The Mighty Basketball Thread - Page 14

schizophrenicroom · 01.27.2015, 03:43 PM

hassan whiteside, yo. heat are looking to trade norris cole, and i love the dude but i can see it. gets whiteside more minutes.

SuchFriendsAreDangerous · 01.27.2015, 05:38 PM

For the entire Lebron Miami run of greatness everybody and they mama said, "heat need a dominate center to protect the rim." While on surface this looked legit, and in playoff games against bigger teams it passed the eye test. But stats showed small ball was better for that version of Heatles.. lebron and wade averaged almost a block a game between them and bosh was best pick and roll defender in NBA. Further, Lebron and wade both were in top five in points in the paint. Why? Because there was no lumbering and slow big center clogging up the paint in their offense. Their motion offense was too fast and precise for a big center, it simply wouldn't have worked. However Whiteside is different. This kid is HUGE presence protecting the rim, yet is as fast and quick as smaller PFs like what Bosh was asked to do.. sp he is a unique fit in a Spoelstra offensive system, he is big but fast. And the Heat play fast defense relying on traps and quick rotations. Most big centers aren't quick enough. Roy Hibbert is considered the best rim protector in the NBA yet the guy is so slow and off balance that he destroys his own team's offense.. i mean have you seen how long it takes for the guy to get up after falling? Whiteside on other hand is fast and agile.. liking this addition to heat.too bad the guard rotation is absolute trash. With Lebron that team was able to have a aubpar offensive output from Chalmers/Cole as long as like Lakers used D-Fish, they played elite defense. Now? Points are a rare commodity for 2014 Heat and they need real guards who can score

SuchFriendsAreDangerous · 01.29.2015, 09:29 AM

Harden game is ugly, like at least half his free throws are cheap shots drawing contact. Take away the refs for a nite guy would look like DJ Augustin yo

SuchFriendsAreDangerous · 01.29.2015, 10:26 AM

Oh, I've seen enough Hardens boring ten free throw attempts a game. Just because a player graduated from the Kobe School of Cheap Freethrows doesn't make it exciting to watch

Rob Instigator · 01.29.2015, 11:22 AM

wins is wins

Rob Instigator · 01.29.2015, 11:23 AM

blame Jordan for that mess.

SuchFriendsAreDangerous · 01.29.2015, 11:28 AM

Wins are wins but if its going to be a bunch of boring freethrows and legitimately questionable calls ill be skipping that game. Kobe was boring. And believe me, before harden became kobe 2.0 i really enjoyed his game.he can handle the ball as goodas anyone, his 3 is destructive, and his pick and roll superb..how ever that is precisely what makes his reliance on cheap freethrows so damned beneath him!

Rob Instigator · 01.29.2015, 11:33 AM

blame Morley and coach McHale. They set the offense plans. They have been working to create a team that relies only on 3 point shots and cheap free throws.

NBA basketball, LeBronBron and all, is going the way of the NHL. It is diluted by too many teams, with at least a dozen each season being interminably awful, and the same 6-8 squads in contention every year. It is a boring spectacle.

Rob Instigator · 01.29.2015, 12:06 PM

NFL football is the only sport where I can watch any team against any team and enjoy it.

As far as NBA and MLB, I can only give a flying fuck about my home teams (astros and rockets) until the Finals/World Series comes around.

The only other sporting competitions I can really get into watching regardless of who is competing are international things like the Olympics and the World Cup.

In 1994-1995 I watched probably 90% of all Rockets games, home and away.

SuchFriendsAreDangerous · 01.29.2015, 12:17 PM

Fuck the Spurs.. also actually for first time in years Nba is wide open. There are literally a DOZEN teams that are legitimately contending

schizophrenicroom · 02.25.2015, 02:41 PM

westbrook was fucking nuts last night

schizophrenicroom · 02.25.2015, 02:42 PM

http://www.sportingnews.com/nba/stor...land-cavaliers

SuchFriendsAreDangerous · 02.25.2015, 02:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by schizophrenicroom

westbrook was fucking nuts last night

Let Westbrook Be Westbrook

SuchFriendsAreDangerous · 03.13.2015, 01:21 AM

Fucking shit Kyrie Irving has the best handling ive ever seen and ive been there watching bball since i was in elementary school and Magic is my alltime favorite player.. and this KID is only 22 fucking years old?? Fucking shit that legitimately scares me.. when i was 22 i wasn't best at shit yo

Bytor Peltor · 03.13.2015, 08:55 PM

DeMarcus Cousins had 39 points / 24 rebounds tonight......NO OTHER ACTIVE PLAYER has reached both in a game.

Chris Webber was the last to do it (1/5/01) 51 points / 26 rebounds.

SuchFriendsAreDangerous · 03.14.2015, 12:59 AM

Props to boogie

SuchFriendsAreDangerous · 03.20.2015, 03:41 PM

So be honest Rob, Harden flops are getting stupid ridiculous. It was stupid when KD did it so much that the NBA had to adopt an entirely new (albeit rarely enforced) rule about shooting fouls. The "Kevin Durant Rule" states that for a foul to be considered a shooting foul the player must definitively be in a shooting motion and not simply flailing their arms like KD was apt to do..

Bytor Peltor · 03.23.2015, 02:43 PM

This past Thursday night, the Houston Rockets organization celebrated the 20th year of their NBA Championships. It was great seeing Vernon Maxwell, who has done multiple stints of incarceration. On the court that night against Denver, James Harden went off for 50 points:

http://cw39.com/2015/03/19/clutch-ci...r-anniversary/

Rob Instigator · 03.23.2015, 03:00 PM

Charles Jones!

SuchFriendsAreDangerous · 03.23.2015, 03:11 PM

Here is what i want to know.. why did rockets make a big deal of celebrating this in MARCH?? i loved Hakeem era and think he is one of the most underrated players in nba history, he belongs in top 10 ALL TIME and only Shaq bests him at the 5 and only because Shaq was a force of nature, hakeem was the superior "basketball player" and could do things dribbling with a ball that even guards could never do let alone bigs. When i watch Lebron dribble in the post and on the block now i can literally SEE what Hakeem taught him that summer, and know that Hakeem is one of the all time best at "the fundamentals"..

However and again, why March? Whole thing seems like a desperate PR move rather than real effort to celebrate the Hakeem era.. should have at the least saved it for the weekend in April just before the playoffs start. Also i noticed y'all ignored my question about James "Flopping" Harden who needed an embarrassing 25 free throw attempts just to crack 50 points

01.27.2015, 03:43 PM	#261
schizophrenicroom invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: behind you Posts: 10,807	hassan whiteside, yo. heat are looking to trade norris cole, and i love the dude but i can see it. gets whiteside more minutes. __________________ fuck i'm frustrated, freaking out something fierce, would you help me? i'm hungry and i stuffer and i startle, i struggle and i stammer til i'm up to my ears in miserable quote unquote "art"
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01.27.2015, 05:38 PM	#262
SuchFriendsAreDangerous invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: fucking Los Angeles Posts: 14,801	For the entire Lebron Miami run of greatness everybody and they mama said, "heat need a dominate center to protect the rim." While on surface this looked legit, and in playoff games against bigger teams it passed the eye test. But stats showed small ball was better for that version of Heatles.. lebron and wade averaged almost a block a game between them and bosh was best pick and roll defender in NBA. Further, Lebron and wade both were in top five in points in the paint. Why? Because there was no lumbering and slow big center clogging up the paint in their offense. Their motion offense was too fast and precise for a big center, it simply wouldn't have worked. However Whiteside is different. This kid is HUGE presence protecting the rim, yet is as fast and quick as smaller PFs like what Bosh was asked to do.. sp he is a unique fit in a Spoelstra offensive system, he is big but fast. And the Heat play fast defense relying on traps and quick rotations. Most big centers aren't quick enough. Roy Hibbert is considered the best rim protector in the NBA yet the guy is so slow and off balance that he destroys his own team's offense.. i mean have you seen how long it takes for the guy to get up after falling? Whiteside on other hand is fast and agile.. liking this addition to heat.too bad the guard rotation is absolute trash. With Lebron that team was able to have a aubpar offensive output from Chalmers/Cole as long as like Lakers used D-Fish, they played elite defense. Now? Points are a rare commodity for 2014 Heat and they need real guards who can score __________________ Today Rap music is the Lakers
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01.29.2015, 09:29 AM	#263
SuchFriendsAreDangerous invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: fucking Los Angeles Posts: 14,801	Harden game is ugly, like at least half his free throws are cheap shots drawing contact. Take away the refs for a nite guy would look like DJ Augustin yo __________________ Today Rap music is the Lakers
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01.29.2015, 10:26 AM	#264
SuchFriendsAreDangerous invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: fucking Los Angeles Posts: 14,801	Oh, I've seen enough Hardens boring ten free throw attempts a game. Just because a player graduated from the Kobe School of Cheap Freethrows doesn't make it exciting to watch __________________ Today Rap music is the Lakers
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01.29.2015, 11:22 AM	#265
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,959	wins is wins __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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01.29.2015, 11:23 AM	#266
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,959	blame Jordan for that mess. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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01.29.2015, 11:28 AM	#267
SuchFriendsAreDangerous invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: fucking Los Angeles Posts: 14,801	Wins are wins but if its going to be a bunch of boring freethrows and legitimately questionable calls ill be skipping that game. Kobe was boring. And believe me, before harden became kobe 2.0 i really enjoyed his game.he can handle the ball as goodas anyone, his 3 is destructive, and his pick and roll superb..how ever that is precisely what makes his reliance on cheap freethrows so damned beneath him! __________________ Today Rap music is the Lakers
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01.29.2015, 11:33 AM	#268
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,959	blame Morley and coach McHale. They set the offense plans. They have been working to create a team that relies only on 3 point shots and cheap free throws. NBA basketball, LeBronBron and all, is going the way of the NHL. It is diluted by too many teams, with at least a dozen each season being interminably awful, and the same 6-8 squads in contention every year. It is a boring spectacle. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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01.29.2015, 12:06 PM	#269
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,959	NFL football is the only sport where I can watch any team against any team and enjoy it. As far as NBA and MLB, I can only give a flying fuck about my home teams (astros and rockets) until the Finals/World Series comes around. The only other sporting competitions I can really get into watching regardless of who is competing are international things like the Olympics and the World Cup. In 1994-1995 I watched probably 90% of all Rockets games, home and away. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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01.29.2015, 12:17 PM	#270
SuchFriendsAreDangerous invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: fucking Los Angeles Posts: 14,801	Fuck the Spurs.. also actually for first time in years Nba is wide open. There are literally a DOZEN teams that are legitimately contending __________________ Today Rap music is the Lakers
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02.25.2015, 02:41 PM	#271
schizophrenicroom invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: behind you Posts: 10,807	westbrook was fucking nuts last night __________________ fuck i'm frustrated, freaking out something fierce, would you help me? i'm hungry and i stuffer and i startle, i struggle and i stammer til i'm up to my ears in miserable quote unquote "art"
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

02.25.2015, 02:42 PM	#272
schizophrenicroom invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: behind you Posts: 10,807	http://www.sportingnews.com/nba/stor...land-cavaliers __________________ fuck i'm frustrated, freaking out something fierce, would you help me? i'm hungry and i stuffer and i startle, i struggle and i stammer til i'm up to my ears in miserable quote unquote "art"
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03.13.2015, 01:21 AM	#274
SuchFriendsAreDangerous invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: fucking Los Angeles Posts: 14,801	Fucking shit Kyrie Irving has the best handling ive ever seen and ive been there watching bball since i was in elementary school and Magic is my alltime favorite player.. and this KID is only 22 fucking years old?? Fucking shit that legitimately scares me.. when i was 22 i wasn't best at shit yo __________________ Today Rap music is the Lakers
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

03.13.2015, 08:55 PM	#275
Bytor Peltor Banned Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Arlen, Texas Posts: 3,784	DeMarcus Cousins had 39 points / 24 rebounds tonight......NO OTHER ACTIVE PLAYER has reached both in a game. Chris Webber was the last to do it (1/5/01) 51 points / 26 rebounds.
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03.14.2015, 12:59 AM	#276
SuchFriendsAreDangerous invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: fucking Los Angeles Posts: 14,801	Props to boogie __________________ Today Rap music is the Lakers
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03.20.2015, 03:41 PM	#277
SuchFriendsAreDangerous invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: fucking Los Angeles Posts: 14,801	So be honest Rob, Harden flops are getting stupid ridiculous. It was stupid when KD did it so much that the NBA had to adopt an entirely new (albeit rarely enforced) rule about shooting fouls. The "Kevin Durant Rule" states that for a foul to be considered a shooting foul the player must definitively be in a shooting motion and not simply flailing their arms like KD was apt to do.. __________________ Today Rap music is the Lakers
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03.23.2015, 02:43 PM	#278
Bytor Peltor Banned Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Arlen, Texas Posts: 3,784	This past Thursday night, the Houston Rockets organization celebrated the 20th year of their NBA Championships. It was great seeing Vernon Maxwell, who has done multiple stints of incarceration. On the court that night against Denver, James Harden went off for 50 points: http://cw39.com/2015/03/19/clutch-ci...r-anniversary/
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03.23.2015, 03:00 PM	#279
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,959	Charles Jones! __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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03.23.2015, 03:11 PM	#280
SuchFriendsAreDangerous invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: fucking Los Angeles Posts: 14,801	Here is what i want to know.. why did rockets make a big deal of celebrating this in MARCH?? i loved Hakeem era and think he is one of the most underrated players in nba history, he belongs in top 10 ALL TIME and only Shaq bests him at the 5 and only because Shaq was a force of nature, hakeem was the superior "basketball player" and could do things dribbling with a ball that even guards could never do let alone bigs. When i watch Lebron dribble in the post and on the block now i can literally SEE what Hakeem taught him that summer, and know that Hakeem is one of the all time best at "the fundamentals".. However and again, why March? Whole thing seems like a desperate PR move rather than real effort to celebrate the Hakeem era.. should have at the least saved it for the weekend in April just before the playoffs start. Also i noticed y'all ignored my question about James "Flopping" Harden who needed an embarrassing 25 free throw attempts just to crack 50 points __________________ Today Rap music is the Lakers
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