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Sheriff posted:It is like 1000x times more fun to be a Rockets fan this year than it was last year. When the team is clicking they can beat anyone in the NBA. In a similar vein, whenever they aren't clicking they can lose to any team in the NBA, so every game is an adventure! I'm still expecting the bottom to fall out when Anderson and Gordon inevitably get injured, but at least Dekker and Harrell look like they belong in an NBA team's rotation. That's one of the most enjoyable sorts of team to watch, I don't want to know a win or loss is coming before the game starts Good Work You Get An HIV posted:Hey Buff Man as a fellow Celtics fan what do you think about Marcus Smart? He wasn't a shooter in college, but he's incredibly hindered by his hair. I think a haircut would get him near league average instead of 27% The shots he gets are so open, and the Celtics don't mind passing to him because he plays so hard on defense, that there's no excuse except the hair, he's not taking off the dribble threes with a defender's hands in his face. That they even get easy looks (for other people) when he's on the floor speaks to the talent of spelled correctly Isaiah Thomas, the shooting of their bigs, and Bread Stevens Dejan Bimble fucked around with this message at 19:26 on Dec 2, 2016 |
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It's not really great consolation for a top 10 pick who was a future all-star at one point, but Gordon will handily win 6MOTY if he keeps this up. I had the Rockets at 41 wins give or take 5 and I'm happy we're getting the +5 version. They've played a lot of games on the road so far, they should have a really kickass December with weaker teams and more home games. e: Klay Thompson's FG/A: 4/20. chunkles fucked around with this message at 19:31 on Dec 2, 2016 |
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Good Work You Get An HIV posted:Hey Buff Man as a fellow Celtics fan what do you think about Marcus Smart? He's putrid on offense and he's actually somehow gotten worse this year. I'd rocket him into the sun if I could. His defense would look a lot better and mean a lot more to me if Avery Bradley didn't exist and/or make his shots
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I'm happy that I called the Rockets as a stone cold lock for the over before the season
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Intruder posted:Agreed about being impressed so far The Nuggets have been poo poo at home so far. Jim Harden could literally sleepwalk through this game and still pull out a win
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I agree that it is far too early to be terribly worried about the Warriors, but they have gone from one of the best defensive teams in the league to one of the worst. They have no real center that can stay on the floor and the most important defender is a loose cannon who literally cannot keep himself from flailing around like a 3 year old every time someone touches him. There are a lot of reasons to be worried if you are a warriors fan, but also their offense is so good that none of that might matter. It just seems to me that there are more questions about this team at this point then there was last year, which is really weird considering they added a top-3 player in the league over the offseason.
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Cool Buff Man posted:He's putrid on offense and he's actually somehow gotten worse this year. I'd rocket him into the sun if I could. His defense would look a lot better and mean a lot more to me if Avery Bradley didn't exist and/or make his shots Are you a Terry Rozier Believer? He looks better than Smart out there now at the very least.
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quote:With the possibility that the Grizzlies could apply for the exception, creating a 16th roster spot, the Grizzlies plan to start working out free-agent point guards, league sources told The Vertical. Included among the several players expected to visit the Grizzlies for tryouts: Kendall Marshall, Toney Douglas and Will Bynum, league sources told The Vertical. Toney Douglas is no good and Kendall Marshal watches network tv sitcoms and retweets gifs of them Will "The Thrill" Bynum is coming BACK to the NBA straight up brolic posted:I'm happy that I called the Rockets as a stone cold lock for the over before the season I want to thank D'antoni for letting Clint Capela loose to do numbers Paul Zuvella posted:I agree that it is far too early to be terribly worried about the Warriors, but they have gone from one of the best defensive teams in the league to one of the worst. They have no real center that can stay on the floor and the most important defender is a loose cannon who literally cannot keep himself from flailing around like a 3 year old every time someone touches him. I feel bad for Steph Curry because he accidentally ruined his shoe company after giving control of his team to some spider monster out of pursuit of the lustful greed for winning, when you and I and everyone else knows that every team should finish .500 and every game should be a tie Dejan Bimble fucked around with this message at 20:03 on Dec 2, 2016 |
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Tales of Woe posted:Are you a Terry Rozier Believer? He looks better than Smart out there now at the very least. Yeah, if only because he can clear the basketball field goal percentage Mendoza line. He's at least getting better, which is more than can be said for Marc Smart
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Paul Zuvella posted:The warriors have gone from the 5th best defensive team in the league to the 21st. Saw some stats a week or so ago that said starters are good defensively, it's just they take a huge dive when backups are in. Also they are terrible in garbage time which does make their defensive stats look worse. I guess what I'm saying is they are apparently a much better defensive basketball team than the overall stats show.
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Niwrad posted:Saw some stats a week or so ago that said starters are good defensively, it's just they take a huge dive when backups are in. Also they are terrible in garbage time which does make their defensive stats look worse. Yeah, I don't but that even slightly. Every team is worse when their bench is on the floor, but to say that the starters are not playing a lot is completely false. Kevin Durant 35.2 Klay Thompson 34.3 Stephen Curry 33.8 Draymond Green 33.7 Those are normal starter minutes. Yeah in the playoffs they will play more, but that's true of every team. Looking at their on/off numbers are mostly consistent between the bench and the starters, which tells me the defensive problems are not limited to either. Paul Zuvella fucked around with this message at 20:43 on Dec 2, 2016 |
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Niwrad posted:Saw some stats a week or so ago that said starters are good defensively, it's just they take a huge dive when backups are in. Also they are terrible in garbage time which does make their defensive stats look worse.
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I feel like they're going to get trashed by a team like the clippers
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So per Feigen (Rockets beat writer) it sounds like the Rockets intend to match Donatas, but he didn't give hard numbers on what they would and wouldn't match.
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AggressivelyStupid posted:I feel like they're going to get trashed by a team like the clippers
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Warriors have the 9th best DRTG in the league, what's wrong with their defense? Their Pace is up but the step back on defense isn't as big as its being made out to be. They got rid of Bogut, Ezeli and Speights, so yeah. Their defense was going to get worse. Last year they brought back basically the entire championship team. There's no way you can expect a team to retool that much and come into the season with everything figured out. By March this team will probably look as good as they did last year, though frontcourt depth will be a problem this year. Stop sweating the Warriors, they are fine.
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i'm going to be honest I only ever watch the Warriors when it looks like they're going to lose because otherwise I can't stand their blend of corny, shookness and bitchmadedness. they have constructed an extremely hateable lineup.
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Agreed that it's silly to worry about GS right now. They're 16-3 and just lost a 2OT to another playoff team with Steph Curry fouling out. Also both teams combined to shoot 26-88 from 3 last night. 
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chunkles posted:It's not really great consolation for a top 10 pick who was a future all-star at one point, but Gordon will handily win 6MOTY if he keeps this up. The issue for Gordon has always been health, that hasn't changed this year. He was sniffing the All-Star game before he started missing 80% of every season. If he's healthy in the playoffs, then the Rockets are dangerous. AggressivelyStupid posted:I feel like they're going to get trashed by a team like the clippers The Warriors always smash the Clippers, it's much more likely to be SA if anyone.
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euphronius posted:NBA has got to crack down on 3s Shut up, Charles.
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Papercut posted:The Warriors always smash the Clippers, it's much more likely to be SA if anyone.
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Regular season matches don't translate to post season results. The clippers are good enough to beat golden state in a 7 game series if healthy
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The words "left hand to the elbow face" has been repeating in my head all day and I now I hate Reggie Miller
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Away all Goats posted:The words "left hand to the elbow face" has been repeating in my head all day and I now I hate Reggie Miller That whole thing was hilarious. It took him so long to notice Green's big rear end shoe in Harden's face.
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Spacebump posted:Aren't the Clippers one of if not the worst matchup for the Warriors? Two good big men should be hard for them to deal with. Same problem as the Grizzlies, which is parking a center or weakest defender on Luc. Remember when Bogut was "guarding" Tony Allen?
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Lockback posted:Warriors have the 9th best DRTG in the league, what's wrong with their defense? Their Pace is up but the step back on defense isn't as big as its being made out to be. They got rid of Bogut, Ezeli and Speights, so yeah. Their defense was going to get worse. THey've almost exclusively played lottery teams, have zero wins against teams likely to be in the playoffs in the Western Conference, so just by virtue of being a contender that's going to inflate all their numbers. If their defensive numbers are solid as the sample size grows then all right but right now I trust my eyes over the numbers and conclude their defense is bad. I think they'll be fine, but maybe not until the second round of the playoffs.
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chunkles posted:So per Feigen (Rockets beat writer) it sounds like the Rockets intend to match Donatas, but he didn't give hard numbers on what they would and wouldn't match. Welcome back, Donuts 
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Rick posted:THey've almost exclusively played lottery teams, have zero wins against teams likely to be in the playoffs in the Western Conference, so just by virtue of being a contender that's going to inflate all their numbers. If their defensive numbers are solid as the sample size grows then all right but right now I trust my eyes over the numbers and conclude their defense is bad. Blazers and Thunder will both probably be in the playoffs unless you have some weird view on what the Western Conference is going to look like. They've also beat the Raptors, Celtics, Hawks and Bucks so they are doing a pretty good job against Eastern playoff teams too. The warriors are playing fine, they are a victim of unrealistic expectations, but by almost any metric they are playing better than any other NBA team right now.
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Lockback posted:Blazers and Thunder will both probably be in the playoffs unless you have some weird view on what the Western Conference is going to look like. They've also beat the Raptors, Celtics, Hawks and Bucks so they are doing a pretty good job against Eastern playoff teams too. The warriors are playing fine, they are a victim of unrealistic expectations, but by almost any metric they are playing better than any other NBA team right now. People are just trying to talk themselves into believing in anything other than the inevitable outcome.
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Rick posted:Blazers and Thunder aren't exactly the teams to reference to change my mind about an extremely soft schedule (no offense Metapod). I mean I say homeristic things but I'm not a fool about how good okc is
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Well they did beat an extremely good Rockets team Thanks to ballstreams being dead and my not having cable I don't get to watch them as often as I'd like, but aff assures me they're amazing
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