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Atlanta catches the break and plays the Rockets without Harden.
 
e_blazer said:
Atlanta catches the break and plays the Rockets without Harden.
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Meh... Doesn't matter, HOU would have lost even with Harden. ATL beat them in HOU without Jeff Teague when HOU was at full strength. No way does a full strength ATL lose at home to HOU minus Howard, even if Harden does play.

With both Howard and Harden out, it will be interesting to see if Josh Smith tries to go off on his former team and jacks up even more bad shots than his usual allocation.

There was an interesting segment on Inside the NBA last night about players having huge games against their former teams. Shaq had a monster game the first time he played against ORL and Barkley pulled down 33 boards the first time he played against the 76ers after they traded him. Even Rick Fox had a monster game (27 points, 13 reb, 3 BLK) his first time playing against the Celtics in a Lakers uniform. Of course, this won't be Smith's first time playing against his original team, but without Harden and Howard to keep him in check, he may try to show off for his former fan base.

BNM
 
For those who didn't see
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Fuck Harden
 
magnifier661 said:
Okay I will chime in. Actually Kingspeed does has a point. Gasol is an exceptional player, but Lambeer was better. Anyone that disagrees was probably not old enough to see how good he was in person.

As for Gasol and the MVP award. That would be a complete joke. Gasol makes his team better, but he's no MVP. MVP centers must have more than 8 rebounds and definitely have more than 2 blocks a game.

I would be laughing my ass off if he won it.
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Thank you!!
 
honkicracker said:
http://www.basketball-reference.com...m=1&p1=gasolma01&p2=laimbbi01&p3=&p4=&p5=&p6=

I personally don't believe you can compare players from the first game ever in the NBA on November 1st 1946 to players of today... For per game averages or career highs alone.
The game has changed too much.. Per game averages or career highs can't really compare.. Especially when it's a big in todays game vs a big in any other era. I don't really need to get into why... Because people who know basketball will understand and the casual fan.. who only ever looks at per game averages, and draws their opinion from media hype never will. That's fine.

But looking at the advanced stats, as well as playoff advanced stats. Laimbeer doesn't hold a lot of wins over Gasol.
One could make the arguement that if you moved Laimbeer to the Grizz of today.. The Grizz wouldn't be winning like that are.. And will continue to.
But if you moved Gasol to the Pistons when they were winning division titles, conference championships, and championships... It wouldn't really change with as skilled as Gasol is. I was never able to watch Laimbeer play in his hayday. But that doesn't mean I'm far from ignorant on the NBA game.
There mere fact that Gasol is slightly under The Dream in advanced numbers shows just how good he is.

I've put up a valid statements with stats to backup what I have to say. I even gave reading material.
However the only thing that's come back at me is... opinion, calling me a child, young, in my 20's, fuck you, etc etc. I was trying to be nice until about my 3rd post on this topic. Oh can't forget game high stats. Reggie Evans has had pretty gaudy numbers as well... at times...

Does Gasol deserve the MVP? I've stated in a previous post that IMO he does and gave reasons why. I won't continue to repeat myself, and beat a dead horse.
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Who was comparing Gasol to 1946? No one. Too big of a jump. You overvalue "advanced statistics." You don't know what you're talking about. You didn't watch Laimbeer play. If advanced stats mean so much, maybe Favors should win MVP over Gasol? You are so confused if you think Gasol is on Olajuwon's level. Olajuwon was DOMINANT on both sides of the court, possibly the best center ever.
 
I said Harden would be suspended when it happened. Glad I was right. The refs should be fined for not ejecting him.
 
Jack just hit the game winner to beat the Warriors, his former team. I don't know why the Warriors let him go. He was a big reason they made the second round two seasons ago. They missed him last year.
 
KingSpeed said:
Jack just hit the game winner to beat the Warriors, his former team. I don't know why the Warriors let him go. He was a big reason they made the second round two seasons ago. They missed him last year.
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Doesn't Jack have a lot of former teams? It seems like he does...
 
It's sad that 5 of the people on Phillys' roster I watched in the dleague this year.
 
With 15 secs left, Minnesota has only made 1 FG in the 4th quarter.
 
Minnesota went the final 10 minutes of the game without making a shot. Amazing.
 
13/5 in 15 min. for T-Rob.

His scoring is the same per36/per100 (sub 50% shooting) but his rebounding is way up in Philly:

25.7 TRB% (career high is 19.1)
20.6 ORB% (career high is 13.1)
 
To be fair Austin played some good D that game. Shame his offensive game is so inconsistent.
 
bulls_with_booz said:
Rubio is a huge difference maker for the Wolves.
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Not in terms of wins and losses. The guy still can't shoot to save his life. Last year his coach benched him in the 4th quarter of close games in favor of J.J. Bares because Rubio was afraid to shoot and every team in the league new it. They would back off, play the passing lanes and dare Rubio to shoot. MIN's record was horrible in close games with Rubio last season. It's hard to close out a game when the guy with the ball in his hands can't and won't shoot.

BNM
 
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