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

[shoeking2101]

I'm glad y'all addressed that idiotic contract year talk about Melo. Dumbest **** I've read this week. Never really been a huge fan of Melo...but fair is fair g.


I heard he's the first guy to average 28 and 8 since Shaq in 2000.

That's not bad.

And he's been hitting 41% of his 3's this year too

 

[awwsome]

41% from 3 is real nice, Melo deserves his money but I'm still weary of that Knicks situation.

 

[jdhiman]

41% from 3 is real nice, Melo deserves his money but I'm still weary of that Knicks situation.

Zen Master is on the case. No need to worry or be weary. 

 

[big j 33]

Detroit sucks, but as usual.. Drummond is flourishing.

Unfortunately, you know he's taking that first extension.. so I can't wait to watch him if/when they trade Jennings/Smith or they expire. So that's what.. 3 years from now?

 

[MVP]

Lawd, it's going to be up to Brooklyn to prevent the Heat from getting back to the Finals. Pacers have checked out.

 

[shoeking2101]

Lawd, it's going to be up to Brooklyn to prevent the Heat from getting back to the Finals. Pacers have checked out.

They haven't checked out. Their defense has came down to a bit and they were never offensive juggernauts to begin with.

 

[osh kosh bosh]

Pacers lose to the Raps without Lowry or Amir, arguably their two most valuable players.

Raptors shot 48% from the field, and 45% from 3.



Pacers got problems.

 

[shoeking2101]

JR Smith tapping back into last season form over the last month

 

[awwsome]

Detroit sucks, but as usual.. Drummond is flourishing.

Unfortunately, you know he's taking that first extension.. so I can't wait to watch him if/when they trade Jennings/Smith or they expire. So that's what.. 3 years from now?

The bit of saving grace is he'll only be 23.

I pray Detroit FO doesn't rob us of seeing Drummond flourish to his maximum potential.

 

[Cashflow]

Knicks fans. where would you say THIS team has been hiding at all season?

 

[MVP]

They haven't checked out. Their defense has came down to a bit and they were never offensive juggernauts to begin with.

All that may be true, but clearly the focus they had earlier in the season isn't there. That whole last minute was inexcusable mentally.

 

[shoeking2101]

What's dangerous about the Pacers is they aren't stopping anyone anymore. So come playoff time, you combine their defensive efforts with their offensive issues and you have a team that can be beaten, and not just by Miami either.

They've got to get back to who they supposedly were defensively, because who they are on offense now, is who they're going to remain, that isn't changing.

 

[awwsome]

EARL IS LIGHTING UP THE GARDEN.

 

[osh kosh bosh]

I just can't take Dwayne Casey in a series over Frank Vogel.


but if the Pacers offence stays this putrid the raptors have an actual chance.

 

[shoeking2101]

All that may be true, but clearly the focus they had earlier in the season isn't there. That whole last minute was inexcusable mentally.

You take it as mental lapse, I take it as them regressing to who they're supposed to be a bit. They were defending at an all world, historic level. Once that came down, you finally see who they are. They can't score, which puts them in a lot of close games, like tonight. And as you and I saw, their offense down the stretch is really bad to me. Like...Who's their most efficient scoring option to go to down the stretch? That's probably the biggest issue.

 

[don ramon]

Knicks fans. where would you say THIS team has been hiding at all season?

in mike woodson's goatee

 

[awwsome]

Real Deal Beal.

 

[tyonenine]

Right now, I don't have Indiana making the conference finals.

 

[MVP]

They haven't been that bad defensively, even throughout this stretch they've been top 5 in the league in pts allowed. They've been offensively challenged, but all you have to do is listen to the soundbites coming from the locker room and all the other stuff written to know that it's more than just on the floor struggles right now with them.

 

[sorkoram]

Lawd, it's going to be up to Brooklyn to prevent the Heat from getting back to the Finals. Pacers have checked out.

They're not done, just hard to get the offense going

Right now, I don't have Indiana making the conference finals.

They'll make if off defense alone. There aren't other teams that are that capable offensively of pushing them.

 

[ohmygosher]

Pacers just seem bored. I'm sure they'll be fine come playoff time.

 

[ny mavurs]

Right now, I don't have Indiana making the conference finals.

I hope Chicago knocks them off

 

[awwsome]

Pacers are still who we thought they were, they're still an all world defense with the best perimeter defender and 2nd best post defender in the league. That defense will especially hold up come playoff time, will they be able to score more than 80? I doubt it but their problems are chemistry more so than defensive talent/system.

Offense is beyond poor, they literally have no perimeter shooting and George Hill is terrible.

 

[big j 33]

To be honest, I can't take anything away from a game when JR Smith takes 15 three pointers and makes half of them.

This is just a freak game like that.

 

[ohmygosher]

Right now, I don't have Indiana making the conference finals.

I hope Chicago knocks them off

As of right now, the only way Chicago knocks them off is if they get to the ECF.