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Re: NBA action is Faaaaaannntastic?!?
« Reply #110 on: December 16, 2014, 12:16:00 AM »
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Re: NBA action is Faaaaaannntastic?!?
« Reply #111 on: December 22, 2014, 01:35:58 AM »
ESPN 30 for 30 is airing "Bad Boys". You young pups should watch and see how real men used to play Basketball.
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Re: NBA action is Faaaaaannntastic?!?
« Reply #112 on: March 14, 2015, 02:25:48 AM »
K, been watching more of Okafor to see how the hype stacks up against Towns this past NCAA season. I have to stand by my initial sentiments atm.

Offensively, yeah he's relatively polished around the rim in a half set. Problem is he has absolutely no lift, no explosiveness or aggression. Plays below the rim all the time. His best game is against a team who's tallest player was 6'4" against 6'11". He has 275lbs of mass but plays soft around the rim. He can't shoot free-throws and only see mediocre court awareness on either end. He'll average 19-24pts a game depending on whether he ever learns to shoot free-throws. Seems like a softer Dwight Howard physically who plays like a softer Tim Duncan. The fact that he's averaging 17pts/game on a team where he's the focal player and gets 31 minutes is not impressive.

Rebounds 9 per game. That's 1.4 boards per game less than Julius Randle did, and that's both averaging 30.8 minutes a game. This is with a significant height and wingspan advantage. Sorry, this guy should be a double double machine and he hasn't been. Lacks intensity and aggression. Doesn't get after it.

Defense. What defense? Slow, no lift. Really his defense is pretty atrocious for someone his size. Might as well have a 7' tall mannequin out there with it's arms up.

Slow up and down the floor too. Forget about fast breaks on both sides of the ball.

Shame we likely won't get to see how 'awesome' he is against Kentucky's Cauley-Stein and Towns. Should keep him the hyped #1 pick. I still think Towns and Embid are both superior talents with higher ceilings. Okafor looks like Carlos Boozer imho.
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Re: NBA action is Faaaaaannntastic?!?
« Reply #113 on: March 14, 2015, 03:02:04 AM »
Quote from: Anaxilus on March 14, 2015, 02:25:48 AM
Okafor looks like Carlos Boozer imho.

Holy shit, this is so correct. Something (a lot of things) bug the shit out of me with the Okafor hype, but this sums it up very well.
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Re: NBA action is Faaaaaannntastic?!?
« Reply #114 on: March 21, 2015, 12:30:12 AM »
OMG, Okafor missed a reverse dunk all alone in the paint cuz he couldn't elevate. Stick to layups big fella.  facepalm
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Re: NBA action is Faaaaaannntastic?!?
« Reply #115 on: April 17, 2015, 08:22:49 AM »
Predictions for this year?

Here's mine.
Hawks in 5 (Fluent offense vs chaos theory)
Cavs in 5 (He is the king)
Bulls in 5 (Gasol n Noah vs who?)
Wizards in 7 (hunch, and that wizards look more like a complete team)

Warriors in 6 (Curry is hot)
Rockets in 6 (Harden will be too hard a task for the mavs, and rondo could deviate the original plan)
Spurs in 6 (they're the champ and Leonard probably stops CP3 before anything happens)
Blazers in 6 (Unless the Grizz can outgrind the Blazzers frontcourt and keep Lilliard in check, it'll be over soon)
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Re: NBA action is Faaaaaannntastic?!?
« Reply #116 on: April 27, 2015, 06:51:12 PM »
Just saw that you didn't have any sweeps foretold.
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Re: NBA action is Faaaaaannntastic?!?
« Reply #117 on: May 01, 2015, 03:18:12 AM »
So, umm.....Bulls 120 - Bucks 66. Am I reading that right Tari? Typo perhaps??  :(
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Re: NBA action is Faaaaaannntastic?!?
« Reply #118 on: May 05, 2015, 04:24:04 AM »
Lol. Clippers minus CP3 > Rockets+Dwight Howard.
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Re: NBA action is Faaaaaannntastic?!?
« Reply #119 on: May 05, 2015, 03:39:05 PM »
I got em all wrong lol. This playoff is way more fantastic than ever.

Sadly the spurs have to go back earlier this time. Looks like we're gonna have a new champion this year.

Lebron is in deep  poo .

Blake is  headbang I think he's one of the best PFs in this Playoffs. Too active.

Let the game continues!
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