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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
 
#8,190 ·
Re: ''Danny Ainge needs to shut the fuck up and manage his own team.''

WARRIORS! :mark:

Playoffs, here we come!
 
#8,192 ·
Re: ''Danny Ainge needs to shut the fuck up and manage his own team.''

How do you like your chances against Denver?
Umm... well... :eek:

I'll say this, David Lee and Andrew Bogut have to play out of their minds to compete with Denver's offensive rebounding capabilities. If they don't match up at all, then our advantage from outside (Warriors are the best three-point shooting team in the NBA, Nuggets are the sixth-worst) is rendered practically meaningless over the course of a series.

Problem is, four of the seven games will be played in Denver. And they're what, 35-3 there this season? Good God. :(

But the Warriors can do it! I believe!

/whistles past graveyard
 
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#8,194 ·
Re: ''Danny Ainge needs to shut the fuck up and manage his own team.''

#funfacts:

"All season long, the most efficient combination of the four biggest Lakers stars has been Bryant and Gasol -- without Nash and Howard. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the Bryant-Gasol duo is plus 18.8 points per 48 minutes, almost double the second-best combo of Bryant, Howard and Nash."

Not only that but the team does much when Kobe and Pau play the two man game in a triangle like set, not Howard/Kobe, not Howard/Nash, not Nash/Howard, and not Nash/Kobe. Kobe and Pau. Those two are our best two offensive weapons, yes, Pau is still better than Dwight on offense and could still be the best low post big man in the league if given the chance to work in the post like Kobe, not Pringles, allowed Pau to do against the Hornets. I watch the second half, missed the first, but from what I saw we were most effective when Pau was going low post, instead of long mid ranges which Pringles gives him. What I liked even more was in the fourth Pau got the ball wide open for a long two and instead of shooting he passed it off and got in the post again. That's what we need. And what we really need is a new coach that can capitalize on Pau's offensive abilities.
 
#8,195 ·
Re: ''Danny Ainge needs to shut the fuck up and manage his own team.''

#funfacts:

"All season long, the most efficient combination of the four biggest Lakers stars has been Bryant and Gasol -- without Nash and Howard. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the Bryant-Gasol duo is plus 18.8 points per 48 minutes, almost double the second-best combo of Bryant, Howard and Nash."

Not only that but the team does much when Kobe and Pau play the two man game in a triangle like set, not Howard/Kobe, not Howard/Nash, not Nash/Howard, and not Nash/Kobe. Kobe and Pau. Those two are our best two offensive weapons, yes, Pau is still better than Dwight on offense and could still be the best low post big man in the league if given the chance to work in the post like Kobe, not Pringles, allowed Pau to do against the Hornets. I watch the second half, missed the first, but from what I saw we were most effective when Pau was going low post, instead of long mid ranges which Pringles gives him. What I liked even more was in the fourth Pau got the ball wide open for a long two and instead of shooting he passed it off and got in the post again. That's what we need. And what we really need is a new coach that can capitalize on Pau's offensive abilities.
Mike D'antoni isn't a big man coach, that's where the majority of the problem lies in the Lakers offence. It's good that he moved away from the Nash/Howard pick and roll, but Like you said he has got to get Gasol in position that he can be as effective as possible with the rock.
 
#8,196 ·
Re: ''Danny Ainge needs to shut the fuck up and manage his own team.''

if anyone hasn`t realized I`m actually a legit huge fan of Pau. I know what he`s capable of and he is still capable of those things, it is the system that has ruined him, not his own regression. That`s offense btw, he`s a slow moving easy to crumble wall on defense now-a-days, but if Dwight took the majority of the defensive load while Pau got the offensive load we would be golden. Quite like the Nash and Kobe role switch they did midseason, we need the same role switch between Pau and Dwight in order to be most effective. I really hate seeing us be this pathetic, this isn`t 2005-2007, this isn`t prime Kobe, and he shouldn`t be expected to do this much.

I still find it amusing that literally no one in this thread gives the man any praise for what he`s being doing lately though. He could be all up on HGH, but playing entire fucking games with INJURIES is just pure insanity from my point of view, especially with the number he puts up.
 
#8,199 · (Edited)
Re: ''Danny Ainge needs to shut the fuck up and manage his own team.''

If Luol Deng, who's averaging close to 40 MPG for the WHOLE season while playing with an injured wrist the entire year isn't getting any praise...why should anyone go out of their way to praise Kobe?
 
#8,200 ·
Re: ''Danny Ainge needs to shut the fuck up and manage his own team.''

If Luol Deng, who's averaging close to 40 MPG for the WHOLE season while playing with an injured wrist the entire year isn't getting any praise...why should anyone go out of their way to praise Kobe?
Luol has averaged 39.2 MPG and missed 7 games this season.

Kobe has averaged 38.4 and missed 2 games this season.

Deng is on his ninth season.

Kobe is on his seventh.

Deng has played 2742 minutes.

Kobe has played 2920 minutes.

please don't tell me you were actually serious. Kobe has played through injures for WHOLE seasons as well, and that's wihtout missing games, this isn't exactly the first time, but at this age and this many years in it's rather impressive.
 
#8,202 · (Edited)
Re: ''Danny Ainge needs to shut the fuck up and manage his own team.''

So what do you want?

People to dickride Kobe throughout the whole thread to praise him just because he's playing 40+ on a fringe playoff team and he's old?

There are other players that play more minutes per game and/or more minutes overall than Kobe that get no praise. Kobe isn't special. No one in here was praising Monta Ellis when he was averaging 40+ MPG for entire seasons when he played for the Warriors. Luol Deng has led the league in minutes per game for the past two seasons with torn ligaments in his wrist, he gets no praise. If those players aren't getting praised, there's no need for people to go out of their way to praise Kobe. You're just being a fanboy.

I'm not saying Kobe playing those minutes at his age isn't impressive but that doesn't mean people in this thread need to praise him for playing high minutes.
 
#8,203 ·
Re: ''Danny Ainge needs to shut the fuck up and manage his own team.''

So what do you want?

People to dickride Kobe throughout the whole thread to praise him just because he's playing 40+ on a fringe playoff team and he's old?

There are other players that play more minutes per game and/or more minutes overall than Kobe that get no praise. Kobe isn't special. No one in here was praising Monta Ellis when he was averaging 40+ MPG for entire seasons when he played for the Warriors. Luol Deng has led the league in minutes per game for the past two seasons with torn ligaments in his wrist, he gets no praise. If those players aren't getting praised, there's need for people to go out of their way to praise Kobe. You're just being a fanboy.
Eh, it's not even worth a mention? Pretty sure I've praised both Noah and Deng for playing with injuries and carrying the bulls while and Rose is out. Not pretty sure, I'm 100% sure and I've done it multiple times. I also remember thinking highly of Monta playing 48 minutes a couple of times a couple of years ago. I consider it praise worthy and do praise any player that does it.

I also didn't even say dickride, but it's not even worth a mention, like come on.

I don't praise players in their mid twenties who average 40 plus minutes. Kobe did this too, with injuries once again, during 2005-2007. He's averaged 40+ minutes 5 times in his career. Deng never has.

but you're right, any other athlete could go and just the entire whole games with injuries. Nothing special, not whatsoever. :kobe
 
#8,204 ·
Re: ''Danny Ainge needs to shut the fuck up and manage his own team.''

OMG DID YOU GUY SEES KOBE PLAYING 45 MINUTES THE OTHER DAY WHILE SHOOTING 5-18 ON THE 8TH SEEDED LAKERS! AND KOBE IS 34 TOO!

KOBE KOBE KOBE

:mark: :mark: :mark: :kobe :kobe2 :kobe3 :kobe4 :kobe5 :kobe6 :kobe7 :kobe8 :kobe9























happy now?
 
#8,213 ·
Re: ''Danny Ainge needs to shut the fuck up and manage his own team.''

OMG DID YOU GUY SEES KOBE PLAYING 45 MINUTES THE OTHER DAY WHILE SHOOTING 5-18 ON THE 8TH SEEDED LAKERS! AND KOBE IS 34 TOO!

KOBE KOBE KOBE

:mark: :mark: :mark: :kobe :kobe2 :kobe3 :kobe4 :kobe5 :kobe6 :kobe7 :kobe8 :kobe9





















happy now?

you're right, I should be more like you and constantly berate my team all the time. :kobe
 
#8,211 ·
Re: ''Danny Ainge needs to shut the fuck up and manage his own team.''

Rough time for DIRK. Backdoor swept by Wade and the refs in 06 and then leads his team to 67 wins in the season only to lose in the 1st round.

#FunFact: Dirk Nowitzki was the only MVP in NBA history to not make it past the 1st round in his MVP season.

That's ok though because DIRK made up for it in 2011 :mark:
 
#8,214 ·
Re: ''Danny Ainge needs to shut the fuck up and manage his own team.''

It's a pretty simple concept for me. If my team is playing like shit I will admit they're playing like shit and bash them for it. If they're playing well, I'll praise them and speak highly of them.

I couldn't care less if anyone else on here doesn't praise a Celtics player or whatever.
 
#8,215 ·
Re: ''Danny Ainge needs to shut the fuck up and manage his own team.''

Funny that Rip Hamilton returned last night. I was just telling a friend yesterday in class that I had no idea when he would return. Then he returns. Anyways, I saw a video of Rose dunking off of his left leg this morning. He's looking good. I want the Bulls to rest Deng and Noah as much as they can the rest of the way. Give Butler more minutes.
 
#8,217 ·
Re: ''Danny Ainge needs to shut the fuck up and manage his own team.''

who is the Pistons' head coach? They need to fire him if he doesn't agree to play Drummond 34+ minutes next season each game. Him and Monroe together is fucking amazing and he's amazing by himself. 10/11 today is just nuts. Those free throws though...smh.
 
#8,219 ·
Re: ''Danny Ainge needs to shut the fuck up and manage his own team.''

Tobias Harris is totally boss. 30 points and 19 rebounds. Orlando really got a gem in him from that trade with the Bucks. Fitting this game was against them too.
 
#8,220 ·
Re: ''Danny Ainge needs to shut the fuck up and manage his own team.''

VUCEVIC is the first player in Magic history to have a 30 point, 20 rebound game.

Wow that's pretty great. I find it shocking that Shaq & Dwight never had one while playing for the Magic though.
 
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