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2012 NBA Preseason |OT| The Rich Get Richer, The Poor Get Rasheed Wallace
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Black Mamba
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Maybe I'm wrong, but I can't recall him posting up those guys at all. I remember him posting up the likes of Harden and that ilk.
Yes, I know he's more than big enough to play PF in the NBA. I just don't recall him posting up actual PFs, only SFs and 2 guards.
ItWasMeantToBe19
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Anthony Davis with 22-9 through three quarters, does he look as good as his numbers or is BJ Mullens just being inept?
Herpes Reasons
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Knux-Future
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Black Mamba
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Hollinger is predicting Spurs 1 seed and Denver 2 seed? lololol.
Why does he do this every season? I like Denver, but without an injury they won't finish above LAL or OKC.
Why does he do this every season? I like Denver, but without an injury they won't finish above LAL or OKC.
jobber
Would let Tony Parker sleep with his wife
I'll be greatful if the Spurs make the 8th seed. All the west coast teams got better...well not the suns...but last season was a fluke.
Black Mamba
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That's a bit extreme. I can conceive of the Spurs being the 1 seed (without injuries) but not Denver the 2 seed.
Also, don't think Memphis got better.
ItWasMeantToBe19
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Healthy Z-bo is a lot better than injured Z-bo.
And Mayo was pretty irrelevant in the last two years. If Arthur comes back strong or if Selby has a good year, their bench will be better than it was while their starting lineup is much better than before.
theignoramus
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no doubt.
Jeffrey averaged 30 a game on 48% from the field during his wars with the Bad Boys. against a team that would double and triple team him all day and hook him up with a stiff arm, elbow or a body shot whenever possible.
Black Mamba
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I forgot Zbo was hurt, you're right.
But you're underselling OJ Mayo's defense. He had a big impact on that end. But I concede the point since I forgot about that injury.
CherryWoodFuton
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Whywhywhy Memphis???? Dumb dumb dumb
Should've took a quick 2 then foul
Should've took a quick 2 then foul
Jefferson would put on a clinic if Lebron guarded him in the post.
In the ECF, whenever he guarded KG in the post, he was biting on every first move made. What do you think would happen against an even more skilled post player?! Lebron against any decent 4 would get eaten alive.
http://www.dailythunder.com/2012/10/nba-2k13-leaks-the-thunders-new-alternate-jersey/
Really following the Spurs Model to a T, I see.
Blech.
Really following the Spurs Model to a T, I see.
Blech.
StickSoldier
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Looks like they still have the amateurs making their jerseys... lol
its spelled wrong lmao.
Iron E Man
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Yeah teams are really getting ready for sponsor logos with all that blank space.
When you have a shot at signing a franchise player to take over the franchise after Dirk is gone and you can tape a reality show instead you gotta do it.
Honestly though
what would Dwill have done if they couldn't have signed a 3rd big name? they wouldn't have even been better than the Spurs. He was right to fold it up.
Whats new? And if any Laker fan has something to say about they are gonna get a long history lesson on how Shaq brought LA 3 rings.
Black Mamba
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What did Shaq say this time?
ItWasMeantToBe19
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On the other hand, this Nets' team looks pretty mediocre and moves to terrible when Iso and Wallace decline.
at the end of the day, prok is a more interesting owner than cuban
Well like I said getting him would have at least given them a franchise guy after Dirk was gone to build around versus hoping to get one in the draft or through free agency. As for winning now at least it would help give dirk hope to get at least 1 or 2 more runs for a chip even if they really weren't going to be in position to chip.
Is there only 1 round in the playoffs in china?
MorisUkunRasik
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Anything is better than that half hearted first round fodder Cubes put together.
Cut Dirk and Marion loose and tank. It's best for everyone.
Cut Dirk and Marion loose and tank. It's best for everyone.
Why waste the money? Deron is going to be officially "over the hill" in two seasons anyway. There's no point in putting together all that just to get slapped around by OKC. If they had landed Deron, they might have been as good as the Spurs. This is even before the Laker Lizard formed.
If Cuban's gonna be all political and "we tried" then he's got every right to let Dirk chuck himself into the sunset rafters. Dallas can afford to middle for a while. Perennially shitty teams with wavering fan bases can't.
That's what they should do, but I think Dirk and Cuban are just too loyal to each other.
Well that makes sense now that you say that. Just figured they should go after the superstar while they can versus hoping for one to fall into their hands.
iamshadowlark
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Lebrons a great scorer. I really don't know how anybody can challenge that. For a career he has hovered around 30PPG and has never shot below 47%(with the exception of his rookie season.)
You can say it isn't pretty or whatever but still. Don't be silly. Also when Kobe was busting out 60+ he was in his prime, playing on about a 30-win caliber squad with no fucks to give. Thats perspective that you simply cannot ignore.
Edit: Lebron is top 3 on the all-time list of PPG. Behind Wilt and Jordan. Not a great scorer lmao.
What can't he do that a "traditional" SG could?
Ice out his big man.
Ninja Scooter
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Win multiple rings.
Blackace
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Maybe Dwill is closer to Starbury than he is to Zeke
There are few PGs who really are/were good to be the best player and a playmaker and a leader all rolled into one
If Dwill has that makeup his supporting cast is fairly good...
CommonSense
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#Porkchops #WorldTitles
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Shadow: you are seriously not understanding the difference between prolific scorer and efficient scorer. The 3 most prolific scorers in the games history are Wilt, MJ, Kobe in that order. AI is a more prolific scorer than Lebron is.
Now you can choose to value efficient scoring ability over prolific scoring ability all you want, and that's definitely a great way to go. But don't pretend that Lebron is MJ/Kobe good as a prolific scorer, that's just silly. Lebron is closer to Bird, if he gets 60, it will be a career high, probably won't happen more than once or twice in his career, and he will always get you 28/8/7 before he ever reaches 35/5/5 which are MJ/Kobe numbers.
That's the height of the 2 guard position. Not a forward, don't need 8-10 boards a game. Not a PG, don't need 8-10 assists a game. A shooting/scoring guard - the prime role is put the ball in the basket, stop the other teams best player. Jordan and Kobe mastered that - plus led their teams. Jordan's better because he led better, won more, defended better, scored more efficiently. But most of that is due to his crazy physical superiority over Kobe and everyone else not named Lebron.
So the difference between an efficient scorer and a prolific scorer is the number of shots jacked up? Ok
Because you had me until you dropped AI
iamshadowlark
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LOL
Blackace
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Kobe has had a 125 40+ point games.. 26 50+ point games and 5 60+ point games in his career...
it's not even close..
AI, King, Wilkins some of the greatest scorers even in the NBA fact..
Blackace
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He is silly.. but LBJ is not a better scorer than Kobe.
He is a better basketball player imo.. but not a better scorer or even close
iamshadowlark
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I never contested that LBJ was a better scorer. This is exactly what I said:
How he somehow misconstrues that to post the bs he just posted is LOL worthy.
Blackace
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Kobe fans are like that
I am not arguing who is the better scorer, just how he defined it
theignoramus
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or because Jordan was a smarter basketball player. Kobe was a hell of an athlete himself, he just jacked up a shot whenever, even when he was playing with the most dominant big of the last 15 years.
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