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

[finallyfamous]

This thread really does go in circles

It really does.

 

[antidope]

The whole Spurs big 3 are HOF worthy IMO

ginobli in the HOF?? i dont know about that

Basketball hall of fame not NBA

This thread really does go in circles

This really was a conversation that happened a month ago

 

[lawdog1]

This thread really does go in circles

True. Sometimes coming on here is like being in the movie Groundhog Day.

But anyway, SVG made some interesting points about advanced stats that I hadn't thought of. Shows that there's reasons not to rely on analytics exclusively or too heavily, but I guess that's common sense.

 

[abubakr shaheed]

Easily.

What he's meant and done for Argentina.

Remember it's the basketball HOF, not just the NBA.

He will for sure be in.

this is true

True. Sometimes coming on here is like being in the movie Groundhog Day.

But anyway, SVG made some interesting points about advanced stats that I hadn't thought of. Shows that there's reasons not to rely on analytics exclusively or too heavily, but I guess that's common sense.

isn't that why memphis let go of lionel hollins? advanced stats. definitely think it can be relied on too much.

 

[pmatic]

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[awwsome]

You have to find that happy medium between basketball knowledge and analytical knowledge. The game has so many different situations and is so nuanced that not everything can be accounted for in the way that the advanced stats cover.

 

[gothmog]

 
Tony Parker is proof that you don't need to be athletic to be great. Crafty as ****

he is just a good player , too much of a flopper and if popovic could he would screen hiself as well so parker could drive to the rim 

 

[hypebeast5]

F Tony Parker dude overrated

 

[don ramon]

F Tony Parker dude overrated

 

[do work son]

@ Tony Parker slander? Dude is one of the fastest and quickest players on the league, but he's not athletic? Overrated because he uses screens? Isn't this basketball? Y'all want him to isolate and chuck so then you can slander him for that like Melo?

 

[hypebeast5]

Lol my opinion is exactly that mine, and parker even if he is top ten he better be 8,9, or 10

Bynum confirms he took half court shots in practice,

Bynum raged against the shoot-first guards. During a practice, Bynum said that he launched a shot from midcourt, clearly out of the rhythm of the offensive play. Another day during a scrimmage, he did not like a call from assistant coach Phil Handy and mocked him as “a horrible referee.”
“Those are the two things I did,” Bynum says. “I did them on purpose because it was over there for me.”

His thoughts on Mike Brown's coaching

“It’s kinda like, if I send you to the grocery store and I give you three choices for peanut butter, you’ll probably pick one easily. But if I give you 25 choices, you might stand there for half an hour. Having it be too detailed may not always be the right thing,” Bynum says.

 

[coldcity]

Lol my opinion is exactly that mine, and parker even if he is top ten he better be 8,9, or 10

Bynum confirms he took half court shots in practice,

Bynum raged against the shoot-first guards. During a practice, Bynum said that he launched a shot from midcourt, clearly out of the rhythm of the offensive play. Another day during a scrimmage, he did not like a call from assistant coach Phil Handy and mocked him as “a horrible referee.”
“Those are the two things I did,” Bynum says. “I did them on purpose because it was over there for me.”

His thoughts on Mike Brown's coaching

“It’s kinda like, if I send you to the grocery store and I give you three choices for peanut butter, you’ll probably pick one easily. But if I give you 25 choices, you might stand there for half an hour. Having it be too detailed may not always be the right thing,” Bynum says.

Y O L O

 

[pmatic]

Everybody that follows the Lakers knows Mike Brown is a hard worker, but not necessarily the smartest worker.

 

[CP1708]

Everybody that follows the Lakers knows Mike Brown is a hard worker, but not necessarily the smartest worker.

I'll say it

Dude is ****** DUMB.

Period. Point Blank. End of story.

D.U.M.B.

 

[Bert.]

F Tony Parker dude overrated

not sure if srs...

 

[bonafide hustla]

i genuinely hate Westbrook's game. He's fools gold to me. Even when he "shoots well" or puts up good numbers, its just not pleasant to watch and it takes away from not only KD but the entire team. and I'm a huge KD advocate. When Russ is in the game, KD has to post up (not his strength) or jack shots off one or two moves and go. I much rather see KD orchestrating the offense from the perimeter and Westbrook primarily being a defender and basic ball handler (only score aggressively when he's wide open).

But as soon as Russ puts up numbers, "Thunder can't win without Westbrook" |I

 

[hypebeast5]

 

[coldcity]

i genuinely hate Westbrook's game. He's fools gold to me. Even when he "shoots well" or puts up good numbers, its just not pleasant to watch and it takes away from not only KD but the entire team. and I'm a huge KD advocate. When Russ is in the game, KD has to post up (not his strength) or jack shots off one or two moves and go. I much rather see KD orchestrating the offense from the perimeter and Westbrook primarily being a defender and basic ball handler (only score aggressively when he's wide open).

But as soon as Russ puts up numbers, "Thunder can't win without Westbrook" |I

the only fools gold in the west is LAC & the addition of sweet baby & danny now i care doesnt affect that IMO...hopefully they prove me wrong(this time)

 

[grandtheftbike]

D.U.M.B.

Disasters Under Mike Brown |I

 

[CP1708]

D.U.M.B.

Disasters Under Mike Brown |I

Damb.

Dumb *** Mike Brown

 

[herbshuttles15]

I like Bynum's peanut butter analogy

 

[bonafide hustla]

the only fools gold in the west is LAC & the addition of sweet baby & danny now i care doesnt affect that IMO...hopefully they prove me wrong(this time)

eh, those are role players. not particularly any gold in either of those acquisitions

 

[licensed to ball]

I like peanut butter

 

[buc em]

Anybody care to explain where Bynum was going with the peanut butter analogy?

 

[coldcity]

the only fools gold in the west is LAC & the addition of sweet baby & danny now i care doesnt affect that IMO...hopefully they prove me wrong(this time)

eh, those are role players. not particularly any gold in either of those acquisitions

you misread my statement.... im saying i think the clips are fools gold(reg season fools gold to be exact) & will do what they do in the off's which is get popped & sat down