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

i missed the game last night, except for the norris cole show. love that dude. he seems like nate robinson except actually good?

i mean it's been two games, but...

if cole's still tearing it up in 30 games, he'll have more cred. it's more likely that other teams haven't got much scouting on him, yet.

XD Shaq running around the studio yelling I SPEAK CHINESE

lol iPad attempted to correct shaq to Shaquille

if cole's still tearing it up in 30 games, he'll have more cred. it's more likely that other teams haven't got much scouting on him, yet.

he'll have bumps and a learning curve. but the key is: cole is very good. blindingly fast and fearless, which are things you often can't teach.

lol iPad attempted to correct shaq to Shaquille

surprised it didn't try to correct shaq to "Wilt Chamberneezy"

lmao @ 广东老虎

think their intern is from HK or taiwan though gtfo w/ the traditional characters

The card actually reads "Ching chong yang wah ah soh"

omg that entire thing was amazing

lol @ ej with the bob barker microphone

The traditional characters are what makes it extra funny.

My feelings on Norris Cole

OOH: Dude got a ton of wide-open looks because the focus was not on him (bigger offensive fish to fry, celts short defensively, cole still an unknown quantity, etc.)

OTOH: He's yet another offensive weapon on what already seemed like the scariest offense in NBA.

he'll have bumps and a learning curve. but the key is: cole is very good. blindingly fast and fearless, which are things you often can't teach.

― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, December 28, 2011 2:31 PM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark Permalink

the chances that this guy is actually 'very good' are pretty slight

i'm still kinda pissed tho that shaq is on the show permanently and not c webb

kinda feel like Daniel should have his own thread where he talks bt how diff heat players have the chance to be much better than everyone assumes while the rest of us talk abt basketball on this thread

i think the chances that he's very good for a 28th overall pick and fifth scoring option are pretty decent

lol. sorry if i'm monopolizing.

cweb is amazing, r him n gp still on nbatv, cause that's the real dream team

uh, i think we're loooooooooooooooooooooooooooong past that point

xp

yeah i wish i got nba tv

the chances that this guy is actually 'very good' are pretty slight

― Cooper Chucklebutt, Wednesday, December 28, 2011 7:46 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Permalink

Basically. I was impressed with his sheer ballsiness though -- rookie who comes out swinging so hard on a team like that.

well of course -- there's like 12 "very good" players in the entire nba

i mean al horford made an all star team last year

it's not that your monopolizing Daniel it's just that most of yr posts are all 'I like what dalembier brings' - the nba is srsy more ingesting than whatever incosiquential nba player the heat have rotting on the bench - like might want to hold off getting to amped abt eddy curry until he plays a minute

lol ingesting fn ipad

how do u even type on that thing

Cole may be good and he may not, but he is a huge upgrade over Mario Chalmers already.

heat total wins over/under 49.5 ....thoughts?

way over

how do u even type on that thing

― cad, Wednesday, December 28, 2011 2:52 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Permalink

its terrible! im on my lappy now

yeah, i think 50-16 was kind of a conservative projection for them going into this season

damn wade was out there packing dudes last night huh

dalembier = genetic hybrid of dalembert and bill laimbeer

well they did underperform last season too (I think they were projected at 66-16, obviously didn't make it)

but yeah I was wondering if 49.5 seemed way too low to anyone else, as they're certainly better than they were last year (and they did make the Finals, after all), and a lot of teams seem to be declining around them (Lakers, Celtics, Mavs all seem washed up)

The way the schedule is packed this year, there's no upside to striving after a 50-16 regular season. Face it, there will be nights the Heat won't feel like playing and there won't be a good reason to put yet another W on the board, so they'll coast a bit, or have a crap shooting night, etc.

48-18 would be grebt season for them. I say 'no' to 50 wins or more for any team this year.

well of course -- there's like 12 "very good" players in the entire nba

― How many days after a period? Started by Tuomas in December 2011 (v-shasty), Wednesday, December 28, 2011 2:51 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Permalink

its sort of an interesting question, just off the top of my head id guess a 23 y/o rookie (v old!) who has a game like cole had in his 1st two games 20/4/4 50% paired w/another game which he did nothings career probabilities look something like

22% out of the league in 3 years
40% 10 mins a night bench player
25% sixth man
10% starter
3% allstar

obvs this isnt based on much except the observation that guys can have one good game that doesnt mean anything, and 23 y/o rookies tend to not improve that much

My guess is 53-13

kinda feel like Daniel should have his own thread where he talks bt how diff heat players have the chance to be much better than everyone assumes while the rest of us talk abt basketball on this thread

― Cooper Chucklebutt, Wednesday, December 28, 2011 2:47 PM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Permalink

lol i was catching up on the thread and right before i read this i was thinking the same thing ! sorry Daniel :)

as far as the win projections i think people are assuming w/all the back to backs and back to back to backs that no ones gonna put up big win % this year, particularly thin teams like the heat

cole def looks like he could be a barea/big baby type player who is important to a championship team and then eventually gets offered a long term deal for many millions of dollars by another team and everyone goes "haha, okay sure"

Cole may be good and he may not, but he is a huge upgrade over Mario Chalmers already.

― polyphonic, Wednesday, December 28, 2011 2:53 PM (14 minutes ago) Bookmark Permalink

eh i mean lol mario chalmers but i kinda doubt the heat will be relying on cole too much come playoff time, its you know rookie point guards tend to be p erratic

cole can at least dribble

obvs this isnt based on much except the observation that guys can have one good game that doesnt mean anything, and 23 y/o rookies tend to not improve that much

exactly, remember how insane Brandon Jennings' first 10 or so games were - he seemed destined to be the next Allen Iverson (or better) and was only 20

it tells you something about the state of PGs in the nba that every heat fan is, at best, absolutely terrified of mario chalmers, but had they not resigned him ppl would've freaked out

chalmers is not great for sure xp

imo Jeremy Lin would be an upgrade on Chalmers.

no

Okay maybe not but I wanted to say something OUTRAGEOUS

i root for jeremy lin