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2013 Mar NBA Season lOT| Change This Face, Be Happy, Enjoy it!
- Thread starter reilo
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why would you admit to being wrong
I can understand you questioning this considering the point guard play you've had to endure the last two years.
The Frankman
Banned
I'm watching the encore of the Nuggets/Sixers game in Philly.
I'm so sorry Knux.
I'm so sorry Knux.
Bam Bam Baklava
Member
There needs to be a timeline of Doug Collins's press conference faces as time has progressed
here's the first:
If that picture isn't the embodiment of false hope then I don't know what is.
He's probably thinking about how to play Bynum in that pic.
harsh bro
Doug ain't so much about killin his players. Larry Brown, tho? Turner AND Jrue would get it.
Maybe you can get a PG with the Warriors pick?
I still can't belive the Knicks cut him with out playing him a single minute...
Oh and...
Discuss
I just can't stand Turner. Dude thinks he is out there playing 1 on 5.
Now only want Doug to walk away from this mess with his sanity in tact. We won't be good for another 5 years and not another 10 years if they resign Bynum.
Its just painful to watch. No FA will want to come to Philly. Only way we can get bigger name players is through trades or if we tank and get the perfect #1 pick again like Iverson in 96.
Future PhaZe
Member
It's not too late to tank for Wiggins.
LegendofJoe
Member
Yeah, Philly just needs to tank next year if they've given up on Bynum (which if they're smart they already have).
We're probably going to trot out the exact same roster we have this year with the only addition being whoever we draft. One more top 4 in 2014 and we'll be ready to roll.
We're probably going to trot out the exact same roster we have this year with the only addition being whoever we draft. One more top 4 in 2014 and we'll be ready to roll.
Problem is there is strong sentiment that since they already traded for Bynum, gave up on some other players, and since he hasn't played a single game in the Sixers uniform that they should offer him a low ball offer which might still be more than anyone else out there. Just to see it through and see how it works.
I don't even know anymore. The NBA is set up in a way where mid market and small market teams are just fucked unless you get lucky and build like OKC or some FA actually wants to come for some sentimental reason.
Who was the last high school kid that actually lived up to the hype?
Remember when we were talking about tanking for Shabazz and Harrison Barnes?
Hasphat'sAnts
Member
D-Rose I guess.
EDIT: Kyrie was the 4th rated prospect coming out of 2010. He just got hurt before people can get hyped about him.
wow your draftees will age out even before y'all become competitive......loser bros to the end. i'm honestly surprised you still have a fan base.
Those two looked pretty ordinary in high school outside of their superior size though Barnes looked a bit better than Shabazz. I think Wall would be the last great prospect that didn't live up to his billing in high school. And he looks at least like a good player now.
Rodeo Clown
All aboard! The Love train!
Remember when Michael Beasley was dominating guys at K-State?
Future PhaZe
Member
tweener rule
I still haven't seen a performance as dominant as D-Will against Duke though.
I'd have lost my job because I might have taken him over Kyrie...dude was that dominant.
Hasphat'sAnts
Member
Flukiest of flukes.
See and that's why he is awesome. Haha
Ninja Scooter
Member
Would that team even contend in the D League?
ItWasMeantToBe19
Banned
Anthony Davis lived up to the hype and then exceeded it pretty dramatically.
Rivers was rated as a fringe lottery pick before the college basketball season
Rivers was rated as a fringe lottery pick before the college basketball season
Hasphat'sAnts
Member
Scout.com:
2005: Josh McRoberts
2006: Greg Oden
2007: O.J. Mayo
2008: Brandon Jennings
2009: Derrick Favors
2010: Harrison Barnes
2011: Anthony Davis
Rivals suuuuuuck.
LegendofJoe
Member
Rivals is truly terrible, rsci hoops indexes the rankings and averages them. The number one and number 3 players on the index usually end up as good to great NBA players. It's surprisingly consistent actually. The number 2 guys have more busts, but most of them turned out to be great players as well.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
http://www.latimes.com/news/columnone/la-fi-shabazz-muhammad-inc-20130322-dto,0,3133186.htmlstory
According to the UCLA men's basketball media guide, he was born in Los Angeles on Nov. 13, 1993.
But a copy of Shabazz Nagee Muhammad's birth certificate on file with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health shows that he was born at Long Beach Memorial Hospital exactly one year earlier, making him 20 years old not 19 as widely reported
How and when he lost a year of his life are unclear. But competing against younger, smaller athletes, particularly in the fast-growing years of early adolescence, can be "a huge edge," said Eddie Bonine, executive director of the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Assn. "People naturally look at the big, strong kids."
Asked about the discrepancy, Holmes insisted his son was 19 and born in Nevada. "It must be a mistake," he said.
Several minutes later, he changed his account, saying that his son is, in fact, 20 and was born in Long Beach.
According to the UCLA men's basketball media guide, he was born in Los Angeles on Nov. 13, 1993.
But a copy of Shabazz Nagee Muhammad's birth certificate on file with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health shows that he was born at Long Beach Memorial Hospital exactly one year earlier, making him 20 years old not 19 as widely reported
How and when he lost a year of his life are unclear. But competing against younger, smaller athletes, particularly in the fast-growing years of early adolescence, can be "a huge edge," said Eddie Bonine, executive director of the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Assn. "People naturally look at the big, strong kids."
Asked about the discrepancy, Holmes insisted his son was 19 and born in Nevada. "It must be a mistake," he said.
Several minutes later, he changed his account, saying that his son is, in fact, 20 and was born in Long Beach.
ItWasMeantToBe19
Banned
lmfao, Shabazz's dad comes off as insane in that article and Shabazz being 20 is going to hurt his stock even more.
Please have a good game today so the Jazz can't pick Shabazz
Please have a good game today so the Jazz can't pick Shabazz
MorisUkunRasik
Member
Shajazz does have a nice ring to it.
Future PhaZe
Member
I still like Shabazz in an era where 2 guards are getting smaller. I don't expect him to come close to the hype but don't see him being ineffective like gaff thinks.
theignoramus
Member
I didnt know Melo was a GOT fan. I dont understand that anachronistic ad HBO put up with him in it tho. and neither does anyone else. ive never seen that many dislikes on a youtube video from hbo,lol.
Future PhaZe
Member
Wall is developing this year for the first time since year 1, so it's hard to say where he'll end up. Things looked terrible in year 2 because he took a step back, all he learned how to do that year was learn how to not become Crash.
This years development has been spotty but it's pretty awesome--playing slower, shooting jumpers and the deep ball again.
That's all you really want to see with a player is clear progression. I'm positive moving forward as of now.
This years development has been spotty but it's pretty awesome--playing slower, shooting jumpers and the deep ball again.
That's all you really want to see with a player is clear progression. I'm positive moving forward as of now.
MorisUkunRasik
Member
Wouldn't be surprised at all.
MorisUkunRasik
Member
He's a proud Maine Red Claw now, alls well that ends well.
break that tank for the Super Bowl
Future PhaZe
Member
I still see so much of Dirk in Olynyk.
LegendofJoe
Member
Olynyk redshirted because of Sacre. If he was really that good he would have at least split time with him.
Edit: I've always wondered why Selby has never got playing time in the nba. He's dominated the summer league the last two years. Is he just that bad at playing organized, team basketball?
Edit: I've always wondered why Selby has never got playing time in the nba. He's dominated the summer league the last two years. Is he just that bad at playing organized, team basketball?
Gordon0Freeman
Member
Man its hard to watch First Take when Jemele Hill is on
Ninja Scooter
Member
Shabazz' dad sounds like a nut job of Marv Marinovich proportions.
Hasphat'sAnts
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LegendofJoe
Member
Yeah, it sounds like it would do Shabazz a world of good to get away from him. Whoever drafts him needs to take care to keep them separated as much as possible.