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Author Topic: NBA action is Faaaaaannntastic?!?  (Read 11308 times)

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Maxvla

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Re: NBA action is Faaaaaannntastic?!?
« Reply #30 on: February 11, 2014, 02:10:00 AM »

Lakers going to tank enough to get him then?
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Re: NBA action is Faaaaaannntastic?!?
« Reply #31 on: February 11, 2014, 02:18:37 AM »

That tanking for wiggins site is odd. They have Philadelphia taking 3 shooting guards and 2 small forwards in the first 2 rounds.

Also noticed if Indiana keeps this up their first pick of the draft will be at the end of the second round. Sucks to be them.
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Re: NBA action is Faaaaaannntastic?!?
« Reply #32 on: February 11, 2014, 03:09:01 AM »

Lakers going to tank enough to get him then?

I was hoping so, but he says he wants to go back to school which would mean the only way to get him would be trade or free agency.  If you look at the stats, the worst team record doesn't get #1 as often as you might think.  Usually somewhere between 3-6.  I just want to finish worse than the Celtics because I know Ainge will just draft whatever the Lakers want to spite us.
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Re: NBA action is Faaaaaannntastic?!?
« Reply #33 on: February 13, 2014, 06:15:23 AM »

Man, Miami/GSW was a great game:


 Steph going ridiculously efficient, Barnes heating up at the right time, Lee getting the weaker Beasley near the end and nearly coming back from down 20. 


Lebron seemed alternately petulant, frustrated, and unstoppable, but you just knew he was going for a 3 on that last drive or going home.  Weird fact I learned from this game was that his first game winner ever was in GS - in 2009.  That means he played 6 years before hitting one!  People forget just how big his reputation was for shirking responsibility at big moments for years.  Totally different player now.  Fading left at that angle from that distance with cool confidence was just primal.
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Re: NBA action is Faaaaaannntastic?!?
« Reply #34 on: February 14, 2014, 05:39:46 AM »

Yup, nice game.  I actually noticed a small tell on Lebron's step back jumper. 

Btw, I'm gonna be pissed if the Lakers beat OKC tonight.  They better re-sign Kendall Marshall!   One of, if not the best court vision and distribution I've seen recently.  Also keeps the turnovers down and a good ball handler.  Keep improving the jumper, 3, and D and I'd be fine running with him for the next ten years.  We've been missing the Showtime element ever since the Kobe isolation show took over and we need people that keep turnovers low and get everyone the ball.

If we don't get Embiid, I'd go after Vonleh (low BB IQ and lack of explosiveness are worrisome though) to pair with Kevin Love.  Parker at SF is a possibility but is he physically gifted enough on both sides to be a superstar or is he deceptively gifted?  I don't want another Laetner.  We don't need to waste precious picks on mystery PG's and SG's that are a dime a dozen in free agency either.  I definitely will be pissed if Buss lets D'Antoni draft a PG trying to build some BS Clippers/Paul offense.  I'm not a fan of offensively oriented small scoring PGs dominating an offense.
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Re: NBA action is Faaaaaannntastic?!?
« Reply #35 on: February 14, 2014, 06:25:59 AM »

OKC pulled it out with a 35 point 4th.

I was impressed with Marshall. 17 assists is amazing for anyone. 3 more rebounds and he'd have had a triple double, too.
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Re: NBA action is Faaaaaannntastic?!?
« Reply #36 on: February 14, 2014, 07:27:19 AM »

Yeah, Derek Fisher +19 on the +/-.  Pretty decent overall stats for 22min and some timely shots for the old scumbag.

If they don't hang on to Marshall I'm going to burn Jim Buss' house to the ground.  All this Melo talk is freaking me out too, anyone in their right mind knows he's worthless to any team pushing for a championship.  Maybe in a few more years as a scorer coming off the bench.  I could barely survive Kobe's antics for the last decade and a half, I'd have to kill myself with Melo.
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Re: NBA action is Faaaaaannntastic?!?
« Reply #37 on: March 01, 2014, 04:46:16 AM »

Hot Hand quantified http://www.sloansportsconference.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/2014_SSAC_The-Hot-Hand-A-New-Approach.pdf <-- first research paper I've seen that's emblazoned with corporate sponsor logos. NBA keepin it real
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Re: NBA action is Faaaaaannntastic?!?
« Reply #38 on: March 05, 2014, 02:55:45 AM »

Russell Westbrook triple double in just 20 game minutes. Sure it was against Philly, but still that's impressive.



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Re: NBA action is Faaaaaannntastic?!?
« Reply #39 on: March 05, 2014, 07:19:21 AM »

Not sure what's more impressive, that or Durant's 42 in three quarters off 20 shots.  Good to see that Westbrook is staying healthy and finding ways to contribute, his role is shifting slightly in the new hierarchy, they don't need him to score in quite the same way (see the balance of today's box score other than Durant.)


More impressive still - watched Lebron dismantle the bobcats and it was just awesome, especially when he was 8/8 behind the line.  The percentages considering the amount of tough shots taken (including his new go-to that he first busted out as a game winner but used at the all star games and in almost every game since, the deep left wing 3 fading left.)  The Cats actually have good defensive stats as a team (points allowed, ppp, all that) but they just don't have a great wing defender - part of the reason Lebron and Melo hung the only 60 point games this season.  (They also collapse in the paint too easy, seems like its almost deliberate strategy but I have no idea to what end.







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