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

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until AD can create for himself and his teammates, his stock is gonna fall. All #1 options/superstars have to do this to truly cement themselves in that tier.
 
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Yea what is the Cippers future?

Paying a washed CP3 $20M?

Blake aint gon be jumping out the gym forever

And DJ is just taking up space while making $20M 
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please tell me about the lakers future 
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ComptonPrince said:
Yea what is the Cippers future?

Paying a washed CP3 $20M?

Blake aint gon be jumping out the gym forever

And DJ is just taking up space while making $20M 
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Pretty sure CP's contract is up at the end of next season.

Blake hardly even relies on his jumping ability to score anymore. He's actually a pretty well rounded player. He's going to be great for a while.

And DJ may be overpaid, but he's hardly just taking up space. 2nd in the league in rebounding and tied for 3rd in blocks with NT's favorite Rudy Gobert.

So, personnel wise, I think we're ok. The bigger issue is our coach and president of basketball operations.
 
 Carmelo: Refs snub me because I'm too strong to flop

SALT LAKE CITY — A candid Carmelo Anthony explained his recent frustrations at not getting enough foul calls, saying he’s been told by referees he’s the most “difficult player’’ to officiate and vowing he will never flop.

Anthony, who has received a technical foul in two straight games, is in a five-game slump with his shooting percentage dipping to 40.6 percent on the season. He admitted his wife, La La, chastised him for yelling at female referee Lauren Holtkamp in Monday’s loss to the Mavericks.

“They just tell me I’m the most difficult player to referee in the NBA,’’ Anthony said at the morning shootaround in Utah. “I’ve heard that a couple of times. It’s unclear on who is creating the contact. My goal is to go to the basket. If I’m creating the contact going toward the basket [and] I get hit, it’s a foul.’’

Anthony is one of the most physical drivers in the game, but said he feels he’s recently not being effective because he’s not getting to the free-throw line.

“I always get fouled,’’ Anthony said. “That’s what’s frustrating me. You play so hard, work so hard and don’t benefit from that. You look at other guys, you touch them and look at them wrong and get fouls. It’s a frustrating thing for me as a guy who likes to go to the basket, play in the paint. I like to play physical. It’s frustrating.

“I’m human,’’ Anthony added. “Those frustrations kick in at times, especially when you’re down there banging and know you’re getting banged on. I don’t know what else to do. I don’t know how to play another way.’’

So does he need to sell the foul more?

“See, I don’t know how to flop, that’s the thing,” Anthony said. “Nowadays guys know how to flop, get hit and put their head back. I don’t know how to flop. I won’t even look right trying to do that. I won’t even feel right trying it.

“A lot of times I get hit and I still continue to get to my spots just because I’m big and strong. A lot of guys get hit and they stop. I’m not saying they’re flopping, but they’re lighter than me. I can take a lot more physicality.”

Anthony’s extended remarks put him at risk of drawing a fine from the NBA. The league frowns on players criticizing the officiating.

But it’s not just the whistles. Anthony still believes he’s not in full groove after shutting down last season in February to undergo knee surgery and not getting on the court until August.

“The looks are there,’’ Anthony said. “Some days the rhythm is there, some days it’s not. It’s me staying in the gym finding that rhythm. Some nights they go in, some nights they don’t. There’s weeks it’s been back and games it’s not back. As a competitor, I get frustrated because I know I put so much work on those parts of my game, and when it doesn’t work out, I beat myself up.’’

The Knicks have lost six of their past eight games, and Derek  Fisher  has  upped  the  level  of  urgency, staging a 70-minute morning shootaround after complaining of lack of practice time.

“We have to start looking at things and tightening up,’’ Anthony said. “The only time you can do that is in practice. When you don’t have that practice time, you start thinking about that. But now we got to go with it and got to get better in the games and use that as the experience and figure it out on the fly, too.’’

Anthony said the Knicks have held players meetings, and unlike heated ones in the past, these have gone smoothly.

“There’s no egos on this team,’’ Anthony said.
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sea manup said:
on a related note, didnt people say Rudy Gobert was the next big thing/modern day wilt?
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I don't think anyone ever expected him to be able to score but the last time I checked the advanced stats (couple weeks ago) he was still an elite rim Protector. I would take him over Any other center except maybe drummond.


I still don't think Hayward is anything special. Van Ho, this might be your chance to air me out at the end of thenyear if he ends up balling :lol:
 
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