NBA Discussion Thread

I like Russell. Seems like a really interesting player. Also like KAT. Everything else is pretty meh for me. 

yea you're right

i love d'angelo russell. i think he has a really bright future. also we clearly haven't watched emmanuel mudiay play, but from what i've read he has the potential to be pretty good. it seems like he held his own in china

Spurs had a solid lead going into the second quarter, and slowly but surely the Mavs have just turned on the nitrous. Pop is pissed. Still got almost 5 minutes so the Spurs have a chance, but every time they try to stay in the game they make a silly foul, or don't get the stops they need. Monte Ellis is violating them. :/

EDIT - He dropped 48. Holy shit.

This Golden State vs Portland game is wild. Lillard and gang aren't going down without a fight. I love this season. Such good basketball being played around the league.
Maybe Curry might play in the 4th qtr :O No but seriously, Curry isn't even in the top 40 in minutes per game. I don't think people are factoring that into the MVP debate enough. He could easily be averaging 30 ppg and 8-9 APG if he played as much as Harden imo.
Lillard is  a whiny fuck boy.

Lillard is  a whiny fuck boy.

Que? What did he do?

Whiteside for MVP

 

QFT

any link to streams for the games? i cant login in with my cable provider so i cant watch it on ncaa 
any link to streams for the games? i cant login in with my cable provider so i cant watch it on ncaa 
I'll PM you.
Where you at Scarecrow? Lol. I remember we had an argument earlier about our last match up when I said if we had Bogut that game we would've won. But yah, the splash brothers just played ridiculous tonight.
i think the warriors are the best team in the NBA and i don't even think its close 
Sup everybody, it's been a while

 

goats being goat

wtf is this 

i just made a bet with my friend for $20 that the warriors would go farther than the cavaliers in the NBA playoffs. I am astonished right now that my friends are siding with my friend. I can understand that maybe I'm a homer, but the warriors are right now a historically good team 

it's hard to bet against Lebron in the playoffs in a much weaker conference. 

i get it, but what the warriors are doing right now is historical 

#1 in offensive efficiency, #1 in defensive efficiency, #1 in pace, and #1 in point differential BY FAR (warriors are +10.9 while the cavs are like +4.6) the warriors point differential spread is like the 3rd or 4th best in NBA history 

its crazy

I'm just going to leave this here.... http://streamable.com/3csl?t=6.3

wtf is this 

i just made a bet with my friend for $20 that the warriors would go farther than the cavaliers in the NBA playoffs. I am astonished right now that my friends are siding with my friend. I can understand that maybe I'm a homer, but the warriors are right now a historically good team 

Cavs beat Golden State in the Finals. That's my prediction.

Golden State in 6.
Mo Speights has improved so much this season. I don't think he gets enough attention for it. He's still pretty bad defensively, but he can bring a big spark to the team when he's having a good shooting night.
I still don't understand why he and Livingston aren't in the 6th man of the year discussion 
Oh come on Moose. They are great rotational players but neither of them is putting in the type of work required to win 6th man of the year.  Chill the Bias. 

look, all i'm saying is that this is the worst 6th man of the year campaign i can remember. analysts basically have it between lou williams and rudy gobert and gobert shouldn't even really be considered 6 man because he's been starting for a long time now 

 

speights has a higher PER than lou williams and is shooting 50% from the floor. sure, his defense isn't that great but his offensive production has been fantastic this year. i'm definitely reaching with shaun livingston, but he's the definition of a "stats do not tell the full story" kind of guy. his defense is fantastic, his vision and passing ability are top notch, and his mid range game is money. the offense really doesn't skip a beat when he's in the game and it allows them to run curry off screens and get open

technically a great 6th man should be put in a game and there should be 0 drop off in offensive production. those two guys help the warriors achieve that. so why am i so crazy for thinking they should be in the discussion with rudy fucking gobert and lou williams? 

Because it's a stats award. There is a reason why J.R Smith has won that award and trust me, it has nothing to do with defense.  There are a shit ton of great rotational players in the NBA who will never win the 6th man of the year award because that's not what the award is about. You can argue that it should be, but as the award currently stands, yes you are crazy for thinking they should win. Speights can be in that discussion pretty limitedly but putting Livingston in that discussion is honestly borderline dumb. 

People who are fit for that award are basically stat stuffers. Lou Williams and Isaiah Thomas are basically the top 2 candidates.  Speights can make an argument but I sort of doubt he wins unless they decide this year that the field is weak and they go with the fact that he is on a team that wins more (which has never really been considered previously so I doubt it). 

yea i guess you're right. it's by far the biggest stat stuffer award out there 

i also didn't say speights should win, he should at least be in the discussion 

how bout bucky huh?

 

steph curry 

 

surprise

steph curry 

 

surprise

 

 

Your 2015 MVP.

westbrook is a freakshow. glad my pacers pulled it out tho, happy i got to see it live

if Memphis hangs on the Spurs play the Clips in the FIRST ROUND. I want the Spurs to send Cp3 and Blake home early so fucking bad. Also, I copped the new Cp3's today. Trying them out tomorrow.

 

Also, 

 

CELTICS2015CHAMPS

there is no worse of a reality than getting a nine seed in a conference. shitty draft position, no playoffs, fuck 
If the Bulls don't take care of the Bucks first round I'll fuckin off myself. Props to Jason Kidd for turnin that franchise around though. Gonna be a solid year for playoffs. Good luck to your teams gentlemen, unless you're a Warriors and or Cavaliers fan, then you go can fuck yourself.
West is gonna be a bloodbath,
why do the cavs and warriors fans have to fuck themselves