Around the NBA part 3

Bran Fast Hands · Post #641 » by **Bran Fast Hands** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 6:08 am

To be honest you are almost as annoying as the Lin super fans because you blabber on about him just as much, if not more.

Knicker23 · Post #642 » by **Knicker23** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 6:10 am

Games like this are why one can argue Thunder aren't better off than they were with Harden. Westbrook has an off night and the Thunder are very susceptible. That may have been the case even with Harden - but Harden can impact / pick up the slack in such a game much better than Martin can.. Martin isn't the same type of player that can bail you out... he's shooter.

Harden disappeared last year, so it's not like he's a given. But Thunder seem a little more dependent on Westbrook which could be an issue come conference finals / finals.

Post #643 » by **Capn'O** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 6:18 am

21shumpshumpst wrote:Is this the part where I hear "but but but but its only his real rookie season, the coach is using him wrong, but but but harden is dribbling too much"?

No. This is the part where I continue to call you out because you're the one instigating and not responding.

21shumpshumpst wrote:]
No I only complain when you dummies make it out as if we lost out on a future perennial all star , 5 time world champ and first ballot hall of famer.

Find the RECENT post that you are responding to.

The only claim I've made - which I amply admitted TONIGHT is thus far wrong - is that he's incrementally better than his stats said as of January 10th or whenever that was. If that puts him on your Hall of Fame ballot then more power to ya.

Post #644 » by **Capn'O** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 6:24 am

Knicker23 wrote:Games like this are why one can argue Thunder aren't better off than they were with Harden. Westbrook has an off night and the Thunder are very susceptible. That may have been the case even with Harden - but Harden can impact / pick up the slack in such a game much better than Martin can.. Martin isn't the same type of player that can bail you out... he's shooter.

Harden disappeared last year, so it's not like he's a given. But Thunder seem a little more dependent on Westbrook which could be an issue come conference finals / finals.

Martin is the ultimate spacer but yeah, you're right, it puts a lot of pressure on those main guys. I do wonder if the Thunder are done with this year's roster. I guess you have to figure they're playing well enough that they'll make do.

Perhaps their best attribute is that their main competition seems to have weakened.

Falstaffxx · Post #645 » by **Falstaffxx** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 11:07 am

21shumpshumpst wrote:
Falstaffxx wrote:
I don't want to hear you complain about people talking Lin in this thread again. Clearly you love it.

No I only complain when you dummies make it out as if we lost out on a future perennial all star , 5 time world champ and first ballot hall of famer.

He is none of that. When you are losing time to Tony freaking Douglas then you need to start reevaluating yourself.

All I see is you and fdr2012 talking to each other.

Pharmcat · Post #646 » by **Pharmcat** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 12:58 pm

Knicker23 wrote:Games like this are why one can argue Thunder aren't better off than they were with Harden. Westbrook has an off night and the Thunder are very susceptible. That may have been the case even with Harden - but Harden can impact / pick up the slack in such a game much better than Martin can.. Martin isn't the same type of player that can bail you out... he's shooter.

Harden disappeared last year, so it's not like he's a given. But Thunder seem a little more dependent on Westbrook which could be an issue come conference finals / finals.

thunder traded the wrong guy

they needed to trade westbrook

Fat Kat · Post #647 » by **Fat Kat** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 1:10 pm

Red Vines wrote:
AllanHoustonFan wrote:These Rocket announcers are awful
"Now that's what I call a gangsta move"

Drexler.

Stacey King yelled. "I like my meatballs spicey"

:lol:

WTF?

Tron Carter · Post #648 » by **Tron Carter** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 2:14 pm

Falstaffxx wrote:
21shumpshumpst wrote:
Falstaffxx wrote:
I don't want to hear you complain about people talking Lin in this thread again. Clearly you love it.

No I only complain when you dummies make it out as if we lost out on a future perennial all star , 5 time world champ and first ballot hall of famer.

He is none of that. When you are losing time to Tony freaking Douglas then you need to start reevaluating yourself.

All I see is you and fdr2012 talking to each other.

knicks94 · Post #649 » by **knicks94** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 2:15 pm

I don't see how the Lakers are struggling. They have the best center in the NBA, a future hall of fame power forward, a future hall of fame point guard, a top 5 scorer, and a coach that mostly every franchise in the NBA loves and reveres.

The Lakers must be playing this awful on purpose. At best they're a 55 win team. I didn't expect them to be one of the worst teams in the Western Conference with more than half of the season played.

I still think they're going to make the playoffs. Three of the four teams that are right infront of them in the Western Conference standings are not good enough to finish the season with a winning record.

Post #650 » by **j4remi** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 3:06 pm

Chris Bosh only had 7 attempts last night despite Miami scoring like 120 points...wtf...my fantasy team can't have that!

Quick Kick · Post #651 » by **Quick Kick** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 3:19 pm

knicks94 wrote:I don't see how the Lakers are struggling. They have the best center in the NBA, a future hall of fame power forward, a future hall of fame point guard, a top 5 scorer, and a coach that mostly every franchise in the NBA loves and reveres.

The Lakers must be playing this awful on purpose. At best they're a 55 win team.

this is what I was talking about a few pages back

people see the big names on the Lakers roster and think thats the reason theyll put it together soon.

Thats the thing though.At this point, theyre just NAMES. Nobody on that team can play defense. Kobe/Nash is hands down the worst defensive backcourt in the galaxy. Then you have Artest who is no longer a top notch defender either, and a Howard who clearly hates Kobe so he plays half-speed. Throw in a coach who wouldnt succeed at the high school level, and you have the 2013 Lakers. Oh yeah and their bench is just horrifyingly atrocious.

fdr2012 · Post #652 » by **fdr2012** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 4:23 pm

Falstaffxx wrote:
21shumpshumpst wrote:
Falstaffxx wrote:
I don't want to hear you complain about people talking Lin in this thread again. Clearly you love it.

No I only complain when you dummies make it out as if we lost out on a future perennial all star , 5 time world champ and first ballot hall of famer.

He is none of that. When you are losing time to Tony freaking Douglas then you need to start reevaluating yourself.

All I see is you and fdr2012 talking to each other.

LOL. That's because you and the rest of the homers became very quiet once Lin reverted back to garbage. You were very talkative in December though. Maybe you should have just disappeared like Bill Bradley.

frogfood · Post #653 » by **frogfood** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 4:27 pm

fdr2012 wrote:LOL. That's because you and the rest of the homers became very quiet once Lin reverted back to garbage. You were very talkative in December though. Maybe you should have just disappeared like Bill Bradley.

this is you

You seem bitter.

Post #654 » by **Thugger HBC** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 4:34 pm

You seriously used that pic. :rofl:

frogfood · Post #655 » by **frogfood** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 4:51 pm

It would also make sense to photoshop Kobe in there no?

Dre_7 · Post #656 » by **Dre_7** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 5:16 pm

Pharmcat wrote:
Knicker23 wrote:Games like this are why one can argue Thunder aren't better off than they were with Harden. Westbrook has an off night and the Thunder are very susceptible. That may have been the case even with Harden - but Harden can impact / pick up the slack in such a game much better than Martin can.. Martin isn't the same type of player that can bail you out... he's shooter.

Harden disappeared last year, so it's not like he's a given. But Thunder seem a little more dependent on Westbrook which could be an issue come conference finals / finals.

thunder traded the wrong guy

they needed to trade westbrook

Eh. Harden played awful in the finals. I think they still made the right move, harden and Durant without a PG would not have equated wins.

Post #657 » by **GONYK** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 5:19 pm

Dre_7 wrote:
Pharmcat wrote:
Knicker23 wrote:Games like this are why one can argue Thunder aren't better off than they were with Harden. Westbrook has an off night and the Thunder are very susceptible. That may have been the case even with Harden - but Harden can impact / pick up the slack in such a game much better than Martin can.. Martin isn't the same type of player that can bail you out... he's shooter.

Harden disappeared last year, so it's not like he's a given. But Thunder seem a little more dependent on Westbrook which could be an issue come conference finals / finals.

thunder traded the wrong guy

they needed to trade westbrook

Eh. Harden played awful in the finals. I think they still made the right move, harden and Durant without a PG would not have equated wins.

The only PG Durant and Harden ever played with was Maynor.

Westbrook is not a PG. He's a black hole.

Post #658 » by **Deeeez Knicks** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 6:10 pm

I wonder what kind of package the Thunder could have gotten for Westbrook? I'm sure they could have gotten a pg back.

Would the Thunder be a better team if you swap Westbrook for say Kyle Lowry and Harden?

frogfood · Post #659 » by **frogfood** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 6:26 pm

Deron? Rondo? I bet they could've gotten the Kyrie pick if they explored trading him back then.

Bill Bradley · Post #660 » by **Bill Bradley** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 7:51 pm

fdr2012 wrote:LOL. That's because you and the rest of the homers became very quiet once Lin reverted back to garbage. You were very talkative in December though. Maybe you should have just disappeared like Bill Bradley.

I didn't disappear- just don't like to talk to dumbasses. I am a psychologist and I see enough guys with personality disorders and anger problems during the course of my workday. Not going to get baited into arguments with tweedledee and tweedledumber about Lin anymore. In fact, I'm not sure why I haven't blocked you both yet- will do that now. Maybe I will post more here when I don't have to read your worthless posts.