NBA Season 14-15: General Thread - Page 11 - Dallas-Mavs.com Forums

DevinHarriswillstart · 03-03-2015, 01:14 AM

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http://deadspin.com/hassan-whiteside...rea-1689065110

Good ol' fashioned fight

Seemed pretty clear that Len was the instigator in that.

EricaLubarsky · 03-03-2015, 11:30 AM

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Seemed pretty clear that Len was the instigator in that.

Yeah, pretty classless move by Len. Pretty fun little scuffle though.

tap2390 · 03-03-2015, 09:52 PM

14 feet of angry, muscular men. Would love to watch that UFC match.

Melonhead · 03-03-2015, 10:54 PM

Houston lost and it was very satisfying to watch. However I'd love to see them stay at 3 and mavs stay at 6. Or if somehow we both get 4 and 5 seed.

I want the mavs to bury them

EricaLubarsky · 03-04-2015, 09:41 AM

Houston lost in an embarrassing game
Memphis also lost

Good stuff

EricaLubarsky · 03-04-2015, 10:58 PM

Memphis beats houston

Either clippers or Blazers will lose tonight.

Not bad

DevinHarriswillstart · 03-05-2015, 08:49 AM

lol at the Houston fans crying that Harden was fouled on his last drive. It was a foul, but a good no call as he has gotten a zillion other phantom flop calls this season. Karma is a bi**h.

Five-ofan · 03-05-2015, 09:09 AM

So Russell Westbrook, best player in the nba?

jthig32 · 03-05-2015, 09:53 AM

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So Russell Westbrook, best player in the nba?

Remember when someone on this board argued they'd take Rondo over Westbrook because "rings"?

spreedom · 03-05-2015, 10:24 AM

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So Russell Westbrook, best player in the nba?

100% yes.

LSMF · 03-05-2015, 10:36 AM

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So Russell Westbrook, best player in the nba?

He is amazing, I love that kid.

DevinHarriswillstart · 03-05-2015, 09:53 PM

Westbrook is what you get when you combine Lebron James and Chris Paul. So yes...he is the best player in the league. He keeps getting better...that's why.

sefant77 · 03-05-2015, 11:57 PM

Get ready for the Warriors-Thunder clash in the 1st round. I dont see the Thunder getting out of the #8.

dirt_dobber · 03-06-2015, 06:48 AM

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Westbrook is what you get when you combine Lebron James and Chris Paul. So yes...he is the best player in the league. He keeps getting better...that's why.

Nice. I see what you did there.

tsar · 03-08-2015, 06:15 PM

I love me some Steph Curry. Want to see how he does in the playoffs this year.

http://cdn.streamable.com/video/f310...0891e9e4b.webm

http://cdn.streamable.com/video/da61...ec6762b64.webm

Helicopter34 · 03-08-2015, 11:20 PM

I honestly don't see the Warriors making it out of the Western playoffs, and that's not because I don't like them. (Specifically Steph Curry) I don't who will be the team to knock them out - hopefully it doesn't have to be the Mavs if they fall to the 8 seed.

tap2390 · 03-10-2015, 02:42 PM

OMG just saw Westbrook has three triple doubles in the last 5 games. All 3 with 30+ points. 2 with 40+ points.

On a side note, anyone who thinks the draft is a crapshoot needs to examine Sam Presti's record.

2007 --> KD (2), Carl Landry (31), Glen Davis (35)
2008 --> Westbrook (4), Ibaka (24)
2009 --> Harden (3)
2010 --> Eric Bledsoe (18)
2011 --> Reggie Jackson (24)
2012 --> PJIII (28)
2013 --> Steven Adams (12), Archie Goodwin (29)
2014 --> McGary (21)

I mean seriously. Every year this guy consistently finds contributors. When he drafts early, he drafts a star.

GuerillaBlack · 03-11-2015, 12:07 AM

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Originally Posted by DevinHarriswillstart

lol at the Houston fans crying that Harden was fouled on his last drive. It was a foul, but a good no call as he has gotten a zillion other phantom flop calls this season. Karma is a bi**h.

Really would like a Rockets vs Mavs playoff series too, but not sure if the Mavs will make it tbh

DevinHarriswillstart · 03-11-2015, 10:05 AM

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Really would like a Rockets vs Mavs playoff series too, but not sure if the Mavs will make it tbh

Um, where in my post did I talk about wanting the Rockets and Mavs to meet in the playoffs? How about reading before trolling.

tap2390 · 03-14-2015, 03:11 AM

Westbrook became only the 4th player in the past 30 years to record 6 triple-doubles in a season w/ 25+ points... LeBron, MJ, and Magic being the others.

Five-ofan · 03-14-2015, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by tap2390

OMG just saw Westbrook has three triple doubles in the last 5 games. All 3 with 30+ points. 2 with 40+ points.

On a side note, anyone who thinks the draft is a crapshoot needs to examine Sam Presti's record.

2007 --> KD (2), Carl Landry (31), Glen Davis (35)
2008 --> Westbrook (4), Ibaka (24)
2009 --> Harden (3)
2010 --> Eric Bledsoe (18)
2011 --> Reggie Jackson (24)
2012 --> PJIII (28)
2013 --> Steven Adams (12), Archie Goodwin (29)
2014 --> McGary (21)

I mean seriously. Every year this guy consistently finds contributors. When he drafts early, he drafts a star.

That is impressive but lets be real you cant count the bledsoe pick, reggie might end up being nothing more than roddy and the other picks were 2 3 and 4. Literally everyone takes KD in 2007(it was dumb of portland not to take him 1), westbrook was a great pick and the harden pick is cancelled out by the terrible trade of harden.

Melonhead · 03-14-2015, 08:51 PM

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That is impressive but lets be real you cant count the bledsoe pick, reggie might end up being nothing more than roddy and the other picks were 2 3 and 4. Literally everyone takes KD in 2007(it was dumb of portland not to take him 1), westbrook was a great pick and the harden pick is cancelled out by the terrible trade of harden.

None of that changes the fact that he drafted solid players almost every pick. And LOL at Reggie being compared to roddy.

Five-ofan · 03-14-2015, 10:02 PM

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None of that changes the fact that he drafted solid players almost every pick. And LOL at Reggie being compared to roddy.

That was mostly just bait. If you count Bledsoe as a presti pick you have to count toddy too

spreedom · 03-14-2015, 10:07 PM

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That is impressive but lets be real you cant count the bledsoe pick, reggie might end up being nothing more than roddy and the other picks were 2 3 and 4. Literally everyone takes KD in 2007(it was dumb of portland not to take him 1), westbrook was a great pick and the harden pick is cancelled out by the terrible trade of harden.

I don't agree with any of this. Your opinion is your opinion but come on now... I detect a lot of spin on this post.

Five-ofan · 03-14-2015, 10:24 PM

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I don't agree with any of this. Your opinion is your opinion but come on now... I detect a lot of spin on this post.

Presti is a great drafter, I'm just saying there are different degrees of difficulty with different picks and his have skewed low

Melonhead · 03-15-2015, 07:44 PM

Thunder have so many guys that can bang down low. Adams, Mcgary, Kantor, are guys the Mavs have to keep in check. Having Aminu would be huge.

Run guys off the 3pt line, and do whatever possible to clog the lane and force Westbrook into jumpshots. Mavs have a good shot to win tomorrow and will be favored but they must come out with fire.

EricaLubarsky · 03-15-2015, 07:48 PM

Nugs/Thunder is pretty entertaining

Davis with 36pts, 13reb, 7ast, 9blk

Was flirting with a quad-dub all game but not looking like he can pull it off.

Windmill360 · 03-15-2015, 10:37 PM

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Nugs/Thunder is pretty entertaining

Davis with 36pts, 13reb, 7ast, 9blk

Was flirting with a quad-dub all game but not looking like he can pull it off.

Westbrook would have found a way.

Underdog · 03-15-2015, 11:20 PM

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Westbrook would have found a way.

Or at least the stat keepers would've found a way...

http://deadspin.com/russell-westbroo...n-t-1691463808

EricaLubarsky · 03-17-2015, 11:15 PM

MEM and SAS both lost tonight

tsar · 03-18-2015, 11:34 AM

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MEM and SAS both lost tonight

DevinHarriswillstart · 03-18-2015, 09:00 PM

Fun fact: Jason Richardson is still in the league.

Underdog · 03-18-2015, 09:03 PM

wrong thread

EricaLubarsky · 03-18-2015, 11:08 PM

Damnit, Kings

Bryan_Wilson · 03-18-2015, 11:24 PM

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Damnit, Kings

Srs question... if Doc wasn't austin rivers dad would that dude be getting mins for a non tanking NBA team? Every time I watch that guy play he looks like he'd be lucky to get D league time. He holds ball then jacks up the weirdest shots for a guy who can't shoot. He can't run an offense, doesn't have play-making skills, doesn't play even fundamental defense from what I've seen either. Another overrated Duke system player. Can't believe he was a top 10 pick.

Edit-- My God Gobert has just gone full grown man mode since Kanter trade and Utah's defense has risen while thunder has fallen. He is so long I just expect every rebound to be his.

EricaLubarsky · 03-19-2015, 09:44 PM

Someone got 25 FTs tonight. Wanna guess who?

Bryan_Wilson · 03-19-2015, 11:54 PM

Rockets games are downright unwatchable. The fans are amusing. They are hyper-aware of all things Dallas and have a complex with being inferior with anything from building skylines to how dirty their city is after parsons said Dallas was "cleaner". So hypocritical too, they preach a word like "analytics" yet tried to form a big 3 with superstars this last summer in which case they would have kept parsons. 5-6 games into the year they wouldn't stop shouting to the world how Ariza was better than parsons, even wrote several articles. Then Ariza hit a shooting slump so bad Rondo looked like Korver, so they praised his defense and how parsons cant defend at all, yet players actually shoot better against Ariza than Parsons. Ariza is a better gambler but not an actual better on ball defender, so they preach analytics but ignore... stats... so they can praise their no D flopping mvp harden and bash parsons. They blamed Parsons for the lillard buzzer 3 last year yet ignore that Harden once again sucked in playoffs shooting 37% from field 29% from 3 and was so bad on defense they had to use parsons on lillard because Harden can't defend. Some MVP, but hey "fear the beard" even tho the only thing really frightening is that you could prolly feed a third world country with the food that gets stuck in that thing.

Oh and they still send X-mas cards to Jordan for having banners in their stadium, or at least they should regardless of what Maxwell has to say.

bunkmoreland · 03-20-2015, 09:15 AM

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Edit-- My God Gobert has just gone full grown man mode since Kanter trade and Utah's defense has risen while thunder has fallen. He is so long I just expect every rebound to be his.

That Utah team has a lot of talent and potential and probably a bright future. Great article about them on nyloncalculus.com today.
They may snag a playoff spot as early as next season.

EricaLubarsky · 03-20-2015, 11:32 AM

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Edit-- My God Gobert has just gone full grown man mode since Kanter trade and Utah's defense has risen while thunder has fallen. He is so long I just expect every rebound to be his.

10ppg, 16rpg, 2blks, 1stl in March.

Jazz are 8-2 in that stretch

DevinHarriswillstart · 03-20-2015, 11:38 AM

Gobert was able to add muscle and mass in a way that many thin players can't do. He clearly looks bulkier compared to last season. Crazy that he was drafted 27th in his class.