2015 NBA 'OFFS

starting to get some momentum back but dirk staaaaay missing shots :/

42 in the first and they have a six point lead wow

ya that was obvs i liked that they didnt call it tho

― lag∞n, Friday, April 24, 2015 4:33 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

agree with this even as a homer

media pushing this dwight-smith friendship on us hard since that woj column ugh can they like not

oh i didn't even know there was a clips spurs tonight excellent thank you

this got exciting in a hurry!

hubie totally pulling for the mavs like not even hiding it lol, can't blame him for supporting the heavy underdog

love jj & monta relentlessness

curry going 5 spots behind the legendary thabeet

everyone seems to be forgetting that curry had glass ankles for his first several seasons w/ gsw and he looked like a talented guy who'd never survive the beating of an nba season. it is still not well-explained how he has overcome those weak ankles or if they are still lurking and ready to take him down.

curry only missed significant time from the ankles in one season

also not unusual for young players to grow out of non structural chronic injuries as they adjust to the league

and not sure how injuries curry suffered in the nba relates to his draft placement

Yeah. It only seemed like several seasons' worth of ankle/foot injuries. Here's Wikipedia on Curry's 2011-2012 season:

"In May 2011, Curry had surgery on his right ankle to repair torn ligaments he got from multiple sprains during the 2010-11 season. Curry was ready to play by the start of the lockout-shortened season with his new head coach Mark Jackson but he sprained his surgically repaired right ankle during an exhibition game at Sacramento just days before the season started. He still started the season opener vs. the Clippers, but only had 4 points on 2-12 shooting. The next game vs. the Chicago Bulls, Curry had 21 points and 10 assists to lead the Warriors to a 99-91 victory, but rolled his right ankle and missed the next game. He came back for 3 games and sprained his right ankle yet again on January 4. He returned January 20 for the next 16 games before he strained a tendon in his right foot in a game vs. the Phoenix Suns on February 22. On March 5, Curry returned vs. the Washington Wizards for 4 games before he had season ending arthroscopic surgery on his right ankle."

the only interesting thing to come out of this raptors-wizards series is that otto porter has looked halfway decent and potentially like an asset

and now he's dead RIP

o well

not sure how injuries curry suffered in the nba relates to his draft placement

it doesn't. the quote was more to indicate I was changing the subject back to curry's development. it wasn't well-chosen to illustrate my point, as you noted.

it is still not well-explained how he has overcome those weak ankles

Obviously Steph is the Juiceman.

how dare you impugn the reputation of my baby faced dream

monta, man. monta.

meanwhile:

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/12759337/commissioner-adam-silver-expects-nba-explore-possible-rule-change-eliminate-hack-shaq-strategy

Silver acknowledged the strategy of intentionally fouling poor free throw shooters -- which originally started against retired superstar center Shaquille O'Neal -- is not enjoyable to watch. However, he expressed the need for caution when considering changing the rules of the game.

this is dumb. make your free throws.

or make every game a dunk contest. either way.

between the 05-06 and 13-14 seasons golden state was 29th in the league for total games lost to injury

thats bad

http://instreetclothes.com/nba-injury-analysis/golden-state-warriors/

though obvs with these things theres a lot going on

nba is for entertainment purposes and free throws are not entertaining imo nba shd changing the rules to reduce ft shooting altogether, fts also are just generally antithetical to the free flowing beautiful nature of the game

ok how about before every game every player shoots 10 free throws, if they miss more than 5 they dont play that night

Eliminate all fouls.

id be fine w eliminating fts altogether and just giving players the points on a foul

if i wanted to watch guys standing around preparing to throw a ball id watch baseball

make andy cohen commissioner

id be fine w eliminating fts altogether and just giving players the points on a foul

― lag∞n, Friday, April 24, 2015 6:01 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

wonder how this would effect the value balance of big guys vs little guys

id be fine w eliminating fts altogether and just giving players the points on a foul

i like this. or running clock with stoppage time per quarter.

If intentionally fouled off the ball, get a choice between getting 1pt for free or take 2 ft.

ugh fuck off corey brewer

wonder how this would effect the value balance of big guys vs little guys

― Clay, Friday, April 24, 2015 9:06 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

obv most bad ft shooters are big men but there is the occasional rondo out there

that was a p amazing missed call w dwight throwing harris to the floor btw

lots of pushing, hate the rox

i like this. or running clock with stoppage time per quarter.

― Allen (etaeoe), Friday, April 24, 2015 9:07 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ya id def be cool w eliminating the need for whistles and checking the ball w the refs etc on out of bounds etc and then u can revert to the old system in the last min + stoppage time or w/e

think it's prob time to put harden back in

wow awful charge call tho

"heres smith this wld be big" air ball 3

feel like carlisle should discontinue hack a dwight bc dwight keeps making most of his free throws

obligatory: goddamn you to hell dwight

why is dwight rejuvenated just now idgi bad timing imo

the worst timing god this team is serious cockroach territory

dwight was huge in the first round last year after a pretty mediocre reg season, might just be his way now

why does ariza hate wide open 3s

harden caught tyson leaning

oh harden u r dumb sometimes

oh that's a joke