Greattttttt slate of games tonight....well just a large number lol

Bobcats @ Raptors
Rockets @ Celtics
Suns @ Nets
Jazz @ Hawks
Bulls @ Knicks
Spurs @ Grizzlies
TWolves @ Hornets
Pistons @ Bucks
Cavs @ Nuggets
Thunder @ Lakers
Blazers @ Warriors

Okay...a few great games. Lehgo

should be a goodun

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politics of the bizness....

Let's make it 3-0.

(still hate that we lost to Jennings/Ellis earlier this week.)

Almost an exact replay of the last time we played them.

FOH

we good

Go...come on dog...lol...We were 2 and O against the Knicks...I'm not shocked at beating this team...And really, I'm about getting a ring at this point...If we can't beat Miami or OKC in a series then it is what it is...But as always, beating a Top 3 team in the east is nothing to be mad about...

Looks like he's gained some weight back since getting in the league. Some guys just play ball better with more weight--cause they can use their bodies on taller guys.

ABSOLUTE best case is a 2003 repeat where we somehow won 50 games despite starting about this slow.

But THAT shit ain't happening.

i luv it

Great hustle & defense.

*that life of heart, hustle, and muscle

but im satisfied enough from what i've seen for a half.

and when he does come back, I'm still gonna yell and complain if/when he chucks

we badly need him though

funny shit about this game is it can't even be blamed on Amar'e defense

whole team playing just as bad defense as everyone wants him to play

jesus christ this dude is playing possesed.

Dude is playing mad.

this punk ass team can't hang with the bulls. hope we see them in the playoffs, there will be brooms.

I'd say 6 games.
And that's with Rose.a

HE'S GOING FOR 50!

if Jeff Green is the forward version of Courtney Lee.

I just know I don't like either of these soft ass passive niggaz.

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We'll draft Miles Plumlee....

fanbase would be pissed as hell. even the ones that like duke.

You mean Mason.

And since Charlotte will pick before pick 8 or so, I wouldn't be too worried. Mason will be lotto, but he ain't going top 5.

I just want a legit 7 footer who has a decent post game and doesn't have the IQ of a sock...

And shoot more. You can't have gunning ass guards and a passive front court. Cut that rotation down too.

#hadasparkwhenyoustarted

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Let's see if the Bulls can hold 'em.

Man...Deng and Noah r going HAM out there...lol

That's kinda like crossing the streams, right? A

U know u average as fuck when u don't get to the line bro.

and that MSG home court advantage turnt up D thing was nice, wasn't it?

eh. tough to evaluate this mash unit. as long as they tread water and get rolling by march they should be okay.

and in light of spree's problems, and pj puttin in work, puts that shit in a whole new perspective, dont it?

Better than Elmo putting up air balls from 24 ft

ugly as shit...looks like no defense and the bench aint do shit..dam celts shot over 50% from the field..

>ugly as shit...looks like no defense and the bench aint do
>shit..dam celts shot over 50% from the field..


Funny game

We started slow were down 8-2, then we went on a big run and had a 10 pt lead, in only rockets fashion we got rebounded on hard and lost a 10 pt lead in a few minutes, by the end of the qtr they were up.

Then the bench slaughtered us and they took a 10 pt + lead. We were lucky to cut it to 7 by half. All 3rd qtr we were down double digits but weren't quitting and stayed in striking distance. 4th qtr we went on a nice run cut it to 2 made dumb plays, got some TERRIBLE calls and were quickly down 10 again, game over.


Oh did I mention missed fts, justo king 5-6 more changes the flow of the game.

Harden played okay but Boston used 3-5 different guys on him. They did a good job if not letting him get all the way to the hoop.

Lin actually had a real nice game today. Excellent d on rondo and. A good floor game. We coulda used more scoring from him though.

Parsons only came in late

Morris and ppat were non existent. They got killed by Dillinger. It shows how undersized we are at the 4.

Asik was decent except the fts.


Delfino ice cold
Douglas solid

We need tomorrow's game

But 80% Rose is enough to push the Heat.

>But 80% Rose is enough to push the Heat.

things change.

miami will obv be the prohibitive conf favorite "on paper" for the next 2-3 yrs @ minimum but that doesn't make them 100% unbeatable. they aren't a sure thing by any stretch. i'd give the bulls, pacers, knicks, even a full strength boston, all greater-than-zero chances against them in a 7 gm series.

is that the consensus revisionist take, or a monster of your own creation?

for shame, bam, for shame.

definitely not a typical 4-1 series : one definitive win for each team, the other 3 games all close down the stretch, one possession games in the final few minutes. i mean, game 4 went to OT, and game 5 chicago's up 12 w 3 mins left.

let's not pretend that the bulls got dominated there.

let's not get ahead of ourselves here, Bull Fans.

They done let Top 5 Tony run the length of the court and get off a 3 w. 3.5 sec left while up 3. Spurs didn't even have a timeout. Foul dummies but I'll take it. They are who we though they were, remember the collapse against the Clips last post-season.

*trollface*

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Still a lot of game left though obviously.

this nigga is everywhere.

dude about to kill folks w/ them bricks

i thought Kobe was the only one who took those bad shots

Got his brother's back fasho.

jvg is like the PC charles barkley

>Got his brother's back fasho.

!!

Iggy can stick w/ anyone on the perimeter.

do you forget DRose shooting 12% in the ECF whenever guarded by Bron one-on-one?

MVP Era Rose count as quick?

Rondo was running circles around anyone and everyone on the Heat when Bosh was injured and didn't play the majority of last years EFC. Let's not forget Tony Parker lite him up in 2007 when Big Z was the help defender.

wasn't his responsibility anyway in that series.

Furthermore I've never really seen Iggy guard Tony Parker effectively in ten years of watching him.

I remember him having one horrible game in Philly a couple years ago when the Spurs lost to the Sixers for the first time in damn near a decade but that wasn't due to Iggy playing shutdown corner on Tony Parker.

Lebron, situationally, can guard any position on the floor to Iggy's 2.5 or so plus has much more of an impact on team defense than Andre Iguodala does.

And in Iggy's case *that's his specialty* while he collects his 13, 5 & 5.

...end of discussion. Iggy seems to slack off and ball hawk when he's asked to be the MAN on offense (the last couple of years in Philly), when he's focused dude is a problem (early on his career and present).

with us being desperate for warm bodies at this point and he's still glued to the bench shows just how far in the doghouse he is

At what point this season does Earl Clark lose an arm to a shark?

Dunno why that's my response. Not like it matters.

either big position, board, hit 18 footers, get back on D, hustle, etc.

Losing that productivity and lone consistent bench bright spot after losing the two starting bigs for lord knows how long is a massive loss.

Losing the trade chip sits in what if land.

I do hear you though... but I'm more concerned about what we actually lost as opposed to what we potentially could have lost at some point.

Kobe isn't best player on a title team caliber anymore, Dwight's been a horrible disappointment, Pau is out of place, Nash is old, the rest is pretty much garbage.

But as party material as its been for you guys...this hurts horribly.

and hasn't really helped them defensively team-wise like I thought he would.

He's probably still nicked up but he's been a colossal bust so far.

This season is a perfect storm of shitty bench, injured starters and severe coaching issues (with two different coaches). Just a lethal combo. I wouldn't give up on Dwight though. I just think we brought him back way too early.

On the bright side though: Earl.

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http://www.usatoday.com/story/gameon/2013/01/11/kobe-bryant-vanessa-divorce-off-instagram-facebook-nba-lakers/1828283/

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they crack me up.

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And THAT dude looked like an alcoholic lawyer trying a case in front of a judge whose wife he fucked.

>And THAT dude looked like an alcoholic lawyer trying a case
>in front of a judge whose wife he fucked.

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and Portland has taken 41 3-pointers.

is gonna be the #1 guy on that team. It's his for the taking, and its for the better. Then LA can go back to #2 option. Lillard's obviously not there yet, but he has the potential to be if he can bring that shooting % up.

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BOVEDDXchk

I want Kobe to get 6. I'd like to see Nash get 1. I'm from LA and I grew up loving Magic so I'm far from a Laker hater...with that said, yes, its fun clowning certain Laker fans.

WAS.

I love this Clippers team and want them to succeed.... just not when the Lakers are shit.

the current top 5 teams in each conf., they finish 45-37...they'd be in the running for the 8th seed with that record.

so they'd definitely be dangerous going in with that type of momentum.

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And hopefully go on a run. Doesn't look good.

>And hopefully go on a run. Doesn't look good.

If you can. Get a good deal for Dwight, if they won't move kobe because they want him to retire a laker and they could still get value for a Dwight Howard who may not resign...should they move him?

Not even for mike d'antoni a sake. Just for a sake of getting some young, hungry, athletic guys. I guess the issue is if you do that you're still saying good te to Kobe with no definitive centerpiece to build around.

You cant trade Dwight. You'd get 50 cents on the dollar at most. Plus he's the hope for the future.

Pau? Yes.

And I feel bad about it but he's gotta go.

Say whatever y'all want but Dwight isn't leaving Hollywood and a premier market. Further, dude is around 80% so much of his frustration comes from the fact that he doesn't have the stamina that he is used to. Even the notion of trading Dwight is laughable imo.

Pau is obvious. He doesn't fit and simply doesn't have the foot speed or energy (and im referring to the defensive side of the ball) to play the type of game that we need from the 4.

Cuz I'm looking at this now like I dunno if I'd do it the same if I could do the Big Baby situation over.

That's my thing. Between what we pay Jeff Green and Brandon Bass, hell I'd rather have Big Baby at this point. I think his contract with Orlando was only for 25 mil.

Fell in love with Bass' jumpshot last year, but overall I want the Large Infant back.