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2013 April NBA |OT| Pipe Dreams
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Bam Bam Baklava
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Your trolling lacks subtlety.
Future PhaZe
Member
Wizards clearly tanking now, increased minutes for Vesely/Singleton/Seraphin (average TS% of .45) and the defensive effort is the worst I've seen it this year.
We may be able to tank to the 5th overall, not that it makes a difference in this poop draft.
Part of me is holding out hope that Shabazz loses like 10 pounds and lights up individual workouts and a 40 inch vert
We may be able to tank to the 5th overall, not that it makes a difference in this poop draft.
Part of me is holding out hope that Shabazz loses like 10 pounds and lights up individual workouts and a 40 inch vert
LegendofJoe
Member
I wonder if the commish to be coming to Charlotte to meet with our season ticket holders is a good thing or bad thing. I've always wondered how Stern and now Silver privately view tanking/rebuilding.
ClovingWestbrook
Banned
It was somewhat of a disappointment but Lifetime really is good at making you empathize with the characters. This film made me ponder how I would react if I had a stalker, a male ballet teacher. I wonder if he had a difficult life and perhaps abandoned by a past love? If so I definitely feel for him.
20% of people in Utah said yes. Sigh.
seattle6418
Member
I used to think the Spurs were a better matchup, but everytime i think about it Popovich x Dantoni, it just reminds me that Pringles never wins against pops, so... no way.
The Thunder might be hard, but they are one injury away of being a mediocre team (if either KD or Westbrook go down).
Right now that´s the best change the Lakers have.
Coach Mamba should tell them a thing or two about defense. I´ve watched 80% or more of the Laker games this season and i can´t take it anymore the way they are defending screens. Some one should tell them to stop trying to go over the screens because it only means blowing assignments and screwing up rotations.
Coach Mamba should tell them: ALWAYS GO UNDER THE SCREENS, A BAD DEFENSIVE TEAM SHOULD ALWAYS DO THIS, OTHERWISE THERE´S MORE DAMAGE TRYING TO DO "THE RIGHT THING".
Yes, you´re giving a jumper, but by doing what the Lakers are doing they are giving layus, dunks, wide open jumpers and much more.
It makes you really mad to see them doing the same stupid shit over and over again.
Zeus Molecules
illegal immigrants are stealing our air
lakers admit it the second you hired D'antoni he brought NY's curse with him.... you need to fire him and hope somebody else hires him to take the curse away.
Future PhaZe
Member
Never really understood going over screens. If a guy is going to knock down a shot for the half a moment that you're slipping under then so be it, but going over a screen is just asking for dribble penetration.
MetalFearSolid
Banned
so how does this have to go down. Realistically without Lakers winning all 3 games. Utah needs to lose 2 of the games /3 ??
Black Mamba
Member
I wouldn't go under the screen on a guy like Stephen curry. However, the bigs have to hedge hard and wall him off to compensate.
Edit. For the lakers to get in they have to match utahs record in the final 3. If Utah wins out, lakers must. If they to 1-2, lakers must go 1-2 or better. Etc
ClovingWestbrook
Banned
Oh, that's obvious. But even a cursed Lakers is still better than a freed Knicks.
MorisUkunRasik
Member
LA has to match Utah win for win in order to make it.
Utah is probably going to go 2-1, but 3-0 isn't outside the realm of possibility.
LA is probably gonna go 1-2.
Utah is probably going to go 2-1, but 3-0 isn't outside the realm of possibility.
LA is probably gonna go 1-2.
We have a crazy amount of California transplants here, my wife included. She hates the Lakers though, so things are ok between us.
Bwahahaha, I was quoted in Kotaku: http://kotaku.com/metacritic-matters-how-review-scores-hurt-video-games-472462218
Anyway, the Jazz are starting to look kinda screwed aren't they? We basically have to win those two Timberwolves games and hope that the last game of the season breaks our way.
victreeb3l
Member
no noah and taj and possibly deng is out tonight as well. we might not be completely crushed
Almost 40% of the people who took the polls are Lakers
The situation couldn't have been better for the Jazz. All 3 Lakers opponents are trying to win to get a better seed. I'm not convinced the Spurs would rather play the Rockets/Warriors.
MorisUkunRasik
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I think Utah gets in with 2 wins. Memphis will be resting if seeding is set by then so Utah can get that one. Just need to get 1 against Minny.
Future PhaZe
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Eastern conference playoffs would be so great if Rose was playing even at 80%.
Dat phantom pain doe
Dat phantom pain doe
First of all, Wolverine doesn't get hurt, and he loves playing against the Lakers. It would take some Kevin Ware-level shit for him to miss any time in that series.
Also, we would still beat the Lakers if KD or Westbrook went down. It might be tight, but we're a much deeper and better-balanced team than LA. Plus that whole HCA thing.
Dominican Power
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Kerr/Reggie/C Webb is a fucking disaster.
Tragicomedy
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Pretty much. Not to mention, most of GAF thinks OKC is better without Westbrook (which is ridiculous, but I'll leave it at that).
Nobody on the Thunder get hurt, nobody misses games. That's a benefit of being so young.
33% of people in Arizona said yes. We get their pick if they miss it!!!!!
Tragicomedy
Member
So even if you make the playoffs, you're here for a max of two weeks?
Not trolling.
I'm hoping its about the Hornets coming back.
ClovingWestbrook
Banned
Kobe would be the greatest Rocket ever.
Eh, Adam Silver does these trips to a different team around Green Week. I met him a couple of years ago.
well fuck your hopes and dreams too
TheKaeptain
Banned
Come on dude. Jerry wasn't in control these last few years due to health.
LegendofJoe
Member
Either that or discussing Silver's plan to gift us the number one for his first draft as commissioner next year.
let hope live...
Dominican Power
Member
Lakers fans are so defensive now.
MorisUkunRasik
Member
According to Jerry, Jim and Mitch he made the call to hire Mike. To believe it went down any other way is an attempt to create a narrative of Jim's inability to run a team.
Jim, Mitch and Jerry have said many times they used to meet and make suggestions but Jerry had the final word.
Herpes Reasons
Banned
Steam watches the Lifetime Channel. willingly to boot.
everything he says is invalid.
ClovingWestbrook
Banned
They have great movies.
ItWasMeantToBe19
Banned
Chad Ford really frequently seems to confuse a player's inability to dribble a basketball with a lack of "the killer instinct" or something.
He's done for it for Xavier Henry, Wesley Johnson, Harrison Barnes, and now Ben McLemore.
He's done for it for Xavier Henry, Wesley Johnson, Harrison Barnes, and now Ben McLemore.
ClovingWestbrook
Banned
This was on last Saturday but I missed it.
Looks good.
BTW, this is actually a good song. I figure konex know what I'm talking about.
Future PhaZe
Member
I like how he says Marcus Smart has bad handles and a suspect jumpshot but has him like third.
How can you be an effective basketball player without either of those and not be a PF or C.
Rodeo Clown
All aboard! The Love train!
McLemore has no handles? Isn't he supposed to be like the #1 pick?
mclemore is a terrible ball handler. whether or not this is why he's so damn passive, I have no clue. but when he tries to drive, it's obvious that even elijah johnson made better decisions with the ball. he also makes bad passes into the post, but that is easily remedied. and he can learn how to dribble. he just needs a lot of work.
Everyone in LA knew that Phil was what the fans wanted, they were chanting we want Phil, plus it's Phil. If Jim did want to do it, and Jerry wanted to let his son make the decisions. I can see them saying "let's say it's Jerry's idea" as a way to help alleviate the fan outrage. Jerry had nothing to lose, he was about to pass away.
Not saying that it's not how things went down, but considering how much good will Phil and Jerry have built up here, and how much ill will Jim had built up even after the summer trades, it would be the obvious PR move.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Seriously want nothing to do with McLemore.
Hopefully the Magic end up with Smart.
Hopefully the Magic end up with Smart.
MorisUkunRasik
Member
He was still the owner, letting his son choose Mike D was still up to Jerry at the end of the day. If Jim sucks at owning a team we'll find out in time, but to say the Mike D hire was due to Jim's ego of all people is just speculation.
ItWasMeantToBe19
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But people seem to think that he will go from never dribbling in college to having handles good enough to be a high-level scorer in the NBA.
LegendofJoe
Member
Kansas hasn't produced a decent NBA player since Chalmers. I pray we aren't dumb enough to take McLemore. We stayed away from TRob so I have hope.
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