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vietboi
Profile Joined May 2010
Norway109 Posts
July 12 2012 22:53 GMT
#781
On July 12 2012 22:58 seanisgrand wrote:
I think maybe you meant the second PF spot as a SF spot, but even so, Wade there is a huge stretch. That lineup would get destroyed from the inside out by any team with AS level bigs. Offensively potent though.


Why so? Playing Wade at SF doesnt mean he will defend a SF. They reason why i picked Lebron/Wade at PG is because one of them is going to dominate the ball. Of course they will matchup somehow on the defensive end, so Wade wont get a mismatch trying to defend a 6-8 small forward.

Let me tweak my line-up a bit (considering they are guarding the spot they are playing at):

PG: Wade
SG: Allen
SF: James
PF: Lewis
C: Bosh

What i meant in my post is that either Lebron or Wade will dominate the ball, therefore being in the PG spot.

Also I think there is no teams in the east that has any inside threat to Heat, thats why they can go for this lineup. Celtics tried with Garnett, Pacers tried with Hibbert. And we saw how everything ended. And they probably meet OKC in the finals again, who has two bigs that are offensive liabilities. Only team i see who can punish them inside is my Lakers. But then again, i think they are too old to even get to the finals
Adila
Profile Joined April 2010
United States874 Posts
July 12 2012 23:11 GMT
#782
No mention of the coaching? I'd say '92 team has much better coaching than '08/'12 teams.
jeeeeohn
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
United States1343 Posts
July 12 2012 23:25 GMT
#783
It's impossible to compare two amazing Olympic teams to one another. That being said, I agree with Xal. Westbrook would shred that defense.

Also, no love for the 1960 and 1982 (?) teams? I mean if we're going to make unrealistic comparisons, I think it's only fair to pit those two teams against the 1992 and 2008/2012 teams as well. I had another point to make here but I got a phone call and completely forgot.

Oh, now I remember: every team fielded by the US is a dream team. We hold the longest winning streaks in Olympic history, and dominated the sport even before we allowed professional players.
If you can't jam with the best, then you have to slam with the rest.
Ace
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
United States16096 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-12 23:39:42
July 12 2012 23:38 GMT
#784
On July 13 2012 08:11 Adila wrote:
No mention of the coaching? I'd say '92 team has much better coaching than '08/'12 teams.


Like Cyric said, the major issue for the 92 team is the advanced defenses relative to their times. Chuck Daly as good of a coach as he is didn't have the ability to run complex defensive schemes with superior athletes. The rule changes in 03/04 (no handchecking, no impeding a wing player's path without the ball) ended up spiking defenses into "less position, more rotation" based approach. Add in the vastly superior ball handling and even Pippen and Jordan are going to have major issues stopping All Time Great scorers in Lebron/Wade/Kobe. They had trouble with rookie Iverson who's ball handling while insane is comparable to some of these guys and they had the benefit of the older rules.
Math me up, scumboi. - Acrofales
slyboogie
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States3423 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-12 23:48:58
July 12 2012 23:46 GMT
#785
Morey has amnestied Scola. Is it just me, or is that crazy? He's DEFINITELY not making it through that wire.

EDIT: I mean, doesn't he have the most reasonable contract ever? 21/3? I'm all for bold but geeeeez.
"We dug coal together." Boyd Crowder, Justified
VENDIZ
Profile Joined October 2010
1575 Posts
July 12 2012 23:49 GMT
#786
Sooo, to get back on topic;
Wolves waive Milcic, obviously trying to lure Batum to Minnesota.

Bobcats pick up Sessions as a result of DJ Augustin signing with the Pacers.

Dallas, as expected, has waived Haywood after signing Chris Kaman (which is a really nice signing for Dallas, in my opinion) - they've also signed Darren Collison and Dahntay Jones for Mahimi. There's also talk about Mavs trying to sign Elton Brand who was waived by the 76ers.
SaGe fighting!!~~~~~~
Southlight
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
United States11768 Posts
July 12 2012 23:55 GMT
#787
On July 13 2012 08:46 slyboogie wrote:
Morey has amnestied Scola. Is it just me, or is that crazy? He's DEFINITELY not making it through that wire.

EDIT: I mean, doesn't he have the most reasonable contract ever? 21/3? I'm all for bold but geeeeez.


He's also a fine player. That one certainly caught me off-guard as well.
oraoraoraoraoraoraoraora
Jerubaal
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States7684 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-13 00:14:15
July 13 2012 00:12 GMT
#788
Fuckin' do it, Spurs. Probably wont' though . :/
I'm not stupid, a marauder just shot my brain.
MassHysteria
Profile Joined October 2010
United States3678 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-13 00:25:50
July 13 2012 00:23 GMT
#789
There is no right answer guys, you can't debate the topic like there actually is. Arguments can go back and forth all day and guess what no one will ever know who wins. I think it is more of just a fun topic to throw around with no real definitive answer but /shrug...
On July 13 2012 08:46 slyboogie wrote:
Morey has amnestied Scola. Is it just me, or is that crazy? He's DEFINITELY not making it through that wire.

EDIT: I mean, doesn't he have the most reasonable contract ever? 21/3? I'm all for bold but geeeeez.

Ya he has nice contract and he is a nice player like Southlight said. Someone will surely pick him up. But this is huge! With everything we said about Scola, you don't just drop him for no reason. They are looking to take back contracts and helloo Bynum. Howard to LA and can't wait for all the hate!
On July 13 2012 09:12 Jerubaal wrote:
Fuckin' do it, Spurs. Probably wont' though . :/
I don't think they can. Only under-the-cap teams are allowed to bid. Highest amount wins and pays that amount of his salary and HOU pays the rest. At his moderate contract though it would probably not be much if there are several teams interested I would assume (althought I don't know what teams are under-the-cap other than Dallas who will presumably make a bid for Brand though).
"Just ban all the J's...even jinklejoes" --unnamed source
XaI)CyRiC
Profile Joined October 2002
United States4471 Posts
July 13 2012 00:24 GMT
#790
On July 13 2012 08:46 slyboogie wrote:
Morey has amnestied Scola. Is it just me, or is that crazy? He's DEFINITELY not making it through that wire.

EDIT: I mean, doesn't he have the most reasonable contract ever? 21/3? I'm all for bold but geeeeez.


Yeah, people are shocked and are assuming that it has to be part of a D12 deal.
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Holcan
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada2593 Posts
July 13 2012 00:39 GMT
#791
wondering if dallas will persue him over brand
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a176
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada6688 Posts
July 13 2012 00:41 GMT
#792
D.J Augustin is gone at point guard, free agent Ramon Sessions will replace him, and power forward Kris Humphries and center Brendan Haywood could end up Charlotte Bobcats, too. The Bobcats came to terms with Sessions Thursday, then rescinded a $4 million-plus qualifying offer to four-year Bobcat Augustin. That made Augustin an unrestricted free agent, and immediately Augustin signed a one-year, $3.5 million deal with the Indiana Pacers.


dem musical chairs yo. good thing for that cba!
starleague forever
Doraemon
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
Australia14949 Posts
July 13 2012 00:43 GMT
#793
On July 13 2012 09:24 XaI)CyRiC wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 13 2012 08:46 slyboogie wrote:
Morey has amnestied Scola. Is it just me, or is that crazy? He's DEFINITELY not making it through that wire.

EDIT: I mean, doesn't he have the most reasonable contract ever? 21/3? I'm all for bold but geeeeez.


Yeah, people are shocked and are assuming that it has to be part of a D12 deal.


help us absorb more magic contracts..but still...we've lost lowry, dragic, scola, budinger, camby, dalembert...seriously wtf....
Do yourself a favour and just STFU
MassHysteria
Profile Joined October 2010
United States3678 Posts
July 13 2012 01:01 GMT
#794
Ready for this game, nice. Didnt know it was happening till 5 mins ago so just got me happy.
"Just ban all the J's...even jinklejoes" --unnamed source
ghrur
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States3786 Posts
July 13 2012 01:04 GMT
#795
All right. Can't wait to watch this. ^_^
darkness overpowering
sidesprang
Profile Joined January 2009
Norway1033 Posts
July 13 2012 01:16 GMT
#796
Is there a box score that gets updated live that I can watch ?
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.
Chunhyang
Profile Joined December 2011
Bangladesh1389 Posts
July 13 2012 01:20 GMT
#797
Barkley (advantage over Malone b/c of athleticism)


uuhhhhh
If you could reason with haters, there would be no haters. YGTMYFT
thuracine
Profile Joined February 2012
United States582 Posts
July 13 2012 01:32 GMT
#798
On July 13 2012 10:16 sidesprang wrote:
Is there a box score that gets updated live that I can watch ?


you can watch it live at espn.com
RowdierBob
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
Australia13297 Posts
July 13 2012 01:40 GMT
#799
On July 13 2012 09:24 XaI)CyRiC wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 13 2012 08:46 slyboogie wrote:
Morey has amnestied Scola. Is it just me, or is that crazy? He's DEFINITELY not making it through that wire.

EDIT: I mean, doesn't he have the most reasonable contract ever? 21/3? I'm all for bold but geeeeez.


Yeah, people are shocked and are assuming that it has to be part of a D12 deal.


Madness if you ask me, Scola had solid trade value. If the Rockets don't land something significant during this trade period this will be a serious stuff up by Morey.
"Terrans are pretty much space-Australians" - H
RowdierBob
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
Australia13297 Posts
July 13 2012 01:43 GMT
#800
In saying that, I think a deal is done and Morey's clearing space to make some major follow up plays. It doesn't make sense to amnesty Scola as their cap was already in good shape and Scola had decent trade value. Rockets only had $34 mill committed next year and now only $25 mill with Scola gone.

Something big is going to happen soon IMO.
"Terrans are pretty much space-Australians" - H
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