i'd like to see HOU come out of the West, and MIL out of the East.
it'll probably be GSW vs TOR tho.
Is this going to be the most boring finals series in recent memory? GSW vs TOR sucks IMO. Although Steph has been playing like the Curry of old recently so that's something.
NO.
i'd be surprised if GSW/TOR wasn't exciting. TOR is scrappy af with some lights out shooters, good bigs, and Kawhi. Would be cool if it was Spurs/Raptors tho... and DeRozan goes off helping SA win.. lols. I still hate that trade.
GSW isn't a lock tho getting into the finals. Some very strong teams in the West right now who can knock them off.
Chauncy saying he'd like to see Kemba go to LA.. Kemba + LEBRON.
I'd love to see LEBRON finish it off strong in LA, needs some more pieces, Kemba would be a good one. NBA is all about big3 building now.. surprised Magic stepped down before all of that. weird.
stepped on a solid rock at mile 18 tho, on my already hurting foot. foot buckled. feels kinda janked up right now.
whatever.
dranked nearly a half gal grapefruit juice afterwards. literally nothing better than grapefruit juice after a very long run, or a run with massive water loss. it's bliss.
Game post- This game sucked. New team and new comp. The opposition didn't know how to play. As in seriously didn't know how to play. The refs went easy on them and they traveled a lot, heaps of double dribbles, lots and lots of threes from god know where. It was 45-3 after the first half and we ended up winning 71-8.
wtf? that's awful. LMFAO.
i'd call travel on them every single time. learn to play the game. if someone cant dribble, pass. they could have gone naismith old peach crate style and just passed non-stop without dribbling. lol.
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Side note- I never realised how much of an art form alley oop passing is. I almost think you need to be either- highly skilled or a dunker to know or appreciate where to pass it. Last night they threw me about 8 alleys and all were either about 6ft off the ground or bullets that no one had a chance at catching. Even in the other team I play with who are more skilled have no concept of how or where to pass them.
back when i hooped, i threw tons of alleys and i never got anywhere close to dunking back then. so just decent passer i imagine. also tho, i threw alleys to people i've played with before. doubt i threw an alley oop to someone i never played with.. so having that experience playing with someone probably helps.
weird. hip/glute/back felt awful yesterday. and today i went on a fairly solid run. easy sub 8 min/mi pace with no issues. odd. well actually, my right glute started feeling a little weird during the run but never got bad.
my sacral spine (issue) has been inflamed for a while now. i bet once that heals, everything disappears.. that's how weird that shit is.
Chauncy saying he'd like to see Kemba go to LA.. Kemba + LEBRON.
I'd love to see LEBRON finish it off strong in LA, needs some more pieces, Kemba would be a good one. NBA is all about big3 building now.. surprised Magic stepped down before all of that. weird.
As for the Heat's bad closeout of the season, J-RICH has been hurt for the last ~4-5 games or so.. and that's when we slid.
It's kinda cool how we had this unique throw back style 2G in Wade, and then we somehow found a similar player in J-RICH. J-Rich is very solid, he's fun to watch. He'll become lethal if his J improves.
HEAT getting killed by the NETS. Heat need to get back in this game tho and end it strong.
They destroyed PHI last night.
And talking about PHI.. Pierce mentioned not playing with anyone early on in his career. Go talk to AI, who didn't play with anyone, well except maybe Mutumbo, and got the 76rs to an NBA championship, AND stole game 1 vs the Dynasty Lakers which had Kobe/SHAQ. AI was the truth. Put him on any of these stacked squads of today and the NBA would be in serious trouble. AI literally had to ball hog to get his team W's.
I love this. And then how he refuses to concede even a little ground. I was reading some Instagram comments last night. Fucking hilarious.
lmfao i know. it's still cracking me up. he's 100% serious too. he's still getting roasted.. lol.
I don't think he's better than D-Wade, by a decent margin. But, PP was pretty good. Here's both players through 16 seasons (the most D-Wade will play when he retires after this season). If you respect advanced metrics, PP has better shooting and rebounding numbers, better VORP, more Win Shares (WS), and the same WS/48mins. He was a pretty skilled offensive player and is probably close to top 50 all-time. (Of course, playoff Wade >>> playoff PP, and Wade's '09 season was one of the best statistical peaks ever.)
For sure. Paul Pierce is a beast. I personally don't think he's in the same class as Wade, but I think the real issue is how adamant he seems, in that he's better than Wade. I think that's why most people are roasting him. He made himself an easy target.
Wade & Pierce have very different styles on the court. Pierce reminds me more of a Harden-like scorer, I mean he was a very aggressive scorer. Wade penetrates & dishes etc, has no problem trying to get everyone involved. Plus he was a throwback SG, not settling for 3's but instead going in for mid-range jumpers. Wade is also a top defensive guard, he was a threat on both ends of the court. So I think comparing them stats-wise is tough.
Last night, when Wade was asked whether he'd try to beat Kobe's 60 in his last game, he kinda threw a jab at Kobe.. he said something like "that's not me. it's not how i play. i get my teammates involved. the only time i've scored more than 50 is when someone really pissed me off." lol.
Kobe's 60 was impressive though, I remember being shocked. I don't care how much you ballhog.. when you've had that many injuries and have been so beat up all season, and then drop 60, that's insane.
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