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Cormacaroni · « **Reply #7200 on:** November 19, 2012, 01:10:13 AM »

The Celtics are so horrible even I'm having trouble watching. I am being lured away by the Clippers and the Grizz. Will try a few Bucks games since pilonv1 seems keen. I'm averaging 3 full games a day so far

My schedule is just PERFECT for NBA addiction - the games start around the time my fam leaves for the day, the 360 goes on soon afterwards, and I just leave it on 'til I've seen all the games I want to see. I pity US fans who have to jump around between games 'cause they're all on at the same time.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #7201 on:** November 19, 2012, 06:11:16 AM »

Bucks are so much fun. <3 Udoh & Sanders.

My schedule sucks for watching live. I'd be watching more games but the gf had a bit of a complain about it last weekend when I'd been watching live since 8pm EST and the Warriors game which started at 10:30pm EST went into double OT. Love switching between games on weekends.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #7202 on:** November 20, 2012, 09:36:50 PM »

Do you feel a little gypped that the Game Time app doesn't have cheevs though? I'd max that shit out for real. Clippers did work against the Spurs again last night...Chris Paul has most of his athleticism back now. He even dunked in transition last night, which i haven't seen him do in years.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #7203 on:** November 20, 2012, 09:38:45 PM »

ALthough it is kinda funny how he ALWAYS calls his own number in tight games, despite his rep as the 'consummate point guard who makes everyone better'....he just goes one on one and takes a long 2 pointer most of the time. He's really fucking good at it though. His handle is just so amazing

Mandark · « **Reply #7204 on:** November 20, 2012, 09:43:50 PM »

Simmons always describes Paul as keeping his teammates involved and engaged for 46 minutes, then taking over in the last 2, which sounds about right.

And yeah, "improving teammates by sharing the ball" sounds like something the quant nerds would debunk, but seeing a couple hundred of the Wizards' Arenas-era games make me give it a bit of credence. I'd expect to see teammates of Paul or Nash show livelier movement off the ball and more readiness to receive a pass, at least.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #7205 on:** November 20, 2012, 10:04:07 PM »

It's weird that he can spent the game getting teammates easy looks, then insists on taking a difficult shot himself though. It's ego, it has to be. But as I said, he is really fucking good at it - his 4Q PER last year was 41 or something insane....And the Clips are so good this year that he won't be in many of those tight games. Bledsoe is a BEAST right now, just a beast. He'll be ready to start - they might have real problems holding onto him. OTOH, if Paul bolts in free agency. Bledsoe can take over. (I have no expectations for Billups - after the Achilles goes, players are usually done. I don't know why everyone talks like him coming back is going to be a big deal).

pilonv1 · « **Reply #7206 on:** November 20, 2012, 10:11:31 PM »

Quote from: Cormacaroni on November 20, 2012, 09:36:50 PM

Do you feel a little gypped that the Game Time app doesn't have cheevs though? I'd max that shit out for real. Clippers did work against the Spurs again last night...Chris Paul has most of his athleticism back now. He even dunked in transition last night, which i haven't seen him do in years.

10G - Watch every second of a Washington Wizards game
20G - Watch a 20 point blowout of your selected team without fast forwarding
200G - Watch every game in the 2012-12 NBA Season

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #7207 on:** November 20, 2012, 10:22:53 PM »

catching up on that Dallas-GSW game from the other night

'We just got word that Vince Carter is doubtful to return from that right hamstring injury' - AAHHHHHH, I will miss Vince so much. No elite athlete has ever taken better care of his own body ...on the court

Mandark · « **Reply #7208 on:** November 20, 2012, 10:35:25 PM »

To be fair, it's not just CP. Your Best Player Has To Take The Last Shot In A Close Game is probably the last thing that the quant geeks will kill, if they ever do. It's not just the elite players who seem to think that, but the coaches and sports media too.

I mean, San Antonio might actually run a set play to get a good shot at the end of a game, but that's the Spurs.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #7209 on:** November 20, 2012, 10:43:42 PM »

Quote from: Cormacaroni on November 20, 2012, 10:22:53 PM

catching up on that Dallas-GSW game from the other night

How was the video quality for you? Was 1 bar on 360 and terrible on PC for me.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #7210 on:** November 21, 2012, 05:35:17 AM »

Great. I only ever have bad video when using this little Acer net-top I have. On a good PC/Mac, 360 or iPad it's almost always great. The 360 is fast becoming the only way I watch it though...they just need a few more tweaks and it will be perfect.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #7211 on:** November 21, 2012, 07:29:10 AM »

Usually it's been fine for me but that game specifically was horrible.

Eric P · « **Reply #7212 on:** November 21, 2012, 07:43:15 AM »

Quote from: Cormacaroni on November 16, 2012, 09:25:29 PM

btw, for pilonv1 and any other users of the NBA Game Time app on the 360 - it got updated the other day and all my major issues with it have been fixed. No games are blacked out for me (so far...) and replays actually work, rather than just showing the 'GAME HAS ENDED title card endlessly. So booyah. It's such a killer app I may even get a new 360 'cause my old one is so noisy.

nice

i was actually just watching everything through a computer i have hooked up to the PC and that was working well enough

Eric P · « **Reply #7213 on:** November 21, 2012, 09:02:56 PM »

:-\jesus houston

pilonv1 · « **Reply #7214 on:** November 21, 2012, 09:24:32 PM »

McFail ran Harden into the ground

Eric P · « **Reply #7215 on:** November 21, 2012, 09:28:17 PM »

looks like houston is going to be the new location of Hostess's turnover factory

Eric P · « **Reply #7216 on:** November 21, 2012, 10:29:08 PM »

wooooo

good final quarter.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #7217 on:** November 22, 2012, 04:04:55 AM »

lolkers

T-Short · « **Reply #7218 on:** November 22, 2012, 05:07:02 AM »

Didn't catch this until I saw it on Shaqtin' A Fool

Eric P · « **Reply #7219 on:** November 22, 2012, 07:44:39 AM »

nice

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #7220 on:** November 23, 2012, 11:47:22 PM »

So why was Mike Brown fired again?

naff · « **Reply #7221 on:** November 24, 2012, 12:37:03 AM »

Houston

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #7222 on:** November 24, 2012, 11:51:39 AM »

http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/story/_/id/8667785/los-angeles-lakers-pau-gasol-wants-more-touches-post

Oh Lakers.

The Knicks seem to be coming back down to earth also.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #7223 on:** November 24, 2012, 06:52:52 PM »

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/8671136/andrew-bynum-philadelphia-76ers-indefinitely

Quote

PHILADELPHIA—Speaking to reporters after suffering a setback with lingering injuries, 76ers center Andrew Bynum admitted Wednesday that the intense pain in his knees was completely worthwhile considering all the misery it’s causing the Philadelphia fanbase. “I’d easily take a full season of this to just keep watching all these assholes crying and whining on message boards,” said Bynum, adding that every bitching sports talk radio host makes him wish he could go through surgery all over again. “Do you think I would have admitted that I hurt myself while bowling if it wasn’t this fun to make these Philly fans suffer? God, this is way better than trying to bring these awful people a championship.” As of press time, the Eagles have announced they will re-sign head coach Andy Reid to a four-year deal just to see the look on their fucking fans’ faces.

http://www.theonion.com/articles/andrew-bynum-admits-pain-in-knees-small-price-to-p,30482/

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #7224 on:** November 24, 2012, 08:52:14 PM »

pilonv1 · « **Reply #7225 on:** November 25, 2012, 01:13:39 AM »

Eric P · « **Reply #7226 on:** November 25, 2012, 04:07:13 AM »

today i am going to go see the nets and the trail blazers play

it will be my first live basketball experience

pilonv1 · « **Reply #7227 on:** November 25, 2012, 04:47:54 AM »

Looks better in full motion from the other angle

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #7228 on:** November 25, 2012, 12:27:47 PM »

The Ray Allen pick up was so nice.

Eric P · « **Reply #7229 on:** November 25, 2012, 07:54:49 PM »

that game was a bit of a disappointment. brooklyn had a meh 1st half and average second half. Portland just seemed to give up in the second.

the new center is nice, but jesus christ too much Biggie Kanye and Jay-Z as game music. Thank god there are so many hip hop tracks that mention Brooklyn by name making the "djs" job much easier but it felt like i was stuck in a hot97 set the way they kept playing the same song snippets over and over and over again.

T-Short · « **Reply #7230 on:** November 26, 2012, 02:03:14 PM »

BORN READY

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #7231 on:** November 27, 2012, 02:06:02 PM »

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #7232 on:** November 27, 2012, 02:26:36 PM »

tell me that's a fucking joke

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #7233 on:** November 27, 2012, 02:33:28 PM »

Quote from: BrandNew on November 27, 2012, 02:26:36 PM

tell me that's a fucking joke

The final score was 114-69.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #7234 on:** November 27, 2012, 02:42:06 PM »

jesus christ

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #7235 on:** November 27, 2012, 03:24:12 PM »

Quote from: Stoney Mason on November 27, 2012, 02:06:02 PM

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Stoney Mason · « **Reply #7236 on:** November 27, 2012, 03:45:15 PM »

To be fair the Bobcats are 7-6 right now and this is a team that went 7-59 last season. So its all about perspective.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #7237 on:** November 27, 2012, 05:35:39 PM »

They have a better record than the Lakers.

Beezy · « **Reply #7238 on:** November 28, 2012, 12:25:41 AM »

First time doing this fantasy thing and I need a 2nd opinion. Which trade would be better: giving up Wade for Calderon and Scola or for Calderon and Gallinari? A third option would be Evan Turner and Iguodala but that's my least favorite at the moment.

I never wanted Wade in the first place. I wasn't near a computer for my first pick and he's what the gave me. $:-\$

pilonv1 · « **Reply #7239 on:** November 28, 2012, 12:34:49 AM »

Those first two trades are pretty terrible. The Turner/Iguodala one is much better since both play regular minutes.

But it just depends on what stats you need, the rest of your team and what scoring system you are using.

Beezy · « **Reply #7240 on:** November 28, 2012, 12:50:12 AM »

I'm not even sure if he'll agree to give up Turner/Iggy. I know the first dude is willing to give up those 3 players though. He's already made 2 offers since the season started.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #7241 on:** November 28, 2012, 01:09:36 AM »

Kobe scored 40 tonight but the Lakers only scored 77 total and lose on a last second drive to the basket. Karma is a bitch.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #7242 on:** November 28, 2012, 01:14:10 AM »

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #7243 on:** November 28, 2012, 01:34:26 AM »

Glad i decided to give that Bucks-Bulls game a go the other night, what a completely insane comeback by the bench guys. Skiles rode them to the end

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #7244 on:** November 28, 2012, 01:35:31 AM »

lakers

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #7245 on:** November 28, 2012, 01:40:59 AM »

joey Crawford is a fucking hack

pilonv1 · « **Reply #7246 on:** November 29, 2012, 12:12:43 AM »

Dallas signing Derek Fisher

Robo · « **Reply #7247 on:** November 29, 2012, 12:53:06 AM »

The Wizards won. It was bound to happen eventually, I guess.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #7248 on:** November 29, 2012, 08:46:18 PM »

What the hell is going on with the Spurs?

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/8692304/san-antonio-spurs-sit-4-top-5-scorers-vs-miami-heat

Actually, that's cool with me. Fuck Stern

pilonv1 · « **Reply #7249 on:** November 29, 2012, 08:52:36 PM »

It's only an issue because the game is on TNT

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #7250 on:** November 29, 2012, 08:55:09 PM »

Quote from: pilonv1 on November 29, 2012, 08:52:36 PM

It's only an issue because the game is on TNT

FUCK STERN EVEN MORE

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #7251 on:** November 29, 2012, 09:59:12 PM »

Very cool move by Pop. What's the downside? The organization budgets for his fines I'm sure, so it's no skin off his ass. Tired starters are often worse than their bench, especially on a team like the Spurs that runs deep and runs very specific team offensive and defensive schemes.

The upside is fucking huge though - having your bench potentially beat Miami on their court on TNT. It is still a tight game!

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #7252 on:** November 29, 2012, 10:19:14 PM »

Wade is actually a great example of a tired/injured starter being a liability vs the bench - he just can't do the stuff he thinks he can do, and it's killing Miami.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #7253 on:** November 29, 2012, 11:14:50 PM »

Offensively Miami has been amazing this year but defensively they've been pretty meh which is partially due to them not playing bigs very many minutes this year.

And Wade is obviously still a great player but I think this is the first year where people are kind of clearly seeing he is not at his peak anymore.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #7254 on:** November 29, 2012, 11:43:33 PM »

I am suspicious about his running form, actually. He's as bad a heel striker as I've seen in the NBA, that has to have something to do with all those injuries. LeBron on the other hand, runs really lightly and efficiently and is never injured.

Eric P · « **Reply #7255 on:** November 30, 2012, 10:04:57 AM »

needs some vibrams

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #7256 on:** November 30, 2012, 09:44:41 PM »

some old-school Converse hightops would do the trick. I strongly suspect that highly padded basketball shoes are like boxing gloves (which despite being designed to protect the opponent, let you punch harder by protecting your hands, counterintuitively) - they let you jump higher by cushioning the shock when you fall, but that actually leads to more injuries in the long run. But I wouldn't be lining up to try it over 82 games on a hardwood floor.

naff · « **Reply #7257 on:** November 30, 2012, 11:46:27 PM »

Quote from: pilonv1 on November 29, 2012, 08:52:36 PM

It's only an issue because the game is on TNT

And Miami

Beezy · « **Reply #7258 on:** December 01, 2012, 12:36:43 AM »

naff · « **Reply #7259 on:** December 01, 2012, 01:06:05 AM »

DWIGHT

Quote from: Beezy on December 01, 2012, 12:36:43 AM

[img]http://i.imgur.com/fgq97.jpg[img]

Expecting to hear Stern fines Duncan and Parker for this

News:

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