i'm willing to accept that he's been playing hurt all season and if he can just get healthy he'll be back to elevating at the rim and stuff but if i had to bet i'd say he's on a permanent downslope starting this season
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 13 January 2015 14:41 (nine years ago) link
you cld see the decline last year too but i do think a lot of it has to be injury or something
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 14:41 (nine years ago) link
last year he def dropped on defense but that looked mostly like an effort thing, his offensive game was still in peak form
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 13 January 2015 14:52 (nine years ago) link
i guess the more i think about it it seems crazy that his game could drop off as hard as it did in one offseason, so i'm willing to entertain the theory that he just hasn't been healthy all season and if/when he can get healthy he'll look like bron again
of course he put himself in a position now where his team can't really afford to have him sit any more games
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 13 January 2015 14:53 (nine years ago) link
recall talking here about how he didnt have his youthful explosiveness, first signs of decline, i dont think it was universally received but imo was real, what we wld be seeing this year prob w/o injury is a continuation of that slow decline
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 14:55 (nine years ago) link
getting healthy can be super tricky obvs with back problems
instead he looks like 2020 bron
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 14:56 (nine years ago) link
which btw he plays pretty fn well w/o his athleticism, wonder what sort of records are within his reach if he can regain health
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 14:57 (nine years ago) link
Getting bounced in the first round might be the best thing to happen to him this year provided it doesn't create complete panic and fleeing the scene
The last time he went home before mid-June was 2010 when he got beat by the c's and made the decision 1.0
― we just form a f#!king wall (agent hibachi), Tuesday, 13 January 2015 15:11 (nine years ago) link
― lag∞n, Tuesday, January 13, 2015 9:57 AM (14 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Yeah it's pretty amazing that for all the drama and back pain (killer!!) he's playing through his regular stats aren't so far off his normal hi20s-7-7 type lines
Advanced stats prob a lil worse but even gimpy bron is still a top five guy right?
― we just form a f#!king wall (agent hibachi), Tuesday, 13 January 2015 15:14 (nine years ago) link
@basketballtalk: Report: Lakers have called Pistons about Greg Monroe, Brandon Jennings
hint take these calls
― lag∞n, Monday, January 12, 2015 11:24 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Yesss get em Stan Van
Also I love when the lakers are bad and the Internet thinks they're going to get every player on a two week hot streak then sign every superstar in the offseason then they get Carlos boozer etc
― we just form a f#!king wall (agent hibachi), Tuesday, 13 January 2015 15:16 (nine years ago) link
trouble in dc
HELLO my name is @JohnCTownsend 3m3 minutes agoTeams that shoot fewer 3s per game than the #Wizards:
Minnesota TimberwolvesSacramento Kings
HELLO my name is @JohnCTownsend 2m2 minutes agoTeams that shoot MORE midrange jump shots per game than the #Wizards:
Los Angeles LakersNew York Knicks
HELLO my name is @JohnCTownsend 36s37 seconds agoThe problem isn't personnel, despite what the head coach would tell you ("We don’t have that."). The problem is the system. #Wizards
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 15:38 (nine years ago) link
melo is such a mess man http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/01/13/carmelo-anthony-believes-he-can-trump-knicks-5-35-record-in-selling-free-agents
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 17:46 (nine years ago) link
Adrian Wojnarowski @WojYahooNBA 35s35 seconds agoAs @soshnick reports, Brooklyn Nets are on market. Back in June, Prokhorov had started this process. http://yhoo.it/14RDosA
ilh shd buy this team
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 18:27 (nine years ago) link
I got $40+ on me.
― Baruch Olbermann (Leee), Tuesday, 13 January 2015 18:30 (nine years ago) link
But I'm going out to lunch on Friday, so we need to be quick about this.
― Baruch Olbermann (Leee), Tuesday, 13 January 2015 18:31 (nine years ago) link
agree speed is crucial
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 18:31 (nine years ago) link
Prokhorov got bored quick eh
― Spottie, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 18:33 (nine years ago) link
+saw the inflated market thought hey i can quadruple my money why not
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 18:35 (nine years ago) link
+already ruined the nets for the foreseeable future
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 18:36 (nine years ago) link
LeBron James calls injury ‘the most difficult thing I’ve been through’
“It’s the most difficult thing I’ve been through,” he said.
James also said “I hated the fact that we were playing some decent ball when I went out and we just dropped a lot of games when I went out.
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 19:46 (nine years ago) link
it is pretty difficult to reconcile my prediction of the cavs coming out of the east with their inability to even stay on the floor with terrible teams when 2 supposed superstars play
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 13 January 2015 19:57 (nine years ago) link
yep
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 20:04 (nine years ago) link
I'm not sure it really matters too much who comes out of the east
― Clay, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 20:06 (nine years ago) link
idk i think chi could hang with west teams. maybe the hawks idk still haven't watched them enough to judge
― Spottie, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 20:09 (nine years ago) link
kev otm tho
it matter in so much as that will be the team from the east in the finals
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 20:09 (nine years ago) link
what if they got a different coach tho
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 20:10 (nine years ago) link
you'd think kyrie and love would def be enough to play, you know, at LEAST .500 ball
― Spottie, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 20:10 (nine years ago) link
and yet
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 20:12 (nine years ago) link
yea
― Spottie, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 20:12 (nine years ago) link
coach gotta go.
get karl, why is no one talking about this
it needs to happen
― Spottie, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 20:14 (nine years ago) link
lol at the cavs tho would still be paying brown n blast until like 2020
― Spottie, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 20:15 (nine years ago) link
they probably should've fired him before the season started
Like oops sorry we got bron and love gonna hire a steady hand who is easily respected, u must understand our predicament best of luck
― Clay, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 20:15 (nine years ago) link
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/report--the-knicks-could-soon-waive-former-no--1-pick-andrea-bargnani-202737798.html
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 13 January 2015 20:33 (nine years ago) link
i was at the nets rockets game; they showed no replay of the headbutt so from where i was sitting it looked like howard threw a punch at KG and then Garnett was ejected. wasn't until i got home that it was clear what happened. nets promptly lost control of the game in the five minutes after that scrum and stayed at least six points or so behind for the rest of the way.
― shmup....smug....shmub....shmug.... (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 13 January 2015 20:34 (nine years ago) link
― k3vin k., Tuesday, January 13, 2015 3:33 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
so who wants to tell them that they don't automatically get to win 9 out of 10 if they do this
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 20:37 (nine years ago) link
well barnita hasn't really been playing so i doubt it'll move the needle one way or another
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 13 January 2015 20:44 (nine years ago) link
i know, i'm not being serious
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 20:49 (nine years ago) link
oh i misread your post lol sorry
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 13 January 2015 20:51 (nine years ago) link
phil has done a decent job getting rid of some contracts but i feel like he hasn't gotten enough heat for most of the moves he's made. have they gotten a single asset in any of these moves?
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 13 January 2015 20:52 (nine years ago) link
i mean once you tank, you can't tank more. they lost shumpert and smith, who were at least rotation NBA players, for the opportunity to get even worse, plus a worthless pick
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 13 January 2015 20:54 (nine years ago) link
most of it started probably with the chandler trade. phil at that point genuinely believed the knicks had a playoff roster; if he had simply been trying to tank like he is now, he might have pushed for a real asset like a good pick or like, brandan wright. not shane larkin
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 13 January 2015 20:56 (nine years ago) link
Chandler trade really his only mistake so far but it's a big one
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 21:19 (nine years ago) link
he can spin calderon off but it prob won't be for that much at this point
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 13 January 2015 21:20 (nine years ago) link
and the melo contract, tho his hands were kind of tied there
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 13 January 2015 21:20 (nine years ago) link
calderon has been soo bad and on the downslide
― Spottie, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 21:20 (nine years ago) link
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, January 13, 2015 4:20 PM (5 seconds ago)
another second round pick perhaps!
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 13 January 2015 21:21 (nine years ago) link