NBA 2015-16

[smokymountainrain]

Andre Drummond.

[old_gregg]

shaved head deron williams looks like drew gooden

[smokymountainrain]

shaved head deron williams looks like drew gooden

I thought he looked like Vince Carter from a distance.

[creekster]

I thought he looked like Vince Carter from a distance.

Like maybe 7 or 8 miles and around a corner?

[creekster]

It doesn't specifically state it in those terms, but that is a big part of the article.



Why does his game have almost no athletic requirements, because he is damn smart in how he approaches the game.



Again, outsmarting your opponent.



Maybe if Jimmer Fredette became a student of Andre Miller's game, he might be able to do something other than shoot poorly and make it in the NBA to his 30s.

I watched Andre Miller play the Warriors tonight. Steph Curry treated Andre Miller like Cavuto treated that Million student march leader. It was surprising and a little embarrassing. I often felt bad for Andre Miller.

[MartyFunkhouser]

I watched Andre Miller play the Warriors tonight. Steph Curry treated Andre Miller like Cavuto treated that Million student march leader. It was surprising and a little embarrassing. I often felt bad for Andre Miller.

He is 39 years old. Also, Curry treats everyone like that.

[cougjunkie]

This paragraph in Zach Lowes latest column made me laugh:

There is no nobility in Kobe Bryant refusing to acknowledge how time has ravaged his game. There is no grand pathos in the aging gunslinger firing away, bullets blazing from the chamber, even as age has robbed him of the reflexes required for any duel. The goal in the NBA is to win basketball games, and Bryant is not helping the Lakers win basketball games.

He hasn't hit 33 percent from deep since 2009, and he's jacking almost nine triples per 36 minutes this season. Antoine Walker is uncomfortable with that shot selection. He is on pace to be the only rotation player ever to use at least 28 percent of his team's possessions while shooting below 35 percent from the floor.

For all of us who remember what Bryant used to be, it has been uncomfortable to watch. The Kobe Bryant who played the first half in Brooklyn two weeks ago was among the worst high-usage players I've ever seen. He coughed up the ball left and right, launched horrible shots and admired those horrible shots for so long that Joe Johnson leaked out for multiple fast-break chances. Do you know how far behind the play you have to be for creaky Joe Johnson to decide, "Oh, wow, I might be able to score in transition if I just jog a little"?

For Jazz fans:

Hood is straight-up cruel toying with help defenders who sag in against the pick-and-roll. He keeps his dribble alive as he glances back and forth between two potential targets: his big man rolling to the rim and the shooter on the weak side. Once he tricks that poor help defender into committing to one of those targets, Hood rifles a pass to the other.

If Hood's 3-point shooting recovers, he looks like the perfect do-it-all playmaking wing. The Jazz are smoking teams when they ditch both of their point guards and play Alec Burks, Gordon Hayward and Hood. That could present at least a minor organizational dilemma next season, when Dante Exum returns from an ACL tear.

[FN Phat]

Antoine Walker is uncomfortable with that shot selection.

Damn.

[Blueintheface]

I thought he looked like Vince Carter from a distance.

Don't listen to the gibbon, I thought the very same thing when I first saw him.

[smokymountainrain]

This paragraph in Zach Lowes latest column made me laugh:



For Jazz fans:

I really like that observation about Hood - he is really good at that.

Lowe does his homework. meaning he watches a ridiculous amount of basketball.

[TripletDaddy]

I really like that observation about Hood - he is really good at that.

Lowe does his homework. meaning he watches a ridiculous amount of basketball.

refusing to acknowledge?? Kobe just said yesterday that he was barely able to stand up, he said two weeks ago that he "freaking sucks." Lowe maybe needs to do better on his homework.

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refusing to acknowledge?? Kobe just said yesterday that he was barely able to stand up, he said two weeks ago that he "freaking sucks." Lowe maybe needs to do better on his homework.

I actually thought the same when I read that. Kobe has acknowledged his struggles. Even called himself the 200th best player at one point. The homework comment was more about his Hood observation.

[clackamascoug]

The Warriors | Clips game last night was epic. Was it even possible for Curry to move his star a little higher? He did last night. He's not the same person today that he was yesterday.

[Pelado]

The Warriors | Clips game last night was epic. Was it even possible for Curry to move his star a little higher? He did last night. He's not the same person today that he was yesterday.

Pretty impressive finish. I started watching with about 5 minutes left when the Clippers extended their lead to 10. Very impressive finish for the Warriors - including but certainly not limited to Curry.

[PaloAltoCougar]

The Warriors | Clips game last night was epic. Was it even possible for Curry to move his star a little higher? He did last night. He's not the same person today that he was yesterday.

Since I was in the area, I decided to represent CS and attend the Women's NCAA Soccer Tourney game at Stanford (btw, I thought BYU played better for most of the game, except for a couple of key moments), and was watching the Warriors game on ESPN Gamecast,laughing at how hot Paul and the Clips were in the 1st quarter while Curry and the rest were missing and turning it over. But one knew that couldn't last, in part because both Paul and Griffin usually fade down the stretch and the Warriors usually pick it up when they have to. I got home for most of the 4th quarter, after they had narrowed the gap from 23 to around 16. The final few minutes were as exciting a stretch as any I've seen in years. Tonight's back-to-back with the Bulls may end the streak, but if the Dubs win tonight, they don't play another strong opponent until Christmas.