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tempo_n_groove

polaris_x said:

tempo_n_groove said:

polaris_x said:

xavier mcdaniel said:

as if things aren't bad enough for the Nets, their next three games, at Toronto, Golden State, at Cleveland.

that's good actually ... team is tanking and the way the league is - you are tanking with at least 8 other teams ...

Funny they were talking about the majority of teams "tanking" now...

that was my position earlier in this thread ... there are so many teams tanking now that the product is just piss poor ... i wonder if there is a stat somewhere that shows the average winning margin in is in nba games ... if I had to guess - it would be at its highest now ...

It's sad how mediocre teams are now. The knicks are horrible but then again they thought Melo was the answer...

I wonder if, that's "if" players like John Wall can even play with a team around them?

You bring up a good point with the huge margins of victory. Knicks/cavs lebron and company checked out of the game and were more interested in the water bottle challenge than the game... cavs blew them out that bad.

Wobbie

Amongst the Ani said:

Amongst the Ani said:

Warrors beat them by 20 tomorrow.

I was wrong. Jazz lost by 30.

I hate when you're right. I turned it off after the teams went a combined 1 for their first 23. The warriors, obviously, found their touch at some point.

mrussel1

tempo_n_groove said:

polaris_x said:

tempo_n_groove said:

polaris_x said:

xavier mcdaniel said:

as if things aren't bad enough for the Nets, their next three games, at Toronto, Golden State, at Cleveland.

that's good actually ... team is tanking and the way the league is - you are tanking with at least 8 other teams ...

Funny they were talking about the majority of teams "tanking" now...

that was my position earlier in this thread ... there are so many teams tanking now that the product is just piss poor ... i wonder if there is a stat somewhere that shows the average winning margin in is in nba games ... if I had to guess - it would be at its highest now ...

It's sad how mediocre teams are now. The knicks are horrible but then again they thought Melo was the answer...

I wonder if, that's "if" players like John Wall can even play with a team around them?

You bring up a good point with the huge margins of victory. Knicks/cavs lebron and company checked out of the game and were more interested in the water bottle challenge than the game... cavs blew them out that bad.

That was a giant shot at Phil Jackson. Lebron was purposely disrespecting his team as payback for disrespecting him publicly.

tempo_n_groove

mrussel1 said:

tempo_n_groove said:

polaris_x said:

tempo_n_groove said:

polaris_x said:

xavier mcdaniel said:

as if things aren't bad enough for the Nets, their next three games, at Toronto, Golden State, at Cleveland.

that's good actually ... team is tanking and the way the league is - you are tanking with at least 8 other teams ...

Funny they were talking about the majority of teams "tanking" now...

that was my position earlier in this thread ... there are so many teams tanking now that the product is just piss poor ... i wonder if there is a stat somewhere that shows the average winning margin in is in nba games ... if I had to guess - it would be at its highest now ...

It's sad how mediocre teams are now. The knicks are horrible but then again they thought Melo was the answer...

I wonder if, that's "if" players like John Wall can even play with a team around them?

You bring up a good point with the huge margins of victory. Knicks/cavs lebron and company checked out of the game and were more interested in the water bottle challenge than the game... cavs blew them out that bad.

That was a giant shot at Phil Jackson. Lebron was purposely disrespecting his team as payback for disrespecting him publicly.

Which was a joke(disrespecting lebron). Lebron is friends with people on the knicks and it reflects their "tanking" style of play.

The knicks get hyped up wayyyyyy too much. Porzingas might be Melos best asset but they still need a leader on that team. Zero leadership...

eeriepadave

Cavs/Warriors game was a pretty exciting game.

tempo_n_groove

eeriepadave said:

Cavs/Warriors game was a pretty exciting game.

Yes it was. Watching Westbrook now taring it up.

Cliffy6745

That game wa awesome. Curry is such a fraud

mrussel1

Cliffy6745 said:

That game wa awesome. Curry is such a fraud

Thank you! He's turned into a total punk. He can't play when you D up on him hard. He doesn't have the physical size or stamina for playoff basketball. Once you put a body on him, he shrinks. He's great in the reg season when no one plays defense.

And at 31, Lebron is still a monster. But he's a monster, mentally now too.

tempo_n_groove

mrussel1 said:

Cliffy6745 said:

That game wa awesome. Curry is such a fraud

Thank you! He's turned into a total punk. He can't play when you D up on him hard. He doesn't have the physical size or stamina for playoff basketball. Once you put a body on him, he shrinks. He's great in the reg season when no one plays defense.

And at 31, Lebron is still a monster. But he's a monster, mentally now too.

I've always thought that Thompson was the better player on the team.

Now that I've had a chance to see Durant on the Goldenstate team I am very impressed. If the Warriors can get their run and gun 3 pointers dropping and dump offs to Durant they will be even tougher to beat...

Seeing Lebron, Kyrie, and Love come back from 14 points down is GREAT to see too. These guys are finding their own.

Warriors and Cavs finals for the next few years.

The Juggler

mrussel1 said:

Cliffy6745 said:

That game wa awesome. Curry is such a fraud

Thank you! He's turned into a total punk. He can't play when you D up on him hard. He doesn't have the physical size or stamina for playoff basketball. Once you put a body on him, he shrinks. He's great in the reg season when no one plays defense.

I'm not an expert, but these stats, plus actually winning a championship and getting to the finals last year, seem to indicate that Steph does have the stamina for playoff basketball:
25.7 ppg
6.6 apg
4.7 rpg
44% fg%
41% 3pt fg%

mrussel1

The Juggler said:

mrussel1 said:

Cliffy6745 said:

That game wa awesome. Curry is such a fraud

Thank you! He's turned into a total punk. He can't play when you D up on him hard. He doesn't have the physical size or stamina for playoff basketball. Once you put a body on him, he shrinks. He's great in the reg season when no one plays defense.

I'm not an expert, but these stats, plus actually winning a championship and getting to the finals last year, seem to indicate that Steph does have the stamina for playoff basketball:
25.7 ppg
6.6 apg
4.7 rpg
44% fg%
41% 3pt fg%

Talk to me when he's 30. If he's still got averages like that, I'll stand corrected.

The Juggler

mrussel1 said:

The Juggler said:

mrussel1 said:

Cliffy6745 said:

That game wa awesome. Curry is such a fraud

Thank you! He's turned into a total punk. He can't play when you D up on him hard. He doesn't have the physical size or stamina for playoff basketball. Once you put a body on him, he shrinks. He's great in the reg season when no one plays defense.

I'm not an expert, but these stats, plus actually winning a championship and getting to the finals last year, seem to indicate that Steph does have the stamina for playoff basketball:
25.7 ppg
6.6 apg
4.7 rpg
44% fg%
41% 3pt fg%

Talk to me when he's 30. If he's still got averages like that, I'll stand corrected.

Okay. But I thought this was about present day...

mrussel1

The Juggler said:

mrussel1 said:

The Juggler said:

mrussel1 said:

Cliffy6745 said:

That game wa awesome. Curry is such a fraud

Thank you! He's turned into a total punk. He can't play when you D up on him hard. He doesn't have the physical size or stamina for playoff basketball. Once you put a body on him, he shrinks. He's great in the reg season when no one plays defense.

I'm not an expert, but these stats, plus actually winning a championship and getting to the finals last year, seem to indicate that Steph does have the stamina for playoff basketball:
25.7 ppg
6.6 apg
4.7 rpg
44% fg%
41% 3pt fg%

Talk to me when he's 30. If he's still got averages like that, I'll stand corrected.

Okay. But I thought this was about present day...

Yeah.. I guess I was thinking future tense. I've been saying for a few years that I don't think he will be durable long term. Klay will be..

Cliffy6745

Fraud

tempo_n_groove

mrussel1 said:

The Juggler said:

mrussel1 said:

The Juggler said:

mrussel1 said:

Cliffy6745 said:

That game wa awesome. Curry is such a fraud

Thank you! He's turned into a total punk. He can't play when you D up on him hard. He doesn't have the physical size or stamina for playoff basketball. Once you put a body on him, he shrinks. He's great in the reg season when no one plays defense.

I'm not an expert, but these stats, plus actually winning a championship and getting to the finals last year, seem to indicate that Steph does have the stamina for playoff basketball:
25.7 ppg
6.6 apg
4.7 rpg
44% fg%
41% 3pt fg%

Talk to me when he's 30. If he's still got averages like that, I'll stand corrected.

Okay. But I thought this was about present day...

Yeah.. I guess I was thinking future tense. I've been saying for a few years that I don't think he will be durable long term. Klay will be..

When Curry first entered the league he was known to have weak ankles and Doc Rivers would get pissed during the playoffs when he thought players would target his ankles.

So let's see how they hold up but it doesn't seem to be a topic anymore.

mrussel1

tempo_n_groove said:

mrussel1 said:

The Juggler said:

mrussel1 said:

The Juggler said:

mrussel1 said:

Cliffy6745 said:

That game wa awesome. Curry is such a fraud

Thank you! He's turned into a total punk. He can't play when you D up on him hard. He doesn't have the physical size or stamina for playoff basketball. Once you put a body on him, he shrinks. He's great in the reg season when no one plays defense.

I'm not an expert, but these stats, plus actually winning a championship and getting to the finals last year, seem to indicate that Steph does have the stamina for playoff basketball:
25.7 ppg
6.6 apg
4.7 rpg
44% fg%
41% 3pt fg%

Talk to me when he's 30. If he's still got averages like that, I'll stand corrected.

Okay. But I thought this was about present day...

Yeah.. I guess I was thinking future tense. I've been saying for a few years that I don't think he will be durable long term. Klay will be..

When Curry first entered the league he was known to have weak ankles and Doc Rivers would get pissed during the playoffs when he thought players would target his ankles.

So let's see how they hold up but it doesn't seem to be a topic anymore.

Interesting. I was thinking more of the body blows.

tempo_n_groove

So tonight I saw Westbrook with what looked like a Judas Priest Screaming for Vengeance. I would LOVE to hear his take on that!

We also have the lowly 76'ers playing the plummeting Knicks tonight too, oh what a shit show this is going to be...

xavier mcdaniel

tempo_n_groove said:

So tonight I saw Westbrook with what looked like a Judas Priest Screaming for Vengeance. I would LOVE to hear his take on that!

We also have the lowly 76'ers playing the plummeting Knicks tonight too, oh what a shit show this is going to be...

We're at the Rock Bottom portion of the Knicks season. Soon we will reach the Team Titanic portion of the program for the Knicks..

tempo_n_groove

xavier mcdaniel said:

tempo_n_groove said:

So tonight I saw Westbrook with what looked like a Judas Priest Screaming for Vengeance. I would LOVE to hear his take on that!

We also have the lowly 76'ers playing the plummeting Knicks tonight too, oh what a shit show this is going to be...

We're at the Rock Bottom portion of the Knicks season. Soon we will reach the Team Titanic portion of the program for the Knicks..

The damn Sixers won, can you believe that crap?

And yes former player xavier McDaniel, you are correct that the knicks will be breaching soon with their heads going down the shitter quick. I have been telling people for a while that Melo is a GREAT scorer and NOT a leader. That team needs an Alpha and Rose isn't it either, he's proved that a few years ago when he openly stated that he has "me to think about" and not playing in the playoffs(which I understand but he isn't team oriented...) when he was cleared but fresh off an injury.

How much longer does Porzingis have to watch this before he bolts? When is his contract up?

Cavs. A positive outlook. They keep getting better and their counterpart the Warriors do too. It'll be a great finals again this year!

Wobbie

https://youtu.be/ZCE8n0aoSW0

Pap

Wobbie said:

https://youtu.be/ZCE8n0aoSW0

Our men!

No Coder

Hey all,

Long time NBA, and basketball in general, fan here. Just stumbled across this page. Long time Bulls fan, which has been extremely trying (not as bad as being a Knicks fan) for the last few decades, apart from a few glimmers of hope over the years. Love watching most teams, but take a bigger interest in the ones with my fellow Aussies on board (Jingling Joe Ingles!!).

Can't wait for Simmons to suit up with the Sixers and see what sort of combination he can form with Embiid. Hopefully they can get some value from Okafor and trade him for some shooting, I'd trade him and keep Noel if I was them.

xavier mcdaniel

tempo_n_groove said:

xavier mcdaniel said:

tempo_n_groove said:

So tonight I saw Westbrook with what looked like a Judas Priest Screaming for Vengeance. I would LOVE to hear his take on that!

We also have the lowly 76'ers playing the plummeting Knicks tonight too, oh what a shit show this is going to be...

We're at the Rock Bottom portion of the Knicks season. Soon we will reach the Team Titanic portion of the program for the Knicks..

The damn Sixers won, can you believe that crap?

And yes former player xavier McDaniel, you are correct that the knicks will be breaching soon with their heads going down the shitter quick. I have been telling people for a while that Melo is a GREAT scorer and NOT a leader. That team needs an Alpha and Rose isn't it either, he's proved that a few years ago when he openly stated that he has "me to think about" and not playing in the playoffs(which I understand but he isn't team oriented...) when he was cleared but fresh off an injury.

How much longer does Porzingis have to watch this before he bolts? When is his contract up?

Cavs. A positive outlook. They keep getting better and their counterpart the Warriors do too. It'll be a great finals again this year!

Porzingis is for another two years after this, which is the same as Anthony assuming he doesn't use his early termination option.

23scidoo

Giannis is enjoyable again..

No Coder

Sixers won again today. Embiid is making a very strong case to be in All Star game. If they can figure out the balance of their roster, 76er fans may finally have a winner on their hands

Wobbie

jazz win again, after letting another inferior team hang around for 3 quarters.

and, yes, no coder....jingling joe!

Wobbie

u mad, bro?

JK_Livin

Bad flop by Lebron last night.

The Juggler

No Coder said:

Sixers won again today. Embiid is making a very strong case to be in All Star game. If they can figure out the balance of their roster, 76er fans may finally have a winner on their hands

All part of the process...

23scidoo

The Freak and the Beard gave us a great show last night..