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Stoney Mason · « **Reply #4080 on:** February 23, 2012, 09:04:25 AM »

Big game tonight.

<insert racist puns about Lebron and Wade having Chinese for dinner tonight>

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #4081 on:** February 23, 2012, 04:17:25 PM »

I think the T-wolves should get the 8th seed on the strength of this alone

DJ_Tet · « **Reply #4082 on:** February 23, 2012, 04:21:39 PM »

Quote from: Cormacaroni on February 23, 2012, 03:37:44 AM

Any good team would have given up on him a long time ago...he seems unteachable.

He'll have a fantastic volleyball career once he washes out of the league.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #4083 on:** February 23, 2012, 05:03:56 PM »

Quote from: Stoney Mason on February 23, 2012, 09:04:25 AM

Big game tonight.

<insert racist puns about Lebron and Wade having Chinese for dinner tonight>

After they eat Jeremy Lin for lunch, they'll be hungry again in an hour?

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #4084 on:** February 23, 2012, 07:09:03 PM »

And we begin.

Lin better be careful with the turnovers. Miami will eat you up if you give up a bunch of those.

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #4085 on:** February 23, 2012, 07:14:10 PM »

TO prediction on Lin?

I say 4. He's been getting better at keeping the ball in control.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #4086 on:** February 23, 2012, 07:15:17 PM »

I'll say 8 or more.

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #4087 on:** February 23, 2012, 07:16:22 PM »

Yeah, just started watching it on my DVR.

WTF

Heat look like they're playing against a high school team.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #4088 on:** February 23, 2012, 07:17:30 PM »

I don't think the Knicks are the kind of squad that will give the Heat problems. There are types of teams that will. I just don't think this is one of them.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #4089 on:** February 23, 2012, 07:17:38 PM »

Lin's turnovers aren't that big a problem, really. When you consider the ball is in his hands all the time, and that he's learning from his mistakes. Also, he steals a lot which offsets the TOs...
As long as TEAM turnovers aren't overly high, they should be ok against the Heat. You have to pick the Heat today though.

woo, nba.tv has a new look!

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #4090 on:** February 23, 2012, 07:20:32 PM »

Lin hasn't seen this many empty courtside seats since he played at Harvard

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #4091 on:** February 23, 2012, 07:29:53 PM »

heh, if this rabid pace keeps up...i'd be totally ok with a 7 game series of this.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #4092 on:** February 23, 2012, 07:32:56 PM »

Knicks sticking in with their rebounding and Chandler's defense. He's already caused a number of missed Lay-ups. He should have made the All-Star game.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #4093 on:** February 23, 2012, 07:33:39 PM »

Chandler is gonna miss games with all these techs.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #4094 on:** February 23, 2012, 07:35:37 PM »

Knicks are still in this for sure...Lin is still getting in the paint, and Chandler will blunt LeBron and Wade's impact there...plus, historically Melo always seems to win these match-ups with LeBron, like D-Will with CP3.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #4095 on:** February 23, 2012, 07:35:39 PM »

Novak has been hot as hell recently.

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #4096 on:** February 23, 2012, 07:41:16 PM »

Heat gives up way too many 2nd chances.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #4097 on:** February 23, 2012, 07:45:46 PM »

did the cam just catch Lin mouthing 'Fuuuuuckk' there?

Where is your God now

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #4098 on:** February 23, 2012, 07:46:25 PM »

Quote from: Smooth Groove on February 23, 2012, 07:41:16 PM

Heat gives up way too many 2nd chances.

Always a Miami Weakness along with allowing a lot of three pointers.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #4099 on:** February 23, 2012, 07:51:16 PM »

Novakaine!

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #4100 on:** February 23, 2012, 07:55:13 PM »

The Knicks' bench is suddenly a strength, whereas Miami's is still just a holding pattern at best

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #4101 on:** February 23, 2012, 08:02:26 PM »

Lin's worst game easily. 5 turnovers. 2 assists. 3 points. -9 on +/-

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #4102 on:** February 23, 2012, 08:11:46 PM »

About what you'd expect from a rookie PG facing D like this for the first time, I guess. The prob with everything running through Lin is that if you can disrupt Lin's game, you disrupt the whole team. That said, it's still anyone's game. Maybe Melo and Stat can earn their money.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #4103 on:** February 23, 2012, 08:14:17 PM »

Wow - Chandler could have taken the charge on LeBron there but wasn't keen on having to drink his meals for the next 6 months

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #4104 on:** February 23, 2012, 08:21:11 PM »

The Knicks look legit now, even when Lin is having an off night. He's got that team and that city fired up now. Hard to imagine they won't be in the playoffs this season. Possibly against the Heat in the first round too!

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #4105 on:** February 23, 2012, 08:25:00 PM »

Lin needs to slow down a bit. He's not playing that bad. I was really surprised by that drive where he got an offensive rebound in traffic after missing the layup. Even though he missed, his athleticism in that play was pretty impressive. I didn't think he had that kind of strength and explosiveness.

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #4106 on:** February 23, 2012, 08:25:31 PM »

Quote from: Stoney Mason on February 23, 2012, 07:46:25 PM

Quote from: Smooth Groove on February 23, 2012, 07:41:16 PM
Heat gives up way too many 2nd chances.

Always a Miami Weakness along with allowing a lot of three pointers.

very reminiscent of last year's finals

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #4107 on:** February 23, 2012, 08:28:59 PM »

Quote from: Smooth Groove on February 23, 2012, 08:25:31 PM

Quote from: Stoney Mason on February 23, 2012, 07:46:25 PM
Quote from: Smooth Groove on February 23, 2012, 07:41:16 PM
Heat gives up way too many 2nd chances.

Always a Miami Weakness along with allowing a lot of three pointers.

very reminiscent of last year's finals

The biggest improvement is that the supporting cast is a lot better than last year and Lebron takes less three's. The flaws are still largely the same though.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #4108 on:** February 23, 2012, 08:31:36 PM »

Quote from: Smooth Groove on February 23, 2012, 08:25:00 PM

Lin needs to slow down a bit. He's not playing that bad. I was really surprised by that drive where he got an offensive rebound in traffic after missing the layup. Even though he missed, his athleticism in that play was pretty impressive. I didn't think he had that kind of strength and explosiveness.

Did you see the Sports Science bit Stoney posted, where they measured his quickness? He compares very favorably to elite PGs. Or just go look at him dunking all over John Wall on youtube...

He is definitely looking rattled. D'Antoni has a tough choice for the 2nd half - try to settle the game down with Baron (who doesn't really know what he's doing with this team either - has barely played in a year...) or stick with Lin...

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #4109 on:** February 23, 2012, 08:47:18 PM »

Melo shooting off an iso with 20 seconds on the clock, smh

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #4110 on:** February 23, 2012, 08:57:17 PM »

The problem with Lin is that with with the pick and roll removed he has been a net loss to have on the floor tonight.

Other than those drives where he get fouled in this quarter he has been useless.

Amare was feeling it early in the game but they haven't really went back to him.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #4111 on:** February 23, 2012, 09:06:24 PM »

This one seems over. Miami is just too much.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #4112 on:** February 23, 2012, 09:18:29 PM »

Miami has been beating teams by an average of 12pts...and that's exactly the lead they have. LeBron is more efficient than any player in history, including the best seasons of Jordan and Wilt. Fearsome.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #4113 on:** February 23, 2012, 09:27:39 PM »

10pt game with 4.30 to go and it still feels like the game is done and dusted

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #4114 on:** February 23, 2012, 09:29:08 PM »

They got in Lin's head tonight. He's had fast break opportunities and not taken them.

Overall kinda went like I expected. And its probably a good thing for Lin so it will stop the hype machine a bit and give more realistic expectations for him.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #4115 on:** February 23, 2012, 09:32:38 PM »

Yeah...tentative and a step slow as a result. I loved that he seemingly had no fear of failure before this but he definitely seemed to have it tonight...

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #4116 on:** February 23, 2012, 09:53:33 PM »

Bynum just got bitched

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #4117 on:** February 23, 2012, 10:18:26 PM »

Stolen from a reddit thread but it is amazing to see early Shaq and how amazing he was instead of the tail end of his career.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #4118 on:** February 23, 2012, 10:23:45 PM »

Puts all the ranting in his book about how it didn't make sense for Pat Riley to insist on him being slim in perspective, don't it.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #4119 on:** February 23, 2012, 11:27:23 PM »

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #4120 on:** February 23, 2012, 11:56:57 PM »

While I agree that it would help the Thunder to have an inside scorer Barkley is getting annoying with his they can't win without one. The Mavs won essentially as a jump shooting team last year. Yes they had Barea penetrating but Westbrook can penetrate.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #4121 on:** February 24, 2012, 01:12:51 AM »

Like Barkley's teams ever won a championship with one

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #4122 on:** February 24, 2012, 02:41:13 AM »

Burn

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #4123 on:** February 24, 2012, 01:54:46 PM »

I was bored so I was looking up random players on Wikipedia and noticed that Darko Miličić is 26. And this is his 10th season in the league. That is insane. If he actually had been a good player, he could have broken every record ever.

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #4124 on:** February 24, 2012, 02:10:18 PM »

and a ring before his 19th birthday

Fifstar · « **Reply #4125 on:** February 24, 2012, 02:26:27 PM »

Quote from: Stoney Mason on February 24, 2012, 01:54:46 PM

I was bored so I was looking up random players on Wikipedia and noticed that Darko Miličić is 26. And this is his 10th season in the league. That is insane. If he actually had been a good player, he could have broken every record ever.

?

According to Wikipedia, his rookie season was 03/04, actually the second pick after LeBron. The two seasons before he played in serbia.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #4126 on:** February 24, 2012, 04:32:39 PM »

Yeah it's he's 8th season. I was double counting the years where he got traded mid season.

Beezy · « **Reply #4127 on:** February 24, 2012, 05:06:40 PM »

Watched the Knicks game on my dvr this morning. They really shut Lin down. He wasn't ready for this at all. And the Heat just completely out hustled them. :'(

I'm expecting their rematch in the Garden on April 15th to be one of the best games of the season. I hope both teams are completely healthy at that point.

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #4128 on:** February 24, 2012, 05:40:16 PM »

Lin's got to trust his handles more. The more defensive he dribbles, the easier it gets to strip him.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #4129 on:** February 24, 2012, 07:47:14 PM »

apparently Young Simba fucked up in the celeb game? Give me an update, Beezy!

Beezy · « **Reply #4130 on:** February 24, 2012, 07:52:12 PM »

College players would destroy him.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #4131 on:** February 24, 2012, 07:59:17 PM »

Sideline Story indeed :'(

benjipwns · « **Reply #4132 on:** February 24, 2012, 10:22:15 PM »

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #4133 on:** February 25, 2012, 01:11:38 AM »

Arne Duncan got mad skills

benjipwns · « **Reply #4134 on:** February 25, 2012, 01:30:12 AM »

He played for Harvard and pro ball in Aussieland. Was pretty good in last years game too.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #4135 on:** February 25, 2012, 01:32:54 AM »

Damn, hopefully unemployment is like 5% in a few years so President Obama can suit up without fear of criticism

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #4136 on:** February 25, 2012, 10:00:38 AM »

Clinton couldn't even get a blowjob from a fatty when it was 4%.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #4137 on:** February 25, 2012, 10:38:44 AM »

Some really amazing defense shown off in those plays.

benjipwns · « **Reply #4138 on:** February 25, 2012, 10:42:25 AM »

You want some Rookie Game defense?

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #4139 on:** February 25, 2012, 10:44:49 AM »

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