captmcblack
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Kevin Love should wait to do some meaningful things in the league before he starts talking like this, I think. He's really good, but still...
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2012-13 Dec NBA Season |OT|Runnin' in da mouf of Serg Abaka daily.
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Yeah, I'm sure he's terribly upset that he has a huge contract almost entirely because he's lucky enough to be the coach of a team with Durant and Westbrook.
Oh, Adam. Your barbs don't have the same sting anymore.
Liquidsnake
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So how many games is Amir Johnson getting?
Weird that you guys skipped this entire even completely. even last night.
Weird that you guys skipped this entire even completely. even last night.
Oh my god. Hahahahahaha
How long before we see Westbrook wearing one in a post game interview?
http://www.gq.com/style/blogs/the-gq-eye/2012/12/gq-addresses-the-meggings-movement.html
http://www.gq.com/style/blogs/the-gq-eye/2012/12/gq-addresses-the-meggings-movement.html
Right on Brandi's tits and ass lmao
I was saying this after pre-season :|
They were. I bought into it with the draft. But... he didn't upscale to the NBA at all. He's been left so far behind. If he can't get a big boost in physical attributes to compete athletically with the rest of the NBA, he's going to Europe.
mis-understood? how so? Not being quick enough to play the 3, and not being big enough to play the 4, while your go to move is a jab step step back jumper, that you shoot worse than Jamison ever did, doesn't really spell "mis-understood". For over 15 games the suns tried to focus the offense through Beasley, he just wasn't good enough.
His most attempted shot is a 16-23 feet (i can tell you it's more like 21-23 feet cause he sucks at getting position) jumper that he's shooting at 33%.
Beasley's game just doesn't translate to the NBA, and he's never developed it. Never added anything. He's still atrocious defensively, has no understanding of the half court offense.
I'm not sure how that is on anyone but him.
What has any of that got to do with Beasley? Nothing? Fine, ok, thanks for showing up.
Such as? Like, seriously, where has he got left to go in terms of different situations. Miami, Wolves, Suns. Thats a pretty broad spectrum from east to west of the league, and he hasn't put it together in any system, under any coach, on any team.
If Beasley can't put it together under Gentry, i'm not sure where he can. Gentry is a fantastic development coach for the most part. He's the one guy that got Amare to play Defense for half a season.
LegendofJoe
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Small sword love mayo, the jokes write themselves.
Bynum with that afroswag.
captmcblack
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As much as I want to lol because it's Sam Bowie, I can sympathize here. You mean you wouldn't do whatever you could to stay in the league if you were in it?
Future PhaZe
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MorisUkunRasik
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Randy Wittman only coached for 19 games, in which Love shot 1/10 from 3. The 19 games after Randy was fired he was 0/3. He ended up 2/19 on the year 10.5%
His rookie year aside he's a 36.8% 3 point shooter
His rookie year aside he's a 36.8% 3 point shooter
What's wrong with what Love said? Randy Whitman IS an idiot. There's no reason Love shouldn't take threes unless you buy into the nonsense that big men aren't supposed to even if they're good outside shooters. Love probably knew he was a good 3 point shooter, but his percentage was low under Whitman because he got so few attempts. It's hard to have confidence in a skill even if you're actually good at it when your coach disapproves of using it. And when you don't have confidence in a skill, it's difficult to execute it.
The guy wants a championship-contending team built around him.
What keystone centerpiece of any championship team ever was a 3-point shooting power forward?
MorisUkunRasik
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The 2011 Mavericks?
Adam Blade
WWKC
But Dirx is actually good doe.
in his defense, the game is different now than it used to be.
I mean, Kevin Durant is called the second best player in the NBA and he's basically a spot up shooter. 60% of the time the dude does not move from the 3 point line.
it's not farfetch'd to say a championship team could be built around a 3pt shooting PF
Adam Blade
WWKC
... wat @ reilo
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...2/11/magic-johnson-rips-lakers-for-poor-play/
At this point, i'll be the first to admit Mike brown was a better option than D'antoni. No lie.
Atleast he knew we were a slow, lazy team and played to those strengths last season. Especially with someone like bynum playing lots of minutes in the rotation.
At this point, i'll be the first to admit Mike brown was a better option than D'antoni. No lie.
Atleast he knew we were a slow, lazy team and played to those strengths last season. Especially with someone like bynum playing lots of minutes in the rotation.
The Wolves should wait to do some meaningful things before they act like "no one is greater than the franchise".
Bulls did that with Jordan, and everyone knew it was a mistake. Love ain't no Jordan. But the Wolves aren't Minny either.
Piss off the 2nd best player in your franchises history, after you pissed off the best player in your franchise history in the last decade. If Love leaves, Rubio will be out the door soon too. He already had reservations about going to Minny when he was drafted, he won't wanna stay there when his contract expires.
ItWasMeantToBe19
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Have you watched Kevin Durant play a single second in the last two years.
Liquidsnake
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Alright, I'll admit I spaced on that one. lol
Adam Blade
WWKC
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Psychological Intellect
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a pimp named bynum
Rodeo Clown
All aboard! The Love train!
I'd bet large sums of money that Ricky Rubio signs an extension with the Wolves.
For Years I always argued (even on this site) that the D'Antoni offense was a bad offensive system because it didn't incorporate the "sound offensive principles" that Tex and Phil talked about. Granted that's their opinion, but I trust a guy with 11 chips who's known for his offensive system whenever he opens his mouth to talk about offense.
Listening to D'Antoni talk, I feel like he really doesn't understand why his teams are so poor defensively and why it's a direct result of his offensive philosophy.
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
What? I would tell you I shit easter eggs for millions don't act like it's crazy or something
huh?
I'm sure kahn is a goon and handled it really unprofessionally. But that doesn't they were wrong in what they did, just how they did it.
As soon as a player thinks he should start dictating what trades a team makes, and he hasn't even had 5 years in the league, you know he's getting too full of himself.
The cavs are the classic example.
And their roster this year leaves no excuses once rubio is healthy.
last year he played exactly like that. even during the playoffs people were commenting on how he just stands out there and doesn't do shit
i haven't watched him this year so maybe he does something else once in awhile.
ClovingWestbrook
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Wtf? Lakers 9-12? Smh. Thats it, Imma be joining Knicks Age.
ClovingWestbrook
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Good to be here. Melo MVP. Josh Smith most improved. Dolan Owner of the year. Man, Amare comtract was a smart deal.
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Welcome brother.
MorisUkunRasik
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Now if only he could find a situation that could replicate the 2011 Mavs.
A defensive specialist center, an all time great PG who is over the hill, a SF who makes you cringe when he shoots but is a good defender, a questionmark riddled bench and a guard who shoots even when it may not be the best idea to shoot.
Now where could Love find that?
Adam Blade
WWKC
Well, the Knicks already have Amare.
Samurai, that was a typo. ESPN needs to edit articles better.
Managing an NBA Team means, for better or worse, managing egos. Sometimes handling it poorly is as big of a mistake as doing the wrong tactical signing...especially if it means pissing off your best player. That article doesn't say that Love wanted input in trades or demanded them, he just thinks Kahn is incompetent, which, it seems, he is.
Love knows basic common sense, unless you build a super team, it's going to take a few years of continuity to gel together and begin to contend. They've essentially wasted 3 years of Love's career making bone-headed moves. Getting every single draft choice wrong except for Rubio, hiring the wrong coach for 2 years, stockpiling Bigs and PG's and not getting any good wings.
Heck man, we all look at Kahn's work and see the holes and mistakes in it, you think Love shouldn't have a right to have an opinion?
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
Mavs bench was so deep
No one on the Lakers bench would have cracked normal mins outside of Hill
About freaking time. Talk about zero to hero.
Syphon Filter
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My man.
What did the Al Jefferson trade get them? According to the article, misused assets. Al Jefferson was better than Darko, or Randolph, or really even Pek.
Obviously complaining about the Jefferson trade isn't Love's brightest moment. But Kahn botched that too. Kahn's made 2 good decisions, and both were no brainers. Draft Rubio, Hire Adelman.
Every other decision has ranged from meh, to just piss poor.
ratcliffja
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Somebody must have gotten confused. Without even seeing a breakdown of the leads in the game, the quarters went 15,25,21,19 for the Bulls and 18,35,25,23 for the Clippers. Even if the Clippers went on a 35-0 run in the second quarter, they would have been behind at most 40-18 (22 points).
Edit: Actually, looking at the detailed game breakdown, the only time the Bulls lead was 2-0. That's more than just a typo, that's completely changing what happened in the game.
I know I've been harping on this a lot but...
"Get Runouts because poor shots in the sequence ends up without good court balance"
Phil has always maintained that there should always be one or two guards back near or above the 3 point line to prevent transition buckets...literally every triangle offense play incorporates that.
Something that D'Antoni's "put two shooters in the corner, run pick and roll" offense doesn't do. Lakers don't just get scored on in transition because they're old, or the TO's, it's because there's usually no one in position to run back on D.
"Get Runouts because poor shots in the sequence ends up without good court balance"
Phil has always maintained that there should always be one or two guards back near or above the 3 point line to prevent transition buckets...literally every triangle offense play incorporates that.
Something that D'Antoni's "put two shooters in the corner, run pick and roll" offense doesn't do. Lakers don't just get scored on in transition because they're old, or the TO's, it's because there's usually no one in position to run back on D.
Pekovic is everything Al is but not a ball hog whiner. And making a lot less.
And they got a good haul of assets in return. They just fucked it up.
The Al trade was a really good trade.
If you're thinking otherwise, you're delusional, but it's not surprising.
If the article was his way to get kahn fired, fine. Other wise, he's just being a whiny bitch. You may want to stop over analyzing and trying to excusably rationalize it.
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