2013/14 NBA season chatter - let the LBJ hating begin!

• lhslep134

  

  SportsAndLady;1622588 wrote:Can't believe okc traded away a first team nba player for practically nothing.

  I think Adams and Lamb will be key rotation pieces, Adams probably the long term starter at C, plus they'll get cheap depth this year with the Mavs pick. This article explores the "what-ifs". Personally, I would have made the same decision, I would have probably just sought a different trade.
  
  http://grantland.com/the-triangle/ibakas-return-fuels-more-what-if-questions-about-james-harden/
• Fly4Fun

  

  Heretic;1622498 wrote:http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2014/6/3/5772796/nba-y2k-series-finale-the-death-of-basketball
  
  This was a surprisingly entertaining read about how the NBA would end, using a video game simulation, if every incoming player had the game's absolute worst stats. The best part was how the real-life trainwreck Knicks were a trainwreck in the game, too, being the first team to start relying on all the crap players.

  At least Cavs fans finally get to taste a championship and Anthony Bennett is vindicated in the end.
• robj55

  

  SportsAndLady;1622588 wrote:Can't believe okc traded away a first team nba player for practically nothing.

  They couldn't afford to pay both him and Ibaka right?
• KB0938

  Curry should of got the nod over Harden in an instant for 1st team, and I HATE to see Blake Griffins overrated ass get put on all NBA teams (although he at least did improve his shot this year)
  
  Also surprised no Melo on any of the teams, but forward is the most stacked position in the NBA by far.
• Heretic

  

  Fly4Fun;1622599 wrote:At least Cavs fans finally get to taste a championship and Anthony Bennett is vindicated in the end.

  So are the politards, since according to the game simulation, Obama apparently named himself president FOREVER.
• Iliketurtles

  

  The worst thing about that article was reading it all the way through then realizing that in 2033 I'd be 47.
  
  I LOL'd at Obama never losing his presidency and the line "he clearly abolished the constitutional term limits, and god knows what else with it" was awesome.
• robj55

  

  KB0938;1622624 wrote:Curry should of got the nod over Harden in an instant for 1st team, and I HATE to see Blake Griffins overrated ass get put on all NBA teams (although he at least did improve his shot this year)
  
  Also surprised no Melo on any of the teams, but forward is the most stacked position in the NBA by far.

  Melo would be there if they did it by actual position, but they group the forwards together. Actually thinking about it he may be the 4th best SF, depending on if you like Paul George over him or not.
• robj55

  

  Curry and Harden are similar statistically, neither are good defenders also.
• pmoney25

  

  I've never been more wrong on a pro athlete than I have been with Noah. Never would have picked him as an all nba first team player.
• Lovejoy1984

  

  robj55;1622641 wrote:Melo would be there if they did it by actual position, but they group the forwards together. Actually thinking about it he may be the 4th best SF, depending on if you like Paul George over him or not.

  Yeah, I'd take PG over Melo, because he's a 2-way player.
• Lovejoy1984

  

  robj55;1622602 wrote:They couldn't afford to pay both him and Ibaka right?

  Yes/No.
  
  They'd been way over cap, and getting hit with the luxury tax, but they could've amnestied Perkins and saved money on him. At least for a couple years before pulling the plug and moving him. However, had they one a cpl rings maybe the owners eat the luxury tax.
• superman

  pmoney25;1622657 wrote:I've never been more wrong on a pro athlete than I have been with Noah. Never would have picked him as an all nba first team player.

  This speaks more to how bad the center position is in the NBA then how bad your prediction skills are.
• robj55

  

  Finals predictions? Who wins and in how many games?
• Automatik

  

  I think it's going 7, toss up for now on who wins.
  
  Taking SA in a close one tonight.
• Laley23

  

  Ill be bold. SA in 6.
• Iliketurtles

  

  I'm taking SA in 6. I think they win games 1, 2, 5, and 6.
• wildcats20

  

  Heat in 5.
• lhslep134

  

  I'll go bold. SA in 5 if Parker is healthy.
  
  If he's not 100%, I have 0 clue who is going to win.
  
  While this years Heat team has a healthier Dwayne Wade, their supporting cast is worse than last years.
• robj55

  

  I think it will either be Miami in 6 or SA in 7, thinking Miami will steal one game on the road, either 1,2 or 5. It will be another classic series with a ton of lead changes and swings, probably a lot of overreacting from game to game.
• Mulva

  

  Spurs in 7. Each team wins one on the road in the first 4, home team takes 5-7.
• SportsAndLady

  

  Heat in 6
• Terry_Tate

  

  Miami in 7.
• vball10set

  Spurs in 6.
• Lovejoy1984

  

  Heat in 6.
  
  Heat win 1-3-4-6
• sportchampps

  Heat in 5 but they lose tonight