Random NBA Observations 2014 - 2015

[twan83]

No Parker/Duncan in the 4th quarter...

bench keeping us alive thats y shyt been a damn trend this season starters not playing up to par and bench brings the a game and gets us back in the game

 

[KOBE]

refs calling two techs on the Suns with 2 minutes left in a 3 point game is shady as fukk. Stop impacting the game to the point where you're deciding it you useless shyts, especially with techns.

 

[NoMorePie]

bench keeping us alive thats y shyt been a damn trend this season starters not playing up to par and bench brings the a game and gets us back in the game

I know but damn... I remember on Tuesday he didn't even play Duncan in the 4th quarter on Tuesday until the final 5 seconds when Detroit was climbing back and won.

Don't know what the fukk Pop was doing that night

 

[CantStop]

Looking at Derrick Rose's old highlights, It almost hurts to see him play like this, dude has fallen off bad

I was just watching his MVP mix and it hurts me to know we won't see a player like that for years to come. Never in my life have I seen a player contort their body like Rose used to.

 

[NoMorePie]

Just realized Manu hasn't played that much tonight.

Damn no wonder Phoenix coming back I guess

And here we go. Spurs fukking up with free throws and Phoenix down within 1 possession...

Story of their season so far.

 

[SchoolboyC]

Waiters with the dagger. He honestly looks quite comfortable in the offense and they're willing to let him shoot and pass it to him. He might turn out to be a good fit if he can help their offense late, especially not make it so obvious with Durant/Westbrook always shooting. Although Durant was clutch as fukk tonight, dropping in those Dirk like shots, the guy is just unstoppable from 15-18 feet with those turn arounds and spins and one foot fadeaways, doesn't even seem fair.


I also don't think Reggie gets paid this offseason so he might comeback. Honestly not a lot of teams need point guards, especially ones that aren't really cut out to be a great starter or anything. There's so much in flow of talent from college and depth already in the league that I can see them getting him back for quite cheap with the new deal coming in.

Also where do you guys think Kanter ends up? Honestly I could see the Celtics picking him up as it makes sense to me, the guy is still young and probably wouldn't mind playing in Boston since he'd be coming from Utah. Not exactly the best defensive prospect or anything, but he could be another ASSET for them while they see if he can continue developing on their team.

Zeller & Olynyk > Kanter

 

[BXKingPin82]

wanna just slap the shyt outa Jeff van Gundy

 

[GoddamnyamanProf]

refs calling two techs on the Suns with 2 minutes left in a 3 point game is shady as fukk. Stop impacting the game to the point where you're deciding it you useless shyts, especially with techns.

They also called zero team fouls on the Spurs for the entire first half. shyt was obvious from the jump.

 

[Malta]

How did you figure that? He was well above average at it, 72nd percentile which as I said is pretty good.

Love was in the 62nd percentile, that isn't pretty good, especially not for someone being called a low post scorer He was decent at it at best, and you're talking about him in relation to Embiid, someone that is expected to be good to great at it.

My point is that what you're saying about MCW is far too definitive with so much up in the air for that team. There are plenty of situations where players aren't a perfect fit, even on the better teams but this can be almost entirely mitigated by the depth, well roundedness or balance of the squad as a whole. There's probably 2 more off-seasons worth of roster moves to be made before that is even in sight for Philly and we don't find out if Saric pans out for at least a year. To that point Noel and Saric play the 4 and chances are they end up dealing whichever turns out to be the lesser of the two. They have nobody on the wings so that's actually two spots to fill not one.

MCW is not a high level player, you could have made this argument about Tyreke Evans when he was playing for the Kings. He is a high usage PG that has no jumpshot, I can say definitively that he will not work with a post player, show me a couple of examples of post players on contending teams with offensively challenged PGs. Also, Saric is expected to be a SF when he comes over, they didn't draft him under the idea he's going to be a PF that may happen but most scouting sites have him switching to SF in the NBA.

Like I said being able to put bigs on the floor that can step out makes more of a difference. Charlotte lost two shooting big men from their rotation in Mcbob and Tolliver and Marvin has not replaced their production. That speaks to their issues with spacing more than the guard situation does as that is largely the same With Lance playing similar to Sessions in the scoring stakes.

The Hornets offense isn't the reason for their slippage this year, it's their defense, they were 24th offensively last year and 28th this year, defensively they went from 5th to 16th. The Hornets have a post player, an anemic PG on offense, spacing issues and their offense sucks as a result, and it sucked last year as well.

 

[NoMorePie]

Danny Green.. I can trust him now.

He needs more touches down the stretch.

 

[twan83]

Just realized Manu hasn't played that much tonight.

Damn no wonder Phoenix coming back I guess

And here we go. Spurs fukking up with free throws and Phoenix down within 1 possession...

Story of their season so far.

he hurt back spasms didnt return thats y

god we need kawhi back we dont look right without him didnt think we be this bad

 

[Malta]

Mark Jackson no wonder you're in the booth, having a rim protector is overrated? The fukk, the only teams to win titles without them are the Heat and Bulls.

 

[NoMorePie]

he hurt back spasms didnt return thats y

god we need kawhi back we dont look right without him didnt think we be this bad

Back Spasms? Eh, can't argue with that. They're playing Minnesota tomorrow so have him rest the whole weekend and he'll be good to go come Tuesday.

 

[twan83]

at that call

 

[Bone$]

I'll tell u what.. Mozgov is fukking key.. Son killing the boards.. Jr at 2.. Balling a little something