On November 05 2013 14:57 AppleSauce123 wrote:
How is Lin doing? looks like he's been in foul trouble and hasn't been asserting himself offensively based off his boxscore

he had a lot of tough calls not go his way tonight, took him out of any groove he may have had.

That's my observation anyway.

Also guarding Chris Paul sucks.

slyboogie

United States3423 Posts

November 05 2013 06:15 GMT

#502

On November 05 2013 14:33 Ace wrote:
Byron Mullens is fucking horrible.

This team is just lost without Chris Paul.

Not worried about it. There's worse places to be than relying on Chris Paul to win.

Vindicare605

United States16122 Posts

November 05 2013 06:19 GMT

#503

On November 05 2013 15:15 slyboogie wrote:

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Not worried about it. There's worse places to be than relying on Chris Paul to win.

They've been relying on him way too much the last few years though and it hasn't translated into any kind of real playoff success.

Sure the Clippers are good enough right now to make the playoffs but if they can't win without constant heroics from Chris Paul they aren't even close to being title contenders.

That's the issue here. If the goal of the Clippers is to win the championship, they can't rely on Chris Paul to bail them out every night.

Jibba

United States22883 Posts

November 05 2013 06:24 GMT

#504

It's definitely a problem that they can't throw out their other starters with the second unit for added domination.

slyboogie

United States3423 Posts

November 05 2013 06:25 GMT

#505

On November 05 2013 15:24 Jibba wrote:
It's definitely a problem that they can't throw out their other starters with the second unit for added domination.

That's crazy, last season's bench was amazing.

Doraemon

Australia14949 Posts

November 05 2013 07:19 GMT

#506

honestly, that was themost disgusting first quarter i have seen in a long time. harden couldn't do anything, we failed on TWO.. TWOOO freaken inbound plays, dudley and redick just couldn't miss and those calls..my god...you wouldn't see some of those calls in netball and that is a non contact sport...

Ace

United States16096 Posts

November 05 2013 09:11 GMT

#507

Iggy!

RowdierBob

Australia13425 Posts

November 05 2013 10:01 GMT

#508

The Clips suffer in the Playoffs because the refs actually put their whistle away for a change.

RowdierBob

Australia13425 Posts

November 05 2013 10:27 GMT

#509

Cavs could be sitting on an Irving/Drummond/Oladipo core as of now.

Bad drafting really hurts when you're a small market.

Doraemon

Australia14949 Posts

November 05 2013 12:09 GMT

#510

On November 05 2013 19:27 RowdierBob wrote:
Cavs could be sitting on an Irving/Drummond/Oladipo core as of now.

Bad drafting really hurts when you're a small market.

but but. bennett!! that celebration!

Scarecrow

Korea (South)9174 Posts

November 05 2013 12:20 GMT

#511

On November 05 2013 19:27 RowdierBob wrote:
Cavs could be sitting on an Irving/Drummond/Oladipo core as of now.

Bad drafting really hurts when you're a small market.

1/3 isn't that bad, you could build insane rosters for any lottery franchise with hindsight.

DystopiaX

United States16236 Posts

November 05 2013 13:52 GMT

#512

On November 05 2013 21:20 Scarecrow wrote:

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1/3 isn't that bad, you could build insane rosters for any lottery franchise with hindsight.

Also it's only 3-4 games into the season, way too early to call if a rookie was a good/bad pick or not.

AppleSauce123

Denmark148 Posts

November 05 2013 13:59 GMT

#513

Not everyone can be Lebron James

LuMiX

China5757 Posts

November 05 2013 15:23 GMT

#514

reddick to clippers was such a good addition. makes me sad for houston though xD

slyboogie

United States3423 Posts

November 05 2013 15:29 GMT

#515

On November 05 2013 22:52 DystopiaX wrote:

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Also it's only 3-4 games into the season, way too early to call if a rookie was a good/bad pick or not.

He looks really really bad. Not just 0-12 but why he's 0-12.

a176

Canada6688 Posts

November 05 2013 16:09 GMT

#516

people seem to forget about tristan thompson
he doesnt have a lot of flare to his game but hes putting up solid numbers

karazax

United States3737 Posts

November 05 2013 16:26 GMT

#517

I think Harden was really hobbled by the sprained ankle he suffered in the Utah Game Saturday night. Not that his defense is ever consistently good, but he had no explosiveness on offense either. Couldn't dunk his break away layup, didn't try any quick lateral crossovers, or have any ability to take Redick who is equally defensively challenged off the dribble, and Harden's defense was terrible even by his standards. Hopefully he can do better tonight vs Portland, or just sit out and recover.

MassHysteria

United States3678 Posts

November 05 2013 16:37 GMT

#518

Clippers big men's D was/is always their problem. And I don't mean just their bench big men. Mullens is horrible like Ace said. Jamison doesn't even play and he is fighting Mullens for playing time, so he must look horrible. Jordan and Griffin really need to work on their D though.

And I was thinking that it is easy to see the influence of Alvin Gentry (extension of D'Antoni) in the Clippers offense already. Their pace is quicker than last year and their 3 point attempts are way up. Redick has been solid and he will only get better as the season goes on.

Ace

United States16096 Posts

November 05 2013 18:27 GMT

#519

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/knicks/isola-dolan-unhappy-knicks-city-dancers-article-1.1506858

This is a real thing btw, not satire.

Vindicare605

United States16122 Posts

November 05 2013 19:06 GMT

#520

On November 06 2013 03:27 Ace wrote:
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/knicks/isola-dolan-unhappy-knicks-city-dancers-article-1.1506858

This is a real thing btw, not satire.

Tell me how you really feel about James Dolan Ace lol.

That article was hilarious I was reading it earlier and just shaking my head at it.

Also. highlights of James Harden from last night.