NBA Season Thread 2013-2014

Dublin Red Devil · 29-01-2014 12:20am

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

Pekovic out indefinitely for the Twolves by the by, big loss for them. Been a juggernaut at the offensive end this season.

That's a shame. Pekovic is a very good player. Probably the best white center in the NBA. Defiantly has better numbers than the Gasol brothers, Hawes, Gortat etc

kmart6 · 29-01-2014 12:32am

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

I want to say you should offer Evens as that makes perfect sense, but I shouldn't say anything really since I bizarrely got PM'ed by the one man fan club and was told off o_O

???

NufcNavan · 29-01-2014 12:44am

Dublin Red Devil wrote: »

That's a shame. Pekovic is a very good player. Probably the best white center in the NBA. Defiantly has better numbers than the Gasol brothers, Hawes, Gortat etc

Give me Marc Gasol over Pek any day.

ButtersSuki · 29-01-2014 12:50am

malistheman wrote: »

If you have a problem with a post then report it. The button is right there.

Mal,

speaking of which, have you had a chance to review my email from the other day?

Nuri Sahin · 29-01-2014 1:25am

kmart6 wrote: »

???

A poster PM'ed me this morning to tell me to lay off another poster and more or less try discussing basketball instead.

Nuri Sahin · 29-01-2014 1:27am

NufcNavan wrote: »

Give me Marc Gasol over Pek any day.

Ditto.

I like both, but Marc offers defense and his passing ability is just sublime.

Dublin Red Devil · 29-01-2014 1:35am

So Mark Gasol is the best white center. Pekovic No.2

Then K Love has got to be the best PF. would anyone argue for Nowitzki or Lee?

BQQ · 29-01-2014 2:11am

Davis with 6 blocks already

Soby · 29-01-2014 2:25am

Dublin Red Devil wrote: »

So Mark Gasol is the best white center. Pekovic No.2

Then K Love has got to be the best PF. would anyone argue for Nowitzki or Lee?

Nah Love has that particular award at the minute

Nuri Sahin · 29-01-2014 3:51am

Olynyk just did a Bargnani. Came down with pace in transition and tried to reverse dunk. He proceeded to get blocked by the rim. Going to be on Shaqin A Fool surely.

Celtics lose big in NYC.

Meanwhile, Anthony Bennett scored 15 points and 8 boards tonight in the Cavs loss at home to the Pelicans. Shock and awe I know. Good for him.

buyer95 · 29-01-2014 4:23am

Dublin Red Devil wrote: »

So Mark Gasol is the best white center. Pekovic No.2

Then K Love has got to be the best PF. would anyone argue for Nowitzki or Lee?

Is Blake white? I'm not saying he is better than Love,(he isn't).

Nuri Sahin · 29-01-2014 4:36am

buyer95 wrote: »

Is Blake white? I'm not saying he is better than Love,(he isn't).

Black.

Nuri Sahin · 29-01-2014 4:37am

Rockets make a big second comeback to beat the Spurs. Lin took over in the final quarter and Hack-A-Howard didn't fully work tonight.

ButtersSuki · 29-01-2014 5:54am

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

Black.

Doesn't BG describe himself as mixed race? His mom had red hair, freckles and is do white she could be a ghost.

ButtersSuki · 29-01-2014 5:57am

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

A poster PM'ed me this morning to tell me to lay off another poster and more or less try discussing basketball instead.

I wonder who this mysterious poster was referring to? Lol. :rolleyes:

Wonder did they do the same to the other party?

ButtersSuki · 29-01-2014 6:04am

Soby wrote: »

Nah Love has that particular award at the minute

Right now it's Love, who truly has the potential to have a Larry Bird-like career given his game. Career wise it's Dirk, given his awards, title and game.

When Love moves to in 2015 (most likely to the Lakers) he'll have his shot at multiple titles. He has mad skills for a big, love watching him play.

Nuri Sahin · 29-01-2014 6:49am

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Doesn't BG describe himself as mixed race? His mom had red hair, freckles and is do white she could be a ghost.

Oh really? I was sure he referred to himself as black or maybe I'm just imagining it :pac:

Nuri Sahin · 29-01-2014 6:53am

Great win for the Wizards in Oakland tonight, big three from Wall near the end to win it. Likewise the Grizz up in Portland, impressive win and they're rolling.

Pacers showed up in the second half in LA and won in spite of George's chucking. Lakers held their own till HT.

ButtersSuki · 29-01-2014 7:22am

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

Oh really? I was sure he referred to himself as black or maybe I'm just imagining it :pac:

Meet the Griffins:

Yup, read an article about it in si.com (I think) a few years ago when he was about to go pro and how whoever drafted him could use his mixed race credentials to appeal to all markets. Personally, I'm not comfortable if thats a good thing or a very cynical marketing exercise. Market him on his game, not race.

Also read or heard (not sure which) that he gets serious abuse from certain players and quarters in the league for not being black "enough", a la the Uncle Tom tag that followed Grant Hill for almost all of his career. You can kinda see that manifest itself in some of the tactics teams use to shall I say "limit his athletic ability", but possibly can be seen as contributing to the somewhat unfair "soft" tag Griffin gets.

Race shouldn't be a factor, but unfortunately it is. Take Jermey Lin. When I think of Lin, I admittedly think Asian first, then basketballer. BUT, in this case, being Asian actually increases his marketability and earnings. Calling it 100% honestly, Lin's game does not justify his salary, hype or ranking in the average fan's eye. Were he black or white, he'd struggle to be where he is financially and be seen as just another "average" NBA roster filling player. This is not knocking the kid on a personal level - he seems genuinely nice, it's a great story etc., but he doesn't have the game to justify his grossly inflated salary. So it actually benefits him being different.

Dublin Red Devil · 29-01-2014 10:09am

buyer95 wrote: »

Is Blake white? I'm not saying he is better than Love,(he isn't).

Blake is mixed race, His father is black, His mother is white. So I wouldn't put him in this category. No disrespect, I love Blake Griffin.

In any case I think Love is the better all round player

Since we started this, might as well continue

C Gasol

PF Love

Small Forward for me is Chandler Parsons. If Gallinari was fit he might have got my pick. Hayward can play the position too. Thoughts?

Shooting guard. Maybe Hayward, J.J. Redick, Manu Ginobili, Kyle Korver?

Point Guard. Maybe Goran Dragic, Ricky Rubio, Jose Calderon?

D2D · 29-01-2014 10:36am

1 win from 5 in our 5 game home stand just isn't good enough. Yet another poor result against the Pelicans last night but Bennett finally got his chance and he took it. 15 points & 8 boards

PizzamanIRL · 29-01-2014 12:04pm

Mike Brown must have been reading this thread.

ButtersSuki · 29-01-2014 1:22pm

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

Mike Brown must have been reading this thread.

I wouldn't rule it out. He's such a spoofer he'd seek inspiration anywhere.

Carcharodon · 29-01-2014 3:42pm

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

Great win for the Wizards in Oakland tonight, big three from Wall near the end to win it. Likewise the Grizz up in Portland, impressive win and they're rolling.

Pacers showed up in the second half in LA and won in spite of George's chucking. Lakers held their own till HT.

Yea, good win for Wizzards, pretty poor game to be fair, neither team really got going and Warriors again didn't have a plan B. Curry and especially Thompson shot poorly, yet he kept on throwing them up...
Wall has matured quite a bit and should be keep on improving, Wizards are like a bunch of rejects that have come together and are getting it done. They have some very good players though.

D2D · 29-01-2014 5:40pm

ButtersSuki wrote: »

I wouldn't rule it out. He's such a spoofer he'd seek inspiration anywhere.

If so then I'd like to thank Coach Brown on giving Bennett the minutes he needs. Now please go on to actually win some games

ButtersSuki · 29-01-2014 5:46pm

The Cavs have ZERO chance of getting LeJon Brames (as I recently heard him called :roll eyes:) back if Brown is the coach. ZERO. Don't know what they were thinking on that one.

Dublin Red Devil · 29-01-2014 7:39pm

ButtersSuki wrote: »

The Cavs have ZERO chance of getting LeJon Brames (as I recently heard him called :roll eyes:) back if Brown is the coach. ZERO. Don't know what they were thinking on that one.

Cavs to do list.

Fire Mike Brown
Hire George Karl
Draft Arron Gordon
Sign Lebron James

ec18 · 29-01-2014 8:31pm

Lebron isn't going to cleveland....he's going to stay in miami

ButtersSuki · 29-01-2014 8:35pm

http://stats.nba.com/featured/comparing_the_scoring_streaks_2014_01_28.html?ls=iref:nbahpt13a

ButtersSuki · 29-01-2014 8:40pm

ec18 wrote: »

Lebron isn't going to cleveland....he's going to stay in miami

I'd agree he's not going to Cleveland if Brown is the coach. I'd be hesitant to say he's not if anyone else is coaching - incl. the Dream Team Coaching Ticket of ButtersSuki & Nuri Sahin.

As for Miami, I can't see them winning it all this year, can't see them getting past Indiana in the East tbh. Which logically points to Pat Reilly blowing it up. Wade is on his last legs, as is Ray Ray, and if Bosh has a Play Offs like he did last year he's getting traded; in fact had they lost to the Spurs last year I think he'd be playing elsewhere now (Bosh). With all of that going on and LeJon Brames technically able to walk for free, I can't see him hanging around for the rebuild. He dumped his hometown team quick fast when they didn't match his ambitions so can't see him hanging in Miami just for the weather.

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