I was at the Hawks game on Friday night and got there about an hour early. Phillips arena was pretty empty and Adams was on the court working out in so many different ways (and when I say working out, you would think it was a practice in the week off before the finals or something). He was on the court so long that his shirt was drenched in sweat by the time he was done. You would have thought he just finished playing a game; I was really impressed by his work ethic.

It didn't really translate into offensive efficiency when the game started, but I still have heavy respect for that kind of stuff. Not really sure if it was by choice either to be honest, but whatever. Without knowing any of the details, I think it's worth a commendation.

FYI that game was insane and the Teague steal --> dunk at the end when the game was already over and the crowd was giving an ovation was seismic if you were in the arena, lol.

JimmyJRaynor

Canada18017 Posts

January 26 2015 21:39 GMT

#2111

a month and a bit ago i described the raptors as a slightly above average team... the hate from raptors fans was fun.

now, marc stein agrees with me so i guess the fun is over.

http://espn.go.com/nba/powerrankings

RowdierBob

Australia13536 Posts

January 26 2015 23:06 GMT

#2112

It's a long season. Don't call it too early.

JimmyJRaynor

Canada18017 Posts

January 26 2015 23:28 GMT

#2113

true,
that's what i was saying when the raptors had played only 5 road games

oneofthem

Cayman Islands24199 Posts

January 26 2015 23:33 GMT

#2114

was reading russell westbrook's draftexpress, and the first item they list under "strength" is executes offensively. guess they knew russ

DystopiaX

United States16236 Posts

January 27 2015 00:32 GMT

#2115

Is bitching about the Raptors the only reason you post in this thread

MassHysteria

United States3678 Posts

January 27 2015 00:56 GMT

#2116

Hey, I've enjoyed Jimmy's posts about the Raptors actually =D. I've actually agreed with his outlook on them on most of his posts too (which I wanted to respond to but never did).

Ace

United States16096 Posts

January 27 2015 00:58 GMT

#2117

On January 27 2015 06:39 JimmyJRaynor wrote:
a month and a bit ago i described the raptors as a slightly above average team... the hate from raptors fans was fun.

now, marc stein agrees with me so i guess the fun is over.

http://espn.go.com/nba/powerrankings

He's also got the Spurs ranked 4th despite their pretty underwhelming season. Good roll bread though. Marc Stein doing PRs definitely tells us how good teams are.

Scarecrow

Korea (South)9175 Posts

January 27 2015 01:29 GMT

#2118

"James Harden is now 13-for-23 lifetime on game-tying and go-ahead FGAs in the final 24 seconds"

Damn that's impressive

TwoToneTerran

United States8841 Posts

January 27 2015 10:59 GMT

#2119

The Pels have finally gone on a baby win streak. Didn't know they had it in them. Thought they'd just got WLWLWLWLWLWLWL for the rest of the season.

Haiq343

United States2548 Posts

January 27 2015 14:11 GMT

#2120

On January 27 2015 19:59 TwoToneTerran wrote:
The Pels have finally gone on a baby win streak. Didn't know they had it in them. Thought they'd just got WLWLWLWLWLWLWL for the rest of the season.

Twolves, Lakers and Sixers are 3 awful teams. They did squeak by the Mavs which is a legit win, but I'm not sure beating the 3 of the 4 worst teams in the NBA (Knicks lolololol) counts as much of an achievement.