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guess who's getting in on that hat game
― Clay, Saturday, 17 January 2015 07:50 (nine years ago) link
or at least any team in which he is not absolutely the primary scorer/star/etc― i'm tellin you it was kenard (slothroprhymes), Saturday, January 17, 2015 4:47 AM (51 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalinkbut when he did that his team was better than this team is --Matt Armstrong
― i'm tellin you it was kenard (slothroprhymes), Saturday, January 17, 2015 4:47 AM (51 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
but when he did that his team was better than this team is --Matt Armstrong
ah yes the famed 40-42 and 31-51 minny timberwolves, their dominance always eludes me
― i'm tellin you it was kenard (slothroprhymes), Saturday, 17 January 2015 13:02 (nine years ago) link
guess who's getting in on that hat game --Clay
guess who's getting in on that hat game --Clay
dang bron why you biting melo's style?
― i'm tellin you it was kenard (slothroprhymes), Saturday, 17 January 2015 13:03 (nine years ago) link
uh russell westbrook told a reporter to his face he doesn't like him and the video of it is super weird
― Clay, Saturday, January 17, 2015 1:02 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark
Russ has the best interviews imo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkORR2MPrvs
― 龜, Saturday, 17 January 2015 13:11 (nine years ago) link
― i'm tellin you it was kenard (slothroprhymes), Saturday, January 17, 2015 8:02 AM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
do you understand what it means to compare two different things
― lag∞n, Saturday, 17 January 2015 13:14 (nine years ago) link
team quality and win record? yes. but I think saying that team was legit "good" and just happened to be unlucky w kevin love on it is a stretch. they were certainly better defensively than the cavs due to a healthy rubio, sure.
― i'm tellin you it was kenard (slothroprhymes), Saturday, 17 January 2015 13:19 (nine years ago) link
lets go to the tape
but when he did that his team was better than this team is--Matt Armstrong
― lag∞n, Saturday, 17 January 2015 13:21 (nine years ago) link
he said better full stop did he not?
― i'm tellin you it was kenard (slothroprhymes), Saturday, 17 January 2015 13:22 (nine years ago) link
that's all I was contradicting.
― i'm tellin you it was kenard (slothroprhymes), Saturday, 17 January 2015 13:23 (nine years ago) link
again i shall quote, this time with emphasis
― i'm tellin you it was kenard (slothroprhymes), Saturday, January 17, 2015 8:02 AM (21 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― i'm tellin you it was kenard (slothroprhymes), Saturday, January 17, 2015 8:19 AM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
see matt was just comparing the wolves to the cavs but you are thinking he was comparing them to some sort of league wide standard of quality which he was not
― lag∞n, Saturday, 17 January 2015 13:25 (nine years ago) link
and fwiw last year wolves were prob better than this years cavs tho in the same range of mediocrity
win% cavs 512 wolves 488
point differential cavs 0 wolves +2.7
― lag∞n, Saturday, 17 January 2015 13:29 (nine years ago) link
anyway assessing a single player by the results of their teams is a pretty poor way to go about it since basketball is actually a team sport
― lag∞n, Saturday, 17 January 2015 13:30 (nine years ago) link
when I first said "kevin love was overrated when he can't be the primary scorer" or whatever I was not doing so, but this went into a rabbithole.
― i'm tellin you it was kenard (slothroprhymes), Saturday, 17 January 2015 13:37 (nine years ago) link
in some ways these cavs are an opposite-day wolves - multiple players score well and the team defends horribly as opposed to having only one dude who scores well and a number of talented defenders
― i'm tellin you it was kenard (slothroprhymes), Saturday, 17 January 2015 13:40 (nine years ago) link
i think youre right to an extent in that loves best skill is creating a high volume of high efficiency shots, so being on a team with two other high volume shooters is not the best use for him, but also the cavs are just a mess all around
― lag∞n, Saturday, 17 January 2015 13:41 (nine years ago) link
like its no surprise that their two more dribbly scorers are taking all the shots while they guy who needs plays run for him is standing around depressed in the corner
― lag∞n, Saturday, 17 January 2015 13:48 (nine years ago) link
to be completely fair as well, were they in the east the wolves woulda been an 8 seed last year, putting them against the pacers who were not great defensively in the playoffs, and prob could've at least taken that shit to 7 games
― i'm tellin you it was kenard (slothroprhymes), Saturday, 17 January 2015 13:48 (nine years ago) link
by point differential the wolves wouldve been the 4 seed in the east! and thats not even taking into account the easier sched
― lag∞n, Saturday, 17 January 2015 13:50 (nine years ago) link
true. there's no doubt that if the conferences, like, idk, maybe made sense geographically, the east would be more interesting and the west would...y'know still be pretttaayyyy good
― i'm tellin you it was kenard (slothroprhymes), Saturday, 17 January 2015 13:54 (nine years ago) link
the best criticism of love is imo that he is bad at defense which is true, being bad at defense as a big man is worse too since interior D is more important
then youve got people saying that he cant create his own shot one on one in situations where you need that but thats true of all non dribbly big men so idk, i mean you dont see the spurs just giving the ball to duncan on the perimiter and clear out
― lag∞n, Saturday, 17 January 2015 13:58 (nine years ago) link
anyway i suspect if the cavs could generally get their act together they wld have no problem getting a lot from love, or maybe they shd trade him for brandon bass, one of those two
― lag∞n, Saturday, 17 January 2015 14:03 (nine years ago) link
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― i'm tellin you it was kenard (slothroprhymes), Saturday, January 17, 2015 8:54 AM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
the wolves were also like +10 points per 100 possessions when love played and like -10000 when he sat
― k3vin k., Saturday, 17 January 2015 14:04 (nine years ago) link
it could be that he's never been on a team that knew how to use him for optimal efficiency, including these cavs.
anyway i suspect if the cavs could generally get their act together they wld have no problem getting a lot from love, or maybe they shd trade him for brandon bass, one of those two --lag∞n
coach brad will make it work if he comes here I will obv take back all my criticisms
― i'm tellin you it was kenard (slothroprhymes), Saturday, 17 January 2015 14:08 (nine years ago) link
one thing that wld help love is if cleveland played faster hes an excellent transition player, as is lebron i hear, not sure what the problem is
― lag∞n, Saturday, 17 January 2015 14:14 (nine years ago) link
cleveland is the 6th slowest team in the league, some of that has to do with that they cant stop anyone, but a lot is just they are a mess
― lag∞n, Saturday, 17 January 2015 14:17 (nine years ago) link
euro league plays super slow btw re blatt
Hah that westbrook interview he is on some popovich/belichick tip lately, love it
― we just form a f#!king wall (agent hibachi), Saturday, 17 January 2015 14:55 (nine years ago) link
seems to be an increasingly popular form with athletes in general
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-qHdbIEEAs
― lag∞n, Saturday, 17 January 2015 14:59 (nine years ago) link
sheed is of course the originator
feel like it wld be nice and caring if the league gave each player like 5 passes a year to skip the post game media availability
― lag∞n, Saturday, 17 January 2015 15:02 (nine years ago) link
Both teams played hard my man
― 龜, Saturday, 17 January 2015 15:33 (nine years ago) link
Thinking the Warriors maybe should tank a little to avoid OKC in the first round.
― Baruch Olbermann (Leee), Saturday, 17 January 2015 19:09 (nine years ago) link
hedge fund robber baron and suspected but not tried illegal insider trader steven a. cohen has made an as yet unknown offer for the brooklyn nets
― i'm tellin you it was kenard (slothroprhymes), Saturday, 17 January 2015 19:15 (nine years ago) link
xp I think GSW would triumph in the end but would most likely be a rough 7 game series
― i'm tellin you it was kenard (slothroprhymes), Saturday, 17 January 2015 19:16 (nine years ago) link
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Kind of emblematic, no?
― Baruch Olbermann (Leee), Saturday, 17 January 2015 19:28 (nine years ago) link
dubs just seemed low energy last night/didnt have all their dudes imo
― lag∞n, Saturday, 17 January 2015 19:35 (nine years ago) link
smh @ greg anthony cmon man
― polyphonic, Saturday, 17 January 2015 23:54 (nine years ago) link
Lance Stephenson is back and looks fat
― Matt Armstrong, Sunday, 18 January 2015 00:23 (nine years ago) link
I guess fat lance can't blow in players' ears bc he gets too winded
― i'm tellin you it was kenard (slothroprhymes), Sunday, 18 January 2015 00:44 (nine years ago) link
conundrum: bulls-hawks or dubs-rockets? both seem like p great options
― i'm tellin you it was kenard (slothroprhymes), Sunday, 18 January 2015 00:46 (nine years ago) link
Bulls Hawks u don't need to watch that much rockets
Also Hawks on that mad win streak
― we just form a f#!king wall (agent hibachi), Sunday, 18 January 2015 01:10 (nine years ago) link
congrats to the Bulls on 12 points in the first quarter
― Clay, Sunday, 18 January 2015 01:34 (nine years ago) link
@ home too
― 龜, Sunday, 18 January 2015 01:36 (nine years ago) link
xxp the bar did not have league pass channels but had NBA TV so i got stuck with that but it's been a p solid game
― i'm tellin you it was kenard (slothroprhymes), Sunday, 18 January 2015 01:37 (nine years ago) link
Mike Scott is like bizarro k-Mart and it's purely because he has a Trina kiss tattoo
― 龜, Sunday, 18 January 2015 01:39 (nine years ago) link
70 points might win this hornets-pacers game
― we just form a f#!king wall (agent hibachi), Sunday, 18 January 2015 02:04 (nine years ago) link
draymond green v clutch with the contact lens re-alignment in the middle of the game
― i'm tellin you it was kenard (slothroprhymes), Sunday, 18 January 2015 02:04 (nine years ago) link
nice battle between 2011 draft picks Donatas Motiejunas and Klay Thompson in that first half
― Matt Armstrong, Sunday, 18 January 2015 02:18 (nine years ago) link
klay w 4 blocks in the first half
― Spottie, Sunday, 18 January 2015 02:26 (nine years ago) link
Thibs always looks like he should be smuggling bathtub gin
― 龜, Sunday, 18 January 2015 02:30 (nine years ago) link