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

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NBA Legion ‏@MySportsLegion

The Heat have banned Justin Bieber from attending all home games.


NBA Legion ‏@MySportsLegion

Heat statement via ENews: "They didn’t want the particular brand of attention (Justin Bieber) that his presence would inevitably attract.”

Wow....This is absolutely ridiculous..... They let criminals into the arena all of the time. BIRDMAN AND LIL WAYNE HAVE FELONIE CHARGES ALL THE TIME, YET THEY GO THERE EVERY OTHER GAME!!!!

I honestly want him to get his lawyer involved, F all the "we can deny all people for any reason" nonsense, the basis of this is absolutely ridiculous in nature. You're gonna ban Bieber, why let the other people in.

Actually Lil Wayne is banned from attending Heat games as well

 

[pmatic]

FYI: Hockey assists can now be tracked.

Melo is at less than one a game. And he generates 6.5 assist opportunities per game.

 

[Deleted member 37467]

Don't come in here w/ data, we eye test here on NT.

 

[duba169]

I'm convinced this beieber thing is a PR stunt

But it's funny they let a dope head on the team but ban people from coming

 

[rck3sactown]

Heat owner Micky Arison denies banning Justin Bieber from Miami home games http://t.co/NpRV8y8Mrm
— Kurt Helin (@basketballtalk) January 25, 2014

 

[pmatic]

View media item 766709

 

[finallyfamous]

That's crazy to me. dude knew he was goin to the league before he started shaving and growing pubes

 

[es el]

Kevin Love

ballislife before ballislife

 

[Bert.]

the hot boyz?





K Love for MVP and President

 

[Peep Game]

They are gonna be crushed when Melo goes to Chicago or Indiana

AI and the Hot Boyz?? KLove is cool with me

 

[kevin cleveland]

Stan wasn't standing for that Allen Iverson ****, growth spurt or not.

Typical upper-class white basketball lifer, though. All the way around.

 

[awwsome]

K.Love got some dog in him listening to Wayne BG & Turk at a young age.

Dudes trying to say Melo is a good facilitator/playmaker :x

He's a great scorer and offensive rebounder for his position, nothing else.

**** even he would tell you that

 

[Hahahaha]

I can't imagine Kevin Love listening to Guerrilla Warfare

 

[nicelikechrist]

Not at all.

Dude basically said that his assist numbers would rise if he had "competent teammates", which is a load of crap.

You could swap him and KD right now and Melo's numbers would look identical and OKC would be worse.

Melo wouldn't magically be avg 5 APG.

Melo passes the ball 42.9 times a game compared to Durants 37.4 passes a game. 9.1 of KD's passes are opportunities for him to get an assist in which he gets 5.1. KD's teammates are shooting 56% when he passes to them for the assist.

Out of Melos 42.9 time a game he passes he has 6.5 chances at an assist but only gets 3, his teammates are only shooting 46% when Melo hits them. And were watching the games, no need to talk about hockey assists and melo.

Not to mention KD has a more aggressive cast.

 

[nicelikechrist]

FYI: Hockey assists can now be tracked.

Melo is at less than one a game. And he generates 6.5 assist opportunities per game.

they need to track hockey assist opportunities

because theres still just players bricking shots even on hockey assists

 

[shoeking2101]

Melo passes the ball 42.9 times a game compared to Durants 37.4 passes a game. 9.1 of KD's passes are opportunities for him to get an assist in which he gets 5.1. KD's teammates are shooting 56% when he passes to them for the assist.

Out of Melos 42.9 time a game he passes he has 6.5 chances at an assist but only gets 3, his teammates are only shooting 46% when Melo hits them. And were watching the games, no need to talk about hockey assists and melo.

Not to mention KD has a more aggressive cast.

Don't bring that logic in here

 

[franco23x]

Kevin Durant is also missing the Pitbull.

 

[xbiker47]

Love

 

[Maximus Meridius]

Great performance by Melo

Not at all.

Dude basically said that his assist numbers would rise if he had "competent teammates", which is a load of crap.

You could swap him and KD right now and Melo's numbers would look identical and OKC would be worse.

Melo wouldn't magically be avg 5 APG.

Melo passes the ball 42.9 times a game compared to Durants 37.4 passes a game. 9.1 of KD's passes are opportunities for him to get an assist in which he gets 5.1. KD's teammates are shooting 56% when he passes to them for the assist.

Out of Melos 42.9 time a game he passes he has 6.5 chances at an assist but only gets 3, his teammates are only shooting 46% when Melo hits them. And were watching the games, no need to talk about hockey assists and melo.

Not to mention KD has a more aggressive cast.

Dude went hard with the #'s.

 

[awwsome]

Don't bring that logic in here

Not exactly telling the whole story, still doesn't account for the fact that Melo rarely finds his players in good spots on those passes. I lot of his passes come after his ball stopping/post ups when there is nothing there. Stats and eye test will both tell you Melo isn't a good playmaker, his team isn't great by any means offensively but still even when they were last year he wasn't a good facilitator. Idk why y'all his can't except that, that's not his game, he's a scorer one of the top 3 in the league for that matter

 

[shoeking2101]

Not exactly telling the whole story, still doesn't account for the fact that Melo rarely finds his players in good spots on those passes. I lot of his passes come after his ball stopping/post ups when there is nothing there. Stats and eye test will both tell you Melo isn't a good playmaker, his team isn't great by any means offensively but still even when they were last year he wasn't a good facilitator. Idk why y'all his can't except that, that's not his game, he's a scorer one of the top 3 in the league for that matter

I disagree. I do think he's a good facilitator, not a great one. He is a scorer first, but he isn't ball stopping and chucking nearly as much as you guys make him out to be. He moves the ball along if the shot isn't there for him most of time...yes most of the time. How can Durant be considered a good playmaker and Melo not? The only difference in that regard are the teammates.

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

Melo passes the ball 42.9 times a game compared to Durants 37.4 passes a game. 9.1 of KD's passes are opportunities for him to get an assist in which he gets 5.1. KD's teammates are shooting 56% when he passes to them for the assist.

Out of Melos 42.9 time a game he passes he has 6.5 chances at an assist but only gets 3, his teammates are only shooting 46% when Melo hits them. And were watching the games, no need to talk about hockey assists and melo.

Not to mention KD has a more aggressive cast.

Again that doesn't say anything. Passing the basketball doesn't mean he doesn't stall the offense. Durant gets his shots within the flow of the offense

 

[HIM]

Melo
The Fat Reaper

 

[shoeking2101]

Again that doesn't say anything. Passing the basketball doesn't mean he doesn't stall the offense. Durant gets his shots within the flow of the offense

Which has more to do with the players and coaching that Durant has as oppose to Melo being a Ball Stopper IMO.

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

Which has more to do with the players and coaching that Durant has as oppose to Melo being a Ball Stopper IMO.

He's been the same since Denver