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what's with basketball and nut punches?

Wiggins is an exceptional talent, but he ISN'T going to vault some team to elite status the minute he's drafted. People gawk on his moves, from what I've seen and talking to AAU coaches he's basically a one on one machine. His jumper need major major work for even the college level.

I think HOOPDREAMS was right on the money about the hype the media puts on these guys. Jabari Parker too, the game changes once you hit college. They finally play against guys that are the same size as them and in most cases older and stronger. HOOP is right the ones to look out for is the ones nobody talks about.

I like Shane Larkin from Miami a lot, the kid has guts, and the potential to be a full lead guard with good leadership skills. He needs to work on him jumper but his mechanics are good, with solid NBA coaching he'll get way better. If I had to compare him to anybody I'd say he's more like Deron Williams, but without the weight issues.

Bottom line for me is I don't fall for the hype at all, the media puts too much pressure on these kids by anointing them to a status that's unearned without even playing a minute of college ball. And they talk them up like they're just going to burn up the NBA the minute they step foot on the floor. I call BS to all of that, then 3-4 years later you see these guys struggling to just even adjust to the NBA level and you be like "WTF I thought he was going to be this or that".

Stop getting sucked in to this media bull, these cats don't know squat half the time.

dockingsched wrote:

TyCobb wrote:Ibaka should be ejected. That's a crazy blown call.

he should be suspended for his next game, which is tueday against the lakers

If he is they're going to struggle against us without his help side defense. And he should be suspended, hell they did that with Will Bynum with his gut punch last week.

Remember what I said about being due ?

OKC fans are so fake...the minute they fell back and the game got tight they vanished from the GB like a ghost.

TyCobb wrote:Heat vs Thunder might be what we see these next few years.
Its gonna be NBA peak level basketball.

I wouldn't consider it peak level hoops if the Thunder get stomped on in 5 games again lol.

Heat's 2-3 zone is too lethal with Lebron and Dwade playing the free safety's.
There athleticism really anchors their defense to another level.

DEEP3CL wrote:OKC fans are so fake...the minute they fell back and the game got tight they vanished from the GB like a ghost.

I wouldn't say all their fans.
Maybe just the OKC Realgm members though lol.

It's the only Pro sports team they got in Oklahoma.
Just like Utah they go ape **** every single game.

DEEP3CL wrote:

dockingsched wrote:

TyCobb wrote:Ibaka should be ejected. That's a crazy blown call.

he should be suspended for his next game, which is tueday against the lakers

If he is they're going to struggle against us without his help side defense. And he should be suspended, hell they did that with Will Bynum with his gut punch last week.

Remember what I said about being due ?

Hahaha foreals
Hate to wish penalties on any team but Serge possibly being out next game against us would definitely be a plus.

But I got a bad feeling that the commish will see that the Lakers/Thunder game is nationally televised on TNT and give OKC a break. SMH

@Kalidogg24, Agree man. Stern ain't about to screw off his national TV game with a suspension just because a guy nut hunted. But that's exactly what I hate about him and his drones, they don't punish teams using the same rules in place.

As for Top 5 Centers in the game today. Joakim Noah gotta be in the discussion.
Dude is ballin

Kalidogg24 wrote:As for Top 5 Centers in the game today. Joakim Noah gotta be in the discussion.
Dude is ballin

I got it listed as......

Howard
Noah
Hibbert
Greg Monroe
Drew ( Yeah even being hurt )

Those are the true centers of the league, not all this PF masquerading as C's

Solid list Deep but no love for Tyson Chandler?

Even though he could be a klutz on the offensive end he can still
be a game changer by his defensive presence.
Maybe too much of a liability on the offensive end?

I say Vucevic is creeping out there at no. 7.

Noah is a beast.

Rebounds, pesky defender, elite passer for a big guy, mobile, great FT shooter, high BBIQ and adequate enough scorer.

The absolute perfect 3rd option to have on a title team. I want him.

DEEP3CL wrote:

Kalidogg24 wrote:As for Top 5 Centers in the game today. Joakim Noah gotta be in the discussion.
Dude is ballin

I got it listed as......

Howard
Noah
Hibbert
Greg Monroe
Drew ( Yeah even being hurt )

Those are the true centers of the league, not all this PF masquerading as C's

Uhm Duncan?

Dwight
Timmy
Noah
Chandler
Boogie

Duncan has been way better than Dwight this year

My main gripe with him is he starts next to a center and plays 29 mins a game!

What do you guys think?

SlavaMedvedenko wrote:My main gripe with him is he starts next to a center and plays 29 mins a game!

hes still a center and plays a majority of his minutes at center, even with splitter.



i would take 29 minutes of duncan over 34 minutes of howard.

Miami 15 in row. Franchise records... Woah! Crown them now?