People are really making a big deal out of that Griffin dunk.
The Toronto Star, the newspaper I subscribe to, used a full page to display a picture of the dunk.
There’s an article on ESPN where Durant basically disses the dunk, saying it wasn’t all that impressive.
Lets see if this light a fire under OKC’s ass for tonight’s DAL-OKC game.
Let’s go Mavs!!! I wanna see 99-'03 Vince Carter shit on Perkins tonight!!! Lol
[quote]johnman18 wrote:
Let’s go Mavs!!! I wanna see 99-'03 Vince Carter shit on Perkins tonight!!! Lol[/quote]
VC was always the kind of guy with insane amounts of talent but trouble self motivating. In Dallas he’s playing like a new man compared to what he was doing in Phoenix.
God, watching Dirk tonight has been painful.
Everything seems short. He’s 2-10 from the field.
[quote]Gettnitdone wrote:
Maybe things will start to open up later on in the season but right now everyone is playing to win in this condensed season.[/quote]
“HELLO. You don’t just play it to play it…”
[quote]TheBodyGuard wrote:
[quote]WhiteFlash wrote:
It’s a little higher but nothing crazy. The problem for me is the difference in to’s to assists. Durant averages close to 2/1 to/assts, and Westbrook averages close to 4 to’s to only 5 assists. That sucks.
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Westbrook’s ratio is atrocious.
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In his defense, Westbrook is a pure combo guard and about the furthest thing from a pure 1
[quote]chillain wrote:
[quote]TheBodyGuard wrote:
[quote]WhiteFlash wrote:
It’s a little higher but nothing crazy. The problem for me is the difference in to’s to assists. Durant averages close to 2/1 to/assts, and Westbrook averages close to 4 to’s to only 5 assists. That sucks.
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Westbrook’s ratio is atrocious.
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In his defense, Westbrook is a pure combo guard and about the furthest thing from a pure 1
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He averaged over 8asts/gm last 2 years. He should be improving as a ball handler. Or at LEAST staying the same. No excuse for suddenly getting worse at age 23.
I think he will improve as the season goes on, but, that particular excuse doesn’t fly since he’s already been better than this before.
Maybe we chalk it up to post-lockout rust??
Anyway, it’s worth mentioning how B Jennings finished with 0 turnovers in last night’s win over MIA…
Charles Barkley thinks the NBA sucks right now. Apologizes to the fans. Thinks the post-lockout “rust” is bullshit.
Nash’s stat line from last night:
30 points, in 29 minutes, on 16 shots. 10 dimes. 1 TO.
Oh and he’s 37.
[quote]BradTGIF wrote:
Charles Barkley thinks the NBA sucks right now. Apologizes to the fans. Thinks the post-lockout “rust” is bullshit.
Barkley says shit for publicity and to try and remain ‘relevant’ in the basketball community.
Like I said before the league is very competitive right now and the lock-out is a big reason for it.
[quote]Gettnitdone wrote:
[quote]BradTGIF wrote:
Charles Barkley thinks the NBA sucks right now. Apologizes to the fans. Thinks the post-lockout “rust” is bullshit.
Barkley says shit for publicity and to try and remain ‘relevant’ in the basketball community.
Like I said before the league is very competitive right now and the lock-out is a big reason for it. [/quote]
I think the point he was making was that although the league is competitive, the quality of play is junk right now outside of the top 10 or so teams that are running a legit offence and getting back on D.
[quote]Gettnitdone wrote:
[quote]BradTGIF wrote:
Charles Barkley thinks the NBA sucks right now. Apologizes to the fans. Thinks the post-lockout “rust” is bullshit.
Barkley says shit for publicity and to try and remain ‘relevant’ in the basketball community.
Like I said before the league is very competitive right now and the lock-out is a big reason for it. [/quote]
It’s competitive but it’s not high quality basketball. Scoring is down greatly across the league and it’s not because every team in the NBA got better at defense overnight or the pace of play slowed down.
He’s right bball sucks this year, but he’s wrong about the cause. Obviously the lockout IS the call. It’s basically all the same players as last year, and most of the really good players are young and improving. The league didn’t suddenly experience a talent swoon overnight despite retaining virtually the same core of players (weak draft class didn’t push many guys out).
Actually, I should amend that… a lot of teams are hurting for quality depth at the 7th-9th spots on bench because of foreign players and guys not being in shape. But the majority of the game, even with starters in, is just sloppy - if you compare all players to their normal averages, most are less efficient this year, as they’re shooting worse and turning it over more.
[quote]therajraj wrote:
Nash’s stat line from last night:
30 points, in 29 minutes, on 16 shots. 10 dimes. 1 TO.
Oh and he’s 37.[/quote]
Canada’s Finest
Did anyone watch the 76ers blowout the Bulls?
The Minnesota Timberwolves COULD be the next 2005-2008 Phoenix Suns with Rubio and Love LOOSELY paralleling Nash and STAT, respectively. They need a little more confidence and just time to get the team gelling. Hopefully management will keep the roster largely as is so the team can form an ‘identity’ heading into next season. They probably won’t do much damage if they squeeze into the playoffs this year because they are still raw but the pieces are there, much like OKC.
[quote]Gettnitdone wrote:
The Minnesota Timberwolves COULD be the next 2005-2008 Phoenix Suns with Rubio and Love LOOSELY paralleling Nash and STAT, respectively. They need a little more confidence and just time to get the team gelling. Hopefully management will keep the roster largely as is so the team can form an ‘identity’ heading into next season. They probably won’t do much damage if they squeeze into the playoffs this year because they are still raw but the pieces are there, much like OKC. [/quote]
I don’t really get this. Love could not be more different from Amare as a PF. The fact that Rubio is a good passer does not mean Rubio/Love are like Nash/Amare in some way.
[quote]scj119 wrote:
[quote]Gettnitdone wrote:
The Minnesota Timberwolves COULD be the next 2005-2008 Phoenix Suns with Rubio and Love LOOSELY paralleling Nash and STAT, respectively. They need a little more confidence and just time to get the team gelling. Hopefully management will keep the roster largely as is so the team can form an ‘identity’ heading into next season. They probably won’t do much damage if they squeeze into the playoffs this year because they are still raw but the pieces are there, much like OKC. [/quote]
I don’t really get this. Love could not be more different from Amare as a PF. The fact that Rubio is a good passer does not mean Rubio/Love are like Nash/Amare in some way.[/quote]
That’s why I said loosely. I’ve seen Rubio play, he can definitely ball and he’s an underrated shooter. As a team they like to run a fast offence where both Rubio and Love love to run the court. They’re both All-Stars calibre talents even though Rubio isn’t an All-Star YET. Much like Nash and STAT they’re a one-two punch that constantly puts pressure on defences. The Phoenix Suns of yore nearly perfected the guard, power forward combination of ruthless offence, something Minnesota is capable of mimicking with all the young talent on their roster that extends past Rubio and Love.