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Billups, Rip, Ben Wallace.
I'm not saying you have to have a big 3 like Miami/Boston/LA, but that Pistons squad had 3 all-stars in their prime.
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Billups, Rip, Ben Wallace.
I'm not saying you have to have a big 3 like Miami/Boston/LA, but that Pistons squad had 3 all-stars in their prime.
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Miami had a post scorer. It was LeBron. But still, OKC was right there - with 3 guys under 25.
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You don't get it/
The point is to win NBA chips 98% of teams have a guy they can throw it too in the mid to low post who can reliably get buckets, Chris Bosh, Lebron James, and Dirk Nowitski all qualify. It's irrelevant how you do it, it's not about how you get the points, more about having guys in that area of the court who get points reliably, it diversifies your offense and makes it much more difficult to stop you in the half court, which playoff basketball is mostly played in.
FYI Dirk Nowitski made 55% of his post up shots? Did you stop watching Dirk in 2007 or something, he's a post up guy now.
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they were all-stars... big deal. they werent even close to superstars.
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RASHEED.
Peopl totally forget why rasheed was so integral to that championship run, he could get buckets reliably in the low post.
No Sheed, no ring.
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Well, damn. LeBron doesn't count man. Not because it's not true, but because it's just not fair.
Not your traditional post-scorer, but still you're right.
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they arent even on the same level, as Lebron-Wade-Bosh, MJ-Pippen, Kobe-Shaq.
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That's a steal for Houston.
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If the Thunder do not give Kendrick Perkins 36 million for 4 years would they have been in the same situation now?
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This reminds me so much of when Joe Johnson left PHX. Dude wanted to be the man and he still hasnt lived up to his potential. I think OKC made the best decision they could make under the circumstances.
As a Laker fan great deal
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Dirk is pretty unique in that he was equally efficient that year on the perimeter and in the post.
Did the Bad Boy Pistons have a low-post scorer?
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Did I say impossible, incredibly difficult. there's been a lot of basketball like 60 years worth, you named 2 teams.
Heat are not debatable, Bosh and LeBron were reliable post scorers.
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Those two teams account for 8 of the past 20 or so championships.
I still stand behind the Mavericks. Dirk is a perimeter scorer before a post-scorer, even in this stage of his career. Capable of posting up, and proficient at it, yes.
It's a different game, there just aren't as many post-scorers as there were in years past.
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Not surprised they didn't want to pay him. Harden should leave his beard in OKC. New home, new look.
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Oh yeah, the Rockets have enough cap space to offer a max contract to someone else next summer after inking Harden to one.
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I'm a big big Harden fan, but it was probably for the best for both sides. Now Harden can try to show he can carry a team, while Thunder get some more flexibility with Martin's expiring.
Besides, I don't think the Thunder would have been grabbing the chip with the current team anyway, against the Lakers and Heat; as good as Harden is offensively, being on the court in crunch time along with Russ in the playoffs he was consistently gettin cooked by bigger wing players on the block. Not saying Martin's gonna change that, but I'm thinking all this was in Presti's mind when he made the move.
Besides, I don't think the Thunder would have been grabbing the chip with the current team anyway, against the Lakers and Heat; as good as Harden is offensively, being on the court in crunch time along with Russ in the playoffs he was consistently gettin cooked by bigger wing players on the block. Not saying Martin's gonna change that, but I'm thinking all this was in Presti's mind when he made the move.
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i'm on suicide watch
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38% of Harden's shots were in the restricted area last year. Martin? 14%
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Don't think about it too much man..
A lot of people are talking about Kevin Martin as a replacement for James Harden. Does anyone really expect him to be there after this year?
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It's crazy cuz I was watching that show on NBAtv (forgot name) and Barkley was talking about he didn't feel his team on PHX was ever going to win a championship after they lost the first time making it to the finals cuz other players started focusiing and talking about playing time, contracts, etc.
James Harden turned down a four-year, $52 million contract extension offer from the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Harden is seeking a maximum-level deal worth $60 million over four years.
The Thunder have until Wednesday to sign Harden to a contract extension or allow him the opportunity to become a restricted free agent on July 1.
Via Adrian Wojnarowski/Yahoo! Sports
Read more: http://basketball.realgm.com/wireta..._Four_Year_$52M_Extension_Offer#ixzz2AWyiTzep
welp.
Did not expect the trade though.
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It's about an area on the court not a style of scoring. You don't have to be a jump hooking lumbering oaf to be a post up scorer.
30% of dirks offense comes in post up scenarios more than any other situation by far, he is one of the best in the league at it, he is a post up scorer. Just because it ends in a fade away doesn't make it any less effective or any less of a post up. Permiter scorers are 3 pt line and out, how often does dirk start with he ball at the three point line?
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