The 10th NBA Random Thoughts thread 2013-2014: Coveting Miami's Crown
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"It's just unfortunate that we've been penalized so much this year and nothing has happened to the Pistons, the Palace or the city of Detroit," he said. "It's almost like it's always our fault. The league knows it. They should be ashamed of themselves to let the security be as lax as it is around here."
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"We've got to be very clear about this. We don't want our players hanging around with murderers," said Larry Bird, Pacers president.Comment
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Can we talk about how awesome Roy's gotten at blocking/altering shots w/o fouling? Remember when that was a HUGE issue? Sure, the league's started to rule on "verticality" differently than before, but that's pretty much specifically because of Roy.
His rookie year he had .35 blocks for every foul. Then .46, then .55, .65, last year .74. This year the dude's at 1.8 blocks for every foul he commits. I know that's an unsustainable rate, but that's insane."We've got to be very clear about this. We don't want our players hanging around with murderers," said Larry Bird, Pacers president.Comment
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No I think we knew what we had--a guy who can put up points in an unstructured environment where winning is optional. I doubt a single person is surprised he is putting up numbers in Phoenix.Comment
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What's weird about it is he's actually a pretty good post defender. He helped keep Dwight in check a few nights ago with mostly single coverage.Comment
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I'm not sure if you're watching the same games as me, but Hibbert still falls down constantly lolTime for a new sig.Comment
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So the East is 76-95 overall as of 11/20.
Indiana, Miami, and Chicago have 25 of the wins, and 7 of the losses (and 3 of the losses are matches against the 3 teams, Chicago 1-2, Miami 1-0, Indy 1-1). So after that, its 51-88....that is just awful, a .367 win percentage.
Going to be a 3 horse race in the East it looks like.
17-36 vs the West (Again, 5-0 from Indiana (2-0), Miami (2-0), and Chicago (1-0))"It's just unfortunate that we've been penalized so much this year and nothing has happened to the Pistons, the Palace or the city of Detroit," he said. "It's almost like it's always our fault. The league knows it. They should be ashamed of themselves to let the security be as lax as it is around here."
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He must be considering he kept Roy from getting the ball and taking let him take only one or two shots in the 4th last night.Comment
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Yeah I was having the same conversation with a guy on twitter about that. It doesn't make sense at all.Comment
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"We've got to be very clear about this. We don't want our players hanging around with murderers," said Larry Bird, Pacers president.Comment
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Another old odd thought. Was there any indication at the time that had we not traded our pick for George Hill, we would have selected Leonard with that pick?Comment
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The Pacers swallowed hard and agreed. There was still one problem left: Indiana loved Kawhi Leonard. The Pacers had him about no. 5 or no. 6 on their draft board, and they thought very hard about scrapping the Hill deal and just taking a guy they never expected to be alive at no. 15. "When Kawhi ended up being there, we had to think about taking him," Morway says. "But we already had Danny Granger and Paul George. That's what made it a little easier for us."
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This "Parker is better than Wiggins" bandwagon is ridiculous. Parker is definitely much more ready for the NBA right now, but Wiggins is simplly an insane athlete.
Dude is blazing fast, has all the natural instincts to be an incredible defender. He can't shoot yet, but when you're as quick as he is, and as tall he is. You're going to be good. Really good. Dude is going to absolutely blow past defenders in the NBA.
Jabari Parker could end up being a slightly better version of Rudy Gay. That's not bad. He's obviously got a lot of talent, but Wiggins has superstar written all over him. Wiggins first step reminds me of Russell Westbrook's first step. Only he's a lot taller. That's a scary thought.Comment
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Both of them have to beat out Julius Randle at this point.
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