NBA Season 2017/18
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@raznomore said in NBA Season 2017/18:
I can't see Cav's pegging on back but stranger things have happened.
On Jr, we had some water cooler talk today about the US's love of immortalising sporting mishaps and how the central figure is never allowed to live it down again. In other words Jr's lasting legacy will be not knowing what the fuck was going on.
Every year during March Madness they almost always show Chris Webber's brain fart in the NCAA final
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I think the situation will mean it's not remembered as an all-time blunder. For it to get to that status, it would need to be a game 6 or 7 IMO.
If the Warriors go on to sweep or win 4-1, JR may well get off the hook. While you could argue he cost them the game, it won't go down as a series deciding moment when looked back on in 5-10 years.
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No doubt about it that it was a “big” stuff up by JR. but I like what KD said in his post game interview about how all players do dumb stuff on the court. I don’t think it is 30 for 30 proportions though.....
But the OT play of the Cavs was nowhere near that of the Warriors. That was the real difference.
Game 2 played out how I think most of the world believed the tone of the series would be. Cavs hanging around on the back of LBJ and Love and then Warriors going on one or two spurts with hot shooting and great passing to pull away.
Chef was on fire, but I thought KD really stepped up and then Klay had a quiet 20. Add to that the fact that Shaq’tin and Livingstone combined for 11-11 from the field.
He might be the most annoying NBA talking head, but I actually agree with Steven A. Smith who said its time the Cavs played Rodney Hood more. I think of all the supporting cast, he can actually catch fire and with his size can play good perimeter defence on the switches.
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@canefan said in NBA Season 2017/18:
@raznomore said in NBA Season 2017/18:
I can't see Cav's pegging on back but stranger things have happened.
On Jr, we had some water cooler talk today about the US's love of immortalising sporting mishaps and how the central figure is never allowed to live it down again. In other words Jr's lasting legacy will be not knowing what the fuck was going on.
Every year during March Madness they almost always show Chris Webber's brain fart in the NCAA final
I agree there is a tendency to look for those types of stories - the Steve Bartman story probably the most infamous for following someone that stuffed up. But the Fab 5 story was so much more than that TO call in terms of impact on college ball. There are so many other dimensions that make for a great story.
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@act-crusader said in NBA Season 2017/18:
He might be the most annoying NBA talking head, but I actually agree with Steven A. Smith who said its time the Cavs played Rodney Hood more. I think of all the supporting cast, he can actually catch fire and with his size can play good perimeter defence on the switches.
It's bizarre how far Hood has fallen. While he has his flaws, he was a leading scorer on a decent Jazz team, averaging about 15-20 a game (just a guess).
Now he's getting regular DNPs. When Lebron loses faith in you, you don't get many chances to restore it...
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@rocky-rockbottom said in NBA Season 2017/18:
Hood didn't want to check in. Persona non gratis by now i7d reckon
That was a bad move, in the eyes of the whole team and coach. He might be packing his bags in the Summer
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Remember your childhood nemesis? So do Steph and Klay
Believe it or not, even the Splash Brothers had someone from their past who gave them fits on the court. This is the never-before-told story of the childhood battles that helped create one of the best backcourts in NBA history.
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And then Curry nailed the definitive 3, stroked home his freethrows, and that was all she wrote.
It's fucked that they have Curry, and Durant, and they just move seamlessly to whoever is hot.
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Splash brothers are cold from 3, no matter when Durant drops 40 plus on the cavs. They got so many easy buckets off the pick and roll too, that's what you get when you have to respect the best outside shooting in the league, McGee scores in double figures
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@canefan said in NBA Season 2017/18:
Splash brothers are cold from 3, no matter when Durant drops 40 plus on the cavs. They got so many easy buckets off the pick and roll too, that's what you get when you have to respect the best outside shooting in the league, McGee scores in double figures
GS are a fucking good team. Yes, they have talent to burn, and that certainly helps, but their movement for each other is fucking top quality. They play as a unit, which sometimes gets overlooked when people just look at the roster.
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@mariner4life said in NBA Season 2017/18:
@canefan said in NBA Season 2017/18:
Splash brothers are cold from 3, no matter when Durant drops 40 plus on the cavs. They got so many easy buckets off the pick and roll too, that's what you get when you have to respect the best outside shooting in the league, McGee scores in double figures
GS are a fucking good team. Yes, they have talent to burn, and that certainly helps, but their movement for each other is fucking top quality. They play as a unit, which sometimes gets overlooked when people just look at the roster.
When their offense flows it is a beautiful thing to watch
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They will go down as the best passing team in NBA history.
It’s all the little things they do. Your point guard is an excellent off ball screener. Your two guard is not dribble heavy and moves as good as anyone off screens. Your power forward is an unselfish offensive player that loves to pass and create.
Also helps when your small forward is 6’11 and has a 7’5 wingspan and sees over every defender the opposition throw at him.
When ZaZa was in the starting lineup they were an even better passing team. His drop offs and little bounce passes were very good. He’s just gotten slower this year so gets less minutes.
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@act-crusader said in NBA Season 2017/18:
They will go down as the best passing team in NBA history.
It’s all the little things they do. Your point guard is an excellent off ball screener. Your two guard is not dribble heavy and moves as good as anyone off screens. Your power forward is an unselfish offensive player that loves to pass and create.
Also helps when your small forward is 6’11 and has a 7’5 wingspan and sees over every defender the opposition throw at him.
When ZaZa was in the starting lineup they were an even better passing team. His drop offs and little bounce passes were very good. He’s just gotten slower this year so gets less minutes.
There was a stat from earlier in the year(?) about how many dribbles Klay Thompson took per score (I think he had a big scoring game), and it was some crazy number like 3 or 4 dribbles per point. Ridiculous efficiency
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Charles Barkley on LeBron v MJ
“Any media person that I see in person for the rest of my life who try to tell me that LeBron James is as good as Michael Jordan… I’m just going to slap the hell out of them right on the spot. Right on the [expletive] spot. No questions asked.
The next person who walks up to me and says ‘LeBron James, he was amazing. As good as Michael Jordan’ or ‘competes like Michael Jordan,’ I’m just going to slap the hell out of you right on the spot, and I’m going to take my chances with the judicial system.”
Charles Barkley: I'll 'slap' anyone who says LeBron is equal to Michael Jordan
Charles Barkley won’t stand for people saying LeBron is as good as Michael Jordan.
