i don't necessarily think that lebron is going to make a leap (altho he has been playing insanely well) i just think that him being arguably the best athlete in the entire well is going to propel him to dwarf everyone else this season
― How many days after a period? Started by Tuomas in December 2011 (v-shasty), Thursday, 29 December 2011 18:51 (twelve years ago) link
yeah hes still the best player and has insane stamina so i dont see why not
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Thursday, 29 December 2011 18:52 (twelve years ago) link
yeah but for lebron the post offense is in addition to his rebounding and shot blocking, which is obv unique for a generally perimeter oriented player
― How many days after a period? Started by Tuomas in December 2011 (v-shasty), Thursday, December 29, 2011 1:48 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Permalink
hes basically ben wallace sized which is crazy to think abt, and according to this post not that much smaller than dwight howard http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/34789/kevin-love-and-height-liars-in-shoes
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Thursday, 29 December 2011 18:53 (twelve years ago) link
entire world**
there have been... i don't want to call them rumblings cuz they're not "rumors", but people (i.e. windhorst) have been casually saying that bron worked out like crazy this summer (and if you follow any nba players on twitter or w/e, you'd know this -- dude brought KD to ohio to work out w/ him, he was out at nike for a whole week working out etc)
― How many days after a period? Started by Tuomas in December 2011 (v-shasty), Thursday, 29 December 2011 18:53 (twelve years ago) link
yeah 'height' is a pretty inexact measurement
― nice catch cuauhtemoc blanco niño (dayo), Thursday, 29 December 2011 18:53 (twelve years ago) link
need to get some tailor tape measure around those rock hard pecs of lebron... just measure that arm circumference... oh yeah...
― nice catch cuauhtemoc blanco niño (dayo), Thursday, 29 December 2011 18:54 (twelve years ago) link
idk all the 'omg he worked out so hard this summer' 'packed on 15 pounds of muscle' articles are such boilerplate beat sweeteners i just ignore them
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Thursday, 29 December 2011 18:55 (twelve years ago) link
normally i'd agree w/ you (people have been saying the same thing about bosh, too) but i think it's more pertinent now bcuz of the compressed schedule, and lebron was already so far ahead of basically everyone anyway (in terms of athleticism/conditioning etc)
― How many days after a period? Started by Tuomas in December 2011 (v-shasty), Thursday, 29 December 2011 18:57 (twelve years ago) link
i just assume all the top guys go hard in the summer otherwise they wouldnt be the top guys
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Thursday, 29 December 2011 19:00 (twelve years ago) link
who was saying that cp3 looked fat?
― How many days after a period? Started by Tuomas in December 2011 (v-shasty), Thursday, 29 December 2011 19:01 (twelve years ago) link
lol he does :/
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Thursday, 29 December 2011 19:01 (twelve years ago) link
chris paul is magical tho
srsly
fat n magical
― amon, Thursday, 29 December 2011 19:02 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u-22NQwbo0
love how lackadaisical smith is
― nice catch cuauhtemoc blanco niño (dayo), Thursday, 29 December 2011 19:13 (twelve years ago) link
a+
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Thursday, 29 December 2011 19:14 (twelve years ago) link
josh smith is really good
"Thunder's Durant, Westbrook clash on bench"
― polyphonic, Thursday, 29 December 2011 19:28 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/0Zbo4.jpg
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Thursday, 29 December 2011 19:30 (twelve years ago) link
TomLeander Tom Leander Just interviewed Michael Redd. Class guy. Inspired by Grant Hill's rebirth and words of encouragement. Has faith in Suns trainers47 minutes ago
'suns trainers' has achieved meme status
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Thursday, 29 December 2011 19:36 (twelve years ago) link
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Thursday, December 29, 2011 7:14 PM
^ posted from bizarro-ilh
― amon, Thursday, 29 December 2011 20:51 (twelve years ago) link
wut he is!
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Thursday, 29 December 2011 20:52 (twelve years ago) link
it's always really strange for me to think of him as a PF
get him off of atlanta, stick him in a SF role
― nice catch cuauhtemoc blanco niño (dayo), Thursday, 29 December 2011 21:05 (twelve years ago) link
he can't shoot, he's a PF
― How many days after a period? Started by Tuomas in December 2011 (v-shasty), Thursday, 29 December 2011 21:09 (twelve years ago) link
den-por best game tonight
― moullet, Thursday, 29 December 2011 21:12 (twelve years ago) link
otm jord
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Thursday, 29 December 2011 21:12 (twelve years ago) link
Imagine how good Josh Smith would be if he had ever had a coach.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 29 December 2011 21:39 (twelve years ago) link
yup
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Thursday, 29 December 2011 21:40 (twelve years ago) link
^^clay i might be up in your hood in february for a few days and might have to make this happen irl fyi
email a dude. this thing will happen.
― clay, Thursday, 29 December 2011 21:45 (twelve years ago) link
josh smith's problems are all his own fyi.
― Crowell, Thursday, 29 December 2011 21:51 (twelve years ago) link
He has his own issues but never having a coach worth a shart isn't his fault.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 29 December 2011 22:07 (twelve years ago) link
he maxed out in the 09/10 season, woodson's last as coach. he was a borderline allstar but still lacks any focus whatsoever which leads to erratic play. only thing a good coach would do is bench him quicker imo.
― Crowell, Thursday, 29 December 2011 22:21 (twelve years ago) link
― polyphonic, Thursday, December 29, 2011 7:28 PM
Westbrook, who finished 0-for-13 with six assists, three rebounds and four turnovers, was not available for comment after the game.
― amon, Thursday, 29 December 2011 22:30 (twelve years ago) link
this seems mostly otm to me
http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2011/12/29/2667922/russell-westbrook-kevin-durant-oklahoma-city-thunder-hook
― How many days after a period? Started by Tuomas in December 2011 (v-shasty), Thursday, 29 December 2011 22:40 (twelve years ago) link
That reads right to me too. I think the problem is that there hasn't been much good basketball played yet (obviously a few exceptions here and there) because it's still training camp for these guys and a brutal one at that. Once the basketbal gets better (and boy do I hope it does) there'll be other story lines to follow.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 29 December 2011 23:01 (twelve years ago) link
we should do a poll of the worst roster in the NBA
I'm looking at this suns roster and I can't even
I thought my sixers were bad but jeez
― nice catch cuauhtemoc blanco niño (dayo), Thursday, 29 December 2011 23:09 (twelve years ago) link
― How many days after a period? Started by Tuomas in December 2011 (v-shasty), Thursday, December 29, 2011 4:40 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Permalink
Maybe the central thesis is ok, but my god there is so much idiotic stuff in that article.
He's not your typical point guard, and certainly not the type of point guard the world at large likes to see on its great teams. (Compare Steve Nash's reputation as compared to that of three-time champion and one-time Finals MVP Tony Parker, who happens to be a decent comparison for Westbrook in terms of style and production.)
This is just so so so dumb.
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 29 December 2011 23:48 (twelve years ago) link
― amon, Thursday, December 29, 2011 2:51 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Permalink
Josh Smith is a lot like Zach Randolph pre-2011 playoffs. People seem to only focus on their mistakes and not how they're awesome basketball players. Smith also doesn't get enough credit for calming down and becoming a smarter player the last 2 seasons.
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 29 December 2011 23:51 (twelve years ago) link
yeah theres just fundamentally a problem w/being a perimeter player in the nba and not being able to shoot the three effectively, obvs wade n bron are better equipped to compensate for that shortcoming than any other players in the league, but the fact that they both have this weakness only compounds the problem #tradebron
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Thursday, December 29, 2011 12:40 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Permalink
I firmly believe that Lebron would get his 3p% up to 37.5 (league average) if he just cut out all the ridiculous circus attempts. If he just shot open ones he'd be fine.
Wade is another story, his shooting mechanics are those of a pure midrange shooter imo.
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 29 December 2011 23:59 (twelve years ago) link
yeah youre prob right abt bron re shot selection
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Friday, 30 December 2011 00:02 (twelve years ago) link
bron's stroke is not v pretty imo
― nice catch cuauhtemoc blanco niño (dayo), Friday, 30 December 2011 00:03 (twelve years ago) link
it has a certain effortlessness to it
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Friday, 30 December 2011 00:08 (twelve years ago) link
yeah but it's a shot built for distance, while wade flattens out around 18 feet. xp
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 30 December 2011 00:08 (twelve years ago) link
"According to 82games.com, the lineup of Maynor, Durant, James Harden, Serge Ibaka and Nick Collison had almost identical offensive and defensive points-per-possession numbers as the same unit with Westbrook."
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 30 December 2011 00:53 (twelve years ago) link
hmm interesting
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Friday, 30 December 2011 00:54 (twelve years ago) link
wonder abt other units
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Friday, 30 December 2011 00:57 (twelve years ago) link
tho obvs not that hard as i could just look it up lol
scola killin duncan
― moullet, Friday, 30 December 2011 01:20 (twelve years ago) link
BATMANU!!!!
― moullet, Friday, 30 December 2011 01:26 (twelve years ago) link
guys the mavs are ahead in a game right now its says on espn.com
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Friday, 30 December 2011 01:32 (twelve years ago) link
'espn.com'
― nice catch cuauhtemoc blanco niño (dayo), Friday, 30 December 2011 01:33 (twelve years ago) link