Breaking -- The human race has waived Josh Smith: 2014-15 regular season thread part 2

ya they r very solid if their D returns to epic level they cld be v danger

cp really bad late game turnover

the majority of the rest of their games are back to backs tho lol great job nba

B2b's need to go away all together

otm

b2bs really are the worst it is v dumb

they give the bb gods heartburn and a smh

http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/bEGTA9UpcNUThCaMR8BRCQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTM3NztweG9mZj01MDtweW9mZj0wO3E9NzU7dz02NzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/Sports/ap/201502232142781609502
― moullet, Monday, February 23, 2015 11:20 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

me irl

Harden might really win the MVP how do we feel about this

I think he's been kinda dope this year he is working his ass off and keeping what otherwise might be a kinda average rockets team in it

They're kind of easy to hate bc Dwight but harden really has been absurd

I think if he didn't grin with perverse glee every time he pulled his euroflop shit and got to the line for questionable contact, I would hate it/him a lot less. like Manu and CP3 do that stuff as well (and CP is hateable for various other reasons), but it's not quite as annoying w/them.

it doesn't help that he's on a team currently in the midst of its most hateable period. but he's astounding, like you have to actively shut off your hoops mind not to appreciate/admire the majority of his play

Only one player in the last 25 years has won without their team having at least the 3rd best record in the league (Nash). I think Curry gets it if the Warriors go on another run to close out the season.

hardens having an amazing season for sure kinda doubt anyones gonna vote for him over curry tho

i wld like his game more if he moved the ball more freely and stopped taking step back threes, both of those are issues of discipline that will hurt him against better teams imo, tho some of it might be coaching too

its kind of funny how both him and westbrook are having amazing seasons while playing in a completely insane manner

bill walker changed his name to henry? http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=12371408

http://espn.go.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/12331388/the-great-analytics-rankings#

interesting stuff. for the NBA section, it should be absolutely zero surprise who's in first and who's dead last

feel like the flaw in that ranking is its not actually that informative to know whos using the most stats by weight, you want to know whos the most effectively using them, which is much harder to measure

like theres a good chance phillys regime is pure foolishness

it almost definitely is, i would think bc they're relying solely on analytics and literally nothing else - spurs/mavs/rockets obviously supplementing pure analysis with savvy spending, traditionally great coaching, great players, etc.

for the NBA, of the top 10 analytics users only 3 have losing records right now though, and more damningly 6 of the bottom 10 have losing records and even among the winners two of them (pelicans, clips) show signs of things cracking

def being a non analytics user is a very bad sign for a number of reasons only one of which is that you dont use analytics, but of course this ranking is also... not analytic lol

haha, fair point

http://grantland.com/features/department-of-defense/

do not read if you hate goldsberry

even if he's gotten somewhat better this year the harden 2013-14 defensive chart is lolllllll

@APkrawczynski
Rubio on KG's 1st practice: "he already yelled at Pek twice to get back on defense. I don't think Pek has been yelled at his entire career"

llol

Haha

lol

James Johnson's shot chart. Can't think of another SF who would have this.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B-pFw5BUsAAvMMb.png

not one for shooting i guess

mkg p incredible in his own right

http://i.imgur.com/15PxOkF.png

http://grantland.com/features/department-of-defense/

do not read if you hate goldsberry

― call all destroyer, Tuesday, February 24, 2015 12:14 PM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

even if he's gotten somewhat better this year the harden 2013-14 defensive chart is lolllllll

― slothroprhymes, Tuesday, February 24, 2015 2:41 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is v interesting and yeah i want to see hardens chart this year

everybody saw this right -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJnarXYrFSs#t=25

think mvp is curry's to lose - writers like him, warriors are the story of this season. it's been a two man race all season (davis was sorta in the conversation but it was one of those 'what does mvp mean?' conversations when he came up, ppl just discussed how it could or couldn't be him but never really got around to arguing yes it was him), and i've usually heard the 'the rockets w/o harden are more fucked than the warriors w/o curry -> harden is more valuable' argument but i think there's alot of 'i can't vote for someone whose defense is that poor mvp no way no how' types to counterbalance that plus i think westbrook's votes are gonna come from ppl who might've voted harden. would guess right now it'll be 1) curry 2) harden 3) westbrook 4) lebron 5) davis.

AD might very well be the best player overall, harden prob the most valuable to his team, curry meanwhile is a great combination of the two plus warriors plus generally seeming like a chill human so yea it's most likely his to lose

Harden is #1 in VORP and Win Shares, and has more defensive win shares than Curry. AD has the highest PER followed by Westbrook and Curry.

while on the subject of curry https://vine.co/v/OQL7hK3lhnP

http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2015/2/23/8097421/james-harden-turned-ricky-rubios-legs-to-silly-putty-then-drilled-a-3

Ricky :\

harden dribbling the shot clock out and getting blocked then not getting back on D is why he shd not be allowed to be mvp

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Marc Stein ‏@ESPNSteinLine 54s55 seconds ago
Bulls just announced a meniscus tear in Derrick Rose's right knee

yikes

one day i will tell my children the sad tale of poor derrick rose

can't believe it, dude has no luck

basketball twitter reacting exactly as if he is dead rn

Marc Stein ‏@ESPNSteinLine 2m2 minutes ago
Just incredibly sad and sickening news out of Chicago. Derrick Rose was playing his best ball in ages just before All-Star break. No words

Mike Prada ‏@MikePradaSBN 2m2 minutes ago
Derrick Rose :-(

Marc Stein ‏@ESPNSteinLine 20s21 seconds ago
Why is sport so cruel sometimes? I know there's no answer

Kurt Helin ‏@basketballtalk 5m5 minutes ago
What do we need to sacrifice to appease the basketball injury gods? This is just unfair.

except coach nick who has a plan

BBALLBREAKDOWN ‏@bballbreakdown 4m4 minutes ago
Awful, unprecedented, needs a functional movement coach RT @mikev4040: @bballbreakdown Derrick rose with another knee injury, thoughts?

oh just a functional movement coach, no prob

let him go coach nick let him go