J.R. Smith has literally been shanghaied away for the foreshortened 2011-2012 NBA season: rolling ILH sandbox thread

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(i mean, what name is j0rdan posting under in this temporary forum?)

Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 4 December 2011 23:07 (twelve years ago) link

aqui

v-shasty, Sunday, 4 December 2011 23:10 (twelve years ago) link

yeah clay i got you

v-shasty, Sunday, 4 December 2011 23:10 (twelve years ago) link

okay, v-shasty is j0rdan. i can't keep things straight with the temporary forum names.

Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 4 December 2011 23:15 (twelve years ago) link

wow so professional! thanks!

clay, Sunday, 4 December 2011 23:27 (twelve years ago) link

hollinger is really a national hero

k3vin k., Sunday, 4 December 2011 23:30 (twelve years ago) link

has he ever written about older players?

k3vin k., Sunday, 4 December 2011 23:30 (twelve years ago) link

lol @ the one for camby

dayo, Sunday, 4 December 2011 23:37 (twelve years ago) link

has he ever written about older players?

― k3vin k., Sunday, December 4, 2011 5:30 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark

yeah he posted his celtics profiles on 11/29

v-shasty, Sunday, 4 December 2011 23:38 (twelve years ago) link

his thing in the okc preview about how durant sucks at getting open was revalatory

cad, Sunday, 4 December 2011 23:39 (twelve years ago) link

lol jord

cad, Sunday, 4 December 2011 23:39 (twelve years ago) link

looool

clay, Sunday, 4 December 2011 23:42 (twelve years ago) link

A+

dayo, Sunday, 4 December 2011 23:46 (twelve years ago) link

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/images/smiliesb/Tip-Hat.gif

v-shasty, Sunday, 4 December 2011 23:48 (twelve years ago) link

His defensive value, however, is more than offset by the fact that he is the single worst offensive player in basketball. Instead of his name and number, Anthony's jersey should have just said "AVOID." For the most part, that's what the Heat did. His 4.9 usage rate was not only the lowest in the NBA, it was the lowest in the league in nearly two decades.

v-shasty, Sunday, 4 December 2011 23:52 (twelve years ago) link

you'll be singing a different tune when we sign KWAME BROWN

Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 4 December 2011 23:57 (twelve years ago) link

kev, i saw this on slate today and thought of you and your interest in the nba's history. lots of great looking old essays/stories here that i'm excited to dig through. woody allen on earl the pearl!

http://www.slate.com/articles/sports/longform/2011/12/nba_season_starting_amazing_stories_about_basketball_players_from_longform_org.html

clay, Monday, 5 December 2011 00:25 (twelve years ago) link

has he ever written about older players?

― k3vin k., Sunday, December 4, 2011 5:30 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark

there was a great piece abt the best shooters of all time, hint its steve nash

Cooper Chucklebutt, Monday, 5 December 2011 00:35 (twelve years ago) link

wait who was it

dayo, Monday, 5 December 2011 00:37 (twelve years ago) link

has he ever written about older players?

― k3vin k., Sunday, December 4, 2011 5:30 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark

there was a great piece abt the best shooters of all time, hint its steve nash

― Cooper Chucklebutt, Sunday, December 4, 2011 7:35 PM (3 hours ago)

yah i linked it like a month ago ;)

k3vin k., Monday, 5 December 2011 04:25 (twelve years ago) link

i think that's a guy applauding anyway

k3vin k., Monday, 5 December 2011 04:28 (twelve years ago) link

kev, i saw this on slate today and thought of you and your interest in the nba's history. lots of great looking old essays/stories here that i'm excited to dig through. woody allen on earl the pearl!

http://www.slate.com/articles/sports/longform/2011/12/nba_season_starting_amazing_stories_about_basketball_players_from_longform_org.html

― clay, Sunday, December 4, 2011 7:25 PM (4 hours ago)

thx bro!

k3vin k., Monday, 5 December 2011 04:28 (twelve years ago) link

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/images/smiliesb/Blush2.gif

v-shasty, Monday, 5 December 2011 04:29 (twelve years ago) link

hollinger can be BRUTAL in some of these profiles...he's consistently otm and hilarious

k3vin k., Monday, 5 December 2011 04:29 (twelve years ago) link

yeah, i laughed at this part of his malik allen profile:

+ May be league's least athletic player. Terrible rebounder. Can't create shots.

OOOO, Monday, 5 December 2011 05:03 (twelve years ago) link

James Jones

+ One-dimensional corner 3-point shooter. Has no idea he's allowed to dribble.

+ Poor athlete, but has good size for 3 and plays passable defense. Bad rebounder.

The ultimate Johnny One-Note, Jones did nothing but shoot 3s from the corner, except for that one time he tried a shot at the basket. No, seriously -- he took one shot at the basket all season. In 1,551 minutes.

Needless to say, Jones had the league's lowest rate of shot attempts at the rim last season (see chart). In a related note, Jones had 98.6 percent of his baskets assisted, the most of any perimeter player except Brian Cardinal.

Jones' other stats similarly highlight his offensive extremes. He had the second-lowest turnover ratio, because all he had to do was catch and shoot. He took five shots inside 15 feet all year. He led the NBA in secondary percentage, because nearly all his shots were 3s, and was second among small forwards in TS%. He was last among small forwards in usage rate, because he just stood in the corner all game.

Somehow, Jones drew a decent number of free throw attempts, as he has become very good at pump-faking the 3 and drawing contact -- most memorably on the play that led to his playoff fracas with Paul Pierce.

k3vin k., Monday, 5 December 2011 05:08 (twelve years ago) link

yeah, i laughed at this part of his malik allen profile:

+ May be league's least athletic player. Terrible rebounder. Can't create shots.

― OOOO, Monday, December 5, 2011 12:03 AM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Permalink

A friend and I have a joke re Malik Allen dating back to his first summer league ^_^

Cooper Chucklebutt, Monday, 5 December 2011 05:14 (twelve years ago) link

sorry ice cr?m your dream scenario is no more heat talking to mavs about a bron for jj barea trade.

Daniel, Esq., Monday, 5 December 2011 15:34 (twelve years ago) link

tough but fair

Cooper Chucklebutt, Monday, 5 December 2011 17:23 (twelve years ago) link

http://i.imgur.com/kxIWz.png

lol

Cooper Chucklebutt, Monday, 5 December 2011 17:55 (twelve years ago) link

"Source"

v-shasty, Monday, 5 December 2011 17:57 (twelve years ago) link

source: were going to cut him so deep thank jesus

Cooper Chucklebutt, Monday, 5 December 2011 18:00 (twelve years ago) link

dammit it is 1:25PM EST and the heat still haven't announced the signing of nene (no surname) and dwight howard wtf?

Daniel, Esq., Monday, 5 December 2011 18:19 (twelve years ago) link

hay guys i hear there's gonna be basketball again!

concussion section, Monday, 5 December 2011 18:58 (twelve years ago) link

and amnesty international is apparently involved somehow?

concussion section, Monday, 5 December 2011 18:58 (twelve years ago) link

(smuggles gilbert arenas away from a bloodthirsty riotous crowd in a black suv)

concussion section, Monday, 5 December 2011 18:59 (twelve years ago) link

really no news this morning or early afternoon on signings or player movement. i know it's early, but this is an extremely compressed signing period. i'm guessing we'll start hearing about these matters (e.g., dwight howard for joakim noah) later today.

Daniel, Esq., Monday, 5 December 2011 19:13 (twelve years ago) link

JUST KIDDING

Daniel, Esq., Monday, 5 December 2011 19:13 (twelve years ago) link

well can that stuff happen yet? thought it had to wait until lockout was officially over.

cad, Monday, 5 December 2011 19:14 (twelve years ago) link

they can wait til the trade deadline to move howard or anyone else for that matter haha xp

Cooper Chucklebutt, Monday, 5 December 2011 19:14 (twelve years ago) link

ah, but will they?

Daniel, Esq., Monday, 5 December 2011 19:20 (twelve years ago) link

im not ready to be trolled, still adjusting to the reality of a basketball season

Cooper Chucklebutt, Monday, 5 December 2011 19:23 (twelve years ago) link

lol

Daniel, Esq., Monday, 5 December 2011 19:44 (twelve years ago) link

the article does make some sense, if you assume that bynum is the key return player in any trade for CP3 or howard. only one bynum to trade.

Daniel, Esq., Monday, 5 December 2011 19:45 (twelve years ago) link

Lakers missed out on the championship series last post-season. Bryant has no knees left to speak of. In L.A. that means they are definitely thinking about rebuilding asap. I'm pretty sure they'd take Howard of CP3, if given a choice. Dominating centers have always been L.A.'s preferred building block.

Aimless, Monday, 5 December 2011 19:59 (twelve years ago) link


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