NBA 2012-2013 Thread

[shel311]

AJ,

bitter personal feelings or you truly think that?

Read the last page, will ya.

Last post of the last page(or page before now that we're on a new page), specifically.

This Riccio guy, what an a-hole!!!a

[DRiccio21]

AJ,

bitter personal feelings or you truly think that?

Read the last page, will ya.

Last post of the last page(or page before now that we're on a new page), specifically.

This Riccio guy, what an a-hole!!!a

oh i read it.

i'm just trying to wrap my head around it and give him another chance at explaining himself.

[ajalves]

AJ,

bitter personal feelings or you truly think that?

Read the last page, will ya.

Last post of the last page(or page before now that we're on a new page), specifically.

This Riccio guy, what an a-hole!!!a

oh i read it.

i'm just trying to wrap my head around it and give him another chance at explaining himself.

I'm not going to be sucked in by you two! Up until recently the Lakers have turned him into basically a role player.

lets say Houston has the cap space (or Dallas) this offseason, and get him, are they closer to a title?

[shel311]

lets say Houston has the cap space (or Dallas) this offseason, and get him, are they closer to a title?

Is this a trick question?

[ajalves]

lets say Houston has the cap space (or Dallas) this offseason, and get him, are they closer to a title?

Is this a trick question?

they might technically be "closer". I wouldnt go for him if I was Morey

[shel311]

lets say Houston has the cap space (or Dallas) this offseason, and get him, are they closer to a title?

Is this a trick question?

they might technically be "closer". I wouldnt go for him if I was Morey

Victory #1 on the day. Let's move on.


And up until recently he was used as a role player, what does that mean? His splits are pretty comparable this year. They've gone slightly up, which would be expected for a guy coming off of back surgery, no?

[DRiccio21]

i mean, if you put michael jordan on a team and decided you were never going to give him the ball, does that make him less talented or not as good?

his usage rate is at all time lows. they don't use him nearly as much as he was used in Orlando. In Orlando his usage rate was in the 22-25 range and he was in the top 5-7 in efficiency every year not to mention he is the best defender in the league. this year his usage is around like 18 i believe and he's got a broken back.

there is only 1 ball on a court, when you play w/ a guy like Kobe who has the ball as much as he does (top 3 in usage just about every yr) there has to be some expectation for a drop off.

its very similar to Bosh. Bosh is one of the better players in the entire league, but he can't get the opportunities necessary to show that. Similar to what Harden was last year in OKC.

[DRiccio21]

lets say Houston has the cap space (or Dallas) this offseason, and get him, are they closer to a title?

Is this a trick question?

they might technically be "closer". I wouldnt go for him if I was Morey

Morey would bend over backwards to get him, assuming he gets approval on his health

[shel311]

Bosh, Harden, Howard all role players!!!

[nick]

I used to hate Bosh but cant deny it, he is extremely underrated (if that is even possible to say with his contract)

[shel311]

Lebron is better at defense than perfect computer model defenders

http://deadspin.com/lebron-james-is-a-b ... -456410614

[Cnasty]

Down 27 and the heat come back to win?

Team of destiny!!!

[Seeitsaveit13]

Down 27 and the heat come back to win?

Team of destiny!!!

Was at the game.

Heat looked as bad as could possibly be in the first half, and the Cavs were taking it to them. 2nd half, Heat woke up and Cavs stopped attacking and just tried to sit on the lead and milk the clock. Couldn't have played the first half any better and the 2nd half any worse.

It was like the Heat were trying to see how far down they could come back from. Started raining 3's and that was it

Guy ran on the court late in the 3rd with a shirt that said "We Miss You" on the front and "2014 please come back" on the back. Took security a while to notice, and once the cuffed him LeBron came at patted him on the head LOL

[nick]

In past 15 years, teams trailing by 27 in 2nd half are 6-2013

[Cnasty]

[shel311]

Kobe - great player, but simply not in the discussion with the other 2.

Lebron - I bet the only folks saying "he'll never be as good as MJ" are the same you'll see talking about how "everything was better back in my day", I'm sure of it.

And for the love of God, how did this link I posted not get one single reply?

[WooPigSooie316]

Kobe - great player, but simply not in the discussion with the other 2.

Lebron - I bet the only folks saying "he'll never be as good as MJ" are the same you'll see talking about how "everything was better back in my day", I'm sure of it.

And for the love of God, how did this link I posted not get one single reply?

Because the original ESPN article is better.

[shel311]

Kobe - great player, but simply not in the discussion with the other 2.

Lebron - I bet the only folks saying "he'll never be as good as MJ" are the same you'll see talking about how "everything was better back in my day", I'm sure of it.

And for the love of God, how did this link I posted not get one single reply?

Because the original ESPN article is better.

Maybe, but it wasn't posted in this thread.

[WooPigSooie316]

Kobe - great player, but simply not in the discussion with the other 2.

Lebron - I bet the only folks saying "he'll never be as good as MJ" are the same you'll see talking about how "everything was better back in my day", I'm sure of it.

And for the love of God, how did this link I posted not get one single reply?

Because the original ESPN article is better.

Maybe, but it wasn't posted in this thread.

If I waited to get all of my news from these boards during the offseason, well I'd still be waiting.

[Weasel]

I probably get over 95% of my NBA insight from these boards