The 2014-2015 NBA Season Thread. Lock It Up Please: The Golden State Warriors Are The Champions

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Come on man, Matt Barnes is having a career year. Kendrick Perkins? Just a tad bit of a hyperbole.

Them being awful to watch is a tad bit subjective I would think. Especially considering that offensively they've been on point for a majority of this season. And you can't give them a C or a D minus when literally up until the last 3 games of the roadtrip they were 3rd in the west and have a top record against the West best. If we're going to slander the Clips, let's do it with facts.

The last part about CP proving his worth and the CP is overrated crowd getting too large though :pimp: :pimp:
 
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itsaboutthattime said:
Scott Brooks. He’s been called awful so many times that he’s probably underrated, and his contributions in getting the Thunder this far have been overlooked. Injuries add a giant asterisk to everything that’s happened this season. But none of that means he should still be coaching this team. It’s only gotten more obvious as OKC has struggled this season and all the problems from the past few years have only gotten worse.
Think about how Golden State pulled the trigger on getting rid of Mark Jackson last summer to add Steve Kerr, who has taken the Warriors to the next level. Then imagine the exact opposite. That is Scott Brooks in Oklahoma City.

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/n...s-the-angry-thunder-and-the-leagues-flunkies/
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this is what should really infuriate OKC fans. Golden State wasn't just content with Mark Jackson. Yeah, they would have won 50+ games and made the playoffs if he'd stuck around, but 50-55 wins and the second round was probably their ceiling, and they knew it immediately. They wasted no time in getting rid of him, and now they're a (likely) 60-win team and a legit contender.

For OKC, a healthy Durant and Westbrook is worth 50-55 wins alone. The other guys around them get you to 55-60+. Yet, they just keep rolling the ball out, basically hoping Scott Brooks doesn't screw it up (or Durant/Westbrook stay healthy). Record-wise, they're not going to be better or worse with another coach. But it couldn't hurt to get a coach that actually knows some Xs and Os and can game plan in the playoffs.
 
shoeking2101 said:
Come on man, Matt Barnes is having a career year. 
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shoeking2101 said:
Huh? Up until last week he was shooting the rock the best he's ever shot it, what you mean how?
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I wouldn't consider a career best season in 3P% ONLY...enough to say someone's having a "career year". Especially one that's still below league average at that.

If Matt Barnes was putting up career #'s across the board then you would have a point.
 
vtotheinay said:
:smh: oh dwight...
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this is legit like some jail ****. like **** you'd see on Oz. this ***** dwight is schillinger and canaan is beecher. Ariza hit em like ay little ***** and dwight grabbed his nuts and looked at trev like 'this one is mine'
 
VICTOR PAGE said:
I wouldn't consider a career best season in 3P% ONLY...enough to say someone's having a "career year". Especially one that's still below league average at that.

If Matt Barnes was putting up career #'s across the board then you would have a point.
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Not written by me, but this echoes my sentiments on why I think he's having a career year. This was written at the halfway point of the year. Not a long read

Matt Barnstorming Run

Matt Barnes is 34 years old and yet in this, his 12th season in the NBA, he’s averaging a career-high in minutes per game (28.5). Let’s pause for just one second to appreciate how ridiculous that is. On top of that, Barnes, for the first time in his career, is making a whisker shy of 40% of his 3-point looks per game.

It’s a turnaround that’s been understated and nothing short of extraordinary. Barnes’ early season struggles were well-documented. Throwing up bricks before being thrown out of the starting line-up altogether, Barnes’ troubles only exasperated the Clippers’ issues at small forward.

Always the Clippers’ best (or perhaps only) wing defender, Barnes is now performing the role of a 3-and-D swingman the Clippers have been so desperate for admirably. His rebounding numbers are up and he’s shooting and making more threes per game than the likes of Anthony Morrow and Evan Fournier. Since Christmas he’s shooting better than 46% from deep.

Put simply: Barnes is playing with confidence from inside and out. Whether it’s taking the ball to the basket (double-double in Sacramento) or pulling up and whacking a three in transition (like he did against the Nets on Thursday), Barnes has found his rhythm. The Clippers have had their troubles this season and fingers have been pointed in every direction but their not Barnes’ struggles anymore. Now, at 34, he’s playing some of the best basketball of his career.
 
shoeking2101 said:
Not written by me, but this echoes my sentiments on why I think he's having a career year. This was written at the halfway point of the year. Not a long read
Matt Barnstorming Run

Matt Barnes is 34 years old and yet in this, his 12th season in the NBA, he’s averaging a career-high in minutes per game (28.5). Let’s pause for just one second to appreciate how ridiculous that is. On top of that, Barnes, for the first time in his career, is making a whisker shy of 40% of his 3-point looks per game.

It’s a turnaround that’s been understated and nothing short of extraordinary. Barnes’ early season struggles were well-documented. Throwing up bricks before being thrown out of the starting line-up altogether, Barnes’ troubles only exasperated the Clippers’ issues at small forward.

Always the Clippers’ best (or perhaps only) wing defender, Barnes is now performing the role of a 3-and-D swingman the Clippers have been so desperate for admirably. His rebounding numbers are up and he’s shooting and making more threes per game than the likes of Anthony Morrow and Evan Fournier. Since Christmas he’s shooting better than 46% from deep.

Put simply: Barnes is playing with confidence from inside and out. Whether it’s taking the ball to the basket (double-double in Sacramento) or pulling up and whacking a three in transition (like he did against the Nets on Thursday), Barnes has found his rhythm. The Clippers have had their troubles this season and fingers have been pointed in every direction but their not Barnes’ struggles anymore. Now, at 34, he’s playing some of the best basketball of his career.
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Maybe at whatever date that was written some of that may have been true. At the All Star break...he's shooting lower than "a whisker shy of 40%".  

Note he also said "some of the best basketball of his career". That's not quite the same endorsement as "career year".
 
Bravelude said:
 


EH YO. What the DILBLY YO.

Big guys like Griff and Howard trynna become NEAL PATS

Dude ain't no inaverting.  He went in, dunked, squashed and kept it there like he MISSED it.
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All parties involved were WAY to comfortable with that type of contact. 
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itsaboutthattime said:
Scott Brooks. He’s been called awful so many times that he’s probably underrated, and his contributions in getting the Thunder this far have been overlooked. Injuries add a giant asterisk to everything that’s happened this season. But none of that means he should still be coaching this team. It’s only gotten more obvious as OKC has struggled this season and all the problems from the past few years have only gotten worse.
Think about how Golden State pulled the trigger on getting rid of Mark Jackson last summer to add Steve Kerr, who has taken the Warriors to the next level. Then imagine the exact opposite. That is Scott Brooks in Oklahoma City.

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/n...s-the-angry-thunder-and-the-leagues-flunkies/
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The Warriors are looking like the best team in the NBA this year but can people stop comparing teams that haven't got over the hump to them? "Look Thunder! This is how you build a championship team!" It's very premature. The Warriors are a Klay Thompson getting injured by Patrick Beverly incident away from 2nd round exits. Let it develop.
 
Whether Matt Barnes is having a career year or not, he's still not remotely comparable to Kendrick Perkins in terms of being a productive, contributing member of a team.
 
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