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Re: NBA Season 2014-2015
« Reply #510 on: November 25, 2014, 02:03:32 PM »

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Lou Williams is a beautiful bench scoring PG.

Yup, call me crazy, but I would have taken Lou Williams over Jamal Crawford at any point over the past 8 years or so if you would've asked me choose.  Equal scorer/distributor/ball-handler, but better defender.

13.4 ppg off the bench in only 19.4 mpg is absolutely unheard of.  I think he deserves 6th man of the year at some point during his career, maybe this is the year.

underrated, for sure.
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Re: NBA Season 2014-2015
« Reply #511 on: November 25, 2014, 08:18:32 PM »

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Interested to see how Drummond does today against Larry Sanders.

Lot of good matchups in this Bucks vs Pistons game. Monroe vs Jabari. Neither guy should be able to defend the other. Josh Smith vs Giannis. Mayo vs KCP. Knight should have a big game against the defense-less DJ Augustin. Nice advantage for Milwaukee at both backcourt positions.

I think Drummond should be able to use his girth / strength to good effect against Sanders. Sanders is a top team defender but his man-to-man defense in the paint is vulnerable. It'll be interesting to see how far along Drummond's post game is coming against such a defender.

- Drummond had a nice alley-oop off a baseline inbounds pass a moment ago where he pushed Sanders deep into the paint to create the opportunity for the pass.
- Drummond has beaten Sanders in transition twice for easy baskets
- Sanders has beaten Drummond twice on offensive glass for putbacks.
- Jabari Parker with a beautiful crossover to lose Smith but blocked on drive by Drummond.
- 3rd off reb for Sanders as Drummond help's on Giannis drive.  Giannis physically overwhelmed Caron Butler I think it was on that possession. No way Butler can keep up with an athlete like Giannis. Milwaukee need to go back to that matchup. Two possessions later, Giannis beats Butler easily again for short shot off dribble.
- Drummond seals Sanders well, receives pass after ball reversal, easy score. Gets a lob pass off dribble penetration and another easy score on next possession.

Neither team's bench units are up too much good. A lot of mediocre basketball in 2nd quarter.

- Jabari is a really smooth operator on offense. Needs more touches.
- Drummond panics late in shot clock. Tries to create off dribble from FT line. Offensive foul.
- I love Singler's game. Such a dependable pro.
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Re: NBA Season 2014-2015
« Reply #512 on: November 25, 2014, 10:45:31 PM »

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What is wrong with Detroit?  How can you be this bad with that kind of talent? 

Mike

Re: NBA Season 2014-2015
« Reply #513 on: November 25, 2014, 11:03:25 PM »

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What is wrong with Detroit?  How can you be this bad with that kind of talent? 

Mike

The personell just does not fit together.  Dumars took a lot of heat when he signed Jennings and Smith and it looks like his critics were right.

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« Reply #514 on: November 25, 2014, 11:15:07 PM »

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Worth noting, then, that Jennings didn't play tonight.
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« Reply #515 on: November 25, 2014, 11:18:17 PM »

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Knight has been looking amazing... 18 pts and 7-8 ast is fantastic.

Gallinari just hit a tough fadeaway 3, currently being reviewed though.
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Re: NBA Season 2014-2015
« Reply #516 on: November 25, 2014, 11:29:36 PM »

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Nice run by the Nuggets to get back to .500.  People were writing them off just a week or so ago.

Re: NBA Season 2014-2015
« Reply #517 on: November 26, 2014, 12:15:34 AM »

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I still am.

Re: NBA Season 2014-2015
« Reply #518 on: November 26, 2014, 12:35:22 AM »

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I still am.

Standing by your convictions I see.   :)

Re: NBA Season 2014-2015
« Reply #519 on: November 26, 2014, 12:42:04 AM »

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From a few days ago -- too funny not to repost:

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38.9 is the funniest number in the NBA right now.

That's Kobe's usage rate through 10 games. Usage rate, for the unacquainted, estimates the percentage of team possessions that a player "uses" when he's on the court; basically, it tells you how frequently that player ends offensive possessions, with either a shot attempt, a free-throw attempt, or a turnover. Kobe's usage rate is 38.9, meaning that through 10 games, nearly 40 percent of the Lakers' possessions are ending via a Kobe shot, a Kobe free throw, or a Kobe turnover.

That number ... that's a big-ass number! Among guys who play enough minutes for their stats to matter, it's the highest in the NBA; in fact, the gap between Kobe's usage rate and the second-highest (DeMarcus Cousins, at 33.3) is bigger than the gap between the second-highest and the 18th-highest (Marreese Speights, 27.8. ). Hell, if the season ended today, that would be the highest single-season usage rate in the three-point era.

At 36, Kobe is chucking more than Michael Jordan ever did. More than Allen Iverson ever did. More, even, than 27-year-old, peak-of-his-athletic-gifts Kobe Bryant did, back in that bananas 2005-06 season we all remember as the year he didn't even pretend to care about anything other than scoring as many points as he could. If the NBA season ended right now, his current 25.2-shots-per-36-minutes pace would be the highest in over 30 years; his true shooting percentage, meanwhile, is 40 points lower than that of any other player who has attempted more than 23 shots per 36 minutes in the three-point era.
http://deadspin.com/the-funniest-thing-in-sports-kobe-bryant-chucking-at-h-1659582891

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Re: NBA Season 2014-2015
« Reply #520 on: November 26, 2014, 12:53:34 AM »

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Lou Williams is a beautiful bench scoring PG.

Yup, call me crazy, but I would have taken Lou Williams over Jamal Crawford at any point over the past 8 years or so if you would've asked me choose.  Equal scorer/distributor/ball-handler, but better defender.

13.4 ppg off the bench in only 19.4 mpg is absolutely unheard of.  I think he deserves 6th man of the year at some point during his career, maybe this is the year.

Williams has had obvious talent for a long time now.  He always seems to kill the C's when he was with other teams.

Re: NBA Season 2014-2015
« Reply #521 on: November 26, 2014, 01:15:17 AM »

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Oh boy, here we go again (more like still, unfortunately) - Derrick Rose left after 10 minutes because he re-sprained his hamstring ::).  The guy is like a China Doll.

Re: NBA Season 2014-2015
« Reply #522 on: November 26, 2014, 01:49:48 AM »

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I still am.

Standing by your convictions I see.   :)

Gotta stand by something, right? ;D

Also, @ Beat LA:

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UPDATE: Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau says Derrick Rose did not re-injure hamstring and that he kept Rose out of game for precautionary reasons.

Re: NBA Season 2014-2015
« Reply #523 on: November 26, 2014, 07:07:48 PM »

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Now let's see how PP manhandles that dude again.

Re: NBA Season 2014-2015
« Reply #524 on: November 26, 2014, 07:10:01 PM »

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Lebron is scared.