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LamarMatic7 · Post #341 » by **LamarMatic7** » Sun Jan 19, 2014 7:31 am

yes, JDR. that's how the player selection for the All-Star game works.

Liver_Pooty · Post #342 » by **Liver_Pooty** » Sun Jan 19, 2014 8:11 am

I take Derozan over Stephenson. Mainly because Lance is a punk and I've always disliked him

thruthefire · Post #343 » by **thruthefire** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 9:21 pm

mrknowitall215 wrote:
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.

Cody Zeller is the pits. However, I would do it if you replaced Zeller with Biyombo

31-6-5 and counting against John Wall. You must be rethinking this, mrkia.

HornetJail · Post #344 » by **HornetJail** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 9:40 pm

Liver_Pooty wrote:I take Derozan over Stephenson. Mainly because Lance is a punk and I've always disliked him

I think Lance's sobered up since his rookie year when he had legal troubles, etc. He's a far better player now. Stephenson's tenacity is every bit as contagious as MKG's. I'd take Afflalo over him in the all-star race, but Lance is still above Derozan in my mind.

Liver_Pooty · Post #345 » by **Liver_Pooty** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 9:45 pm

Biz Gilwalker wrote:
Liver_Pooty wrote:I take Derozan over Stephenson. Mainly because Lance is a punk and I've always disliked him

I think Lance's sobered up since his rookie year when he had legal troubles, etc. He's a far better player now. Stephenson's tenacity is every bit as contagious as MKG's. I'd take Afflalo over him in the all-star race, but Lance is still above Derozan in my mind.

Yeah my stance has changed since I posted that. I too would take Stephenson over Derozan.

serengeti · Post #346 » by **serengeti** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 10:22 pm

Today Beal 22-9-8.

Men, when I saw this guy at the game... I realized how much talent we let go in the 2012 draft.

MasterIchiro · Post #347 » by **MasterIchiro** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 10:25 pm

They wrongly felt Henderson was the right piece and believed SF was the most pressing need. They passed on a SG in 2013 because of Henderson again and felt PF was the most pressing need. We ended up with MKG and Zeller. It's disgusting.

thruthefire · Post #348 » by **thruthefire** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 10:34 pm

Coming into today's games, Beal was scoring less efficiently than Hendo. He's had just as up and down a season as MKG has, but his greatest talent is on the offensive end, so he doesn't catch as much heat as MKG.

mrknowitall215 · Post #349 » by **mrknowitall215** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 11:25 pm

thruthefire wrote:
mrknowitall215 wrote:
thruthefire wrote:
Zeller, POR 1st, DET 1st for MCW.

Cody Zeller is the pits. However, I would do it if you replaced Zeller with Biyombo

31-6-5 and counting against John Wall. You must be rethinking this, mrkia.

I honestly watched the game in frustration of MCW. He unnecessarily shot the most shots on the team by a mile (22 attempts), and played horrible defense. He probably had the worst +/- on the team. I understand that he's a rookie so I won't knock him but so much since this was one of his better games in a while, but I still want to trade him if his value remain as overrated as it currently is. I would much rather have Trey Burke in a Sixers uniform, and that's who I preferably wanted until the Jazz hi-jacked him from us by trading up with the Timberwolves

LamarMatic7 · Post #350 » by **LamarMatic7** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 11:40 pm

watching Grizzlies - Pels. the front court of Ajinca and Davis sure have some length. It took Z-Bo and Gasol one half to get used to the athletic and tall Pelicans bigs.

HornetJail · Post #351 » by **HornetJail** » Tue Jan 21, 2014 12:12 am

I am more than happy with picking MKG where we picked him. Yeah, we missed out on Drummond (a lot of teams are kicking themselves for that one), but I'm convinced that MKG was the next best thing in that draft we could've picked at #2. Beal is very up-and-down and has his share of concerns on the injury front. Waiters, Robinson, and Ross are not in that tier, Barnes is there with Beal, and Lillard made no sense for us, having just drafted Kemba. I'm more than happy with the 20-year-old lockdown defender with tons of upside. MKG's defense is much, much better than Beal's offense, which is on par with the disappointing Eric Gordon, and that's being generous to Beal.

catch20two · Post #352 » by **catch20two** » Tue Jan 21, 2014 12:51 am

LamarMatic7 wrote:watching Grizzlies - Pels. the front court of Ajinca and Davis sure have some length. It took Z-Bo and Gasol one half to get used to the athletic and tall Pelicans bigs.

What did they do to stop Conley? He had a off night after being very consistent over the past month or so.

catch20two · Post #353 » by **catch20two** » Tue Jan 21, 2014 1:08 am

Mike Scott on the Hawks got a nice little game and he's a real stretch 4. That was a solid pick for them to find in the 2nd round last year.

vorbis · Post #354 » by **vorbis** » Tue Jan 21, 2014 9:09 am

piling on at this point, but i heard a good nickname for anthony bennett the other day - the notorious D.N.P.

LamarMatic7 · Post #355 » by **LamarMatic7** » Tue Jan 21, 2014 9:53 am

catch20two wrote:
LamarMatic7 wrote:watching Grizzlies - Pels. the front court of Ajinca and Davis sure have some length. It took Z-Bo and Gasol one half to get used to the athletic and tall Pelicans bigs.

What did they do to stop Conley? He had a off night after being very consistent over the past month or so.

It was moreso about the Grizzlies playing sloppy themselves than anyone stopping them. That also goes for Conley.

mrknowitall215 · Post #356 » by **mrknowitall215** » Tue Jan 21, 2014 10:14 pm

CHRIS BOSH IS REALLY BAD LUCK FOR THE BOBCATS

You’d never see it on the surface, but Chris Bosh has turned into a bad omen for the Charlotte Bobcats. Charlotte has suffered a couple injuries to key personnel this season despite currently sitting at the No. 8 spot in the laughable Eastern Conference. High-priced free agent signee, Al Jefferson, suffered a severe ankle sprain to start the season, and Kemba Walker just sprained his ankle on Saturday. The culprit both times was Bosh, and his foot of doom.

Richard Walker notes at the Gaston Gazette:

"The two most significant Bobcats injuries this season have come by stepping on the foot of Miami’s 6-foot-11 center Chris Bosh. Al Jefferson stepped on Bosh’s foot in the second preseason game in October and missed the rest of the preseason and nine of the first 12 games of the season. And on Saturday, Kemba Walker stepped on Bosh’s foot while driving to the basket and team says he’ll miss “10-14″ days. “Chris Bosh has hurt us in a lot of ways this year – with his foot and his play,” Clifford said before Monday’s game…."

You never know when Bosh will pop up.

The Bobcats travel to Miami on March 3rd for their final meeting of the season, so keep an eye on wherever Bosh plants his foot. You know the Bobcats will.

http://dimemag.com/2014/01/chris-bosh-r ... k-bobcats/

Post #357 » by **JDR720** » Wed Jan 22, 2014 2:58 am

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catch20two · Post #358 » by **catch20two** » Wed Jan 22, 2014 3:02 am

Rondo ain't sh*t no more. If I was Boston I would be trying to trade him to Sacramento for Isaiah Thomas and fillers. I know he's just returning from injury but I think he's about to get exposed not playing next to 3 future HOFers.

Post #359 » by **JDR720** » Wed Jan 22, 2014 3:19 am

Durant better win MVP, he is on a rampage right now averaging FORTY ONE over his last 5 games with 5reb and 6ast

mrknowitall215 · Post #360 » by **mrknowitall215** » Wed Jan 22, 2014 3:22 am

JDR720 wrote:Durant better win MVP, he is on a rampage right now averaging FORTY ONE over his last 5 games with 5reb and 6ast

I agree. I want to see Durant win MVP and strip LeBron of his streak, but he has to keep winning