2013-2014 NBA Thread - IND @ WAS and OKC @ LAC on ESPN

[antidope]

KD officially named MVP, LBJ runner up.

Brian Windhorst ‏@WindhorstESPN 9s

Kevin Durant wins MVP in a landslide over LeBron James, getting 119 of 125 first-place votes.

That first place vote disparity is shocking. I'll wait for this to stir up controversy

 

[EddieDoyers]

I still think we'll win in 5 or 6. Wizards are a tough team, though. Speed and quickness in the back court and a tough front court. If Hibbert can stop playing like the ******ed kid with goggles on my youth team growing up, it would get ugly.


Credit to Coach Wittman for having his guys come out firing. Next game we shutting that **** down boy! I'll be sitting court side rooting my ****** on. Shoutouts Paul George and Born Ready!

Sorry to say pal but your team's fate lies on Hibbert. Not a good look...

 

[Ricky D]

Damn, I missed the whole NBA reg season and didn't realize how big the gap for MVP would be. When I look at KD and LBJ numbers they look similar, boy must have been beasting or that 40+ games of 25 points really help, congrats to the young fella tho.

 

[do work son]

blake griffin finished 3rd, joakim 4th, harden 5th, curry 6th, cp3 7th

 

[shoeking2101]

blake griffin finished 3rd, joakim 4th, harden 5th, curry 6th, cp3 7th

BG let's get game 2 as well.

 

[90sera]

Indiana can't shut anyone down defensively anymore. Hibbert is a lost cause at this point. There is no coming back off that cliff. Pacers D is garbage and totally different without AllStar Hibbert. Wizards D is better honestly and overlooked. It's hard for people to wrap their head around Washington being legit contenders, so I get it. Wizards in 5 or 6.

 

[grandtheftbike]

blake third

 

[awwsome]

KD officially named MVP, LBJ runner up.

Brian Windhorst ‏@WindhorstESPN 9s

Kevin Durant wins MVP in a landslide over LeBron James, getting 119 of 125 first-place votes.

That first place vote disparity is shocking. I'll wait for this to stir up controversy

Is it really that shocking?

Yes Bron was amazing but not as good as he was last year and voter fatigue. He made it interesting after the AS break but fell off a bit at the end of the season.

Let's act like KD wasn't out of his mind while Russ was out.

He could've won it unanimously IMO.

 

[hoosierdaddy317]

 

I still think we'll win in 5 or 6. Wizards are a tough team, though. Speed and quickness in the back court and a tough front court. If Hibbert can stop playing like the ******ed kid with goggles on my youth team growing up, it would get ugly.


Credit to Coach Wittman for having his guys come out firing. Next game we shutting that **** down boy! I'll be sitting court side rooting my ****** on. Shoutouts Paul George and Born Ready!

Sorry to say pal but your team's fate lies on Hibbert. Not a good look...

How about we put our money where our mouths are shall we?

Hibbert is playing bad. Historically bad. Terribly. Like I wanna talk to this guy and instill my optimism into him or something.

If Hibbert can do the little things (block out, rotate on help side, talk on defense when guarding the pick & roll, get deflections) I swear we don't even really need him to score. If he does, we win the game.

If PG can continue to get 20 and 10 every game then we really have a good chance... just don't see John Wall or Beal being a consistent force every game to take us down. Wall hasn't been shooting well throughout the playoffs ... so I see that continuing against our fire *** defense.

YUNG ***** MOVE DAT DOPE

 

[beh235]

KD 

 

[antidope]

StephGod . He should be over Harden too.

 

[beh235]

Harden finished ahead of CP3?

 

[imlive365]

How about we put our money where our mouths are shall we?



Hibbert is playing bad. Historically bad. Terribly. Like I wanna talk to this guy and instill my optimism into him or something.


If Hibbert can do the little things (block out, rotate on help side, talk on defense when guarding the pick & roll, get deflections) I swear we don't even really need him to score. If he does, we win the game.


If PG can continue to get 20 and 10 every game then we really have a good chance... just don't see John Wall or Beal being a consistent force every game to take us down. Wall hasn't been shooting well throughout the playoffs ... so I see that continuing against our fire *** defense.

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YUNG ***** MOVE DAT DOPE

What about Indy's troubles to score the basketball? If Paul George isn't on what do you rely on David west and his back down then shoulder charge the defender in the chest then fadeaway?

 

[grandtheftbike]

had he been healthy, cp3 would be top 3

 

[antidope]

KD officially named MVP, LBJ runner up.

Brian Windhorst ‏@WindhorstESPN 9s


Kevin Durant wins MVP in a landslide over LeBron James, getting 119 of 125 first-place votes.

That first place vote disparity is shocking. I'll wait for this to stir up controversy

Is it really that shocking?


Yes Bron was amazing but not as good as he was last year and voter fatigue. He made it interesting after the AS break but fell off a bit at the end of the season.


Let's act like KD wasn't out of his mind while Russ was out.


He could've won it unanimously IMO.

To me it is, I knew KD would win, but I thought the race would be closer. I'm gonna chalk it up to voter fatigue. What I'm most interested in is how people are going to react. I expect to see 40 charts and graphs of how LeBrons season was basically equal to KDs.

 

[awwsome]

StephGod . He should be over Harden too.

He should, CP3 should be ahead of both of them though.

 

[monix23]

Indiana can't shut anyone down defensively anymore. Hibbert is a lost cause at this point. There is no coming back off that cliff. Pacers D is garbage and totally different without AllStar Hibbert. Wizards D is better honestly and overlooked. It's hard for people to wrap their head around Washington being legit contenders, so I get it. Wizards in 5 or 6.

Last night was not a fluke but i guess people wont realize that til the series is over. Who on the Pacers can score legitimately consistently? ill wait on it if I'm not mistaken PG went 4/17 last night and yea Lance Stephenson can score but he is inconstant and hops around the court to much after he makes a couple of shots.

 

[Chester McFloppy]

Chris Paul has two good playoff games out of 8 and all of a sudden he's MVP material.

Kyle Lowry deserved more MVP votes than Chris Paul.

 

[90sera]

Wizards don't need Wall to shoot well to win nor Beal to do what he did last night every game. That's what makes us such a problem. For example Gooden 12 and 13 last night.

 

[do work son]

StephGod . He should be over Harden too.

Harden finished ahead of CP3?

http://www.basketball-reference.com...2014&p2=hardeja01&y2=2014&p3=paulch01&y3=2014

make whatever conclusions you may. cp3 was gonna get dropped lower considering he missed 20 games, and the clippers really didn't seem to miss a beat.

 

[do work son]

had he been healthy, cp3 would be top 3

i agree, but the funny thing about that is....

 

[MVP]

Harden finished ahead of CP3?

CP missed 20 games and BG was carrying that squad so nah.

 

[shoeking2101]

Happy BG finished top 3. Kind of shows just how far he's come as a basketball player. Congrats to KD though, definitely well deserved. Could be the first of a few in a row for him honestly.

 

[awwsome]

Chris Paul has two good playoff games out of 8 and all of a sudden he's MVP material.

Kyle Lowry deserved more MVP votes than Chris Paul.

Man what?


19/10 while playing great defense and the best assist to turnover ratio with a 26 PER.

Show me another PG who did that, cause it definitely isn't Kyle Lowry.


He missed 20 games so that's the only knock against him.

 

[jjs07]

Man, this is so true. I remember watching JVG on the sidelines pacing back and forth drinking his diet cokes during post games. The man looked like he needed sleep--BAD. The Knicks weren't even that bad when they played under him.

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Same dude...just has glasses and makeup.