Official NBA 2012-2013 Season Thread

[antidope]

Hype becuase of skill> Hype becuase the league is forcing attention in his direction trying to make him a face of the league.

I know I'm replying mad late, but are we not talking about the most "exciting" rookie? I'm not out here saying that Blake is better than Kyrie because he's not. But people were wildin over Blake's dunks his rookie year. Kyrie hit a couple of game-winners and had some nice crossovers, but son wasn't seeing Blake in terms of excitement.

Kyrie wasnt given the exposure that Blake was. We were force fed Blake. He was on the front page of NBA.com every other week. Kyrie was out there throwing up fantastic numbers and playing out of his mind, and not a peep because the NBA and most media outlets have agendas. If you want to talk about it in regards of the casual fan, then I guess Blake would get it, cause they made sure you knew his name and hes all in our faces, but in terms of being a basketball aficionado, the answer is Kyrie.

force fed?

blake put up great numbers and filled the seats. he was posterizing cats on a nightly basis. his style of play screams "fan favorite."
regular people relate to guards more than bigs, but there is a reason why blake is amongst the leaders in jersey sales. the clippers are on TV weekly b/c of the work he did his rookie season when he wasn't on television

don't let your disdain for dude blind you of his appeal. you speak this 'aficionado' talk like BG didn't have one of the best individual rookie season in the past decade.

Its not, he deserved most of it, but Kyries rookie year was just as good and he got no push, even with the fans preferring guards to bigs. The league saw a cash cow in Blake and they milked it, but I still dont think he will be a bigger star than Kyrie and I'm not concerned with his career. Guess it all boils down to your opinion of what interesting is. The career of Amare Stoudamire 1.4 does not interest me.

 

[Deleted member 38182]

Gif of Gerald Henderson dunking on Dwight
 

it happened again?!?

 

[addict4sneakers]

but that's the thing, aside from shooting mid range jumpers, amare does nothing better than Blake.

:::waits for Knicks fans:::::

 

[ripc]

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[duba169]

Pretty sure suns fans would take pre injury amare over Blake. I wouldn't know.

But midrange is a pretty important think to have.

They seem like the same player to me. Besides the flops.

 

[dakidlo3]

I'd take blake over amare honestly.

 

[antidope]

Gif of Gerald Henderson dunking on Dwight
 

it happened again?!?

Its being overhyped by the public. IDK why I trusted people from twitter

Pretty sure suns fans would take pre injury amare over Blake. I wouldn't know.

But midrange is a pretty important think to have.

They seem like the same player to me. Besides the flops.

They are the same, except Blake doesnt seem like he will get seriously injured so he gets the .4 advantage.

 

[jumpman91023]

Bobcats.

 

[mjshoefanatic]

Clippers at full strength tonight, apparently:

Los Angeles Clippers ‏@LAClippers
Chris Paul, Blake Griffin, Chauncey Billups ALL starting for Clippers tonight vs. Heat. Jamal Crawford will come off bench.

Bobcats.

 

[Bert.]

I'd take blake over amare honestly.

why? neither can play defense and Amare can actually score outside plus a little ball handling.

pre injury amare>>>>>blake

 

[mjshoefanatic]

I'd take blake over amare honestly.

cosign.

 

[Deleted member 38182]

Ya I'd got with pre injury Amar'e>Blake.

Plus he never flopped as bad as Blake and isn't annoying.

Then again, nobody flops worse than BG.........buuuuut he also hasn't been fined yet

 

[HIM]

Always can count on zyzz to prove he doesn't watch basketball besides old mich. st. Games. Blake can't handle the ball?

 

[al3xis]

Amare a better ball handler...that is hilarious.

 

[Deleted member 38182]

Leave Zzyz alone guys!

 

[japanair21]

Why in the world did Birdman try and save that? Idiot.

 

[japanair21]

It's amazing how often Miami gets open corner threes. They learned from that Dallas series. Penetrators get that done. Mike Miller and Shane are always WIDE open.

 

[pmatic]

Henderson's block. :x

 

[IATT]

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/8...-detroit-pistons-back-expected-miss-4-6-weeks

no mention of this yet?

 

[osh kosh bosh]

Rudy Gay huh?...Rudy ******g Gay.

 

[mjshoefanatic]

Then again, nobody flops worse than BG.........buuuuut he also hasn't been fined yet

Has he been fined yet since he's such a notorious flopper?

 

[dakidlo3]

why? neither can play defense and Amare can actually score outside plus a little ball handling.

pre injury amare>>>>>blake

edit: If I was trying to win a championship today and had to choose between the two I'm going with blake.

And ya boy Lewis is fuego tonight

 

[japanair21]

LeBron James man... :x

Dude is always thinking on the floor, and always knows the situation.

Two plays within two minutes that just a lot of guys don't do...

A) Chris Paul has the ball with the clock winding down, LeBron commits to going after the block. Paul thinks he's shed Bron, tries to get the shot off, and Bron slams it.
B) Chalmers starts a fast break and doesn't hit up Rashard Lewis who got to the basket first, and wasn't rewarded for his efforts, and instead passes to LeBron. What does LeBron do? Finds Rashard for the open three.

It's such a pleasure to watch this man work...

 

[antidope]

This Pistons Spurs score

 

 

[bhzmafia14]

Grizz owning the Warriors again.