Official NBA 2012-2013 Season Thread

[kevin cleveland]

He was clearly still reacting as a defender there, not being a ****. There never should have been a first to lead to a second.

 

[antidope]

He was clearly still reacting as a defender there, not being a ****. There never should have been a first to lead to a second.

And how a professional referee didnt comprehend this, is beyond me.

 

[wildkycat]

I disagree that he was still defending there... but either way.

 

[8pm at msg]

That was bogus.

 

[essential1]

Gonna be a long career for Cuz.

 

[picasso swerve]

I disagree that he was still defending there... but either way.

Eh when you actually play ball in a game and the ref makes a call, literally whatever you are doing that second still carries on. In games if someone gets called on a drive and he goes up, its still my naturally reaction to try to block it or atleast jump. If you get called for a foul on something like that youre eye is still on the ball and you just slap it away even knowing the whistle just blew.

Undeserved but agreed that maybe his rep got him that. Maybe the game was also tightly called when that tech flew and refs really wanted to keep it in order.

 

[datznasty]

I mean if that is a tech though, Kobe and Wade and CP3 should be suspended for some of the **** they do and say. And let's not forget da God. Refs were honored to get cussed out by Mike

 

[powerballin]

thats the thing tho....he's not those guys. We all know the rules aren't fair in terms of superstars and techs. Maybe DMC just doesn't know that

 

[tsamshox]

That first tech was absolutely HORSE ****. Somebody within the Kings organization needs to call up $TERN and his goons b/c this type of profiling on DMC needs to be ADDRESSED.

 

[basick]

Harry B Boi

 

[ballinsam23]

DMC getting techs is equivalent to Melo not getting foul calls.

The refs definitely have it out for certain players. Superstar or not.

 

[japanair21]

Jae Crowder is my man, but he's almost shooting better from three (about 41%) than from the line (about 43).

Son has been terrible from the line. Dominique Jones too. Putrid.

Putrid like the Mavs tonight. :x

 

[flacobey]

that Harrison Barnes dunk :x

 

[kvsm23vs24]

Probably talking about 08-09, my favorite season from him by far. He was phenomenal that season.
It's just sad to see that he's a shell of his former self, relatively early in his career. You see Kobe making it to his 18th season and looking like he could easily play another 5 more, same for Tim Duncan, KG, Paul Pierce, Ray Allen,a few more. And then you see Wade looking like he may not be able to play past his 13th.
You can tell by the way he plays now on the rare occasion he's on the floor. He's always been a streaky shooter since his days at Marquette, and when it's going he looks great. But what always made him special as a tweener was his length and fantastic athletic ability which hid his inability to shoot well consistently. Now that it appears that that athleticism is fading, he's regulated to that struggle. We all know that struggle too, that whole trying to beat people off the dribble and them being still there, throwing up garbage around the rim and crying for fouls, turning it over, that struggle.

Don't think I've seen you compliment Kobe before

 

[buc em]

I pray that Cousins is on a playoff team sometime soon. Would love to see that dude in primetime.

 

[mrswagtastic]

harrison barnes has the chance to be a star wingman unlike his predecessors mccants and ellington

 

[antidope]

I disagree that he was still defending there... but either way.

Eh when you actually play ball in a game and the ref makes a call, literally whatever you are doing that second still carries on. In games if someone gets called on a drive and he goes up, its still my naturally reaction to try to block it or atleast jump. If you get called for a foul on something like that youre eye is still on the ball and you just slap it away even knowing the whistle just blew.

Undeserved but agreed that maybe his rep got him that. Maybe the game was also tightly called when that tech flew and refs really wanted to keep it in order.

This is what I'm saying. He was already in the process of trying to swipe the ball away, and furthermore other players do things like this all the time that dont get techs, Kevin Garnets snatch the ball out of the air move comes to mind. This was not tech worthy by any stretch of the imagination. If DMC got teched for that then this should have been a tech everytime

 

[airjordan jb23]

DMC shouldn't have been T'd up & ejected... It looked like he was still playing defense considering the T was called RIGHT after the whistle blew.

Barnes though :x :x :x

 

[duba169]

DMC getting techs is equivalent to Melo not getting foul calls.
The refs definitely have it out for certain players. Superstar or not.

Yup. Refs think we pay to see them.

 

[duba169]

thats the thing tho....he's not those guys. We all know the rules aren't fair in terms of superstars and techs. Maybe DMC just doesn't know that

He didn't do anything wrong. That first tech is one of the worst I've ever seen. No exaggeration.

 

[pmatic]

@johnschuhmann Awful news: Kevin McHale's daughter Sasha passed away Saturday afternoon.

 

[shannonscrooks]

^Damn, I knew he had taken a leave of absence for family reasons but didnt know the extent. That's sad.

 

[pmatic]

On a lighter note:

 

[flyerthandelta]

That Bledsoe "Baby Bron" put back

 

[addict4sneakers]

guys having good seasons under the radar:

jeff teague 14 ppg, 7 apg, 1.5 apg, 48% fg, 42% 3fg
chris kaman 14 ppg, 7 rbg, 1.1 bpg 53% fg
nicolas batum 19 ppg, 6 rbg, 3 apg, 1 bpg, 2 spg 47% fg
goran dragic 16 ppg, 7 apg, 2 spg 47% fg


we expected better from these guys

michael beasley 12 ppg, 5 reb 35% fg 26% 3fg
ersan ilyasova 6 ppg, 5 rbg, 32% fg
bradley beal 11ppg 33%fg