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[sir_kevith]

"Portland’s Wesley Matthews suffered a left torn Achilles tendon and will miss the rest of season, a league source tells Yahoo Sports." - @WojYahooNBA

God fuckin damnit

 

[Two Words]

It's been that way for years when he was in Boston, it's not just him.

They won once when they were riddled with superstars unlike this Mavs team.

 

[Mutagenic]

Wesley

 

[B.O.O.M]

God I hope Wes is ok

edit: Nvm saw that it's the achilies and he is gonnna miss the rest of the season.....FUCK

 

[Doc Holliday]

Official ...Mathews out for season.

Worst stretch of season ending injuries I've seen in the nba dating back to rose's acl.

 

[Fjordson]

Damn so many injuries. That sucks.

 

[Soonri]

Of course teammates get mad at each other, they always do. It just usually doesn't happen to a playoff team in front of millions on national TV. Thats supposed to be kept in the locker room. Especially surprising coming from a seasoned vet like Richard Jefferson.

I think the Mavs main problem is having a Monta Ellis, Rondo backcourt. I'm a huge Rondo fan but if he's going to be your floor general he needs a competent SG or SF like he had in Boston. Monta Ellis is not that dude.

Wes Matthews will torn left Achilles. =/ Out for the rest of the year.

This was always the big question behind the trade because neither Rondo or Monta are good shooters and shooting is so important in the game today. I said it earlier, the Mavs are going to have to decide between Monta and Rondo at the end of the season unless they make a big splash in the playoffs (not likely).

I'm also not going to say something stupid like, "Rick Carlisle has lost the locker room" over teammates being frustrated on a night where nothing was going right. The only issue at all in the Mavs' locker room this season was Rondo arguing with Carlisle against Toronto, and it's been resolved (so far). In the end the Mavs are still in the same place - 6th seed in the West.

 

[RBK]

They won once when they were riddled with superstars unlike this Mavs team.

Outside of Drik, you're stretching the superstar term.

That Mavs team played one of the best postseasons I can remember.

 

[Two Words]

Outside of Drik, you're stretching the superstar term.

That Mavs team played one of the best postseasons I can remember.

I was talking about the Celtics and how they got away with Rondo not screwing them up. Rondo has assets, but they are not wanted here on the offensive end.

 

[UnObtainium17]

Oh god that otto porter clip

 

[Kastrioti]

I was talking about the Celtics and how they got away with Rondo not screwing them up. Rondo has assets, but they are not wanted here on the offensive end.

Rondo not screwing the Celtics teams up? Guy has almost averaged a triple double since he's come in the league. He was as important as the big three. They all played there own role but Rondo was the field general of those Garnett, Pierce and Allen teams.

At 23 during the 2008-2009 playoffs he was averaging 17 PPG, 10 Assists, 10 Rebounds. Those stats remained consistent whenever the Celtics made the playoffs. He was far from a role player.

This was always the big question behind the trade because neither Rondo or Monta are good shooters and shooting is so important in the game today. I said it earlier, the Mavs are going to have to decide between Monta and Rondo at the end of the season unless they make a big splash in the playoffs (not likely).

I'm also not going to say something stupid like, "Rick Carlisle has lost the locker room" over teammates being frustrated on a night where nothing was going right. The only issue at all in the Mavs' locker room this season was Rondo arguing with Carlisle against Toronto, and it's been resolved (so far). In the end the Mavs are still in the same place - 6th seed in the West.

If Cuban has to choose between Ellis and Rondo the decision is easy. And actually you're probably right about the locker room thing.

The Mavs still need time to adjust to Rondo and we'll see if Parsons comes back 100%. Still when the playoffs come Rondo will show up and fuck around and get triple doubles like he always has. Still, Ellis and Rondo should not be on the court at the same time.

 

[CherryWoodFuton]

This season officially sucks


All these season ending injuries goddamn

 

[Pimpwerx]

Saw the Wes Matthews clip. That sucks. Dude was having a career year and was going to get paid. I hope he makes a full recovery. PEACE.

 

[Doc Holliday]

Portland and Chicago can't catch a fucking break with the injuries

 

[soundahfekz]

damn i wake up and Wes is out?

Holy shit

 

[Freedom = $1.05]

Portland and Chicago can't catch a fucking break with the injuries

Yo, Miami is there with them in this BS too.

 

[zychi]

Portland and Chicago can't catch a fucking break with the injuries

No joke, this is who i bet on vegas to get to the finals this year.

:/

 

[commish]

I was talking about the Celtics and how they got away with Rondo not screwing them up. Rondo has assets, but they are not wanted here on the offensive end.

I don't know how anyone could watch those Celtic teams and say this.

 

[Lee Chaolan]

Sucks to hear about Wes. Been a pretty rough year for injuries, we lost Varejao quite early and it still stings.

 

[Freedom = $1.05]

I don't know how anyone could watch those Celtic teams and say this.

Rondo was a perfect fit at point when you have 3 HOFs to pass to and to take the double teams. He didn't fall apart so much when that team split up so much as he got exposed as a terribly inefficient scorer and an ok passer.

Rondo couldn't screw that up even if he wanted to. They could've pulled a fan from the crowd to run the point and they would've been an all star.

 

[Face it Tiger..]

Man why Kemba gotta come back right when raptors need to beat the Hornets ;_;

 

[Bowser]

Man why Kemba gotta come back right when raptors need to beat the Hornets ;_;

Don't think Kemba's back until next week at the earliest.

Doesn't matter though, Mo Will been killin' it: 21.6 ppg, 8.9 apg, 3.1 rbg, 1.0 spg in 7 games. Shooting 41% from 3.

 

[commish]

Rondo was a perfect fit at point when you have 3 HOFs to pass to and to take the double teams. He didn't fall apart so much when that team split up so much as he got exposed as a terribly inefficient scorer and an ok passer.

Rondo couldn't screw that up even if he wanted to. They could've pulled a fan from the crowd to run the point and they would've been an all star.

Have you seen the PG play of the Heat the last few years?

 

[Gigglepoo]

Are we sure Durant is better than Westbrook?

 

[Bowser]

Are we sure Durant is better than Westbrook?

 

[Pimpwerx]

Sucks to hear about Wes. Been a pretty rough year for injuries, we lost Varejao quite early and it still stings.

No one cares about your first world problems, buddy. You still have the ultimate weapon. PEACE.

 

[msdstc]

Are we sure Durant is better than Westbrook?

I would say we're pretty sure of that.

edit- Poor Wes , iron man taking one of the worst injuries there is.

 

[RBK]

Comparing Wes Matthews to Varejao...

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

Are we sure Durant is better than Westbrook?

The Thunder would have probably beaten the Bulls with Durant in the lineup and Westbrook out.

He scored thousands of points(got away with tons of shit too) but at the end, he didn't hit the shots because he's not a great shooter, he's a streaky one.

Durant is a great shooter and would have had a better shot to hit them when they counted the most.

 

[Freedom = $1.05]

Have you seen the PG play of the Heat the last few years?

I have, but they got away with it because they had either lebron or wade attending to the point most of the time.

which is why this year the point situation was so terrible. Chalmers and Cole got super duper exposed, and thank fucking goodness we have Goran on our team now.

boston's big three weren't really well known as distributors, Lebron and Wade were, so Boston really benefitted from having an ok PG and thats all Rondo is. You certainly don't want him shooting the ball and he's not a terrific generator. Just hohum really.

 

[msdstc]

I have, but they got away with it because they had either lebron or wade attending to the point most of the time.

which is why this year the point situation was so terrible. Chalmers and Cole got super duper exposed, and thank fucking goodness we have Goran on our team now.

boston's big three weren't really well known as distributors, Lebron and Wade were, so Boston really benefitted from having an ok PG and thats all Rondo is. You certainly don't want him shooting the ball and he's not a terrific generator. Just hohum really.

The celts had good shooters, and even still Rondo was a blip in 07, he didn't become a larger focus until the playoffs the year after. He causes tension in the locker room and he can't finish. He effectively caused Ray to skip town. He can't finish with consistency, he can't shoot to save his life, and even when he is capable of drawing contact, it's not a good choice given his disastrous FT percentage. He had a few decent years racking in steals, because he would go for the home run, and given how stuffed up the lane was with KG/Perk it didn't matter if his guys beat him to the lane. He's never been a GREAT on ball defender.

 

[alr1ght]

Bring back the HGH and the injuries will go down.

 

[Kacar]

Go Cavs.

 

[Ronin]

Yasss. Those Hawks throwback unis.

 

[eBay Huckster]

so cleveland's gonna get killed tonight.

fan-fucking-tastic.

 

[Confrontation]

Cavs are seriously the Hawks' bitch the season it seems. Do not wanna face them in the playoffs

 

[Rabbi_Vole]

The games still early. Hawks need to pace.

 

[Kave_Man]

I fucking hate Charlotte.

I hate taking the D from them every damn time we play them.

I'm tired of taking this D, I'm tired!

 

[Vanillalite]

Hawks owning the Cavs

AND

Love is out with an injury

Cavs fans legit shook

 

[Hypemaster]

Leggo Wizards.

 

[Uno Venova]

Hawks look amazing, in play and in uniform.

 

[Confrontation]

It's like our basket's the fuckin Mediterranean every time we play the Hawks.

 

[Vanillalite]

It's early, but it's also 36-19 Hawks.

Damn this is setting up to be swag night for Nique.

 

[Kacar]

I mean a Teague or Schroeder PnR with Millsap or Harford and it's 120 points easy.

 

[eBay Huckster]

It's like our basket's the fuckin Mediterranean every time we play the Hawks.

doesn't help that lebron insists on only ever playing ISO sets so the offense is stagnant as fuck

 

[Confrontation]

doesn't help that lebron insists on only ever playing ISO sets so the offense is stagnant as fuck

True.

 

[Vanillalite]

Big Al with that monster jam!

 

[Vanillalite]

OH SNAPPPPPPPPPPPPP

SHIT GETTING REAAALLL

 

[eBay Huckster]

Tony Brothers is reffing this game?

They couldn't find a random dude off the street for what's probably a preview of the ECF?

 

[commish]

Tony Brothers is reffing this game?

They couldn't find a random dude off the street for what's probably a preview of the ECF?

Hawks ain't going to the ECF.