NBA Commentary 2012-13

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Hell yeah, love the young Nugs, so deep, so versitile


I think the Blaze will be fun to watch too, just not as good, prolly fringe playoff team

Atlanta could be surprisingly good with their collection of sharp shooters to open things up for Smoove and Horf

Celtics are going to be nasty good on defense

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Watching the game today, the Lakers will take some time to adjust but christ they looked terrible today. Nash looks a year older, Dwight struggled against Eddy Curry's fatness (which is an absolute joke in intself) and the rest of them minus Kobe didn't show up (World Peace brings more comedy to the table then any player in the nba just based on how bad his shot is). Gasol was as weak as usual, reminds me of the Mavs/Lakers series a few years back when we swept them. Gasol is so damn overated and Dirk showed him up like the overated hack he is. I mean he's a great passer, good solid low post option that can step away but he's nowhere near an elite big man and they say Dirk can't defend? This guy is SOFT, I've been saying it for years. No wonder Kobe has chewed him for years now.

I also think the Nash experiment won't work, the guy needs the ball in his hands 90% of the time. Moving it around to Kobe and Gasol is not the type of PG Nash is. He actually reminded me a lot of the player he was when he was with us. Less a playmaker, more a spot up shooter or screen shooter. Once he went to the Suns his game opened up more and that is when he started blowing up, especially in assists.

As for the Mavs, great game by us. I expect an up and down season but Collison owned the Lakers with his speed and transition game and our scrubby big man rotation of Wright/Brand/Curry actually played well (even though Curry is cringe worthy on defense).

And to all the fantasy kids loving Jae Crowder, expect bigger results in a few years. This kid is the ready made replacement for the Matrix. I'd have snagged him quicker than all of you in the KL but we have too many wings right now and once Dirk is back he's going to get less time. Should have made the move though and stashed him now that I think about it.

Other games: KG is still the biggest dickhead in the sport (total dog move to ignore Ray). Heat look very good again. Jason Terry on that celtic roster is a laugh and Barbosa is a better signing for the money the celtcs are paying.

Cavs will be back in the lottery. Waiters and Irving work well but I don't see Waiters being a long term "solid" player. I'm not sold on him and I think the only reason he'll play is to open Kyrie up more. Wizards are horrible and will challenge the bobcats for the worst record of the season. Okafor got OWNED by Varejao. I mean Varejao had double digit offensive rebounds after 3 quarters then Wittman brings in Earl "I'm back" Barron and Andy slows down due to fatigue and the fact that Barron actually BOXED AV out (had to laugh at rotoworld commenting on Barron vs Varejao, do they even watch the games?). Okafor is washed up. Wizards are terrible, Beal looked crap, enter Shabazz sweepstakes.

Roll on tomorrow, I'm expecting a loss against the Jazz

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Mike Brown trying to passivate Kobe early and often lol. I didn't realize until last night that I'm older than him either. Nash and Gasol should head to the bench early in favor of Jamison and Meeks. Then when Kobe and Dwight sit down let Nash + Gasol PnR the other teams bench to death. Dallas D was outstanding last night. They could use some Kaman off the bench and they still could use a low post game as Brand is a shell offensively but they are scrappy for a rag tag bunch. Loved Crowder at Marquette which is in downtown Milwaukee and they play at the same arena as the Bucks so I go to a few games a year.

Boston forgot to bring their D. Green looked terrible, and Barbosa is a hack and doesn't play any defense. I was a little surprised Darko didn't get any burn. Boston's switches left the paint open a lot.

Cavs ball sharing bigs surprised me a little, but the Wiz are awful. Without Nene and Wall they are a collection of chuckers. If the Cavs can get Shabbaz they could be amazing, but they won't be bad enough unless Irving goes down and they trade AV.

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Watching the start of the Spurs versus New Orleans game. Head Be back soon ".

I agree with the Lakers assessment from earlier I could not understand what they were doing by not letting Steve Nash handle the ball most of the time They are running around trying to turn him into Richard Hamilton or something Not promising coach had hopes of playing eric gordon in today's game, But the news is that not only is a late game scratch but he is out indefinitely according to New Orleans. On the bright side and definitely could always also mean "

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Wow, first game I've watched of Jonas Valanciunas, wow is all I can say. This kid can play. Really impressive hard nosed kid. He's got a nice little 10 foot jumper too. He's actually taking a lot of pressure off the trashy defense/rebounding from Andrea Bargnani.

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*waves to Roosts*

Nice to see you back in the forums

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Better game for the lakers but they just got stomped on by the blazers. That team is loaded as well. Lillard is the future.

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love Stotts and the Blaze have so many weapons

looks like it may be a tight ROY race, the unibrow looked stellar last night too

Harden such a stud, I still can't believe OKC traded him, Houstons offseason has been spectacular and they have the cap room for another stud next summer

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Lakers 0-3 lol. Loving it. Couldn't happen to a bigger arseclown in Kobe and a fuckwit organisation. I'm still expecting them to turn it around eventually but hey, when the lakers are 0-3, you kick them hard whilst they're down.

Throw in the fact that the Celtics lost to the bucks today is and it's almost as funny.

Oh and the Rockets are quickly turning into one of my fav teams to watch. Harden looks great so far, IMO they are one solid PF off from being a yearly playoff team.

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The Lakers look bad. To me I think the clippers have surpassed them. I am glad to see that my suspicions of just how good the Lakers were going to be this year Are starting to be proven right.
Dwight Howard is already off to doing his aloof and clowning around on court tactics... And we all know that Kobe Bryant is one very serious dude and he does not play that shit at all. I see potential friction points on this team that will only get larger as the season goes on Especially if they don't start getting on a winning streak very soon. A loan win against the Detroit Pistons is not exactly what I would call a sure sign that they are back on track.

Oklahoma City trading away James Harden may have Handed the San Antonio Spurs a trip to the finals this season.

San Antonio is off to their first 4-0 Start in franchise history. Tim Duncan is looking awfully good And doing it against pretty good competition... So far he has played against Al Jefferson, hibbert, ibaka, To name a few. The Spurs still seem to have the deepest bench in the league too.

The Lakers are going down, The Utah Jazz are struggling mightily already, Their demise means good things for other teams.
Particularly the other two Texas teams.
Houston is intriguing suddenly. Besides the Rockets super backcourt that has been talked about a lot, They also seem to have found themselves a little Ben Wallace clone in Asik.

I actually watched a Mavericks game a couple days ago And I have to admit they do look pretty good. OJ And Collison are both playing well above my expectations, So I admit I was wrong on those two. My knock on Collison in the past is that he is able to put up huge numbers but as the season goes on he tends to fade out, He will need to guard against that happening to him again.
When Dirk comes back they should really try to force him to run With the rest of the team rather than slowing the rest of the team down for him. When Tim Duncan started getting a little old, pop Change the teams Offense into a primarily fast breaking offense. I know it seems counterintuitive, But the rationale is that the more Tim Duncan runs and the last he has to bang download in the half court offense then the healthier he will be and the longer his career will be. So far so good I think because he still looks pretty sharp. Maybe the Mavs will do something like that for Dirk, He has some young athletes around him now so now would be the time to do it I would think.
Shame on me for underestimating Rick Carlisle, I have always admired him and think he is an excellent coach.
I think the Memphis grizzlies are also in a great position to move up against some of the old teams.

It is going to be another fun knockdown drag out fight in the Western Conference again this year.

The Eastern conference is so much easier.
Do any of you think that there is a single team out east that is capable of taking out Miami? That question is pretty much all it comes down to over in the east.

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Nov 5, 2012 23:52:21 GMT -5 ua said:

I actually watched a Mavericks game a couple days ago And I have to admit they do look pretty good. OJ And Collison are both playing well above my expectations, So I admit I was wrong on those two. My knock on Collison in the past is that he is able to put up huge numbers but as the season goes on he tends to fade out, He will need to guard against that happening to him again.
When Dirk comes back they should really try to force him to run With the rest of the team rather than slowing the rest of the team down for him. When Tim Duncan started getting a little old, pop Change the teams Offense into a primarily fast breaking offense. I know it seems counterintuitive, But the rationale is that the more Tim Duncan runs and the last he has to bang download in the half court offense then the healthier he will be and the longer his career will be. So far so good I think because he still looks pretty sharp. Maybe the Mavs will do something like that for Dirk, He has some young athletes around him now so now would be the time to do it I would think.
Shame on me for underestimating Rick Carlisle, I have always admired him and think he is an excellent coach.

I think it'll actually be a bit of an issue. Don't get me wrong, Dirk's my boy, love him, certified hall of famer, the greatest shooting big man the game has ever seen however he's lost a step, his shot looked a little off last season (granted the knee wasn't good) and now that he has the one thing that eluded him for so long, the hunger is not there as much.

People are talking about Mayo but it's been Collison that has made the biggest difference. That dude is light years ahead of Jason Kidd (the late 30's version) and it shows. Kidd turned into a glorified grandpa that would bring the ball up, pass it, sit out on the perimeter and shoot open shots that would likely miss over his last 2 years. He's doing the same thing for the Knicks this year, minus the primary ball handler role. He made some big shots in our run to the championship but he's nowhere near the Jason Kidd many people still see. He should have retired years ago.

Collison is attacking and creating, whilst hitting his shots. He's opened up Mayo's game hugely, and Mayo is getting a lot of uncontested three's. The guy looks awesome because of how DC is creating. That's simply it really. Mayo is doing the job he's supposed to do.

Once Dirk is back though it's going to clog up our up tempo style and I expect some slow results. The good thing is that we have a shit load of depth at C/PF/SF if everyone is healthy. Wright is playing great both on the offensive and defensive end. Only issue with him is that he and Brand are allowing too many offensive rebounds and it's Kaman coming off the bench that is making the difference there. Though once Dirk is back, I can see Kaman starting with Wright as his primary backup, and Brand will back Dirk up. Regardless of what people think, you can do a lot worse than having Elton Brand as your primary backup.

Also Vince has turned up the last two games, if he keeps on hitting his shots he'll be more than handy taking over Jet's role as a sixth man. Throw in the future that is Crowder, and obviously Collison and Mayo, and I like where things are going.

Kaman (along with DC) I'm happiest about, it's about time we have a low post option. Such a nice touch down low, he's a huge addition.

As I've said though, I think we'll struggle if we make the playoffs. I'm not sold we'll make it in the first place but if we do we'll exit early. I think the Thunder, Spurs and Lakers (if they figure it out) are still far too strong (Collison will own Nash all night though).

Clippers are trash, Blake is not a winner and I'll say it until the dude retires. He's not THAT good. Good dunker, explosive player, but he won't lead that team to a title. They are not a contender. In fact, I like the Rockets/Nuggets future a whole lot more than the Clippers.

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Speaking for the Rox, as I said earlier, that team is one PF away from being a legit contender. Harden is their guy, their superstar. Whilst Lin is overated, the guy can create and he looks like he's working with Harden. As U.A said, they have a Ben Wallace like clone in the middle who can rebound and block, they have an awesome perimeter defender/versatile 3 in Parsons, IMO they are one low post, scoring PF away from being a contender.

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Blake is playing with a burst bursa sack in his right elbow, but yeah he hasn't worked on refining his game and until he does he's a sportscenter darling.

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No no, my statement isn't just based on Griffin this season. I've been saying it for awhile now (both here and other basketball forums I attend). I just don't see a winner in the boy. I think Kevin Love is primed for a bigger, more successful career.

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3 boring games on the docket tonight, meh