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Apr 18, 2015 14:03:28 GMT -5
Post by Sternumman on Apr 18, 2015 14:03:28 GMT -5
Yeah especially Dirk and Duncan. They've almost been the league for two decades. Generation(s) have grown up with them. This upcoming draft class might have been like 2 or 3 when Duncan got drafted and the dude is still a top 25 player. Outstanding. Wade, Dirk, Duncan, and Kobe are just so iconic with regard to their franchises and they all live in (relatively) big basketball markets. Excited for the playoffs. Damn shame we won't see Russ gunning for his life against the Warriors but I'll be interested to see how Anthony Davis handles his first playoff series. I think Davis is gonna be a superb player, hell his PER numbers are off the charts but he still hasn't put everything together yet. He is consistently amazing and well-rounded but he isn't consistently dominant on both ends of the floor. New Orleans has a solid cast of players, not amazing especially in the West but a cast of Anderson, Asik, Cole, Douglas, Evans, Gordon, and Holiday is respectable. Less talented guys have done more less. Might be Williams' coaching... Still think that Davis has a chance to become the NBA's best player one day. Over the summer during the FIBA games he was supposed to be "the guy" but Cousins, Harden, Irving, Curry and Thompson all stole his thunder a little bit. Cole is not an NBA point guard. He was one of the most frustrating players to watch the last few years. The western conference playoffs will be interesting. The east on the other hand will be uncompetitive in most of the match ups. |
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Apr 18, 2015 17:39:35 GMT -5
Post by Cast on Apr 18, 2015 17:39:35 GMT -5
Yeah especially Dirk and Duncan. They've almost been the league for two decades. Generation(s) have grown up with them. This upcoming draft class might have been like 2 or 3 when Duncan got drafted and the dude is still a top 25 player. Outstanding. Wade, Dirk, Duncan, and Kobe are just so iconic with regard to their franchises and they all live in (relatively) big basketball markets. Excited for the playoffs. Damn shame we won't see Russ gunning for his life against the Warriors but I'll be interested to see how Anthony Davis handles his first playoff series. I think Davis is gonna be a superb player, hell his PER numbers are off the charts but he still hasn't put everything together yet. He is consistently amazing and well-rounded but he isn't consistently dominant on both ends of the floor. New Orleans has a solid cast of players, not amazing especially in the West but a cast of Anderson, Asik, Cole, Douglas, Evans, Gordon, and Holiday is respectable. Less talented guys have done more less. Might be Williams' coaching... Still think that Davis has a chance to become the NBA's best player one day. Over the summer during the FIBA games he was supposed to be "the guy" but Cousins, Harden, Irving, Curry and Thompson all stole his thunder a little bit. Cole is not an NBA point guard. He was one of the most frustrating players to watch the last few years. The western conference playoffs will be interesting. The east on the other hand will be uncompetitive in most of the match ups. Are you serious? You've probably watched him more than I have since you're a heat fan, but come on he's a solid rotation player. He isn't a starter (at least not on any team bound for the playoffs), but he can be a quality quality back up. He's 26 and been in the league for 4 years, I think he maybe has a year left to grow before his career archetype settles in. That said, you're right he probably isn't a starter for a playoff team, but he's a NBA (backup) PG in my mind. I thought he played rather well today against Curry, didn't score a lot and had some chippy fouls but he is a competitor. Him and Beverley have some stuff in common, but obviously Beverley is a force on D. Maybe Cole could develop into a DJ Augustin - a solid backup who can score if the second unit needs some help. Like what I saw from Anthony Davis today. Dude just turned it up in the 4th and pretty much got NO back in the game, even though GS got lazy. Want to see more of that from him. He also had an alley-oop where his elbow was at the rim  I'm excited for all these playoff rounds. I'm actually really interested in seeing how the Bucks/Bulls series goes. Hopefully this will ignite a rivalry between those two close cities. Giannis Antetokounmpo on national TV will be a joy to watch. |
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Apr 18, 2015 18:23:55 GMT -5
Post by Sternumman on Apr 18, 2015 18:23:55 GMT -5
Cole is not an NBA point guard. He was one of the most frustrating players to watch the last few years. The western conference playoffs will be interesting. The east on the other hand will be uncompetitive in most of the match ups. Are you serious? You've probably watched him more than I have since you're a heat fan, but come on he's a solid rotation player. He isn't a starter (at least not on any team bound for the playoffs), but he can be a quality quality back up. He's 26 and been in the league for 4 years, I think he maybe has a year left to grow before his career archetype settles in. That said, you're right he probably isn't a starter for a playoff team, but he's a NBA (backup) PG in my mind. I thought he played rather well today against Curry, didn't score a lot and had some chippy fouls but he is a competitor. Him and Beverley have some stuff in common, but obviously Beverley is a force on D. Maybe Cole could develop into a DJ Augustin - a solid backup who can score if the second unit needs some help. Like what I saw from Anthony Davis today. Dude just turned it up in the 4th and pretty much got NO back in the game, even though GS got lazy. Want to see more of that from him. He also had an alley-oop where his elbow was at the rim I'm excited for all these playoff rounds. I'm actually really interested in seeing how the Bucks/Bulls series goes. Hopefully this will ignite a rivalry between those two close cities. Giannis Antetokounmpo on national TV will be a joy to watch. Really wanted to watch today's game but fell asleep. Cole can be a feisty defender but isn't very strong. Is one of the worst finishers at the rim I've ever seen and is a horrible decision maker in the fast break. He's also not a very good shooter. 41% from the field for his career. |
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Apr 18, 2015 18:32:37 GMT -5
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Post by Sternumman on Apr 18, 2015 18:32:37 GMT -5
Plus he did this.
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Apr 18, 2015 23:21:48 GMT -5
Post by Cast on Apr 18, 2015 23:21:48 GMT -5
^ ahahah a classic bonehead play
Yeah, I see where you're coming from with your criticism. Kinda sounds like a Austin Rivers or something... Now that's a frustrating player to watch (Note: I'll alway be thankful for Rivers' heroics against UNC), but still what a frustrating player to watch. I think Cole's a solid player though, especially given his draft position. Got picked 28th, he'll be a solid career vet, but yeah I wouldn't want him running my team as a starting PG.
Not to look ahead but I'm excited for the eventual Bulls/Cavs match up. Rose looked great today. Was explosive, did some playing making, and even hit three three's in a row. I don't think the Bulls will get past the Cavs, but it'd be great to see them in the finals. Crew has been through a lot of up and downs, but they've stuck it out and battled. I love it when teams have the personality of their city and Chicago has just been a working man's team (even with all their talent). Could hear Thib's constantly yelling, what a guy.
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Apr 20, 2015 19:22:38 GMT -5
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Apr 20, 2015 19:24:24 GMT -5
Post by Sternumman on Apr 20, 2015 19:24:24 GMT -5
^ ahahah a classic bonehead play Yeah, I see where you're coming from with your criticism. Kinda sounds like a Austin Rivers or something... Now that's a frustrating player to watch (Note: I'll alway be thankful for Rivers' heroics against UNC), but still what a frustrating player to watch. I think Cole's a solid player though, especially given his draft position. Got picked 28th, he'll be a solid career vet, but yeah I wouldn't want him running my team as a starting PG. Not to look ahead but I'm excited for the eventual Bulls/Cavs match up. Rose looked great today. Was explosive, did some playing making, and even hit three three's in a row. I don't think the Bulls will get past the Cavs, but it'd be great to see them in the finals. Crew has been through a lot of up and downs, but they've stuck it out and battled. I love it when teams have the personality of their city and Chicago has just been a working man's team (even with all their talent). Could hear Thib's constantly yelling, what a guy. Do you like Thibs? Hes a very good defensive coach but he doesnt manage his players minutes well. |
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Apr 21, 2015 7:20:48 GMT -5
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Apr 21, 2015 9:28:10 GMT -5
Post by Cast on Apr 21, 2015 9:28:10 GMT -5
^ ahahah a classic bonehead play Yeah, I see where you're coming from with your criticism. Kinda sounds like a Austin Rivers or something... Now that's a frustrating player to watch (Note: I'll alway be thankful for Rivers' heroics against UNC), but still what a frustrating player to watch. I think Cole's a solid player though, especially given his draft position. Got picked 28th, he'll be a solid career vet, but yeah I wouldn't want him running my team as a starting PG. Not to look ahead but I'm excited for the eventual Bulls/Cavs match up. Rose looked great today. Was explosive, did some playing making, and even hit three three's in a row. I don't think the Bulls will get past the Cavs, but it'd be great to see them in the finals. Crew has been through a lot of up and downs, but they've stuck it out and battled. I love it when teams have the personality of their city and Chicago has just been a working man's team (even with all their talent). Could hear Thib's constantly yelling, what a guy. Do you like Thibs? Hes a very good defensive coach but he doesnt manage his players minutes well. Yeah I'm a fan of Thibs. Not my favorite by any means but dude seems to breathe basketball. Been around the league for a while with some great franchises. Yeah his playoff record as a HC isn't the best, but that's due to injuries. With Deng/Butler leading the league in min played stats over the past few years it seems the criticism that he plays his players too much is valid, but if that's his biggest flaw then I'm fine with it. These are professional athletes, mins management is obviously important but I think the media blows it out of proportion a little bit. He's D schemes are some of the best. Hate to see him leave Chicago because his time there has been so injury plagued but I think he is a top 10 HC in the league. Also I just love it when teams take their coach's personality and over the past few seasons Chicago has done that. Solid games last night. |
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Apr 22, 2015 13:29:13 GMT -5
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Apr 23, 2015 1:40:25 GMT -5
Post by Cast on Apr 23, 2015 1:40:25 GMT -5
On the fence about this. Brooks obviously isn't the best coach ever but he might crack the top ten in the league - I've heard him being called over and under rated. This is obviously a move to please Durant in some way. Hopefully this will be like a Jackson to Kerr move for OKC. Don't get an Ollie or Billy D though, I don't think either of them are as good as Stevens is for Boston. |
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Apr 23, 2015 5:52:45 GMT -5
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Post by Sternumman on Apr 23, 2015 5:52:45 GMT -5
On the fence about this. Brooks obviously isn't the best coach ever but he might crack the top ten in the league - I've heard him being called over and under rated. This is obviously a move to please Durant in some way. Hopefully this will be like a Jackson to Kerr move for OKC. Don't get an Ollie or Billy D though, I don't think either of them are as good as Stevens is for Boston. They say they didn't run it by KD which I don't believe at all. Why would you upset him going into his last year before free agency? Ollie is supposed to be KDs friend but even though he won a NC doesn't have a ton of experience. I'd be weary of Donovan. He already burned one NBA franchise before. |
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Apr 23, 2015 9:17:26 GMT -5
Post by Cast on Apr 23, 2015 9:17:26 GMT -5
On the fence about this. Brooks obviously isn't the best coach ever but he might crack the top ten in the league - I've heard him being called over and under rated. This is obviously a move to please Durant in some way. Hopefully this will be like a Jackson to Kerr move for OKC. Don't get an Ollie or Billy D though, I don't think either of them are as good as Stevens is for Boston. They say they didn't run it by KD which I don't believe at all. Why would you upset him going into his last year before free agency? Ollie is supposed to be KDs friend but even though he won a NC doesn't have a ton of experience. I'd be weary of Donovan. He already burned one NBA franchise before. I think that both of them will be busts if they go into the NBA, at least right now. Ollie is super young so he has a lot of room to grow, but I'm not overly impressed by him. UConn didn't even make the NCAA's this year to defend their title and they had some real quality talent. Donovan has done some U19 USA stuff so he has experience other than college but again he's just a solid coach. Yeah he won back to back but that starting five has some great NBA players on it. He also didn't make the NCAA this year. Also this is another thing... I find Lillard a bit overrated. Look he had a superb series last year against the Rockets and he capped it off with a highlight buzzer beater but if people think he is better than Kyrie or Wall they are crazy. I think people got a little carried away with praising him, saying he is a top flight PG. When Coach K left him off the USA team this past summer it was for a reason (and not because Kyrie played at Duke). I'll take Wall's play making ability and D over Lillard's streaky shot and poor D. The Kyrie comparison is more fair since they both are scoring PGs. That said, Kyrie is better - slightly better defender, finishes around the rim better and is more consistent shooter. Both average around the same number of assists (Lillard .4 more). |
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Apr 24, 2015 6:01:02 GMT -5
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Post by Sternumman on Apr 24, 2015 6:01:02 GMT -5
That Curry three to send the game into overtime was ridiculous.
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Apr 24, 2015 9:45:30 GMT -5
Post by Cast on Apr 24, 2015 9:45:30 GMT -5
That Curry three to send the game into overtime was ridiculous. That whole game was insane. Down 20 entering the 4th? New Orleans controlled the game for 36 min but just fell apart. The spectacle that Curry brings to the sport is just one of a kind. He took like 18 threes and made a decent amount of them. I really hope he wins MVP. Interesting fact. Stephen Curry's 3-point attempts per game this playoffs: 13.3. Memphis Grizzlies 3-pt attempts per game this playoffs: 12.5. |
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Apr 24, 2015 11:37:11 GMT -5
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Post by Sternumman on Apr 24, 2015 11:37:11 GMT -5
That Curry three to send the game into overtime was ridiculous. That whole game was insane. Down 20 entering the 4th? New Orleans controlled the game for 36 min but just fell apart. The spectacle that Curry brings to the sport is just one of a kind. He took like 18 threes and made a decent amount of them. I really hope he wins MVP. Interesting fact. Stephen Curry's 3-point attempts per game this playoffs: 13.3. Memphis Grizzlies 3-pt attempts per game this playoffs: 12.5. I didn't even get to see the game again. I passed out after the cavs game. Speaking of the cavs what's going on here?  That's some team unity. I never thought Curry would be a great NBA player. Thought he was too small and too fragile. A lot of GMS most have thought the same too. He keeps this up he can go down as the greatest shooter of all time. |
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Post by Sternumman on Apr 25, 2015 13:56:28 GMT -5
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Post by Cast on Apr 25, 2015 14:03:28 GMT -5
I thought Curry would be decent maybe a Ben Gordon or Jamal Crawford type of scorer off the bench but never thought he'd be an MVP type of player.
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Apr 25, 2015 14:13:50 GMT -5
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Post by Sternumman on Apr 25, 2015 14:13:50 GMT -5
I thought Curry would be decent maybe a Ben Gordon or Jamal Crawford type of scorer off the bench but never thought he'd be an MVP type of player. I' love how we play the results in sports though. He missed the first three to send it to overtime. If the Pelicans grabbed the rebound he would of choked. But since the Warriors got the rebound and he made the second one he's clutch. In reality he's the same exact player. |
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Post by Cast on Apr 25, 2015 14:17:41 GMT -5
I thought Curry would be decent maybe a Ben Gordon or Jamal Crawford type of scorer off the bench but never thought he'd be an MVP type of player. I' love how we play the results in sports though. He missed the first three to send it to overtime. If the Pelicans grabbed the rebound he would of choked. But since the Warriors got the rebound and he made the second one he's clutch. In reality he's the same exact player. Amen. I immediately thought of game 6 in Miami when LBJ missed that 3 then Bosh got the rebound and kicked it out to Ray Ray. Think if Ray missed that shot how differently we'd view Lebron differently. ESPN gotta make a narrative I guess. |
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Apr 25, 2015 19:27:26 GMT -5
Post by Sternumman on Apr 25, 2015 19:27:26 GMT -5
Great ending to the Bucks/Bulls game. Rose hit a big shot but then had a big TO and feel asleep on the inbound.
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Apr 25, 2015 21:36:37 GMT -5
Post by Sternumman on Apr 25, 2015 21:36:37 GMT -5
Cole 18 min 0-5 4 TO's 0 pts 0 ass 0 reb 0 st
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Apr 26, 2015 17:38:14 GMT -5
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Post by Sternumman on Apr 26, 2015 17:38:14 GMT -5
 Picture of Kevin Love after the game. Olynyk's Play was dirty. Don't think he meant to pull out his arm but it definitely was meant to hurt him. , J.R. Smith and Perkins plays were just as bad too. Wonder how the league will come down on them. |
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Apr 27, 2015 0:00:38 GMT -5
Post by Cast on Apr 27, 2015 0:00:38 GMT -5
Cole 18 min 0-5 4 TO's 0 pts 0 ass 0 reb 0 st too much hate for an average/mediocre player!  he's gone fishing now.  It looks bad there for sure. Both hooked each other up. Shit happens if you're gonna do that. It won't 99% of the time but it did this time. I say he didn’t intend to dislocate his shoulder but he did intend to hold him using a non-basketball move. The JR and Perk plays were far worse, especially the Perk one. Not even close to a basketball play, just did it to send a message to Crowder. Minutes earlier Perk got up off the bench after a call, he was looking to punk Crowder and he did once he got in. The JR one the dude was all on his back, still uncalled for though. I think JR's was just stupid (probably b/c he is) and he wasn't aware of where the dudes face was, whereas Perks showed raw intent. Boston was talking shit and playing physical, which is great but like I said before shit's gonna happen if you do that. Clips played great today. Rivers probably had his best game as a pro. It always amazes me how well Chris Paul can switch gears as he hits his midrange jumper. The Raptors just laid a huge turd. Couldn't even show up today. |
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Apr 27, 2015 0:13:29 GMT -5
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Post by Manualex on Apr 27, 2015 0:13:29 GMT -5
Cole 18 min 0-5 4 TO's 0 pts 0 ass 0 reb 0 st too much hate for an average/mediocre player! he's gone fishing now. The Love play wasn't that dirty in my mind. Both hooked each other up. Shit happens if you're gonna do that. It won't 99% of the time but it did this time. The JR and Perk plays were far worse, especially the Perk one. Not even close to a basketball play, just did it to send a message to Crowder. Minutes earlier Perk got up off the bench after a call, he was looking to punk Crowder and he did once he got in. The JR one the dude was all on his back, still uncalled for though. I think JR's was just stupid (probably b/c he is) and he wasn't aware of where the dudes face was, whereas Perks showed raw intent. Boston was talking shit and playing physical, which is great but like I said before shit's gonna happen if you do that. Clips played great today. Rivers probably had his best game as a pro. It always amazes me how well Chris Paul can switch gears as he hits his midrange jumper. The Raptors just laid a huge turd. Couldn't even show up today. The first tangle I can understand, the second one was too much, some fans cheered when that happened(but wont generalize, always some vaginas cheer when oponents are hurt), it hurts like fucking hell when you pop out your shoulder and I dont think Cleveland will get Love in the rest of the playoffs. |
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