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Jibba
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States22883 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-19 22:29:21
February 19 2012 22:24 GMT
#3081
Heat defense so good. o.o

LOL James guarding Howard
ModeratorNow I'm distant, dark in this anthrobeat
cLutZ
Profile Joined November 2010
United States19574 Posts
February 19 2012 23:13 GMT
#3082
On February 20 2012 06:56 ticklishmusic wrote:
Chicago is gonna get rolled by the Heat probably-- Derrick Rose v Lebron James is such a mismatch. Lebron's got like 4 inches and 30 pounds on Rose. Now if they had Carmelo, it would be a match.

IMO Miami vs New York would be pretty interesting. Lebron would have to cover Carmelo, Wade would have to cover Lin and Bosh would have to cover Stoudemire. Lin may be figured out by then, but at thi point, they would still need a way to trap him, which would probably be a 2v1. Plus, New York has Tyson Chandler and JR Smith.

If Lin fixes his turnovers (seen improvements the last two games, sort of.), he's gonna be scary scary. Bit early, but he reminds me of Steve Nash.


How is that "interesting"?

James>Anthony
Wade>Lin
Bosh>Stoudemire

Chalmers et al at PG are at least as good as any of the Knick's SGs...sooo...

The NYK's only advantage would be at Center, where Chandler can get...alley-oops, unless of course Lin turns the ball over b/c of the Heat's ridiculous perimeter defense.

The Heat will have a 15 point advantage on fast break points alone.
Freeeeeeedom
scaban84
Profile Joined August 2010
United States1080 Posts
February 19 2012 23:39 GMT
#3083
On February 20 2012 06:56 ticklishmusic wrote:
Chicago is gonna get rolled by the Heat probably-- Derrick Rose v Lebron James is such a mismatch. Lebron's got like 4 inches and 30 pounds on Rose. Now if they had Carmelo, it would be a match.

IMO Miami vs New York would be pretty interesting. Lebron would have to cover Carmelo, Wade would have to cover Lin and Bosh would have to cover Stoudemire. Lin may be figured out by then, but at thi point, they would still need a way to trap him, which would probably be a 2v1. Plus, New York has Tyson Chandler and JR Smith.

If Lin fixes his turnovers (seen improvements the last two games, sort of.), he's gonna be scary scary. Bit early, but he reminds me of Steve Nash.

This hurts my brain. First of all you should get your facts straight. Lebron is only going to guard Rose in the clutch when Chicago needs last minute points. Lebron has 6 inches and 60-70 pound pounds over Rose.
The matchup would be Lebron vs Deng. Deng way outclasses Anthony defensively and is probably the best defender vs Lebron in the league. You obviously don't watch enough basketball to understand that Carmelo would have no place on a defensive-minded team like the Bulls.
Wade would not cover Lin because Lin is a Point Guard not a Shooting Guard (or 2 guard) like Wade is.
Did you even see the last game between the Heat and Bulls? It came down to the wire and Chicago wasn't even playing 2 of their starters Rose and Hamilton.
"The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design." — Friedrich von Hayek
Klogon
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
MURICA15980 Posts
February 20 2012 00:07 GMT
#3084
I honestly think predicting the playoffs this year with this crazy packed regular season is very difficult. With such little rest and all that flying around, I think the play off performance of teams could be very different with a little more rest sneaked in.
0123456789
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States3216 Posts
February 20 2012 00:20 GMT
#3085
On February 20 2012 06:03 Ace wrote:
No one is seriously thinking Lin is an MVP candidate. He's putting up All Star numbers but MVP is a whole nother level.


inb4 the azn guy gets mvp
RowdierBob
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
Australia13536 Posts
February 20 2012 00:22 GMT
#3086
Are Knicks fans the most fickle of all sports?

They were ready to sack D'Antoni, trade Melo and Amare and blow the team up but 2 weeks ago after hitting 8-15 and now they're on track to contend for the NBA Championship after a week of Linsanity?

I blame LeBron.
"Terrans are pretty much space-Australians" - H
RowdierBob
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
Australia13536 Posts
February 20 2012 00:26 GMT
#3087
BTW, Lin is awesome and the Knicks are definitely a Playoff calibre team but people really need to temper their expectations with so many games to go... As Ace has already said, the Knicks have a really tough schedule coming up.
"Terrans are pretty much space-Australians" - H
Phelix
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
1931 Posts
February 20 2012 00:30 GMT
#3088
On February 20 2012 09:22 RowdierBob wrote:
Are Knicks fans the most fickle of all sports?

They were ready to sack D'Antoni, trade Melo and Amare and blow the team up but 2 weeks ago after hitting 8-15 and now they're on track to contend for the NBA Championship after a week of Linsanity?

I blame LeBron.

No, it's the New York media, ready to pounce on every single flaw and disappointment and hopes in all sports. Basketball, American Football, Baseball, any sport, the local writers tend to sensationalize everything.
Venture Capital is better off spent on lottery tickets rather than investing in E-Sports; you'll get a far better return. The difference is simple: Koreans are tryharding at the game, foreigners are tryharding in real-life.
RowdierBob
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
Australia13536 Posts
February 20 2012 00:59 GMT
#3089
It's not just the media...
"Terrans are pretty much space-Australians" - H
parazice
Profile Joined March 2011
Thailand5517 Posts
February 20 2012 01:12 GMT
#3090
wow Rubio on fire
Mattchew
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States5684 Posts
February 20 2012 01:13 GMT
#3091
On February 20 2012 08:13 cLutZ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 20 2012 06:56 ticklishmusic wrote:
Chicago is gonna get rolled by the Heat probably-- Derrick Rose v Lebron James is such a mismatch. Lebron's got like 4 inches and 30 pounds on Rose. Now if they had Carmelo, it would be a match.

IMO Miami vs New York would be pretty interesting. Lebron would have to cover Carmelo, Wade would have to cover Lin and Bosh would have to cover Stoudemire. Lin may be figured out by then, but at thi point, they would still need a way to trap him, which would probably be a 2v1. Plus, New York has Tyson Chandler and JR Smith.

If Lin fixes his turnovers (seen improvements the last two games, sort of.), he's gonna be scary scary. Bit early, but he reminds me of Steve Nash.


How is that "interesting"?

James>Anthony
Wade>Lin
Bosh>Stoudemire

Chalmers et al at PG are at least as good as any of the Knick's SGs...sooo...

The NYK's only advantage would be at Center, where Chandler can get...alley-oops, unless of course Lin turns the ball over b/c of the Heat's ridiculous perimeter defense.

The Heat will have a 15 point advantage on fast break points alone.


Bosh>Stoudemire ????? uhhhhhhhhhh idk about that
chandler 10x> heat centers
jr smith/landry fields are 10x> heat pgs

and if you wanna do a real comparison

its
lin > chalmers
fields < wade
anthony < bron
Stoudermire = Bosh
Chandler > anthony

There is always tomorrow nshs.seal.
Ace
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
United States16096 Posts
February 20 2012 01:23 GMT
#3092
As funny as it is, basketball rarely works out that way

And yes, Bosh is better than Stoudemire.
Math me up, scumboi. - Acrofales
RowdierBob
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
Australia13536 Posts
February 20 2012 01:32 GMT
#3093
The Kings are just so dumb sometimes. It defies belief.
"Terrans are pretty much space-Australians" - H
MilesTeg
Profile Joined September 2010
France1271 Posts
February 20 2012 01:35 GMT
#3094
Looks like the rookie wall is over for Rubio! Starting to play well again.

On February 20 2012 06:59 Jibba wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 20 2012 06:56 ticklishmusic wrote:
Chicago is gonna get rolled by the Heat probably-- Derrick Rose v Lebron James is such a mismatch. Lebron's got like 4 inches and 30 pounds on Rose. Now if they had Carmelo, it would be a match.

IMO Miami vs New York would be pretty interesting. Lebron would have to cover Carmelo, Wade would have to cover Lin and Bosh would have to cover Stoudemire. Lin may be figured out by then, but at thi point, they would still need a way to trap him, which would probably be a 2v1. Plus, New York has Tyson Chandler and JR Smith.

If Lin fixes his turnovers (seen improvements the last two games, sort of.), he's gonna be scary scary. Bit early, but he reminds me of Steve Nash.

Lebron, Wade and even Bosh are two way players. Carmelo, Lin, Amare and Chandler (even though he's crazy efficient) are not.

And he's still not like Nash. He's more Starbury than Nash. >.> Last year's team resembled the Suns' offense. This year's doesn't.


Chandler is so underrated... he's a great pick and roll player, it was the same with the Mavs whenever they ran P&Rs with Chandler they would score.
RowdierBob
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
Australia13536 Posts
February 20 2012 01:38 GMT
#3095
Yeah really, stop with the X>Y comparisons. It's next to meaningless comparing individual players in a team game (in the way some of you are at least).

The game is far more complicated than that.
"Terrans are pretty much space-Australians" - H
Itsmedudeman
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States19229 Posts
February 20 2012 01:41 GMT
#3096
Heat>Knicks

Not so complicated tbh
Phelix
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
1931 Posts
February 20 2012 02:27 GMT
#3097
On February 20 2012 09:59 RowdierBob wrote:
It's not just the media...

The majority of New York sports teams and their fans feel entitled to all the championships every year, no matter how flawed their roster, or ownership, or any other factors concerning their team. This feeling comes from the fact that New York is one of the biggest media markets, and are willing to spend huge amounts of money in order to buy the championship; examples would be the Yankees in baseball who was finally successful in 2009, or the Knicks during the Isiah Thomas era. Then, the news networks pick up on this and starts to make news out of small comments if their team shows any cracks under pressure. That's why there's always the New York factor for free agents, stars need to handle the criticism from every direction.

One thing I would note is that most people who cheer for New York are passionate bandwagoners. The Carmelo Anthony trade was hailed as the biggest news that the Knicks have ever seen, and re-energized the casual fanbase. However, to the ones who knew about basketball and the Knicks, one would see that the trade was bad, and that the Knicks were not going to go anywhere (I mean championship) with Anthony and Amare with the new CBA looming and cap talk. I still have this feeling, and that's why I can't bear to cheer for the Knicks as long as Anthony is there.

A recent example with the media and fans going batshit crazy would be the New York Giants. During their four losing streak, fans were calling for Fewell (D-Coordinator) and Coughlin's head after the season. After winning the Super Bowl, the same people are praising their efforts for their run, and how their contracts should be extended. As I said before, they are hard to please with good intentions, every year it's Championship or Bust.
Venture Capital is better off spent on lottery tickets rather than investing in E-Sports; you'll get a far better return. The difference is simple: Koreans are tryharding at the game, foreigners are tryharding in real-life.
Ace
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
United States16096 Posts
February 20 2012 02:33 GMT
#3098
Phelix hit it right on the money hahaha. Seriously, if you live in NYC you just know that this place is fickle when it comes to sports fans. The bandwagon empties VERY fast when shit goes wrong, and starts up again at even a modicum of success. I still think one of the reasons Wade, Lebron, nor any big Free Agent signed with the Knicks except Amar'e had a lot to do with the organization and the market. NY for all it's glory doesn't get many big time FAs because not many people REALLY want to play here. The fans and media can be complete dicks.
Math me up, scumboi. - Acrofales
Jibba
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States22883 Posts
February 20 2012 02:38 GMT
#3099
I liked Dan Patrick's impression of New York radio callers back in 2000.

/thick NY accent
"Yo, so how about Marbury for Shaq, straight up. Let me know what you think." end call
ModeratorNow I'm distant, dark in this anthrobeat
dave333
Profile Joined August 2010
United States915 Posts
February 20 2012 02:41 GMT
#3100
Lin seems to be much bigger than just NY though. The results:hype ratio is a lot higher than other NY media hype-ups.
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