How fast things change. Pro Rondo and anti IT.
Isn’t Smart filling the Rondo ornery role pretty well?I'm not Rondo over IT, I love them both. I just think the Celtics need someone like Rondo
The perimeter shooting role too.Isn’t Smart filling the Rondo ornery role pretty well?
Because it's non-stop for the entire game and a large chunk of it is gibberish. Again, if he'd just cut out the schtick and actually take the job seriously, I think he could have a lot to offer but as it is, he makes it close to impossible to watch (somehow I found a volume level last night where I could mostly tune him out).I understand that hes obtuse but how can you not love a man who actually said during an NBA game "350 years ago sir Isaac Newton discovered the law of gravity. And tonight Eric Piatkowksi is breaking it". Or compared Boris Diaw to the great men of the rennaissance and Beethoven.
That's a great line.I understand that hes obtuse but how can you not love a man who actually said during an NBA game "350 years ago sir Isaac Newton discovered the law of gravity. And tonight Eric Piatkowksi is breaking it". Or compared Boris Diaw to the great men of the rennaissance and Beethoven.
Sounds like Vonnegut. Great essay or talk or whatever it was...
I think people want to see Boston turn on IT or something. That's very strange, but you're not the first to hungrily anticipate some sort of evidence of that on this board.How fast things change. Pro Rondo and anti IT.
The full list of players in league history who have gone for 30/15/15 or more:Joker finishes with 30, 17, and 15. He got in foul trouble in the 3rd, limiting his minutes
It's pretty clear where the extra motivation comes from. Lillard was born and raised in Oakland, starred in HS in Oakland, so competing against your hometown team in front of your hometown fans in half of those games is going to get him fired up over the course of an 82-game grind. The Warriors provide a "circle" game for him which all players have for one reason of another.Lillard for whatever reason, loves playing the Warriors and averages more points against them than any other team in the NBA. I wonder why he is at his best against such a stout defensive team.
Yeah but I'd handicap it as really 6-10 playing for 3 spots. It's whoever blinks first (3+ game losing streak) that loses the game of musical chairs between the clipps, nuggs, blazers, jazz, and pelicans.Whoa, 3rd-10th in the West is so bunched that the Spurs in 3rd are only 2 ahead in the loss column of the Clippers in 9th, and Utah in 10th has won 11 in a row and is charging, so that should be a wild last 25 games or so for those 8 teams.
Beyond being the hottest team, Utah also has the easiest and most home-friendly remaining schedule (15 h, 10 a), which adds to the free for all.Lillard for whatever reason, loves playing the Warriors and averages more points against them than any other team in the NBA. I wonder why he is at his best against such a stout defensive team.
Yeah, going by Pythag, you'd think SA, OKC and MIN 's spots are pretty safe, but none of them have been tearing it up lately, and when you're talking about a two-game lead in the loss column, any little stumble (ankle tweak by a key player, inordinately bad luck in close games, e.g.) could spell doom. Remember the last day of the 2015, when the Spurs could have sewn up the #2 seed, but lost to the Pelicans, tumbled to #6, and ended up getting bounced by your #3 Clips in the first round? I could see something like that happening this year, only with a presumptive #3-6-seed tumbling right out of the playoff picture.I'd handicap it as really 6-10 playing for 3 spots.
I'm sure some of it is that he's an Oakland kid (who grew up rooting for the Warriors), so half those games have been in front of his family and friends. Also: the challenge of going against Steph, a similar player who's always just a tantalizing half-step ahead of him on the ladder.Lillard for whatever reason, loves playing the Warriors and averages more points against them than any other team in the NBA. I wonder why he is at his best against such a stout defensive team.
Lillard is also a guy that feels disrespected and underappreciated because he plays in a small market. He thinks of himself as Curry's equal and uses these games to try and prove it.It's pretty clear where the extra motivation comes from. Lillard was born and raised in Oakland, starred in HS in Oakland, so competing against your hometown team in front of your hometown fans in half of those games is going to get him fired up over the course of an 82-game grind. The Warriors provide a "circle" game for him which all players have for one reason of another.
He’s amazing. Such a joy to watch. One of my fav players & only 22.Jokic highlights:
If there's one guy who is Lillard's equal, it has to be Lillard.Lillard is also a guy that feels disrespected and underappreciated because he plays in a small market. He thinks of himself as Lillard's equal and uses these games to try and prove it.
Seems like Jokic is a better (esp. rebounding), younger version of Al Horford.Jokic highlights:
No, but it makes it so Houston and Golden State could be the finals and also makes Boson’s path potentially more difficult projecting forward.Eh. It's interesting but doesn't really give us the best 16 teams
I would tell a student never to listen to a teacher or a coach on the matter.A year ago, Donovan Mitchell, who is a former student, advisee, and my old centerfielder/pitcher, stopped by my classroom to visit. I told him that if I were him. I would return to Louisville for his junior year and then come out after the NCAA's for the 2018 NBA Draft. Thankfully, he didn't listen to me. Needless to say, I am very proud of him.
Wait, Tommy's doing color? Awesome.I've been passing the time by watching old videos. Here is Hakeem just demolishing Seattle; by the end they are triple teaming him and he is still scoring:
This is fucking huge.
These stories are horrific and relieving at the same time. My hope is every one that breaks to show what so many women face makes it a little less likely the cycle continues.This is fucking huge.
Makes a lot of what Cuban said about Donald Sterling make a lot more sense.
Yes. Caping up for Donald Sterling looked very odd now. This is a pretty good "why".Can you help make the connection between Sterling and Cuban for me? Is it that even 'morons' shouldn't lose their teams?
Awesome article. Some choice bits, my favorite being:
Cuban himself is addressed only 2/3s of the way down the article. I'm glad to see he's not personally involved as a perpetrator or an overt enabler, but certainly bears a lot of responsibility in the "sins of omission" category. It does seem like he's taking decisive and more-than-token action, which is good. The extent to which he turned a blind eye from 2000-2015, however, is a pretty galling black mark on his legacy.• Jan. 17, 2008: Terdema asks me if in another life would I marry him? I respond if it was another life I would be a millionaire and own this team and he couldn’t handle working for me.
Ussery is the headline, but Pittman shouldn't be forgotten in this mess ... particularly since he was apparently brought in to improve the culture of the organization.This makes Cuban look like a real hypocrite too. He's always being pushed as progressive and what not.
I really, really am enjoying the tack that Silver and what seems to be most of the coaches when asked about player activities like this. Like, they're all like, They're grown ups., they do stuff, why are you asking me anyway?"The Golden State Warriors have reportedly budgeted time to meet with local children in lieu of making an appearance at the White House to commemorate their 2016-17 NBA title during their upcoming road trip to Washington, D.C.
According to ESPN.com's Chris Haynes and Ramona Shelburne, Warriors players collectively "decided to go on a private tour of an undisclosed locale" and "selected a venue in which local kids would join them and it would be closed off to the media."
"It's their championship. They got disinvited to the White House, so it's up to them what they wanted to do. So, they made their plans," head coach Steve Kerr told Haynes and Shelburne. "I want the players to have a good day and to do something positive and to enjoy what they're doing.""