Official 2013 NBA Offseason Thread

[certifiedflyboi23]

You're right, this is his best body right here but there was way too many great places to eat in LA dude had no chance.

Didn't he own a Krispy Kreme?

Dude was blacking out in LA

 

[cash money 1999]

anthony davis is a freak of nature 

i think only injuries can stop him

watching him play defense on the perimeter is just stupid

 

[awwsome]

Didn't he own a Krispy Kreme?

Dude was blacking out in LA

Phil said he came to training camp at damn near 400 one year

 

[dt43]

I don't know about him being a "superstar" in terms of marketing and all that. But as far as on-court performance, IDK guys.. I kind of think it's a no-brainer that he'll eventually be one of the most valuable players in the league.

I mean superstar in the sense of being able to single-handedly take over a game and dominate, in the way that guys like LeBron, KD, and CP3 can. As good as he is offensively, I don't know if he's explosive enough to be really dominant. KG in his prime was bigger and more athletic than Davis, so I'm not sure Davis is going be what KG was.

Well most of the guys marketed as "dominant superstars" are perimeter isolation scorers who handle the ball. So no, AD will never be that. And KG wasn't that either.


But Davis is going to end up being an extremely valuable player (whether he gets the 'superstar' label from the public or not) because of his ability to be a huge mismatch offensively while anchoring a team defensively. He's not as explosive or animated as KG, but he can be equally as effective on both ends of the floor.


Garnett's rookie season (age 19): 10.4ppg, 6.3rpg, 1.8apg, 1.6bpg, 1.1spg, .491 fg% on 28.7mpg - 15.8 PER

Davis's rookie season (age 19): 13.5ppg, 8.2rpg, 1.0apg, 1.8bpg, 1.2spg, .516 fg% on 28.8mpg - 21.7 PER

 

[certifiedflyboi23]

lets see what year 2 is looking like..

 

[jjs07]

Well most of the guys marketed as "dominant superstars" are perimeter isolation scorers who handle the ball. So no, AD will never be that. And KG wasn't that either.


But Davis is going to end up being an extremely valuable player (whether he gets the 'superstar' label from the public or not) because of his ability to be a huge mismatch offensively while anchoring a team defensively. He's not as explosive or animated as KG, but he can be equally as effective on both ends of the floor.


Garnett's rookie season (age 19): 10.4ppg, 6.3rpg, 1.8apg, 1.6bpg, 1.1spg, .491 fg% on 28.7mpg - 15.8 PER

Davis's rookie season (age 19): 13.5ppg, 8.2rpg, 1.0apg, 1.8bpg, 1.2spg, .516 fg% on 28.8mpg - 21.7 PER

My goodness. N.O. is going to be a fun team to watch this year. I honestly had no clue that his #'s were considerably better than KG's at 19 years old. He might not be getting the national exposure he deserves b/c he's in New Orleans, but Anthony Davis might be on a trajectory to greatness.

 

[markangelo]

My goodness. N.O. is going to be a fun team to watch this year. I honestly had no clue that his #'s were considerably better than KG's at 19 years old. He might not be getting the national exposure he deserves b/c he's in New Orleans, but Anthony Davis might be on a trajectory to greatness.

There are no other guys under the age of 24 aside from AD, Rose (assuming he comes back 100%), Beard, and Kyrie that I would build my team around.

 

[certifiedflyboi23]

There are no other guys under the age of 24 aside from AD, Rose (assuming he comes back 100%), Beard, and Kyrie that I would build my team around.

Blake.

Russell Westbrook.

 

[datznasty]

extra 40% off sale items on nbastore.com right now. Sneakers are eligible

 

[RickBlast]

My goodness. N.O. is going to be a fun team to watch this year. I honestly had no clue that his #'s were considerably better than KG's at 19 years old. He might not be getting the national exposure he deserves b/c he's in New Orleans, but Anthony Davis might be on a trajectory to greatness.

Garnett had to overcome playing in a small market as well. He made the jump his 2nd year and became an all star and the rest is history. I can see Davis making the same jump. I think KG avg around 19 ppg his 2nd year, I can see Davis doing the same.

 

[tommyicerocking]

KG came str8 out of highschool

 

[awwsome]

Blake.

Russell Westbrook.

Wouldn't build my team around Blake, no defense and his offense is limited.

 

[tommyicerocking]

Blake Griffin baby momma bro 

 

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i would always finish in their faces 

 

[certifiedflyboi23]

Wouldn't build my team around Blake, no defense and his offense is limited.

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[wrightone86]

KG came str8 out of highschool

This and the AI commercial used to my favs

 

[certifiedflyboi23]

BEST NBA COMMERCIAL EVER CREATED!!!!!!

 

[coldcity]

Blake.

Russell Westbrook.

Wouldn't build my team around Blake, no defense and his offense is limited.

+1 & hes a {}

 

[markangelo]

+1 & hes a {}

honestly, I'd take a 50 year old Duncan over Griffin

 

[certifiedflyboi23]

+1 & hes a {}

Derrick Rose actions last year though...

 

[CP1708]

Blew out of the water? Hardly, but even so Tim Duncan was still a top ten player in those years with or without him being above Dwight.

 

[RickBlast]

Darius Miles should have been that dude

 

[lawdog1]

Wow, the Griffin hate in here is at an all time high.

 

[wrightone86]

BEST NBA COMMERCIAL EVER CREATED!!!!!!

Man, this video had us at my school dribbling off their knees, under their legs bent back, spinning the ball around their body under their shirt, hitting the slip n' slide (word to NBA Street), and everything....all while trying to be on that beat of course, lol....man I miss being a teenager

Edit: Yea you guys are rough on Blake in here man. You guys really don't think he is a top PF in the league right now? Not saying the best, but at least up there?

 

[certifiedflyboi23]

Man, this video had us at my school dribbling off their knees, under their legs bent back, spinning the ball around their body under their shirt, hitting the slip n' slide (word to NBA Street), and everything....all while trying to be on that beat of course, lol....man I miss being a teenager

Edit: Yea you guys are rough on Blake in here man. You guys really don't think he is a top PF in the league right now? Not saying the best, but at least up there?

Shirt all twisted because the ball didn't fully wrap around the body

 

[antidope]

Blew out of the water? Hardly, but even so Tim Duncan was still a top ten player in those years with or without him being above Dwight.

Oh CP how I've missed these conversations. Please tell me what years wasnt Tim Duncan a top 10 player in the league.