Breaking -- The human race has waived Josh Smith: 2014-15 regular season thread part 2

hes "bad" at "basketball" being a perimeter defensive specialist is just not enough, there is literally in which its fine to get nothing from one of yr players on offense

-no situation-

it's not like he's a liability on offense. the hawks will be fine. prob play a lot more teague and schroeder together.

i think zach lowe tweeted something like this will hurt the hawks if they end up playing the cavs because demarre is the only wing stopper now but i only see thabo coming into play in like severe end of game scenarios where every possession is followed by a timeout

he is absolutely a liability on offense

not really in the hawks lineup. he was doing a good job of slashing and playing within the offense. he started out the season missing like all his 3s but got better as he went. anyway i said he's not a HUGE liability.

maybe i should be but i'm not that worried about the cavs

he literally cant shoot cant dribble cant finsh

xp i would say maybe be a bit more worried, but most likely that series goes 7 games either way, wouldnt expect a sweep or a 5-gamer by either team

hawks get em in 6

key to the series is hawks mindfucking kyrie into making bad decisions

thabo is 100% a liability on offense let's be real here

he cannot do offense at all hes the opposite of a natural baller

like tony allen cant shoot but tony allen is a baller

key to the series is hawks mindfucking kyrie into making bad decisions

Playing with fire no? Could just awaken the dragon Bron.

Is Dame everyone's bball crush, btw? First time I've seen him in action last night.

he's def one of the hottest players in the nba yes

who has prettier eyes tho, curry vs dame

xps thabo is a liability on offense at least insofar as having a guy on the court who presents no threat from anywhere on offense affects spacing adversely

Curry's gray eyes <3 xp

curry pretty unarguably dreamy tbh

http://i.imgur.com/mA27N7v.jpg

currys a dork, i like him mom tho

his upper mouth doesn't move much when he talks, makes him a pretty a severe mumbler

hes "bad" at "basketball" being a perimeter defensive specialist is just not enough, there is literally in which its fine to get nothing from one of yr players on offense

― lag∞n, Friday, April 10, 2015 4:17 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

-no situation-

― lag∞n, Friday, April 10, 2015 4:22 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

http://www.allposters.com/IMAGES/PHO/929998.jpg

well i did include -perimeter- in there for a reason, also the league has changed since then

lol whatever man

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/12648764/how-stephen-curry-developed-top-flight-defender

The Warriors basically just orbit defensive specialists around 2 good offensive players and could have won 73 games if they'd wanted to.

their defensive specialists can do competent offensive things

thabo like cant do basketball things

Iguodala is a pretty fucking wretched offensive player at this point

yeah i don't think losing thabo dramatically alters the hawks odds, he'd barely been back and can't imagine he was a big part of whatever strategy budd is working on, but he was definitely a contributer and i don't think they're better off w/o him by any means. whether he's an asset or liability on the court dependent on the situation but that's pretty much what bench players in the playoffs are useful, bandages for specific contexts.

theres a difference between being like just inefficient and just not being able to make basic drives/passes and so forth

thabo's per 36 is 10-8-2-2 with 1.4 turnovers, he's not a YMCA player man

http://deadspin.com/the-nba-players-union-isnt-happy-with-the-nypd-1697036846

hes a ymca player

I think you've seen him do some embarrassing stuff occasionally and are hating a lil' bit

I think if you throw the ball to thabo and no one is there he can dunk it and stuff

maybe if no one is there

saying Iguodala was "inefficient" would sound better if there was actual production going with it

a straight routine drive to the rim with like an at all contested finish is dicey for him tho

Iguodala per 36: 10.7-4.5-3.9-1.6-0.4 w/ 1.6 TOs
YMCA Thabo Sefo: 10.3-8.2-2.8-2.0-0.8 w/ 1.4

as a fixture on the ymca circuit i can tell you he is not a ymca player

iggy had a minute when he was playing better but yeah he really fell off a cliff the last few years whats up w that, i guess he is kinda the prototypical reliant on athleticism type but he always seemed like a decently skilled player even if he never had one really good offensive skill

iggy at least defenses still guard even if maybe they shdnt thabo u dont have to guard

one time they filmed a real world dc at my ymca and the cast tried to play in a pick up game. they were definitely not ymca players

imo the reason thabo can't shoot anymore is that defense started guarding him a little (slow release)

thabo shooting 41/32 while never being guarded btw not sure what that is in per 36min averages

thabo had two years where he shot the three well

I just totally disagree with the idea that there's no place for defensive role players. You really don't need 5 great scorers on the court, as the Warriors are proving. Yeah Bogut can pass a little, and a guy like Rodman had OREB and passing too, but it's ok and perhaps even a net positive to have guys who are entirely focused on defense. There hasn't been some sea change where guys like that aren't useful. They were useful back in the 70s and 80s when pace was high and they're useful now too.