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2012-13 Oct/Nov NBA Season |OT| Mavericks Attempt To Defend Title

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reilo

learning some important life lessons from magical Negroes
WTF kinda schedule is that for the Knicks?

Game on Monday, then on Friday, and then on Tuesday? Three games in 8 days?
 
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iamshadowlark

Banned
Branduil said:
The Mavs are tied for first in the best division in the NBA despite missing their best player. Not bad.
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Well on your way to a second round exit, congrats?

Edit:
Harden is a max contract guy, its fun to cherry pick after a couple average-mediocre games but still. Like I been saying this whole time, how far they go depends on who else they can grab on that roster.
 
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iamshadowlark

Banned
IHaveCandy said:
The West is widening open. If the Mavs with Dirk back gel well, they will be better than the championship team. That's an important if though as they are young and youth makes synergy more difficult.
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lol, oh word?
Canuck76 said:
Lol give Dirk Wade and Bosh and watch that german get 7 rings.

Basically did what Lebron could never do and tore up every team until he got a ring

No team ups in that mother
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Its fun to dream isn't it.

Branduil said:
1 year later, you still mad.
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Only thing Im mad of is that you didn't make it back to the Finals and probably won't anytime soon.
 
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IHaveCandy

Banned
iamshadowlark said:
lol, oh word?



Its fun to dream isn't it.



Only thing Im mad of is that you didn't make it back to the Finals and probably won't anytime soon.
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Yeah, they're getting better and more consistent penetration play from Collison so far. Everybody saw Barea tear up the Lakers during the playoffs, but a majority of people didn't see a lot of his struggles during the season. His size made him a defensive liability, same with JET. Kaman brings an offensive dimension Chandler and Haywood never had. This is a much better offensive team that hasn't given up much on defense. They have fewer defensive specialists than they had in 10/11, but they also have fewer defensive liability players as they had in 10/11.
 
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iamshadowlark

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IHaveCandy said:
Yeah, they're getting better and more consistent penetration play from Collison so far. Everybody saw Barea tear up the Lakers during the playoffs, but a majority of people didn't see a lot of his struggles during the season. His size made him a defensive liability, same with JET. Kaman brings an offensive dimension Chandler and Haywood never had. This is a much better offensive team that hasn't given up much on defense. They have fewer defensive specialists than they had in 10/11, but they also have fewer defensive liability players as they had in 10/11.
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They don't have near as much depth and are alot worse off defensively without Chandler. Jet ain't their to save Dirk anymore.
 
Blackace

Blackace

if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
Canuck76 said:
Lol give Dirk Wade and Bosh and watch that german get 7 rings.

Basically did what Lebron could never do and tore up every team until he got a ring

No team ups in that mother
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Shit the mavs having been throwing Yankee type money for years

How many all-stars has Dirk played

Before LBJ went to miami he with 3 players who were all-stars during and two had no basketball left
 
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IHaveCandy

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iamshadowlark said:
They don't have near as much depth and are alot worse off defensively without Chandler. Jet ain't their to save Dirk anymore.
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For all of the Chandler talk, it really didn't mean anything in the end. Dallas was rated as 9th best defense in 10-11. Know what they were in 11-12? 9th. Chandler helped cover Dallas' bad perimeter defense. It has improved since 10-11. Also, Chandler made an improvement because he was replacing Erik Dampier. Chandler is a far better center than Dampier. The gap between Chandler and Kaman is much smaller, and Kaman is much better on offense. Jason Terry won't be missed. OJ will more than fill his scoring.
 
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Shadow780

Member
This is a murder face if I ever seen one:

KobeStaresBrown.gif
 
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iamshadowlark

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IHaveCandy said:
For all of the Chandler talk, it really didn't mean anything in the end. Dallas was rated as 9th best defense in 10-11. Know what they were in 11-12? 9th. Chandler helped cover Dallas' bad perimeter defense. It has improved since 10-11. Also, Chandler made an improvement because he was replacing Erik Dampier. Chandler is a far better center than Dampier. The gap between Chandler and Kaman is much smaller, and Kaman is much better on offense. Jason Terry won't be missed. OJ will more than fill his scoring.
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What your supposed defensive ranking is doesn't mean anything either. Playoffs are all about matchups and teams like the Heat/Thunder/Lakers would destroy you inside with somebody like Kaman anchoring your defense.

Throughout most of Dirks tenure in DAL, you rarely think offense is what they needed to improve on.
 
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Branduil

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http://espn.go.com/blog/los-angeles/lakers/post/_/id/34084/dwight-suggests-kobe-temper-frustrations

SALT LAKE CITY -- Kobe Bryant didn’t waste any time leaving the court after the Los Angeles Lakers lost 95-86 to the Utah Jazz on Wednesday. Bryant made a beeline to the locker room with a scowl on his face as the Lakers fell to 1-4 to start a season for the first time in his 17-year career.

Dwight Howard, meanwhile, was the last Lakers player to make his way through the tunnel, lingering on the court to hug a fan and toss each of his arm sleeves, as well as his uniform, into the crowd.
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Howard said after the game the Lakers would be better off bottling up those negative emotions.

“I think sometimes as a team we got to be able to not really show our frustrations that much,” Howard said after L.A. fell to 1-12 with their preseason record included. “A lot of the guys look at me and Kobe and they feed off us, so we have to do a better job of keeping our frustrations on the inside and just playing through it so our teammates won’t get down on themselves. So, we just got to do a better job at that.

“I know [Kobe] was a little frustrated tonight. He wants to win just as bad as all of us do, but we just got to stay together, remember it’s a process, and stay focused.”

When asked about his frustration level after the game, Bryant deadpanned it was, “just a little bit.”
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Bryant echoed Gasol’s statement, saying that “everything is correctable.” But he got out a final bit of frustration when a reporter asked if the Lakers were “worried” by the slow start.

“I’m terrified. Are you serious with that?” Bryant said. “I’m shaking in my Nikes.”
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It begins.
 
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Zeus Molecules

illegal immigrants are stealing our air
That Kobe gif ..., Kobe's stare is just Daggers aimed at Mike Brown ... He might be done in LA but I could see the organization waiting for Nash to heal and play in A few games before they pull the plug.
 
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giri

Member
Zeus Molecules said:
That Kobe gif ..., Kobe's stare is just Daggers aimed at Mike Brown ... He might be done in LA but I could see the organization waiting for Nash to heal and play in A few games before they pull the plug.
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And who do people really expect to get? Sloan is like 70 years old, literally turned 70 this year. HIS system would probably be worse for this Lakers squad.

So, rule out sloan.

Who you getting? Phil wants no part of it.

SVG? Dwight will have no part of that and will basically null and void any chance you have of him re-upping at the end of the year.

JVG? I really don't see JVG giving up his nice and easy commentators job to coach these guys.

Don Nelson? ya right.

Mac 10? i like Mac, but.... this squad? Thats basically the only real alternative out there.

Lakers are going to stick with Brown for the year. Its a dumb over reaction thing by laker fans who love to over analyze even the most trivial shit and jump to dumb conclusions. Kobe got a new tat? DOES HE HAVE AIDS?!?!?!?!?!?!?! does that mean nash is fucking vanessa?!??!?!!?
 
Blackace

Blackace

if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
giri said:
And who do people really expect to get? Sloan is like 70 years old, literally turned 70 this year. HIS system would probably be worse for this Lakers squad.

So, rule out sloan.

Who you getting? Phil wants no part of it.

SVG? Dwight will have no part of that and will basically null and void any chance you have of him re-upping at the end of the year.

JVG? I really don't see JVG giving up his nice and easy commentators job to coach these guys.

Don Nelson? ya right.

Mac 10? i like Mac, but.... this squad? Thats basically the only real alternative out there.

Lakers are going to stick with Brown for the year. Its a dumb over reaction thing by laker fans who love to over analyze even the most trivial shit and jump to dumb conclusions. Kobe got a new tat? DOES HE HAVE AIDS?!?!?!?!?!?!?! does that mean nash is fucking vanessa?!??!?!!?
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Shaw?
 
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Branduil

Member
Why would anyone want to coach Kobe and Dwight?

Oh and they have the corpse formerly known as Ron Artest and the LA media to deal with as well.
 
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