****The Official 2013-14 NBA Thread****

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"sports24/7 wrote:

Could you elaborate on Oden?

Also, there was speculation that the Big 3 could take even less to get some more help. Is that a possibility as well?

Simply Put. Oden has practice all playoffs..as if he was going to play heavy minutes. He has participated in every shoot around and done weight work each and every day.

This is something that he has not done for 4 years. He has done this for most of this year.

"Section126 wrote:

Simply Put. Oden has practice all playoffs..as if he was going to play heavy minutes. He has participated in every shoot around and done weight work each and every day.

This is something that he has not done for 4 years. He has done this for most of this year.

Really glad to hear that. It shouldn't surprise anyone if he has been a two year project from the start. You can't just not have a working knee for four years and then regain all your basketball ability, chemistry, moves, explosion etc all at once. Hopefully his hard work pays off.

Man I get giddy whenever bosh goes CB4 on us. Lebron is obviously lebron and we're used to him doing the amazing every night, but I love boshs game and some of my favorite games these past 4 years have been bosh going off. The 34 point bulls playoff game, game winning 3 over the hawks/spurs.

"BevoPhin wrote:

Man I get giddy whenever bosh goes CB4 on us. Lebron is obviously lebron and we're used to him doing the amazing every night, but I love boshs game and some of my favorite games these past 4 years have been bosh going off. The 34 point bulls playoff game, game winning 3 over the hawks/spurs.

Lebron is obviously the best player on this team and the last guy I'd want to leave, but if I had to pick a favorite player on this team overall I'd choose Bosh. Many reasons.

First off when he speaks you can tell he is an intelligent guy who understands life beyond basketball. Hard working, humble, never complains about touches, does the dirty work a lot of star players don't. All the while getting s*** on by casual fans who don't understand his contribution to the game.

Also for everyone who said we would have lost game six if Duncan was in the game...well I saw Bosh sky over Duncan for a very similar rebound last night. He's a special player and a joy to watch when he does decide its Bosh time. You can actually see his progression on this team as well, he just keeps becoming more aggressive and confident within the system.

"Alex44 wrote:

Lebron is obviously the best player on this team and the last guy I'd want to leave, but if I had to pick a favorite player on this team overall I'd choose Bosh. Many reasons.

First off when he speaks you can tell he is an intelligent guy who understands life beyond basketball. Hard working, humble, never complains about touches, does the dirty work a lot of star players don't. All the while getting s*** on by casual fans who don't understand his contribution to the game.

Also for everyone who said we would have lost game six if Duncan was in the game...well I saw Bosh sky over Duncan for a very similar rebound last night. He's a special player and a joy to watch when he does decide its Bosh time. You can actually see his progression on this team as well, he just keeps becoming more aggressive and confident within the system.

Hes a great guy, the perfect teammate. His game is a lot of fun when he plays like he can. But all time, wade is my favorite. Seriously watching this video http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pPVzvf3nPxQ makes me miss vintage wade. The highlights are unreal. He's a made man in miami, with lebron becoming the boss.

"BevoPhin wrote:

Hes a great guy, the perfect teammate. His game is a lot of fun when he plays like he can. But all time, wade is my favorite. Seriously watching this video http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pPVzvf3nPxQ makes me miss vintage wade. The highlights are unreal. He's a made man in miami, with lebron becoming the boss.

Its really hard to watch that and not miss those days. He's grown as a player and his skill set is way more complete now, but that raw athleticism was so fun to watch.

Wade in his prime was probably just as good or better than Durant IMO and before Durant vs Lebron there was Wade vs Lebron. Some epic matchups when they met.

So Fischer appears to be the next Knicks coach. I wonder what this means for Melo. He wants to win, and you have to wonder how he feels about the decision. Obviously it worked well enough with Kidd but he had a lot to work with.

LOL Cavs offered Calipari $80MM

$25m for 5 yrs for fischer? The triangle is the most expensive piece of basketball education.

"Stringer Bell wrote:

LOL Cavs offered Calipari $80MM

I'm just glad he didn't take it.

"Stitches wrote:

I'm just glad he didn't take it.

Insane franchise. He was going to have personnel control as well.

"schmolioot wrote:

Insane franchise. He was going to have personnel control as well.

Probably their only hope at ever getting talent via free agency.

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"Stringer Bell wrote:

Probably their only hope at ever getting talent via free agency.

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Doubt it even then. No one wanted to go there when Lebron was there, how much could Calipari hope to attract.

"Stringer Bell wrote:

Probably their only hope at ever getting talent via free agency.

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More likely their only hope at getting Cal to accept the job.

"Section126 wrote:

He still is.

Patrick Beverly was a Heat project that never developed. He then...DID.

The Heat also have this guy stored away, and he will be a rotation player soon:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3Ekxfz83O0

He's come a ways since he came out of college.

By the way how is that play at 3:22 not a travel? If it's not...damn. When he picks up the ball he's still 5 feet beyond the arc.

"ckparrothead wrote:

He's come a ways since he came out of college.

By the way how is that play at 3:22 not a travel? If it's not...damn. When he picks up the ball he's still 5 feet beyond the arc.

He might have taken a small third step but it was pretty close. Still great athletic ability.

That video kind of made me wonder how he isn't averaging about 50 points a game. I didn't see another player with the same athleticism.

"BevoPhin wrote:

Man I get giddy whenever bosh goes CB4 on us. Lebron is obviously lebron and we're used to him doing the amazing every night, but I love boshs game and some of my favorite games these past 4 years have been bosh going off. The 34 point bulls playoff game, game winning 3 over the hawks/spurs.

Not to mention game 6 last year late in the game and overtime.That rebound to Ray. Then the block on Green. Then the and one to make sure we never trailed again in overtime. Big balls.

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"schmolioot wrote:

Insane franchise. He was going to have personnel control as well.

Meh. It is Cleveland. It is Gilbert. There must have been some fine print in comic sans he didn't quite agree with.

Anywhere else and it's a great situation to walk into though.

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Even if Ennis is on the team next season I doubt he plays much the first year. You got to know the defense and assimilate yourself in it first and foremost. Beasley should get more time next year. I'm not sure Haslem or James Jones will have much left in them for another year.

Wade gets fined 5k for his "flop".

Nothing to see here.

Ginobli is a flopper who is terrible at selling flops. You can't be OMG IM HURT and then the next second be okay.

Hey Manu step your game up son!

Monty McCutcheon and TONY BROTHERS on the crew tonight.

Have your tums ready gentlemen. It's going to be a bumpy ride

"schmolioot wrote:

Monty McCutcheon and TONY BROTHERS on the crew tonight.

Have your tums ready gentlemen. It's going to be a bumpy ride

Im not worried about refs. I'm more interested in how SA plays on our floor aftwr we just played them so tightly on theirs.

"schmolioot wrote:

Monty McCutcheon and TONY BROTHERS on the crew tonight.

Have your tums ready gentlemen. It's going to be a bumpy ride

Over/under on the number of call-induced technical fouls given?