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DrGonzo90 posted:Also, how hosed are the Pistons going forward? Uh...well... They're locked at SF for a while!
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| # ¿ Dec 12, 2011 08:28 |
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SteelAngel2000 posted:1.) What kind of offense/defense do the Spurs run? 1) Currently a run-and-gun aggressive shooting team, but they were formally known for feeding the ball to the post to Tim Duncan, one of the best players in the NBA. They switched mostly because Duncan is near in his 40's. 2) One of the best coaches in the Leagues. 3) A very good rebounder, may be slightly increased in value since he was taken by the Spurs (who can do no wrong!!!)
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| # ¿ Dec 13, 2011 01:42 |
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Paul said he wasn't re-signing with the Hornets. Dwight basically hinted at not signing with the Magic, though his case is more of everyone else wants him.
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| # ¿ Dec 15, 2011 21:42 |
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Mornacale posted:What the heck is a Bird year? If a player has stayed on the same team for 3 years, the team can go over the cap to re-sign them. I.E. If Chris Paul wants to re-sign with the Clippers, they can go over a 60 million cap because they have his bird rights (which come with players if you traded for them) If they didn't have CP3's bird rights, they would have to clear cap space to offer him the money. edit: Mother fucker
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| # ¿ Dec 19, 2011 08:05 |
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I hate that 90 mill was the "hard cap" in NBA 2k. I'm willing to pay luxury taxes for my Rose/Gordon/Lebron/Griffin/Dwight superteam, damnit!  There's really no major rivalries right now if only because either team of said rivalry is really bad or just not that good. Sports media is trying to make Heat/Bulls a thing, I guess.
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| # ¿ Dec 20, 2011 10:44 |
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I am so glad the NFL put their games on Saturday this week so I can fully pay attention to sweet basketball. And Mark Jackson coaching his first game  Iso Iso Iso
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| # ¿ Dec 21, 2011 05:47 |
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thegloaming posted:Also I don't know what N/V and GDT mean. News/Views Game Day Thread
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| # ¿ Dec 21, 2011 06:33 |
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EllisD posted:Do we even have a Pacers fan? I don't think I've ever seen one. Yeah, there's a lot of Pacers fans. Although I think most of them went away from Sports in general since the Colts are near historically terrible.
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| # ¿ Dec 21, 2011 06:56 |
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a shameful boehner posted:Actually, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rankc8FgUVk I was so angry when he threw it up. What a waste.
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| # ¿ Dec 21, 2011 22:59 |
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cisneros posted:Probably no player besides Kevin Love cares about meaningless streaks like that. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDzRvZcFn48 edit: and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Ur8rtAinI Basically, the Wizards are idiots.
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| # ¿ Dec 21, 2011 23:23 |
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Gordon's arguably a top 5 SG already in the league. Aminu is raw. Also, apparently he's related to royalty.
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| # ¿ Dec 24, 2011 20:30 |
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kwohlge posted:I don't think it's arguable. Kobe, Wade, Ginobili.. Kevin Martin?! Eric Gordon is probably 4th or 5th. Kobe, Wade, Ginobli Depends on what you think Rudy Gay and Iguodala are. Also, Ray Allen could be even. There is argument to be made, but he's personally top 5 to me.
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| # ¿ Dec 24, 2011 20:45 |
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cisneros posted:They lost Richard Jefferson. No, he's still on the team.
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| # ¿ Dec 25, 2011 03:03 |
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cisneros posted:Wasn't he amnestied? Nope, they didn't use theirs.
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| # ¿ Dec 25, 2011 03:26 |
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barkingclam posted:Isn't Yi Jianlian still playing? In China.
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| # ¿ Dec 28, 2011 23:39 |
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Windmill Hut posted:Is there a website where i can get all the box-scores for a single days/live games on one page? It's kinda pain having to click on each game individually on the NBA website when there's like 8 games going at once. http://www.nba.com/gameline/20111228/ Like this?
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| # ¿ Dec 29, 2011 02:36 |
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 Facing the Clippers improves the opposing team's offense. Thanks, Vinny.
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| # ¿ Jan 5, 2012 20:04 |
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Mornacale posted:How do you defend the free throw line? Well first off, not goal tending the free throw would help.
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| # ¿ Jan 5, 2012 20:27 |
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No, he's the Bulls mascot. It's ironic cheering, the garbage man. The Victory Cigar.
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| # ¿ Jan 10, 2012 03:28 |
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Scalabrine is proof that the NBA bench scrubs could dominate the euro-leagues.
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| # ¿ Jan 10, 2012 06:23 |
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Spacebump posted:What is Ty Lawson? I don't get it.
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| # ¿ Jan 10, 2012 06:30 |
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College is a bunch of talent out-working talent and lots of 3-pointers to offset said-talent. Euroleague is basically big men that can hit jumpers and everyone stands around hitting jumpers and jumpers and I guess more jumpers. The biggest adjustment to the NBA is that everyone is basically a world-class athlete. Speed adjustment to both your teammates and your opponent is probably the biggest hurdle. Next is the length of the game and how frequent it is for endurance.
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| # ¿ Feb 5, 2012 22:29 |
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Has Brown been rotating World Peace to Power Forward when one of the bigs is out?
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| # ¿ Feb 13, 2012 06:41 |
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crazylakerfan posted:Nope, small forward only. We gotta keep him camping out at the three point line That...what? He's much better at posting up, what the gently caress? Troy Murphy really needs the minutes? Zogo, World Peace is 6.7 mill this year and over 7 mill player option next year.
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| # ¿ Feb 13, 2012 06:47 |
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crazylakerfan posted:when an athletic backup PF would probably help a shitload more than a lumbering 3 point shooting center. Isn't that what Josh McRoberts was supposed to be?
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| # ¿ Feb 13, 2012 06:53 |
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Blinkman987 posted:Let's not forget that his lifetime shoe deal gives him 5 million a year. I wonder how much of that is garnished. You have to be pretty hosed financially where 5 mil a year for doing nothing doesn't get you where you need to be. A study recently showed that over 60% of sports players are broke or in debt by their mid-40's. Sports people are not good at money management.
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| # ¿ Feb 13, 2012 09:08 |
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crazylakerfan posted:He's no Rondo, but he actually can kind of keep up with people Rondo isn't a lockdown defender. He's more of a gambler.
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| # ¿ Feb 15, 2012 02:48 |
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I think free throws are a mental thing. Look at Blake Griffin who's been, before the last couple of weeks, a terrible free throw shooter. He started a routine before every free throw by dribbling the ball 3 times, kinda like what Rip Hamilton does. Since he started it: Magic: 6-7 Cavs: 9-10 Phil: 0-2 Cha: 7-8 Mavs: 2-9 Was: 3-5 Por: 3-4 So sometimes it's not just a mechanic thing. Sometimes adding in routines can drastically improve a person by calming a person down and I wonder how many terrible free throw shooters of the past would've upped their percentage that way.
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| # ¿ Feb 18, 2012 05:05 |
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Boozer is 100% dumb on defense. The guy sees Rondo charging half a court way to the lane, lets him in instead of say...fouling him. Doesn't even need to stand in front to take a charge, just physically touch him at some point during the lay-up.
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| # ¿ Feb 18, 2012 05:23 |
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Mornacale posted:Hey, whoever was asking about small sample size? Here's a real-world example. Literally everything this season is sample size. edit: So, should he stop using the routine then as soon as he has another bad free throw night? Tae fucked around with this message at Feb 18, 2012 around 10:58 |
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Lockback posted:Boozer's defensive problems are overblown. He plays heavy minutes in a key position for one of the best defensive teams in the league. He plays decently within the system. He averages 30 minutes. And he only looks like he plays decently because he's next to Noah and Deng. I can't believe anyone still says he's a good defender when you actually watch him handle players on either one-on-one or defensive rotations. Or common sense like fouling someone to prevent an easy layup. jyrka posted:That's still only 66% anyway. That's still a 17% increase. You wouldn't like Dwight or Shaq to have a 67% free throw rate?
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| # ¿ Feb 18, 2012 19:08 |
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Sample size, my rear end. He's been here over a year now and has not changed. Are you telling me he's improved on defensive rotations? Taking charges? Fouling smartly? No, he has not. He is bad and being in a great defensive system does not in fact make him himself a good defender. DEFENDER. Not Rebounder. DEFENDER.
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| # ¿ Feb 18, 2012 19:35 |
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I think Boozer is good at offense. That's obvious. Does he have complete brain farts that make me shake my fist? Oh loving yeah. That doesn't mean being good at one floor means he's good on the other. Would people defend Amare that he's a good defender just because he rebounds in a top 10 defense (which the Knicks are?) Or you just call him a bad defender and accept it?
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| # ¿ Feb 18, 2012 19:49 |
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jyrka posted:Yeah I suppose it's good for him if he can keep it up. Though 66% is still pretty weak and probably still in need of some technique improvement. NOAH Machine: http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/mi...magic-number-45 It's interesting and really should be installed for every team. edit: Except for, ironically, Joakim Noah and his "free throw motion."
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| # ¿ Feb 18, 2012 20:00 |
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Lockback posted:Defensive rebounding is part of defense. If you don't think it is then I don't know how to help you. What stat do you have to back yourself up? Or is it just a bunch of anecdotes? Then Amare is a good defender too and I will unironically say this with this logic. Rebounding the ball good clearly means he is good at containing or helping on D.
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| # ¿ Feb 18, 2012 20:45 |
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MorningView posted:Boozer is bad at some defensive things, but it's weird that you do not acknowledge that being a great defensive rebound (which by definition ends the offense's possession) can contribute to a team's defense. Because every most defensive Bulls rebound is basically a rebound-by-committee. I would totally acknowledge Boozer being a lynch pin rebounder if he was a man-on-an-island like Dwight or Love, but the scheme is usually Noah or Deng defending and whoever's in the area to clean up the mess. There's at least a few rebounds credited/stolen by Boozer every game when both he and Noah jump up at the same time. So he's a good rebounder. Not denying that. But saying his rebounding is a good reason to overcome everything else bad he does on the defensive end to declare him "good" is not enough.
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| # ¿ Feb 18, 2012 21:31 |
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MorningView posted:Yeah but it's easy when you have a defensive presence like Memo Okur next to you. This got me thinking that Utah and the Nets have some sort of weird farm exchange system, where the Jazz dump off their veteran players in exchange for the young guys the Nets cultivate.
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| # ¿ Feb 18, 2012 22:10 |
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HeroOfTheRevolution posted:Derrick Favors and Devin Harris are both bad though Favors has been decent as a back-up, and put up some good stats in the few times he started. Harris is just a Veteran Guy, he doesn't count (wasn't drafted by the Nets)
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| # ¿ Feb 19, 2012 06:37 |
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HeroOfTheRevolution posted:Favors is the only guy who's really a 'young player the Nets cultivated' though, in that case. And it's pretty unlikely he's ever going to be anything particularly remarkable. Didn't the Nets give up their lottery pick? Sucking really bad to make that pick good is pretty cultivating  edit: Wait, 2 picks.
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| # ¿ Feb 19, 2012 06:41 |
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| # ¿ May 24, 2013 19:30 |
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I think 2011 is going to be a strange draft to judge because most of the picks aren't starting. Only Kyrie Irving is starting in the top 5, while the other 4 picks are either standing behind vastly superior players or are in Europe. Kemba's not starting anymore now that DJ Augustin is back. I would say outproducing most players in this draft isn't as widening as you'd say it is when Brooks is one of the only starting rookies.
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