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naff · « **Reply #10920 on:** October 24, 2013, 11:48:06 PM »

Quote from: BrandNew on October 24, 2013, 12:04:47 AM

goddamit I didn't read your post. Didn't see she'd rather a mesh one

Np. Thanks!

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #10921 on:** October 25, 2013, 08:51:47 PM »

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #10922 on:** October 25, 2013, 09:26:42 PM »

I doubt Oden will play half the season, if that much.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #10923 on:** October 25, 2013, 09:33:05 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on October 25, 2013, 09:26:42 PM

I doubt Oden will play half the season, if that much.

I think most people are assuming this. He is essentially envisioned as a playoff player to go against the Bulls and the Pacers. Basically the defensive version of Mike Miller they are hoping.

Beasley should be more productive by comparison during the regular season.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #10924 on:** October 25, 2013, 09:58:17 PM »

76ers starting lineup.

Point Guard   Michael Carter-Williams
Shooting Guard   James Anderson
Small Forward   Evan Turner
Power Forward   Thaddeus Young
Center   Spencer Hawes

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #10925 on:** October 25, 2013, 10:25:16 PM »

the evan turner era has begun

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #10926 on:** October 26, 2013, 10:50:46 PM »

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Stoney Mason · « **Reply #10927 on:** October 27, 2013, 09:38:25 PM »

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #10928 on:** October 27, 2013, 10:22:35 PM »

Why aren't they in the gym? That type of amateur attitude doesn't win championships.

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Your Stalker · « **Reply #10929 on:** October 27, 2013, 10:43:40 PM »

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #10930 on:** October 27, 2013, 10:58:48 PM »

Rasheed Wallace, ladies and gentlemen.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #10931 on:** October 27, 2013, 11:07:44 PM »

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #10932 on:** October 28, 2013, 07:31:34 PM »

needs to become an emote

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #10933 on:** October 29, 2013, 03:01:07 AM »

Your Stalker · « **Reply #10934 on:** October 29, 2013, 05:29:50 AM »

i don't care if it's fake that nikka at 3:12 needs to kill himself

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #10935 on:** October 29, 2013, 11:01:54 AM »

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #10936 on:** October 29, 2013, 12:36:03 PM »

Bulls/Heat tonight

starting the season off right with the best two teams in the league

minus the spurs

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #10937 on:** October 29, 2013, 12:56:43 PM »

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/9895807/can-lebron-james-miami-heat-win-third-nba-title

As usual nice article from Zach Lowe evaluating Miami and their chance for the three-peat.

Mandark · « **Reply #10938 on:** October 29, 2013, 07:42:49 PM »

Hibbert with 12 rebounds in the first quarter.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #10939 on:** October 29, 2013, 08:07:12 PM »

Anyone used TNT's online Overtime stream? Apparently the game will be streamed tonight.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #10940 on:** October 29, 2013, 08:14:19 PM »

Quote from: Mandark on October 29, 2013, 07:42:49 PM

Hibbert with 12 rebounds in the first quarter.

He should have a monster season. Better team. Better confidence. More in shape.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #10941 on:** October 29, 2013, 09:00:58 PM »

Miami putting it on Chicago.

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #10942 on:** October 29, 2013, 09:27:14 PM »

Good D, nice transition offense and crispy ball movement

Heat looking like the Spurs in 1st half

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #10943 on:** October 30, 2013, 12:40:51 AM »

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1828951-lebron-james-vs-derrick-rose-still-plenty-of-room-for-debate

Hey look. A well paid professional troll.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #10944 on:** October 30, 2013, 12:41:42 AM »

that was a complete shit show for the bulls. brick after brick after brick. when boozer is getting more than 30 points, you know you done fucked up with your offensive scheme.

heat had great bench play. Cole looked amazing

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #10945 on:** October 30, 2013, 01:08:26 AM »

Lakers gonna beat the Clippers.

Maybe not having one guy jack all the shots up isn't so bad.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #10946 on:** October 30, 2013, 02:07:45 AM »

the first bosh gif of the season

etiolate · « **Reply #10947 on:** October 30, 2013, 02:55:12 AM »

FRAUD CLIPPERS

Don't know what to expect from the Kings/Nugs game tomorrow. Both franchises had overhauls. Malone hasn't even announced a starting five for the season.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #10948 on:** October 30, 2013, 03:19:42 PM »

Quote

In a recent meeting with the coaching staff and some team executives, Dolan said he believes the Knicks have enough talent to win a title and that he expects them to do so this season, league sources with knowledge of the owner's message during the meeting confirmed.

"He told them he believes they have enough talent to win it all," one source said, "and he expects it to happen this year."

http://espn.go.com/new-york/nba/story/_/id/9903108/james-dolan-new-york-knicks-owner-expects-championship-year

This reads like one of those onion sports articles.

El Babua · « **Reply #10949 on:** October 30, 2013, 09:06:32 PM »

The Heat wouldn't be winning by 3 against a halfway competent team right now.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #10950 on:** October 30, 2013, 09:16:13 PM »

"This is going to be a long season..." - Stoney, within the next 30 minutes.

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #10951 on:** October 30, 2013, 09:27:09 PM »

It would be nice if Varejao will give the Cavs just one full season. They are actually a competent team when he is heathy.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #10952 on:** October 30, 2013, 09:29:41 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on October 30, 2013, 09:16:13 PM

"This is going to be a long season..." - Stoney, within the next 30 minutes.

Just like the Heat I don't care about the regular season at this point. It's nothing to really follow for the heat anymore. There are teams where it matters but the Heat aren't one of them.

It is embarrassing to get beat by a historically bad 76ers team but whatever.

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #10953 on:** October 30, 2013, 09:30:27 PM »

Heat got surprised by Philly cuz everyone says Philly is just gonna tank this season

etiolate · « **Reply #10954 on:** October 30, 2013, 09:37:08 PM »

Not only did they get beat by the Sixers, but Michael Carter-Williams was flirting with a quadruple double.

wtf

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #10955 on:** October 30, 2013, 11:04:13 PM »

MCW good lord

etiolate · « **Reply #10956 on:** October 31, 2013, 12:56:35 AM »

Big Bad Boogie with 30&14, a huge block in the 4th and the win.

"May thou that hateth thee then be thou that sucketh thee."

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #10957 on:** October 31, 2013, 01:30:56 AM »

MCW

The Big East

pilonv1 · « **Reply #10958 on:** October 31, 2013, 06:44:51 AM »

Klay

Eric P · « **Reply #10959 on:** October 31, 2013, 08:02:54 AM »

fuck you league pass
i just wanted to watch the houston game but it kept saying "network error"
i could watch almost any other game except the one i wanted

Beezy · « **Reply #10960 on:** October 31, 2013, 09:25:29 AM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on October 31, 2013, 01:30:56 AM

MCW

The Big East

Ridiculous. My Cuse friends will be talking about this for a while.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #10961 on:** October 31, 2013, 12:06:48 PM »

Eric P · « **Reply #10962 on:** October 31, 2013, 12:13:41 PM »

holy shit

etiolate · « **Reply #10963 on:** October 31, 2013, 03:04:51 PM »

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #10964 on:** October 31, 2013, 05:24:54 PM »

etiolate · « **Reply #10965 on:** November 01, 2013, 12:39:08 AM »

The calls Blake Griffin gets are ridiculous. He hasn't accomplished anything of great note. Why he gets sent to the line for every-play contact blows my mind.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #10966 on:** November 01, 2013, 12:45:45 AM »

Maybe he, you know, got fouled. His game is basically 95% physical stuff, of course he's going to the line.

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #10967 on:** November 01, 2013, 12:49:10 AM »

Blake gets fouled harder than anyyone because nobody wants to become one of his highlights

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #10968 on:** November 01, 2013, 12:53:56 AM »

Quote from: etiolate on November 01, 2013, 12:39:08 AM

The calls Blake Griffin gets are ridiculous. He hasn't accomplished anything of great note. Why he gets sent to the line for every-play contact blows my mind.

Nice to see Kings fans finally see the light

Mandark · « **Reply #10969 on:** November 01, 2013, 12:57:46 AM »

Hey, guess who had an even higher ratio of FTA's to FGA's than Blake?

...Boogie Cousins! Stern's blatant pro-Sacramento bias is disgusting. What a joke.

etiolate · « **Reply #10970 on:** November 01, 2013, 01:04:48 AM »

Why is the bore worthless at sports threads. =|

Cousins gets fouled a lot. A whole damn lot. At the end of the Nuggs game, all Denver was doing was having Hickson mug him in hopes of anything of any sort to stop him.

I am not sure what you mean by physical stuff, but Blake's game isn't physical. He's athletic, but his game is speed, agility and the athleticism. He's soft though.

Mandark · « **Reply #10971 on:** November 01, 2013, 01:34:30 AM »

Quote from: etiolate on November 01, 2013, 01:04:48 AM

I am not sure what you mean by physical stuff, but Blake's game isn't physical. He's athletic, but his game is speed, agility and the athleticism. He's soft though.

Not to speak for PD, but Griffin goes hard to the rim pretty frequently, which is why he led the league in dunks last year. And taking lots of shots at the rim is basically the #1 factor in in drawing lots of free throws. Call it physical or not, but his style of offense explains his relatively high (but not even top 20 in the league) FTA/FGA ratio.

etiolate · « **Reply #10972 on:** November 01, 2013, 01:58:01 AM »

He goes hard on dunks, but that's not dealing with the physicality of the interior. Lobs and setups are a different beast from the bump and grind. Blake's game isn't that much different from Shawn Marion's. Blake goes to the line a lot because he was getting superstar calls very early on his career.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #10973 on:** November 01, 2013, 02:02:14 AM »

Mandark · « **Reply #10974 on:** November 01, 2013, 02:34:10 AM »

Quote from: etiolate on November 01, 2013, 01:58:01 AM

He goes hard on dunks, but that's not dealing with the physicality of the interior. Lobs and setups are a different beast from the bump and grind. Blake's game isn't that much different from Shawn Marion's. Blake goes to the line a lot because he was getting superstar calls very early on his career.

Yeah, but attacking the rim hard as the dive man in a pick'n'roll, or on a cut away from the ball is still going to put you into the teeth of the defense, and at higher speeds to boot. The list of FTA rate leaders includes a lot of bigs who mostly don't operate out of the post, like Tyson Chandler, Reggie Evans, DeAndre Jordan, Chris Anderson, Jonas Valanciunas, etc.

And surely the obvious comp for Blake on those Phoenix teams would be Amare?

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #10975 on:** November 01, 2013, 04:19:34 AM »

@smooth groove
@beezy
http://www.thecoli.com/threads/skylar-diggins-is-gone-so-im-about-to-stalk-uvas-tiffany-suarez-for-the-next-4-years-brehs.160108/

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #10976 on:** November 01, 2013, 12:06:35 PM »

hnngggg

also, steph had 9 three-pointers last night. Nicca trying to break his own record

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #10977 on:** November 01, 2013, 12:09:35 PM »

He also committed 11 turnovers unfortunately.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #10978 on:** November 01, 2013, 12:12:47 PM »

worth it

etiolate · « **Reply #10979 on:** November 01, 2013, 04:29:43 PM »

It was basically the same turnover all night long. Clippers were jumping the little safety/out pass across the perimeter.

News:

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