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LamarMatic7 · Post #1121 » by **LamarMatic7** » Mon Mar 28, 2016 2:14 pm

TinmanZBoy wrote:Did not watch Jazz much... What's wrong with Trey Burke? .... I watched a couple of pre-season games of Jazz, I liked Raul Neto, dude has all the intangibles...

Shelvin Mack has been good enough for them to slide their own guys over to the bench.

Post #1122 » by **Diop** » Tue Mar 29, 2016 4:45 am

has George Karl always been an egomaniac? how the heck did he survive coaching Payton and Kemp?

MPM · Post #1123 » by **MPM** » Wed Mar 30, 2016 1:28 pm

Jeez, this D'Angelo Russell thing is bad. It's one thing to break the bro code, but to do it to a teammate? Wow. Guess this means they'll be trading him to us for Jorge next year.

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/15095276/dangelo-russell-center-los-angeles-lakers-rift-video-took-nick-young-made-public

Post #1124 » by **yosemiteben** » Wed Mar 30, 2016 3:28 pm

Erie BayHawks ‏@ErieBayHawks 31m31 minutes ago
Aaron Harrison (@AaronICE2) had another efficient night, posting 27 pts on 8-of-19

efficient night...8-19

BatumtheGlue · Post #1125 » by **BatumtheGlue** » Thu Mar 31, 2016 3:00 am

27 pts on 18 FGA. Yes, that's efficient.

BatumtheGlue · Post #1126 » by **BatumtheGlue** » Thu Mar 31, 2016 3:04 am

I'm rooting for the Jazz, lets beat the Warriors!

ChokeFasncists · Post #1127 » by **ChokeFasncists** » Sat Apr 2, 2016 7:45 pm

MPM wrote:Jeez, this D'Angelo Russell thing is bad. It's one thing to break the bro code, but to do it to a teammate? Wow. Guess this means they'll be trading him to us for Jorge next year.

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/15095276/dangelo-russell-center-los-angeles-lakers-rift-video-took-nick-young-made-public

Looks like the no.2 pick is more important than the slumping SwaggyP.

HornetJail · Post #1128 » by **HornetJail** » Sun Apr 3, 2016 12:28 am

yosemiteben wrote:Erie BayHawks ‏@ErieBayHawks 31m31 minutes ago
Aaron Harrison (@AaronICE2) had another efficient night, posting 27 pts on 8-of-19

efficient night...8-19

19 shots is more than he's taken in his entire career as a Hornet.

If you're counting, he's 3-15 in the NBA :lol:

MasterIchiro · Post #1129 » by **MasterIchiro** » Sun Apr 3, 2016 1:05 pm

Boston is positioned for a run of dominance. They have a strong team, great young coach, cap space, a cache of picks, and that Nets pick. I think Durant will give them a serious look.

ChokeFasncists · Post #1130 » by **ChokeFasncists** » Sun Apr 3, 2016 6:14 pm

MasterIchiro wrote:Boston is positioned for a run of dominance. They have a strong team, great young coach, cap space, a cache of picks, and that Nets pick. I think Durant will give them a serious look.

If the Kings want to trade Cousins, he could end up there.

LamarMatic7 · Post #1131 » by **LamarMatic7** » Tue Apr 5, 2016 11:31 am

I don't think I've seen this posted here. Ammo touches on the lack of cohesiveness and chemistry on those particular Bobcats teams among other stuff.

[tweet]https://twitter.com/YahooSports/status/717003564879646720[/tweet]

was very excited about this one. you would imagine that he's sitting somewhere at home and chugging beers every day. this shows the potential of Redick's podcast. he might get guys which are wary of media exposure just because he's a peer.

MasterIchiro · Post #1132 » by **MasterIchiro** » Tue Apr 5, 2016 12:30 pm

ChokeFasncists wrote:
MasterIchiro wrote:Boston is positioned for a run of dominance. They have a strong team, great young coach, cap space, a cache of picks, and that Nets pick. I think Durant will give them a serious look.

If the Kings want to trade Cousins, he could end up there.

Yeah their rebuilding phase is over. They're going to do something big with the Nets pick.

Snidely FC · Post #1133 » by **Snidely FC** » Tue Apr 5, 2016 7:49 pm

Hm, Justice Winslow might not be the best rookie on the Miami basketball team

TheKingofSting · Post #1134 » by **TheKingofSting** » Wed Apr 6, 2016 5:30 am

Minnesota won in OT in Golden State in what has to be the upset of the season. They had to beat the Warriors and the refs. They went to video review to overturn a block call on Steph Curry in regulation. I have never seen them go and review an already called charge or block call in my life. NEVER!

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Post #1135 » by **Diop** » Wed Apr 6, 2016 7:39 am

monster game from Wiggins, great use of his athleticism

MPM · Post #1136 » by **MPM** » Thu Apr 7, 2016 9:41 am

A tad torn on the Hinkie thing. Part of me thinks he was just a guy in the rain, holding up an umbrella and waiting for lightning to strike (which takes no real strategy at all), while I also see an outside-looking-in pragmatist that had the balls to commit to a strategy no one else would. In the end, I think he may have just been the wrong guy for the job - he seemed talented at black-and-white asset gathering, but was never a communicator, nor a team/culture builder. I think "the process" may have had a longer lifespan if his basketball mind was as good as his analytical mind.

Post #1137 » by **fatlever** » Thu Apr 7, 2016 7:11 pm

LamarMatic7 wrote:I don't think I've seen this posted here. Ammo touches on the lack of cohesiveness and chemistry on those particular Bobcats teams among other stuff.

[tweet]https://twitter.com/YahooSports/status/717003564879646720[/tweet]

was very excited about this one. you would imagine that he's sitting somewhere at home and chugging beers every day. this shows the potential of Redick's podcast. he might get guys which are wary of media exposure just because he's a peer.

Finally getting a chance to listen to this podcast. I wish the entire thing was about the 2006-2008 Bobcats.

Reading between the lines, I think maybe Gerald Wallace perhaps wasn't quick to embrace Ammo, because they were both small forwards, Ammo probably getting too much hype, Wallace looking for long term deal.

"every guy the year before was supposed to be the guy" - referring to all the young players in Charlotte (Okafor, Felton, May, Wallace etc...)

I guess that's one area where Bernie failed, which was putting together some vets that could help lead those early young players. Man, our franchise really was a trainwreck under Robert Johnson and Bernie and into the Sam Vincent and Larry Brown years.

Post #1138 » by **fatlever** » Thu Apr 7, 2016 7:14 pm

3 coaches in 3 years, says he hit rookie wall in 1st year, partly due to diabetes. 2nd year the plan was for him to be the 2nd unit scorer, which he embraced and felt was a good role. and he actually looked decent in preseason that year before tearing ACL. 3rd year, coming back from injury, playing for Larry Brown, who Ammo says jokingly "didnt really care for skinny white kids on the wing".

MPM · Post #1139 » by **MPM** » Thu Apr 7, 2016 8:07 pm

I'll always fondly remember him lighting up Bowen for 28 or something. Jacking up ridiculous shots.

EDIT:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/16/AR2006111600028.html

"He is a basketball junkie," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. "He's a scoring machine. He's a fantastic young talent."

Much of Morrison's night came against Spurs forward Bruce Bowen, who has three straight NBA All-Defensive first team honors.

Man, what a waste.

LofJ · Post #1140 » by **LofJ** » Thu Apr 7, 2016 9:29 pm

The ACL tear is what ruined Morrison. He already had shaky confidence, trying to come back from such a serious injury while playing for Larry Brown doomed him. If he had never tore his ACL I wonder what he would have become.