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EvanZ · Post #1341 » by **EvanZ** » Thu Jan 2, 2014 5:28 am

Sleepy51 wrote:Statistically, Shawn Kemp is probably everyone's daddy. Just sayin.

Shawn Kemp is probably Adrian Peterson's daddy, so yeah.

Left*My*Heart · Post #1342 » by **Left*My*Heart** » Thu Jan 2, 2014 9:33 pm

Nets sure look terrible and Kidd has lost all of their respect.

Quazza · Post #1343 » by **Quazza** » Fri Jan 3, 2014 4:18 am

is there a better C in the league right now than Cousins?

Nope

blazza18 · Post #1344 » by **blazza18** » Fri Jan 3, 2014 4:59 am

Jester_ · Post #1345 » by **Jester_** » Fri Jan 3, 2014 5:04 pm

Curry-Thompson-Green-Lee-O'Neal has been a monstrous lineup in small minutes. +51 in 35 minutes.

EvanZ · Post #1346 » by **EvanZ** » Fri Jan 3, 2014 6:49 pm

Quazza wrote:is there a better C in the league right now than Cousins?

Nope

On offense? Maybe not. Including offense and defense, Howard and/or Hibbert.

510TWSS · Post #1347 » by **510TWSS** » Fri Jan 3, 2014 7:28 pm

Sleepy51 wrote:F Blake Griffin in his stupid ginger face. Shawn Kemp is probably his daddy anyway.

He's probably my daddy and your daddy too. Definitely Jester's daddy. Hee hee. I keed. I keed.

510TWSS · Post #1348 » by **510TWSS** » Fri Jan 3, 2014 7:30 pm

EvanZ wrote:
Quazza wrote:is there a better C in the league right now than Cousins?

Nope

On offense? Maybe not. Including offense and defense, Howard and/or Hibbert.

I've always seen Cousins as a PF, if Sac could ever get a Tyson Chandler type or shoot, Robin Lopez to help cover a lot of Cousins' mistakes that'd help Sac out a ton. Cousins is like the Lee of C's when he's on D. Turrible, but good enough offensively to make me forgive him.

whocurrz · Post #1349 » by **whocurrz** » Fri Jan 3, 2014 9:32 pm

Jester_ wrote:Curry-Thompson-Green-Lee-O'Neal has been a monstrous lineup in small minutes. +51 in 35 minutes.

If JO gets healthy for the post-season he should be on the closing unit. I'd sub Iguodala in for Green in the above lineup and make that our closing lineup most likely because Iguodala is better at scoring and facilitating than Draymond and we need that especially closing out games where we seem to really personify the saying "live and die by the three"

EvanZ · Post #1350 » by **EvanZ** » Fri Jan 3, 2014 9:54 pm

whocurrz wrote:
Jester_ wrote:Curry-Thompson-Green-Lee-O'Neal has been a monstrous lineup in small minutes. +51 in 35 minutes.

If JO gets healthy for the post-season he should be on the closing unit. I'd sub Iguodala in for Green in the above lineup and make that our closing lineup most likely because Iguodala is better at scoring and facilitating than Draymond and we need that especially closing out games where we seem to really personify the saying "live and die by the three"

In 31 minutes now, Curry/Klay/Iguodala/Dray/Lee is 131 ORTG 74 DRTG. They outscored the opponent 80 to 45.

shazam_guy · Post #1351 » by **shazam_guy** » Fri Jan 3, 2014 10:17 pm

I remember Kemp in his superman days very well. He was terrifying. Never seen anyone slam so hard, including Darryl Dawkins and Shaq, and he was so athletic you just couldn't stop him, not nohow, not no way.

As a Warriors fan, I was so glad he got fat.

Post #1352 » by **Chris Porter's Hair** » Fri Jan 3, 2014 10:30 pm

So a few pages back I asked if we had heard what exactly Bynum did to get suspended for conduct detrimental to the team. I recently read somewhere, and did not bother to substantiate at all, that there were rumors he slept with the wife of one of the Cavs assistant coaches. Uh... yeah. I was wondering what he did, but I will say that one hadn't really entered my head.

Meanwhile, in the wiretap article saying the Kings are swinging for the fences in trade talks, I found:

Pete D'Alessandro's true long-term target is said to be Klay Thompson, who will be a restricted free agent after next season.

Interesting. I like Klay, but I'm surprised if a team would develop a long-term plan revolving around trying to get him, and I'm not sure what that would look like at this point when the guy is going to be a restricted free agent after *next* season. What trade would you be making now with that in mind?

whocurrz · Post #1353 » by **whocurrz** » Fri Jan 3, 2014 10:41 pm

EvanZ wrote:
whocurrz wrote:
Jester_ wrote:Curry-Thompson-Green-Lee-O'Neal has been a monstrous lineup in small minutes. +51 in 35 minutes.

If JO gets healthy for the post-season he should be on the closing unit. I'd sub Iguodala in for Green in the above lineup and make that our closing lineup most likely because Iguodala is better at scoring and facilitating than Draymond and we need that especially closing out games where we seem to really personify the saying "live and die by the three"

In 31 minutes now, Curry/Klay/Iguodala/Dray/Lee is 131 ORTG 74 DRTG. They outscored the opponent 80 to 45.

Wow. Really Surprising numbers defensively. But I guess if you can't get in the lane then Lee's inability to defend the rim is neutralized. As long as we're not playing against teams with a good post scorer that lineup could probably play a lot of the closing minutes too.

whocurrz · Post #1354 » by **whocurrz** » Fri Jan 3, 2014 10:44 pm

Chris Porter's Hair wrote:So a few pages back I asked if we had heard what exactly Bynum did to get suspended for conduct detrimental to the team. I recently read somewhere, and did not bother to substantiate at all, that there were rumors he slept with the wife of one of the Cavs assistant coaches. Uh... yeah. I was wondering what he did, but I will say that one hadn't really entered my head.

Meanwhile, in the wiretap article saying the Kings are swinging for the fences in trade talks, I found:
Pete D'Alessandro's true long-term target is said to be Klay Thompson, who will be a restricted free agent after next season.

Interesting. I like Klay, but I'm surprised if a team would develop a long-term plan revolving around trying to get him, and I'm not sure what that would look like at this point when the guy is going to be a restricted free agent after *next* season. What trade would you be making now with that in mind?

The spacing Klay provides would definitely be a nice compliment to Cousins who is their real long term plan. I don't know if trying to outbid us on Klay is the best strategy though as we'll match anything reasonable and if they do outbid us they'll be handicapping their future plans. Seeing how McLemore pans out is probably a better strategy as he can light it up form outside as well

BW32 · Post #1355 » by **BW32** » Sat Jan 4, 2014 3:29 am

Knicks did it again, 20 seconds shot clock off from an offensive rebound tied game, JR chucks a 3 instead of holding for the final shot. They lost.

marthafokker · Post #1356 » by **marthafokker** » Sat Jan 4, 2014 4:02 am

BW32 wrote:Knicks did it again, 20 seconds shot clock off from an offensive rebound tied game, JR chucks a 3 instead of holding for the final shot. They lost.

I was watching that... and my first thought was... watch JR chuck. This kid has talent, but dumb as a rock.

whocurrz · Post #1357 » by **whocurrz** » Sat Jan 4, 2014 4:19 am

CP3 went down with a shoulder sprain tonight. Earliest reports say could be out 3-5 weeks. Now it's time to make our run at the being champs of the Pacific

ILOVEIT · Post #1358 » by **ILOVEIT** » Sat Jan 4, 2014 5:57 am

whocurrz wrote:CP3 went down with a shoulder sprain tonight. Earliest reports say could be out 3-5 weeks. Now it's time to make our run at the being champs of the Pacific

One poster suggested that CP actually caused his own injury. I have to agree. If you look at the footage it clearly shows that he is being rode by Ellis a bit. To sell the call CP jerks his head downward and attempts to make the contact worse by tumbling. In the process it looks like he injured himself.

Bummer for Clipper fans...but the irony....and the possible karma of flopping is pretty apparent.

LeonGenesis · Post #1359 » by **LeonGenesis** » Sat Jan 4, 2014 6:06 am

injured by flopping...now that's funny.

ILOVEIT wrote:
whocurrz wrote:CP3 went down with a shoulder sprain tonight. Earliest reports say could be out 3-5 weeks. Now it's time to make our run at the being champs of the Pacific

One poster suggested that CP actually caused his own injury. I have to agree. If you look at the footage it clearly shows that he is being rode by Ellis a bit. To sell the call CP jerks his head downward and attempts to make the contact worse by tumbling. In the process it looks like he injured himself.

Bummer for Clipper fans...but the irony....and the possible karma of flopping is pretty apparent.

BW32 · Post #1360 » by **BW32** » Sat Jan 4, 2014 7:12 am

marthafokker wrote:
BW32 wrote:Knicks did it again, 20 seconds shot clock off from an offensive rebound tied game, JR chucks a 3 instead of holding for the final shot. They lost.

I was watching that... and my first thought was... watch JR chuck. This kid has talent, but dumb as a rock.

Saw it on the gen board, had to post it here.