Jesus Westbrook this season has been basically a cheat code
[quote]therajraj wrote:
Jesus Westbrook this season has been basically a cheat code
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This current streak is up there with the very best all-time
[quote]WhiteFlash wrote:
Has anyone been paying attention to what Westbrook has been doing? He’s averaging 27.3 pts,7 assists and almost 6 boards in 31 minutes a game. That’s fucking insane. Guess he hasn’t played enough games to qualify, but he has the highest scoring average in the league. I’m pretty sure OKC gets into the playoffs, and he’s gotta be at the top of MVP talks.[/quote]
I wrote this two months ago, and it’s even truer now. He’s by far the best dude in the league to me right now.
^^ I can vouch for you on that, WF.
Also during this POR at LAC on the latenight:
D Lillard starts out 0-12 FGs, grabs 16 rebs in the meanwhile. (and finishes with 18)
For any youngsters reading this, there is a lesson here.
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[quote]chillain wrote:
^^ I can vouch for you on that, WF.
Also during this POR at LAC on the latenight:
D Lillard starts out 0-12 FGs, grabs 16 rebs in the meanwhile. (and finishes with 18)
For any youngsters reading this, there is a lesson here.
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At this point I think he’s hands down the runaway MVP. He’s detonating on the league.
I love Lillard’s game. I think every young guard out there should study Lillard and Curry’s games as closely as possible. Lillard is obviously a much better athlete, but they both beat you with straight game. Step backs, curls, crossovers, hesi’s, can finish with either hand, shoot the lights out, everything. I also love that two small school kids are two of the five best at their position, and that they both stayed four years. The league is so watered down now. Kids who grew up playing showtime AAU ball are getting drafted after one just decent season based on “potential” and after cashing fat checks there’s no incentive to improve, assuming they have the ability to do so in the first place. Lillard and Curry came in as men, and it shows.
But will they give Westbrook the MVP when he missed a month of the season?
[quote]therajraj wrote:
But will they give Westbrook the MVP when he missed a month of the season?
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If they can give it to Harden for missing 60% of his shots, playing terrible D and getting outplayed in big matchups, then yeah I think they can.
Irving’s 57 needed only 32 FGAs. (still not sure how that’s even possible from the guard position)
Also wish James had let him try for 60 at the end there.
[quote]chillain wrote:
Irving’s 57 needed only 32 FGAs. (still not sure how that’s even possible from the guard position)
Also wish James had let him try for 60 at the end there.
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Just watched the highlights, that would’ve been an awesome game to catch live. Irving and Curry might be the two most fun players to watch right now. Anyone remember when Taco Bell setup a one-on-one between Olajuwon and Shaq that was gonna be on pay-per-view but ended up getting cancelled? I think there’d be a market to watch Curry and Irving go at like that.
Wow Jack Haley dead at 51, Mr. Rodman’s Caddy RIP, he was a great cheerleader
It’d a lot easier to appreciate Paul Gasol when he’s not constantly over shadowed by Kobe.
Watching him carve up the Raptors front court tonight was harsh but fun.
Cavs put a hurting on Memphis, in Memphis.
I think we can now safely declare that Aggv was right about the Love-Wiggins deal.
Maybe Love’s size will prove pivotal in the halfcourt sets of the playoffs, but picturing Wiggins in that rotation is almost scary.
[quote]chillain wrote:
I think we can now safely declare that Aggv was right about the Love-Wiggins deal.
Maybe Love’s size will prove pivotal in the halfcourt sets of the playoffs, but picturing Wiggins in that rotation is almost scary.
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I wasnt going to say anything because it hurts to think about it.
[quote]chillain wrote:
I think we can now safely declare that Aggv was right about the Love-Wiggins deal.
Maybe Love’s size will prove pivotal in the halfcourt sets of the playoffs, but picturing Wiggins in that rotation is almost scary.
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This can’t be serious.
How many times do I have to go over what I’ve already gone over in this thread before?
Wiggins may end up as the choice that could be better long term, especially if Love leaves this offseason, but for this year, Love is clearly the better choice.
^^ Heh. I hear you red, and I’m a Love/Gasol apologist to a fault (mostly because high IQ bigs are so rare)
But after the deal with NYK shored up CLE’s interior defense, I feel like Wiggins perimeter defense/athleticism would’ve been way scarier than what Love’s currently bringing to the table.
(All of this with 20-20 hindsight and assuming everything else unfolds exactly how it did, of course)
[quote]chillain wrote:
what Love’s currently bringing to the table.
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Corner 3’s, terrible defense, couple good outlet passes per game?
What else am i missing?
You know why the deal for JR, and Shump is working out so well? Because they’re athletic perimeter/wing players…which wiggnes makes those guys look old and slow by comparison.
My only hope for KLove is that he agrees to a sign and trade extension, and then we can get something back vs letting him walk. It wouldnt make sense for him to allow his new team to give up assets when he could just sign there outright, but wishful thinking.
Warriors or the rest of the field? I’m taking my Warriors over everyone. Clearly the best team in the NBA, clearly the most depth, Kerr is already entering the conversation in terms of top coaches, Draymond Green is a fucking junkyard dog, and anyone who says you can’t play fast in the playoffs clearly grew up watching Knicks vs. Heat in the 90’s and hasn’t watched basketball since.
How about it? I know most of you East Coast people don’t even know who the Warriors are, but is anyone here willing to lay an avatar on the line? I’m taking the Warriors over the Cavs in 6. Warriors win the championship and you sport an avatar of my choice for a month. If anyone else wins the title, I’ll sport your avatar.
I dont care much about making a bet, but the warriors are a jump shooting team as the ole adage goes “live by the jump shot, die by the jump shot”
GS just has not gotten cold all season, but it makes me wonder how those young nerves will do with the bright lights in the playoffs.
It’s also really hard to pick against the spurs in the west.
Cavs for sure in the finals, it’s too hard to pick who gets out of the west.
[quote]Aggv wrote:
I dont care much about making a bet, but the warriors are a jump shooting team as the ole adage goes “live by the jump shot, die by the jump shot”
GS just has not gotten cold all season, but it makes me wonder how those young nerves will do with the bright lights in the playoffs.
It’s also really hard to pick against the spurs in the west.
Cavs for sure in the finals, it’s too hard to pick who gets out of the west. [/quote]
You get all your info from Barkley, then. They are the #1 defense in the NBA, and I’m not even sure if the next team is even close. They aren’t a jump-shooting team, they’re the best 3-point shooting team in the history of the game, and they couple that with a suffocating defense that forces a shitload of turnovers. And they’re better in the open court off turnovers than anyone in the league.