cp really bad late game turnover
― Steph def def (Spottie), Tuesday, 24 February 2015 06:04 (nine years ago) link
the majority of the rest of their games are back to backs tho lol great job nba
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 24 February 2015 06:05 (nine years ago) link
B2b's need to go away all together
― Steph def def (Spottie), Tuesday, 24 February 2015 06:05 (nine years ago) link
otm
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 24 February 2015 06:06 (nine years ago) link
b2bs really are the worst it is v dumb
― Clay, Tuesday, 24 February 2015 06:13 (nine years ago) link
they give the bb gods heartburn and a smh
― brimstead, Tuesday, 24 February 2015 06:17 (nine years ago) link
http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/bEGTA9UpcNUThCaMR8BRCQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTM3NztweG9mZj01MDtweW9mZj0wO3E9NzU7dz02NzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/Sports/ap/201502232142781609502― moullet, Monday, February 23, 2015 11:20 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
me irl
― 龜, Tuesday, 24 February 2015 13:04 (nine years ago) link
Harden might really win the MVP how do we feel about this
I think he's been kinda dope this year he is working his ass off and keeping what otherwise might be a kinda average rockets team in it
They're kind of easy to hate bc Dwight but harden really has been absurd
― we just form a f#!king wall (agent hibachi), Tuesday, 24 February 2015 13:40 (nine years ago) link
I think if he didn't grin with perverse glee every time he pulled his euroflop shit and got to the line for questionable contact, I would hate it/him a lot less. like Manu and CP3 do that stuff as well (and CP is hateable for various other reasons), but it's not quite as annoying w/them.
― slothroprhymes, Tuesday, 24 February 2015 13:50 (nine years ago) link
it doesn't help that he's on a team currently in the midst of its most hateable period. but he's astounding, like you have to actively shut off your hoops mind not to appreciate/admire the majority of his play
― slothroprhymes, Tuesday, 24 February 2015 13:53 (nine years ago) link
Only one player in the last 25 years has won without their team having at least the 3rd best record in the league (Nash). I think Curry gets it if the Warriors go on another run to close out the season.
― tsrobodo, Tuesday, 24 February 2015 15:12 (nine years ago) link
hardens having an amazing season for sure kinda doubt anyones gonna vote for him over curry tho
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 24 February 2015 15:19 (nine years ago) link
i wld like his game more if he moved the ball more freely and stopped taking step back threes, both of those are issues of discipline that will hurt him against better teams imo, tho some of it might be coaching too
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 24 February 2015 15:21 (nine years ago) link
its kind of funny how both him and westbrook are having amazing seasons while playing in a completely insane manner
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 24 February 2015 15:22 (nine years ago) link
bill walker changed his name to henry? http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=12371408
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 24 February 2015 15:25 (nine years ago) link
http://espn.go.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/12331388/the-great-analytics-rankings#
interesting stuff. for the NBA section, it should be absolutely zero surprise who's in first and who's dead last
― slothroprhymes, Tuesday, 24 February 2015 15:29 (nine years ago) link
feel like the flaw in that ranking is its not actually that informative to know whos using the most stats by weight, you want to know whos the most effectively using them, which is much harder to measure
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 24 February 2015 16:31 (nine years ago) link
like theres a good chance phillys regime is pure foolishness
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 24 February 2015 16:32 (nine years ago) link
it almost definitely is, i would think bc they're relying solely on analytics and literally nothing else - spurs/mavs/rockets obviously supplementing pure analysis with savvy spending, traditionally great coaching, great players, etc.
for the NBA, of the top 10 analytics users only 3 have losing records right now though, and more damningly 6 of the bottom 10 have losing records and even among the winners two of them (pelicans, clips) show signs of things cracking
― slothroprhymes, Tuesday, 24 February 2015 16:40 (nine years ago) link
def being a non analytics user is a very bad sign for a number of reasons only one of which is that you dont use analytics, but of course this ranking is also... not analytic lol
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 24 February 2015 16:41 (nine years ago) link
haha, fair point
― slothroprhymes, Tuesday, 24 February 2015 16:44 (nine years ago) link
http://grantland.com/features/department-of-defense/
do not read if you hate goldsberry
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 24 February 2015 17:14 (nine years ago) link
even if he's gotten somewhat better this year the harden 2013-14 defensive chart is lolllllll
― slothroprhymes, Tuesday, 24 February 2015 19:41 (nine years ago) link
@APkrawczynskiRubio on KG's 1st practice: "he already yelled at Pek twice to get back on defense. I don't think Pek has been yelled at his entire career"
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 24 February 2015 19:49 (nine years ago) link
llol
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 24 February 2015 19:49 (nine years ago) link
Haha
― Steph def def (Spottie), Tuesday, 24 February 2015 19:59 (nine years ago) link
lol
― moullet, Tuesday, 24 February 2015 20:54 (nine years ago) link
James Johnson's shot chart. Can't think of another SF who would have this.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B-pFw5BUsAAvMMb.png
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 24 February 2015 22:13 (nine years ago) link
not one for shooting i guess
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 24 February 2015 22:14 (nine years ago) link
mkg p incredible in his own right
http://i.imgur.com/15PxOkF.png
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 24 February 2015 22:16 (nine years ago) link
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this is v interesting and yeah i want to see hardens chart this year
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 24 February 2015 23:31 (nine years ago) link
everybody saw this right -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJnarXYrFSs#t=25
think mvp is curry's to lose - writers like him, warriors are the story of this season. it's been a two man race all season (davis was sorta in the conversation but it was one of those 'what does mvp mean?' conversations when he came up, ppl just discussed how it could or couldn't be him but never really got around to arguing yes it was him), and i've usually heard the 'the rockets w/o harden are more fucked than the warriors w/o curry -> harden is more valuable' argument but i think there's alot of 'i can't vote for someone whose defense is that poor mvp no way no how' types to counterbalance that plus i think westbrook's votes are gonna come from ppl who might've voted harden. would guess right now it'll be 1) curry 2) harden 3) westbrook 4) lebron 5) davis.
― balls, Wednesday, 25 February 2015 00:32 (nine years ago) link
AD might very well be the best player overall, harden prob the most valuable to his team, curry meanwhile is a great combination of the two plus warriors plus generally seeming like a chill human so yea it's most likely his to lose
― slothroprhymes, Wednesday, 25 February 2015 00:46 (nine years ago) link
Harden is #1 in VORP and Win Shares, and has more defensive win shares than Curry. AD has the highest PER followed by Westbrook and Curry.
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 25 February 2015 00:54 (nine years ago) link
while on the subject of curry https://vine.co/v/OQL7hK3lhnP
― slothroprhymes, Wednesday, 25 February 2015 00:54 (nine years ago) link
http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2015/2/23/8097421/james-harden-turned-ricky-rubios-legs-to-silly-putty-then-drilled-a-3
Ricky :\
― 龜, Wednesday, 25 February 2015 01:02 (nine years ago) link
harden dribbling the shot clock out and getting blocked then not getting back on D is why he shd not be allowed to be mvp
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 25 February 2015 03:05 (nine years ago) link
...
Marc Stein @ESPNSteinLine 54s55 seconds agoBulls just announced a meniscus tear in Derrick Rose's right knee
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 25 February 2015 03:42 (nine years ago) link
yikes
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 25 February 2015 03:43 (nine years ago) link
one day i will tell my children the sad tale of poor derrick rose
― Clay, Wednesday, 25 February 2015 03:47 (nine years ago) link
can't believe it, dude has no luck
― slothroprhymes, Wednesday, 25 February 2015 03:48 (nine years ago) link
basketball twitter reacting exactly as if he is dead rn
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 25 February 2015 03:50 (nine years ago) link
Marc Stein @ESPNSteinLine 2m2 minutes agoJust incredibly sad and sickening news out of Chicago. Derrick Rose was playing his best ball in ages just before All-Star break. No words
Mike Prada @MikePradaSBN 2m2 minutes agoDerrick Rose :-(
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 25 February 2015 03:51 (nine years ago) link
Marc Stein @ESPNSteinLine 20s21 seconds agoWhy is sport so cruel sometimes? I know there's no answer
Kurt Helin @basketballtalk 5m5 minutes agoWhat do we need to sacrifice to appease the basketball injury gods? This is just unfair.
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 25 February 2015 03:52 (nine years ago) link
except coach nick who has a plan
BBALLBREAKDOWN @bballbreakdown 4m4 minutes agoAwful, unprecedented, needs a functional movement coach RT @mikev4040: @bballbreakdown Derrick rose with another knee injury, thoughts?
oh just a functional movement coach, no prob
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 25 February 2015 03:52 (nine years ago) link
let him go coach nick let him go
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 25 February 2015 03:53 (nine years ago) link
rough couple of days for the city of chicago i mean first their cops are torturing people and now derrick rose's knee is hurt again
― Clay, Wednesday, 25 February 2015 03:56 (nine years ago) link