"OFFICIAL" Around the NBA - November Thread

[Natebishop3]

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Of course, we can get Victor, Sergio and Rudy to talk to Gasol about how great it is for Spaniards in Portland...

Memphis is burgeoning multi-cultural metropolis, right?

 

[Pinwheel1]

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N.O 's box score is insane. Davis' line of 26 points, 17 rebounds, 3 steals, 9 blocks and no turnovers is crazy.
Throw in another 17 boards for Asik while shooting 7-10 and getting 5 blocks and I would say their front court had a good start to their season.
On the other hand, Orlando could just be that bad.......

 

[Natebishop3]

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N.O 's box score is insane. Davis' line of 26 points, 17 rebounds, 3 steals, 9 blocks and no turnovers is crazy.
Throw in another 17 boards for Asik while shooting 7-10 and getting 5 blocks and I would say their front court had a good start to their season.
On the other hand, Orlando could just be that bad.......

Houston is hilarious horrible.

They got nothing for Asik.

They got nothing for Lin.

They got nothing for Parsons.

The myth of Daryl Morey is pretty much finished.

 

[Pinwheel1]

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Houston is hilarious horrible.

They got nothing for Asik.

They got nothing for Lin.

They got nothing for Parsons.

The myth of Daryl Morey is pretty much finished.

I know as I was watching the game I kept thinking "how bad are the Lakers to be getting killed by this team"?
But Jones and Ariza played pretty well and keeping Harden off the line seems impossible. Houston will be OK.

I keep thinking about how stupid/cheap OKC was in letting the bearded one go.

 

[Natebishop3]

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I know as I was watching the game I kept thinking "how bad are the Lakers to be getting killed by this team"?
But Jones and Ariza played pretty well and keeping Harden off the line seems impossible. Houston will be OK.

I keep thinking about how stupid/cheap OKC was in letting the bearded one go.

Yeah, OKC is even worse. They didn't get squat for Harden, and we all knew it was a horrible trade at the time. It's not like a Pau Gasol trade, which we all thought was horrible and actually became good because of Marc Gasol.

That ain't happening for OKC. Kevin Martin is gone. Jeremy Lamb is a bust. They dealt the hands down best shooting guard in the league, JUST coming into his own, for squat. They didn't get squat. Beyond horrible. They should have dealt Westbrook. Better name, better value, and redundant because of Reggie Jackson.

 

[riverman]

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N.O 's box score is insane. Davis' line of 26 points, 17 rebounds, 3 steals, 9 blocks and no turnovers is crazy.
Throw in another 17 boards for Asik while shooting 7-10 and getting 5 blocks and I would say their front court had a good start to their season.
On the other hand, Orlando could just be that bad.......

There were a lot of rebounds to be had in that game, the Magic missed about 60 jumpshots and the Pelicans missed a lot as well. Vucevic had 24 rebounds for Orlando

 

[BBert]

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I think both Hibbert and Gasol should be excited by a chance to be added to the Blazers core, as opposed to going to some team like the Knicks. And I don't think I'm being a homer when I say that. Insanely rich basketball players with drive want to win. If Gasol comes to Portland he's got as good a chance for a ring as anywhere, and better than most.

 

[santeesioux]

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Kobe and Melo would be a horrible combination. Philly would be shitty. No point for him to go there.

There's really only one team that he could go to with a unique mixture of youth and veteran talent that is on the cusp of being a contender.

The Portland Trail Blazers.

We would have to basically do another Scottie Pippen trade. Six players for one. It would keep most of our core intact, and we would have to fill some spots with NBDL guys or something.

Kobe for:

Wes
Freeland
Dorell
Crabbe
TRob
Claver

Most of those guys don't even play for us, but it would leave us very thin. We would have to try to bring in some guys to fill holes.

Dame/Blake
Kobe/CJ
Batum/Barton
LA/Leonard
Rolo/Kaman

We would have an amazing 10 man rotation, but we would have very little overall depth.

Would that team not be a serious contender to win a championship though?

If Kobe came to Oregon all of those L%ker douchebags that live up here would trade in their Kobe L#ker jerseys for Blazer ones. You don't want them wearing Blazer jerseys, do you?

 

[Rhal]

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If you got to Realgm.com they have a poll up on who will win the championship this year and we are the only team in the west who made the playoffs not to be listed on it.

 

[BigGameDamian]

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Omar Asik had 14Pts, 17Rbds (7-OFF-10-DEF), 5Blks last night.

 

[KingSpeed]

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But that team blows. Why would he leave a playoff team for a shitty team featuring melo?


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Presumably, Knicks wouldn't BE a shitty team if Gasol played for them, no?

 

[KingSpeed]

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Yeah, OKC is even worse. They didn't get squat for Harden, and we all knew it was a horrible trade at the time. It's not like a Pau Gasol trade, which we all thought was horrible and actually became good because of Marc Gasol.

That ain't happening for OKC. Kevin Martin is gone. Jeremy Lamb is a bust. They dealt the hands down best shooting guard in the league, JUST coming into his own, for squat. They didn't get squat. Beyond horrible. They should have dealt Westbrook. Better name, better value, and redundant because of Reggie Jackson.

But Westbrook is the 4th best player in the league!

 

[KingSpeed]

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I agree. The list of suitors is very long. I know the Laker radio station talks about him all the time. If he has another strong year he will be getting a lot of money and attention. I just don't think it is wise to disrespect Robin while we are courting someone we probably won't get. I doubt Gasol signs early with anyone, so to put everything else on hold until he decides may be too risky.

I agree.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

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http://deadspin.com/oh-man-the-lakers-are-in-big-big-trouble-1652192800

So good.

 

[magnifier661]

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http://deadspin.com/oh-man-the-lakers-are-in-big-big-trouble-1652192800

So good.

Wow that was pretty entertaining to read

 

[Boise Blazer]

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[BlazerCaravan]

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Wow that was pretty entertaining to read

This made me laugh out loud for real: "Look at this putrid shot chart! Behold its stupid majesty!"

I don't know if people can complain too much about LMA's mid-range jumper after looking at that shot chart.

 

[magnifier661]

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This made me laugh out loud for real: "Look at this putrid shot chart! Behold its stupid majesty!"

I don't know if people can complain too much about LMA's mid-range jumper after looking at that shot chart.

Hahaja I know!

 

[Rastapopoulos]

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Memphis is burgeoning multi-cultural metropolis, right?

Memphis is home since he was a teenager and his parents live there. If he wants to leave home, then New York and LA are huge multicultural metropolises. And Boston will have a shitload of money plus history (plus a lot shorter flights to both Memphis and Spain).

 

[KingSpeed]

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Dang Hornets have a good deal. Buy one pizza, get one free at Papa John's on the day after anytime the Hornets score 95 points or more.

 

[KingSpeed]

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CJ Miles 0/6 FGs. His teammates are 4/4.

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

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Bucks are my dark horse to make noise.

 

[KingSpeed]

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Bayless sighting!

 

[KingSpeed]

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Derrick Rose fell down trying to defend. Scary.

 

[BigGameDamian]

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Holy hell I thought Rose just got hurt. He was hobbling for a second there.

 

[KingSpeed]

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Holy hell I thought Rose just got hurt. He was hobbling for a second there.

Yep. He might be and is toughing it out. It looked bad.

 

[Wizard Mentor]

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celts whipping nets, wow.

 

[KingSpeed]

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Olynyk seems to be doing well.

 

[KingSpeed]

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None of the top rookies appear to be doing anything impressive. Damian's first game was 23 points and 11 assists in win vs Lakers. Jabari has 6 points, game almost over. Wiggins has 1 point at half.

 

[KingSpeed]

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Noel has fair numbers. 3 blocks.