Not really. McHale is still the better coach. Dantoni's approach is to throw shit at the wall until it sticks, and that's how he arrives at the current rotation after experimenting for 30 games. He's now afraid to make any change to the rotation despite all the injuries. The Lakers is the oldest team in the league and has the shortest rotation. You can't play your 30+ players 45 minutes a game and expect to win.
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Not really. McHale is still the better coach. Dantoni's approach is to throw shit at the wall until it sticks, and that's how he arrives at the current rotation after experimenting for 30 games. He's now afraid to make any change to the rotation despite all the injuries. The Lakers is the oldest team in the league and has the shortest rotation. You can't play your 30+ players 45 minutes a game and expect to win.
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The Insane Dufresne
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Trey Burke......meh.
ItWasMeantToBe19
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MCW with the total meltdown to compliment his 2 points on 6 shots with 5 turnovers.
At least he's already 21 and has off-court red flags
At least he's already 21 and has off-court red flags
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lol Mchale will sit the hottest dude on the court for the whole quarter, Chandler Parson's said that they literally make shit up on offense, that's why they jack up so many threes. Mchale's substitutions are gawd awful and makes no adjustments. Dantoni sucks but the Lakers make him look worse.
Both teams depend on their center for defense though.
SA easily. Rox can't beat the Spurs even without Ginobli but if Parker is injured or doesn't play for the majority of series, Houston can MAYBE pull out.
OKC would sweep the Rox unless Harden is going for career highs every night(along with averaging 20 FTAs)
Ninja Scooter
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Can't wait for Konex to complain when Mitch passes on him in the 2nd round.
well it aint like he's coming back for another year.
ItWasMeantToBe19
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For some reason he's projected as top 10.
Guess NBA GMs can't get enough of the Kendall Marshall types.
Ninja Scooter
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He doesn't look remotely explosive to me, he won't score to save his life at the next level and his playmaking ability will be limited. I look at Darius Morris in and out of D-League and honestly wonder what the difference is.
ItWasMeantToBe19
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Yeah, he's going to suck.
Red Blaster
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hardaway jr looks more like antawn jamison than tim hardaway
Future PhaZe
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College basketball so terrible
Down by 1
literally 30+ seconds left
Intentional foul
what the fuck
Down by 1
literally 30+ seconds left
Intentional foul
what the fuck
well they do want to get the ball back w/ time to do something...
McHale is bad, but Antoni is the worst. You don't think the Lakers make shit up on offense? They do. It's called Nash improvisation or Kobe iso. The Lakers didn't make him look worse, he made the Lakers look worse.
You think sitting the hottest dude on the court is bad? How about asking a career low post player to play on the perimeter and shoot 3s? If he was the coach of the Spurs he would make Duncan look like a scrub.
You have no idea how terrible Antoni is until you follow a team coached by him. I hated him even when he was coaching the Suns but even then I underestimated his terribleness until this season.
Knux-Future
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IWMTB19,
You keep talking shit/truth about MCW and he might be a Jazz next year...
Its why I didn't talk shit about Austin Rivers..
You keep talking shit/truth about MCW and he might be a Jazz next year...
Its why I didn't talk shit about Austin Rivers..
College kids can't hit clutch fts. And the shot clock is like 5 minutes.
Future PhaZe
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that's what u get out of a timeout tho
lol college ball
lol college ball
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The Insane Dufresne
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Yo IWMTB,
What do you think of Anthony Bennett?
And who is the best player in this draft?
What do you think of Anthony Bennett?
And who is the best player in this draft?
I'd rather watch euro league...
Red Blaster
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lawl college ball is garbage
can't believe people watch this shit beyond evaluating nba prospects
can't believe people watch this shit beyond evaluating nba prospects
ItWasMeantToBe19
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I can't believe Syracuse had to punish people for so many weeks with their horrible play.
Trey Burke looked so slow tonight
I dislike Bennett, he's a really lazy tweener.
Noel is the best player in the draft. I still like Porter a lot too and Oladipo as long as he's actually 6'5. I don't really like anyone else that much. Red Blaster and Joe have watched a lot more college basketball than me this year though.
Trey Burke looked so slow tonight
I dislike Bennett, he's a really lazy tweener.
Noel is the best player in the draft. I still like Porter a lot too and Oladipo as long as he's actually 6'5. I don't really like anyone else that much. Red Blaster and Joe have watched a lot more college basketball than me this year though.
Burke doesn't look as good as other top pgs have looked attacking the paint. Their wasn't a zone that could keep most NBA pgs out of the paint in college. Even Faton as he is now can bust a zone by splitting the double or by attacking seams off drives. Burke doesn't do that.
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I can't believe Syracuse had to punish people for so many weeks with their horrible play.
Trey Burke looked so slow tonight
I dislike Bennett, he's a really lazy tweener.
Noel is the best player in the draft. I still like Porter a lot too and Oladipo as long as he's actually 6'5. I don't really like anyone else that much. Red Blaster and Joe have watched a lot more college basketball than me this year though.
Do you think Oladipo can be a star or more of a defensive minded role player?
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i doubt oladipo is actually 6'5", he looks barely 6'4" to me
ItWasMeantToBe19
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I think Oladipo can be an efficient 15 PPG scorer (who can chuck when necessary like with Paul George) who plays great D and I think that's really good...
If he's actually SG-size and not 6'3.
i know it was a long time ago but Felton actually had burst in college unlike Burke.
3rd banana, best case.
This draft blows. Burke is Ty Lawson without the blazing speed and quickness and without the strength. He doesn't run a team as well as Lawson either. He will take care of the ball like Lawson though and will knock down jumpers like Lawson.
Faton still has a burst and can still break down doubles and zones. Faton just isn't the fastest player in the world any more like he was when he first got into the league.
Syphon Filter
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dammit i wanted syracuse to win. i hope louisville wins now.
ItWasMeantToBe19
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Offensively, yeah on a good team (unless it's some terrible offensive team with great D like the Bulls or Pacers this year), but I think he could be the second best player on a team that wins a decent amount of games and makes the playoffs and maybe the second-round.
Red Blaster
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Burke doesn't play like Lawson, Burke's main strength in the NBA will be his jumper off-the-dribble. He'll be a Jameer, Terrell Brandon, Bibby clone.
He won't be nearly as good as Brandon or Bibby. Especially Bibby who was a better looking player in college and a better athlete than Burke.
The Frankman
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Not to mention Burke doesn't have Brandon's speed, Bibby's college game or Felton's JANK.
OKC = at least 3 blowouts
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Red Blaster
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Burke's sophomore statline is basically identical to Bibby's at Arizona
i just find it hard to believe a pg with a 6'5" wingspan, 3.1 ast/to ratio in an efficient nba-styled offense in the toughest conference in the NCAA, and who's the best shooter off-the-dribble in the NCAA won't be a pretty good player at the next level
ItWasMeantToBe19
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How many players have redshirted (for non-medical reasons) in their Junior season and turned into NBA players? Zero? One ever? (I really don't know but can't think of any off the top of my head).
I hear ya. But the player he is now is a lot different than who he was before that red shirt season. 30lbs man!
They redshirted him cause he needed to work on his body and they had bigs that were good at the time. No point in Olynyk wasting a year for a trickle of minutes.
It's not the like media was agreeing with you. Kept talking about if they had ever seen a kid redshirt and then be in conversations for player of the year. It has never happened before.
So maybe he winds up having a NBA career too.
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