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Season starts tonight!

New season = new thread.

Get your predictions in and what not. Some of you have done that already in the off-season thread.

Tonights predictions:

Wizards at Cavs
Celtics at Heat
Mavs at Lakers
 
#5,623 ·
Re: #DwightHowardsDad

Great to see Brandon Bass playing like he did last year. I'm gonna take a guess and say the reason he struggled so much is because of him being on edge and nervous about Sullinger taking his starting job. Now that Sully's out for the year, he knows his job security as a starter is intact.
 
#5,624 ·
Re: #DwightHowardsDad

notorious this isn't aim at you btw, but I'm just going to point it out.

I absolutely hate when people give players shitty excuses as to why they were playing poorly during any stretch. it isn't reasonable to give an athlete that is paid millions and expected to play at the highest standard some type of weak excuse. Yes you never know when you might benched, or traded, or cut, etc, unless you're a superstar, but that's no reason to fuck up what you're expected to do. Over the last few years we've had plenty of promising shooters come to the Lakers that were supposed to help us spread the floor. They all shot well before coming and some, like Barnes(he did fine on the Lakers too, I really liked him tbh), have done well after leaving, but for some reason they all fail where we need them most. As an athlete you can't let pressures like this get to you and you have to have that mentality that you're out there to fulfill your role, whatever role that might be.
 
#5,625 ·
Re: #DwightHowardsDad

Some players have legit confidence issues. Some people can't handle the stress of not knowing if this is your last game with the team, if this is their last time getting significant minutes. Some people aren't as strong-minded as others. Them making millions doesn't change that.
 
#5,626 · (Edited)
Re: #DwightHowardsDad

Some players have legit confidence issues. Some people can't handle the stress of not knowing if this is your last game with the team, if this is their last time getting significant minutes. Some people aren't as strong-minded as others. Them making millions doesn't change that.
I just struggle to see how someone whose in the nba can have confidence issues. The NBA is probably the hardest sport to actually get a role in seeing as how small the teams are and the starting lineups are even smaller. If you're playing you're obviously important so I see no reason for them to have confidence issues.

I understand having to move and stuff like that can be taxing on people, but as a player you should have the utmost confidence in your abilities otherwise you WILL fail. Confidence is the key in any and all sports, because to get this far you've obviously got the talent. Now all you need is the worth ethic and confidence.

It's been said countless times, but Kobe was never the most gifted athlete. Other players were far more athletic and even talented than him, but he worked his fucking ass off like no one else before him has(yeah, I'll include Jordan) because he wanted it more. Which is why I'll always respect Kobe as an athlete and why he'll probably remain my favorite athlete of all time.


I should make an endless list as to the reasons why I hate Howard.
 
#5,628 ·
Re: #DwightHowardsDad

Yes I'm aware that it's the NBA and you need confidence to succeed, but like I said before, not everyone is the same. Not everyone is Kobe. You have guys like a Jeff Green or an Andris Biedrins who have confidence issues and struggle to play great consistently. You have guys like pre-2012 LeBron that have no confidence during crunch time because they're scared to mess up and be scrutinized. According to Dwight Howard, the reason why he struggles with his FT's so much is because of confidence issues. Look at Pau when all of his trade rumors were going strong and how shaken up he was mentally.

You need confidence to succeed and have a healthy career but some guys just aren't as confident and strong-minded as others.
 
#5,629 ·
Re: #DwightHowardsDad

Yes I'm aware that it's the NBA and you need confidence to succeed, but like I said before, not everyone is the same. Not everyone is Kobe. You have guys like a Jeff Green or an Andris Biedrins who have confidence issues and struggle to play great consistently. You have guys like pre-2012 LeBron that have no confidence during crunch time because they're scared to mess up and be scrutinized. According to Dwight Howard, the reason why he struggles with his FT's so much is because of confidence issues. Look at Pau when all of his trade rumors were going strong and how shaken up he was mentally.

You need confidence to succeed and have a healthy career but some guys just aren't as confident and strong-minded as others.
but like I don't know HOW. It's always been easy to judge as a fan and I know it isn't fair to do so, but I just don't see HOW. these guys are fucking amazingly talent, gifted with excellent bodies, and have unreal athleticism. how can you possibly not be confident in yourself. obviously it comes down to some psychological issues, but it just annoys me. although Kobe's confidence annoys everyone else. :side:

Pau never lost his confidence, he lost his role and ability to work in the post due to dumb coaching. Two posts has worked before and can work in today's nba, you just need a fucking intelligent coach that knows what he's doing which we apparently don't have. We really should have looked for some old school coach that had run offenses with two post players in the past, even if he wasn't a huge name, as that's what we desperately need. oh how I wish we had SHAW, the triangle would only be so perfect.
 
#5,631 ·
Re: #DwightHowardsDad

if I could kill Jim Buss I would. okay I wouldn't want to kill anyone, but that man is single handily destroying the lakers and I called it from like 2005. of course none of saw that, but everyone here should be well aware of my HUGE hate for that ******. Multiple my hate for Lebron in 2011 by like 1000 and you're about half way to knowing how much I hate him.
 
#5,633 ·
Re: #DwightHowardsDad

it's easy to say that now, notorious. COME ON MAN, late round picks aren't easy. Except for Sullinger, I called that shit.

also you premium ******* in this thread need to go in the chatbox more and discuss basketball. WHY IS IT ONLY EVER NOTORIOUS AND I. BASKETBALL FANS NEED TO UNITE.
 
#5,635 ·
Re: #DwightHowardsDad

I wasn't a fan of fan of Danny drafting JaJuan Johnson initially. I was hoping for him to draft either Kenneth Faried or Chandler Parsons. Unfortunately, Faried didn't fall to us and Danny and multiple other teams passed over Parsons and he's one of, if not the biggest steal of the draft.
 
#5,636 ·
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I remember hearing Faried was a super beast rebounded...and then watched him fall to like 15th. like wtf, are GMs honestly that stupid? If I have a lottery pick that isn't like top 6, I would take a guy I know that's for sure going to be a good role player(and hell he's becoming more) for years rather than some ****** that might fulfill his potential or just bust completely.
 
#5,637 ·
Re: #DwightHowardsDad

Faried was picked in the 20's. And flash-forward a year later, he's been the second best player of that draft.

2011 draft was the first draft where I did a lot of research on all of the prospects, like watched combines and workouts, watched their highlights and all that type of stuff. I was obsessed with the Celtics drafting Faried. I knew he would be a star. Was bummed when he didn't fall.
 
#5,638 ·
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I do mimial research and act like I know what I'm saying and somehow end up right. THOSE MOCK DRAFTS/USELESS ARTICLES. I try to catch some footage of the players, but college basketball is too fucked to get any accurate read on the player because it's star players going against scrubs and the talent difference is vast.
 
#5,639 ·
Re: #DwightHowardsDad

It is star players going on scrubs but once you're familiar with the college game, you can tell the guys who will go on to be productive in the NBA.

For example, you could tell Austin Rivers wasn't ready for the NBA and wouldn't have that much success. You look at a guy like Kyrie or Unibrow, everyone knew they would be productive NBA players.

Then you have cases like Drummond. He was pretty lackluster in college, but has been GREAT in the pros. So you just never know. Your best bet is to just watch college basketball during March Madness, you'll see most of the top draft prospects play then.
 
#5,647 ·
Re: #DwightHowardsDad

Hello, I have returned to this forum, and more specifically, the NBA thread. Sorry for disappearing, but I've been having some problems with my internet.



Smh, Mozgov needs to retire already. Dude is just a Dunk Contest prop now.

To my boy DD.


On D-Rose possibly not playing for the rest of the year: I'm disappointed, as I had already lined up going to Chicago to see him play, and that might be all for naught. I want the best for him, don't want him re-injuring himself, but the rest of the team has played their hearts out, with 38298101 injuries, but have us top 4 in the East standings without him. It will look bad for you basically saying that you'll just take the year off, when the rest of your team is playing hard, trying to get some good playoff seeding.

On Lebron's recent streak: Should have called it earlier this year. Now that the dude knows how to post-up, he'll have a lot more streaks from now on. He'll be scary in the playoffs, especially with the game coming down to more of a half-court setting. Too many shooters to double LeBron every time he is in the post.

Random thought of the day: Harden is damn good. Gets into the paint at will, and no matter what happens, dude is gonna produce something from it. An assist, free-throws, or a layup, those are your only three options really. Harden drives somewhere around ten times a game, only behind some people like Rondo and Parker. Thing is, the team averages something like 1.5 points every time he drives to the lane, which is just crazy. Even though it has only been 6 games this month, he is averaging 28 points on 53/49/82.

Oh my, if only GarPax could have even made -some- move for Harden.
 
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#5,648 ·
Re: #DwightHowardsDad

Rose basically can't take the season off due to what his team has done. it's the same as being injured on the Lakers with Kobe. Kobe plays through all these injuries so you just look awful for missing games(DWIGHT) when he continues to play through them. it's not really fair, except in dwight's case cause he's a bitch, but it's the reality of the situation.


not to mention I don't care for him even considering or bringing up taking the year off as there is no reason he should. I would absolutely loss all respect for Rose if he did that.
 
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