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2013 NBA Playoffs |OT| Lakers started from the bottom, and they still there

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Justin Timberlake

Member
James Harden in the playoffs:
36.4 FG% on 19.3 FGA
16.0 3pt FG% on 6.3 3PA
5.0 TOV a game

....but 82.0 FT% on 12.5 FTA so he's still at 25.3 ppg

#FreeLinsanity from the #BeardedNightmare
 
S

Smokey

Member
As much as there are Lin haters out there, see the impact he has had in viewership for the NBA in the fastest growing economy in the world right now. While the US is in a recession, China is making more money than ever and as the NBA is a business and the Houston Rockets are a franchise trying to make it big, Lin is the impact this team received to become relevant, even if he isn't playing Linsanity level.
This post is to tell the trolls that if you will never kick Lin out, they look at their revenue from last year and especially overseas and the last person the GM will try to kick out is Lin who's probably boosted Rocket sales by over 1000% since last year.

"While the Houston Rockets seek to overcome a winning deficit to the Oklahoma City Thunder, the NBA continues to seek significant increases in its viewership and merchandise sales numbers in China. The NBA partially has Jeremy Lin, the American basketball player born to Taiwanese emigrants, to thank for its recent market successes in China. Since joining the NBA last year with the Knicks, playing with the Rockets this season, and making the playoffs with both teams, Lin has helped fuel post-season NBA interest in China and Taiwan.

The NBA playoffs television schedule in China demarcates the nation’s growing fascination with the league and its players. Every NBA playoff game will be shown live in China, with six games being shown nationally per week on CCTV5 during the first and second rounds. Every game during the NBA Conference Finals and the Finals will be shown live on CCTV5. These games will be enhanced by a two-hour weekly NBA show that was launched by the Chinese network earlier this season.

Growth in television coverage is not the only benefit the NBA has seen in China since Lin joined the league last season. Rather, the NBA has also seen significant digital growth in China over the last two seasons. Last year, the NBA’s Chinese website experienced 3.3 billion page views. This year, that number is up by 34 percent, to 4.5 billion page views. Perhaps more impressive, though, are the number of video streams the NBA managed this year in China. During the 2012-13 regular season, total video streams for the NBA increased by 169 percent over the 2011-12 season, from 1.2 billion to 3.2 billion.

Merchandise sales may be the biggest area in which Lin’s presence in the NBA can be felt when it comes to impacting the markets in China and Taiwan. The NBA’s merchandise sales are up significantly in both China and Taiwan. Given that Lin’s parents were born in Taiwan, it is arguable that its citizens may feel a connection to him, leading them to purchase a greater amount of NBA merchandise than they would have prior to Lin playing in the league. While the NBA has seen a triple-digit increase in its Chinese merchandise revenues over the last five years, a significant portion of that increase has come since Lin joined the NBA two years ago. The NBA’s overall apparel sales are up by triple digits in both China and Taiwan for the first quarter of the 2013 fiscal year, as opposed to the first quarter of 2012. While the NBA has opened more than 30 NBA Shops this season in Taiwan, it expects its overall merchandising business to increase by triple digits there this season.
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http://www.forbes.com/sites/aliciaj...ts-viewership-and-merchandise-sales-in-china/


Leslie's not a fool. He saw that Yao money and jumped on Linsanity. Now he's on the bench and being outplayed by somebody who was ballin in the Ukraine last year. Oh well.

This is why he won't ever be traded and will play out his contract here :l
 
L

linsivvi

Member
So with the new CBA and greater revenue sharing, what you're saying is that the Rockets is taking one for the team by signing and starting Lin?
 
J

Justin Timberlake

Member
Lin's only injury is a broken heart

And Harden is the culprit.

That piece of shit has systematically destroyed one of the most beautiful movements in basketball.

He killed Linsanity.

R.I.P
 
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friskykillface

Banned
hmmmmmm dat best bench in the NBA in both the Clippers and Nuggets are on the brink of elimination.

but Nuggets will advance, McGee gonna commit hard fouls but since he plays dumb people will think its McGee being McGee :p


Stern needs those ratings so Knicks and Celtics going to game 6, do it playoff Jet
 
Z

Zeus Molecules

illegal immigrants are stealing our air
friskykillface said:
hmmmmmm dat best bench in the NBA in both the Clippers and Nuggets are on the brink of elimination.

but Nuggets will advance, McGee gonna commit hard fouls but since he plays dumb people will think its McGee being McGee :p


Stern needs those ratings so Knicks and Celtics going to game 6, do it playoff Jet
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nah man i just can't see it happening. Celtics had to go to overtime at home without JR playing and Melo playing like shit to save there season.... and they're going to drag this to a game 6?
 
B

Black Mamba

Member
friskykillface said:
hmmmmmm dat best bench in the NBA in both the Clippers and Nuggets are on the brink of elimination.

but Nuggets will advance, McGee gonna commit hard fouls but since he plays dumb people will think its McGee being McGee :p


Stern needs those ratings so Knicks and Celtics going to game 6, do it playoff Jet
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Because, once again, benches matter less in the playoffs. Your top 6 to 7 is what matters, not 8-10.

And unfortunately for the Clips, their role players have mostly shit the bed, even among their top 6-7.

Caron Gomes needs to step up.
 
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effzee

Member
What I wouldn't give to see Shane keep this look for the rest of the playoffs:

Grantland ‏@Grantland33 5m
RT @windhorstespn: Heat are so bored Shane Battier is growing a mustache from an 80s buddy cop drama: http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/miamiheat/post/_/id/17504/heat-making-the-most-of-time-off …


Heat making the most of time off
Tom Haberstroh/ESPN.comShane Battier’s new look.MIAMI -- How do we know that the Miami Heat are bored? Just look at the above photo of Shane B
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friskykillface

Banned
Zeus Molecules said:
nah man i just can't see it happening. Celtics had to go to overtime at home without JR playing and Melo playing like shit to save there season.... and they're going to drag this to a game 6?
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i know, lol i expect celtics/lakers 2008 finals game 6 floodgates to open on the Celtics

Melo, JR gonna shoot lots of 3's, alive time D:
 
P

ph33nix

MWO
I actually would not rule out the Celtics tonight but based on what we have seen in the first four, no way do they make it out of the fourth again

looks like kg and pierce will have their celtic careers end on the floor that they have owned for the past half decade together
 
I

ItWasMeantToBe19

Banned
Vahagn said:
Volume scorer ball hog with bad shot selection Allen Iverson has a TS% of .518


All time great and respected NBA icon with great basketball IQ Isiah Thomas has a TS% of .516


Just thought I'd leave that out there.
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? The same people who think AI is really overrated generally don't like Isiah much either.
 
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CreepingFear

Member
T Dollarz said:
Thoughts on where KG and Pierce could end up next year?
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I honestly don't know who would fucking take their contracts at the age of both players. The biggest mistake Boston can make is having the thought that "Since they didn't have Rondo, this year didn't count" They are not going to win another championship with the current group. I'd keep Rondo and get rid of everyone else.
 
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effzee

Member
exarkun said:
Can we just agree that Pat broke the NBA (for now)? I mean...damn. Dudes aren't supposed to be THIS bored during the playoffs.
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I can agree that yes Pat finally was successful in putting together a team in Miami that has two huge superstars on the same team *

* Since the last time he did it with Shaq and Wade.
 
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Black Mamba

Member
CreepingFear said:
I honestly don't know who would fucking take their contracts at the age of both players. The biggest mistake Boston can make is having the thought that "Since they didn't have Rondo, this year didn't count" They are not going to win another championship with the current group. I'd keep Rondo and get rid of everyone else.
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Pierce is only $5 mil guaranteed if waived before June 30th.

This means the Celtics can:

A. Waive him and save money if KG retires

B. trade him to a team looking to shed contracts and they'll waive him

C. Trade him to a team willing to take on his expiring

I could see a Bledsoe +Caron Butler for Pierce deal possible

edit: Maybe Denver parts with Gallo for Pierce?
 
F

friskykillface

Banned
McGee for KG
Pierce for Bledsoe, Ronny and Odom

do it Ainge. :p


Syphon Filter said:
Naw KG won't retire yet and i don't think Ainge will betray Pierce like that.
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lol Ainge has gone on the record of saying he would have broken up the old big 3 - bird, mchale and double 0 robert if he were the GM back then. he can do anything
 
T

too much eslim

Member
Godslay said:
If anything, that game proved that Curry is soft as hell.



Not sure if serious. Although I do think Kosta 'The Hitman' Koufos fits nicely. I'm not advocating dropping the guy, but goddamn the shit that went on last night fits within the realm of playoff basketball. Time for Curry to put his big boy pants on.
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Oh really? Tripping Curry is playoff basketball? Denever getting bounced out the first round again. Guess it isn't Melo's fault afterall.
 
Barrage

Barrage

Member
Black Mamba said:
Pierce is only $5 mil guaranteed if waived before June 30th.

This means the Celtics can:

A. Waive him and save money if KG retires

B. trade him to a team looking to shed contracts and they'll waive him

C. Trade him to a team willing to take on his expiring

I could see a Bledsoe +Caron Butler for Pierce deal possible

edit: Maybe Denver parts with Gallo for Pierce?
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They will trade Pierce far, far before they waive, regardless of money saving. A trade means Boston can send him to the West and not worry about him, the last thing Ainge wants would be Pierce signing with an East contender and embarassing them (if Rondo can somehow carry them into the playoffs).
 
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Black Mamba

Member
giri said:
At what point do they get classified as a hate / terrorist group themselves?
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I don't think they've done anything remotely violent so until that happens, no on the terrorist thing.

They should definitely be a hate group, though. I'd have a hard time not punching one in the face if I came across 'em.
 
C

ClovingWestbrook

Banned
giri said:
At what point do they get classified as a hate / terrorist group themselves?
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Hopefully never. Until they actually do something beyond just verbally acting a fool and picketing, they shouldn't be classified as such. Allow them to act a fool and allow biker gangs to drown them out.

If they're disturbing the peace if you will, they should be escorted off the property they are on. I believe courts have already restricted them to stay a certain amount of feet away from funerals.
 
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