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chabber · Post #1381 » by **chabber** » Sun May 8, 2016 12:53 am

fatlever wrote:is Winslow hurt or has he been completely removed from their rotation because he can't shoot?

Not hurt. Definitely the shooting. Spo was playing Green instead of him some by the end of our series.

TinmanZBoy · Post #1382 » by **TinmanZBoy** » Sun May 8, 2016 3:13 am

the blazers move the ball, push the tempo... a lot like the Warriors, a lot spot up shootings... even their multiple hands off motions are like the warriors... when an offense is moving like this, it is really hard to defend...
then you take a look at Hornets' offense in this playoff, their three points were easily taken out by Heat, why? because they don't move the ball nearly as good as the above two teams, and the offense often started too late... not patient enough and not committed to move the ball... this is the most disappointed part of this playoff series...

cw3k · Post #1383 » by **cw3k** » Sun May 8, 2016 12:01 pm

TinmanZBoy wrote:the blazers move the ball, push the tempo... a lot like the Warriors, a lot spot up shootings... even their multiple hands off motions are like the warriors... when an offense is moving like this, it is really hard to defend...
then you take a look at Hornets' offense in this playoff, their three points were easily taken out by Heat, why? because they don't move the ball nearly as good as the above two teams, and the offense often started too late... not patient enough and not committed to move the ball... this is the most disappointed part of this playoff series...

Are you hinting someone played heroball during the playoff?

spaceballer · Post #1384 » by **spaceballer** » Sun May 8, 2016 7:10 pm

I hope I'm not violating any rules and it's okay to put this here. With the the JLin thread closed, I'll guess I'll put this in the "around the NBA" thread since it has Rick Fox in it.

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https://twitter.com/HudsonDYang/status/728736556349988864

Post #1385 » by **yosemiteben** » Sun May 8, 2016 10:31 pm

Talk about a turn in this MIA - TOR series. No Whiteside or Valanciunus, DeRozan's hand is all jacked up, Lowry's elbow is playing the victim card, and Dragic - Spo drama is turning over a new leaf.

Also lulz on that Rick Fox tweet. Burn.

bws94 · Post #1386 » by **bws94** » Mon May 9, 2016 6:35 pm

Shame about the big men. Valanciunus was having a big series. Lowry finally snapped out of it and had a monster game. Dragic is so up and down, he should think of leaving Miami. It's not the right fit.

On the OKC-Spurs series, Durant is still showing himself to be great. Westbrook is great when he's great, but even when not scoring is so athletic that he requires a lot of defensive energy. The Spurs motion offense and ball-movement hasn't been on display that much this series. They seem a lot more ISO oriented and I don't think they can succeed at that. The legendary Tim Duncan and great Manu Ginobili have less light in their twilight years than ever now. Spurs are a team in transition.

Flip Murray · Post #1387 » by **Flip Murray** » Mon May 9, 2016 6:38 pm

That's actually very sad to me because I was enjoying the battles between Valanciunas and Whiteside. They were getting tied up on every play. I'd really like to see Valanciunas go up against Steven Adams just for the laughs

Post #1388 » by **fatlever** » Mon May 9, 2016 6:47 pm

http://www.si.com/nba/2016/05/09/boris-diaw-experience-san-antonio-spurs-nba-playoffs

Pretty cool article about Boris. He talks a little bit about his last season in Charlotte.

This hints at the tension that's defined his career, between old-school NBA principles and a more European philosophy. Take two more examples.

Diaw's career nearly bottomed out at the end of his time with the Charlotte Bobcats. His weight ballooned and he wasn't connecting with a coach who didn't appreciate his passing tendencies. As Paul Silas told The Charlotte Observer when Diaw was finally bought out in '12, "Some of the things that would go on, like not shooting the ball, passing all of the time, that doesn't help us. I needed hoops, and he could put the ball in the hoop. When that wouldn't happen, it was very disturbing."

At one point Silas asked his starting forward, who was in the middle of a five-year, $45 millon contract, whether he'd like to be an All-Star one day, and Diaw said, "Not really."

Asked about that now, Diaw seems incredulous that this is even controversial. "My goal is to win a championship," he says. "I'm not trying to be sixth man of the year. I'm not trying to be most improved. Would you ask somebody, Do you want to be MVP? If that happens because people think I was playing very good that year, great, I'll take it. But is it my goal? To say, Screw my teammates, I'm just going to score points so I can be MVP, or I can be an All-Star? No. We were building [in Charlotte]. We won nine games, and I want to be an All-Star?"

We made a lot of dumb moves leading up to that 7-win season, but in hindsight, not trading Diaw before that season or earlier one that gets overlooked. Everyone knew that Diaw was a connector, a player that flourishes around better players. He was never going to be the guy to mentor a crappy team full of rookies and d-league players and take on a large scoring burden or be a role model. I guess we can give the front office a pass because that summer was the lockout, so we probably didn't have much of a chance to trade Diaw after the draft. But they should have traded him around the same time we trade Jackson or at the very least pushed to trade him early in that season before he lost all value.

Post #1389 » by **fatlever** » Mon May 9, 2016 6:51 pm

Kenny Smith to interview for the Rockets. Oh man I hope he gets that job. I'd love to see him finally have to back up all that talk.

PG13 · Post #1390 » by **PG13** » Tue May 10, 2016 12:08 am

Biyombo has no regard for human live.

Flip Murray · Post #1391 » by **Flip Murray** » Tue May 10, 2016 12:11 am

PG13 wrote:Biyombo has no regard for human live.

I felt the chest-pang of a jilted lover when he jammed that one

PG13 · Post #1392 » by **PG13** » Tue May 10, 2016 12:16 am

RIP Amar'e

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qiantom · Post #1393 » by **qiantom** » Tue May 10, 2016 1:36 am

These two teams are not that good. We beat both of them if we had even just someone like Biyombo.

HornetJail · Post #1394 » by **HornetJail** » Tue May 10, 2016 1:37 am

qiantom wrote:These two teams are not that good. We beat both of them if we had even just someone like Biyombo.

we would've destroyed the Raptors had we made it here

Post #1395 » by **yosemiteben** » Tue May 10, 2016 2:24 am

The TOR and MIA lineups right now are hilarious. I thought small ball teams were supposed to be able to score.

PG13 · Post #1396 » by **PG13** » Tue May 10, 2016 2:45 am

Rim protectors out and both teams still keep shooting midrange jumper after midrange jumper missing most of them. DDR plays like garbage.

bws94 · Post #1397 » by **bws94** » Tue May 10, 2016 3:14 am

PG13 wrote:Rim protectors out and both teams still keep shooting midrange jumper after midrange jumper missing most of them. DDR plays like garbage.

I hope he's injured because he was atrocious.

BatumtheGlue · Post #1398 » by **BatumtheGlue** » Tue May 10, 2016 5:07 am

If somehow the Warriors lose this series to the Blazers, it will be one of the biggest upsets in history, if not the biggest one.

PG13 · Post #1399 » by **PG13** » Tue May 10, 2016 6:05 am

Steph Curry is ridiculous.

BatumtheGlue · Post #1400 » by **BatumtheGlue** » Tue May 10, 2016 6:58 am

Steph is unreal. Well deserved MPV. I still hate the Warriors tho