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[Vyer]

Kyle Lowry got injured March 8. Goran Dragic has been the starter in the 13 games since. His numbers during that stretch:

18.5 ppg
8.8 apg

He shoots 52% as a starter this year. goransanity

 

[SoulPlaya]

Yep man. Agreed. I'd take the Bulls, Heat, Magic, and the rest of them any day over the Thunder, Spurs, Lakers.

Bulls and Heat are tougher opponents than Spurs and Lakers. Outside of that, though, East is a wasteland mostly.

 

[MorisUkunRasik]

Why should have to back up my statement when no one else does?

The East being tougher than The West is self evident...

 

[giri]

Kyle Lowry got injured March 8. Goran Dragic has been the starter in the 13 games since. His numbers during that stretch:

18.5 ppg
8.8 apg

He shoots 52% as a starter this year. goransanity

I miss dragic.

Such a good player.

And we got Aaron Brooks instead.

Bah.

 

[MorisUkunRasik]

Bulls and Heat are tougher opponents than Spurs and Lakers. Outside of that, though, East is a wasteland mostly.

Spurs or OKC vs Bulls or Heat isn't as one-sided as your post implies.

 

[SoulPlaya]

Spurs or OKC vs Bulls or Heat isn't as one-sided as your post implies.

I didn't say anything about OKC, and I didn't say it would be lopsided.

 

[Raging Spaniard]

Hey guys no reason to worry, the Knicks are great and an NBA title is clearly in close proximity.

I mean, if you don't see the OBVIOUS signs, you're all dumb.

 

[charsace]

What hot air?
-Amare is overpaid and injury prone
-Melo is an offensive dynamo (while not in a Knicks jersey) and hates playing defense.
-Both guys will be making more money next year than this year.
-Knicks have limited cap room and no picks.
-Chandler has battled injury his entire career

Iman is becoming a solid player, but Fields has always been an overrated role player and The Knicks may only have 1 pg next year.

Things aren't going to get better than 3rd seed in the east. And since when is the east tougher than the west? The Suns would be a half game behind the Knicks and are currently 10th out West. In fact I would argue they would be ahead of the knicks due to having an easier schedule filled with Wiz/Cats/Raps/Cavs/Nets/Pistons.


The hell?

Are you talking about the same Suns that are only 10-8 against the east this year? That lost the games they played against the Raptors and the Cavs? Really?

Hey guys no reason to worry, the Knicks are great and an NBA title is clearly in close proximity.

I mean, if you don't see the OBVIOUS signs, you're all dumb.

Who said anything about winning the title? I'm just saying that you would be lying if you don't think the knicks have the talent to be a competitor at some point. The knicks frontcourt is too talented to not be a high seed at some point.

 

[DY_nasty]

Why should have to back up my statement when no one else does?

You don't have to back up a thing.

If you think the East is better than the West, you're a ______.

 

[Mothman91]

I miss dragic.

Such a good player.

And we got Aaron Brooks instead.

Bah.

When is he finally coming back? Aren't the CBA finals done?

 

[exarkun]

i think the spurs roll over everyone in the west except maybe the rockets and okc. Those two teams have given them trouble in the regular season (and we own the series) but they won't make it to 7 games. They are that good this year. TD has been unbelievably efficient with the minutes he has. And Gibaldi is back.

I can't even tell how they are winning anymore. I watch their games and I'm like "how did they just go on a run so quickly" and they just recently disposed of supposedly good eastern teams like it was nothing.

Scary shit.

 

[giri]

When is he finally coming back? Aren't the CBA finals done?

CBA finals were 3 days or so ago.

I don't know.

I'm not sure i want him back.

It means the suns announce the travesty of a contract that they'll offer him.

He lost to Marbury.

God damnit.

 

[MorisUkunRasik]

I didn't say anything about OKC, and I didn't say it would be lopsided.

Then is it really fair to compare the 2 and 3 seed to the 1 and 2 seed of the opposing conference?

 

[giri]

i think the spurs roll over everyone in the west except maybe the rockets and okc. Those two teams have given them trouble in the regular season (and we own the series) but they won't make it to 7 games. They are that good this year. TD has been unbelievably efficient with the minutes he has. And Gibaldi is back.

I can't even tell how they are winning anymore. I watch their games and I'm like "how did they just go on a run so quickly" and they just recently disposed of supposedly good eastern teams like it was nothing.

Scary shit.

Tony parker is playing amazing this year.

Also, the spurs have won like 9 of the last 10 against OKC, i think the spurs come close to sweeping that series.

 

[Mothman91]

CBA finals were 3 days or so ago.

I don't know.

I'm not sure i want him back.

It means the suns announce the travesty of a contract that they'll offer him.

He lost to Marbury.

God damnit.

Lol, with Nash leaving next year...you guys will give him a hefty contract!

 

[giri]

Lol, with Nash leaving next year...you guys will give him a hefty contract!

They very likely could, yes.

It will be an amazing disaster.

And with out nash to spoon feed him gortat will be a 10&10 player, not a 17 & 10.

It will be horrible.

 

[Jeff-DSA]

The Jazz are going to shock the Thunder in the first round. Then we'll all laugh and point at Westbrook for a few days before the Jazz get hammered in the second round.

 

[SephCast]

The Jazz are going to shock the Thunder in the first round. Then we'll all laugh and point at Westbrook for a few days before the Jazz get hammered in the second round.

Jazz record vs. Thunder this year?

 

[charsace]

You don't have to back up a thing.

If you think the East is better than the West, you're a ______.

I know the west is better than the east. If you take a look at the team records you can figure this out with some elementary math.

I still think the knicks would beat the 3-8 seeds in the west in a series. None of those teams are anywhere near as good as past 3-8 seeds that I've seen in the west.

Dallas is mediocre beyond having a great player in dirk. They're gonna have a GS 2.0 happen where no one helps Dirk.
Clippers are bitch made and will fold. No defense to fall back on which you need in the playoffs.
Memphis's offense doesn't scare anyone.
Denver is still young, downgraded with their trades and are still building. Javale is a terrible defensive player.
Houston's frontcourt can't stop any other team's frontcourt.

 

[Mothman91]

No team is out safe in the West. I could see OKC/Lakers/Spurs getting upset in the first round...

 

[MorisUkunRasik]

Are you talking about the same Suns that are only 10-8 against the east this year? That lost the games they played against the Raptors and the Cavs? Really?


Who said anything about winning the title? I'm just saying that you would be lying if you don't think the knicks have the talent to be a competitor at some point. The knicks frontcourt is too talented to not be a high seed at some point.

2 games above .500 is better than the knicks overall record.... Suns are also 16-18 against the west.


Knicks are 20-16 against the east... meaning they're 7-10 against the west.

I believe all those figures back up the east being the easier of the two conferences.

Picking and choosing losses is meaningless, CHI lost to The Warriors and OKC lost to The Wiz and The Cavs.

 

[DY_nasty]

i think the spurs roll over everyone in the west except maybe the rockets and okc. Those two teams have given them trouble in the regular season (and we own the series) but they won't make it to 7 games. They are that good this year. TD has been unbelievably efficient with the minutes he has. And Gibaldi is back.

I can't even tell how they are winning anymore. I watch their games and I'm like "how did they just go on a run so quickly" and they just recently disposed of supposedly good eastern teams like it was nothing.

Scary shit.

They don't even need everything to go right (or even come close) in order to win.

They've got some trouble inside, but I think they've got a shot as long as they avoid Memphis.

 

[SoulPlaya]

Then is it really fair to compare the 2 and 3 seed to the 1 and 2 seed of the opposing conference?

Hey, the West is tougher.

 

[Red Blaster]

Dragic is playing for a contract

50/50 chance he turns into Beno Udrih after someone throws the MLE at him

 

[DY_nasty]

I know the west is better than the east. If you take a look at the team records you can figure this out with some elementary math.

I still think the knicks would beat the 3-8 seeds in the west in a series. None of those teams are anywhere near as good as past 3-8 seeds that I've seen in the west.

Dallas is mediocre beyond having a great player in dirk. They're gonna have a GS 2.0 happen where no one helps Dirk.
Clippers are bitch made and will fold. No defense to fall back on which you need in the playoffs.
Memphis's offense doesn't scare anyone.
Denver is still young, downgraded with their trades and are still building. Javale is a terrible defensive player.
Houston's frontcourt can't stop any other team's frontcourt.

And the East have 2 good teams.

 

[charsace]

2 games above .500 is better than the knicks overall record.... Suns are also 16-18 against the west.


Knicks are 20-16 against the east... meaning they're 7-10 against the west.

I believe all those figures back up the east being the easier of the two conferences.

Picking and choosing losses is meaningless, CHI lost to The Warriors and OKC lost to The Wiz and The Cavs.

Where did I say that the knicks would be better in the West? Oh, right, I never said that. However, you did claim the suns would do better in the east. Based on a 10-8 record against the east.

And the East have 2 good teams.

The teams in the east have better defensive frontcourts.

Pacers
Boston
Indiana
Philly
Atlanta
Knicks

All these teams have better frontcourt defense than the teams that are 3-8 in the west. Memphis being the only exception.

 

[Jeff-DSA]

Jazz record vs. Thunder this year?

1-2, but losses in February don't count because Raja Bell was still getting lots of minutes.

 

[DY_nasty]

Where did I say that the knicks would be better in the West?

...

the west

where more good teams are

 

[Herpes Reasons]

that nintendo underpowered thread is delicious.
moar

 

[giri]

I know the west is better than the east. If you take a look at the team records you can figure this out with some elementary math.

I still think the knicks would beat the 3-8 seeds in the west in a series. None of those teams are anywhere near as good as past 3-8 seeds that I've seen in the west.

Dallas is mediocre beyond having a great player in dirk. They're gonna have a GS 2.0 happen where no one helps Dirk.
Clippers are bitch made and will fold. No defense to fall back on which you need in the playoffs.
Memphis's offense doesn't scare anyone.
Denver is still young, downgraded with their trades and are still building. Javale is a terrible defensive player.
Houston's frontcourt can't stop any other team's frontcourt.

Lol, memphis is a team built for the play offs. The only thing holding them back is how fit z-bo is.
The east, out side the top 2, are still a joke conference.

 

[MorisUkunRasik]

Where did I say that the knicks would be better in the West? Oh, right, I never said that. However, you did claim the suns would do better in the east. Based on a 10-8 record against the east.

Do you disagree? Does the fact that the Suns have a better record against east teams means nothing to you?

 

[CoffeeJanitor]

that nintendo underpowered thread is delicious.
moar

So many trollish rumors, gaming side is fucked up

 

[Herpes Reasons]

So many trollish rumors, gaming side is fucked up

i asked steam the same question, but will you be buying a wii-U if its only on par with a ps3?
steam said no

 

[Dominican Power]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIvzqsBsyhQ

Dat help defense.

 

[charsace]

Lol, memphis is a team built for the play offs. The only thing holding them back is how fit z-bo is.
The east, out side the top 2, are still a joke conference.

Memphis is built like most of the teams in the East are built; to win playoff series. Good, tough defensive frontcourt with physical, athletic perimeter players. No shit they are built for the playoffs.

Do you disagree? Does the fact that the Suns have a better record against east teams means nothing to you?

10-8 record. That is a real dominant record. They scared now in east. Dat 10-8.

 

[Knux-Future]

The Sixers have a defensive frontcourt?


when the fuck did this happen?

Brand is a corpse that occasionally get reanimated, and Beard-Less Hawes is a pussy.

Thad Young isn't even a big man and he's our backup 4.


Is this bizzaro world?


The difference between the two conferences aren't as big this year but...c'mon.

 

[Jeff-DSA]

that nintendo underpowered thread is delicious.
moar

It's funny because it's obviously false, even without the finished specs having been announced. People are up in arms over a sketchy report with no real sources named when other developers have gone on the record to say the contrary. Now all that it's lacking is some jack off like [oh wait we can't name names] to go in and claim that the new iPad will be more powerful.

 

[MorisUkunRasik]

I know the west is better than the east. If you take a look at the team records you can figure this out with some elementary math.

I still think the knicks would beat the 3-8 seeds in the west in a series. None of those teams are anywhere near as good as past 3-8 seeds that I've seen in the west.

Dallas is mediocre beyond having a great player in dirk. They're gonna have a GS 2.0 happen where no one helps Dirk.
Clippers are bitch made and will fold. No defense to fall back on which you need in the playoffs.
Memphis's offense doesn't scare anyone.
Denver is still young, downgraded with their trades and are still building. Javale is a terrible defensive player.
Houston's frontcourt can't stop any other team's frontcourt.

Funny you would say that considering The Knicks are a combined 2-6 against those teams.

 

[CoffeeJanitor]

i asked steam the same question, but will you be buying a wii-U if its only on par with a ps3?
steam said no

I'll probably pick one up. I play on PC and Nintendo games are too good to miss

BTW there's no way its less powerful, they're not that dumb

 

[charsace]

The Sixers have a defensive frontcourt?


when the fuck did this happen?

Brand is a corpse that occasionally get reanimated, and Beard-Less Hawes is a pussy.

Thad Young isn't even a big man and he's our backup 4.


Is this bizzaro world?


The difference between the two conferences aren't as big this year but...c'mon.

8 of the top 10 defensive teams are in the east. Philly is number one. If Philly had a volume scorer they would be much better than the 30 wins they have now.

 

[Herpes Reasons]

It's funny because it's obviously false, even without the finished specs having been announced. People are up in arms over a sketchy report with no real sources named when other developers have gone on the record to say the contrary. Now all that it's lacking is some jack off like [oh wait we can't name names] to go in and claim that the new iPad will be more powerful.

historically, nintendo goes out of there way to shave off production cost.
so i can definitely see them doing this and wii-U being in the same league as a ps3.

 

[linsivvi]

I know the west is better than the east. If you take a look at the team records you can figure this out with some elementary math.

I still think the knicks would beat the 3-8 seeds in the west in a series. None of those teams are anywhere near as good as past 3-8 seeds that I've seen in the west.

Dallas is mediocre beyond having a great player in dirk. They're gonna have a GS 2.0 happen where no one helps Dirk.
Clippers are bitch made and will fold. No defense to fall back on which you need in the playoffs.
Memphis's offense doesn't scare anyone.
Denver is still young, downgraded with their trades and are still building. Javale is a terrible defensive player.
Houston's frontcourt can't stop any other team's frontcourt.

So let me get this straight: The west is better than the east, and yet the #8 seed of the east can beat the 3-8 seeds of the west? And your justification is a bunch of silly and baseless rhetoric?

I am pretty sure we can use "mediocre", "bitch made", "doesn't scare anyone", "still young", "terrible defensive player" and "front court can't stop any other team's front court" to describe the Knicks.

Funny you would say that considering The Knicks are a combined 2-6 against those teams.

The Knicks would beat them because they are a combination of all those elements!

 

[giri]

Memphis is built like most of the teams in the East are built; to win playoff series. Good, tough defensive frontcourt with physical, athletic perimeter players. No shit they are built for the playoffs.


10-8 record. That is a real dominant record. They scared now in east. Dat 10-8.

hahahahhahaha

good one.

 

[MorisUkunRasik]

10-8 record. That is a real dominant record. They scared now in east. Dat 10-8.

Do you not realize that the suns record would be good enough to bump the knicks out of the playoffs?

.555 > .444 and like I said earlier if you swapped out all the games The Suns palyed against west playoff teams and also-rans with their eastern counterparts their record would jump up. they'd probably be the 7 seed in the east.

 

[The Insane Dufresne]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIvzqsBsyhQ

Dat help defense.

Reminds me of this:

 

[SoulPlaya]

historically, nintendo goes out of there way to shave off production cost.
so i can definitely see them doing this and wii-U being in the same league as a ps3.

I don't get the controversy. I thought we knew since day one that it would be in the same league as 360/PS3. Yes, maybe a bit more powerful, but certainly not a generational leap over them. When did people start pushing it as being on the same level as PS4/720?

 

[Tom Penny]

I know the west is better than the east. If you take a look at the team records you can figure this out with some elementary math.

I still think the knicks would beat the 3-8 seeds in the west in a series. None of those teams are anywhere near as good as past 3-8 seeds that I've seen in the west.

Dallas is mediocre beyond having a great player in dirk. They're gonna have a GS 2.0 happen where no one helps Dirk.
Clippers are bitch made and will fold. No defense to fall back on which you need in the playoffs.
Memphis's offense doesn't scare anyone.
Denver is still young, downgraded with their trades and are still building. Javale is a terrible defensive player.
Houston's frontcourt can't stop any other team's frontcourt.

Now you have to settle for getting knocked out of the 1st round in 5 games. It's sucks being in the wrong conference.

 

[giri]

4 of the last 5 NBA chips have been won by the West.

7 of the last 10 have been won by the west

10 of the last 13 have been won by the west.

But the east build teams for the play offs!


hahahhaha.

 

[darkside31337]

4 of the last 5 NBA chips have been won by the West.

7 of the last 10 have been won by the west

10 of the last 13 have been won by the west.

But the east build teams for the play offs!


hahahhaha.

If Kobe played in the east and Lebron played in the west then those numbers would be reversed.

 

[CoffeeJanitor]

I don't get the controversy. I thought we knew since day one that it would be in the same league as 360/PS3. Yes, maybe a bit more powerful, but certainly not a generational leap over them. When did people start pushing it as being on the same level as PS4/720?

No one has. It should be midway between.

darkside, do you mean if the Lakers were in the east? I don't think Kobe is winning a chip without a great frontcourt player.