EPTNBA 2013-14 Season - Page 229
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Scarecrow
Korea (South)9172 Posts
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Zorkmid
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On March 24 2014 18:36 Scarecrow wrote: Hilarious how bad Detroit's record is for a team trying in the Eastern conference I thought they looked good on paper preseason. Turns out they're all dumb as rocks save maybe moose. | ||
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TwoToneTerran
United States8841 Posts
On March 24 2014 10:09 AgentW wrote: It's almost as if basketball is a team game! I don't think anyone would call the Kansas or Duke teams bad supporting casts, though they certainly didn't play like it. As to the previous question of would I trade Davis for anyone: probably only Durant and even that's questionable. Davis is probably superior overall to Durant if you compare them side by side at 20-21, but Durant obviously did have a higher ceiling for scoring potential (and has quite thoroughly achieved it) as Davis is never going to be an all time great shooter, even if his midrange game has become above average between last year and this one. Defensive chops are important but team defense is probably more important that just having one good defensive big when it comes to the playoffs. Also in the playoffs Durant is a much scarier player than Davis seeing as even good defensive teams can't do jack about him -- Davis offense pretty much entirely comes from others, whether it be picks, dishes for under the basket shots, or even simple stuff like having the guard drive so he can sit 16 feet away and put up pretty jumpers. Most of the offensive moves he has are mediocre (run to the side, pull up from 14ish feet) or easy to guard by better teams (when he puts it on the floor from either post or his wacky spin moves). I'm gonna stop here because I feel like I could write a dissertation on Davis and this post is already gettin a bit big. Boiling it down, I think Durant's crazy offense is better/more important to playoff success than Davis' defensive potential on an individual level, which is where either has an advantage over the other. If you showed me both players in their second season then I'd laugh at you and take Davis everytime. | ||
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RowdierBob
Australia13008 Posts
On March 24 2014 18:49 Zorkmid wrote: I thought they looked good on paper preseason. Turns out they're all dumb as rocks save maybe moose. Who'd have thought signing Josh Smith and trading for Jennings would be a bad move? Not Joe D! That team is living proof that the most important ingredient to a successful basketballer is the grey matter between the ears. sneaky edit: Josh Smith is averaging 3.3 3PA per game at less than 25%. Tells you everything you need to know about Detroit. | ||
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Doraemon
Australia14949 Posts
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Jerubaal
United States7684 Posts
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Doraemon
Australia14949 Posts
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AgentW
United States7725 Posts
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RowdierBob
Australia13008 Posts
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Jerubaal
United States7684 Posts
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jmbthirteen
United States10734 Posts
i don't even know what to say any more. | ||
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Jerubaal
United States7684 Posts
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Disregard
China10252 Posts
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Cloud9157
United States2968 Posts
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Doraemon
Australia14949 Posts
On March 26 2014 06:05 Cloud9157 wrote: Wow, 5-9 in the west is insanely close. Dallas is only behind Portland by 3 games. Crazy to think the Blazers may not make it. On March 13 2014 12:50 Doraemon wrote: with the way portland is playing and phoenix's easy run+bledsoe they might even miss the playoffs :S that would be massive and not doubt cause LMA to rethink about staying XD and they're freaken down by 14 to the magic....:S | ||
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Doraemon
Australia14949 Posts
much trey, such scoring, wow. | ||
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Jerubaal
United States7684 Posts
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zulu_nation8
China26351 Posts
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Doraemon
Australia14949 Posts
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Jerubaal
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