What a clown.
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2013 Feb NBA Season lOT| Controlling it like a man, bruh
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What a clown.
What The Fuck...
Adam Blade
WWKC
No, Jeff-kun, no. They are brain certainly works fine.
LegendofJoe
Member
I wonder if some mid lottery team like the Kings or Wizards would trade up with us if we got the number one pick?
Future PhaZe
Member
no
If anything we would rather move some of our current pieces to get another low lottery pick to grab a guy like Olynyk and just live with Porter or Shabazz.
My only do not want guy is Bennett at this point.
I would love to see a Gonzaga player have an actual NBA player.
I'm a Zag fan and I'm still not over Adam Morrison.
Vestal
Junior Member
What??
Lets for a second eliminate this as a list of all time and just current. Just cause lol Jordan at 9....
Out of all the current athletes in the NBA he puts YNB as #1.. Huh? Lebron would love to have a few words with him
LegendofJoe
Member
Most of the guys where you'll be picking look like they'll be decent fits. I can't say the same for the Bobcats. We need a complete player to build the team around and it's looking like we're going to strike out again this year. 2014 better be kind to us or we're fucked...
Yes exactly. Is this list of the best athletes not named Lebron?
Guess he is getting lots of hits on his site though.
YNB is certainly a top 5 athlete in today's NBA. But LeBron is on another level. He has all the attributes of YNB in a 6'8" 260 lb. frame.
LeBron is one of the most impressive athletes in the history of sports, period. Not just in basketball.
It's amazing what superior genetics
can do.
LeBron is one of the most impressive athletes in the history of sports, period. Not just in basketball.
It's amazing what superior genetics
and HGH
Adam Blade
WWKC
List your top five then.
Future PhaZe
Member
Your in a much better place than the Wiz were in 2011. We tried so hard to get a "potential guy" given the field and ended up with Vesely. Don't do that. Pick a guy who you know can contribute for sure but may not necessarily be an all-star.
I think that guy is McLemore. He's the safest thing in the draft in terms of a can't miss starter. If you want to go off of potential go with Noel.
Chris Palmer said:
Yup. Dude's gone full retard.
Chris Palmer said:
I think it's safe to say the guy's got a full raging hard on for YNB at this point.
I haven't put that much thought into it.
Off the top of my head (guys who combine leaping ability, speed, quickness, agility)
LeBron
Westbrook
(big gap after these guys, IMO)
Pre-injury Rose
Griffin
DeAndre Jordan
Durant is also an underrated athlete.
There honestly aren't that many guys that have the capability of making you sit up and say "HOLY SHIT" at any given moment in a game. All of those guys can. I'm sure there are some I'm leaving off.
Listing a top five? Hmmm.
Lebron
Westbrook
Faried
Rose
Griffin
Didn't give it much thought but its a decent start.
Vestal
Junior Member
Its a joke Article.. The guy puts YNB as a top 5 NBA player ffs. Above guys like Parker, Wade, Melo, Dirk etc....
ESPN gives Palmer money to talk about the NBA.
Lol that's exactly the stuff I was quoting.
By the way that Lebron stat he posted that "No NBA Player has ever done"...arbitrary nonsense like that pisses me off so much! West, Elgin, Oscar all had FAR MORE CRAZY stat lines then him in Pts/Assists/Rebounds for multiple seasons.
It's just the FG% that makes it special, but it's a joke because people in the 60's and 70's played at a frenetic pace, a pace that no one in today's game has the conditioning to pull off. So yea, the FG% was less, but they scored a lot more points both individually AND as a team in the same 48 minutes.
Top 5 athletes in the NBA right now is reasonable but that guy put YNB as the #1 athlete of all time. If he was a poster here you should put him on ignore immediately.
proof?
LegendofJoe
Member
I like McLemore, but unless we're planning on benching or trading Kemba he'd be a bad fit because of his size. I think it's going to come down to who we like the most of the 2 guards - Shabazz, McLemore, Oladipo, or Smart.
Noel would have been the sure thing, but he's injured the same knee twice now. He's too big of a risk.
There's tons of this stuff. But, For example - in the 1960-1961 season in 73 games
Elgin Baylor averaged 35 points / 20 rebounds / 5 assists a game.
the Los Angeles Lakers that year averaged 114 points per game.
Elgin Baylor shot 43% - There was no 3 point line, so he probably averaged a point or two more a game at the very least.
So if you're shooting only 43% and scoring so many more points without a 3 point line, your pace has to be incredible...and it was.
Edit: Shit - Jordan in the 89 season played 81 games. Dude averaged 32.5/8/8/3 at 54% shooting. That's better than this year's Lebron season EASY.
AlphaSnake
...and that, kids, was the first time I sucked a dick for crack
Kobe and Russ ahead of Melo? LOL what a dumbass.
LeBron and Durant, yes. But not the other two.
LeBron and Durant, yes. But not the other two.
The line between Kobe and KD is very thin and I will take Kobe's experience and will to win over anyone's.
But I just ask. Do you actually use the word "egregious" when speaking?
theignoramus
Member
Chris Palmer thinks Westbrook is the fourth best player in the league and says Kobe Bryant has the highest bball iq of anyone playing.
Ninja Scooter
Member
"Athlete" is such a broad term what does it even mean when ranking guys? Couldn't you argue that Kobe and Duncan playing at the level they are playing, at their age and nba mileage, makes them supreme athletes?
Dominican Power
Member
Derrick knows how to use his body so much better than Westbrook. Westbrook looks like that rich guy that's in over his head driving a supercar.
No, it makes them supremely skilled basketball players.
No, it makes them supremely skilled basketball players.
Vestal
Junior Member
You can make a case for Kobe having a top 5 bball IQ.. but not the highest. Lebrons BBIQ this season has been insane, however for me TimmyD has shown his Bball IQ is off the roof, being of that age and still putting up the numbers he is.
Red Blaster
Member
theignoramus
Member
Kobe's turned steve nash into an off guard cause he dominates the ball so much.....
*facepalm*
And LBJ's done that with Wade what's your point? Any time two great guards play together, one of them gets turned into more of an off guard then they would otherwise be. Your Bball IQ is the one we should question.
Ninja Scooter
Member
Really? It doesn't take off the charts athletic ability to play at a high level in the nba well into your 30s? That's all skill? These guys aren't bowlers for crying out loud.
captmcblack
Member
Pre-arthroscopy STAT had to be up there in terms of athleticism.
MorisUkunRasik
Member
Being a great athlete is nothing more than being fast, jumping high and brute strength. Body control can probably be added to that list. Westbrook is an amazing athlete, just because he's a dumb ball player doesn't mean you should write off his physical gifts. The guy is super quick, gets off the ground and is probably one of the strongest physically at his position.
I think athlete relates to athletic ability. Not genetic traits. Arm span, height do not work into the equation unless its considered as a limit that is overcome. Which is rare.
Speed. Strength. Power.
Are the three main categories I have read are used to measure athletic ability.
With all other traits and skills in sub-categories under those headings.
Speed. Strength. Power.
Are the three main categories I have read are used to measure athletic ability.
With all other traits and skills in sub-categories under those headings.
theignoramus
Member
lol, what a dumb comparison. theres no point to Nash being on the floor, getting major minutes if he isnt orchestrating the offense. His D is so bad, he negates his own value as an efficient shooter.