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Twinkle Toes
Profile Joined May 2012
United States3605 Posts
May 30 2018 05:21 GMT
#941
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Twinkle Toes
Profile Joined May 2012
United States3605 Posts
May 30 2018 05:23 GMT
#942
Lol i was look for finals poster on the net and I found a wonky picture of Durant and LBJ, I made it wonkier for our enjoyment here
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cLutZ
Profile Joined November 2010
United States19574 Posts
May 30 2018 05:25 GMT
#943
On May 30 2018 14:21 Twinkle Toes wrote:
Good stuff from r/nba on "bad call" during the WCF game 7.


I had to watch it on replay and I too was confused about the Rockets fans complaints. Curry was being freaking abused. Probably should have shot 25 FTs that game alone.
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Twinkle Toes
Profile Joined May 2012
United States3605 Posts
May 30 2018 05:26 GMT
#944
JimmiC seems to be the tallest here at 6'5. Could you guys dunk?
I used to be able to just barely throw in the ball in the hoop for a dunkish when I was in uni, but now I can't even touch the hoop without proper wind up, and I was heavier when I was younger. I can't wait when I'm in my 40s and all I'll do is brick threes hahaha
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Twinkle Toes
Profile Joined May 2012
United States3605 Posts
May 30 2018 05:28 GMT
#945
On May 30 2018 14:25 cLutZ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 30 2018 14:21 Twinkle Toes wrote:
Good stuff from r/nba on "bad call" during the WCF game 7.


I had to watch it on replay and I too was confused about the Rockets fans complaints. Curry was being freaking abused. Probably should have shot 25 FTs that game alone.

Agree. Maybe an argument can be made for game 6, but game 7 was more or less consistent, and I say that as a Rockets bandwagoner. 27 missed 3s will never win any game.
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JimmyJRaynor
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada17708 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-05-30 06:28:17
May 30 2018 06:17 GMT
#946
Colangelo called Embiid to deny he wrote the tweets critical of his character? "he called me just to deny the story". LOL.
this couldn't happen to a nicer guy...

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cLutZ
Profile Joined November 2010
United States19574 Posts
May 30 2018 06:50 GMT
#947
On May 30 2018 14:28 Twinkle Toes wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 30 2018 14:25 cLutZ wrote:
On May 30 2018 14:21 Twinkle Toes wrote:
Good stuff from r/nba on "bad call" during the WCF game 7.


I had to watch it on replay and I too was confused about the Rockets fans complaints. Curry was being freaking abused. Probably should have shot 25 FTs that game alone.

Agree. Maybe an argument can be made for game 6, but game 7 was more or less consistent, and I say that as a Rockets bandwagoner. 27 missed 3s will never win any game.


Game 7 was a shitshow.

And Sam Hinkie is at least 20 IQ points smarter than any of the NBA Colangelos. Which would make him at least average.
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ZenithM
Profile Joined February 2011
France15952 Posts
May 30 2018 07:06 GMT
#948
On May 30 2018 11:18 JimmiC wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 30 2018 09:28 ZenithM wrote:
On May 30 2018 03:03 Starlightsun wrote:
On May 29 2018 22:22 xwoGworwaTsx wrote:
long break from basketball. lets play a game

describe your game using an nba player as a basis. i'll start

skinnier shorter asian kyrie with 1/100th the handles but 100% swag and iso-craziness.


Lebron James minus all of his strength and skill.

So 6'8? That's not bad.

As some one whos 6'5 there is some downside to height and if you were 6'8 with no athletism id guess you would get a lot of "do you play basketball questions?".

On a side note do you think he is 6'8? I think at least 6'10 he seams at least as tall as kevin love.

I think it's a case of Love being overestimated at 6'10 and Lebron underestimated at 6'8.
I'd guess 6'9 at most for Lebron. Doesn't look much shorter than Paul George, but still slightly.
JimmiC
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Canada22817 Posts
May 30 2018 11:32 GMT
#949
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KOFgokuon
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States14912 Posts
May 30 2018 12:20 GMT
#950
This colangelo story is a gold mine
virpi
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Germany3599 Posts
May 30 2018 12:25 GMT
#951
On May 30 2018 14:26 Twinkle Toes wrote:
JimmiC seems to be the tallest here at 6'5. Could you guys dunk?
I used to be able to just barely throw in the ball in the hoop for a dunkish when I was in uni, but now I can't even touch the hoop without proper wind up, and I was heavier when I was younger. I can't wait when I'm in my 40s and all I'll do is brick threes hahaha

Being 1,8 m (6'0 ish?) tall I've never been able to dunk. Had to play PG when I was still actively playing BB, sometimes I switched over to SG, because my 3pt game wasn't too bad. (for local bullshit leagues lol) Now I'm old. :D
first we make expand, then we defense it.
JimmiC
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Canada22817 Posts
May 30 2018 12:46 GMT
#952
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Twinkle Toes
Profile Joined May 2012
United States3605 Posts
May 30 2018 13:15 GMT
#953
On May 30 2018 21:25 virpi wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 30 2018 14:26 Twinkle Toes wrote:
JimmiC seems to be the tallest here at 6'5. Could you guys dunk?
I used to be able to just barely throw in the ball in the hoop for a dunkish when I was in uni, but now I can't even touch the hoop without proper wind up, and I was heavier when I was younger. I can't wait when I'm in my 40s and all I'll do is brick threes hahaha

Being 1,8 m (6'0 ish?) tall I've never been able to dunk. Had to play PG when I was still actively playing BB, sometimes I switched over to SG, because my 3pt game wasn't too bad. (for local bullshit leagues lol) Now I'm old. :D

I'd kill to be able to play pg. I'm a tall 6'1 because my friends are 5'7-6'0, so I always have to be under the rim, and I hate it. Sometimes I force it and play 1 just to live the guard-in-a-centers-body fantasy, and whenever we lose when I do so, it's no bball talk within the group for a week. It's so childish but competitive and I love it.

Re dunking,I couldn't really dunk, but I could cheat it like just barely get on top of the rim and push it in. Useless game skills.
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Twinkle Toes
Profile Joined May 2012
United States3605 Posts
May 30 2018 14:11 GMT
#954
Now that the dust has settled, here is my sober take on the series:

  1. GSW should have won this 4-0, 4-1 max, but Iggy was out.
  2. Houston played like champs for taking the Warriors to 7
  3. CP3's absence hurt them a lot, he could have provided scoring and control when the game was slipping
  4. 7-man rotation vs. high pace team = dead.
  5. Houston was horrible at 3 all game 7 long, They were 3/19 in the first half, but was saved by offensive boards. When both failed in the second half, and without any interior scoring to rely on, Houston got destroyed
  6. Someone has still to give a convincing explanation on the Warriors 3rd quarter phenomenon
  7. The refs were generally ok. Maybe they swallowed their whistle on a few fouls against the Warriors (compensating for all the foul calls on Harden?), but not enough to really make it ugly. But there is good argument against the presence of a controversial referee who was involved in the Donaghy case. But I don't know much about this to comment any further.
  8. Would a perfect Morey-Rockets system win against a stacked team like the Warriors? As discussed here, adding Korver (more shooting) and Horford (glue guy, high IQ, great passer, inside scoring and defense) to the team, I say yes! Hot take I know but the major flaw in the system is not that it's bad, but that shooting betrayed the Rockets in the end. Morey system at around 80% is championship level.
  9. Thompson saved the Warriors ass. His casual reefer walk after a cold-blooded 3 is so cool!
  10. Gordon is very valuable. So is Tucker.
  11. Harden is not yet 100% ready. Had he had a legacy game 7, he would be controversial #1 along with Durant. But it was a mere lucklaster ok performance for him.
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andrewlt
Profile Joined August 2009
United States7702 Posts
May 30 2018 16:28 GMT
#955
On May 30 2018 14:28 Twinkle Toes wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 30 2018 14:25 cLutZ wrote:
On May 30 2018 14:21 Twinkle Toes wrote:
Good stuff from r/nba on "bad call" during the WCF game 7.


I had to watch it on replay and I too was confused about the Rockets fans complaints. Curry was being freaking abused. Probably should have shot 25 FTs that game alone.

Agree. Maybe an argument can be made for game 6, but game 7 was more or less consistent, and I say that as a Rockets bandwagoner. 27 missed 3s will never win any game.


If they ever review game 7 for match fixing, the Rockets would be the prime suspects.

I think around 6'6 is where people can dunk even without a high vertical. It's why Klay can dunk. Lower than that and much depends on your vertical. Curry and Westbrook are roughly the same height. Curry only dunks when he's extremely wide open on a breakaway.
ShoCkeyy
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
7815 Posts
May 30 2018 16:29 GMT
#956
Don't know if any of you saw this, but I haven't seen it posted yet.



Ooof.
Life?
karazax
Profile Joined May 2010
United States3737 Posts
May 30 2018 17:46 GMT
#957
The refs were pretty terrible for the Rockets, but they were bad over all so it certainly wasn't the only reason they lost. Rockets are now 0-6 in playoff games reffed by Scott Foster. Certain refs just have bias against certain teams and players.

Keep in mind that the 27 missed 3's in a row included 2 fouls on 3 point attempts that weren't called and the 4 point play that didn't count. If they had been called correctly then it wouldn't have been 27 missed 3's in a row.

That being said, let's see how Lebron does against the Warriors before we are overly critical of the Rockets losing without CP3 in game 7 with a historically bad shooting night. No other team has even taken the Warriors past game 5 since Durant joined them.
JimmyJRaynor
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada17708 Posts
May 30 2018 23:47 GMT
#958
players like Derozan and Harden who rely on ticky-tack regular season fouls to improve their chance to score struggle in the playoffs when officials let more stuff go.
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Twinkle Toes
Profile Joined May 2012
United States3605 Posts
May 31 2018 05:17 GMT
#959
On May 31 2018 02:46 karazax wrote:
The refs were pretty terrible for the Rockets, but they were bad over all so it certainly wasn't the only reason they lost. Rockets are now 0-6 in playoff games reffed by Scott Foster. Certain refs just have bias against certain teams and players.

Keep in mind that the 27 missed 3's in a row included 2 fouls on 3 point attempts that weren't called and the 4 point play that didn't count. If they had been called correctly then it wouldn't have been 27 missed 3's in a row.

That being said, let's see how Lebron does against the Warriors before we are overly critical of the Rockets losing without CP3 in game 7 with a historically bad shooting night. No other team has even taken the Warriors past game 5 since Durant joined them.

To be fair, Iggy was out, and it could have been over by game 5 had he been able to play.
But yeah, Houston balled their hearts out.
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Twinkle Toes
Profile Joined May 2012
United States3605 Posts
May 31 2018 05:18 GMT
#960
On May 31 2018 01:29 ShoCkeyy wrote:
Don't know if any of you saw this, but I haven't seen it posted yet.

https://twitter.com/JLin7/status/1001294223742816256

Ooof.

No fine reports from the NBA yet?
I remember Cousins said something similar.
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