Official 2013 NBA Offseason Thread

[coldcity]

Without Westbrook,

Durant + Ibaka + scrubs = Iverson + Dalembert + scrubs


 close enough

put the pipe down

 

[7thave btn 31stn33rd st]

He says it is due to Lebron being bigger, faster, stronger, higher jumper, etc than everyone else is why he is who he is.

 

[grandtheftbike]

sammys facial expression is really throwing me off. like dont people usually look happy doing splits?

 

[ballinsam23]

This team is very interesting to say the least. Eric Gordon looking like a light skinned kendrick lamar.


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[certifiedflyboi23]

sammys facial expression is really throwing me off. like dont people usually look happy doing splits?

Was he suppose to be grilling?

 

[coldcity]

This team is very interesting to say the least. Eric Gordon looking like a light skinned kendrick lamar.


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ryan smiling is good hes had a rough offseason

 

[markangelo]

This team is very interesting to say the least. Eric Gordon looking like a light skinned kendrick lamar.

Gordon, Reke, Jrue, are there enough balls on the floor?

 

[black migo]

This team is very interesting to say the least. Eric Gordon looking like a light skinned kendrick lamar.


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7-8th seed

 

[keel252]

Without Westbrook,

Durant + Ibaka + scrubs = Iverson + Dalembert + scrubs


 close enough

sit down sir.

 

[wrightone86]

So in other words Lebron being a superior athlete has something to do with why he is so good at basketball.



You dont say.

Yes, but those were his words not mine

He is one of the people that says he is only good because of his size/speed and it he were a guard he wouldn't be. Too many what-ifs for me to think about, lol. I say to just enjoy greatness when you see it

 

[ballinsam23]

i'm also giving Austin Rivers one more chance to be a solid role player. Dude cant be any worse than last year. Plus now he's coming off the bench to jack up as many shots as possible instead of being forced to play the PG role.

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

at least russ will keep us entertained with his wardrobe for the first 4-6 weeks of the season

 

[antidope]

i'm also giving Austin Rivers one more chance to be a solid role player. Dude cant be any worse than last year. Plus now he's coming off the bench to jack up as many shots as possible instead of being forced to play the PG role.

Set up for the most improved player award, calling it now

 

[RickBlast]

i'm also giving Austin Rivers one more chance to be a solid role player. Dude cant be any worse than last year. Plus now he's coming off the bench to jack up as many shots as possible instead of being forced to play the PG role.

Him and Reke coming off the bench right? Brick city and they aint even in NJ

 

[flyerthandelta]

I may get a lot of heat for this.... But I honestly wanna see Center come into the League and Take Over on pure dominance! Like a Blake Griffin with Duncan's Fundamentals

 

[certifiedflyboi23]

I may get a lot of heat for this.... But I honestly wanna see Center come into the League and Take Over on pure dominance! Like a Blake Griffin with Duncan's Fundamentals

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Blake Griffin have it all.

 

[markangelo]

I may get a lot of heat for this.... But I honestly wanna see Center come into the League and Take Over on pure dominance! Like a Blake Griffin with Duncan's Fundamentals

This... I wanna see a dominant center win the MVP award again.. Makes me appreciate how great Hakeem was, dude had amazing footwork (still does).

 

[RickBlast]

 
This... I wanna see a dominant center win the MVP award again.. Makes me appreciate how great Hakeem was, dude had amazing footwork (still does).

Agreed it is something the L is lacking. I remember hearing a couple months back that there are fewer 7 footers in the population than in decades past. I def think more than any position centers need to get experience playing in college. to develop fundamentals and moves. Simply because up until that point they were just always taller than everyone. Learning how to become a center with skill is what you learn in college. 

However I feel like it is un cool to be a center. Everyone want to handle the ball and shoot from the outside. I still want to see a great big man enter the league. Maybe Okafor can be the next. But The athleticism  and skill that was displayed by Hakeem, Shaq, Robinson, Sampson, Ewing etc. will never be seen again at that position imo.

 

[romedadude]

I've know a few people on here follow The Basketball Jones podcast. They're moving to NBATV, rebranded as "The Starters"

http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/230070/The-Basketball-Jones-Moving-To-NBATV-As-The-Starters

I might need to make that move and work at NBATV

 

[dahuhuhyah]

 
Agreed it is something the L is lacking. I remember hearing a couple months back that there are fewer 7 footers in the population than in decades past. I def think more than any position centers need to get experience playing in college. to develop fundamentals and moves. Simply because up until that point they were just always taller than everyone. Learning how to become a center with skill is what you learn in college. 

However I feel like it is un cool to be a center. Everyone want to handle the ball and shoot from the outside. I still want to see a great big man enter the league. Maybe Okafor can be the next. But The athleticism  and skill that was displayed by Hakeem, Shaq, Robinson, Sampson, Ewing etc. will never be seen again at that position imo.

There is some 7 foot person in Africa that will be the next great center......

 

[clyde the glide]

i dont see why hibbert can't be dominant

 

[dahuhuhyah]

 
i dont see why hibbert can't be dominant

In regards to offense, defense or both? He has the size to do it offensively. I mean dude is HUGE

 

[markangelo]

 
i dont see why hibbert can't be dominant

cause y'all mother******* don't watch the pacers play

 

[100027]

Along those same lines...

One of my boys says that if Rose was the same size as Lebron then he would be unstoppable because of the way he attacks.
He says Lebron doesn't have the killer instinct, and if he were D.Rose's size, he would just be a serviceable PG that is good at setting up his teammates.
He says it is due to Lebron being bigger, faster, stronger, higher jumper, etc than everyone else is why he is who he is.

If I had LeBron's size athleticism and skill level I would be borderline one of the best players in the nba.

 

[pmatic]

This team is very interesting to say the least. Eric Gordon looking like a light skinned kendrick lamar.


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Add Anthony Morrow too.

I sincerely hope Monty Williams plays Morrow and Ryan Anderson together.