2015-2016 NBA Regular Season - MDA to HOU - All-NBA - Harden snubbed - Anthony Davis is broke

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Warriors are ridiculous.  Poor Suns, having to be the team that played them after their first loss 
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It is honestly truly very nice

All our dudes are entering their primes too

Only older dudes are Bogut and Iguodala
 
tbh idk how i'd feel if the Knicks were ever this good

half the fun of being a Knicks fan is watching the team blow a 20 pt lead in 10 minutes but end up winning by 3
 
APNewsBreak: Timberwolves looking to trade Kevin Martin

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Timberwolves have made veteran scorer Kevin Martin available in trade talks, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on Wednesday night.

With second-year guard Zach LaVine showing promise as a scorer and Andrew Wiggins playing more at the shooting guard position, the Wolves are looking to move Martin to free up more playing time for their youngsters. The person requested anonymity because the team does not publicly discuss trade discussions.

The Wolves have had conversations with two teams about Martin early this season, but had been reluctant to make a move while they were off to a surprising 8-8 start. They have lost eight of their past nine games, including 107-102 to the New Knicks on Wednesday night, prompting the team to place even greater emphasis on developing LaVine, Wiggins and Shabazz Muhammad.

Martin is averaging 12.7 points in 26 minutes this season. He has carved out a reputation over the past 12 years of being one of the league's most efficient scorers, using a herky-jerky shooting motion and a remarkable knack for drawing fouls from opposing defenders to score in bunches, either as a starting shooting guard or as a sixth man.

"You look at his numbers every year, very efficient offensive player," Nuggets coach Michael Malone said on Tuesday. "He has the uncanny ability to draw contact and get to the line."

But he has gone through an uncharacteristically long shooting slump this season. Martin missed a game for personal reasons on Nov. 7 and has struggled mightily to rediscover his shooting touch. Martin is shooting a career-worst 36.7 percent from the field and just 34.8 percent from 3-point range this season.

He started the season coming off the bench, but interim coach Sam Mitchell inserted him into the starting lineup on Nov. 23 in hopes of getting him going.

In three games last week, Martin averaged 26.0 points on 46 percent shooting and shot 47.6 percent from 3-point range. That included a 37-point outburst against the Lakers in which he bruised his right wrist.

He played well in the next two games, then shot 1 for 8 in an ugly loss to Denver on Tuesday night before sitting out the second night of the back-to-back against the Knicks.

Martin has a player option for next season worth close to $7.4 million, but it is unclear this early in the season if he plans to exercise that option or become a free agent and seek one more multiyear contract when he will be 33 years old.

In his second year in the league, LaVine is averaging 16.7 points over the last 19 games and shooting 37.5 percent from 3-point range. He has primarily been backing up Ricky Rubio at point guard, a decision Mitchell has employed in part for LaVine's long-term development and in part because the team has a log jam on the wing with Martin, Wiggins, Muhammad and Tayshaun Prince all seeing time.
 
meanwhile the rested clippers are struggling to beat the bucks at home. 

They up by like 14 :lol:.

Clips won 9 of their last 11 games. The top 4 of the West that we all expected at the beginning of the year is starting to wake up.

Warriors, Spurs, OKC & Clips are all hot right now.
 

Probably the only team who can get blown out by GS but also be mentally strong to make a comeback during a game
 
:lol: @ Kevin Martin raising his stock. Some team is gonna give the Wolves some good pieces because of that

Played through debilitating back injury that required surgery and sapped his athleticism.

Carried a poorly coached squad and choking James Harden to 6 games against the Blazers. which james harden promptley ruined by falling asleep defending lillard.

Played great defense to help the rockets get to a WCF and a historic comback while james harden sat on the bench.



But is hated and called "soft". Life is strange. :lol:


Dwight Howard was a far better basketball player than Jordan or Chandler.. so no.. Prime Dwight should have never taken that role. Dwight Howard now? That's a different story.. but people have been making that claim that Dwight "could be so much more" since his days in Orlando. Actually, no.. even Dwight Howard now shouldn't be Tyson Chandler status. 

And what wasted potential exactly? I honestly don't believe Dwight could have been that much better on offense.

They're talking about it right now on the Starters.. TERRENCE JONES IS TAKING MORE SHOTS PER GAME THAN DWIGHT. He's 5th on his team in shot attempts, that's insane. If he's unhappy, maybe focus a little more on him on the offensive side. Give him some more pick and roll opportunities, feed the big man so he's happier, and maybe that helps. I don't think he's expecting to be the focal point of the offense, but he shouldn't be the 5th option either.

And that response is exactly what I don't get... "Nothing but a big child with wasted potential" Really? Being a superstar in the NBA, an elite defender, a huge fanbase, defensive player of the years, a trip to the Finals.. that's what I think of when I think of Dwight. Does he have his problems? Of course. He handled his Orlando exit terribly and should have been quiet and waited his time to leave. It did give us the top 5 most awkward NBA moment ever with him and SVG. What potential did he waste? Dwight could have LIVED in a gym, and I highly doubt he ended up a vastly different player. 

[emoji]128588[/emoji][emoji]127998[/emoji] somebody that actually understands. Well said.
 
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Nobody is going to beat the Warriors in a 7 game series
spurs going to give it to the warriors. yall aint avoiding them this year. kawhi going to have your boys shook.i know  you do remember that whooping you got when you played the spurs last year. 
 
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