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2013 NBA Playoffs |OT| Lakers started from the bottom, and they still there
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Black Mamba
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He and Kobe have the same efg%. Harden has a better TS% by virtue of more FTs.
Sure, but the same people who call him an "efficient" scorer call Kobe a "volume" scorer.
Kevin Durant and Lebron are efficient scorers. Monta Ellis is a volume scorer. Kobe, Harden are neither.
Edit: If eFG is the same but TS is different that means either: there is a significant difference in FT% or one player uses up more team possessions to shoot free throws. Kobe and Hrden shoot roughly the same %. Harden isn't more efficient because his increase is at the cost of more FT opportunities, Not a higher conversion rate.
KG looks fine to me, don't really see the issue there. Offensively there isn't much going on. There is nobody that can take that game over (or attempting to), so everything is coming across pretty forced.
Again, it doesn't help that the team doesn't have a PG. Again, again, and again, NO POINT GUARD. I'm enjoying the series. Feels exactly the same as last year minus Rondo.
Black Mamba
Member
Nuggets, we need more nuggets fans. They're also a fun team to watch, an underdog team, and are good enough to matter.
Red Blaster
Member
lulz you were trashing them hardcore last night
Adam Blade
WWKC
Clips fans are severely underrepresented on the board. They have the Point God and the most exciting Power Forward in the NBA, and the guy with the best shake and bake in the NBA.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
lets go rockets
Dominican Power
Member
Clippers are still not getting out of the 2nd round. lol
Wolves, great coach + the most exciting passing PG in the league, a great PF, and the ability to score 105-110 a night when healthy in flashy fashion.
They have the least likable owner, announcers, and players in the NBA what do you expect?
Black Mamba
Member
Of course, but we still have too little fans and they are fun to watch. they just won't get it done in the playoffs with the current roster.
Harden is efficient based off of his TS. TS is a better indicator of player scoring than fg is.
I think I finally figured out who konex is in real life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=NExxOKfGjQU#t=184s
lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=NExxOKfGjQU#t=184s
lol
Who were almost all lakers at some point or were supposed to be. Player recruiting from across the hall.
nobody gives a shit
Man you're dumb
Vag and stats man...
.....about utah.
Adam Blade
WWKC
Lawler is awesome, and Griffin and Paul are popular.
Stop hating when you have Randolph on your team, who is eminently unlikeable and is a real life thug.
You guys also enabled the Lakers to get two championships, so we still can blame the Grizz for that too.
DTS can't live forever.
Black Mamba
Member
I don't think a lot of people like Cp3 or griffin because of their on court demeanor. I mean, I'm a huge fan of CP3 and was touting Griffin since his real rookie year here, but even I'm fed up with it. Griffin is close to becoming the next Wade in that sense (but unlike Wade he has a personality and I like his commercials).
Red Blaster
Member
Lawler is a confirmed racist while Griffin and Paul are disgusting floppers who spend more time trying to bait officials than simply playing the game
and CP3 was one of my favorite players in the league in 2008
and CP3 was one of my favorite players in the league in 2008
Tragicomedy
Member
Root for the OKC Thunder.
Pros: Night in and night out, we're the most exciting young team in the league. You have two dynamic players who play the game in completely different styles. Kevin Durant is calm, efficient, collected, and the second best player in all of basketball. Russell Westbrook is a frenetic maniac who attacks the basket as hard as anyone since Allen Iverson. Both are locked up into long-term contracts and will be getting better every year. We also have the leagues' leading shot-blocker (Serge Ibaka/Chewbacca) who has been known to karate chop fools in the nuts. Our bench is very strong...well above average. We're considered a small-market team, but I'd argue the fanbase is better than most major markets. Fans show up and sell out the arena consistently. They also travel well. Whatever country you're located in, you should have little trouble seeing Thunder games televised. I know that was a big factor for me when I first starting following the EPL many years ago...makes no sense to pull for a team that you'll never actually get to watch play (settled on Tottenham, btw). Across the board, OKC is a great team.
Cons: On the downside, our coach doesn't get a lot of love. He's very average, and some would say below average. Many on here question whether we ever win a championship with him (I say we do). We also start a player named Kendrick Perkins, who looks like he's in serious pain every time he runs down the court. Westbrook is one of the most polarizing players in the league. Lots of people HATE him with a passion. I think he's amazing, but your mileage may vary. He goes on streaks when he's unstoppable, then turns around and shoots us out of a game. Also, we're not as good as the Miami Heat, so if you're one of those guys who always roots for Manchester United, I'd rather you hop onto their bandwagon instead. If you're overseas, you'll likely have less opportunities to catch a Thunder game on TV than, say, a Lakers or Heat game. That is until the playoffs roll around, at which point the Lakers don't show up past the first round.
Adam Blade
WWKC
People just like to hate the Clippers now that they're successfuly and threatened by their success. It doesn't fit the narrative of the old worthless Clips. People were bashing the Clips back then when the most offensive person on the team was Sam Big Balls Cassell.
And I have never questioned anyone for not liking him.
Future PhaZe
Member
wonder if she slipped him her number
I would have piped that
Man if I was a ball player I can't imagine how many girls I'd probably sleep with. I'd probably hate myself.
Adam Blade
WWKC
Then is it so hard to believe that people can be Clippers fans?
Black Mamba
Member
No, it's because of the flopping and whining they do.
I don't remember people hating the Cassell-Brand clippers in 2006. I actually really liked that team.
MorisUkunRasik
Member
CP was more successful in Nola and his flopping was disgusting there too. BG was pretty well liked around here until he started flopping heavily.
Its not hating because of their success, their success has made The Clippers easier to watch, but the more you watch the more you notice their shitty on court personalities.
Grimm Fandango
Member
I'm still getting used to it tbqh.
MorisUkunRasik
Member
You can also recognize those who do it more than others. I say that as a Kobe/Laker fan. DWade's a bitch bro, deal with it.
I think the flopping is more the problem and the whining when the ref doesn't bite than just the bitching about getting a bad call.
Zeus Molecules
illegal immigrants are stealing our air
i have to admit this is true
I'm not Vag and Konex; not every post I make has a hidden agenda
I'm just tellin yall to chill out with hating on some player when your favorite player does/would do/has done the same shit
MorisUkunRasik
Member
I still think degree and consistency should be taken into account. It'd be stupid not to.
Unfortunately we don't have an advanced metric for this
Something like usage rate of a player multiplied by the number of fouls actually drawn divided by number of times they whined should exist
For all you know DeMarcus Cousins could be the most efficient whiner in the league
CherryWoodFuton
Member
Miami Heat. 2 championships in the last 8 years with more coming
Plus we got the best player in the world playing with a REALLY good sidekick
MorisUkunRasik
Member
I'd support that, along with a flopping stat. But as of right now, guys get reputations for good reason usually.
Kobe complains whenever he doesn't get his way, CP and Blake flop like they're competing in a secret bitchmade contest.
CherryWoodFuton
Member
Tim Duncan is the only one that i can think of that doesn't act like a biatch on the court.
MorisUkunRasik
Member
lol No. TD is in disbelief of every foul called against him.
Black Mamba
Member
What? Duncan's whale eyes are infamous.
It's the expressions Griff gives that annoy me. Cousins is worse, though.
