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

had to go out so i recorded the last 3 mins + ot of the cavs game, harden played so well at the end of regulation.

that was the first sustained cavs watching i've done in a while and the kevin love thing is even more baffling. it's like he doesn't know how to impact the game on offense anymore. did you guys see late in the game when he had a free drive on the baseline and missed the layup? no confidence at all. i was comparing him to motiejunas who is nowhere near as talented but is a big guy with mobility and he's so much better rn at making moves and finding spaces where he can be useful.

love made some nice plays in the 1st half fwiw

you're right he did but just not good enough

def not good enough but he did look way more comfortable w the 2nd unit being the man fwiw

love sucking and depth issues have me wondering how good cleveland actually is.

def not good enough but he did look way more comfortable w the 2nd unit being the man fwiw
--lag∞n

well yeah because that's what he is, he doesn't want to contribute but to be the star

he should prob just go be on the lakers and make them the new timberwolves, that'd be fine by me bc the lakers would still ultimately blow and he'd throw up nifty highlight reels on the reg

i want love to go to the 76ers, city of brotherly love

i really don't think love is like willfully playing bad or mad abt his role, i think he lacks bball iq in a lot of respects.

there was a campwide single elimination horse tourney and the winner got to play Tim Hardaway, the camp sponsor. This was like 1993 or 94? I was an excellent shooter as a kid and won the tourney and played Hardaway in front of everyone and beat him bc he was a shitty outside shooter at the time and I knew it. I was also *extremely tiny* for my age and this embarrassed him further, I assume, and when he missed the last shot he grabbed the board and spiked the ball against the gym wall super hard and the crowd went silent and he walked out of the door, it was really weird for everyone.

― Clay, Sunday, March 1, 2015 5:38 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

This is the greatest thing ever posted to ILH

― 龜, Sunday, March 1, 2015 6:28 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm

― lag∞n, Sunday, March 1, 2015 6:28 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Clays entire story shd be our board description

― we just form a f#!king wall (agent hibachi), Sunday, March 1, 2015 6:30 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Ilh keeps on giving

― Steph def def (Spottie), Sunday, March 1, 2015 6:30 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

<3 u dudes

― Clay, Sunday, March 1, 2015 6:38 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

just read this, i dont know why you dont tell this story EVERY FUCKING DAY

like how long have we all fake known each other??? like 7 or 8 years now, right? im actually a little mad that you post to the i love hoops internet message forums and you wait nearly a decade to tell everyone you were a teenaged hoops christ but whatever, fuck you clay i love you.

same

that fucking rules

well yeah because that's what he is, he doesn't want to contribute but to be the star

― slothroprhymes, Sunday, March 1, 2015 10:01 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

imo every basketball player and really every person and prob every living being benefits from being in the right role, and for kevin love that his efficient high volume scorer/rebounder/play maker out of the double team

he just doesnt seem comfortable as a secondary player, maybe he will figure it out after a while, but shd he have to

btw wuts up

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B_EUp7UUwAA4U_X.jpg

This is it. The moment for Javale. The moment for ILH. The moment for basketball.

xxp no he shouldn't necessarily have to and yea he should probably go elsewhere if he wants to be the star on an otherwise pedestrian team where he can play hero ball.

which isn't some sort of value judgment or anything on him, but simultaneously dunno exactly what he was expecting on the cleve

CAD's comment upthread is otm, I don't think he's trying to be meh on purpose, it's a combo of being in the wrong role and being just a tad overrated

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agreed btw that love should just go and be the number 1 on a mediocre team that maybe won't end up being that mediocre at one point

its just hard to have three primary scorers on the court at the same time and he's not good enough at D to chameleon it and play another role.

is it possible that love has a skillset that doesn't allow him to be a role player but isn't quite good enough to be a true two-way franchise star?

i mean probably not but maybe? even with the cavs rolling he still seems horribly out of place and miscast.

maybe it's a mental thing? he shouldn't fit worse than bosh offensively but it still seems like he does? defensively it's obvious tho

bosh looked p miscast his first year w the big three too, tho obvs not to the truly epic extent love has

even tho things are happy go lucky with the cavs now i still think their manifest destiny is a dispiriting playoff loss that gets laid at the feet of love who ends up bolting on some dwight shit

likely def

i think love cld be the primary scorer on a elite nba team, but wldnt fit with as wide variety of types of elite teams as more versatile superstars like bron or w/e

love wld be really good prob on a very structured team like the the hawks or spurs

spurs might have some money this summer i hear

love might be miscast with a ring in a few months

wld be frankly shocked

not impossible i guess

cavs just seem still very not pro

feel like the east is still very winnable, and then, who knows?

yeaaah just try to visualize jr smith starter for the nba champion u cant do it can u because its impossible

not like thats their only issue either

basically like every single player on their team is suspect in some way even bron

so much better than before the trades tho. they have a pretty solid 7 man rotation now. think i mentioned on here I don't mind JR for a focused half season.They could flirt with lineups and start Tristan and bring Love off the bench to overlap with either Bron or Kyrie.

the trades got them a legitimate nba lineup, not a championship lineup imho, i say they go down to a more disciplined seasoned well rounded team

prob the hawks

nothing would give me more pleasure than to see them get bounced by washington in the first round, don't get me wrong

just checking up and cavs have some genuinely awful players getting minutes wow

not like guys who can be cut out in the playoff either

marion might be able to help in the playoffs if he's healthy but he old too.

maybe they shd take a look at baron lol

they do need a backup!

amongst weak links dellavedova stands out as the weakest

i mean they cld conceivably roll w thompson and shump but neither of them can play point

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B_EhZeEUoAEUvlu.jpg

also bron is having a nervous breakdown

hairline on point tho