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[giri]

Even though hes one of my favorite players, I have to agree. Though Collison is not the answer. I think moving Hill to the starting lineup was a good decision. Collison is kinda sorta terrible.

G-Hill is an awesome player because of his unique skillset. He has a bunch of things he does above average (shooting, ball handling, transition offense, moving without the ball) and one particuarly exceptional trait (his defense on 1s and 2s). The fact that he can fit in with so many lineups makes it natural to run a 3 guard tandem; an incredible asset in the playoffs where teams often have to play a PG, a backup, a SG, and 2 wing backups. He simplifies the rotation while letting you keep your best players on the floor. Combo guard backups are really, really valuable, especially if they don't give up size/speed on either end like Hill. His only major weakness is his court vison/passing, so his best compliment is a team with established ballhandlers like the Spurs or the Heat...

DC as a rookie was putting up CP3 type numbers on the Hornetts team, when CP3 went down.

DC is far and away from terrible. The pacers just basically do everything possible to completely eliminate the value of his position on the court, and are better off starting a combo type guard like hill, because of it. If they had another legitimate SG, they'd be better off starting them.

Hill suited that role much better than DC, but that's more on their terrible system than DC.

 

[Justin Timberlake]

I'm going to watch the game on DVR later tonight so I'm going to go on GAF blackout at tipoff.

2nd straight Spurs game I'm gonna have to skip on GAF. Blegh.

 

[Cloudy]

Funny how OKC gets the moving picks called this series

 

[Blackace]

I was hoping for at least Vanilla Gorilla levels of productivity. Not even close.

...

In other news:

Get your chins up, Knicks-Age! You got two players on a postseason awards list!

http://blogs.mercurynews.com/kawaka...hony-amare-stoudemire-carlos-boozer-and-more/

No Nash means this list is wrong

 

[filler]

Boston won a championship off those illegal screens

 

[Emwitus]

Ticky tack and here we go!

 

[giri]

No Nash means this list is wrong

Fallacy, Nash at least tries on D, and draws quite a few charges.

He's just not very good at it.

Where as those guys just didn't even attempt to play D at all.

 

[Justin Timberlake]

DC as a rookie was putting up CP3 type numbers on the Hornetts team, when CP3 went down.

DC is far and away from terrible. The pacers just basically do everything possible to completely eliminate the value of his position on the court, and are better off starting a combo type guard like hill, because of it. If they had another legitimate SG, they'd be better off starting them.

Hill suited that role much better than DC, but that's more on their terrible system than DC.

You may be right, and I may be blinded by the fuckball but...

Holy shit has Collison looked horrible as a Pacer. I liked him as a Hornet but damn is it hard to ignore. And its gotten worse and worse too..

I'm the last guy who'd pardon Vogel, and I hate his system almost as much as DY (I just like their players lol), but its hard for me to say that what DC did in New Orleans was anything but an aberration. Theres no excuse for his defense, especially.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

IN YO FACE

 

[DY_nasty]

dios mio

 

[Emwitus]

:O

 

[The Insane Dufresne]

Dat dunk.

 

[obijkenobi]

Spurs defense has been nuts so far.

 

[Cloudy]

Spurs are surgical right now. Kind of glad we didn't advance just to get embarrassed. Eat it, OKC lol

 

[Shagwell]

lawdy lawdy lawdy

 

[friskykillface]

D:



spurs are scary.

 

[filler]

Was I the only one that called a sweep?

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

OKC's offense looks horrible right now. Not doing anything (though it's hard to when Durant is being denied when three of their starters are incompetent offensively)

 

[FrenchMovieTheme]

Spurs are surgical right now. Kind of glad we didn't advance just to get embarrassed. Eat it, OKC lol

spoken like the fan of a team that got their asses kicked in last round. don't hate on OKC just because they embarrassed ur boi kobe!

but on this game, just lazy defense by the thunder. take that dunk just now. durant in perfect position to get the steal and just gets lazy, doesn't put his hands up, and its a dunk

 

[Blackace]

Fallacy, Nash at least tries on D, and draws quite a few charges.

He's just not very good at it.

Where as those guys just didn't even attempt to play D at all.

fuck that.. Nash back pedals like a zone coverage cornerback and flops like sexier version of Vlade.. he has given up the pretense of pretending he plays D 6 or 7 years ago...

 

[Syphon Filter]

Was I the only one that called a sweep?

They might get away with one at home.[game 4 is my guess]

 

[giri]

Was I the only one that called a sweep?

Many of us did.

fuck that.. Nash back pedals like a zone coverage cornerback and flops like sexier version of Vlade.. he has given up the pretense of pretending he plays D 6 or 7 years ago...

Except, that none of thats true.

 

[GremlinFool]

Was I the only one that called a sweep?

I did as well.

 

[Cloudy]

spoken like the fan of a team that got their asses kicked in last round. don't hate on OKC just because they embarrassed ur boi kobe!

Meh. Refs didn't respect our defense enough and didn't call Perk for most of his BS screens. Durant and Westbrook with no illegal screens = slightly above average NBA players

 

[Shagwell]

Many of us did.

Forgive my lack of basketball knowledge but is the gap in quality between these two significant enough that that is actually a realistic possibility?

 

[Emwitus]

Spurs defense has been nuts so far.

That's what happens when the student meets the master.....all OKC's advantages are spurs advantages and they have the better coach who has run pnr for years with the same core.

 

[pilonv1]

wheres the gif of that dunk

 

[Geneijin]

OMG, that shirt.

 

[marathonfool]

Funny how OKC gets the moving picks called this series

I said Pop wasn't going to let that shit fly in this series. Perkins and Ibaka are moving all the time.

 

[cr_blah_blah]

33333333333333333333

 

[FrenchMovieTheme]

how is that not a moving screen on boris diaw? he is moving and blocking the guy from getting to green in the corner.

not only that, but OKC can't buy a foul in the paint

 

[Nobility]

Spurs ballin'

 

[giri]

Forgive my lack of basketball knowledge but is the gap in quality between these two significant enough that that is actually a realistic possibility?

Spurs have now won 9 of their last 11 meetings with OKC.

Popovich now gets a full play off series to focus on abusing brooks coaching inability.

Spurs have been the best team in the playoffs this year.

It really actually is entirely possible to justifiably pick a sweep in this series.

I can also see OKC picking up 1 game just because they're not a horrible team themselves. I can even see it getting pushed out to 6 or 7 if OKC get a lot of calls their way or Durant enters god mode.

But a sweep is actually justifiable.

 

[The Frankman]

how is that not a moving screen on boris diaw? he is moving and blocking the guy from getting to green in the corner.

not only that, but OKC can't buy a foul in the paint

In fairness Diaw is so fat the refs couldn't tell if the guy was trying to run around him and just collapsed out of exhaustion.

and FThunder doesn't happen this early.

 

[Blackace]

Except, that none of thats true.

except all of that is true.. Nash has been the worst defender in the NBA forever.. so bad that people don't even talk about it anymore..

People rip on Jennings (and they should) but Nash has had just as many natural tools as Jennings has and never really attempted to play D..

also

Melo at one time under Karl played D and was good at it.. so that punk should be put on blast but doesn't happen enough..

 

[demigod]

Parker is on fiya.

 

[Syphon Filter]

Dam

 

[DY_nasty]

TP uses a screen like the boss of all bosses

Tim Duncan is owning Perk and Ibaka by himself. Ridiculous.

 

[The Insane Dufresne]

Damn, the Spurs look great.

 

[Zaraki_Kenpachi]

Spurs are much more aggressive early on. I hope this doesn't become a blowout.

 

[Buckethead]

These refs got the old' Texas welcome.

Spoiler

Bribes.

 

[Gabyskra]

God Parker, save us from the Heat

 

[cr_blah_blah]

Having a point guard who can hit a mid-range jumper is great.

 

[obijkenobi]

how is that not a moving screen on boris diaw? he is moving and blocking the guy from getting to green in the corner.

not only that, but OKC can't buy a foul in the paint

Duncan is just picking his hands straight up. The FThunder are driving right into him.

 

[FrenchMovieTheme]

In fairness Diaw is so fat the refs couldn't tell if the guy was trying to run around him and just collapsed out of exhaustion.

and FThunder doesn't happen this early.

this is what bothers me about the NBA. if the calls were good or the calls were bad doesn't really irk me as much as you see one team doing something and getting called for it, then you see the other team do the same exact thing and there is no call. it was the same in last nights game. if things were consistent then its harder to complain

 

[Emwitus]

except all of that is true.. Nash has been the worst defender in the NBA forever.. so bad that people don't even talk about it anymore..

People rip on Jennings (and they should) but Nash has had just as many natural tools as Jennings has and never really attempted to play D..

also

Melo at one time under Karl played D and was good at it.. so that punk should be put on blast but doesn't happen enough..

I don't see how any one can argue against this. Even in his mvp days he was utter cowdung.

 

[Blackace]

TP uses a screen like the boss of all bosses

Tim Duncan is owning Perk and Ibaka by himself. Ridiculous.

Could you imagine how unstoppable LBJ would have been in Cle if he used picks half as well as TP does?

 

[giri]

except all of that is true.. Nash has been the worst defender in the NBA forever.. so bad that people don't even talk about it anymore..

People rip on Jennings (and they should) but Nash has had just as many natural tools as Jennings has and never really attempted to play D..

also

Melo at one time under Karl played D and was good at it.. so that punk should be put on blast but doesn't happen enough..

Don't disagree with you about melo or jennings. But Nash tries on D, but his complete lack of horizontal speed/athleticism means he was never going to be good at it. Ever. Nash's offensive prowess was never athleticism, and all of the best defenders have that in spades, and for a good reason.

No one pretends Nash is good at D, But to say he doesn't try is just not correct.

 

[ratcliffja]

Was I the only one that called a sweep?

I did in real life but I don't think I did on here. I don't see the Spurs losing again this year. They MIGHT lose one in OKC, but they just seem unbeatable right now.

 

[Blackace]

I don't see how any one can argue against this. Even in his mvp days he was utter cowdung.

It happens when your has been exploded by cheap owners and Nash is all that is left..