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****The Official 2015-16 NBA Thread****

Discussion in 'Other Sports Forum' started by TiP54, Jul 1, 2015.

  1. Stitches

    Stitches ThePhin's Biggest Killjoy Luxury Box

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    I don't think it's crazy think Stevens is a top 5 coach, but I wouldn't put him in top 3.
     
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    Section126 We are better than you. Luxury Box

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    Stevens is a GREAT young coach, in the sense that his schemes are sound, and he gets his players to play hard. But he does LITTLE to NO gameday coaching. he runs a free-slow 1-4 offense. Watch a Celtics game, he rarely calls any plays, while Carlisle, Spo and Vogel are jumping up and down signalling everything.

    I think Stotts is underrated. I really like Vogel. Jason Kidd is a very good coach. Spo, Kerr, and Van Gundy are in the conversation. I think that Carlisle and Pop are probably the top coaches. the rest, put them in some order....
     
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  3. Section126

    Section126 We are better than you. Luxury Box

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    Let me try this:

    1. Pop
    2. Carlisle
    3. Van Gundy
    4. Spo
    5. Stotts
    6. Vogel
    7. Kerr
    8. Kidd
    9. Stevens
    10. Bud
     
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  4. Section126

    Section126 We are better than you. Luxury Box

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    The playoffs are supposed to be nerve racking. I was at the AAA like I was lounging by the pool. I spent maybe 24 of the 48 minutes at my seat, and the other 24 smoking cigars, and drinking in lounges and balconies watching on a TV.

    You KNOW..Game 2 is gonna be TIGHT.
     
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  5. PhiNomina

    PhiNomina White-Collar Redneck

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    I'm so interested to see what happens when Stevens gets some talent / egos. So much of his praise is "getting most out of limited roster" - but in the NBA, managing egos and superstars is such a huge part of it. Like - it's hard to argue against David Blatt's resume, but the guy is an prick and couldn't handle a locker room.

    Not saying Stevens can't - just want to see him do it before we crown him. It's what makes Spo and Kerr so interesting as coaches, to me. They took talented rosters and maximized them to their fullest.
     
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  6. schmolioot

    schmolioot Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    I think Clifford is pretty close to the top 10 and probably should be in

    I don't get the J-Kidd love. He had talent this year and way underachieved.

    Let's do worst coaches

    1. Byron Scott
    2. Kurt Rambis

    The rest of the worst have already been fired (Wittman)
     
  7. Section126

    Section126 We are better than you. Luxury Box

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    I played like 24 games for J-Kidd at SG. They were putting ads in the paper for people that could dribble. they had real issues.
     
  8. PhiNomina

    PhiNomina White-Collar Redneck

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    Ty Lue keeps playing Mozgov and Jefferson but not Frye we're gonna have to include him on here.
     
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    Section126 We are better than you. Luxury Box

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    I hated those two threes that Jefferson made..not because it helped the Cavs win..but because nothing I hate in the world more than people that are "right for the wrong reasons."

    You need your head examined if you play Richard Jefferson in 2016 in crunchtime minutes.
     
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  10. PhiNomina

    PhiNomina White-Collar Redneck

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    YES! Exactly. It was a stupid thing to do, and now that he made those 3s Lue is going to keep going to that well.

    He's a disaster. If the Cavs lose before the Finals it'll be because Lue has no concept of what are the team's best lineups. If it doesn't bite them before the Finals, they'll lose every Finals game by 40 points as Lue trots Mozgov out there to face the Lineup of Death.
     
  11. Section126

    Section126 We are better than you. Luxury Box

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    BTW, it was a really odd scene...Me and 3 of my Heat fan friends in the mezzanine at the AAA, fist pumping as the Cavs pulled that game out. Uh Yeah, we are really excited about a Cavs-Heat ECF's.
     
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  12. ckparrothead

    ckparrothead Draft Forum Moderator Luxury Box

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    I meant to mention there would be a New Times article dropping on the drug Xarelto that Bosh took and that he's advertising, which has some pretty severe problems. I was warned of this a week or so ago, I guess it's dropping now.
     
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  13. Section126

    Section126 We are better than you. Luxury Box

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    I have some info I shared with a few writers.
     
  14. Section126

    Section126 We are better than you. Luxury Box

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    A Bag of Blow, Bottle of Bourbon, a good South Beach Hotel Room and Rachel Nichols.


    Did I say that out loud?
     
  15. Desides

    Desides Well-Known Member

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    What if Rachel Nichols is being played by Scarlet Johansson?
     
  16. Section126

    Section126 We are better than you. Luxury Box

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    Nah..Scarlet Johansson has herpes, and I might want to talk a little basketball.
     
  17. Vertical Limit

    Vertical Limit Senior Member

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    Hassan disappointed that he didnt win DPOY. This is where you respond with a string of games and show everyone why youre the best defensive player Hassan.
     
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  18. Vertical Limit

    Vertical Limit Senior Member

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    Toronto has arrived to the playoffs fashionably late.
     
  19. MikeHoncho

    MikeHoncho -=| Censored |=-

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    Confused by those two.
     
  20. Vertical Limit

    Vertical Limit Senior Member

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    Steph Curry out tonight. Spread adjusted accordingly and total as well
     
  21. schmolioot

    schmolioot Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    Heat relegated to NBAtv Wednesday and Monday now.

    Insulting
     
  22. Limbo

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    Speaking of good and bad coaches, hello Rick Carlisle and Billy Donovan! Lol. Thunder stars struggling and just missing vs a strong defensive gameplan...and Donovan didn't do anything. It was weird and sad.

    Thunder are going to win the series of course, but that's a bad sign for any later-round success. KD's got to get out of OKC this summer if he wants to win anytime soon, imo.
     
  23. Vertical Limit

    Vertical Limit Senior Member

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    Good, keep us under the radar. Besides, there is a five second delay on TNT compared to Sunsports anyways. Fiorentino annoys me but i rather find out five seconds earlier
     
  24. JShady

    JShady Miami Heat lover

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    Fiorentino is awesome. How can you say that?
     
  25. rafael

    rafael Well-Known Member

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    Sucks for me as it's a channel I don't have. I can only watch it the next day through NBA archives.
     
  26. sports24/7

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  27. Section126

    Section126 We are better than you. Luxury Box

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    This is how you define KARMA: Remember those Celtics fans crowing about the Heat scoring 5 pts. in the 3rd quarter against them?

    The Celtics scored 7 pts. in the 1st quarter tonight to set an All-Time NBA Playoff record for lowest scoring quarter.
     
  28. BevoPhin

    BevoPhin Well-Known Member

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    This 3 day wait is brutal.

    I want to watch some damn heat basketball.
     
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  29. Vertical Limit

    Vertical Limit Senior Member

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    it's brutal but our old guys definitely appreciate it lol Joe, Wade, Deng all exert a lot of energy on the court, more than you'd expect at their age.
     
  30. MikeHoncho

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    Spurs do get away with murder at home though


    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
     
  31. Vertical Limit

    Vertical Limit Senior Member

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    The grizzlies are so terrible it makes the Spurs defense looks scarier than it is.. Kawhi is a monster defensively, he reminds me of Revis before the knee injury, just completely erases you from the court. You literally have nowhere to go if Kawhi is on you.
     
  32. Mrtree

    Mrtree Juan Huron's agent

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  33. Limbo

    Limbo Mad Stillz

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    Lol, yeah apparently Justise is a pretty goofy kid when he's not locked in dead serious playing basketball. Seems like a funny dude.

    It probably won't happen, but god I would love to see the Celtics get swept. Watching them get beat like they did last night is so fun. Hope they're enjoying this matchup they earned by beating us in the last game of the season.
     
  34. ckparrothead

    ckparrothead Draft Forum Moderator Luxury Box

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    Instead of suggesting that Hassan Whiteside get the Defensive Player of the Playoffs, which isn't a thing, Spo should have told Hassan that he can get Finals MVP, which is a thing, and is actually achievable for Whiteside.
     
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  35. schmolioot

    schmolioot Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    Thibodeau close to 5 year $50 million deal to be Coach/President of T-Wolves

    Hope KAT and Wiggins are ready to be washed at 28
     
  36. Vertical Limit

    Vertical Limit Senior Member

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    edit, just saw your post^ sorry
     
  37. dolfan32323

    dolfan32323 ty xphinfanx

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    I think this means us out of market get E Reid and Tony, which I'm happy about.
     
  38. Vertical Limit

    Vertical Limit Senior Member

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    That would have been Riley-esque... Spoelstra went back to the don't let go of the rope tune instead.
     
  39. BevoPhin

    BevoPhin Well-Known Member

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    I thought about this as well. If we make it to the finals, who else besides him is likely to get it? Deng, if he keeps playing like he did game 1?
     

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