2015 NBA Mar |OT| 1-2-3...6 Weeks!

By reilo Go To Post

Even Dirk in on it

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Dirk is the fucking best, LOOOOOL

washington/charlotte is gonna be some of the most disgusting basketball ever witnessed

By DY_nasty Go To Post

washington/charlotte is gonna be some of the most disgusting basketball ever witnessed

Witnessed by whom? No one is watching that.

By giririsss Go To Post

Witnessed by whom? No one is watching that.

two fanbases begging for their coaches to get fired

By DY_nasty Go To Post

two fanbases begging for their coaches to get fired

Would you fire the Hornets guy or jsut demote him to defensive coach status?

By giririsss Go To Post

Would you fire the Hornets guy or jsut demote him to defensive coach status?

When's the last time that happened?

By psychintellect Go To Post

When's the last time that happened?

Yeah - it never happens.

And honestly, he shouldn't even get that. We'd have the 2nd best defense in the league if he wasn't obsessed with giving up open threes.

btw you slaent how your rate reirom here? seems after some time...... the rage is gone?

btw lets puts your rookie team of year mine is

wiggins payton noel mirotic clarkson

By Moris Go To Post You're on the Clarkson train. You can't be that bad.

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By romrei Go To Post Cleveland at Brooklyn tomorrow

Charlotte at Washington tomorrow

Boston at New York tomorrow...

By this time tomorrow we should be up 1-1.5 games on Indy, Charlotte, and Brooklyn.

is.....is this a grammatically correct post?

slaent's breaking reirom.

A Chicago fan really gonna bring up Per 36? You of all people should know the effect of someone playing too many minutes. Why Harden is 2nd in MPG when we've got two wing players getting DNPs is beyond me.

The fact Houston needs Harden to play an extra half a quarter over Curry is an argument for his value, not against it. While Curry is done at 3-quarter time, Harden still has to play because his team can't hold onto double-digit leads. 

If we're going by Per 36, we might as well give it to Westbrook. Oh wait, playing in the majority of your team's games has value. Being able to close for your team has value. Neither of those are things Westbrook or Curry get even close to in comparison to Harden.

By chandlerparsons Go To Post

A Chicago fan really gonna bring up Per 36? You of all people should know the effect of someone playing too many minutes. Why Harden is 2nd in MPG when we've got two wing players getting DNPs is beyond me.

The fact Houston needs Harden to play an extra half a quarter over Curry is an argument for his value, not against it. While Curry is done at 3-quarter time, Harden still has to play because his team can't hold onto double-digit leads. 

If we're going by Per 36, we might as well give it to Westbrook. Oh wait, playing in the majority of your team's games has value. Being able to close for your team has value. Neither of those are things Westbrook or Curry get even close to in comparison to Harden.

Curry doesn't need to close games because GS is blowing everyone the fukk out lol

By RBK Go To Post That's kind of the point he was making.

How can you hold that against Curry though?

The stats or "numbers" might show Curry's value is needed, but the team is 5-6 all stars deep with 3-4 other starting quality players.

Don't think it really matters in MVP voting, but there's no denying the roster is deep.

By RBK Go To Post

The stats or "numbers" might show Curry's value is needed, but the team is 5-6 all stars deep with 3-4 other starting quality players.

Don't think it really matters in MVP voting, but there's no denying the roster is deep.

Best player on the best team isn't anything new really. I'd almost be down with Co-MVPs this year tbh

By viakado Go To Post

is.....is this a grammatically correct post?

slaent's breaking reirom.

i think he copy/pastes these posts. he did it before.

i'm all in on the romrei train btw.

Watching Ilyasova last night highlight, can't help to nitpicking this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=9eSTBl0MiHM#t=113

smh MCW

By linsivvi Go To Post I kinda hope that Harden would win so we can clown the Thunder for giving up a MVP for a bunch of scrubs.

Nobody thinks the Thunder got good value for Harden, but nobody was predicting Harden would contend for MVP when he was traded either.

Water under the bridge. Our roster is as deep, balanced and strong as ever. We just need to get and stay healthy and we'll be wrecking shit. 

By KingGondo Go To Post

We just need to get and stay healthy and we'll be wrecking shit. 

I happen to agree.

It's just, you know...

By ph33nix Go To Post

I happen to agree.

It's just, you know...

We can't stay healthy? 

I'm acutely aware. 

Why is it Curry's fault that his team runs an actual offense that allows other people like Iggy and Klay and Livingston to create for themselves and others. They're much better with Steph in the game and with Steph on the ball - all the stats indicate that -  they just prefer to have versatility. 

Why should Harden get credit for a style of play that gives him Westbrook level access to the basketball? 

the Clippers let CP run everything when he's on the floor. The Spurs prefer to have 5 guys able to pass and playmake because that's what their system calls for. So at times, Manu or Kawhi or Diaw or Duncan are effectively running point out there. Why is that Tony Parker's fault? 

JJ Redick is averaging a 47/41/98 shooting split since the ASG.

Yet somehow one of our resident clippers fans will still find a way to complain about him. :p

By HasphatsAnts Go To Post

JJ Redick is averaging a 47/41/98 shooting split since the ASG.

Yet somehow one of our resident clippers fans will still find a way to complain about him. :p

Is he still white though?

By reilo Go To Post Not shocking, the Clippers have actors: https://instagram.com/p/0vM02UrzQw/" target="_blank">https://instagram.com/p/0vM02UrzQw/

He's gonna tell daddy

By reilo Go To Post Not shocking, the Clippers have actors: https://instagram.com/p/0vM02UrzQw/" target="_blank">https://instagram.com/p/0vM02UrzQw/

Yeah that's fairly accurate.  And Redick has gained some of my respect this year despite being annoyingly absent at the end of most games.  The main thing I respect is that he's putting in a ton of minutes and still maintaining a good pace.  He hasn't been this consistent since he's arrived, so hopefully it carries over into the playoffs.  We still really miss Crawford on the bench, though, especially if it means having somebody else to take a final shot in the fourth quarter.  Of course, even with the entire team healthy, CP3 will still end up taking like 95% of the final shots, but whatever. 

Edit: And Blatt seems like he's much better than people give him credit for, especially with his ability to plan for games.  They seem to have a great game plan whenever they have more rest, which bodes very well for the playoffs where there are no back-to-backs.

By Method Go To Post still lol @ love saying westbrook is the mvp and not lebron. 

RT @royceyoung: Scott Brooks says the Thunder will release an update on Kevin Durant later this afternoon.

Unf

Vahagn is reirom.

reirom is Vahagn.

By reilo Go To Post

RT @royceyoung: Scott Brooks says the Thunder will release an update on Kevin Durant later this afternoon.

Unf

KD playign tonight

By Vahagn Go To Post So, do you guys actually like, or care for, the basketball x's and o's analysis or examples I give. Or no. 

I like most of what you post that has nothing to do with IWMTB, Kobe, Phil, or what "majority" means.

By DY_nasty Go To Post

I like most of what you post that has nothing to do with IWMTB, Kobe, Phil, or what "majority" means.

Agreed.  I think you're a pretty smart guy, Vahagn, but I also think that you have a bad habit of going on personal vendettas either in favor or your Laker idols (Kobe and Phil) or to prove IWMTB wrong.  I don't think there's any need to defend the triangle when it's been proven to work for certain players.  Like every system, though, it requires the right personnel, which clearly isn't happening in New York.  Kobe doesn't need defenders at this point.  He's done all that he's going to do aside from any possible career records, so just let his results speak for themselves.  And at the end of the day, analytics are just an educated guess at the results of a game.  If they were perfect, sports gambling wouldn't be as lucrative as it is, as the results would be a lot more obvious ahead of time.  They are a valid form of evidence to use in discussing a team or player, though, so just let analytics-fans speak on their analytics and let those who trust the eye test and gut feelings speak on their feelings.

Anyway, I found this poll on ESPN Hilarious:

Is Dwight Howard's return to the lineup a good thing or bad thing for the Houston Rockets' playoff prospects?

Good thing

Bad thing

Uh.... really?

I was watching some footage of the Zipper series when I realized, that looks earily familiar. Now, the Spurs Zipper, just like the Triangle, has tons and tons of variations. But at it's core, it's essentially the Triangle Offense Single Double. 

- Pass the ball to any guard at the top of the key (who hasn't committed the dribble). 

- Send the guard who brought the ball up down to the baseline under the basket

- Have a double screen set up on one side, a single screen set up on the other

- Let guard curl off from either side depending on what he wants, make the pass off the curl to him

- Flow into your counters from there. 

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Manu with the ball up top. Tim Duncan setting a single screen. Two gus setting double screen. And some dude I can't make out deciding which way to go. 

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Blake with the ball up top. Brown taking the place of the guard coming off screens. Double screen on one side, Single screen off the other. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gslCzX9QAI8

Here's how the Knicks have been running the single double. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpeIur9bv9o

Here's the Spurs Zipper. Fascinating. What's the same here, is that the guy at the top ISN'T the guy who brought the ball up. This is to keep his dribble alive. Also, the pieces are interchangeable, just like the Triangle. Any guard can be up top, any guard can curl off the screens. 

And just to be clear. There's a lot that Pop added that isn't in the Triangle version. Pop's definitely added a lot of really nice wrinkles to it (including the down screen that starts the whole thing), but the principles, the setup and the overall idea is definitely the same. 

By DY_nasty Go To Post

I like most of what you post that has nothing to do with IWMTB, Kobe, Phil, or what "majority" means.

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By Vahagn Go To Post

Why is it Curry's fault that his team runs an actual offense that allows other people like Iggy and Klay and Livingston to create for themselves and others. They're much better with Steph in the game and with Steph on the ball - all the stats indicate that -  they just prefer to have versatility. 

Why should Harden get credit for a style of play that gives him Westbrook level access to the basketball? 

So you don't think the Warriors have the same type of success if Harden/Curry switch teams?

Westbrook's usage rate is WAY higher than Harden's as well.

By RBK Go To Post

So you don't think the Warriors have the same type of success if Harden/Curry switch teams?

Westbrook's usage rate is WAY higher than Harden's as well.

I don't think they have the same type of success. You can't just swap out players you think are good and expect a system to run the same. Systems also have to be catered to the players.