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[magnifier661]

The Knicks suck again. Is it Melo's fault? They won when Lin was in charge. Now Melo takes Lin out of the rhythm he had before. Or is it scouting on Lin?

Melo and Chandler for Howard and Turk sounds very good right now, IMO.

 

[KingSpeed]

Oh, Shumpert is playing

 

[Nikolokolus]

Nobody Does, Our D is Tough.

The hell you say?

 

[Sedatedfork]

What a rolller coaster season Lamar Odom has had

http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/219357/Mavericks_Assign_Lamar_Odom_To_D_League

 

[THE HCP]

D-League...... wonder why they did this? He won't play down there.

 

[The_Lillard_King]

Wow, D-league. It sounds like an owner punishing a player, but that is very unlike Cuban who is a very pro-player kind of owner. So I wonder what is going on here.

 

[THE HCP]

Must be part of the new CBA. Teams used to only be able to send 1st or 2nd year players down.

 

[B-Roy]

Wow, D-league. It sounds like an owner punishing a player, but that is very unlike Cuban who is a very pro-player kind of owner. So I wonder what is going on here.

Odom has to agree to go to the D-league to be sent there....

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

Very odd move.

 

[RR7]

he is doing it to get back in shape for a game or two, before returning to the team, after missing some time.

 

[MickZagger]

When's the trade deadline?

 

[THE HCP]

March 15 think

 

[MickZagger]

^ Gracias

I'm watching the Nuggets/Rockets right now. Faried has 10 and 6 at the half.

 

[MickZagger]

Holy shit. I just watched Faried miss his own free throw and tip it in over Scola. Amazing play.

 

[MickZagger]

Faried: 16pts, 11rebs, 2blks, 2stls.

Another terrible, terrible draft blunder by the Blazers.

 

[illmatic99]

Lebron made the right pass.

 

[HailBlazers]

Faried: 16pts, 11rebs, 2blks, 2stls.

Another terrible, terrible draft blunder by the Blazers.

FUUUUUUUCCCCCKKKKKKKKKK

Faried's new nickname is officially the Manimal

 

[RR7]

Lebron made the right pass.

disagree

 

[KingSpeed]

Holy shit. I just watched Faried miss his own free throw and tip it in over Scola. Amazing play.

He missed his OWN free throw? Wow. Ugh, I'm so pissed we didn't draft him. It was so fucking obvious and we blew it on a guy who can't get on the court in what is our weakest position.

 

[MickZagger]

He missed his OWN free throw? Wow. Ugh, I'm so pissed we didn't draft him. It was so fucking obvious and we blew it on a guy who can't get on the court in what is our weakest position.

Such a smarty pants.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Look: the reason Faried is playing is because there's been a rash of injuries. Congrats to him to making something of it. Sadly, we still have two veterans ahead of Nolan. Somebody nobble them and Nate will be forced to play Nolan. Remember, Faried was getting ZERO minutes in the early part of the season. It's not like Karl said "this guy's killing it in practice, we HAVE to find him time." So we can't say that Nolan was bad without a fair comparison.
(And suppose we had drafted Faried: he would be sitting behind Smith, who we all loved in the early days of the season before everything turned to shit.)

 

[THE HCP]

^Well typed!

 

[MickZagger]

Look: the reason Faried is playing is because there's been a rash of injuries. Congrats to him to making something of it. Sadly, we still have two veterans ahead of Nolan. Somebody nobble them and Nate will be forced to play Nolan. Remember, Faried was getting ZERO minutes in the early part of the season. It's not like Karl said "this guy's killing it in practice, we HAVE to find him time." So we can't say that Nolan was bad without a fair comparison.
(And suppose we had drafted Faried: he would be sitting behind Smith, who we all loved in the early days of the season before everything turned to shit.)

The Felton fiasco should be considered the same thing as an injury. A starter sucks so play your backup. Unfortunately, I haven't really seen anything out of Nolan Smith that suggests he should be getting more minutes.

 

[RoyToy]

Nolan hasn't really been giving a real chance yet. Expecting a rookie to flash in 6min a game is pretty silly. Hell, 2 of the 3 last games he's been in his stats aren't even bad considering the amount of time he played.

Not that I'm predicting a future starter or anything, but he hasn't been given enough time to show anything.

 

[MickZagger]

He was supposed to be one of the most NBA ready guys in the draft. 4 year guy under Coach K.

 

[RoyToy]

That doesn't mean he's NBA ready.

The guy is buried on the depth chart and has been given little playing time. It's hard to draw any conclusions about what he's shown so far in a whopping 6 minutes a game, especially if Nate is trying to make him a true PG when his strength is being a scorer.

 

[B-Roy]

That doesn't mean he's NBA ready.

The guy is buried on the depth chart and has been given little playing time. It's hard to draw any conclusions about what he's shown so far in a whopping 6 minutes a game, especially if Nate is trying to make him a true PG when his strength is being a scorer.

He's gotten plenty of significant minutes. It's not like most of his minutes come in garbage time. They usually come during times when the game is still on the time.

 

[RoyToy]

I'm looking at his game log and failing to see "plenty of significant minutes". He's been given spot minutes at best while being told just to run the offense when his strength is scoring.

 

[B-Roy]

I'm looking at his game log and failing to see "plenty of significant minutes". He's been given spot minutes at best while being told just to run the offense when his strength is scoring.

He's playing minutes when the game is on the line and putting up a PER of 4.77 (Babbitt in comparison is 11.5). Spot minutes or no spot minutes, he clearly hasn't earned any playing time.

 

[RoyToy]

You did not just use PER for a player that plays spot minutes.

He's been given 5-6 minute runs sporadically. Hardly enough to draw any concrete conclusions, especially when he's just told to run the offense.

Sorry, not buying it.