On December 24 2013 09:59 RowdierBob wrote:
Then you might as well condense the league to about 10 teams.

Unrelated, but who ends up having a more productive NBA career: Kwame or A Bennett?

There really isn't that much evidence, that given the amount of cash the league gets from the TV deals, that mid sized markets couldn't compete. And plus, its obvious to anyone who doesn't live in those cities that New Orleans, Charlotte, Milwaukee, and Minneapolis (at the very least) shouldnt have teams.

slyboogie

United States3423 Posts

December 24 2013 01:07 GMT

#2624

On December 24 2013 09:10 RowdierBob wrote:
And whateth will CP3's pennance be for all thy flippity flopping?

Flopping tis a Venial Sin. Tanking is a mortal sin. Read the 10 commandments.

1. Thou shalt not say college ball is more excellent than the NBA
2. Thou shalt not tank, for tankers art losers and losers art lame
3. Thou shalt not root for the Knicks or Lakers unless thine father did before thee
4. Thou shalt get thine ass back on D
......
My creativity stops there. End of the year accounts, this could have been a fun post.

cLutZ

United States19574 Posts

December 24 2013 01:21 GMT

#2625

5. Thou shalt not covet Lebron.

BlackJack

United States10574 Posts

December 24 2013 02:24 GMT

#2626

Any time Ray Allen puts the ball on the floor or passes it's either really ugly or a turnover. It's just so amazingly bad. Go to his NBA player page and watch the turnover videos from his last few games.

DystopiaX

United States16236 Posts

December 24 2013 02:33 GMT

#2627

On December 24 2013 09:59 RowdierBob wrote:
Then you might as well condense the league to about 10 teams.

Unrelated, but who ends up having a more productive NBA career: Kwame or A Bennett?

There's still a chance for Bennett to be good. Kwame's career is a known quantity

AxionSteel

United States7754 Posts

December 24 2013 04:27 GMT

#2628

Very solid win for the Warriors. Great Defense, Lee is playing much better offensively of late. Terrible refereeing also, ugh.
Although Bogut is injured apparently :S

Ferrose

United States11378 Posts

December 24 2013 05:09 GMT

#2629

Guess he didn't see what happened to Ben McLemore.

rabidch

United States20289 Posts

December 24 2013 05:11 GMT

#2630

On December 24 2013 14:09 Ferrose wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQjVUrtxCtg&feature=youtu.be

Guess he didn't see what happened to Ben McLemore.

the silliest thing is millsap wasn't even entirely set...

krndandaman

Mozambique16569 Posts

December 24 2013 14:18 GMT

#2631

--- Nuked ---

Ace

United States16096 Posts

December 24 2013 22:40 GMT

#2632

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1928&dat=19630322&id=xhYgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=X2YFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1623,2053185

tonight

United States11130 Posts

December 24 2013 22:47 GMT

#2633

On December 25 2013 07:40 Ace wrote:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1928&dat=19630322&id=xhYgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=X2YFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1623,2053185

What the shit? Is Bob Cousy trolling?

slyboogie

United States3423 Posts

December 24 2013 22:58 GMT

#2634

I don't think irony existed in the early 60's

FreedomMurder

Canada200 Posts

December 25 2013 00:00 GMT

#2635

Topic: Allstars
The way the league currently does allstar weekend is so stupid, the dunk contest is garbage compared to the old era.

Name your starters and reserves by position for the east and west based on this season alone(current skill and not bias or popularity)
West: Starters: Chris Paul, Harden, Durant, Aldridge, Howard. Bench: Curry, Westbrook(too good to leave off so ill throw him at sg), Thompson, Love, Davis

East: Starters: Irving, George, LeBron, Anthony, Hibbert Bench: Wall, Wade, Deng, Monroe, Drummond

DystopiaX

United States16236 Posts

December 25 2013 11:31 GMT

#2636

No way Thompson should be on there. I'd put Parsons/Monte Ellis in there over him. Iggy if he wasn't injured for so much of the season.
Wall starts over Irving. Irving's been so...mediocre this year, with a lot of poor shooting slumps and is downright poor on Defense. He's still on there but more because of how bad the East is than how All-Star caliber he is to me. Would leave off Drummond. Can't shoot FTs, Detroit is a mess on D with their huge starting lineup. I'd have put in Brook Lopez before his injury and Chandler before his injury as well but now I'd probably put in Chris Bosh.

Goddamn looking at that list is making me realize how pathetic the East is.

RowdierBob

Australia13418 Posts

December 25 2013 12:58 GMT

#2637

No Tony Parker? Lillard will have to get in the conversation too (sorry Ace). I think one of Bled/Dragic are very deserving this year but I doubt they'll get much attention.

On another note, this is awesome: http://allball.blogs.nba.com/2013/12/20/tony-allen-auctioning-off-shoe-that-kicked-chris-pauls-face/

Tony Allen has made himself into one of the NBA’s premier defenders, but his aggressiveness on the defensive end went a little too far last month against the Clippers. As Chris Paul drove the lane, Allen reached out to stop him and made contact with Paul’s face. Except Allen used his foot.

Allen served a one-game suspension for the incident. Now Allen is auctioning off the shoe to raise money for a Memphis-based charity. The shoe — autographed by Allen and mounted in a Grizzlies display case — is currently available on eBay to raise money for Youth Villages. Per the eBay description…

FreedomMurder

Canada200 Posts

December 25 2013 17:44 GMT

#2638

On December 25 2013 20:31 DystopiaX wrote:
No way Thompson should be on there. I'd put Parsons/Monte Ellis in there over him. Iggy if he wasn't injured for so much of the season.
Wall starts over Irving. Irving's been so...mediocre this year, with a lot of poor shooting slumps and is downright poor on Defense. He's still on there but more because of how bad the East is than how All-Star caliber he is to me. Would leave off Drummond. Can't shoot FTs, Detroit is a mess on D with their huge starting lineup. I'd have put in Brook Lopez before his injury and Chandler before his injury as well but now I'd probably put in Chris Bosh.

Goddamn looking at that list is making me realize how pathetic the East is.

Well I was going by position so I wanted to put a SF not a SG there. Iggy would be there instead if he didn't get injured. The reason I put Thompson over Parsons is because he carries more responsibility for his team, but that's arguable and it could go either way. Parsons is probably the better player atm. Irving has really stepped it up over the past 2 weeks so thats why I gave him the nod but again they are pretty close so its up to personal opinion. The only big I could see replacing Drummond is Al Horford or Al Jefferson. Chris Bosh has been pretty mediocre this year imo while Drummond is averaging 13-13 with 5 offensive boards 1.5 steals and 1.5 blocks.

My friend and I were laughing while making our lists because coming up with the east reserves was such a struggle.

Edit: To Bob - I think Paul, Curry and Westbrook have performed at too high a level and impacted their team much more than TP impacts the spurs atm. If any guard was going to be replaced for someone I'd replace Curry with Lillard( I don't really like Currys game/defence and Lillard is so dynamic on both ends of the floor this season).