NBA Discussion Thread - Page 3043

yo123 · 11-14-2012, 10:18 PM

Holy crap Bledsoe just stuffed Wade so badly.

Get that boy a starting job somewhere.

MetSox17 · 11-14-2012, 10:19 PM

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He may try to be that way in Miami just to try and change his image of what he was perceived to be by CLE fans. He strikes me as a guy who may very well do the things he does in that commercial but it probably comes off very fake.

It's not perceived.. it's what he actually was. I'm not sure he's actually like that anymore, dude may have actually grown up, but he was an entitled dickhead for the better portion of his career. It'll take more than a few samsung commercials before i think differently.

Brodeur · 11-14-2012, 10:20 PM

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Amare has nothing to do with him. He's an effort guy. Young Kurt Thomas. Cool.

He's not the second coming of anything.

Varejao is a better rebounder and passer than Thomas ever was. He's an incredibly useful player and any team can easily contend with him as a starting big man.

MetSox17 · 11-14-2012, 10:20 PM

Someone find video of the Bledsoe block, nao

comahan · 11-14-2012, 10:20 PM

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I'm still scared at how "efficient" Harden will be after a full year. I doubt he keeps a pace anything close to what he did in OKC. Glad to see he's still getting star treatment from the refs though.

He'll be fine, he's really cold right now and cant hit an open jumper to save his life, something which obviously won't last all year. That and he went through an absolutely brutal stretch of being guarded by Andre Iguodala, Tony Allen, and LeBron/Wade/Battier over a week long span. He was 10-20 tonight for his 30 points, but 1-7 from 3, completely bricking a few open ones. That'll improve. Plus, he absolutely eviscerates mediocre/bad teams, so those will pad his stats.

VAfy-ya · 11-14-2012, 10:20 PM

I don't care what ANYBODY says(yes Brody I'm talking to you), The Clips are scary good. Even without Billups.

TheBoyWonder22 · 11-14-2012, 10:21 PM

When it comes to beards, Haslem is the anti-Harden.

MetSox17 · 11-14-2012, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by comahan

He'll be fine, he's really cold right now and cant hit an open jumper to save his life, something which obviously won't last all year. That and he went through an absolutely brutal stretch of being guarded by Andre Iguodala, Tony Allen, and LeBron/Wade/Battier over a week long span. He was 10-20 tonight for his 30 points, but 1-7 from 3, completely bricking a few open ones. That'll improve. Plus, he absolutely eviscerates mediocre/bad teams, so those will pad his stats.

Only thing with that is, if you think about it, pretty much every contending team has one of those guys on the perimeter. He'll lift his stats up playing teams like the Kings, then look like JR Smith other nights. I'm hoping he pulls through and becomes a great player for them, though. Rockets were my childhood team. I cried many times over them.

soybean · 11-14-2012, 10:26 PM

Jamal Crawford is amazing.

pierce2walker · 11-14-2012, 10:27 PM

Lebron REALLY wants people to like him. That "congratulations Lebron" commercial that aired during the home opener also didn't help.

Ravens1991 · 11-14-2012, 10:29 PM

sums up another embarassing loss by washington

soybean · 11-14-2012, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by MetSox17

Someone find video of the Bledsoe block, nao

im on my phone so I can't add img tags can someone fix it for me?

http://www.sbnation.com/2012/11/14/3...ck-of-the-year

yo123 · 11-14-2012, 10:31 PM

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Lebron REALLY wants people to like him. That "congratulations Lebron" commercial that aired during the home opener also didn't help.

Maybe 2-3 years ago. Honestly don't think he gives a **** anymore and I like him a lot better now because of it.

MetSox17 · 11-14-2012, 10:31 PM

That wasn't even the most embarrassing loss of the night. The ******* 6ers shot 29% from the field. 29%!!

MetSox17 · 11-14-2012, 10:32 PM

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im on my phone so I can't add img tags can someone fix it for me?

http://www.sbnation.com/2012/11/14/3...ck-of-the-year

VAfy-ya · 11-14-2012, 10:34 PM

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Lebron REALLY wants people to like him. That "congratulations Lebron" commercial that aired during the home opener also didn't help.

That's his problem. You can't be everything to everybody. Just be yourself, play ball and build you empire. The rest of that **** will sort itself out. Personally, he's just too image conscious for me to believe he;s ever genuine. That whole Dunk-gate thing with Crawford at his camp was just the lamest **** ever.

comahan · 11-14-2012, 10:40 PM

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Only thing with that is, if you think about it, pretty much every contending team has one of those guys on the perimeter. He'll lift his stats up playing teams like the Kings, then look like JR Smith other nights. I'm hoping he pulls through and becomes a great player for them, though. Rockets were my childhood team. I cried many times over them.

I don't think anyone else really fits into the category of an Iggy/Allen as far as perimeter defense goes. Maybe Avery Bradley, but that's it. LeBron is a great defender, but its more because he can defend every single position and do it well. There are a lot of good defenders, but none as good as those, and Harden got 3 of the 4 I mentioned in a week, at a time when he can't buy a jumper. My point is that it cant really get worse for him that it has this past week as far as efficiency goes. Maybe I'm wrong, but his history as a jump shooter, and watching him kill every other team by blowing past their perimeter defenders makes me believe I wont be.

That and hes 23 years old. Even if he struggles, he has a lot of time to improve his game.

VAfy-ya · 11-14-2012, 10:41 PM

JVG shut the **** up already....

BuckeyeDan17 · 11-14-2012, 10:42 PM

It seems rather than doing analysis jvg just talks about his feelings.

yo123 · 11-14-2012, 10:44 PM

Van Gundy is awesome. They've been talking about this Lakers **** for way too long though, 2 of the best teams in the league are playing right now and him and Tirico would rather scream and yell about Mike Brown for 10 minutes than talk about the game.

comahan · 11-14-2012, 10:47 PM

I absolutely love Jeff Van Gundy. I think he's hilarious, and just fun to listen to.

tjsunstein · 11-14-2012, 10:47 PM

Shout out to bantx and Eric Bledsoe for the new 1-2 avy/sig.

This game has been Everything Ive wanted it to be outside of Willie Green

comahan · 11-14-2012, 10:49 PM

So which team is gonna throw a **** ton at the Clippers at the deadline hoping to land Bledsoe?

BuckeyeDan17 · 11-14-2012, 10:50 PM

I like jvg too I just think he should have let the la thing go after like the first few minutes of it

yo123 · 11-14-2012, 10:52 PM

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So which team is gonna throw a **** ton at the Clippers at the deadline hoping to land Bledsoe?

Utah should try to put something together. They have the pieces to do it and Mo Williams is fine as a bench scorer type but he's not ideal as a starting PG.