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

[imlive365]

See the difference is that this is not 2011. Chicago knows how to play without D Rose. They played an entire year without him, they know what works, everyone is completely comfortable with their offensive ability with or without him. Our bench is looking great and Taj Gibson is looking like he's going for Most Improved this year, no one else on the East really has a chance except us.

Lol taj being most improved. He had his 2 days of glory when he dunked on wade. That's all he will be remembered for. Another scrub on that bulls team that runs his mouth and talks to much ****

 

[rck3sactown]

Taj Gibson slander? 

 

[imlive365]

Taj Gibson slander? 

Lool I'm sorry

 

[akhi]

But Taj dunks on Wade every year during the month of May like clockwork

 

[dipsetgeneral]

@SooperHooper on that watah'.

#PacerNation should keep dreaming. Rondo is staying put and isn't going anywhere. Boston will be playoff bound when he regains the helm of the squad. Ainge ain't messing this season up. Pacers will always fall short to Miami. Only hope is if Dwyane or Bosh go down due to injury. Like in the 2012 playoffs.

 

[ballislife32688]

Lol taj being most improved. He had his 2 days of glory when he dunked on wade. That's all he will be remembered for. Another scrub on that bulls team that runs his mouth and talks to much ****

if you been watching witch I doubt that Taj for MIP isnt such a joke of a statement ..... but what would i expect from a heat fan

 

[imlive365]

if you been watching witch I doubt that Taj for MIP isnt such a joke of a statement ..... but what would i expect from a heat fan

Yea bro he's a huge candidate out there for MIP in the October before the season even starts. He's not that type of player. He's an average bench player that brings energy rebounding and a few jumpers a game that's all.

 

[carltonjunior]

iyo what makes for a MIP

 

[sea manup]

 
CP3 is the most underperforming "superstar" in the league year after year. No one faults him for it, it's never his fault, but he's known for not showing up time after time, again and again, and I can't excuse that. That's why to me, CP3 isn't even the best point guard in the league. There's absolutely NO REASON he shouldn't have gone to the WCF every year he's been with LAC. Last year he had probably top to bottom the best team in the league (excusing his coach), but now he has a top 2 coach AND a team that is 2nd best overall from a personnel standpoint. If he doesn't make it to the finals this year then CP3 is dead to me as a so-called "superstar", say what you will about his team, but if you're a true "superstar" with that kind of talent around you, you make it work.

have always said this, with pgs its always everyone else that gets blamed (unless you're name is westbrook). for all the hype cp3 gets he disappoints in the playoffs year after year

 

[urbetterthenme]

 
have always said this, with pgs its always everyone else that gets blamed (unless you're name is westbrook). for all the hype cp3 gets he disappoints in the playoffs year after year

Were you saying that when he was dismantling your Lakers in his last year in NO?

 

[carltonjunior]

He lost to LA twice. He stepped up, and he does step up from time to time and I don't fault him for a great deal of his NO years but these LA years are being wasted

 

[urbetterthenme]

 
He lost to LA twice. He stepped up, and he does step up from time to time and I don't fault him for a great deal of his NO years but these LA years are being wasted

We all know Lebron is team greatness. That is all the world needs to know

 

[RickBlast]

if you been watching witch I doubt that Taj for MIP isnt such a joke of a statement ..... but what would i expect from a heat fan

Man I love Taj. Always have love for USC players. But I dont think he will get enough minutes to make huge strides. IMO he is better than boozer and should start ahead of him. He is just as good a shooter and rebounder. A better defender and finished better around the rim.

 
have always said this, with pgs its always everyone else that gets blamed (unless you're name is westbrook). for all the hype cp3 gets he disappoints in the playoffs year after year

I would take Rose and Westbrook over Paul. They are elite athletes that can control the game simply because of their athleticism. If any of the three are knocking down their jumpers Rose and Westbrook have the ability to take their game to a level CP cant simply because he isnt the athlete they are.

 

[black migo]

this bulls hype is crazy, they wont beat mia indy or bk in a playoff series, which means 2nd round exit, and there #2 option went to denver, they wouldve had b2b 1st round exits if it wasnt for that man

cp3 needs to play like he did for the 1st half of last season for the whole season, clippers were the hottest team and he was clearly leading in the mvp race for the first half until mia went on that streak, its like some games he would rather play like rondo and depend on crawford and blake than actually playing like a #1 option

 

[shoeking2101]

CP3 is the most underperforming "superstar" in the league year after year. No one faults him for it, it's never his fault, but he's known for not showing up time after time, again and again, and I can't excuse that. That's why to me, CP3 isn't even the best point guard in the league. There's absolutely NO REASON he shouldn't have gone to the WCF every year he's been with LAC. Last year he had probably top to bottom the best team in the league (excusing his coach), but now he has a top 2 coach AND a team that is 2nd best overall from a personnel standpoint. If he doesn't make it to the finals this year then CP3 is dead to me as a so-called "superstar", say what you will about his team, but if you're a true "superstar" with that kind of talent around you, you make it work.

As if his best player Blake Griffin wasn't injured last year..

 

[awwsome]

@ the CP3 criticism, he's not even one of my favorite players but he's still the 3rd best player in the world besides Bron and KD, if you can't see that then idk what to tell you.

 

[carltonjunior]

That's when you step up. CP3 never steps up and picks up the slack, like never. He never overcomes adversity.

 

[lawdog1]

He lost to LA twice. He stepped up, and he does step up from time to time and I don't fault him for a great deal of his NO years but these LA years are being wasted

Come on, man. Really? This is only his 3rd year with the Clippers. The first year they got to the 2nd round and lost to a Spurs team that was playing very well with both Blake and CP not at 100%. Can't fault CP for that. And last year Paul was the only one who consistently played well in the playoffs. Certainly wasn't his fault Gasol and Randolph killed us. So, his LA years have not been "wasted" so far, especially considering he's the main reason that the Clippers have become a respectable franchise.

 

[awwsome]

Right because he didn't put the Clips on his back for the whole 4th quarter and hit a game winner, in the playoffs.

Some of y'all just talk to talk

 

[sea manup]

 

 
have always said this, with pgs its always everyone else that gets blamed (unless you're name is westbrook). for all the hype cp3 gets he disappoints in the playoffs year after year

Were you saying that when he was dismantling your Lakers in his last year in NO?

its a PG tradition to dismantle derick fisher, and at the end of the day they still lost the series. when your most memorable series is one you lost then maybe you're a little over rated. 

people are so quick to blame melo for his playoff losses but when it comes to CP3 no one says a thing

 

[shoeking2101]

@ the CP3 criticism, he's not even one of my favorite players but he's still the 3rd best player in the world besides Bron and KD, if you can't see that then idk what to tell you.

Yikes

 

[bishopstrongbow]

this bulls hype is crazy, they wont beat mia indy or bk in a playoff series, which means 2nd round exit





stop it

 

[illmatic34]

this bulls hype is crazy, they wont beat mia indy or bk in a playoff series, which means 2nd round exit, and there #2 option went to denver, they wouldve had b2b 1st round exits if it wasnt for that man


cp3 needs to play like he did for the 1st half of last season for the whole season, clippers were the hottest team and he was clearly leading in the mvp race for the first half until mia went on that streak, its like some games he would rather play like rondo and depend on crawford and blake than actually playing like a #1 option

You're done.

We've beaten the Pacers twice this preseason...yes I know it's preseason but they DO NOT have an answer for Rose. It's always been like that. And you obviously know nothing if you think Nate Robinson was our number 2 scorer. The team is probably the best it's been since Thibs got here. Taj/Butler are going to up their level of play and DRose is looking like himself, even better, Snell has potential to develop nicely and Dunleavy is looking like a solid pick up. You're telling me Luis Scola/Danny Granger is better than a healthy Rose? He's a top 5 player when healthy. I don't think we win comfortably vs. Indiana or Brooklyn but I bet we win those series.

 

[datznasty]

@ the CP3 criticism, he's not even one of my favorite players but he's still the 3rd best player in the world besides Bron and KD, if you can't see that then idk what to tell you.

tell me why he can't get out the first round. Even his son asked him, "Daddy, why you lose again?" I'd still take Rondo, Rose, and Westbrook over him; and Curry possibly.

 

[urbetterthenme]

 
That's when you step up. CP3 never steps up and picks up the slack, like never. He never overcomes adversity.

1. Lebron

2.KD

3.CP3

4.Kobe

5.Melo

6.Rose

That is what the ranking are today