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

[nelson999]

Demarcus is still at least a year or two away from being able to consistantly play 40 mpg 

yea definitely. he is getting better at staying out of foul trouble. pairing him with a better PF or C on the front line would help out a lot with that as well (still pissed we didn't draft Drummond)

but yea he is only at 29 mpg so far this year. but it seems like foul trouble hasn't been as much of an issue as in the past. there was those couple games where the bench got them back into games and starters never came back, so thats a big reason for why his mpg is so low

 

[Bert.]

Josh Smith out of the starting lineup tonight. Singler in. No reason given as of yet. Coaches decision. Smith is available

Lineup change, they just said they expect him to get the same amount of minutes as usual.

 

[rck3sactown]

Josh Smith out of the starting lineup tonight. Singler in. No reason given as of yet. Coaches decision. Smith is available

Lineup change, they just said they expect him to get the same amount of minutes as usual.

Dec 15th is coming up, any chance J Smoove is getting traded???

 

[lawdog1]

What happened to Dumars? He did everything right in building that championship team and like nothing right since.

 

[Bert.]

Josh Smith out of the starting lineup tonight. Singler in. No reason given as of yet. Coaches decision. Smith is available

Lineup change, they just said they expect him to get the same amount of minutes as usual.

Dec 15th is coming up, any chance J Smoove is getting traded???

doubt it

but i have a feeling the Jennings/Smith signing will end up just like the Gordon/Villanueva fiasco

Monroe and Drummond are nice, all they needed was a legit PG who can do some scoring. Jennings was NOT the answer. Very disappointing

 

[Bert.]

What happened to Dumars? He did everything right in building that championship team and like nothing right since.

He drafted right but when it comes to signing.... :x

 

[$tacy]

The Jennings Signing was terrible, I was against it from day 1. Dudes in the city was actually happy smh

 

[keel252]

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Josh Smith out of the starting lineup tonight. Singler in. No reason given as of yet. Coaches decision. Smith is available


Hungover

 

[kevin cleveland]

Evans' problem is simple.

50.7% (38-75) in the paint (which could still use improving)
21.2% (7-33) everywhere else

Just stop shooting jumpers, man. Attack, get to the line and be a playmaker.

He is also overcoming an ankle injury and shooting over 16% less from the line than his career rate (pretty weird), though.

I still think he can validate the deal, but the team just has such a weird makeup.

 

[julius wrek]

After Dwight Howard signed w/ Houston, Rockets GM Daryl Morey sent Mark Cuban text asking about dealing for Dirk. Cuban took it as a taunt.
— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) November 23, 2013

Julius F. Wrek

 

[senorroboto2k5]

After Dwight Howard signed w/ Houston, Rockets GM Daryl Morey sent Mark Cuban text asking about dealing for Dirk. Cuban took it as a taunt.
— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) November 23, 2013

Julius F. Wrek

Maybe he should've had his kids film a video he could send to Cuban

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

Lineup change, they just said they expect him to get the same amount of minutes as usual.

You don't sign a guy for $54 million to come off the bench. Especially against your old squad. idc

 

[had pants]

Dwight for Dirk

 

[Bert.]

Lineup change, they just said they expect him to get the same amount of minutes as usual.

You don't sign a guy for $54 million to come off the bench. Especially against your old squad. idc

its one game tho

tell Smith to stop shooting threes? i assume thats an issue as well

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

its one game tho

tell Smith to stop shooting threes? i assume thats an issue as well

Yup it is one game, and this doesn't bode well for the team when your big splash signing is coming off the bench. Acquiring Jennings and signing Smith to this team would have been an awful idea even in 2K

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

Bill Simmons clowning.. asking if Waiters gave Duncan his black eye 

 

[nelson999]

Evans' problem is simple.

50.7% (38-75) in the paint (which could still use improving)
21.2% (7-33) everywhere else

Just stop shooting jumpers, man. Attack, get to the line and be a playmaker.

 

see the problem is, the other team knows this, they just pack the paint when he gets the ball, he has nowhere to go.  trust me i was so high on Tyreke his rookie year. but until he develops a consistent jumper he is screwed

 

[kevin cleveland]

You can't pack the paint when he plays with two of the best three-point shooters in the league, though.

 

[black migo]

Idk how jennings is still a starting pg in this league playing like a streetball dude all these years smh

 

[antidope]

GO SPURS GO!!!!

 

[nelson999]

You can't pack the paint when he plays with two of the best three-point shooters in the league, though.

ya that definitely helps, didn't have much of that when he was in Sac.  but still, the opponents know his game, he is too predictable and picks up a ton of charging fouls because of it. 

he is deadly in the open court though

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

Tony Allen v Tony Parker 

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

The soft touch passes and IQ of the Grizz and Spurs bigs are just 

 

[duba169]

So um.... I missed a lot. Is big J a mod now?

 

[kevin cleveland]

Haven't watched the Cavs play much because Waiters makes me want to kill myself, but Mike Brown clearly still knows how to teach defense.