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2012 NBA Playoffs |OT2| OKC VS LA: Black on Black Crime

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They need to get him out of the studio. He not only adds nothing interesting, he actually detracts from the usual entertainment value of Chuck, Kenny and Ernie.

Get Chris Webber back in the studio.
Im cool with CWebb calling games, but yeah Shaq was a failure before he even started
 
Wouldn't it be awesome if LAL had a 3 point shooter? Let's take a peek at playoff 3% numbers.

Kobe is #50 16 of 45
Metta is #37 6 of 15, not bad but he has only played 2 games.
Steve Blake # 32 14 of 31, unexpectedly awesome and in no way susustainable
Pau Gasol is 2 of 4, arguablly our best option behind the arc....
Murphy, Glock and Morris have all taken a single 3 and all 3 went in.

Now, obviously Lakers won't take minutes from Hill/Pau to give Murph meaningful minutes.

But why exactly aren't the rooks getting burn? Mike Brown I'm gonna...
 
Wouldn't it be awesome if LAL had a 3 point shooter? Let's take a peek at playoff 3% numbers.

Kobe is #50 16 of 45
Metta is #37 6 of 15, not bad but he has only played 2 games.
Steve Blake # 32 14 of 31, unexpectedly awesome and in no way susustainable
Pau Gasol is 2 of 4, arguablly our best option behind the arc....
Murphy, Glock and Morris have all taken a single 3 and all 3 went in.

Now, obviously Lakers won't take minutes from Hill/Pau to give Murph meaningful minutes.

But why exactly aren't the rooks getting burn? Mike Brown I'm gonna...

Because they can't guard anyone. Or run an offense. And it's very easy to shut out a 3 point specialist who does very little in the playoffs. See: Novak.
 
Because they can't guard anyone. Or run an offense. And it's very easy to shut out a 3 point specialist who does very little in the playoffs. See: Novak.

Who exactly can Blake guard? Glock also has decent handles, much better than Novak's plus he is quick and has a nice running floater. At least put him in when Fish goes in, it would optimize Glock's strong suits and minmize his weakness: Defense.
 
How do you answer critics who have discussed you flopping and drawing fouls?:
“Just keep grinding through it. It's never really something that I've had a problem with, but all of the sudden now it's kind of come up. So I'm just going to keep playing the way I've been taught and playing the game and it'll all go away I think. It's just kind of a phase or a bandwagon that some people want to jump on.”

The commissioner said flopping is a concern. Is it a concern for you, not just individually, but around the league?:

“No, it's not really a concern. I guess it depends on the individual but it's not really a concern for me. Especially in the playoffs, guys are doing everything they can to get an extra possession or to get a stop, whatever it is. I'm not sure what David Stern feels, but it's not a concern to me, really.”

Is there a fine line to gamesmanship?:

“Oh yeah, there's a fine line between completely overselling it and knowing how to draw a foul or this or that. I haven't seen a lot of plays where guys have completely gone over the line. I honestly can't think of that many times.”

interview with Blake Griffin.

lol.



Also, I just read Joe Johnson got an MVP vote? What the holy fuck?
 
Who exactly can Blake guard? Glock also has decent handles, much better than Novak's plus he is quick and has a nice running floater. At least put him in when Fish goes in, it would optimize Glock's strong suits and minmize his weakness: Defense.

Glock's handles are not good. He only can dribble in space. I like the kid, but we've overrated him way too quickly. When he played PG, he was terrible at it. He can be used as a backup 2 but not against this OKC team. They're too tall.

Dude hasn't played in 2 months of real ball. Get over it. They ain't throwing him into the fire. Just look what happened to Ebanks. He wilted after 1 game last series.
 
Glock's handles are not good. He only can dribble in space. I like the kid, but we've overrated him way too quickly. When he played PG, he was terrible at it. He can be used as a backup 2 but not against this OKC team. They're too tall.

Dude hasn't played in 2 months of real ball. Get over it. They ain't throwing him into the fire. Just look what happened to Ebanks. He wilted after 1 game last series.

I'm not overrating him at all. I'm saying he could be used effectively at PG against D Fish. Thats some low level praise, thats what, 15 minutes tops?
 
I'm not overrating him at all. I'm saying he could be used effectively at PG against D Fish. Thats some low level praise, thats what, 15 minutes tops?

More than Blake? He proved himself last series. Before Fisher was traded, everyone wanted Blake to start and Glock to come off the bench. Now we want Glock replacing Blake?

Yes, Blake sucks on defense. He's still better than Glock. Better ability to run an offense, too. And proven to be able to hit 3s in the playoffs.

No, I would not bench Blake for Glock. He's a terrible PG.
 

DY_nasty

NeoGAF's official "was this shooting justified" consultant
Because they can't guard anyone. Or run an offense. And it's very easy to shut out a 3 point specialist who does very little in the playoffs. See: Novak.
New York shut down Novak way before Miami could give a fuck.
 
More than Blake? He proved himself last series. Before Fisher was traded, everyone wanted Blake to start and Glock to come off the bench. Now we want Glock replacing Blake?

Yes, Blake sucks on defense. He's still better than Glock. Better ability to run an offense, too. And proven to be able to hit 3s in the playoffs.

No, I would not bench Blake for Glock. He's a terrible PG.

Not replace him, just take 10 or so minutes off his plate.
 
New York shut down Novak way before Miami could give a fuck.

When I watched, the defender pretty much never helped off him. By design. It's so easy to shut these guys out in the playoffs. It pretty much never works.

Who was the last spot up 3 point shooter wing with no handles or defense to make a large impact?

Not replace him, just take 10 or so minutes off his plate.

He only played 18 min. And it would have been less is Ramon wasn't so shitty. Blake is going to get 10 min now if Ramon plays well.
 

reilo

learning some important life lessons from magical Negroes
When I watched, the defender pretty much never helped off him. By design. It's so easy to shut these guys out in the playoffs. It pretty much never works.

Who was the last spot up 3 point shooter wing with no handles or defense to make a large impact?

Steve Kerr? Jason Richardson on the Suns?
 
More than Blake? He proved himself last series. Before Fisher was traded, everyone wanted Blake to start and Glock to come off the bench. Now we want Glock replacing Blake?

Yes, Blake sucks on defense. He's still better than Glock. Better ability to run an offense, too. And proven to be able to hit 3s in the playoffs.

No, I would not bench Blake for Glock. He's a terrible PG.

Let's face it; it was worse because he was assigned to guard Harden (WTF?).
 

DY_nasty

NeoGAF's official "was this shooting justified" consultant
NY never moved the ball for any reason other than melo.

No one had to do anything.
 
NY never moved the ball for any reason other than melo.

No one had to do anything.

It wouldn't have mattered. Novak would have been shut out, anyway. Any good defense would shut him out. We see this happen every playoffs with guys like him.

guys like Novak succeed during the season because teams don't design defense to bother focusing on him and teams don't play as hard. Postseason changes this. Novak will never have a huge postseason impact on a team that has a long run.
 

reilo

learning some important life lessons from magical Negroes
J-rich is not a pure spot up shooter. Come on, now.

I am exaggerating, but he essentially was on that Suns 2010 WCF run. I'd reckon he took 3x as many threes as twos in the paint during the playoffs.

Yeah, Kerr was pretty much the only one that came to mind. But he had handles, no? And I honestly can't remember his defense.

He made his reputation as a spot-up shooter, so I my perception of him is hazy.
 
Kerr had handles. Horry is a terrible example because he didn't even usually run to the 3 line. He set screens most the time...but its not like he was any easier to defend when he camped the perimeter. See: 2005 finals game 5. Without that dunk we lose the series.

Shit, even Bonner has learned to do stuff when the 3 is taken away (baby hook!)

I agree with DY that Novak was doomed for failure before the series even began (the Melo effect) but he has absolutely no depth in his game. You have to be able to do something else once in every 10 possessions.
 
Three point specialists usually don't last in the NBA because their game is too one dimensional. Once opposing teams lock down their shot they are worthless out there. Same thing happened to Jason Kapono.
 

reilo

learning some important life lessons from magical Negroes
Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose will be out at least 8-12 months after undergoing surgery to repair his left ACL, said Dr. Brian Cole, who performed the surgery on Saturday.
"We're at this point very optimistic. ... We think of recovery as the long process that's in stages. But the short answer is the time frame we believe an athlete of this caliber generally requires is about 8-12 months. Sometimes shorter, sometimes longer."
http://espn.go.com/chicago/nba/stor...go-bulls-derrick-rose-8-12-months-acl-surgery

welp.
 

K.Jack

Knowledge is power, guard it well
Lakers-age you are now fully enveloped within the COTY Mike Brown Twilight Zone. Are you expecting him to make an adjustment going into Game 2?

Bwahahahahas I'm so sorry.

I just wanted you all to know that veteran Cavs-age is here to support you through these hard times.
Deng should really have his wrist surgery now, I know he wants to get Britain to a medal, but I think he should support the Bulls more.

Get guaranteed millions here, go play for home country, come back and get surgery, take vacation during rehab.

He's trolling the USA so hard.
 
Lakers-age you are now fully enveloped within the COTY Mike Brown Twilight Zone. Are you expecting him to make an adjustment going into Game 2?

Bwahahahahas I'm so sorry.

I just wanted you all to know that veteran Cavs-age is here to support you through these hard times.

I honestly don't know what adjustment is available to him. I guess maybe they have to hedge hard on the SnR with WB and then help and recover a lot. But eh...
 
Shaq should go to NBA TV and train and bring CWebb back. I think he is better in the studio than doing games (not that he is bad at it really), tbh.
 
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