ATL - Oladipo is Really Good (and Bledsoe dominant again)

Ayt · Post #1021 » by **Ayt** » Sat Nov 9, 2013 4:28 am

ReasonablySober wrote:
Wooderson wrote:So... is AD the best big man in the league?

Yup.

It would have been fun to see what Davis and Noel could have done playing next to each other. Those two would have been ridiculous defensively.

paul · Post #1022 » by **paul** » Sat Nov 9, 2013 4:36 am

ReasonablySober wrote:
Wooderson wrote:So... is AD the best big man in the league?

Yup.

Lol really? You don't want him to do it for more than 5 games before anointing him the best big in basketball?

He's playing incredibly right now but there's a hole coming.

paul · Post #1023 » by **paul** » Sat Nov 9, 2013 4:40 am

Buck You wrote:I didn't think the jazz would start out 0-6 and the sixers would start out 4-2.

Definitely not on the Sixers, but I thought the Jazz would be bad. Bottom 3-5 in the West bad.

blazza18 · Post #1024 » by **blazza18** » Sat Nov 9, 2013 4:48 am

[tweet]https://twitter.com/nbastats/status/399035440390737920[/tweet]

paul · Post #1025 » by **paul** » Sat Nov 9, 2013 4:52 am

Wooderson wrote:
blazza18 wrote:Gotta win games like that if you want to be a contender. Spurs did, GS didn't.

Weird ass game.

Eh, 2 point loss on the road without their best player shouldn't be too concerning, especially when their secondary and tertiary scoring options had really poor nights. GS didn't score a single point in the final 2 minutes.

Strange game. Both defenses dominated (Duncan couldn't make a bucket on Bogut again) and neither team wanted to take it at the end. Bogut and Iggy took over the playmaking for GS with Curry out and Douglas playing 3&D on the point.

After essentially not going to Bogut to score the entire night they went to him for maybe the second time all night on the last play which was bizarre and he passed up a shot he should have taken - then Iggy took too long to get going for the game tying drive which rimmed out giving them no shot at a board.

Feel like noone from either team played that well other than Douglas with his 3's. Bogut and Parker were both good but not that damaging.

For the sake of consistency in my posting David Lee was horsesh*t, again, but hey he got his double double. He was just heaving the thing at the rim with guys in better spots while missing defensive assignments every other trip. Looked like him and Bogut got into it a few times.

paul · Post #1026 » by **paul** » Sat Nov 9, 2013 4:54 am

blazza18 wrote:[tweet]https://twitter.com/nbastats/status/399035440390737920[/tweet]

That's impressive.

Anyone watch the game? Kaman or Pau guarding him?

Jez2983 · Post #1027 » by **Jez2983** » Sat Nov 9, 2013 4:59 am

Anthony Bennett. The signs are not good.

Wooderson · Post #1028 » by **Wooderson** » Sat Nov 9, 2013 5:00 am

Apparently he's the first guy to post 15+ points and 3+ blocks in each of his first 5 games since Hakeem and DRob did it 1992 (and he did it again tonight). Seems crazy but ESPN tweeted that out as well. I took a quick look at Dwight's gamelogs and he barley missed out on qualifying for that group multiple years (only had 2 blocks in one game one year, and only scored 14 points in a game a different year, otherwise he would have made it).

Yes it's still early for Davis, but how many bigs are very good on both ends of the floor? Dwight might be the only other one who falls into that category, and I'd take AD over him for this year.

Love is one guy I might put ahead of AD. He looks amazing to start the year and his defensive rebounding might be enough to cover for his other defensive deficiencies.

Wooderson · Post #1029 » by **Wooderson** » Sat Nov 9, 2013 5:02 am

paul wrote:That's impressive.

Anyone watch the game? Kaman or Pau guarding him?

Pau both ways for the most part from what I saw.

paul · Post #1030 » by **paul** » Sat Nov 9, 2013 5:05 am

Wooderson wrote:
paul wrote:That's impressive.

Anyone watch the game? Kaman or Pau guarding him?

Pau both ways for the most part from what I saw.

Yikes.

paul · Post #1031 » by **paul** » Sat Nov 9, 2013 5:07 am

Wooderson wrote:Apparently he's the first guy to post 15+ points and 3+ blocks in each of his first 5 games since Hakeem and DRob did it 1992 (and he did it again tonight). Seems crazy but ESPN tweeted that out as well.

Yes it's still early for Davis, but how many bigs are very good on both ends of the floor? Dwight might be the only other one who falls into that category, and I'd take AD over him for this year.

Love is one guy I might put ahead of AD. He looks amazing to start the year and his defensive rebounding might be enough to cover for his other defensive deficiencies.

I haven't watched Love yet this season, am hoping he's no longer doing his best David Lee & 3 impression.

Max Green · Post #1032 » by **Max Green** » Sat Nov 9, 2013 5:10 am

paul wrote:
blazza18 wrote:[tweet]https://twitter.com/nbastats/status/399035440390737920[/tweet]

That's impressive.

Anyone watch the game? Kaman or Pau guarding him?

I watched some of the game, it was mostly Pau, but D 'antoni they tried multiple guys on him after awhile.

Also, I've only seen about 2 Warriors games this season, and even I knew it was only a matter of time before Bogut got sick of the **** Lee's been pulling on defense. He's not asked to do much, yet his effort is hilarious compared to how much he exerts on the offensive end of the floor.

paul · Post #1033 » by **paul** » Sat Nov 9, 2013 5:12 am

Max Green wrote:
paul wrote:
blazza18 wrote:[tweet]https://twitter.com/nbastats/status/399035440390737920[/tweet]

That's impressive.

Anyone watch the game? Kaman or Pau guarding him?

I watched some of the game, it was mostly Pau, but D 'antoni they tried multiple guys on him after awhile.

Also, I've only seen about 2 Warriors games this season, and even I knew it was only a matter of time before Bogut got sick of the **** Lee's been pulling on defense. He's not asked to do much, yet his effort is hilarious compared to how much he exerts on the offensive end of the floor.

Yeah, Lee's going to kill that team. Apparently the only people who don't see it are Lee and the Warriors.

AussieBuck · Post #1034 » by **AussieBuck** » Sat Nov 9, 2013 5:14 am

Love's got strength that Lee doesn't and while he's not an overly good help defender he doesn't do that awesome stand somewhere harmless between the two opponents in every two man situation like Lee does. Plus Love boxes out a bit although he just does that because he knows he can hold a guy with one hand and still casually rebound in traffic with his other hand. He'd make such a good AFL forward/ruck. :love:

Post #1035 » by **paulpressey25** » Sat Nov 9, 2013 5:15 am

Jez2983 wrote:Anthony Bennett. The signs are not good.

I would not want to be a Cavs fan. They may have botched two straight high lotto picks. Drummond and Oladipo would look good next to Kyrie.

Wooderson · Post #1036 » by **Wooderson** » Sat Nov 9, 2013 5:15 am

Game highlights for NOLA vs LA. I saw the play at 1:15 live and couldn't believe it. How do you recover that quickly? Can't wait for the full highlights, most of the offense I saw during the game was transition like the ones in the vid.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYZa7E7kD4A[/youtube]

AussieBuck · Post #1037 » by **AussieBuck** » Sat Nov 9, 2013 5:19 am

I gotta see some Davis versus the Clippers. All their starters can do is foul him and the backups are hilarious.

paul · Post #1038 » by **paul** » Sat Nov 9, 2013 5:20 am

paulpressey25 wrote:
Jez2983 wrote:Anthony Bennett. The signs are not good.

I would not want to be a Cavs fan. They may have botched two straight high lotto picks. Drummond and Oladipo would look good next to Kyrie.

It wouldn't be so bad if they weren't both such weird picks. Seems like they really outsmarted themselves.

paul · Post #1039 » by **paul** » Sat Nov 9, 2013 5:20 am

AussieBuck wrote:I gotta see some Davis versus the Clippers. All their starters can do is foul him and the backups are hilarious.

He'll put Wilt numbers on them. I want to see him against Bogut.

AussieBuck · Post #1040 » by **AussieBuck** » Sat Nov 9, 2013 5:22 am

Davis in Amare's spot on the those Suns teams, how many titles?