the field
Caron Butler: 11.9 PER, 1.6 WS, 39% from the field, 34% in the playoffs
Thabo Sefolosha: 10.4 PER, 3.0 WS, 41% from the field, 33% in the playoffs

There have proven at worst to be just as good, so why not give them a chance and see what they have given the offensive struggles this team is going through.

He had no problem giving a young Reggie Jackson a chance when Russ went down last year over the vet Fisher, don't know why he won't now. Reggie played 14 min a game that season before jumping to 33 min in the playoffs and performed quite well.

 

[carltonjunior]

I'm not saying that he shouldn't have made adjustments in that final, but his rotations that year got them there and every game was extremely close sans the last one. So, he couldn't have been that bad I mean he got them to the finals, and put them in fantastic positions to win every game that series except the last one.

This is a very bad mentality to have. Brook's talent is the only reason he's being paid. Switch Brooks and Thibs. OKC might have won a title or two and Chicago would really be the bottom feeding team it's front office wanted. Think about it that way.

 

[Bert.]

your personal attack on @Zyzz is unneccesary

steve ballmer still interested in getting a team?

Why are you ALWAYS mini-modding? Hope it's some sort of schtick...

I thought it's a shtick. He says reported like 4 times a day

trying to make NT a better community. is there something wrong with that? for the most part, i dont get offended, but you got folks on here not following the ROC. it's simple, clean up your language and follow simple rules

 

[finallyfamous]

The Heat have a mini offseason in-between rounds

 

[flyerthandelta]

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LULZ

seriously the east is so weak... and the west is rough

MIA will make the finals ez and i could see any team in the west getting there

hell every lower seed might win in the west

they need to seed the playoffs regardless of conference

Its the View media item 947343 Era in the East.

 

[Bert.]

Hasn't Manu been rocking LeBrons for years?

yea, this season he took time off and wore some cheap nike shoes. now soon as the playoffs start he jumps back into wearing em

i see him...

 

[sea manup]

 

Do you really think he wouldn't?

Over Brooks coaching tenure what you have you ever seen him do that would give you benefit of the doubt?

Pardon me, and I could be wrong, but i'm going to go with...Common sense.

Not just scott brooks, but I don't think any coach in the NBA today would draw up a 30 foot fadeaway with that much time on the clock, when their team wasn't even down 3. I seriously doubt he drew a play for KD to catch the ball that far from the basket, and i'm positive he didn't tell KD to hoist up a 30 footer.

if you really think brooks would draw up a play like that then phil jackson would "draw up" 30 foot fadeaways all the time

 

[PRIME]

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LULZ

seriously the east is so weak... and the west is rough

MIA will make the finals ez and i could see any team in the west getting there

hell every lower seed might win in the west

they need to seed the playoffs regardless of conference

Its the View media item 947343 Era in the East.

The zest era?

 

[D_eezus]

 
if you really think brooks would draw up a play like that then phil jackson would "draw up" 30 foot fadeaways all the time

Yeah. I dont have a problem with the play he drew... giving KD track record... but why that play when KD is Clearly Struggling. 

 

[elpablo21]

My boy Terrence Ross might be having the worst playoffs ever

 

[black leg]

KD naps in that commercial :x

 

[shoeking2101]

Stop man. Please stop. Do a little more research into how coaching really does impact the game of basketball before you come out here with this nonsense. The reason the team ain't eatin' is 100% the offense, they literally run the same set every time down the floor which leads to KD getting denied the ball. There's very little player or ball movement which means that the ball goes to the same place every single time down the floor, and if the other team knows what your going to do literally every time on offense, you get shut down.

Reggie Jackson was an interesting wrinkle added into OKC's offensive lineup because now you have 2 (should be 3 but Brooks) ballhandlers on the floor and it ultimately lead to a W despite OKC's idle offense, but in the next game Memphis negated it entirely and Joey put in the fix. Defensively, Brooks doesn't double enough on the post, doesn't use enough of the roster (PJ3 could probably work wonders defensvely because he'll give energy and can run unlike Perk) and TA is actually having a good series offensively. All of this is on Brooks and with a smarter coach this series would be over already.

Bruh you didn't even mention TA's defense or the Grizz efficient pace as a reason why OKC is down.

Then you say "this series would be over already" as if Memphis is just some push overs

That's how I know you're just talking out your ***