Kuetsar Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Someone I followed on Twitter revealed: Projected starting lineups for Pacers/76ers: PHI: Shved, Wroten, Thompson, Noel, Sims IND: Sloan, Miles, Copeland, Scola, Hibbert Dear lord... The NBA, its FANTASTIC. and they expect people to pay full price for that shit too. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greggulator Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Someone I followed on Twitter revealed: Projected starting lineups for Pacers/76ers: PHI: Shved, Wroten, Thompson, Noel, Sims IND: Sloan, Miles, Copeland, Scola, Hibbert Dear lord... The NBA, its FANTASTIC. and they expect people to pay full price for that shit too. . I would be kind of curious to go to this game tonight (if it's in Philly) but Game 7 AND Hawks/Raptors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted October 29, 2014 Author Share Posted October 29, 2014 Someone I followed on Twitter revealed: Projected starting lineups for Pacers/76ers: PHI: Shved, Wroten, Thompson, Noel, Sims IND: Sloan, Miles, Copeland, Scola, Hibbert Dear lord... Jesus, the over/under on this may be >100. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilwaldo Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 The real question is how many Western Conference teams make the playoffs if they played in the East. Last year it was 10, this year it might be 12. I think 11 appear to be safe bets. San Antonio, OKC, LAC, Portland, GS, Memphis, Dallas, Phoenix, Houston, Denver, New Orleans. Might be easier to ask which teams in the East would be safe bets for a playoff spot if they were in the West? Chicago hasn't done well the last 2 seasons against the West but with Rose healthy they should. Cleveland as well. That might be it for safe bets. Only 4 had winning records against the West last year. Miami 20-10, Brooklyn 18-12, Indiana 18-12, Toronto 16-14. Only one of those teams is trending upwards. I think 3 of them would be fighting for the 7th or 8th seed. It has to hurt conference balance in someway that 1-3 talented Western Conference teams end up with lottery picks every year. Tough to get things even. That was a big thing with me last season. Phoenix just misses the playoffs and gets a lottery pick in addition to the other two first round picks they had in the draft. Meanwhile a sub-40 win makes the playoffs in the East and picks lower. This is why Tankadelphia makes sense; especially in the East. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 I watched all of the Pelicans/Magic yesterday (and the Royals game). Anthony Davis is insanely good. I know that's obvious. But it's ridiculous. He just flies all over the court. Don't sleep on Ryan Anderson, either. He's one of the most underrated guys in the league. One of the best Stretch 4's in the game. What's really interesting about AD's stat line -- they didn't run a ton of plays for him. Or, more accurately, the ballhog guards they have looked him off a bunch so they could take HORSE shots in the mid-range game. A lot of AD's points came on him getting boards and the like. I wish that team had a real point guard. Also, we'll all have crushes on Elfrid Payton by the end of the year. He's really intense AND THAT HAIRCUT! Yeah, I don't like the makeup of the Pelicans team. Jrue has all the tools to be a fantastic P&R point to play with Davis but Gordon and Evans are intent on chucking a shit tonne of bad shots and both have horrible contracts. Quality off the bench drops off dramatically after Ryan Anderson. Rivers is another guy intent on getting his own to the detriment of his team and they have Jimmer freaking Fredette and Salmons as guys getting big minutes in their rotation. If they make the playoffs, Davis should be top 3 for MVP votes. And, yeah, I'm a heterosexual male but Elfrid Payton is a dreamboat and can distribute. Him and Oladipo running the court on fast breaks will be fun to watch for a few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jrag Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Jimmy Buckets says he's day to day and won't play tonight. Thibs says he's out 2-4 Weeks. 2-4 weeks from the initial injury is what I'm hearing now. I'd bet he plays against Bron on Friday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jrag Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 thepandasfriend.com ✔ @MettaWorldPeace Follow #wow I might have to leave China and come to LA. This is bad!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuetsar Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 thepandasfriend.com ✔ @MettaWorldPeace Follow #wow I might have to leave China and come to LA. This is bad!!! As if he could get out of his contract. . .Otherwise, OUCH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstout Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Parsons will find his groove. Dallas is much better. No struggling to make the playoffs this year. San Antonio played well, despite the defensive lapses, without Leonard. If you watch the replay and focus on Randle's right leg, you can see it break. Not as gruesome as some of the open fractures in sports/Psycho Sid history, but it was obvious. The announcers were talking about how he tore his Achilles, and I'm like "did we watch the same replay?" The point made by Reggie Miler's way true: Kobe's Michael Jackson and the rest of the team are like Tito, Jermaine and Marlon. No one could make the most obvious shots. They had one good run with Lin and Carlos Boozer while the Rockets got cold and the announers were freaking out. I was thinking "this can't last," and it didn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlfredoE Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 I was thinking the same thing since the announcers first wondered if he twisted his ankle and then they talked about the achilles and I kept thinking, "isn't the achilles way lower on our legs", but I'm no doctor and come from the Beavis & Butthead school of anatomy. That was still pretty awful. The one bright spot we would have had OR the one sore point we would have if Byron had stuck with the Boozer/Hill starting frontline is gone for the season. I wasn't expecting much out of this team to begin with other than maybe seeing Randle develop and Kobe's comeback. Now we're down to just one. I like Ariza on the Rockets though. They have a bit more defense out there with him and Beverly to go with Dwight. They seem a bit thin up front beyond Dwight though. I always find it funny when we talk about a basketball player adding weight or being fat. I'm imaging Chandler Parsons looking like Hot Plate Williams and eating a box of Krispy Kreme donuts like there's no tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstout Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 I wasn't ruling something else out along with the broken leg, but I knew he had broken his leg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlfredoE Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 @Mike_Bresnahan Julius Randle underwent surgery and is expected to make full recovery from his broken leg. He won't return this season. Starting the offseason thread already. j/k 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaedmc Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 via KCJohnson's twitter Rose: "First couple quarters I can get everybody involved. The 4th quarter is my time." So now at the start of every fourth quarter I'm playing this: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSC Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 At least now there's pretty much nothing stopping Kobe from going into full on shooting for the scoring record mode for the next 81 games. That should at least be entertaining. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Watching Bucks/Hornets. When did Jason Maxiell get fat? He's getting a little Fortsonian. Bucks look better than I expected. They're moving the ball and shooting well. Defense is looking better, too, particularly in the paint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Celtics y'all. Looking sharp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Charlotte, down at one point by 24 to Milwaukee, have fought back in their home opener to take the game to overtime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 The Bucks' offense totally went to hell in the 4th quarter. And I can't believe they gave up a wide-open 3 to Kemba fucking Walker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 PANTS FREE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mco543 Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 I'm so happy to see the Hornets are back. I always had a soft spot for them since I was a little kid. I'm equally happy to see Kemba still doing it like he did at UConn, tonight's game winner seemed like a pretty good replica of the shot he used to beat Pitt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodhelmet Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 The Knicks look dreadful. I could enjoy this a few nights a year but not every week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Celtics dominate. 8 guys in double figures and then UConn's own Kemba Walker wins the game for Charlotte. Today was a good day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaedmc Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 The 4th is indeed Rose's Time. Time to sit on the bench and catch some Zs. Taj Gibson and Pau Gasol leading the team in points. And Dirty Doug piling on in garbage time. DIG IT YEAH YEAH YEAH. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlfredoE Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 (edited) LOL! thepandasfriend.com @MettaWorldPeace #wow I might have to catch the next flight to NY. My goodness Have the Pacers played yet? I think MWP's gonna tweet the same thing for them too. EDIT: nevermind, they played the Sixers. Edited October 30, 2014 by AlfredoE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaedmc Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 I'm excited to hear about how the Heat played. Looks like Bosh had a nice game. Really, I think I'm just excited in general. BASKETBALL IS HERE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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