Wow Hawks smashed the wiz by 30
― Spottie, Monday, 12 January 2015 00:15 (nine years ago) link
hawks good
― lag∞n, Monday, 12 January 2015 00:56 (nine years ago) link
i mean, the wizards are the wizards. the hawks are the hawks. the raptors are the raptors. i think the bulls and cavs are gonna be the best teams at the end of the season
― k3vin k., Friday, January 9, 2015 11:02 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark
*Wraps this post in aluminum foil and saves it for later*
― 龜, Monday, 12 January 2015 01:21 (nine years ago) link
nice OT going rn, phx @ memphis
― Clay, Monday, 12 January 2015 01:37 (nine years ago) link
marc gasol is dominate
― Clay, Monday, 12 January 2015 01:57 (nine years ago) link
i like him but really bad turnover by isaiah thomas @ teh end of 1st ot, looking to be a heartbreaker
― johnny crunch, Monday, 12 January 2015 02:01 (nine years ago) link
I think dame lillard may have made the dunk of the year holy fucking shit
― i'm tellin you it was kenard (slothroprhymes), Monday, 12 January 2015 05:07 (nine years ago) link
yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaas
https://twitter.com/blakeellington/status/554503568795787264
― J0rdan S., Monday, 12 January 2015 05:08 (nine years ago) link
his entire fourth quarter should be encased in glass and shown in museums xp
― Clay, Monday, 12 January 2015 05:08 (nine years ago) link
I'll have to catch up on full highlights later if they're anywhere near as great as that good gawd almighty
― i'm tellin you it was kenard (slothroprhymes), Monday, 12 January 2015 05:10 (nine years ago) link
david blatt is going to be shot out of a cannon very soon
― J0rdan S., Monday, 12 January 2015 05:12 (nine years ago) link
yeah that comment is pretty indefensible and obv above his paygrade too
― Clay, Monday, 12 January 2015 05:17 (nine years ago) link
Ahahah blatt
― Spottie, Monday, 12 January 2015 05:43 (nine years ago) link
Illard owns every fourth q tbf
― Spottie, Monday, 12 January 2015 05:44 (nine years ago) link
blatt is done.
― brosario nawson (m bison), Monday, 12 January 2015 05:47 (nine years ago) link
So, the blazers are first to 30 wins. Take that, GSW!
― Aimless, Monday, 12 January 2015 05:55 (nine years ago) link
https://vine.co/v/ODqqwdYnjU7
Assume this is what Clay was talking about
― 龜, Monday, 12 January 2015 11:21 (nine years ago) link
blatt comment has been take way outta context fyi
― micah, Monday, 12 January 2015 12:07 (nine years ago) link
well yeah, it's something to do with the cavs and a not insignificant portion of the NBA audience seems to lowkey want the cavs to fail spectacularly, so, anything anyone says on any level at the team is gonna get twisted somehow
― i'm tellin you it was kenard (slothroprhymes), Monday, 12 January 2015 12:58 (nine years ago) link
that said, this particularquote is kinda NAGL for blatt. GMs can worry about player salaries.
― i'm tellin you it was kenard (slothroprhymes), Monday, 12 January 2015 13:00 (nine years ago) link
xp *any level of that team
― i'm tellin you it was kenard (slothroprhymes), Monday, 12 January 2015 13:01 (nine years ago) link
what did he even mean by that, i mean kevin love is a max player, is it cause he didnt get the five year megamax
― lag∞n, Monday, 12 January 2015 14:34 (nine years ago) link
odd comment
then like lebron is also not a max player
A "max contract" has a very specific definition.
There are currently 7 players in the NBA on max contracts, Lebron and Love are not among them.
The question Blatt replied to referred specifically to Love and Kyrie (who is on a max contract).
In that vein his comment could be viewed as entirely innocent and I'm inclined to give him the botd even if its a lot more fun to take it the other way.
― tsrobodo, Monday, 12 January 2015 14:46 (nine years ago) link
― micah, Monday, January 12, 2015 7:07 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark
even if this is true at this point it doesn't even matter
― J0rdan S., Monday, 12 January 2015 14:48 (nine years ago) link
What it comes down to is whether or not Love did take it personally and how he responds when questioned about it. He has shown a lack of tact in the past.
― tsrobodo, Monday, 12 January 2015 14:50 (nine years ago) link
― tsrobodo, Monday, January 12, 2015 9:46 AM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
not true!
― lag∞n, Monday, 12 January 2015 15:04 (nine years ago) link
i mean max contract has no specific definition, its a colloquialism, but within what youre talking about as far as the maximum contracts teams are allowed to offer in the nba there are two types one that lasts for four years and one that last for five, teams are only allowed one guy on the five year deal, you can say only the one that lasts for five years counts as a "max contract", but that would just be you saying that
― lag∞n, Monday, 12 January 2015 15:09 (nine years ago) link
I haven't watched the cavs kings game yet but who are the "guys" lazing on transition defense?
"This is a team in disarray," the scout said. "They are so discombobulated out there with their new pieces. And it's not just that, there were guys not even crossing half court to get back on transition D."
― droit au butt (Euler), Monday, 12 January 2015 15:14 (nine years ago) link
i mean, the wizards are the wizards. the hawks are the hawks. the raptors are the raptors. i think the bulls and cavs are gonna be the best teams at the end of the season― k3vin k., Friday, January 9, 2015 11:02 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark*Wraps this post in aluminum foil and saves it for later*
I've heard this line of thinking so much the past couple weeks. I guess people just aren't watching? The hawks are so clearly one of the best teams in the league that even if the bulls/cavs start playing at their max potential they would struggle to win a series against them
― Heez, Monday, 12 January 2015 15:24 (nine years ago) link
idk the hawks are playing the best they have like ever its not unreasonable to expect them to backslide some
― lag∞n, Monday, 12 January 2015 15:27 (nine years ago) link
i don't think the cavs are gonna be one of the best teams at the end of the season
― J0rdan S., Monday, 12 January 2015 15:28 (nine years ago) link
people are forgetting that the hawks were wrecking shit last year before horford got hurt, this isn't completely out of nowhere
― J0rdan S., Monday, 12 January 2015 15:29 (nine years ago) link
the east is not that good so its possible imo but they def wldnt be my first pick
― lag∞n, Monday, 12 January 2015 15:29 (nine years ago) link
― J0rdan S., Monday, January 12, 2015 10:29 AM (53 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i resent u for making me check this but anyway its not true
― lag∞n, Monday, 12 January 2015 15:31 (nine years ago) link
My biggest concern right now is injuries. They're on an unbelievable pace right now and could def see them cooling off a bit, but the way they play is highly sustainable.
― Heez, Monday, 12 January 2015 15:32 (nine years ago) link
jeff teague seems like a pretty prime regression candidate
― lag∞n, Monday, 12 January 2015 15:32 (nine years ago) link
people are forgetting that the hawks were wrecking shit last year before horford got hurt, this isn't completely out of nowhere― J0rdan S., Monday, January 12, 2015 10:29 AM (53 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalinki resent u for making me check this but anyway its not true
Wrecking shit might be pushing it but they were a solid 3rd in the east and were just getting to know the system
― Heez, Monday, 12 January 2015 15:34 (nine years ago) link
here are atlantas results from last year open to public perusal http://espn.go.com/nba/team/schedule/_/name/atl/year/2014/atlanta-hawks
― lag∞n, Monday, 12 January 2015 15:35 (nine years ago) link
― lag∞n, Monday, January 12, 2015 10:31 AM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark
well they didn't go on a 22-2 run, but they were a very good team
― J0rdan S., Monday, 12 January 2015 15:35 (nine years ago) link
horford was injured on boxing day 2013 at which point the hawks record was 16-13, again i resent you for making me check this, stop making things up
― lag∞n, Monday, 12 January 2015 15:38 (nine years ago) link
Let's focus more on how great they are this yr
― Heez, Monday, 12 January 2015 15:41 (nine years ago) link
I'm having a very chill morning at work: drinking coffee and watch hawks/wiz
― Heez, Monday, 12 January 2015 15:43 (nine years ago) link
lol
― lag∞n, Monday, 12 January 2015 15:43 (nine years ago) link
the hawks were onto something last year is all i'm saying
― J0rdan S., Monday, 12 January 2015 15:45 (nine years ago) link
even if the hawks regress to some version of the mean, the only way i see them not being top 3 at this rate is injury
― i'm tellin you it was kenard (slothroprhymes), Monday, 12 January 2015 15:45 (nine years ago) link
idk imo the top five in the east is pretty fluid
― lag∞n, Monday, 12 January 2015 15:46 (nine years ago) link
i'd be much more sympathetic to the idea that the hawks are gonna fall back if they hadn't, like, beat houston, dallas, portland and the clippers on the road -- it doesn't seem like a fluke!
― J0rdan S., Monday, 12 January 2015 15:48 (nine years ago) link
― Heez, Monday, January 12, 2015 10:24 AM (20 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― lag∞n, Monday, January 12, 2015 10:27 AM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― J0rdan S., Monday, January 12, 2015 10:28 AM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― J0rdan S., Monday, January 12, 2015 10:29 AM (16 minutes ago)
yeah obv my post was a little tongue in cheek, and also i called the hawks being very good this year. but they're playing a little over their heads right now i think. to me they're definitely in the top 3 of what i see as the eventual 3 best teams in the east, along with the cavs and bulls
― k3vin k., Monday, 12 January 2015 15:49 (nine years ago) link