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Post #321 » by **JDR720** » Sat Jan 18, 2014 3:27 am

thruthefire wrote:
mrknowitall215 wrote:I went to the Sixers-Heat game tonight, and let's just say that I hope Hinkie is thinking like me about MCW with a devious smile on his face

Zeller, POR 1st, DET 1st for MCW.

bad deal for CHA

thruthefire · Post #322 » by **thruthefire** » Sat Jan 18, 2014 3:45 am

Kitty logic: sign and keep Cory Higgins on the roster for an entire season, but don't give Kendall Marshall a chance.

catch20two · Post #323 » by **catch20two** » Sat Jan 18, 2014 4:01 am

Don't want MCW. He's a light-skinned version of Jrue Holiday. I don't know why everybody's so intrigued by him as a rookie. He's old enough to have been a 5th year senior in college. He's just older and more mature than the other rookies. He must've did like 3 years of prep school after high school or something to be that old.

mrknowitall215 · Post #324 » by **mrknowitall215** » Sat Jan 18, 2014 4:15 am

catch20two wrote:Kelly Olynyk played like a Bird/McHale hybrid reincarnated.

Olynyk had 25 points on 11-for-17 shooting, 5 rebounds, 7 assist, 2 steals, & 1 block. He's had a couple of stat stuffer games like this throughout the season. If Cho had the brass, he would've traded down knowing that if he loss 'his guy' in the process he still could've got a solid player in Olynyk that could've fulfilled that solid backup PF/C role. I liked Olynyk's game more than Zeller's anyway, but that's neither here nor there now

mrknowitall215 · Post #325 » by **mrknowitall215** » Sat Jan 18, 2014 4:17 am

catch20two wrote:Another scoreless night for Shumpert. The Knicks should've traded him for Faried when they had the chance.

Like I been saying over the past 2-3 years, just a product of the NY media hype. Although I think he's feeling the after-effects of returning from a torn ACL which is leading to his very lackluster play lately, he never was that good to begin with

karkinos · Post #326 » by **karkinos** » Sat Jan 18, 2014 5:27 am

mrknowitall215 wrote:Thank you for backing me up on that notion. The Thunder are about to lose 4 out of their next 5 games against HOU, GSW, SAC, POR, & SAS. The best OKC might do out of that stretch of games is 2-3. The Warriors now have a golden opportunity to be a top-3 seed in the Western Conference as I predicted

k bruh
time to fade okc for the next 3 games

mrknowitall215 · Post #327 » by **mrknowitall215** » Sat Jan 18, 2014 5:32 am

cancer wrote:
mrknowitall215 wrote:Thank you for backing me up on that notion. The Thunder are about to lose 4 out of their next 5 games against HOU, GSW, SAC, POR, & SAS. The best OKC might do out of that stretch of games is 2-3. The Warriors now have a golden opportunity to be a top-3 seed in the Western Conference as I predicted

k bruh
time to fade okc for the next 3 games

OKC is playing well. I don't know what changes they've made other than Durant going nuts, but they are finally starting to click without Westbrook

LamarMatic7 · Post #328 » by **LamarMatic7** » Sat Jan 18, 2014 10:15 am

Some may remember that I've hyped up Mike Conley before and am a fan of his.

Here's how great his season has been so far:
http://bkref.com/tiny/bS7RU

And that doesn't factor in that the high usage rate is a part of Gasol's injuries and how he has maintained a good TS% and low turnover rate throughout this period. Moreover, you can't put a number on his defense.

mrknowitall215 · Post #329 » by **mrknowitall215** » Sat Jan 18, 2014 2:29 pm

NBA's Least Valuable Players
By Tom Haberstroh | ESPN Insider

Ben McLemore, Sacramento Kings: Maybe it's completely meaningless and utterly arbitrary, but ever since LeBron James posterized him in Miami on Dec. 20, here are the rook's averages over those 12 games: 21.0 minutes, 4.6 points, 2.1 rebounds, 0.8 assists and 31.7 percent shooting from the floor, 32.1 percent from downtown and 0.7 free throw attempts.

The worst part? He has 35 fouls and one steal over that span. That's horrendous for an athlete like him.

You probably haven't heard more about McLemore's demise because the most of the top 10 in the 2013 draft (with the exception of No. 9 pick Trey Burke) has been a train wreck. But McLemore's minus-0.4 PER this month illustrates how bad it's gotten, and he's now in danger of dropping out of the rotation after losing his starting spot earlier this month.

He's still just 20 years old, but we could be waiting a while for his athleticism to translate onto the NBA level.

Despite Cody Zeller's woes, I'll give Cho credit for not biting the bait of Ben McLemore. It was apparent that McLemore was going to struggle in the NBA mercifully from observing & evaluating his game at Kansas last year

Benjamin Linus · Post #330 » by **Benjamin Linus** » Sat Jan 18, 2014 2:38 pm

Harrison Barnes: 19 minutes with zero points, rebounds, assists, blocks, and steals.

Woah. I know MKG disappears from time to time, but not to that degree. Dude had another 20 minute 0-4 night the game before last. Would it be too harsh to call him the Iman Shumpert of Golden State?

mrknowitall215 · Post #331 » by **mrknowitall215** » Sat Jan 18, 2014 2:43 pm

Benjamin Linus wrote:Harrison Barnes: 19 minutes with zero points, rebounds, assists, blocks, and steals.

Woah. I know, MKG disappears from time to time, but not to that degree. I just checked Barnes stats, he had another 20 minute 0-4 night the game before last. Would it be too harsh to call him the Iman Shumpert of Golden State?

Harrison Barnes' play in GSW is indeed overrated, and mostly due to his performance in last season's postseason. His hype is basically living off a few big games of yesteryear. Barnes hasn't improved one bit from his rookie season into his sophomore season. In fact he may have regressed some albeit receiving more playing time

It might be too harsh to call him the Iman Shumpert of Golden State, but it's not like you're comparing apples & oranges. They are both young players that aren't living up to the billing of their hype & expectations

HornetJail · Post #332 » by **HornetJail** » Sat Jan 18, 2014 7:51 pm

Benjamin Linus wrote:Harrison Barnes: 19 minutes with zero points, rebounds, assists, blocks, and steals.

Woah. I know MKG disappears from time to time, but not to that degree. Dude had another 20 minute 0-4 night the game before last. Would it be too harsh to call him the Iman Shumpert of Golden State?

Yeah, that's harsh. Barnes is a good player. Not special, but he's good. He simply gets more hype being a young player on a really good team.

Post #333 » by **JDR720** » Sat Jan 18, 2014 8:26 pm

[tweet]https://twitter.com/SpearsNBAYahoo/status/424635816606834688[/tweet]
Hmmm evidently we have a Jason Smith on the team... mind=blown

Post #334 » by **JDR720** » Sat Jan 18, 2014 9:58 pm

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nets-make- ... 05616.html

Post #335 » by **fatlever** » Sun Jan 19, 2014 4:40 am

one of the crazier plus/minus boxscore moments i've seen - aldridge was +40 in 32 minutes. his backup, thomas robinson, was -24 in 16 minutes. 64 pt swing between the two.

Post #336 » by **JDR720** » Sun Jan 19, 2014 4:48 am

fatlever wrote:one of the crazier plus/minus boxscore moments i've seen - aldridge was +40 in 32 minutes. his backup, thomas robinson, was -24 in 16 minutes. 64 pt swing between the two.

i am so happy we didn't draft him back in 2012

Post #337 » by **fatlever** » Sun Jan 19, 2014 5:04 am

lance stevenson deserves to go to the all-star game. he is playing fantastic ball lately.

catch20two · Post #338 » by **catch20two** » Sun Jan 19, 2014 5:07 am

fatlever wrote:lance stevenson deserves to go to the all-star game. he is playing fantastic ball lately.

Check out Derozan stats over the month of January as the Raptors have been winning consistently.

Post #339 » by **fatlever** » Sun Jan 19, 2014 5:11 am

catch20two wrote:
fatlever wrote:lance stevenson deserves to go to the all-star game. he is playing fantastic ball lately.

Check out Derozan stats over the month of January as the Raptors have been winning consistently.

maybe they both get in, but if i have to pick one, i am taking stevenson. and if i had to pick one to put on my team, i'd take stevenson (unless he goes crazy again). lowry is the guy that i'd take from the raptors.

Post #340 » by **JDR720** » Sun Jan 19, 2014 5:17 am

they should both be All-Stars but they wont be unless the coaches put them in