yeah, i'm talkin dwight / yeah, i'm talkin steve: 2012-2013 NBA regular season thread (part 1)

as long as the heat employ 4 3-pt specialists i don't really see bosh extending his range. they already pay guys to do nothing but stand in the corner.

it's ok to say that Bosh will hit threes in the future or something but to claim that he's superior to Pau in this area because of 5 threes in the playoffs and some positive comments from coaches in training camp is very homer of you

it's ok to say that Bosh will hit threes in the future or something but to claim that he's superior to Pau in this area because of 5 threes in the playoffs and some positive comments from coaches in training camp is very homer of you

― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, October 31, 2012 4:37 PM (23 seconds ago) Bookmark

okay, i'll retract my statement that bosh is currently a better three point shooter than pau at the moment.

i think bosh has more range than pau (and he is quicker w/his shot plus actually jumps when shooting...both of which help in being a longish range threat) but yeah yet to be seen whether he becomes a legit concern behind the line for opposing teams

this is the least excited i've been about Bulls season opener since the Eddie Robinson/Ron Mercer era. they're not even playing an interesting opponent (kings).

pau > bosh

Kings are hella interesting to me because I am deranged

ugh god

i'm still scarred from the one half of wizards/kings that i watched last season

it sucks that the kings picked TRob, so boring

but Isaiah Thomas, Demarcus, Thornton, fuck yeah. Plus Jimmer is hilarious

so I'm haering harden is reupping for 5 years 80 mil?

yep

pretty dece - I wonder if he got one of those backloaded contracts

idk even what the strategic value of a backloaded contract would be

not really sure if metta can ball; playoff time hell be ready tho
― moullet, Wednesday, October 31, 2012 4:27 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

There was a really great piece written during the playoffs last year about Artest & his ongoing regression, wish I could find it quickly. The crux of it was that Artest had finally lost something in his legs I think, and he was no longer had elite reaction time on defense. So, he went from All-NBA defender to Actually, You Should Probably Go at Him defender. For whatever reason, I came away w/ the impression that Artest probably wouldn't get his legs back and would have to coast on his defensive reputation; once teams found out, he'd basically be out of the league.

Wasn't watching that closely but he looked fine last night. Wish I could find the piece again ... I totally wrote off Artest after reading-- it was very persuasive!

lol @ Bosh being some developing 3pt specialist or something. He's a great offensive player for sure, but it doesn't hurt to have two of the greatest penetrators of the last 20 years driving -> kicking the ball over. IDK how Bosh is a more complete offensive player than Pau since Pau has a much more mature post-up game / better passing skillz. Bosh better at creating .gifs, tho.

A more mature .gif game.

lol

emo bosh is def way better than any parody twitter associated w pau

also bosh has more letters than pau

Derozan is getting 4 years 40m o_O

pau also a better offensive rebounder

wasn't derozen like actively hurting his team?

he is a marginally ok player

kind of boneheaded no?

56/61 in pure point rating for shooting guards!

Bryan Colangelo is one weird GM

the Raptors will be paying Landry Fields, Amir Johnson and Demar Derozan a combined 22m dollars per year over the next 3 years

emo bosh is def way better than any parody twitter associated w pau

― lag∞n, Wednesday, October 31, 2012 6:37 PM (10 minutes ago)

wait what is this

Jonathan Givony ‏@DraftExpress
42 million for a 6-6 guy who can't shoot feels like a lot.

Bulls appoint Scottie Pippen senior advisor to President and COO Michael Reinsdorf.

sleeping with the enemy there, scottie

emo bosh is def way better than any parody twitter associated w pau
― lag∞n, Wednesday, October 31, 2012 6:37 PM (10 minutes ago)
wait what is this
― all mods con (k3vin k.), Wednesday, October 31, 2012 6:54 PM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

http://i.imgur.com/8oxcC.jpg

the pace in the raptors-pacers game is incredible

there was a story yesterday (and I've heard him talk about it before) about how Scottie "covets" head coach position. kinda think that being Fan Ambassador and asst to COO isn't the path to that??

my goddam league pass broadband isn't working yet. every fucking year

the raptors fans are jacked up, this is weird

why arent you watching the nuggs matt

omg iggy that dunk!!

cuz I switched to the raptors game for a second and it sounded like a soccer match

Iggy dunked HARD.

also gallo is out

fair enough!

iggy's got some active hands

gallo being out sucks

dre miller doing what he does best, nice lob to koufos

MANIMAL!

Raptors looking 10X better than they did last year. I like their end-of-court logo-graphics, too.

Love seeing this pace!

Valanciunas making me look good for repping him so hard last year

gallo being out = ho hum right?

nuggs have a huge luxury bringing miller off the bench; jrue was destroying lawson and they can just completely change their look.

gallo being out = ho hum right?

― 乒乓, Wednesday, October 31, 2012 7:24 PM (6 seconds ago)

nuggz are still a blast to watch w/out him

sure I just mean is anybody shocked that gallo is injured