Game Discussion Thread 1/9/12 - 1/15/12

[ex carrabba fan]

Re: Game Discussion Thread 1/9/12 - 1/15/12

Has a fracture.. to his rib that connects [cartilage] to his sternum.

This is terrible news for LA. Having to depend on Fisher and either rookies Morris or the other Andrew...

Denver please trade Andre Miller over here

[PrettyT11]

Re: Game Discussion Thread 1/9/12 - 1/15/12

That 06 Heat squad ain't really nothing to brag about either outside of Wade. Just like Duhwight wasn't playing with average BBall players at the time either.

He had Shaq who at the time was still All NBA first team and giving you 20 and 10. There is nothing on that Magic team that compares to playing with Shaq.

[PrettyT11]

Re: Game Discussion Thread 1/9/12 - 1/15/12

Yeah I agree overall. I just slightly disagree with you about the year they made it to the finals, no big though. I feel like Shard and Turk were playing at really high levels that season.. and Nelson was an All-Star that year though he got hurt late in the season and wasn't 100% for the playoffs.

Yeah I mean they played good ball but they wasn't a great cast. In most cases all of those guys are third wheels at best. None of them was game changers you could count on like those other two guys have played with.

Honestly I don't see how his team could be compared in anyway to those Lakers and Heat teams. Hell they had Shaq. He kills the argument by himself. Especially when you consider Kobe wasn't even the best player on his team for three of those rings. Then his other two he had all NBA level big man Gasol. I just don't see how any comparison could be made.

The only thing you could compare is those two guys teams without Shaq and then Dwight clearly swings that argument in his favor cause he carried his team much farther than either one of them ever got without Shaq.

[King_B_Mack]

Re: Game Discussion Thread 1/9/12 - 1/15/12

Come again?? Kobe and Wade have never done anything close to what Dwight has done with a sub par cast. Without Shaq neither guy did nothing worth writing home about. After Shaq Kobe missed the playoffs then lost in the first round two straight years. It wasn't until they got Gasol(another all star) that he got back to the top. Before Shaq Wade lost in the second round. After Shaq they had the worst record in the league then back to back first round defeats.

Dwight has lead a team to a NBA finals and a ECF with nothing close to what those guys won titles with. To compare what Dwight has done to what Kobe and Wade did without Shaq is not even close and shouldn't be mentioned at all.

In fairness to Wade, after Shaq, Wade was hurt alot and when he wasn't hurt, the Heat were purposely running D-League squads out there to clear cap space for their 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 etc. championship teams.

Maybe he just don't like Chicago..ya'll ever thought about that?

Because it's not just "Duhwight don't wanna play for the Bulls!?!?!? Ohhhh that ***** must not wanna win"

You a fool Pack. Doubley so if that sentence reads out the way I read it in my head the first time through.

Yeah I agree overall. I just slightly disagree with you about the year they made it to the finals, no big though. I feel like Shard and Turk were playing at really high levels that season.. and Nelson was an All-Star that year though he got hurt late in the season and wasn't 100% for the playoffs.

Agree with this. Shard and Turk were money that year. Shard cooled off big time in the Finals, but Turk was legit that year. I think we all look at the major regression he's gone through since that season and just automatically discount him that year.

Yeah I mean they played good ball but they wasn't a great cast. In most cases all of those guys are third wheels at best. None of them was game changers you could count on like those other two guys have played with.

Honestly I don't see how his team could be compared in anyway to those Lakers and Heat teams. Hell they had Shaq. He kills the argument by himself. Especially when you consider Kobe wasn't even the best player on his team for three of those rings. Then his other two he had all NBA level big man Gasol. I just don't see how any comparison could be made.

The only thing you could compare is those two guys teams without Shaq and then Dwight clearly swings that argument in his favor cause he carried his team much farther than either one of them ever got without Shaq.

I don't get how that works? So they were balling but they weren't a great cast? It's not about how many years they were good together, they were good for one good run and that year they were a legit cast. That's like saying the Mavs didn't have a good cast for Dirk last year if they didn't win a championship cause clearly that cast was good.

[Drewski]

Haven't read anywhere Blakes on the IR only that he's out

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[PrettyT11]

Re: Game Discussion Thread 1/9/12 - 1/15/12

King I don't know maybe we just view the word great differently. I call them a good maybe even very good cast around him. Very solid play to sometimes damn good play around him. When I think of a great cast I would say something like what Kobe had with Gasol and them. He had another legit all star, a matchup nightmare with all star talent(Odom), and very good play around them from the role players. Shaq had a great cast around him with the Lakers. He had all world shooting guard and great play from the role players around him. Those would far more look like a "great" cast than what Dwight had. I'm not dissing them I just wouldn't use the word great especially when I'm comparing them to some of the recent championship teams.

[ScoobySnax]

Re: Game Discussion Thread 1/9/12 - 1/15/12

Haven't read anywhere Blakes on the IR only that he's out

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I guess it's inaccurate because Real GM took it down.

[Altimus]

Re: Game Discussion Thread 1/9/12 - 1/15/12

Use this:

http://www.operationsports.com/forum...xt-season.html

[Altimus]

Re: Game Discussion Thread 1/9/12 - 1/15/12

Also they changed Rose to "probably will play" tonight. Although I love JL3's energy, please no 48 minutes of Lucas VS Boston tonight.

[Basketball GURU]

Re: Game Discussion Thread 1/9/12 - 1/15/12

Rondo shooting jumpers now.

[SidVish]

Re: Game Discussion Thread 1/9/12 - 1/15/12

Rose looks pretty good out there so far.

[SteelersFreak]

Re: Game Discussion Thread 1/9/12 - 1/15/12

Am I the only one who thinks its funny how much better the Nuggets are doing with all the egos (Melo, KMart, and JR) out of town?

[SteelersFreak]

Re: Game Discussion Thread 1/9/12 - 1/15/12

Luol Deng HAS to be the most underrated player in the NBA.

[Outcast]

Re: Game Discussion Thread 1/9/12 - 1/15/12

Rondo shooting jumpers now.

It's good in some sense. He should have confidence to shoot jumpers which he seems to be afraid previous seasons.

[BNA95]

Re: Game Discussion Thread 1/9/12 - 1/15/12

The rim just trolled Rose on that layup lol!