2015 NBA 'OFFS

yeah i was thinking that the bron era heat model might be a more realistic blueprint for the pellies, with brow being the focal point out of the elbow/block with shooters around him.

Is Davis a good enough passer for that to work though?

hes a good passer and will no doubt only get better

they already play inside out w him at the elbow a lot but mostly theyre just dumping it to him there and letting him create rather than doing anything to encourage a good look

dont think kawhi will ever be a goto guy hes a much more in the flow of the game type which makes him perfect for the spurs

― lag∞n, Tuesday, April 21, 2015 1:17 PM (31 minutes ago

kawhi stops the ball plenty actually

it's more about having a system. davis can still get plenty of touches, take advantage of his playmaking abilities, and affect the game on defense. but teams like the spurs/dubs/hawks etc have the whole team buying into the system and can integrate their second units too

obviously they require personnel but they have some decent pieces now, plus anthony davis is going to be the best player in the world starting next year and people are gonna want to play with him. it'll work out

idk if u have a bad org it often does not work out, see bron in cleve

he spurs are incredibly unique, that's what makes them the spurs. i find the "play like the spurs!!" talk to be pretty limiting

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, April 21, 2015 1:32 PM (20 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

obv there are certain core principles the spurs currently adhere to that many teams across the league should probably adopt as well, but every team can't just be the spurs

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, April 21, 2015 1:33 PM (20 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

well the hawks have been playing like the spurs and generally the whole league is moving in that direction imo as far as more ball movement and balance fewer isos and so forth

― lag∞n, Tuesday, April 21, 2015 1:33 PM (19 minutes ago)

this is what i'm saying. this is the direction the league is moving in, this is what all the best teams are doing. take advantage of the situation now while you have a happy historically good player

kawhi stops the ball plenty actually

― k3vin k., Tuesday, April 21, 2015 1:53 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

kawhi does some isos in the post tho often w mismatches but hes never gonna be anywhere close to a harden/durant/etc type of player who can constantly bring the ball up and make u eat it, hes a very cool player but hes just not a scoring machine

ftr, when i said "spurs-style offense" i should have just said a more general term like pace and space

if ryan anderson can remember how to play basketball there is no reason the pellies should not be a top-5 offensive team

yeah brow/funtional anderson is a p sweet frontcourt

whats going on w him? injury?

he was injured a bunch this year and also had some personal issues iirc

thought the girlfriend thing was last year? idk

hes a very cool player but hes just not a scoring machine

― lag∞n, Tuesday, April 21, 2015 1:57 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

also jsut generally not a creating machine, not someone that bends the defense opening up opportunities for the whole team

kawhi kind of has an old-man game, on the spurs he knows to not stop the ball too much and wreck on defense but on another team he could be like a poor man's kobe

naaaaw

i mean he would not score THAT much

but i think that's kind of his DNA. dude likes his backdowns and midrange jumpers

he just does not seem to have that offensive ingenuity, more of a two dribble straight line driver/opportunistic player than someone who can consistantly break down the D

his post game is def developing nicely for sure, tho i suspect some of that is just being hot recently

he's so young man, he handles the ball well for his size

obviously he's closer to pippen than kobe, that's probably a better comparison

doubt hell ever get to pippens level offensively, like pip was the defacto point guard for the bulls 75% of the time

just a fantastic great passer/facilitator/creator

was also the prime scoring threat on dece bulls teams while jordan was playing baseball

defensively he is def pipesque tho

having a guy like that who is disruptive defensively and good offensively is super valuable

he's 23 man he's gonna be good

hes already very good but as far as being someone who can break down the D thats more of a knack imho, its a natural baller thing, and i dont see any of that in his game

wow first you question dray now you h8 kawhi i h8 u

you still like cp3 right

idk if u have a bad org it often does not work out, see bron in cleve

― lag∞n, Tuesday, April 21, 2015 1:54 PM (37 minutes ago) Bookmark

if you have an org that gives a major asset up for omer asik and gives major money to tyreke evans in free agency you're prob not gonna be about that pace and space life

i like both kawhi and dray i just feel like you know they have strengths and weaknesses just like any other players

i feel the same sort of caution about kawhi that goon feels about draymond

you still like cp3 right

― k3vin k., Tuesday, April 21, 2015 2:33 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ya of course he is my fav, you want to talk abt a player who has feel and the ability to shred the D, all that and incredible discipline!

liking chris paul is a moral failure

lol hes so good tho, hes like the platonic ideal

he's incredible. nonetheless...

https://twitter.com/cjzero/status/590586440461000704

was also the prime scoring threat on dece bulls teams while jordan was playing baseball

― lag∞n, Tuesday, April 21, 2015 6:19 PM (40 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

much much more than dece, perhaps one bad call away from a title in fact.

his post game is def developing nicely for sure, tho i suspect some of that is just being hot recently

― lag∞n, Tuesday, April 21, 2015 6:08 PM (53 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

naw dude we saw it last year too, dude is just a fucking beast in the post

After a review by a Grand Jury, felony aggravated assault charges have been filed against Phoenix Suns players and twins Markeiff Morris and Marcus Morris.

guess I missed the first half of that story?

Police say that that Hood was assaulted for sending "an inappropriate text message" to the Morris brothers' mother some time before the incident.

huh

never send a dick pic to an nba mom gotcha

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/the-last-ride-of-the-spurs-dynasty/

just in time, lots of words on kawhi and dray

It's well reasoned as always and this might maybe really be it but I'm gonna wait until the Spurs are really truly gone, we've seen it too many times before

I mean what if Timmy gets a cyborg leg this summer huh whatcha gonna do then league

"Derrick Rose's desperate search for his MVP zip"

Kawhi Leonard is a free agent wow. I wonder if the Spurs will have the courage to pay him 50% less than every player of his caliber will be making in 2 years.

It's well reasoned as always and this might maybe really be it but I'm gonna wait until the Spurs are really truly gone, we've seen it too many times before

I mean what if Timmy gets a cyborg leg this summer huh whatcha gonna do then league
--juice college (agent hibachi)

this presumes he hasn't already been using one. only limping bc he's on the prototype now, when pop perfects it oh shit look out

ya of course he is my fav, you want to talk abt a player who has feel and the ability to shred the D

cp3 a tru maestro, the standard tv angle doesn't do full justice to how he toys w/a defense