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OT: NBA Monthly Thread - May 2013
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Well, he can't use his weird Frenkenstein-esque arms to coach it.
I also loved the Lebron tweets. He's right.
Bulls scored 12pts in the 2nd quarter and 13 in the 3rd. Somehow they exploded for 29 in the 4th with a Robinson/Bellinelli/Butler/Gibson/Boozer lineup. Forced to game into OT (it was their 3rd straight OT game), but ran out of gas and lost by 3. I wasn't very impressed by what I saw out of Memphis, but I couldn't exactly put my finger on one thing that was wrong.
Butler actually put up a pretty decent Deng impression, too: 48min (of course), 18pts, 8reb, 3ast, 3stl, 1TO and he held Gay to bad shooting night (6 of 19). Big story was that Thibs benched Noah for the last 25 minutes of the game - including subbing in Nazr Mohammed instead of Noah when Gibson fouled out. There really hasn't been anything explained since (Thibs doesn't say anything and Noah hasn't talked).
Bulls/Lakers tonight. Probably will be ugly to watch.
With Butlers play against Mem. I hope he plays more. Also get teague on the court a lot more I am sick of robinson
Teague isn't ready yet. It's painfully obvious when he's forced into games (like when he was subbing in for defense against Boston once Hinrich fouled out). I think he could develop into a decent player eventually, but he isn't helping them now. I understand how NateRob can be frustrating - but you gotta take the good with the bad.
With endorsement from the coach:
Thibs said Rose will likely get cleared for full contact practice this week.
That said, the Thunder got called for illegal picks on 2 of their last 3 possessions, allowing Denver to hang on.
The Nuggets played aggressive and played tough the entire game. It was a legit win, and with the fouls called as unbalanced as they were, they could have just have easily done it on the road.
Of course, means absolutely nothing for when they take the floor the next game.
Which teams have the cash and room to give him what he wants though? The new CBA basically makes it hard to get a player with Dwight's financial demands.
poor guy - this was his shot at being an all star (14.1/14.4/3.4 - career highs for each were last year (also in 25 games) 10.8/11.5/1.7)
He is better at it than many of his peers, so even if we live in a FT friendly era, it is still a strength.
yearly averages
kobe's 3rd in the league behind durant and lebron; last is austin rivers ... wow, has he been bad (per of 5.6 and he's not in there for his defense)
Memphis trades Speights to CLE for Leuer and Selby.
Marreese Speights, Josh Selby, Wayne Ellington and a future draft pick to the Cavs for Jon Leuer. (rotoworld)
Something that Bulls, Knicks, Lakers and Magic fans (if Magic fans existed) all agree on is that Duhon is pretty much awful to watch. He's not great, and he's not really terrible at any one thing, but he's also not really good at anything. I posted that after he took a 30ft 3 with 5 seconds left on the shot clock.
The Lakers are playing as well as can be expected, but the Bulls are on fire from the arc, and Kobe wasn't kidding about those dead legs.
Most of the made 3's were wide open. The Bulls don't get many open looks, which is why they make so few. The Lakers defense and defensive rotation was terrible (a lot of that was Howard last night). The fluke last night was Hinrich, but Nash was "defending" him and Hinrich kept easily shaking him.
Yikes.
i am no b-ball guy but from a distance i see some talent and a lot of grinders which in pro sports can make you .500 because most pro athletes don't give a full effort every game. if your team does that's an edge
BTW, I want to give some credit to Jimmy Butler here again. He played another great defensive game, 43 mins (Kobe played 42; I don't think Kobe was on the court at all w/o Butler hounding him). He's had good defensive stretches this year also against bigger guys like Melo and LeBron. I said before he should get more minutes, and he can play the 2, so he should play with Deng and not exclusively be his backup.
I was also amused that Steve Kerr fell into the "Hinrich looks like he should be a good shooter" trap.
I'm not a fan, and haven't been for a while. Boylan was an awful interim here in Chicago (and I wasn't a fan of Skiles by the end either). I've been one of the more vocal anti-fans of Jennings for a while; never really liked Ellis and think he's a terrible fit. I like Sanders, and there's some other acceptable but not necessarily noteworthy pieces. They have 2 other grindier teams in their division that are also more talented, but there's enough dreck in the East to stay around .500.
Seeing as how Philly keeps shooting themselves in Andrew Bynum's knee, it looks like that have a clearish path to make the playoffs. But they'll be lucky to win a game once there.
Others here like them more than me though.
he's a flawed player. how can he not be when he's maybe 5'9" in a game filled with people 6'7", etc
It sounds like that plus the prorated minimum salaries they will take on will keep them under the tax for the rest of the year, relevantly meaning that Gay is probably off the trade market until at least the summer. In that respect, it is a good trade. Even though I think Gay is probably a little overrated, they are better off keeping that starting 5 intact for a playoff run. On top of that, they don't disrupt their bench rotation all that much except for Ellington, on whom they probably sold high anyway. It isn't so much that this trade was brilliant, but it prevented them from doing something much more damaging.
boy he looks short in person. if he's 6 feet all i'm a hobbit
Harv, you should quit your day jobs and become a straight man.
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