You know, I never thought for a second that Boozer would be a good player for us, but holy shit I never expected him to be THIS bad.

He is a triple threat, he can't defend, rebound or score. He just stands there gawking at all of his own missed shots. It's impressively awful.

Ethelis

United States2400 Posts

November 05 2014 05:13 GMT

#328

On November 05 2014 13:48 XaI)CyRiC wrote:

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This is even crazier

https://twitter.com/bryan_mears/status/529653351580180481

#moreyball, all hail Daryl Maury!

Jerubaal

United States7684 Posts

November 05 2014 05:18 GMT

#329

I know it's way, way, way too early to pass judgement on the Cavs yet, but I'd just like to remind everyone of the articles about how they could be the best offensive team ever. Not quite there yet, I think.

XaI)CyRiC

United States4471 Posts

November 05 2014 05:21 GMT

#330

Kyrie looked terrrrrible today, and I'm not just referring to his inability to score. He didn't demonstrate any ability to get his team's offense going or set his teammates up at all. Lebron looked really lackadaisical in the second half too. Not sure if he's conserving his energy on a lost cause or trying to send a message to his teammates (i.e. Kyrie).

oneofthem

Cayman Islands24199 Posts

November 05 2014 05:25 GMT

#331

i coudl see the cavs offense get better, but that defense is ugly as hell.

Vindicare605

United States16125 Posts

November 05 2014 05:39 GMT

#332

On November 05 2014 14:25 oneofthem wrote:
i coudl see the cavs offense get better, but that defense is ugly as hell.

I don't take the Cavs seriously as a real title contender for this reason. Offensively they might improve, but it will take another year and some roster adjustments before they have the defensive chops to go against the Western Elite in a Bo7.

Not that Lebron CAN'T win another title by going back to Cleveland but I don't think it's reasonable to assume he'll get it this year.

dDazed

192 Posts

November 05 2014 05:47 GMT

#333

Not looking good for OKC. They have a very real chance of missing the playoffs this year. The west is insane, you can't fall behind too much. Hell even the Kings are doing starting out decent. It looks like you might need 50 wins to even make it as the 8th seed out in the west.

As for the Cavs, I'm not too worried about them. Struggling early is a good for them, since it will set off alarms for the players to not take things lightly just because they got Lebron. They'll be able to work out the kinks as the season progresses and should easily make the playoffs where they will be a massive threat out in the eastern conference.

TwoToneTerran

United States8841 Posts

November 05 2014 05:54 GMT

#334

Just popping in to inform you guys that Eric Gordon is being paid 15million this year to shoot 25% from the floor and play bad defense.

RowdierBob

Australia13480 Posts

November 05 2014 05:59 GMT

#335

He has no knees or confidence. He's the new Michael redd.

Lakers should give Jack a run here: he'd be about as relevant as Kobe's other team mates right now.

Daozzt

United States1263 Posts

November 05 2014 06:03 GMT

#336

Holy shit Kobe's taken 37 shots lmao

Vindicare605

United States16125 Posts

November 05 2014 06:06 GMT

#337

On November 05 2014 15:03 Daozzt wrote:
Holy shit Kobe's taken 37 shots lmao

In 41 minutes.

Watching this team's offense when it doesn't run through Kobe is painful, it is not an exaggeration at all when I say that 90% of the time a Kobe Bryant shot is a better option than anything else we can get. All you have to do is watch ONE game to see that.

oneofthem

Cayman Islands24199 Posts

November 05 2014 06:06 GMT

#338

efficiency not bad though for 37 shots.

Daozzt

United States1263 Posts

November 05 2014 06:10 GMT

#339

Yeah, the Lakers are awful. Kobe getting old, and gets gassed in the 3rd after playing about ~25-30 mins. He usually does ok before then, then starts laying down the bricks in the 2nd half in these past few games.

Vindicare605

United States16125 Posts

November 05 2014 06:21 GMT

#340

Let's put this another way.

Kobe Bryant shot 38% on 37 shots including a bunch of hail mary heaves at the end of expiring shot clocks tonight.

The Lakers as a whole shot 39.8% on 88 shots.

So if you remove Kobe's 14-37 you get 21 makes on 51 shots which is 41%.

No matter how you look at it, the percentages are all awful. The entire Lakers offense is terrible.