EPTOn October 24 2013 13:03 Jibba wrote:
I don't think the offense was the problem.
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slyboogie
United States3423 Posts
I don't think the offense was the problem. | ||
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iLoveKT
Philippines3615 Posts
Bulls 2013-2014! edit: And I actually believe it this time. | ||
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Doraemon
Australia14949 Posts
On October 24 2013 13:16 zulu_nation8 wrote: Did anyone have league pass last year? I heard bad things about it but kinda wanna get it for mobile. it was awesome. i split with a friend, we both managed to log in simultaneously. this year you can get a it for $99 via an India VPN. definitely worth it if you can split. | ||
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Ace
United States16096 Posts
A.) Joe Johnson is better than Iguodala and B.) Iggy is "just a defensive specialist" sigh. I hate when they don't wanna bet money. I'll do more team previews later on. | ||
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RowdierBob
Australia13536 Posts
You could make a case for taking Joe in an iso spot if you needed to score. But Iggy's pretty much better at everything else. | ||
Jibba
United States22883 Posts
On October 24 2013 15:57 slyboogie wrote: I don't think the offense was the problem. Regular season it wasn't, when Jamal Crawford and CP3 were fairly consistently brilliant, but I think it was the same situation as the Thunder. They just happened to have a lot of other weaknesses too. And yeah, Iggy just fills in so many gaps for teams. You can't measure him with individual stats though. | ||
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a176
Canada6688 Posts
On October 24 2013 20:42 Ace wrote: Just had someone arguing with me that: A.) Joe Johnson is better than Iguodala and B.) Iggy is "just a defensive specialist" sigh. I hate when they don't wanna bet money. I'll do more team previews later on. they must be thinking of someone else than the actual iggy | ||
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karazax
United States3737 Posts
An interesting idea, but there is a good article on clutchfans.net on why that is unlikely to happen: http://rockets.clutchfans.net/5175/kevin-durant-houston-rockets/ This morning, Grantland.com revealed a portion of their NBA Preview of the Houston Rockets where analyst Jalen Rose boldly predicted that Kevin Durant would leave Oklahoma City for Houston in a few years to join his good friend James Harden with the Rockets. While the idea of adding one of the world’s two best basketball players to our beloved Rockets is certainly tantalizing, it is also far-fetched. Here’s why: According to ShamSports.com, Durant is under contract contract with the Thunder through the 2015-16 season, with no early termination option or other way to opt out of his contract before then. Meanwhile, the window for the Rockets to have significant cap room will most likely be limited to the summer of 2015, and that’s only if Houston does not elect to decline its 2014-15 team option on Chandler Parsons and re-sign him to a huge new deal. Assuming that Parsons receives a large contract (either in 2014 or 2015), the Rockets will not have nearly the salary cap space to sign Durant to anything remotely approaching what he can (and should) command on the open market: a maximum contract starting at no less than around $21.17 million (which is 105% of his 2015-16 salary). It is also likely that, rather than letting the contracts of Jeremy Lin and Omer Asik expire and losing them for nothing, the Rockets will either re-sign one or both of Lin and Asik or trade at least one of them (probably Asik), taking back additional salary in the process. Even if Durant’s contract ended in 2015, it would require a fairly significant increase in the maximum salary cap to be able to add Durant, even if he took a discount similar to the one Lebron James took with the Miami Heat in 2010. This even accounts for the Rockets being stripped bare, with just the contracts of Dwight Howard, Harden, and the miniscule cap holds for Parsons and Patrick Beverley remaining on the books. Just those four roster spots would occupy no less than $45.33 million (once you add in eight incomplete roster charges). One way in which the Rockets could conceivably add Durant would be via a sign-and-trade deal, with Houston likely parting with Parsons, another significant player (not named Harden or Howard) and multiple draft picks. Even then, the Thunder might balk at any trade scenario for Durant–let alone one with a Western Conference rival–unless they were absolutely convinced that he would leave Oklahoma City without the Thunder receiving any compensation in the process. Also, don’t discount the fact that both Russell Westbrook–who Rose speculates could leave the Thunder for the Los Angeles Lakers–and Serge Ibaka are under contract with the Thunder through the 2016-17 season. Assuming Westbrook can fully recover from his knee injury, it would be hard to see Durant walking away from a team that sports another top-10 player in the league and another player who is an elite rim protector. Bottom line: While Rose may be drawing a lot of attention with his prediction of Durant joining the Rockets, even a cursory look at the salary cap situations for both Houston and Oklahoma City reveals that such a move would be quite difficult to effectuate. It sure won’t be for a lack of effort by Daryl Morey and the Rockets to make it happen, however. 2016 is a long ways away and a lot can change between now and then, but if you’re waiting anxiously for the Rockets to add Durant, well … don’t hold your breath. Also there is a new Rockets Podcast up: http://rockets.clutchfans.net/5186/houston-rockets-podcast/ and Rockets vs Spurs is the TNT broadcast preseason game tonight. Also here are the four regional Sports Illustrated NBA Preview covers: ![[image loading]](http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/files/2013/10/nba-regional-covers1.jpg) | ||
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karazax
United States3737 Posts
Kevin Durant: Kobe Bryant Kyrie Irving Stephen Curry | ||
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tonight
United States11130 Posts
On October 24 2013 11:51 Doraemon wrote: how much are courtside tickets for pre season games? 600. included club house access, food, and drinks. Maurice Cheeks was in there after the game and before the FSN tv announcers were in there | ||
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icystorage
Jollibee19350 Posts
On October 24 2013 23:37 karazax wrote: Also here are the four regional Sports Illustrated NBA Preview covers: The Nets cover looks badass (and caption) | ||
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MassHysteria
United States3678 Posts
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cLutZ
United States19574 Posts
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a176
Canada6688 Posts
On October 25 2013 07:50 MassHysteria wrote: New MSG looking pretty nice: http://espn.go.com/newyork/photos/gallery/_/id/9873912/image/1/the-view-bridge-madison-square-garden-transformation what did it look like before? | ||
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MassHysteria
United States3678 Posts
I gave you the link ^^ . But pretty much those bridges across the top are the main addition I think. | ||
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Jerubaal
United States7684 Posts
On October 25 2013 09:39 cLutZ wrote: Kinda weird there is no Heat cover... Or any team in the top 4 last year? | ||
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DystopiaX
United States16236 Posts
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Doraemon
Australia14949 Posts
howard asik combo isn't as bad as it could be, but definitely not efficient. there were several plays were they were far too close and clogged up the lane. however, howard asik or even howard alone imposes great defensive ability which altered multiple spurs drives, furthermore it eliminated the need of some rotations which meant the wing defenders stuck with the 3 point spot up shooters howard looks a lot more fresh and agile last year, rebounding a great rate last few games (albeit preseason games). he also looks a lot more willing to run PnRs rockets looks freaken slick when running the harden howard PnR, almost unstoppable. defensively we still need to improve and offensively casspi/parsons/garcia will play a huge role. also need to sort out the black hole know as the power forward position. but overall i'm very excited, first game watching howard on the rockets, visibily better than last year but plenty more areas to improve on | ||
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Jerubaal
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Disregard
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