NBA Regular Season 14/15

GoldFour4

Really like the Cavs now, they'll be right up there in the east come playoff time.

padraig_f

Watching the game on delay, where did that lad Whiteside come from? Haven't seen as dominant a one-man defensive performance for a while.

14 points, 13 rebounds and 12 blocks in 25 minutes!

D2D

Cavs win it 108-98. LeBron got 34, Kyrie got 21 & K Love got 19 for the Cavs. For OKC, Durant got 32 & Russ got 22

padraig_f wrote: »

Watching the game on delay, where did that lad Whiteside come from? Haven't seen as dominant a one-man defensive performance for a while.

14 points, 13 rebounds and 12 blocks in 25 minutes!

He bounced around a few teams in the league a few years ago before going abroad. Those are just ridiculous stats for 25 mins

GoldFour4

Suns and Clippers is ridiculously entertaining to watch right now, so fast.

BQQ

NufcNavan wrote: »

What about Whiteside though. A triple double in 24 minutes. The Heat may have really lucked into a gem with Whiteside. And they smartly signed him to a two year deal, so they'll have him next year at the minimum salary.

padraig_f wrote: »

Watching the game on delay, where did that lad Whiteside come from? Haven't seen as dominant a one-man defensive performance for a while.

14 points, 13 rebounds and 12 blocks in 25 minutes!

He had 25 and 16 against the clippers a couple of weeks ago too.
Have we finally stumbled upon the big man we've been searching for for years?
Now we just need Lebron back and we're good to go for another ring :pac:

ButtersSuki

Brandon Jennings gone for the season. Is it just me or are there a LOT more serious injuries in the last few years than before?

limerickfc

Any1 know if theirs any 2015 draft threads up this year?

D2D

Looks like the incoming blizzard that's about to hit the east coast is going to cause a bit of havoc. Both games in NYC tonight (Kings/Knicks and Blazers/Nets) are off

limerickfc wrote: »

Any1 know if theirs any 2015 draft threads up this year?

Not yet anyways. Usually DRD would be the person that'd post about the draft/college ball.

padraig_f

BQQ wrote: »

He had 25 and 16 against the clippers a couple of weeks ago too.
Have we finally stumbled upon the big man we've been searching for for years?
Now we just need Lebron back and we're good to go for another ring :pac:

I wonder would Lebron have left if he'd been there last year, seemed like he'd have been a perfect fit for that team.

Interested to see if he can keep it up. It looked legit against the Bulls, but looking at his wiki, he seems to have come from nowhere (virtually).

GoldFour4

The 76ers are starting Larry Drew II tonight, he's on a ten day contract...tankapolooza in Philly

NufcNavan

malistheman wrote: »

The 76ers are starting Larry Drew II tonight, he's on a ten day contract...tankapolooza in Philly

Who?

GoldFour4

NufcNavan wrote: »

Who?

Thats the point!

ButtersSuki

Ah now come on lads, any of you had stats like these?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Drew_II

ButtersSuki

The 3 point contest will be good fun this year with Korver, Curry and Thompson confirmed. Normally I prefer this to the dunk contest so I for one can't wait! :D

ButtersSuki

ButtersSuki wrote: »

The 3 point contest will be good fun this year with Korver, Curry and Thompson confirmed. Normally I prefer this to the dunk contest so I for one can't wait! :D

to be fair the dunk contest should be a good one as well with the greek freak , zach lavine and oladipo for that matter

ButtersSuki

Joey Blue Rodent wrote: »

to be fair the dunk contest should be a good one as well with the greek freak , zach lavine and oladipo for that matter

Lavine - yes, definitely, will look forward to seeing him but the other two? Meh. GF looks awkward dunking at times as he's so freakishly long and Oladipo isn't the best dunker in the world from what I've seen.

I posted a video of Lavine before the draft last year dunking in practice - some nasty dunks in that video if you can be bothered to go and look for it. :rolleyes:

ButtersSuki

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Lavine - yes, definitely, will look forward to seeing him but the other two? Meh. GF looks awkward dunking at times as he's so freakishly long and Oladipo isn't the best dunker in the world from what I've seen.

I posted a video of Lavine before the draft last year dunking in practice - some nasty dunks in that video if you can be bothered to go and look for it. :rolleyes:

i think gf can dunk but they will be more look how far i can dunk from/ look how high i can jump dunks whereas lavine has hops but would probably be able to add a lot more agility to his dunks. oladipo is not the best but he's not a bad 3rd best dunker considering some of what we've had

padraig_f

ButtersSuki wrote: »

The 3 point contest will be good fun this year with Korver, Curry and Thompson confirmed. Normally I prefer this to the dunk contest so I for one can't wait! :D

Mouthwatering lineup, looking forward to that more than usual. Craig Hodges' points record could be under threat.


Not expecting the Bulls to pull off an upset in Oakland tonight. Could give the Warriors a decent game full-strength, but just won't be able to keep pace with their 3-point shooting with Dunleavy and McDermott out. Some nice matchups though with Curry vs. Rose and Butler vs. Thompson.

Just looking at the Warriors record, not too far off the pace of the Bulls' 72-10 season. At 36-6, currently on pace to go 70-12, which I think would be the 2nd most wins ever.

killwill

Apparently Curry and Boards.ie infamous John Wall are opening the All-Star game with a game of HORSE?
I'm not a fan of the dunk contest myself. I find it very drawn out but love the skills drill and 3 point shooting contests.

killwill

killwill wrote: »

Apparently Curry and Boards.ie infamous John Wall are opening the All-Star game with a game of HORSE?
I'm not a fan of the dunk contest myself. I find it very drawn out but love the skills drill and 3 point shooting contests.

wall is surly indisputably a star now he's playing really really great this year

killwill

Joey Blue Rodent wrote: »

wall is surly indisputably a star now he's playing really really great this year

Oh without a doubt he is. He has grown alot over the offseason IMO. I wonder was that a natural development for him or was bringing Paul Pierce in a big factor in that.

GSW at home to Chicago just starting. Reckon this will be a great high tempo game.

GoldFour4

HORSE is horrible to watch live. I'll probably skip that part tbh.

ButtersSuki

Mason Plumlee added to the Dunk Contest. Ah……….ok…..:pac::D

He can jump and he can dunk with power, but for me anyway he's too tall to look athletically and aesthetically graceful dunking in an open court situation.

It's Lavine's to lose.

padraig_f

padraig_f wrote: »

Not expecting the Bulls to pull off an upset in Oakland tonight. Could give the Warriors a decent game full-strength, but just won't be able to keep pace with their 3-point shooting with Dunleavy and McDermott out. Some nice matchups though with Curry vs. Rose and Butler vs. Thompson.

Expert reverse-jinxing there....nah, really didn't think they had much chance, and things looked even worse before tip-off when Butler was ruled out (flu), and Klank Hinbrick was inserted into the starting lineup.

Thought I was still watching that Klay Thompson 37-point quarter video, when he started the game shooting 6/6, for 15 points in the first 6 minutes.

The Bulls shot well in the first half too, with Rose making some 3s, but really looked like they were trying to hang on to the Warriors' coat-tails.

I said I didn't think the Bulls would be able to keep up with the Warriors 3-point shooting. Well they didn't have to: the Warriors didn't make a single 3 in the 2nd half, think it was 0-11 or something. It was partly good defense from the Bulls (no easy looks), and partly an off-night for the Warriors.

The Bulls trailed most of the 2nd half, but Klank made an unlikely go-ahead 3 in regulation, before the Warriors got a slightly fortunate equaliser (Iguodala missed 3, think it was Draymond Green got the tip-in after pushing Noah out of the way).

The Warriors' poor shooting continued into overtime and the Bulls also had an advantage on the boards with Bogut out. The Bulls didn't do anything special offensively there, overtime score was 6-4.

Fun game. The Warriors are still scary as hell. Athletic, 3-point shooting, well-coached. The crowd is brilliant too. They'd won 19 in a row at home before last night, you think there'd be a bit of complacency, but they were stil very raucous, and on their feet with a couple of minutes to go. That place is going to be mental in the playoffs.

BQQ

padraig_f wrote: »

Klank Hinbrick.

LOL,

You should trademark that one.

GoldFour4

Just finished watching a few condensed games from last night.

That Bulls - Warriors game was great. Scary the things the Warriors can do at that pace, they have so many weapons. As for the Bulls, that was a great win and playing without Jimmy Butler to add to it! The East will have some shocking low seeds this year but the top 4/5 are going to be quality sides.

NufcNavan

It looks like the Cavs are more comfortable going to Mozgov in the post than Love.

Will Love get a max contract from anyone this summer? He has been exposed.

NufcNavan

NufcNavan wrote: »

It looks like the Cavs are more comfortable going to Mozgov in the post than Love.

Will Love get a max contract from anyone this summer? He has been exposed.

yes he will get a max or damn close to it. if he does decide to leave the cavs he will get a max for sure

ec18

Joey Blue Rodent wrote: »

yes he will get a max or damn close to it. if he does decide to leave the cavs he will get a max for sure

My hunch is that unless the Cavs give him a max he'll leave

Kyre with 55 last night (including 11 3s)

ec18

ec18 wrote: »

My hunch is that unless the Cavs give him a max he'll leave

Can you pay 3 guys max and get a team around them Maby you can with the cap riseing

ec18

Joey Blue Rodent wrote: »

Can you pay 3 guys max and get a team around them Maby you can with the cap riseing

You can as long as you're willing to pay the tax? I'm not familiar with the CBA but would it matter that Kyrie and Love would have signed max deals before the cap jump in 2016?

ButtersSuki

NufcNavan wrote: »

It looks like the Cavs are more comfortable going to Mozgov in the post than Love.

Will Love get a max contract from anyone this summer? He has been exposed.

Love will get a max in a heartbeat. Love can play, ignore his current play as they're still figuring things out in Cleveland. There's only one ball to share between him, LeJon and Kyrie after all.

ButtersSuki

Joey Blue Rodent wrote: »

Kyre with 55 last night (including 11 3s)

Back to the 1 ball theory - take LeJon out for the night and everyone else gets more touches. Pity I didn't know LeJon was out before I put a feckin' huge wedge on the Cleveland handicap - which of course didn't come in. :mad:

NufcNavan

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Love will get a max in a heartbeat. Love can play, ignore his current play as they're still figuring things out in Cleveland. There's only one ball to share between him, LeJon and Kyrie after all.

I agree but I think this season has shown he is nowhere near the sort of superstar player he 'potentially' could have been. It was always hard to tell when he was putting up numbers on a bad team.

ButtersSuki

NufcNavan wrote: »

I agree but I think this season has shown he is nowhere near the sort of superstar player he 'potentially' could have been. It was always hard to tell when he was putting up numbers on a bad team.

Not sure I agree, he's on a team right now where he's not even the 2nd choice on offense and that's a huge adjustment for a guy with his talent level. Yes he has defensive deficiencies but his offensive numbers don't lie over the last few seasons. IMO he's in the wrong team/system right now to get the most out of his game. He's publicly committed to Cleveland but I wouldn't be surprised to see him head somewhere warmer, oh like LA...

ec18

The best summer LA could hope for this year would be to net Love and maybe dragic?

ec18

ec18 wrote: »

The best summer LA could hope for this year would be to net Love and maybe dragic?

would love and randel work together? what would your starting lineup be in that case? and do you think its a championship team?

astonaidan

ec18 wrote: »

The best summer LA could hope for this year would be to net Love and maybe dragic?

Joey Blue Rodent wrote: »

would love and randel work together? what would your starting lineup be in that case? and do you think its a championship team?

I wont lie, Id take Love and Dragic in a hearbeat, Id presume if Love came in wed try trade Randle for somebody a bit more ready

astonaidan

astonaidan wrote: »

I wont lie, Id take Love and Dragic in a hearbeat, Id presume if Love came in wed try trade Randle for somebody a bit more ready

go on try to put a starting 5 together out of it I'm curious as to what you feel your starting lineup could be next year. randall would presumably have very good value given he was supposed to be the most nba ready player in the most hyped draft in years.

NufcNavan

No Lillard in the all star game. Lol what a joke.

moneyman

No Cousins either. That's an even bigger joke. Historic numbers, team falls apart without him. **** NBA coaches.

That's Vivek and D'Allesandro's fault for firing Malone. It kills me to be a Kings fan. I feel so bad for Cousins, he just can't get a fair shake no matter what he does. I won't blame him one bit if he wants to leave Sacramento in the next couple of years, and I can't rule out following him.

NufcNavan

NufcNavan wrote: »

No Lillard in the all star game. Lol what a joke.

moneyman wrote: »

No Cousins either. That's an even bigger joke. Historic numbers, team falls apart without him. **** NBA coaches.

That's Vivek and D'Allesandro's fault for firing Malone. It kills me to be a Kings fan. I feel so bad for Cousins, he just can't get a fair shake no matter what he does. I won't blame him one bit if he wants to leave Sacramento in the next couple of years, and I can't rule out following him.

its madness both are arguably the best in there league at there position :mad:

Carcharodon

NufcNavan wrote: »

No Lillard in the all star game. Lol what a joke.

It baffles how people are consistently outraged at all star selections, the whole thimg is flawed to say the least and has been for a while

Paully D

Ugh, Chicago.

The game was just finishing as I was getting up for work, but looking at the box score I see Mirotic only played 12 minutes. Was there any particular reason for that?

@ Phoenix tonight which will be a very tough game.

ec18

Joey Blue Rodent wrote: »

would love and randel work together? what would your starting lineup be in that case? and do you think its a championship team?

I don't know if love and Randle would work together, if i was including both of them in a starting line up i'd probably try Love at 4, Randle at 3 and vice versa...If that failed i'd move randle to the bench.


No i don't think love and dragic would make them a championship team. But a playoff team maybe

NufcNavan

Carcharodon wrote: »

It baffles how people are consistently outraged at all star selections, the whole thimg is flawed to say the least and has been for a while

I'm not outraged and I don't really care that much, but Lillard is a stud. He absolutely deserves an all star.

astonaidan

Joey Blue Rodent wrote: »

go on try to put a starting 5 together out of it I'm curious as to what you feel your starting lineup could be next year. randall would presumably have very good value given he was supposed to be the most nba ready player in the most hyped draft in years.

Dragic, Kobe, SF,Love, Hill. Now Im not sure how the money works but dont see Randle and Love in same line unless Love is going centre and Randle goes PF.

astonaidan

astonaidan wrote: »

Dragic, Kobe, SF,Love, Hill. Now Im not sure how the money works but dont see Randle and Love in same line unless Love is going centre and Randle goes PF.

could see them try to trade randle for a centre not sure who they would get though (and to be fair they could be in for okafor in this years draft)

GoldFour4

Paully D wrote: »

Ugh, Chicago.

The game was just finishing as I was getting up for work, but looking at the box score I see Mirotic only played 12 minutes. Was there any particular reason for that?

@ Phoenix tonight which will be a very tough game.

A game I'm looking forward to. Last night was a poor loss for ye so there will be some hunger to avenge last nights loss.