Official General NBA Discussion Thread

Post #281 » by **pbj** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 7:31 pm

OvertimeNO wrote:
pbj wrote:
RapsAndJays21 wrote:Hasn't Gasol been falling off the map for a couple years now ? Not sure why everyone expects his resurgence in Chicago.

Most people attribute his falling off to the play style and coaching in LA, and it's tough to call it that considering he averaged 17-10-3 last season despite all of this.

Really he just had one bad year in 2012-13, so I'm not sure why anyone would write him off.

He's still one of the most talented bigs in the NBA - maybe even like top 3 - and now in a smaller role with a strong roster around him again. He'll fit in very nicely with the Bulls.

It'll be really interesting to see how/if Thibs takes advantage of having two of the better passing bigs in the game on the floor at the same time.

High-low ALL DAY!

Kabookalu · Post #282 » by **Kabookalu** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 8:06 pm

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xj80x1KYSyY[/youtube]

Cookie monster? Eww.

Inevitable · Post #283 » by **Inevitable** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 8:10 pm

Choker wrote:[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xj80x1KYSyY[/youtube]

Cookie monster? Eww.

I'm sure that yuppie at 0:17 is mad he was more interested in posting his Kale smoothie to Instagram than seeing that dunk

Hero · Post #284 » by **Hero** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 8:47 pm

One day they will make one of these for the Raptors.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0_4RdhzVOI&list=UUWJ2lWNubArHWmf3FIHbfcQ[/youtube]

raptorstime · Post #285 » by **raptorstime** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 9:05 pm

i miss acy man bring him home

Kabookalu · Post #286 » by **Kabookalu** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 9:11 pm

raptorstime wrote:i miss acy man bring him home

I miss the Bearded One too, but we have a new hero now:

RonaldArtest · Post #287 » by **RonaldArtest** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 9:35 pm

OvertimeNO wrote:
pbj wrote:
RapsAndJays21 wrote:Hasn't Gasol been falling off the map for a couple years now ? Not sure why everyone expects his resurgence in Chicago.

Most people attribute his falling off to the play style and coaching in LA, and it's tough to call it that considering he averaged 17-10-3 last season despite all of this.

Really he just had one bad year in 2012-13, so I'm not sure why anyone would write him off.

He's still one of the most talented bigs in the NBA - maybe even like top 3 - and now in a smaller role with a strong roster around him again. He'll fit in very nicely with the Bulls.

It'll be really interesting to see how/if Thibs takes advantage of having two of the better passing bigs in the game on the floor at the same time.

Agreed. To me this aspect was one of the more interesting ones regarding Pau signing there. Big to big passing is a beautiful thing, and now that team has two of the best in the league. Great advantage for Chicago to have two guys with such good court awareness.

zilby · Post #288 » by **zilby** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 11:45 pm

BREAKING NEWS: The fourth twin to Joey Graham, Stephen Graham and Sonny Weems has been discovered:

http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/23 ... ki-Togashi

Add Eric Griffin to that list of people who look like each other

Post #289 » by **Undefeated** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 12:29 am

Harden is actually trying on D. Picked up Napier full court and pressured the ball.

simple_jack · Post #290 » by **simple_jack** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 12:47 am

Miami is going to suck this season.

Bankai · Post #291 » by **Bankai** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 1:21 am

simple_jack wrote:Miami is going to suck this season.

Of course, its only preseason. But I really think that Bosh better be prepared to lead another team to 9th place.

raptorstime · Post #292 » by **raptorstime** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 1:33 am

wade is looking awesome

Post #293 » by **Undefeated** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 1:52 am

Birdman hitting the stepback on Dwight

Young_Buc · Post #294 » by **Young_Buc** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 2:47 am

Man every time I see Ed, I wonder how he's not here yet Steemer is.

Bennett continues his strong pre season with 17/5 in 16 mins

Kabookalu · Post #295 » by **Kabookalu** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 3:08 am

George Hill and Thaddeus Young, two players on my fantasy team, collided knee to knee in a strange conspiracy to ruin my life.

****. I hope it's nothing serious.

Camboflage · Post #296 » by **Camboflage** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 4:23 am

Kobe's going off right now!

Kabookalu · Post #297 » by **Kabookalu** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 4:37 am

Observations from the Suns-Lakers game:

- The Suns are seriously a poor mans Spurs team. Their ball movement is fantastic and their chemistry makes it look like they've been together for years.

- Kobe's ballhogging has never been more apparent than it is now. He looks like an oldertimer clinging onto his glory days. And his defense is terrible.

- Jeremy Lin might be the Lakers best player. He gets his points within the flow of the offense unlike Kobe who spends 10 seconds backing his man down for a tough fadeaway jumper.

tdotboyy · Post #298 » by **tdotboyy** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 4:44 am

BREAKING: DeRozan is currently watching the game and learning from Kobe's post game

[tweet]https://twitter.com/DeMar_DeRozan/status/524778784340578304[/tweet]

Hero · Post #299 » by **Hero** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 5:11 am

simple_jack wrote:Miami is going to suck this season.

Depends on what you mean by suck. Deng and Bosh are not bad players and Wade for 60 games is decent as well.

Anatomize · Post #300 » by **Anatomize** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 7:32 am

zilby wrote:BREAKING NEWS: The fourth twin to Joey Graham, Stephen Graham and Sonny Weems has been discovered:

http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/23 ... ki-Togashi

Add Eric Griffin to that list of people who look like each other

Soon that will be the generic NBA 2k my player model