NBA Regular Season 2011-2012 - Page 119

On February 10 2012 11:46 Holcan wrote:
congrats to luol and iggy for making the all star game, impressive that defense first players were chosen

On February 10 2012 12:35 Holcan wrote:
paul pierce has been playing better than any other sf, outside of lbj, in the east. At least offensively, guy is playing like the 34 year old he is, not the retiree most people think he is.

melo averages more, lbj, granger, pierce I think that's it for the east.

On February 10 2012 15:07 Vindicare605 wrote:


That's their problem though isn't it?

It isn't from a lack of talent that they are a below .500 club it's from consistency and work ethic or lack thereof.

If they could harness the talent they have the way OKC have they would be a legitimate threat in the west.

On February 03 2012 13:01 RowdierBob wrote:
All-Star game is a popularity contest. Not at all surprised by the starting line-ups.

Griffin's a human-highlight reel and playing in LA. He was always going to start ahead of Aldridge and Love.

Same for Carmelo and NYC.

And yeah, this game is a severe indictment on the level of Cs in the NBA now. But I guess we already knew that following the ridiculous contracts guys like Jordan and Brown got.

The reserve selections should be interesting. West I'm thinking:

G--Westbrook, Lowry
F--Wallace, Love (maybe Gallo?)
C--Marc Gasol
wildcard--Millsap, Jimmer Rubio

East:

G--Jennings, D Will (not sure he really deserves it this year though. Rondo will prob get one of these spots though. Jrue Holiday a possible smokey).
F--Bosh, JSmoove (Ryan Anderson could be a smokey give it's in Orlando)
C--Monroe (edging out Hibbert)
wildcard--Iggy, Deng (edging out Joe J)

Did I miss anyone? Didn't include Amare--not playing so well. Nash could make it but Suns are awful. Maybe Danny Granger but he's not really having an All-Star season for me. Kinda forgot about Noah. He'll probably beat out Monroe, but as bad a the Pistons have been, Monroe has developed strongly. Garnett or Pierce might get one, but meh.

On February 10 2012 18:32 DoctorHelvetica wrote:
Is Lin for real? Every PG looks good matched up on Fisher but I'm still not totally convinced about Lin. I'm mostly impressed that he's doing what he's doing with the bench and Stat/Melo will definitely elevate his game coming back assuming Melo isn't a diva.

I don't follow the NBA closely. I hear a lot of hype around Rubio though. Is he the best PG Lin will be matched up with until @Boston on March 4th?

On February 10 2012 13:02 Vindicare605 wrote:
Yet another game where the team is being carried on the backs of Pau Gasol, Andrew Bynum and Kobe Bryant.

Artest played great defense on Paul Pierce tonight so I'll omit him from my rant.

But WTF Mike Brown? Why did you give Steve Blake and Troy Murphy so many goddamn minutes tonight when you had two superior alternatives in Goudelock and McRoberts sitting on the bench.

His supposed reason for playing Murphy is that "he can make shots for us" BULLSHIT. Murphy finished tonight with ONE field goal made with at least 5 open looks from 3. He's a rebounder and defender and has been ONLY that all season. He can't pass, he can't run, he can't shoot, at least McRoberts can pass and run in addition to bringing insane work ethic and hustle every game.

Honestly; the Lakers were really lucky to win that game, and should be extremely thankful that Pau Bynum and Kobe are capable of carrying the entirety of the offensive load. They each played more than 40 minutes tonight.