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2013-14 NBA Dec |OT| The Nets are the Knicks of Basketball
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Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
Jordan looked better as a Wizard than Kobe did tonight
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
I could understand the trade if they were like .500 or so...
But the trade makes no sense when you are one oe the worst teams with a great draft for wings coming
maybe they knew it would make them worse?
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
Actually an athletic wing with some range is what they have been missing
But why take that contract now?
Hydrogen Bluebird
Member
Well, if it doesn't work out and they lose more games, they have better chances for a higher pick. Gay is also an expiring next year so he can be used in a trade if he picks up his option for next season.
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
most definitely will be taking the option. no team is gonna throw that kind of money with the way he has been playing.
so glad we got rid of his contract and most of all, him.
I agree but how does he fit with cousins off the court and in a leadership role? The potential for drama is insane.
Maybe their GM is like the joker and just wants chaos because fuck it why not
there really isn't a good long term reason for taking him on, this is the perfect example of a mediocre team situation you do not want to be in. Taking on bad contracts to fight for an 8th seed and an early first round exit. Its just stupid.
Dominican Power
Member
Who the hell is passing on that team?
fredrancour
Member
The rim.
It's an ankle injury. Pau hasn't been able to play well with slight injuries for years now. Tendinitis had him at 70-75% of himself for long stretches of games. He ain't Pau anymore obviously, but he's not as bad as he was tonight either.
The Kobe TO's will get fixed. It's like I said, it's a combination of a) he's a split second late on recognizing then executing a pass "oh shit he's open, I better pass it to him" and by that time either his teammate stopped looking for the pass or a defender saw the lane. And b) inaccurate passing, he had a few passes that were just way off their mark. Like one that went 5 feet above Jodie's head.
That will get fixed, I'm more worried about him getting blocked on the fadeaway because his fadeaway should be how he can get a shot off at any given point in time. Wizards MJ could still get that shot off at will
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
if they had a shot at the 8th seed, I could see it.
The Kings just fought to stay in Sac-town yada yada yada...
but they have like the 4th worst record in the league right now...
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
This was the most concerning thing I saw all night. He should be able to create that distance at will. He even had the spacing necessary to get that shot off
Adam Blade
WWKC
Idk seems like they are just going to end up like the brandon jennings bucks in mediocre town. I could see it if they were in the east taking the gamble on rudy like the raptors did. But in the west? they have no chance
That's what he does. The guy has no concept of how to manage a superstar wing or a low post player. It's all PnR and 3's. Super simple offensive scheme + no defensive scheme that relies on athletic perimeter players to pull off.
While its fun to watch a rag tag bunch of guys play together, our ceiling that way is the post-Melo Karl Nuggets. That's pretty much any teams ceiling. Teams like that have never been contenders. I've said this before and will say it again: Since 1980 Dr. J, Magic, Kareem, Bird, Zeke, Jordan, Hakeem, Shaq, Kobe, Timmy, Lebron, Dirk in their prime have won a combined 32 of the 34 chips - with Magic and Kareem overlapping and Shaq and Kobe overlapping some.
Other two teams were Detroit 04 and Bos 08 - basically 3-4 all stars on each team
Ragtag bunch of fun unselfish basketball players is a complete waste of time and winning NBA coaches are usually those that can put their superstars in positions to dominate.
Ujiri is a beautiful man.Red Blaster
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The Frankman
Banned
Goddamn Kobe looked like he had his soul stolen after that shot and block.
UnObtainium17
Member
More than the injury, I think that got blocked because that is exactly what t-ross was expecting kobe will be doing.. Im on my couch and i knew that is the shot he will take once he spun to his right. It is the only shot he could do after that move. Kobe's fall made it look worse than it should.
ahh Pacers v Heat cant come soon enough.. This shit is almost like waiting for my favorite game to launch.
THat is one expensive tank commander. The vice tank commander is even better lol.
ahh Pacers v Heat cant come soon enough.. This shit is almost like waiting for my favorite game to launch.
PG and his garbage time points can EAD
THat is one expensive tank commander. The vice tank commander is even better lol.
$48 million gets you an airball hook, and a fadelolway
Good thing nobody hyped his return up
I guess when you're tanking, you're indeed contending for something.
Herpes Reasons
Banned
Pathetic.
Your trolling takes a nose dive as the celtic takes the atantic.
Give the guy a break. 35, achilles injury. .
Ill Give him till after the all star break before pouring one out on the curb
This post shot right through my heartAmare Bryant
I guess we could celebrate the lakers awarding him $48 million after that Achilles injury
Yes because saying someone will fall off because they are getting older is exactly as saying one would fall off after rupturing an Achilles.
You wish you were right once every five years.
He's been falling off steadily. He just chose to expand his energy on one side of the court to make it look like he's not falling off that much.
Fixed
Steadily declining ain't the same as falling off. As for defense, how many Nash, Nowitzki, Harden etc etc fans are in this thread
Everybody trashes Nash's defense and Rocket fans are routinely criticizing Harden's defense.
If you've been steadily declining for 5 years then you've reached a point of falling off, especially after a major injury.
Rockets fans been thinking Harden's the best SG in the game last year and this, no D required. And "steadily declining" in Kobe's case just means not playing D; it doesn't mean losing offensive ability/production. D that so many other guys never played in the first place.
Yea, he probably won't ever recover, still doesnt change that it's a one game sample size and 5 years of being wrong.
That's because he is. It's just a sad state of affair for the SG position right now, even worse than C.
Hasphat'sAnts
Member
Wooooooo!
One game more than what the lakers looked at before handing him $48 million.
Future PhaZe
Member
Kobe looked rusty to me but okay physically. The fading block didn't worry me much--Demar timed it well and dude has one of the highest vertical leaps in the game at 6'7.
You guys paying Harden/Dwight 160 million and I bet you win the same number of chips as LA the next 3 years