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

[pepperjackchees]

Rockets is probably 2-3 years away to be contenders. Lin ain't gonna cut it.

Harden is not very difficult to shutdown, unless your name is Austin Rivers.

Howard doesn't command enough double teams to actually dominate and lead a team to a tough western conference

I disagree about the Lin part. You don't need a great PG to win the championship. See Mario Chalmers, Jason Kidd (2011), Fisher, Rondo (200, etc.

 

[wavycrocket]

 
his point was that orlando built the team perfectly around dwight and since dwight has not improved in the past 6 years, that orlando team is as good as you're going to get when you're building around dwight and if we're talking about winning championships its not good enough

But how many types of players are there in this league though? Only Lebron, and KD don't need a team finely tailored to their skillsets, but they still need the right pieces and system to thrive. Great players sometimes have to be put in the perfect situations to win. Dirk was not transcendent, but he had the perfect pieces around him that complemented his strengths and weaknesses as a player.

Dwight has been the man on a contender. I would say you can build around him. Some deep playoff runs and a trip to the Finals is damn good to me.

Everybody can't win a chip. Ask Chuck himself.

 

[Arthur Shelby]

 

[EddieDoyers]

 

[julius wrek]

GG @MarkAngelo, do work son , @Peep Game, other Rocket dudes.

What a bizarre game, man.

Julius F. Wrek

 

[sea manup]

i hate how they schedule nba games

12 games yesterday

3 today

12 tomorrow 

killing my fantasy team 

 

[senorroboto2k5]

It's that time of the week. They cover a lot of good topics: Swaggy P, bottle service, etc

 

[nelson999]

19pts though? :x

 

[julius wrek]

Reggie Windmill

Sergetumbo

Dwight Howard wanted no part of this

Julius F. Wrek

 

[xbiker47]

Rockets fell apart in that 2nd half

 

[goldmember]

I disagree about the Lin part. You don't need a great PG to win the championship. See Mario Chalmers, Jason Kidd (2011), Fisher, Rondo (200, etc.

You need a great PG to play alongside Harden (ball-dominant) and Dwight (PNR player). IMO

Rondo would do wonders for this team

 

[goldmember]

On that Durant dunk gif... Dwight still blaming teammates and ****

 

[do work son]

But water IS wet, and your boy IS always somehow injured when the playoffs come around It's cool though, if I just had a magical couple month stretch and am coming up for an extension I wouldn't want to risk a poor showing either, and damn sure wouldn't be excited about making my playoff debut against Westbrook and Sefolosha. He's a smart dude

let's break this down to show you how foolish you sound. let me also explain than i am not personally a jeremy lin fan.

your boy IS always somehow injured when the playoffs come around

he's played 2 seasons where he's actually been a rotation player. 1st season being the knicks, and last year with the rockets. if by always injured when the playoffs come around, you mean he missed the last 20 or so games of the regular season with the knicks, excluding the playoffs and he played the first 3 games of hou-okc series last year, got benched, and came back to play game 6, then yeah he's somehow always injured when the playoffs roll around

It's cool though, if I just had a magical couple month stretch and am coming up for an extension I wouldn't want to risk a poor showing either

right. he clearly knew that he was playing so well, and didn't want to jeopardize any upcoming contract he might get from his play, that he underwent season ending knee surgery. you know, so that teams would be inclined to give him a big contract. it's odd you don't see more players in contract years play well for a stretch, then undergo knee surgery to prevent themselves from having a bad stretch of games and jeopardizing any contract coming their way.

and damn sure wouldn't be excited about making my playoff debut against Westbrook and Sefolosha. He's a smart dude

yup. he was so scared of facing sefolosha and westbrook, that he "faked an injury" after the rockets went down 3-0 in the series. his fear of russell westbrook made him "fake an injury" after game 3, even though westbrook only played the first 2 games. what a smart guy.

you're better than the garbage you're posting. or at least i thought you were.

GG @MarkAngelo, do work son , @Peep Game, other Rocket dudes.

What a bizarre game, man.

Julius F. Wrek

gg. bizarre doesn't even begin to explain. that stat where both teams were lights out shooting on one basket and 0-29 on the other

 

[sea manup]

 

 
his point was that orlando built the team perfectly around dwight and since dwight has not improved in the past 6 years, that orlando team is as good as you're going to get when you're building around dwight and if we're talking about winning championships its not good enough

But how many types of players are there in this league though? Only Lebron, and KD don't need a team finely tailored to their skillsets, but they still need the right pieces and system to thrive. Great players sometimes have to be put in the perfect situations to win. Dirk was not transcendent, but he had the perfect pieces around him that complemented his strengths and weaknesses as a player.

Dwight has been the man on a contender. I would say you can build around him. Some deep playoff runs and a trip to the Finals is damn good to me.

Everybody can't win a chip. Ask Chuck himself.

guys like lebron/kd/cp3/curry/wade/kobe can replace any player of their position on any team and make that team better, they can adjust their style of play to fit in. cant say that about dwight, yes he will make any defense better but the team will need to make adjustments and build around him perfectly to cover up what he lacks on offense. because the kind of team that dwight needs to make the most of his talent is so specific, you (the team) need to adapt to him rather than him adapting to you

 

[Nawzlew]

Born Ready.

 

[julius wrek]

Not to antagonize the situation any further,

but I was seriously wondering where Lin was tonight.

I did notice that once Russ was out in the playoffs, Lin "miraculously" felt well enough to play.

Thought that was peculiar.

Julius F. Wrek

 

[Hank Scorpio]

Figured this would give you guys a chuckle

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It's on Instagram lol this guy kept cheesin' and tried to make me quit with his game delay shenanigans. He's lucky I'm not PS4 so I could've shared this with everyone on PSN.

Melo had 53 points

 

[do work son]

isn't that the case for most if not all big men though? considering they can't really create their own shots because they depend on other players to get them the ball, and how they're defended is heavily centered around the players on the court with them.

for instance : steph curry. you surround him with other shooters and he has free reign to move wherever. if he drives, you can't really commit to double because you leave a shooter.
if you have big men around him, he can PnR, run off a million screens etc.

with dwight, you either have shooters around him or you don't. if you do, you can't double him. if you don't, you can double him. there just happen to be very very few guys like dwight/hibbert in the game now.

 

[noblekane]

Julius F. Wrek

what in the hell

 

[do work son]

Not to antagonize the situation any further,

but I was seriously wondering where Lin was tonight.

I did notice that once Russ was out in the playoffs, Lin "miraculously" felt well enough to play.

Thought that was peculiar.

Julius F. Wrek

our rotations stink. just the way it is.

as far as the playoffs. lin played game 1, 2, 3, and 6. russell played 1 and 2. how in any way shape or form are those correlated?

 

[yeezusdisciple]

Pfl

 

[statis22]

So the moral of today is you can't win a championship with Dwight as your best player (even though he's not) or you can't win with Dwight on your team period?

 

[awwsome]

I disagree about the Lin part. You don't need a great PG to win the championship. See Mario Chalmers, Jason Kidd (2011), Fisher, Rondo (200, etc.

This guy said Rondo wasn't a good pg in 08 though, just had to clarify.

 

[awwsome]

Who's gonna stop Born Ready though?

He's getting all the money in the offseason, he's the X-factor for that Pacers squad.

 

[iamjusayn]

It's a trip too because just two seasons ago he was their jr smith. Not mad. Dude be ballin now!