NBA Games Discussion Thread - Part 2

Hypnotizer · Post #1121 » by **Hypnotizer** » Tue Apr 22, 2014 10:21 am

FAH1223 wrote:
OH BTW, check out the Defensive Player of the Year votes

http://www.nba.com/media/042114-2013-14 ... -Votes.pdf

Dave Johnson - Hibbert 1st; Noah 2nd; Ariza 3rd
Phil Chenier - Noah 1st, Ariza 2nd, George 3rd
Steve Buckhantz - Noah 1st; Ibaka 2nd; George 3rd.

FAH1223 · Post #1122 » by **FAH1223** » Tue Apr 22, 2014 5:47 pm

Pop wins Coach of the Year again, here's a gif of 2 years ago (hey, our own Don Newman is in there)

LOL @ the assistants not accepting the trophy from Pop since he apparently couldn't care less about the award.

MDStar · Post #1123 » by **MDStar** » Tue Apr 22, 2014 7:03 pm

Pop is too funny. That dude is just not a people person.

Illmatic21 · Post #1124 » by **Illmatic21** » Tue Apr 22, 2014 7:08 pm

So Phil kicked Mike Woodson to the curb. With any luck these two old buddies will be spending a lot of time together soon..

Post #1125 » by **pineappleheadindc** » Tue Apr 22, 2014 11:28 pm

Boy, Indiana just does not look impressive. Jeez. I may have to switch the channel in a few minutes to watch the Nets vs Raptors game.

Hypnotizer · Post #1126 » by **Hypnotizer** » Tue Apr 22, 2014 11:40 pm

pineappleheadindc wrote:Boy, Indiana just does not look impressive. Jeez. I may have to switch the channel in a few minutes to watch the Nets vs Raptors game.

Indiana Wussies
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3p_6dq5Ga8k[/youtube]

Post #1127 » by **pineappleheadindc** » Tue Apr 22, 2014 11:47 pm

Brooklyn 8 - Toronto 1

Hypnotizer · Post #1128 » by **Hypnotizer** » Wed Apr 23, 2014 12:05 am

Vasquez should be 6th man of the year.

Hypnotizer · Post #1129 » by **Hypnotizer** » Wed Apr 23, 2014 12:43 am

FAH1223 wrote:Pop wins Coach of the Year again, here's a gif of 2 years ago (hey, our own Don Newman is in there)

LOL @ the assistants not accepting the trophy from Pop since he apparently couldn't care less about the award.

Glenn Consor - Hornacek (PHX) 1st; Clifford (CHA) 2nd; Casey (TOR) 3rd
Phil Chenier - Popovich (SAS) 1st; Hornacek 2nd; Casey 3rd
Steve Buckhantz - Clifford 1st; Hornacek 2nd; Thibodeau (CHI) 3rd.

closg00 · Post #1130 » by **closg00** » Wed Apr 23, 2014 1:19 am

Pacers finally waking-up tonight.

Post #1131 » by **nate33** » Wed Apr 23, 2014 1:32 am

I think it was a two-man race between Popovich and Hornacek. Everyone else is an honorable mention.

Clifford, Thibs and Casey all did a nice job, but winning 48 or 43 games in the East is nothing at all like winning 48 games in the West.

MikeTheKid · Post #1132 » by **MikeTheKid** » Thu Apr 24, 2014 3:14 am

LMA with 29 pts 3 mins into the 3rd quarter, dude is playing out of his mind right now

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Illuminaire · Post #1133 » by **Illuminaire** » Thu Apr 24, 2014 3:40 am

There is a trail of fire behind the ball every time Lemarcus Aldridge shoots, and the nets incinerate after he swishes it. I swear, that's actually happening.

nuposse04 · Post #1134 » by **nuposse04** » Thu Apr 24, 2014 4:28 am

LMA>>>>Everything Rockets. Kind of comical to watch Daryl Morey's team fail to play a lick of defense for McHale.

hands11 · Post #1135 » by **hands11** » Thu Apr 24, 2014 8:03 am

nate33 wrote:I think it was a two-man race between Popovich and Hornacek. Everyone else is an honorable mention.

Clifford, Thibs and Casey all did a nice job, but winning 48 or 43 games in the East is nothing at all like winning 48 games in the West.

Since all the things a team is really trying to achieve are in the playoffs, why don't they wait until after the playoffs to give these awards ?

AFM · Post #1136 » by **AFM** » Thu Apr 24, 2014 1:16 pm

Where's PIF to tell me how overrated LMA is?

Dude is straight nasty

pancakes3 · Post #1137 » by **pancakes3** » Thu Apr 24, 2014 2:04 pm

Whenever points>minutes, it is by definition, straight nasty. Yes, even 2 pts in 1 mins worth of garbage time. By definition.

Post #1138 » by **LyricalRico** » Thu Apr 24, 2014 2:12 pm

nuposse04 wrote:LMA>>>>Everything Rockets. Kind of comical to watch Daryl Morey's team fail to play a lick of defense for McHale.

Nivek · Post #1139 » by **Nivek** » Thu Apr 24, 2014 2:35 pm

AFM wrote:Where's PIF to tell me how overrated LMA is?

Dude is straight nasty

Depends on where folks have Aldridge rated. Those who think of him as one of the game's elites have him overrated. Those who think he's pretty average have him underrated.

My primary caution would be to avoid reaching any conclusions based on one game -- especially one where a guy's performance is an extreme. Last night's play from Aldridge was impressive as hell, but it's at the extreme high end of what he can do.

He's an interesting player because so much of his game is the 2pt jumper. He's very productive and he rates well in my analysis, BUT he also would seem to leave a lot of points out there with his shot selection. 64% of his FGA are 2pt jumpers from 10 feet or more. He shoots .426 on those attempts. An average NBA FGA has an efg of .501. For Portland, it's .504.

With his high usage and misguided shot selection, Aldridge is costing the Blazers about 1.9 points per 40 minutes. The only high-usage (25% of his team's possessions or more) player costing his team more with his shooting this season was Michael Carter-Williams. The other guys close: Tyreke Evans, Demar Derozan, and Tony Wroten.

In my analysis, Aldridge is good, but could be much better. At 28 years old, he's not likely to make significant changes to his game, so...what you see is likely what you're going to get.

By the way, Portland did have one of the league's most efficient offenses, even with Aldridge's relative inefficiency. Why? Very low turnovers, and excellent offensive rebounding (especially by Robin Lopez).

AFM · Post #1140 » by **AFM** » Thu Apr 24, 2014 2:45 pm

Nivek wrote:
AFM wrote:Where's PIF to tell me how overrated LMA is?

Dude is straight nasty

Depends on where folks have Aldridge rated. Those who think of him as one of the game's elites have him overrated. Those who think he's pretty average have him underrated.

My primary caution would be to avoid reaching any conclusions based on one game -- especially one where a guy's performance is an extreme. Last night's play from Aldridge was impressive as hell, but it's at the extreme high end of what he can do.

He's an interesting player because so much of his game is the 2pt jumper. He's very productive and he rates well in my analysis, BUT he also would seem to leave a lot of points out there with his shot selection. 64% of his FGA are 2pt jumpers from 10 feet or more. He shoots .426 on those attempts. An average NBA FGA has an efg of .501. For Portland, it's .504.

With his high usage and misguided shot selection, Aldridge is costing the Blazers about 1.9 points per 40 minutes. The only high-usage (25% of his team's possessions or more) player costing his team more with his shooting this season was Michael Carter-Williams. The other guys close: Tyreke Evans, Demar Derozan, and Tony Wroten.

In my analysis, Aldridge is good, but could be much better. At 28 years old, he's not likely to make significant changes to his game, so...what you see is likely what you're going to get.

By the way, Portland did have one of the league's most efficient offenses, even with Aldridge's relative inefficiency. Why? Very low turnovers, and excellent offensive rebounding (especially by Robin Lopez).

Let me guess, Kevin--he should be shooting open 3's, particularly the corner 3, and layups/dunks, with a 2 point jump shot being a last resort only when the shot clock is expiring. Am I right?