MorisUkunRasik
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I just woke up, anything happen? We get Phil yet?
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2012-13 Oct/Nov NBA Season |OT| Mavericks Attempt To Defend Title
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Black Mamba
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Herpes Reasons
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Zeus Molecules
illegal immigrants are stealing our air
we were born in the darkness, Laker age are about to be adopted by it
10/10
MorisUkunRasik
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iamshadowlark
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hollinger said:
Lakers keep winnin?
I like the Thunder ones.http://nba.si.com/2012/11/12/nba-unveils-new-single-color-christmas-day-jerseys/
The rest are... eh.
Definitely better than our alternates.
I like the Thunder ones.
Definitely better than our alternates.
How can anyone read anything on that Thunder jersey?
Makes my eyes hurt...
Man, Nate had some godawful teams for half of those years.
Telfair/Dixon/Blake backcourts. Martell Webster at SF, Zach Randolph at PF. Those don't tell the whole story.
iamshadowlark
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Mike Brown managed to have top defenses with that cavs squad too. Spo had a good defense before the big three came about. Just hard to see where this reputation comes from.
Jake Tower
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It'sa me! D'antoni!
Rodeo Clown
All aboard! The Love train!
Because they played at a slow pace, so they didn't give up a lot of points. He must be good defensively.
The players on Brown's Cleveland teams were typically offensively inept. Not defensively.
Their pace was pretty slow too.
You mean the Cavs that went to the Finals and ECF several times during his tenure? Brown never coached a team as bad as what Nate had to work with. Neither did Spo.
When Riley coached the Heat to that 15 win record in '08? 26th defensively. Pat Riley a bad coach, confirmed.
Printing a UCLA stripe that runs (almost the entire) circumference of a sleeve requires space age technology that simply doesn't exist.
Dominican Power
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When is Adidas' contract up?
Syphon Filter
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huh? those are nice.
iamshadowlark
Banned
DefRtg is more than just PPG allowed. There are pace adjusted stats..
Mo Williams
Wally
Big Z
Parker
Moon
Jamison
Boobie
Joe Smith
Hickson
These are the players that got the most minutes in CLE. No way in hell is this supposed to be near the top of the league defensively
Joke doesn't really work to a guy with 5 coaching rings.
They look like something I'd expect to see for 20 bucks at kmart in kids sizes only
also, adidas makes terrible wide shouldered jerseys. nike is the only one to get those right so far.
Conflict NZ
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The last time Nash played for D'Antoni he was in the prime of his career and was able to log heavy minutes for a system that demanded a lot of energy. The only time Kobe played for D'Antoni was on the Olympic team where he only played 15 minutes a game and the team was stacked with young talent that could run up and down all day long. What's going to happen when you demand that much out of 38 year old glass bones Nash or Old Snake?
College football uniform design seems like a pretty good racket to get into. I could get paid millions of dollars to ruin uniforms too.
I just want them to fix the stripe and go back to Clarendon font. Is that too much to ask?
StickSoldier
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Does D'antoni get fired faster than Mike Brown?
Black Mamba
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35mpg is not playing heavy minutes.
Dion Blaster
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Bill Simmons shares my thoughts:
And I don't think it's a reverse-jinx...
And I don't think it's a reverse-jinx...
Syphon Filter
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who will they go after next?
Just saw this a half-hour ago. My heart sank so bad, as bad as when I heard we hired Mike Brown. Imagine when this coach fails and gets fired before his contract is up, then the Lakers still have to pay him, like they are with Brown for the next two years. Ugh. I had to get up and walk away from my computer when I saw this, so horrible.
I'm extremely interested to see how the crowd reacts. It's really damn obvious they wanted the Zen Master. That said, if D'Antoni can lead us to win games, I'll happily shut my mouth and support him. Right now the coach we have is undefeated at 2-0. Maybe we should keep Bernie until he loses, haha.
I'm extremely interested to see how the crowd reacts. It's really damn obvious they wanted the Zen Master. That said, if D'Antoni can lead us to win games, I'll happily shut my mouth and support him. Right now the coach we have is undefeated at 2-0. Maybe we should keep Bernie until he loses, haha.
Future PhaZe
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Thing with Nash is...he's never really been run into the ground during the regular season in his career. For an MVP player I don't know that I've ever seen another guard with such little minutes averaged. It's something like 32-33 MPG. He'll be fine.
StickSoldier
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It can be when you play in a pace that's slow as hell. Jamison didn't even play with those runs that much so I'm not sure why you included him. Wally never guarded anyone important. Z was a good defender until he was asked to handle stretch 4s. Mo wasn't "bad" either and neither was Parker. Joe was only good for defense too. Hickson couldn't guard anyone so he was typically nailed to the bench by Brown.
Why'd you just dig up random names? When they went to the Finals vs SA, their roster was made up of guys who couldn't do shit other than play defense and wait for LBJ to pass to them. Newble, Varejao, Snow, Larry Hughes, Gooden... Goons like Marshall and Pav were only good for spot up 3s and hard fouls.
It is when you're not a born freak athlete. Its the quickest way to ruin a guy too...
Future PhaZe
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LBJ/Mike Brown Cavs remind me of my old 2k strategy--try to never turn the ball over, place good D, crash the boards, take good shots.
Cavs were good as fuck at it because Bron is the definition of efficient, and the other guys never turned the ball over because they literally didn't dribble, and it was impossible for them to take bad shots because they were almost always just hockey passes or assists from LBJ for wide open jumpshots.
Cavs were good as fuck at it because Bron is the definition of efficient, and the other guys never turned the ball over because they literally didn't dribble, and it was impossible for them to take bad shots because they were almost always just hockey passes or assists from LBJ for wide open jumpshots.
Zeus Molecules
illegal immigrants are stealing our air
lolz at 35 mpg
Maybe if their in foul trouble they'll play 35 mpg
Maybe if its the first game of a back to back they'll play 35 mpg
Maybe if their 3 isn't going down they'll play 35 mpg..... sitting on the bench
jordan0386
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Just realized that Jodie Meeks is about to be a star.
Syphon Filter
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mike d with the blazer coach might not work as well as it sounds.mike d and DY's favorite coach mike woodson didnt work out as well as it should have.
Antawn Jamison is also about to become quite the spark off the bench.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Syphon Filter
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wasnt he beastin on the sixers?
MorisUkunRasik
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Nash Kobe Metta Pau Dwight JHill Ebanks Meeks gonna get ALL the minutes.
iamshadowlark
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These are only the 09 and 10 teams, the years when they were consistently ranked a top-5 defense. Jamison was right behind bron for most minutes on the team. Z was one of the worst defenders at his position those two years. Mo was fucking horrible lol. Parker mediocre. Joe was a corpse then. Hickson started like 70+ games.
These aren't random names at all, they are the top ten spots in MP. Varejo was pretty good, Wallace even though his size hurt him at that age was alright, West was pretty good.
Still, most if not all the Kudos goes to Brown for that team defending like it did.
jordan0386
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Its a professional team. 8 or 9 should only be playing anyway.