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[Vic]

Holy cow Harden is averaging 10 trips to the line per game. Durant, 9 trips. woah

Even though he left OKC, he's still a true FThunder.

 

[Vahagn]

lets be honest

this shit aint gonna work bruh

Yea of course. I honestly think Phil would have figured this out. Make Nash the facilitator (his biggest strength). Make Kobe the scorer (his biggest strength). Make Pau a post player and elbow passer (his biggest strengths). Stick Dwight in the same positions as Shaq.


Instead, we got Kobe passing instead of scoring. Nash scoring instead of passing. Pau coming off the bench and shooting long range shots all season. D'Antoni is too much like Nellie. "Fuck what people are naturally great at, I'm gonna move everything around and re-design all the roles so people think I'm a genius"


Jesus! He made Amare the center for one season, had crazy success and it's gotten to his head.

 

[mhi]

Howard needs to get that surgery but I think mngmt is too org focused to shut him down. Most players won't say "shut me down" so its up to the mngmt to mandate it.

 

[thekad]

So, last night's laker loss was just...wow.


I'm not even scared of Portland or Houston. I'm scared of Dallas, once Dirk gets back to form that team is easily going to outplay this LA team the rest of the way.


Either LA turns the corner, plays like a top tier team playing .700-.750 ball the rest of the way and then makes noise in the playoffs. Or ends up a 10th or 11th seed and D'Antoni replaces Del Harris as the guy who got the least success with the most talent in Laker history.



Edit: Btw - I ran some numbers on this recent "Kobe Johnson" 4 game stretch. He's shooting 53% from the field. But his scoring efficiency has actually gone down if you track it as points per shot attempt. Being less aggressive scoring wise means he's taken less threes, and less free throws (only 14 FTA in 4 games).

Basically means he's scored 66 points on 51 shots = 1.29 points per FGA. Whereas earlier in the year he was about 30 ppg on 22 shots or 1.36. points per shot.

So even though his season FG% was 46% and his 4 game stretch is 53%. He's scoring less points per shot attempt. Another reason I think FG% is overrated as a metric of scoring prowess or efficiency.

Welcome to 5 years ago.

 

[Vahagn]

Welcome to 5 years ago.

Did your basketball icon John Hollinger give you this insight then?

 

[CherryWoodFuton]

Ohh damn welcome back Psy. Heat-Age was dropping left and right

 

[thekad]

Did your basketball icon John Hollinger give you this insight then?

I've never mentioned Hollinger, but it's good of you to admit that he was way ahead of you :lol

 

[Psychological Intellect]

Ohh damn welcome back Psy. Heat-Age was dropping left and right

We're already endangered lmao

 

[Vahagn]

I've never mentioned Hollinger, but it's good of you to admit that he was way ahead of you :lol

1/10

and I'm being generous

 

[Dominican Power]

The Suns are trying to trade for J Smooth? WTF

 

[MorisUkunRasik]

The Suns are trying to trade for J Smooth? WTF

Smoove for Gortat it seems. I guess ATL wants a C so Horford can move to PF.

 

[DY_nasty]

Smoove for Gortat it seems. I guess ATL wants a C so Horford can move to PF.

Suns gonna pay him the max?

Not a smoovemove

 

[Future PhaZe]

lol Suns

Some of the fucking GM's in this league man

 

[DY_nasty]

lol Suns

Some of the fucking GM's in this league man

Honestly they might be better off with Gay

The basketball gods weep at the idea of max contract, #1 option Josh Smith

 

[Dominican Power]

Suns gonna pay him the max?

Not a smoovemove

The Houston Rockets, Charlotte Bobcats and Dallas Mavericks have also been mentioned as potential suitors for Smith.

: )

 

[DY_nasty]

: )

The Bobcats are rumored to be in every deal. Nothing says sweeten the pot like "I just got off the phone with Rod Higgins and he said he'd take Diop"

I think that's the only reason we still pay Higgins.

 

[Vahagn]

Hot Damn I love this Woman!

 

[Liquidsnake]

Im so glad the Lakers got one of the best PG of all time to turn him into a shooting guard, and one of the best SG of all time, and turned him into a PG.

This team is a mess.

 

[LegendofJoe]

The Bobcats are rumored to be in every deal. Nothing says sweeten the pot like "I just got off the phone with Rod Higgins and he said he'd take Diop"

I think that's the only reason we still pay Higgins.

lol, I hope we can flip his expiring contract for something useful.

 

[Jeff-DSA]

Hot Damn I love this Woman!

Sounds significantly worse than the other day.

 

[giri]

lol Suns

Some of the fucking GM's in this league man

To call them a GM implies that they have some managerial ability.

The suns FO has been a fucking disaster since Kerr left.

A statement i thought i'd never make.

If it weren't for the two top 5 picks they have this year the outlook would be REALLY bleak.

 

[hillsighed]

Wow, the Suns were totally wearing their Mid-late 90's uniforms last night. I forgot how awesome they looked.

Got me all confused, for a split second I thought I had flipped on a classic NBA game and Jared Dudley was Frank Johnson.

 

[LegendofJoe]

A Beasley/Smoove combo would definitely put the Suns in the running for dumbest team in the league.

 

[rando14]

A Beasley/Smoove combo would definitely put the Suns in the running for dumbest team in the league.

:lol

 

[Vahagn]

Sounds significantly worse than the other day.

I don't think it's "worse". There are parts where it's more subdued, but that's natural when you're performing at a press conference in a room of professional people vs. in an outdoor venue.


Obviously she recorded the inauguration version previously, but it was designed to be played outdoors so you can imagine her going with the full range there, it was her voice after all.


Disappointed she didn't perform live at the inauguration, but clearly no doubt she can hit it out of the park when she needs to.

 

[Jeff-DSA]

Sounds worse tho

 

[Zeus Molecules]

Gortat for J smoove isn't horrible

 

[reilo]

Gortat for J smoove isn't horrible

That's a steal for Atlanta. Horford/Gortat frontline is quite something.

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

That's a steal for Atlanta. Horford/Gortat frontline is quite something.

Gortat is averaging 11 PPG and is the anchor of one of the worst defenses in the NBA. Neither he nor Horford can create their own shot.

 

[reilo]

Gortat is averaging 11 PPG and is the anchor of one of the worst defenses in the NBA. Neither he nor Horford can create their own shot.

He plays next to Beasley, Luis Scola, Markieff Morris, and Jermaine O'Neal. I'm not gonna blame Gortat for not being Kevin Garnett defensively with that over-the-hill front-court.

The Hawks are going to lose Josh Smith anyhow, so might as well get a decent center in return and allow Horford to move to his natural position.

EDIT: Gortat has almost the same number of DWS as Horford.

 

[Zeus Molecules]

That's a steal for Atlanta. Horford/Gortat frontline is quite something.

I guess... I mean they've been talking about Horford at PF for years and Gortat is nice. I will wait and see it in action.

 

[Talon]

I want Gortat.

Horford's underused on the offensive end. Been dying to see him at the 4.

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

PS4 being shown on February 20th, yesssssss.

 

[CherryWoodFuton]

PS4 being shown on February 20th, yesssssss.

Can't fucking wait

 

[Jeff-DSA]

PS4 being shown on February 20th, yesssssss.

Maybe. It could just be the unveiling of what they're doing with Gaikai or something.

 

[DY_nasty]

I'd love to see Horford finally be a PF lol

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

This PS4 better be hot man.

 

[Psychological Intellect]

oh PS4 gonna blow my mind. My PS3 broke 2 years ago lmao, I haven't played a console game in years. Hope it has BC.

 

[Herpes Reasons]

This PS4 better be hot man.

i'd be shocked if it could even run bf3 at ultra settings.

 

[rando14]

Pfft I just want to PS4 to come out so I can get a PS3 for dirt cheap. So many PS3 games to catch up on :\

 

[Dominican Power]

 

[Talon]

Vince with the troll face.

 

[Jeff-DSA]

Ray Allen should be kept from the right corner by any means possible.

 

[rando14]

Vince with the troll face.

lol his head is so small and just peering over the 3 pt arc

 

[ratcliffja]

I love how Paul and Gallinari are on both lists... even better is Gallinari actually being best from deep left and worst from deep right.

 

[reilo]

In the last two seasons, had suffered constant injuries Gelabale muscle took origin in his famous look. The dreadlocks, the weight in the head that carries carry such volume hair, bad posture cause generating fibrillar articular pathologies and injuries. They can even alter the way of running. Experts believe that it is harmful to the athletes wear their hair like that. Not start, but in the long run, hurt the player dreads.

wtf

 

[charsace]

off topic..remember when homer tools would defend Valve's constant delays and bullshit management of the HL episodes and say "its because theyve been working on portal and these amazing L4D games,so stfu"....yeah its been over a half decade now since that cliffhanger ending from ep. 2, its obvious now that Valve's pipeline for this series is and was a broken clusterfuck.

Episodic and Half Life don't mix. L4D is their episodic series.

 

[jjasper]

PS4 being shown on February 20th, yesssssss.

Good my 360 died the day after Christmas I am ready for a new system.

 

[Jeff-DSA]

I haven't paid for a launch system aside from the Vita since the GameCube. I don't think I have the media clout this time around to score a free PS4 or the next Xbox though. Not unless my site blows up in the next few months, but I'm not working hard enough to make that happen.

 

[charsace]

Good my 360 died the day after Christmas I am ready for a new system.

The first xbox was the best built system ever. You could hit someone with an xbox and when you pluged it back in it worked.