brokenbeans
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Pile on the misery and stoke the fire.
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2012-13 Oct/Nov NBA Season |OT| Mavericks Attempt To Defend Title
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Pile on the misery and stoke the fire.
I think Maynor can be a starting pg and don't understand why the Jazz traded him.
What do you mean no? Both 'Antoni and Brown are good coaches. I think the Lakers current rosters is tailor made for 'Antoni and that Brown would be a good coach for the current Knicks roster.
If we still suck after a month if the team still shows no level of competence, then yeah that may be a little worrying but right now this team just needs to stay healthy. Yes I was expecting pure domination against that team but again only 2nd time the starters have ever played together and the 3rd total game Dwight has played in 6 months.
They traded Harpring's contract too, saved a lot of money.
shira
Member
I think a YMCA coach would trust a 2x MVP to let him run the offence instead wasting 3-4 months learning the hybrid Princeton.
Herpes Reasons
Banned
i agree. pick and roll or pound the ball in side.
fuck this princeton bullshit.
He wasn't even in Utah for very long, I was excited when we got him.
Hopefully he ends up sticking around. That would be one silver lining to losing Harden.
You can't be serious. The Knicks can have both of them.
Red Blaster
Member
Nash shouldn't be playing at all tonight but lol Mike Brown
fucking managing minutes how does it work
fucking managing minutes how does it work
debateable if howard would even be able to score he had almost zero lift
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
So the Knicks - Nets game got cancelled? Bummer but obviously understandable.
Knux-Future
Banned
Funny enough that might work lol.
Brown can coach the D and Mike can coach the offense.
Melo would kill them tho...so it doesn't matter.
Vicetrailia
Member
Why stress out over the Lakers? Did Miami not show us how it all works?
Don't sweat it. Brooklyn will also struggle at first.
Don't sweat it. Brooklyn will also struggle at first.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
So you're saying the Lakers will also go out as chumps in the playoffs against the Mavs.
Sounds good to me.
It's fun to laugh at LAL, but there're 81 more games to figure it out, and no team runs the Princeton well from the start. It takes time to master, especially with a new lineup. They'll figure it out. I hope they don't, just for the lulz, but it will probably happen. They're already a pretty efficient offense.
It's the defense that is of graver concern. There's just no way to hide Nash's defensive woes. The title contenders all have backcourts that will give Nash and Kobe fits. Dwight is gonna be working overtime.
One other thing. Metta is terrible. His defensive impact isn't significant enough to have him starting. Lakers need a shooter at that position. PEACE.
It's the defense that is of graver concern. There's just no way to hide Nash's defensive woes. The title contenders all have backcourts that will give Nash and Kobe fits. Dwight is gonna be working overtime.
One other thing. Metta is terrible. His defensive impact isn't significant enough to have him starting. Lakers need a shooter at that position. PEACE.
Red Blaster
Member
Dwight is too stupid to work in Princeton
They need to pnr like no tomorrow
They need to pnr like no tomorrow
Liquidsnake
Banned
PNR or pund the ball to Howard Gasol and Jordan hill
Speaking of which Hill was the only one excited to play last night. Fucking sad.
Speaking of which Hill was the only one excited to play last night. Fucking sad.
WesternHeretic
Member
That I'm not so sure about, and with their talent why run the Princeton offense? They do have 81 games so it gives them plenty of time to ditch that entire idea unless Mike Brown's ego take over.
Liquidsnake
Banned
Mike Brown should not be coaching this team. That's the only problem.
Phil Jackson would never go 0-12 including the pre-season.
Gonna burn out Pau with 3 games in 4 days. He did the same shit last season.
MorisUkunRasik
Member
Going to PnR more often should make things easier, Nash is one of the best at it and Dwight rolls to the basket like few others, Pau can also set screen roll and shoot from mid range well enough for it to be effective.
Just a matter of time before Nash says "Fuck it" and does what he does. Of course Kobe Isos will be in there too.
Just a matter of time before Nash says "Fuck it" and does what he does. Of course Kobe Isos will be in there too.
Liquidsnake
Banned
You guys think the Lakers will be 10-10 over the first 20?
Is that acceptable?
Im sorry I should calm down. I just knew the pre-season told a lot more than people were admitting. Not on Gaf, other people.
And then Charles and Shaq can sit there and say I told you so.
Is that acceptable?
Im sorry I should calm down. I just knew the pre-season told a lot more than people were admitting. Not on Gaf, other people.
And then Charles and Shaq can sit there and say I told you so.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
WojYahooNBA
James Harden has agreed to a 5 year, $80 million deal with Houston, source tells Y!
WojYahooNBA
Toronto and DeMar DeRozan have made progress today in talks on a 4-year extension, but no deal yet in place, league sources tell Y! Sports.
James Harden has agreed to a 5 year, $80 million deal with Houston, source tells Y!
WojYahooNBA
Toronto and DeMar DeRozan have made progress today in talks on a 4-year extension, but no deal yet in place, league sources tell Y! Sports.
Rodeo Clown
All aboard! The Love train!
Why would they extend DeRozan?
They have a pretty easy early schedule so I doubt they will be worse than 14-6
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MorisUkunRasik
Member
If they play like they did last night for the first 20 games being just above .500 isn't out of the question. The offense sputters too often and the defense loses focus.
They kind of have a get out of jail free card until Dwight and kobe are 100%.
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
We can share beds bro. I need the emotional support.
Celtics may not be in top gear yet, but they're still a top notch defense, and played like it. We had a lot of ball movement last night to find the open shooter. It's just that everyone's a shooter in the rotation, so there was always someone open. It's not like the Celtics made it easy.
We're gonna destroy some teams this season. It's not even funny. The offense is still so raw, with Ray and Shard being new, Rio missing the entire preseason, and Haslem still shooting like shit. Once things start clicking, it's gonna be the beautiful game brought to the hardwood.
When you consider the Heat-Lakers matchup, based on the first impressions, Miami matches up a lot better with the Lakers than the other way around. Miami's interior defense is solid and can handle the Lakers' frontcourt. The Lakers are gonna have a hard time containing Miami's backcourt. I don't think rebounding can offset that problem. We'll see. PEACE.
Zeus Molecules
illegal immigrants are stealing our air
.... nah we learned
Justin Timberlake
Member
This is all storyline shit fellas.
Sometime around All-Star break they'll 'mesh' and things will 'click'
And we'll all see how broken and dumb their lineup really is
smh
Sometime around All-Star break they'll 'mesh' and things will 'click'
And we'll all see how broken and dumb their lineup really is
smh
MorisUkunRasik
Member
Top notch defenses regularly allow 120 points.
iamshadowlark
Banned
Yeah im betting Doc was laying into their ass about letting the score get so high. They sure as hell don't wanna keep playing that game with MIA.
Herpes Reasons
Banned
120pts is the new 90pts.
Justin Timberlake
Member
Its not like they have a choice.
Miami has Lebron James, Chris Bosh, Dwyane Wade, and Ray Allen, if you didn't know.
Looking forward to that first round sweep. Yep yep.
it's hard to give up on athletic wings, but 4 years is crazy. this is why bad teams stay bad, they need to know when to cut their losses (like your wolves did with wes)
iamshadowlark
Banned
shira
Member
Dunkers are only good for 2-3 years of highlights - then their legs giveout. I know they want him for the highlight reel dunks, but he is way too skinny and has no shot. At least with Carter he could nag the refs the whole game.
Syphon Filter
Member
was looking forward to nets/knicks,guess heat/knicks might be cancelled too.
StickSoldier
Member
Man, Harden got some bank now.. that's ridiculous
iamshadowlark
Banned
According to yahoo, thats only 6mill less than KD. Holy shit.
shira
Member
Hahaha 16 million per. Houston is screwed.
80 is just stupid.
I guess that the price of winning a chip is 3.5 million a year.
WesternHeretic
Member
Well KD got drafted 2nd, Harden got drafted 3rd (IRRC), and they are both max.
So yea of course it's around the same.