2013-2014 NBA Thread - IND @ WAS and OKC @ LAC on ESPN

[marath0n]

i think doc is bringing the monster out of cp3 this year.  that 40 pt preseason game was not normal

Troof.

His work ethic and competitiveness is on another level. He worked himself into the most prolific season a 34 year old has ever had. He's not going out like a *****.


I'm not betting against him.

Doesn;t mean anything since Lebron will win

How old are you?

i think doc is bringing the monster out of cp3 this year.  that 40 pt preseason game was not normal

He's going to have a great, MVP-caliber year, but he's still going to pick-and-chose his big scoring nights. Being a pass 1st PG is just too ingrained in him. But personally, as a Clippers fan, I wish he would be aggressive offensively all the time. The Clippers very rarely lose when CP goes for 25+. But that's just not his nature.

If nothing else, I hope Doc is able to influence him in that respect and convinces him to be more aggressive when he needs to.

 

[sb]

I think we're all just splitting hairs at this point.

Once you get past the holy trinity of LeBron, Durant and Paul, it's really a toss up of the next 5-8 players.

lulz paul is not even better than parker.

I

 

[sea manup]

 

 

 

I think we're all just splitting hairs at this point.

Once you get past the holy trinity of LeBron, Durant and Paul, it's really a toss up of the next 5-8 players.

lulz paul is not even better than parker.

I <3 this thread.

i know right. paul had that great postseason and lead his team to the finals

every other member of the team including the ball boys let him down though 

 

[rck3sactown]

when did the bobcats hire the oakland A's coach from moneyball?

Philip Seymour Hoffman?

 

[MajinZuub]

I've hated Chris Paul since Wake Forest and even I won't put that playoff elimination on him. His team went ghost.

 

[sea manup]

 

when did the bobcats hire the oakland A's coach from moneyball?

Philip Seymour Hoffman?

i dunno, maybe its just me

 

[lawdog1]

I've hated Chris Paul since Wake Forest and even I won't put that playoff elimination on him. His team went ghost.

Matt Barnes played well, but that's it. Everyone else who got heavy minutes was a no-show or worse. Billups was awful, Jordan was bad, Crawford got completely locked down by Tony Allen and Caron Butler was just out there. I'm giving Griffin a pass because he got hurt, but he didn't provide much help either. And Del Negro did a terrible job coaching in that series. He made no adjustments whatsoever until it was way too late.

People can saw what they want about making excuses for CP3, but facts are facts. If you watched that series, there's no reasonable basis for putting the loss on Paul.

 

[sea manup]

no one is saying that its 100% on paul, but as the leader/best player on the team he takes responsibility for the loss. mo williams, jr smith, lamar odom, james harden have all choked in a playoff series but people still put the blame on melo/kobe/bron/KD. same should apply to CP3

 

[rck3sactown]

Just heard on the radio that the gm's just hand off the surveys to someone else in the office to fill out.

So y'all probably should out so much into the survey...

 

[JD617]

I thought people knew this. I'm sure the majority of them are filled out by interns.

 

[rck3sactown]

I thought people knew this. I'm sure the majority of them are filled out by interns.

Based on the bickering the last 5 pages, I guess not

 

[sea manup]

if the monkeys at the NY zoo came out with a NBA ranking we would still argue over it 

 

[JD617]

The arguments are about ESPN's rankings, not the GM surveys. But even then, the people at ESPN just rank each player on a scale of 1-10 and then figure out who got the most points. It's not exactly a scientific process or anything.

 

[sea manup]

 
The arguments are about ESPN's rankings, not the GM surveys. But even then, the people at ESPN just rank each player on a scale of 1-10 and then figure out who got the most points. It's not exactly a scientific process or anything.

do they ever come out with the exact scores? 

 

[don ramon]

They just mentioned that hes gonna end up starting in the Bill and Jalens NBA preview

If JR starts, that lineup will be "interesting," to say the least.

That doesn't even begin to describe it

This team is a meltdown waiting to happen.

i mean we ain't winning no championship for who knows how long, but meltdown? nah. hardly

we got characters and all that, but i'm pretty confident everyone on the team is serious about performing well

 

[blastercombo]

if the monkeys at the NY zoo came out with a NBA ranking we would still argue over it 

Na'ah B. **** those monkeys B....

 

[marath0n]

I think we're all just splitting hairs at this point.

Once you get past the holy trinity of LeBron, Durant and Paul, it's really a toss up of the next 5-8 players.

lulz paul is not even better than parker.

I

 

[black migo]

as long as shump is healthy, JR isnt starting

 

[JD617]

 

 
The arguments are about ESPN's rankings, not the GM surveys. But even then, the people at ESPN just rank each player on a scale of 1-10 and then figure out who got the most points. It's not exactly a scientific process or anything.

do they ever come out with the exact scores?

Here's the link to LeBron's, the rest are on the bottom of the page.

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/9862025/2013-nba-player-rankings-1

 

[rck3sactown]

ah I'm an idiot, my bad

 

[finallyfamous]

ah I'm an idiot, my bad

No you're not.

 

[younglorious973]

i think doc is bringing the monster out of cp3 this year.  that 40 pt preseason game was not normal

+1

 

[sea manup]

 

i think doc is bringing the monster out of cp3 this year.  that 40 pt preseason game was not normal

+1

looks like they're playing in baby pajamas 

 

[marath0n]

 

i think doc is bringing the monster out of cp3 this year.  that 40 pt preseason game was not normal

+1

looks like they're playing in baby pajamas 

seriously.

My homegirl is on the spirit team and she got me a an alternate jersey and best believe that's exactly what I'll be using it for.

 

[you big dummy]

The arguments are about ESPN's rankings, not the GM surveys. But even then, the people at ESPN just rank each player on a scale of 1-10 and then figure out who got the most points. It's not exactly a scientific process or anything.

Voters only had the choice of a whole number from 0-10, and they were required to select a score for every player.


Here's what the (top of the) form looks like:

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