Jarrett Jack at least lead both teams in +/- with a -19.
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2013 NBA Playoffs |OT2| Rose has no Muscle Memories, Durant having Russell Memories
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Fuckball champion.
Justin Timberlake
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Curry is 2-19 with Green on him this series
yo daaaaaaamn
yo daaaaaaamn
I always knew Green was one of the best defenders in the league, but god damn he's been impressive this series.
ThisWreckage
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I'm surprised Curry made it out of his infancy without needing a wheelchair. I feel bad for the guy. I've never seen a basketball player turn his ankle so much. Most of the time when he does it he's not even cutting or getting it stepped on or anything. It just rolls on him.
For the ankle roll tonight, he took a sideways jump and came stomping down hard to make a quick stop. I feel like he should know that's not a move he should be doing when his ankles are prone to collapse underneath him.
Ninja Scooter
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I'm curious as to what causes guys to be prone to ankle sprains? Is there something fundamentally wrong with how they learned to run/jump/land? Are their ankles just structurally weaker genetically?
obijkenobi
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Jarrett Jack at least lead both teams in +/- with a -19.
Surprised that it wasn't Bonner, but remembered he got some minutes when TP was scorching hot in the first half.
Thompson's warrior scar is crazy. Looked like he'll be getting another too.
Spurs played the way I expected them to. They can't be that cold for that long. Good on the Warriors to keep it close despite shooting poorly and not being able to run an offense the way they like to most of the game.
Changes I think they need to make, Curry's health a bit irrelevant, have Thompson and Barnes run the offense more. I'm so sick of seeing Jack try to penetrate then bring it back to half court with 6 seconds left.
The last push they attempted, Jack took it up twice and had a quick shot on the clock, and the jumping turnover. Thompson got to the rim and blew a lay up, but at least he can get by and has the size to see an option open.
Oh and friend and I were talking about Klay being the face of the franchise, it's unfathomable but with Curry's health could be a reality.
ThisWreckage
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I doubt the latter. His dad was a pretty dependable player from what I remember.
16 years, only two with 82gp.
maybe he's the new Bruce Bowen! lockdown defender who can shoot 3s.
Ninja Scooter
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Simmons finally posted part III to his trade value column. Glad to see he is finally seeing the light on Blake:
Also lol at him konexing Curry tonight.
Also lol at him konexing Curry tonight.
ThisWreckage
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A lot of those seasons he was hitting right around (or over) 70 games played. Especially when he was a younger man.
He played 16 seasons. Not an all star player but he still managed to play 16 seasons, that is dependable.
Zeus Molecules
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I think it was here somebody posted the grantland article on the importance of swingman defenders who can shoot the 3 for teams that wanted to be contenders aka a battier type players. Leonard was already considered a top candidate
Here's the link http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id...tier-harder-find-conventional-wisdom-suggests
Pretty good read
Bam Bam Baklava
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Did anyone ever get fooled into thinking Jack was a good player?
I think people thought maybe he had grown as a player. Tonight showed us otherwise.
Proud of the Bulls effort tonight, but could have taken it if they contained Cole and didn't allow Bosh 19 rebounds. They had nothing left on offense at the end. Don't understand how Thibs can keep a decent offensive player in Rip on the bench when dudes are struggling to find any rest at all. Played in 2 games, 10 minutes these playoffs. Doesn't make sense, he put up 16 per 36min last year's playoffs.
perfectchaos007
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I'm under the impression that Richard Hamilton is some kind of reanimated corpse that sometimes plays basketball for several seconds at a time.
Jack is a good player.
You can be a good player without being a great point guard and some occasional idiocy.
+/- is a pretty useless stats anyway.
Jack has been solid for us this year so I don't want to shit on him too much.
If we could stop running Iso ball when he gets it that would help also. Don't know if that's Jackson calling for it or Jack doing it on his own or other players being lazy, but there are some possessions down the stretch when Jack is playing point where we get zero movement at all. Basically just him dribbling around looking for an opening.
There was a play with about two minutes left where we had cut it to 5, Klay had just hit a 3, and we come down and just ball watch as Jack dribbles down the shot clock. Resulted in a Jack air ball and it was basically the end of our chances to come back. Really took the air out of the crowd and I'm pretty sure SA came down and scored.
If we could stop running Iso ball when he gets it that would help also. Don't know if that's Jackson calling for it or Jack doing it on his own or other players being lazy, but there are some possessions down the stretch when Jack is playing point where we get zero movement at all. Basically just him dribbling around looking for an opening.
There was a play with about two minutes left where we had cut it to 5, Klay had just hit a 3, and we come down and just ball watch as Jack dribbles down the shot clock. Resulted in a Jack air ball and it was basically the end of our chances to come back. Really took the air out of the crowd and I'm pretty sure SA came down and scored.
theignoramus
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he sprained the ankle he rolled in the Nuggets series. (the left one, not the surgically repaired right ankle)
andthebeatgoeson
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I think he has one less muscle or bone. #Greeklife
theignoramus
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Miami doesnt look invincible at all to me, it took a career night from Norris Cole to close out a Bulls squad with a 7 man rotation, missing two starters.
Blackace
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His dad was a spot shooter tho
I would think it's from sprains when younger that don't heal right
My ankles are fucked from hoops
LiquidMetal14
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That was a less than stellar game by Lebron and Wade and they won by 10.
Expect that same type of performance when playing the Bulls. They are physical but if Miami turns it on and plays like game 2 then it will be over.
Those phantom fouls fucked up any momentum the bulls was getting. Not saying that the refs are on miami 's nuts. All I'm saying is that some of those fouls was nonexistent and the refs don't care if the players act and throw themselves dramatically by wailing their arms in the air or on the court by simple getting brushed against. Its fucking bullshit and the last 10 minutes was hard to watch because of it.
Jake Tower
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Simmons finally posted part III to his trade value column. Glad to see he is finally seeing the light on Blake:
Also lol at him konexing Curry tonight.
It's clear from his Kia ads he's a pretty good actor.
RockTurtle
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It's likely a combination of all of the above.
In terms of why he keeps getting hurt, medically, the biggest predictor of future injury isn't genetics or technique, it's history of previous injury to the same area. Basically, once you pop, you can't stop.
Gully State
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Thompson and Barnes....I think the team has the most to improve with Barnes taking that extra step. The kid has all the tools to be a star...just needs to put it together.
Gully State
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It's a bit of both...when you sprain your ankle, your ligaments lose the elastic tension that helps stabilize The ankle. Typically, rehab builds muscle around that area to regain some of that permanently lost tension. In curry's case, I'm guessing it's stretched way too hard. Also, when you fuck up one ankle/knee etc...you start favoring the other side more even when healthy...thus his left ankle is starting to roll now. This is the same thing that happened to me in my early 20's (except other way around). The way I ended up fixing my problem was through p90x...yoga x in particular (balance poses and increasing my flexibility greatly-I went from wearing ankle braces to not needing them period). But then I don't play nearly the same level or frequency of basketball that he does.
Also didn't he have a really bad leg injury back in college? I would gather that's the source of his injury at this point.
Grimm Fandango
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Sounds about right. He's the embodiment of glass bones in paper skin.
lol. They should leave that uni for the history books and never wear it again.
I didn't mind the jersey having sleeves as much as I didn't like the mismatched yellows of the jersey and shorts and the weird decision to have pinstriped shorts and no stripes on the jersey.
Dumb.
Gordon0Freeman
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What a blessing for the Knicks. JR may not play due to a fever
I'm just confused why it took so long.
Before the series I figured green would be on him a ton.
I didn't mind the jersey having sleeves as much as I didn't like the mismatched yellows of the jersey and shorts and the weird decision to have pinstriped shorts and no stripes on the jersey.
Dumb.
I can't imagine having to play an NBA game with short sleeves.
I can't even stand shooting around in short sleeves.
Don't worry; Amare is here.
Syphon Filter
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Nazr is the bigger bitch
Dude can't play in this league anymore so he has to resort to bullshit fouling and fake tough guy tactics
MorisUkunRasik
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Link?
He was due for a live game tho. NY may struggle to hit 80 if Melo doesn't play well.
shiiiiieeeeeet
Syphon Filter
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I heard he will play.
I didn't mind the jersey having sleeves as much as I didn't like the mismatched yellows of the jersey and shorts and the weird decision to have pinstriped shorts and no stripes on the jersey.
Dumb.
Not just the colors are mismatched, also the styles... I hope they keep trying.
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