Around the NBA - October 2017

[noknobs]

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[dies from asphyxiation]

Everyone who's reading this thread on a phone now hates you.

 

[blue9]

Everyone who's reading this thread on a phone now hates you.

Excellent. [/Mr. Burns]

 

[PtldPlatypus]

This is the best NBA rule update in years.

 

[PDXFonz]

This is the best NBA rule update in years.

They used to pick and choose right?

 

[PtldPlatypus]

They used to pick and choose right?

Used to simply be only games in which the final margin was 5 or less. So games that were close late but finished 6 points apart were ignored.

 

[THE HCP]

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[dies from asphyxiation]

So you are saying we are better with this roster and EVAN TURNER......than we would be and this roaster and LA? Are you serious? You realize EVERY SINGLE TEAM in the NBA would rather have LA on their roster. Yet you reply by laughing at ME?

 

[THE HCP]

Take off your RipCity colored glasses and will some of you guys please tell me your opinion on this. This isn't real right? Evan Turner over LA?

 

[Driew]

This is the best NBA rule update in years.

Great so now the number of "we fucked up but get over it" will go up....

 

[andalusian]

Take off your RipCity colored glasses and will some of you guys please tell me your opinion on this. This isn't real right? Evan Turner over LA?

Of course not. The only issue is locker room contentment. As a basketball player, SAS level LMA is more useful than ET is, imho.

The issues with LMA might go deeper than on-court ability however, and with this, it would be hard to take him over ET at this point in time. I guess it only matters what the 3 studs think.

 

[THE HCP]

Of course not. The only issue is locker room contentment. As a basketball player, SAS level LMA is more useful than ET is, imho.

The issues with LMA might go deeper than on-court ability however, and with this, it would be hard to take him over ET at this point in time. I guess it only matters what the 3 studs think.

That's not what he was talking about. We were talking basketball talent. He laughed for two pages when I dared to go out on a limb and say we would be better with LA on our team than Turner. Crazy of me huh?

 

[blue9]

So you are saying we are better with this roster and EVAN TURNER......than we would be and this roaster and LA? Are you serious? You realize EVERY SINGLE TEAM in the NBA would rather have LA on their roster. Yet you reply by laughing at ME?

Yeah, uh huh, we'd be better with LA taking 18 low-percentage shots away from Dame, CJ, and Nurk. Yeah. Sure.
We saw LA's affect on our team, and it was negligible. We've literally had the same success (1-and-done, or lucky 2nd round) without him that we had with him. And when we had him, we had a superior SF the entire time, and a superior C and SG for most of the time. LA doesn't make a damn difference to a team's performance - at best he's Taurean Green...good for 2-3 wins.

 

[blue9]

That's not what he was talking about. We were talking basketball talent. He laughed for two pages when I dared to go out on a limb and say we would be better with LA on our team than Turner. Crazy of me huh?

For the record, I don't think highly of Turner either. But he at least plays a full game of basketball, rather than lazily launching 20-foot jump shots and playing stand-still defense. LA's mild improvement in SAS cannot be taken seriously, as that improvement won't follow him to any other team in the league.

 

[dviss1]

This does not really bode well for a competitive season:

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/21039684/predictions-division-conference-nba-champs

lol. Espn.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

That's not what he was talking about. We were talking basketball talent. He laughed for two pages when I dared to go out on a limb and say we would be better with LA on our team than Turner. Crazy of me huh?

Look at roster construction too, though. What does LA add to this roster, given our current glut of bigs? Does his mid-range J help the offense (more than Turner's)? Would he hurt our rebounding? Do you think his and Nurkic's game mesh? How might his presence impact the development of our rookies? And if Turner were removed, what does our backcourt look like? Dame, CJ, and...Pat and Napier?

Consider the impact of a hypothetical Turner-for-LA swap in its totality, rather than just the caliber of the two players involved.

 

[blue9]

lol. Espn.

Amin Elhassan with the DEN pick! Idiot!

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Amin Elhassan with the DEN pick! Idiot!

Hey, he's just hating on OKC. I like the guy who picked the Jazz - ballsy.

 

[blue9]

Hey, he's just hating on OKC. I like the guy who picked the Jazz - ballsy.

Jazz is ballsy, Nuggets is just dumb.

 

[Trackjack]

LMA got POP for a coach that don't care who you are you better produce especially on the D end or he get in your ass. Yes LMA has more talent then Turner the answer is yes. But LMA sometimes don't give that 100 percent effort but Turner does.

 

[theprunetang]

LMA got POP for a coach that don't care who you are you better produce especially on the D end or he get in your ass. Yes LMA has more talent then Turner the answer is yes. But LMA sometimes don't give that 100 percent effort but Turner does.

Wait, Greg Popovich is a rapist?

 

[PDXFonz]

Bulls are going to be a train wreck this year

 

[Boob-No-More]

Bulls are going to be a train wreck this year

Years of being a poorly run organization have caught up with them. Their ownership and management seem to have a nasty habit of alienating their own players and coaches.

Rather than management, coaches and players sharing a common vision and working together to achieve a common goal, the Bulls seem to practice the antiquated us vs. them style of management - labor relations.

BNM

 

[KingSpeed]

Bobby Portis punched Mirotic and broke 2 bones in his face.

 

[Driew]

Bobby Portis punched Mirotic and broke 2 bones in his face.

Well I think they have to cut Portis...I'd be surprised if the teammates want him on the team after that lol

 

[Boob-No-More]

Bobby Portis punched Mirotic and broke 2 bones in his face.

Wow, that's bad. The season hasn't even started and these guys already hate each other. I can only imaging what month, after month, after month of losing will do to that locker room.

BNM

 

[theprunetang]

Bobby Portis punched Mirotic and broke 2 bones in his face.

That's one way to get the starting PF job. Just pretend your teammate is Ruben Patterson and go full ZBO on his face.

 

[Boob-No-More]

Bulls are going to be a train wreck this year

Just looking at that roster makes me feel bad for RoLo.

Here's something you never thought you'd hear (about anyone): He would have been better off if the Knicks hadn't traded him

BNM

 

[Boob-No-More]

That's one way to get the starting PF job. Just pretend your teammate is Ruben Patterson and go full ZBO on his face.

Brings new meaning to the phrase "fighting for playing time".

BNM

 

[theprunetang]

Just looking at that roster makes me feel bad for RoLo.

Here's something you never thought you'd hear (about anyone): He would have been better off if the Knicks hadn't traded him

BNM

When Rolo is your best player, your team is a diaper fire masquerading as a basketball squad.

 

[Boob-No-More]

When Rolo is your best player, your team is a diaper fire masquerading as a basketball squad.

I like RoLo, but it's hard to see the guy who's into comic books and beating up mascots as the veteran leader on that team. But, that's exactly what he is, or the closest they have to one anyway.

BNM

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Bobby Portis punched Mirotic and broke 2 bones in his face.

It's cool as long as he didn't leave the bench to do it.