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

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Blake still dropping 45 and 20 in them sleeve jerseys. So I don't care
21 dollars says that blake will not score 40 OR get 20 rebounds (as in he can get 10 points 20 rebounds or 40 points 10 rebounds and its fine)
What's $21 Canadian to USD??
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figured i would just fedex him a package with the canadian money in it
 
It's hard to name another player in the NBA that looks less like a professional basketball player. He looks like a guy I wouldn't pick on my team in a pickup game outside my apartment. Oliver Miller was another dude that just didn't look like an athlete in any way. "Fools wildnin, not looking like athletes" thread in the making.........

Asik doesn't neither

Asik is a 7 footer who looks pretty athletic to me. If he was walking down the street in any country people would ask if he was an athlete. Blake is a generous 6"3 170. He looks more like 150 hahahah! People are more likely to ask him if he works for PopCopy or something
 
Defensively Harden is terrible, there's no denying that. But 35, 9, 5, 4, 2 is far from terrible. Also you guys need to look past FG% with Harden when he gets to the line 16 times. That's a skill, you can say it's lame and annoying to watch but it's still a skill. Even though he shot 9-24 from the field he still had 35 points on 24 shots.

They do need more offensive creativity in the half court at times, I agree. Their half court offense can become stagnant which is a problem dating back to last year.
 
Hey some of us are split on tanking vs. the 8th seed which is why I didn't include it :lol

Taking in the NBA is dumb to me. More times then not the team with the worst record doesn't even end up with the #1 pick and even with a loaded draft like this nothing's guarantees.
It's not all about the first pick though. Plenty of franchise players have been drafted after #1.. Durant, Westbrook, Harden, Wade, Melo, Michael Jordan, etc etc

Tanking has worked out for a lot of teams.

How does a team tank though? Does it start with the front office? Players? Coaches?
99.9% of the tanking effort for the 1st pick goes to the front office.

They intentionally build a bad team by refusing to sign impactful free agents and/or trading away their best players for picks

The players & coaches are giving 100% when they're out there because they're basically auditioning for other teams.

Coaches do tank tho, but u usually only see that when they're a playoff team and they want a favorable matchup, like a few years ago when Mike Dunleavy rested a few of his best guys cause he wanted to play Melo & the Nuggets in round 1. Or when Lionel Hollins did the same thing cause he wanted to play the Spurs instead of the Lakers
 
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The gif of harden giving up a back door layup, paws.

Read the tnt graphic. Outscored 31-19 with both on the floor. A big who isn't a threat to score can just pack the paint and double Howard or when harden drives.
Beard thought he was playing offense and not defense so he wanted to ISO
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