Official NBA week 16 thread

[ROSEMVP]

melo going out on a high

 

[Look2Me4Guidance]

Sac town playing ball.

Favourable results today for the Suns, if we can win and the Bulls can find something.

 

[RoosterLad]

Can't see us winning today sadly matey.

Bloody hell Deng is so inconsistent from the charity stripe.

Come on big finish to the quarter.

 

[ROSEMVP]

stop making shots bulls. we must tank.

 

[Spriteftw3]

Axel it looks like your boy Melo's elbow is alright, his team mates have been a bunch of duds today though.

So Melo should have a decent game at some stage the ****.

Also Lawson yet again when given starters minutes produces 19-6-5 and got to the ft line 10 times.

 

[Look2Me4Guidance]

Can't see us winning today sadly matey.

Bloody hell Deng is so inconsistent from the charity stripe.

Come on big finish to the quarter.

Only 5 points in it.

 

[RoosterLad]

Got it back to 1 then another stupid turnover at a crucial time. Cut these mistakes out and we are a chance.

 

[hamG]

0:02 Anthony Parker misses 27-foot three pointer

A final play to tie the game ... Anthony Parker is the best they can do.

Good lord, the disturbing part is Cleveland have $48.5m salaries locked away for NEXT year. And they will have a high price rookie to tip them into the 50's. They need to beg for someone to take Varajeo for expiring contracts. I can't think of even a contender who would want to prop up their team with Varejao's hideous contract and his above average rebounding.

 

[WALL-e]

We'd take Varejao.

Then turn him into a 3 point jump shooter with no hustle.

 

[sblack]

We could really do with a Varejao, but I would hate to actually see him in a Sixers jersey.

 

[Look2Me4Guidance]

Sac town playing ball.

Favourable results today for the Suns, if we can win and the Bulls can find something.

Well done flog. Sac town fall apart, the Bulls are done and now the Suns are once again trying to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

 

[Look2Me4Guidance]

Well done flog. Sac town fall apart, the Bulls are done and now the Suns are once again trying to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

Chill baby. 2 Frye's and a Nash and all's good in the hood.

 

[Borgsta]

How long before Phoenix fans burn down the coaches house for his refusal to start and give more minutes to the Polish Hammer?

 

[WALL-e]

No room for The Hammer with the defensive prowess of Frye. There would simply be too much competition for rebaounds and blocked shots!

 

[Look2Me4Guidance]

How long before Phoenix fans burn down the coaches house for his refusal to start and give more minutes to the Polish Hammer?

He's getting more minutes than Lopez, but he learns to control his fouls.

If he starts he'll be on the pine within 2 mins.

 

[peternorth]

cavs remind me of richmond during the dark years (cant remember exactly when cause it seems to be a never ending abyss). anyway, it was when kayne pettifer was playing. loss after loss, and then a close one where the W was in reach only for mongness to kick in and we'd lose.

 

[Hodges]

0:02 Anthony Parker misses 27-foot three pointer

A final play to tie the game ... Anthony Parker is the best they can do.

Good lord, the disturbing part is Cleveland have $48.5m salaries locked away for NEXT year. And they will have a high price rookie to tip them into the 50's. They need to beg for someone to take Varajeo for expiring contracts. I can't think of even a contender who would want to prop up their team with Varejao's hideous contract and his above average rebounding.

A Parks is the most clutch player on that team, he hits big shots.

 

[swaneagle24]

I hate it when Celtics fake injuries...

Ainge indicated that Daniels will be sidelined at least one month, possibly longer. While he has regained motor functions, Daniels will undergo a battery of tests, including CT scans, MRIs and serial examinations, in order to determine the severity of the injury.

Both Ainge and McKeon noted that Daniels has experienced spine issues in the past and he endured a similar scare last year in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals in Orlando. He was diagnosed with a concussion after that game, but did not suffer one Sunday, McKeon said.

“I think he was scared when he was on the court, because he couldn’t really move there for a short period of time, so that scared him.”

 

[mdc]

They need to beg for someone to take Varajeo for expiring contracts. I can't think of even a contender who would want to prop up their team with Varejao's hideous contract and his above average rebounding.

He's one of the best defensive PnR players in the league, routinely top 10 in charges taken, rebounds well, screens well, cuts well etc...8M is a bargain, and he would easily fetch a first rounder from any non-lottery team.

 

[mdc]

Batum, on Derrick Rose: "He's a great offensive player...he can't play defense."

 

[The_Flying_Egg]

Batum, on Derrick Rose: "He's a great offensive player...he can't play defense."

It's amazing people crap on about how rose and booze can't defend, yet the bulls are just about the best defensive side in the league. All with a great defender in Noah on the sidelines

 

[mdc]

It's amazing people crap on about how rose and booze can't defend, yet the bulls are just about the best defensive side in the league. All with a great defender in Noah on the sidelines

They can't defend though.

The reason for the Bulls' defensive improvement (and improvement in general) is down to Thibadeau's system. The same system made the Ming/McGrady Rockets the 2nd-best defense in the league, and neither of them could defend a lick either.

 

[peternorth]

I hate it when Celtics fake injuries...

yes we know daniels injury is real.

however, you cant deny the scepticism when pierce goes down

 

[Westy Bogan]

cavs remind me of richmond during the dark years (cant remember exactly when cause it seems to be a never ending abyss). anyway, it was when kayne pettifer was playing. loss after loss, and then a close one where the W was in reach only for mongness to kick in and we'd lose.

Except Richmond didnt have the best record 2 years running.

Is anyone interested at all in any of their players?

Mo (9million) and A-twat (13 million) have no heart at all and are chokers.
Vlopafoul (7million) could be picked up. A energy bigman always needed. Funny that the team that could use him most is probably the Heat...
JJ Hickson (1.5 million) could be something.

The rest are NBL scrubs....

Im surprised Lebron got these guys as far as he did.


8 Christian Eyenga G 21 6-5 210 $1,020,960
33 Alonzo Gee SG 23 6-6 220 Alabama $641,141
1 Daniel Gibson PG 24 6-2 200 Texas $4,015,334
12 Joey Graham SG 28 6-7 230 Oklahoma State $992,680
6 Manny Harris G 21 6-5 185 Michigan $473,604
21 J.J. Hickson PF 22 6-9 242 North Carolina State $1,528,920
5 Ryan Hollins C 26 7-0 240 UCLA $2,333,333
4 Antawn Jamison PF 34 6-9 235 North Carolina $13,358,905
15 Jamario Moon SF 30 6-8 205 $3,000,000
18 Anthony Parker SG 35 6-6 210 Bradley $2,855,769
44 Leon Powe PF 27 6-8 240 California $915,852
24 Samardo Samuels PF 22 6-9 260 Louisville $500,000
3 Ramon Sessions PG 24 6-3 190 $3,964,320
17 Anderson Varejao PF 28 6-11 260 $7,281,818
2 Mo Williams PG 28 6-1 195 Alabama $9,300,000
Coach: Byron Scott

 

[Look2Me4Guidance]

Derrick's Rose's hispanic brother?

Discuss.