The 2014-2015 NBA Season Thread. Lock It Up Please: The Golden State Warriors Are The Champions

[QU!K]

Bogut?

 

[do work son]

Serious question though, who is the last white guy in the NBA to be considered a very good defender? Sixers Bobby Jones back in the 80s? Or I guess prime Kirelinko maybe.

Funaki will get there. (If he counts)

 

[pdino]

Noah was DPOY last year, Marc Gasol DPOY before that..

 

[julius wrek]

 

Serious question though, who is the last white guy in the NBA to be considered a very good defender? Sixers Bobby Jones back in the 80s? Or I guess prime Kirelinko maybe.

Funaki will get there. (If he counts)

Kiwis have been sayin', "nah".

 

[awwsome]

I just wanna see Stauskas flourish.

You and me both brother.

 

[awwsome]

Noah was DPOY last year, Marc Gasol DPOY before that..

Joakim white?

Gasol is European.


Are we talking white players from North America or in general?

 

[wavycrocket]

It was Kirk hinrich. He made all defensive team in like 06.

Matt harping was a good defender too.

Jj isn't bad either.

 

[a-friend]

You dudes really trying to predict Kobe's ppg/rpg/apg are the most delusional lol

dudes trying to predict who will be all-nba 8 months from now, are also delusional.


injuries are too frequent in the league.

You started the whole convo though, with
Derozan "to make the big jump" "I'm putting him AllNBA"

You don't believe it's delusional to make predictions, don't let that man make you feel like discussing the NBA in and NBA thread during preseason is Taboo.

Making predictions isn't delusional
Predicting Kobe @18 is though

 

[addict4sneakers]

Gordon Hayward is a good defender

 

[Animal Thug]

Joe Vardon @joevardon

LeBron: "I know a lot of words have been coming out of their camp as of late, and some of it is surprising" -- cc @MiamiHEAT
1:16 PM - 10 Oct 2014

Spoiler: Warning: Spoiler!

 

[lawdog1]

For the purposes of this discussion, I was thinking North American white guys, so Gasol wouldn't count. Noah wouldn't count either way because his dad is black.

 

[pdino]

I'll go with Mike Miller in his "prime", Shane Battier, as someone said was a very good defender as well

 

[julius wrek]

Shane Battier is mixed though...

 

[dipsetgeneral]

Kobe will put up 27+ PPG. That trash team is going to count on Kobe to bail them out, night in & night out. Their only other offensive weapon is Nick Young. Albeit, Nick Young is only lethal when he's focused. Key word = WHEN.

Demar is alright, but you can sag off him and let him shoot. Until he can improve his perimeter shooting, he won't be double teamed.

Nik Stauskus is right on the money. He most likely grew up playing against and with African Americans. He knows what he is talking about.

Celtics 2-0 to start off pre-season with no Rondo or Jeff Green? Not bad...

 

[awwsome]

Well that ends that gentlemen, Dipset has spoken and Kobe will average 27 ppg.

 

[certifiedflyboi23]

Kobe x Nick Young = Jordan x Pippen

 

[sea manup]

Kobe will need to average 27 for this team to even have a shot at having a shot at the playoffs

Take away Kobe and Nash and this years team is worse than last year

 

[dman14]

so when is kobe breaking kareems record?

 

[EddieDoyers]

Kobe x Nick Young = Jordan x Pippen

 

[rck3sactown]

Celtics 2-0 to start off pre-season with no Rondo or Jeff Green? Not bad...

I think the Kings finished preseason 5-2 last year 

 

[do work son]

It was Kirk hinrich. He made all defensive team in like 06.

Matt harping was a good defender too.

Jj isn't bad either.

Yoooooo **** Matt harpring dude used to foul the **** out of tmac during the rockets jazz series.

 

[lynchpin33]

Stauskas actually did a surprisingly good job defending DeRozan 1on1 the other night

Is this the All NBA DeRozan that has been talked about here for the last couple of pages...

 

[grandtheftbike]

Well that ends that gentlemen, Dipset has spoken and Kobe will average 27 ppg.

 

[dipsetgeneral]

Kobe will put up 27+ PPG. That trash team is going to count on Kobe to bail them out, night in & night out. Their only other offensive weapon is Nick Young. Albeit, Nick Young is only lethal when he's focused. Key word = WHEN.

Demar is alright, but you can sag off him and let him shoot. Until he can improve his perimeter shooting, he won't be double teamed.

Nik Stauskus is right on the money. He most likely grew up playing against and with African Americans. He knows what he is talking about.

Celtics 2-0 to start off pre-season with no Rondo or Jeff Green? Not bad...

Well that ends that gentlemen, Dipset has spoken and Kobe will average 27 ppg.

Thanks awwsome

I think the Kings finished preseason 5-2 last year 

I see what you did there.

 

[frshstunna]

He got "high basketball IQ" and will be a "crafty scorer"."team player" with many "intangibles".

High motor.

With that sneaky athleticism