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

[sea manup]

please dont sign with adidas, cant have the next best player in the nba wearing the same boring shoes every year

 

[ill steelo]

Perkins had 1 technical foul in 0 minutes

Andre Roberson had 9 rebounds in 17 minutes
Lamb shot 3 for 12 again. He is a "shooter" who can't shoot. His shot looks pretty because he fades and kicks and leans and gets it off quick esp off the dribble, but it just doesn't go in.
Thunder players not named Kevin Durant are a combined 5-of-41 from three in the preseason (12 percent)
Steven Adams and Hasheem Thabeet are better than Kendrick Perkins at basketball

He's going to challenge Kobe's prolific 35 ppg season until Westbrook returns. I look forward to watching it.

 

[osh kosh bosh]

KD needs to play 4 full time, somebody tell scott brooks, it took spolstra a year to figure this out, Brooks is running out of time.

Jeremy Lamb in college made, 51% of his 18 footers and in jumpshots, 44% from 18-3 point land, 34 from 3 point land and out.


He can shoot, poor shot selection is impacting his percentage.

 

[senorroboto2k5]

Has anybody used their League Pass Broadband accounts through a device like Roku or Apple TV before?

Just bought a Roku and don't see the NBA app on the app store yet... do they usually post the app closer to the season?

 

[victor page]

World Wide Wes gonna make sure Nike matches that deal or close to it with some sweet incentives.

Guaranteed

I'm perplexed as to how OKC haven't surrounded shooters around KD and Russ.

 

[mitchellicious]

180 mil for 10 years! Wow! I hope those factory workers get a raise too

 

[Nawzlew]

So watching the Grantland previews ..

We're probably seeing the Bucks in the Finals.

 

[pmatic]

Alphabet!

 

[hood17]

If Luke makes the playoffs then

I know Love trade rumors will happen but in regard as Love to Chicago. I think they have a better shot beating Miami w/ Butler than w/ Love. Wouldn't Spo just have Bron at the 4 and make Love who is not a good perimeter defender miserable?

So Bill has Dallas/Portland/Nuggets fighting for the last 2 spots in the West. And in the East Bucks and Detroit in.

 

[pmatic]

Nevermind, just posted.

 

[RickBlast]

legend here in Dallas is that Peja and Dirk had a shooting contest and dudes were hitting over 90 out of 100 shots

I remember watching an NBATV practice when he was with New Orleans. Byron Scott made a bet he couldnt hit 45 out of 50 3's. Dude hit 46. It is truly amazing how good these guys are. Chris Paul hit 40 of 50.

 

[CHAOSE57]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9LHkbS0SbQ

 

[reggiekiller]

KD needs to play 4 full time, somebody tell scott brooks, it took spolstra a year to figure this out, Brooks is running out of time.

Jeremy Lamb in college made, 51% of his 18 footers and in jumpshots, 44% from 18-3 point land, 34 from 3 point land and out.


He can shoot, poor shot selection is impacting his percentage.

KD can't guard 99% of 4's though, honestly neither can Bron, although he has the superior strength to do a better job at it than KD

 

[RickBlast]

 
KD can't guard 99% of 4's though, honestly neither can Bron, although he has the superior strength to do a better job at it than KD

I disagree. Its a guard league and most teams run their offense through their guards. Rarely does anyone throw the ball down low the majority of the time. 

 

[al3xis]

Adidas already made the down-payment to get him to KU.

 

[reggiekiller]

 

 
KD can't guard 99% of 4's though, honestly neither can Bron, although he has the superior strength to do a better job at it than KD

I disagree. Its a guard league and most teams run their offense through their guards. Rarely does anyone throw the ball down low the majority of the time. 

^^^^ Huh?  Who told you this

In the west, KD cant guard Aldridge, Blake, David Lee, Tim Duncan, Kevin Love, ZBo

I mean Bron is much stronger, and we saw him get feasted upon by David West.

 

[al3xis]

None of those PF's/teams are putting a match up in their favor vs OKC if they go small in the playoffs though. You take your medicine and try your best to offset teams pounding it down low, there's usually ways around it. Aside from Memphis, who is really doing that come playoff time? We already saw that if you go small, SA will match you - and even if they didn't you could hide KD on Splitter. GS would almost certainly match them small for small too. Houston will be 4 out-1 in. And I'm guessing LAC will be going small the deeper they go as well since DeAndre is worthless.

Memphis, Chicago and Indiana are the contenders that are going to look to exploit size. Perhaps BK now as well. OKC's issue on the back end of that is they're still not beating Miami small though, so they're probably not winning a title regardless this year. But going small definitely maximizes what they can do.

 

[RickBlast]

 
^^^^ Huh?  Who told you this

In the west, KD cant guard Aldridge, Blake, David Lee, Tim Duncan, Kevin Love, ZBo

I mean Bron is much stronger, and we saw him get feasted upon by David West.

David Lee is not a back to the basket iso player. And yes like I said MOST team run their offense through their guards. There are still 10+ teams in the west that dont feed the ball down low. KD will have a field day if these guys guard him on the other end. 

 

[Dr.Kickologist]

^^^^ Huh?  Who told you this


In the west, KD cant guard Aldridge, Blake, David Lee, Tim Duncan, Kevin Love, ZBo

I mean Bron is much stronger, and we saw him get feasted upon by David West.

Your right. Pure SF can't guard pure PF at anytime...even if teams wanna play small ball a big team can body them all day long..

 

[reggiekiller]

 

 
^^^^ Huh?  Who told you this

In the west, KD cant guard Aldridge, Blake, David Lee, Tim Duncan, Kevin Love, ZBo

I mean Bron is much stronger, and we saw him get feasted upon by David West.

David Lee is not a back to the basket iso player. And yes like I said MOST team run their offense through their guards. There are still 10+ teams in the west that dont feed the ball down low. KD will have a field day if these guys guard him on the other end. 

They don't have to guard him on the other end.  I'm sure Batum would guard KD before aldridge would, and Prince over Zbo, Leonard over Duncan ect.  all those dudes can guard 3's (obviously), and can definitely guard KD at the 4.

And David Lee can definitely play back to the basket, I know if I had a massive size mismatch like the one that he has over KD I would go back to the basket

 

[black migo]

Smh @ putting someone who is barely 220 at pf full time, yeah just leave it up to ibaka to battle for boards

 

[reggiekiller]

Smh @ putting someone who is barely 220 at pf full time, yeah just leave it up to ibaka to battle for boards

my point 

KD is going to need to be their primary scorer, assist man, and rebounder this season.

He just needs to be KD and quit trying to be Bron

 

[pmatic]

KD can do it all.

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The only thing more offensive than these comparisons are Dwight's post moves.

 

[markangelo]

@DrKickologist - smh, tell that to Mchale
(i.e. Delfino on Okafor , Delfino on Ibaka , Delfino on West )

 

[CHAOSE57]

Dwight