THE "OFFICIAL" AROUND THE NBA 2012-13 THREAD...........

[BlazerCaravan]

For fuck's sake... Kenneth Faried begs of you to please ease up on the Tarzan-like swinging that you're performing on his nut-sack!

But they're so manly and sturdy!

 

[NOVoodoo]

I think Portland fans just like Faried because he was raised by lesbians. Fucking hipsters...

 

[jlprk]

His parents are Muslim lesbians. Not that there's anything wrong with it.

 

[THE HCP]

Interesting game tomorrow night on ESPN: Knicks @ Grizzlies.

It's the team with the league's best record vs. the team with the league's second best record.

The winner will have the best record in the NBA.

Memphis kills 'em! ZBO is gonna' beast Melo'!

 

[THE HCP]

@ESPNStatsInfo: The Knicks are 6-0 for the 2nd time in franchise history and the 1st time since 1993-94.

 

[THE HCP]

@tomhaberstroh: Ty Lawson was 0-7 with 0 points in 36 minutes. First time he's ever been held scoreless playing 20+ minutes. Yeesh.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Williams on his way to joining list of Wolves draft busts:

Derrick Williams was given considerable physical gifts, and he is squandering them.
He is being given the precious gift of NBA playing time, and he is wasting it.
As the Timberwolves begin to resemble the cast of the "The Walking Dead," Williams is sleepwalking through one of the most important periods of his young career.
The Wolves need him, and he is fading away from responsibility the way he fades away from the basket when confronted by a defender.
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With his team desperate for points and minutes, Williams failed. Asked to carry the scoring load in the first quarter, he shot 1-for-6 in the quarter and 3-for-12 overall, often getting to the rim only to have his shot rejected or altered. Although he had nine rebounds for the evening, he meandered on defense and finished the game with a plus-minus of minus-6.
That was the second-worst plus-minus on the team. The only player with a lower rating was Will Conroy at minus-10. The Wolves released Conroy on Thursday.
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Their best healthy player, Kirilenko, is surviving with brains and elbows, surviving by reminding his teammates that 95 percent of the game is played below the rim and between the ears. Thursday, the day after Williams faded, the Wolves signed small forward Josh Howard as a (luke)warm body to help spell Kirilenko.
Williams should be embarrassed. Apparently, he is not.
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It's too early to give up on Williams. It's not too early to stick him at the end of the bench and make him watch pros like Kirilenko and Cunningham play with a sense of purpose.
It's too early to call Williams another Timberwolves draft bust, but he's got one foot in Wes Johnson territory.

 

[crowTrobot]

@tomhaberstroh: Ty Lawson was 0-7 with 0 points in 36 minutes. First time he's ever been held scoreless playing 20+ minutes. Yeesh.

take the money and run!

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Wish we'd picked up Delfino when we had the chance.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

shit. bynum has damage in his "non-injured knee". cartilege damage.....Oden Part II....and the lakers turned that shit into Dwight Fucking howard. fuck them.

 

[OSUblazers]

Faried sucks at team defense
he shouldn't be starting, but hes and amazing bench player

Bynum>Oden

 

[BlazerCaravan]

shit. bynum has damage in his "non-injured knee". cartilege damage.....Oden Part II....and the lakers turned that shit into Dwight Fucking howard. fuck them.

They know when to hold 'em and when to fold'em.

 

[crowTrobot]

hibbert down to .367 from the field right now. still playing good D, but man that's some expensive D. glad we never really had a shot at him.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

hibbert down to .367 from the field right now. still playing good D, but man that's some expensive D. glad we never really had a shot at him.

Yeah. Wondering if it's just a sluggish start on O, or maybe he doesn't care now that he's got his money.

 

[BrianFromWA]

Williams on his way to joining list of Wolves draft busts:

I still have hope for Williams. You don't just forget how to shoot, and he's a pretty young and intelligent guy.

 

[Rhal]

Faried sucks at team defense
he shouldn't be starting, but hes and amazing bench player

Bynum>Oden

Of course. One actually played more then a season full of games and one didn't.

 

[crowTrobot]

drummond catching up to AD in rookie PER lead

 

[3RA1N1AC]

drummond catching up to AD in rookie PER lead

in 15 mpg, its nice but yeah

lillard playing 38 mpg with a 17.93 PER...looks like we hit the jackpot boys

only other rookie with 30+ mpg is austin rivers, your gonna have to scroll way down to find him....dead last with a 3.48 PER holy shitballz

 

[BrianFromWA]

Redick playing the point down the stretch for ORL. Melo abusing Rudy Gay early in MEM.

 

[Driew]

Wow its weird seeing Bayless bald....just bizarre haha

 

[crowTrobot]

Melo abusing Rudy Gay early in MEM.

now rasheed abusing gay

 

[KingSpeed]

Faried sucks at team defense
he shouldn't be starting, but hes and amazing bench player

Bynum>Oden

Will Bynum?

 

[HailBlazers]

Of course. One actually played more then a season full of games and one didn't.

That's what happens when a dumb a$$ medical staff gives you MF surgery at 18 years old.

 

[OSUblazers]

marc gasol is a monster

 

[OSUblazers]

memphis is looking really good
z-bo is focused as hell and gasol is gonna have a career year

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Raymond Felton -21 in the Knicks loss.

 

[NOVoodoo]

Good time to be a Grizz fan!

#1 record in the NBA (7-1)
Last three wins: Miami, @ OKC, New York
- All three wins were also blowouts

Redick playing the point down the stretch for ORL.

I think having Nelson back helps Redick more than anyone else. I'm a fan of E'Twaun Moore, but he didn't really work well with Redick on the floor at the same time. Give me one or the other, but a Moore/Redick backcourt is just unproductive imo.

 

[BrianFromWA]

Agree...you could see that Jameer wasn't feeling it yet, but it opened it up for JJ. I'd love to see a Lillard/Redick/Matthews rotation.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Raymond Felton -21 in the Knicks loss.

Someone offer him a dozen Voodoo donuts to console him.

 

[Boob-No-More]

drummond catching up to AD in rookie PER lead

This is why I prefer EFF over PER for ranking rookies. ROY voting more closely follows EFF (total contribution) over PER (adjusted for pace and minutes) - with a slight bias toward higher scoring average. Guys like Drummond, playing 15 minutes against the other teams' second units, can have a great PER, but not be contributing nearly as much as guys like Davis and Lillard that are starting and playing 30+ MPG against the other teams' starters.

PER is a more sophisticated stat, and has its uses, but for ranking rookies, I think EFF is the better choice.

BNM