NBA Games Discussion Thread - Part 3

Post #1 » by **nate33** » Wed Jan 7, 2015 4:45 am

Continued from here

FAH1223 · Post #2 » by **FAH1223** » Wed Jan 7, 2015 5:40 am

Spurs lost to the Pistons in #SoWizards fashion.

Pistons are 3-19 from 3.. they're down 3 and Pop tells his team to foul. Meeks goes to the line, sinks two. Then the Spurs have the ball to Duncan, he turns it over and Jennings lays it in to win the game.

[tweet]https://twitter.com/FOXSportsLive/status/552692865231355906[/tweet]

Post #3 » by **montestewart** » Wed Jan 7, 2015 5:42 am

Pistons beat Spurs in San Antonio for their sixth straight win since getting rid of Josh Smith. Meanwhile, Rockets are 3-4 since acquiring Josh Smith, after compiling a 20-7 record prior to his arrival. The Josh Smith effect. What a wasted talent, but SVG knew what he was doing. That team might actually ending up getting somewhere.

dobrojim · Post #4 » by **dobrojim** » Wed Jan 7, 2015 6:47 am

horrible TO by Duncan.

Kanyewest · Post #5 » by **Kanyewest** » Wed Jan 7, 2015 7:03 am

Ginobli was open. Good for the Pistons.

closg00 · Post #6 » by **closg00** » Wed Jan 7, 2015 11:38 am

Great win for the Pistons last night

tontoz · Post #7 » by **tontoz** » Wed Jan 7, 2015 12:18 pm

@ the Pistons winning 6 straight after dumping Smith. Wow

Post #8 » by **LyricalRico** » Wed Jan 7, 2015 3:53 pm

tontoz wrote::lol: @ the Pistons winning 6 straight after dumping Smith. Wow

Yep, and think where they might be if SVG had dealt J-not-so-Smoove to Sacto when he had the chance.

tontoz · Post #9 » by **tontoz** » Wed Jan 7, 2015 11:52 pm

Looks like Cousins isn't a fan of Gay's iso ball:

http://i.imgur.com/vN77zdX.webm

keynote · Post #10 » by **keynote** » Thu Jan 8, 2015 3:04 am

Man, Utah is taking it to Chicago tonight. 87-61 with 5:52 left in the game.

tontoz · Post #11 » by **tontoz** » Thu Jan 8, 2015 3:16 am

keynote wrote:Man, Utah is taking it to Chicago tonight. 87-61 with 5:52 left in the game.

Rose has been a disaster lately. Looking at his game logs he looks like he is becoming the Josh Smith of pgs.

http://espn.go.com/nba/player/gamelog/_ ... rrick-rose

Speaking of Smith i just remembered that the Hawks let him walk for nothing two years ago and now they have the best record in the east. The Josh Smith effect > Linsanity

Chocolate City Jordanaire · Post #12 » by **Chocolate City Jordanaire** » Thu Jan 8, 2015 3:30 am

Josh Smith was a game high +21 in Houston's win today. (7-10FG, 16 points, 5 rebounds 2 assists, 2 blocks, 2 turnovers in 26 minutes)

FAH1223 · Post #13 » by **FAH1223** » Thu Jan 8, 2015 3:46 am

Pistons are beating the Mavs. 7 straight since cutting Josh Smith. LOLZ!

closg00 · Post #14 » by **closg00** » Thu Jan 8, 2015 2:34 pm

DETROIT

queridiculo · Post #15 » by **queridiculo** » Thu Jan 8, 2015 2:41 pm

Chocolate City Jordanaire wrote:Josh Smith was a game high +21 in Houston's win today. (7-10FG, 16 points, 5 rebounds 2 assists, 2 blocks, 2 turnovers in 26 minutes)

That sort of game will only embolden him to back to bad Smith. Hit a three late in the clock, goes right back to launching a heat check 20 seconds later.

Judging from interviews, he doesn't appear to be the most self-aware individual either, I have a feeling Houston will regret that move soon enough.

Simply an absurd amount of cash to tie up in a player like Josh Smith.

queridiculo · Post #16 » by **queridiculo** » Thu Jan 8, 2015 2:43 pm

It's too bad Cousins didn't negotiate an early termination clause. Seems like he drank the new ownerships kook-aid when he signed that deal.

Post #17 » by **nate33** » Thu Jan 8, 2015 2:53 pm

My God! Does Atlanta EVER lose?

Post #18 » by **nate33** » Thu Jan 8, 2015 2:56 pm

tontoz wrote:Looks like Cousins isn't a fan of Gay's iso ball:

http://i.imgur.com/vN77zdX.webm

LOL

It's only a matter of time before they're forced to trade him at pennies on the dollar. I just hope the Wizards can field an offer. It would be amazing if we could trade Porter + Gortat + future 1sts for Cousins while simultaneously signing Durant as a free agent. How's THAT for a Big Three: Wall, Durant and Cousins, plus Beal as a 4th option!

I could play power forward for that unit and we'd still win.

TGW · Post #19 » by **TGW** » Thu Jan 8, 2015 3:03 pm

nate33 wrote:
tontoz wrote:Looks like Cousins isn't a fan of Gay's iso ball:

http://i.imgur.com/vN77zdX.webm

LOL

It's only a matter of time before they're forced to trade him at pennies on the dollar. I just hope the Wizards can field an offer. It would be amazing if we could trade Porter + Gortat + future 1sts for Cousins while simultaneously signing Durant as a free agent. How's THAT for a Big Three: Wall, Durant and Cousins, plus Beal as a 4th option! I could play power forward for that unit and we'd still win.

The Wizards have a horrible track record of dealing with headcases like Cousins. I would pass quite easily. Would much rather target Marc Gasol.

Post #20 » by **nate33** » Thu Jan 8, 2015 3:23 pm

TGW wrote:
nate33 wrote:
tontoz wrote:Looks like Cousins isn't a fan of Gay's iso ball:

http://i.imgur.com/vN77zdX.webm

LOL

It's only a matter of time before they're forced to trade him at pennies on the dollar. I just hope the Wizards can field an offer. It would be amazing if we could trade Porter + Gortat + future 1sts for Cousins while simultaneously signing Durant as a free agent. How's THAT for a Big Three: Wall, Durant and Cousins, plus Beal as a 4th option! I could play power forward for that unit and we'd still win.

The Wizards have a horrible track record of dealing with headcases like Cousins. I would pass quite easily. Would much rather target Marc Gasol.

Gasol will be 30 this summer. Cousins is 24. Also, we don't really have a viable way of getting Gasol. Gasol is a free agent this summer when we don't have the cap room. Even in the highly unlikely event that we could clear enough cap room to try and sign him, we have little reason to expect him to come here.

Cousins is a headache, but I really do get the sense that it's the type of problem that will continue to get better as Cousins matures. Cousins loves basketball and works on his game. That's the foundation of a good player and it's the kind of thing you can't fix. If you don't have that, you end up like Andrew Bynum or Larry Sanders. Cousins doesn't have the problem. Cousins is more like a Rasheed Wallace or Latrell Sprewell. Yeah, he's a pain in the ass, but you can work with him.