The Week 5 Thread

[stewie griffen]

Didnt Kevin McHale say something about JKidds cup incident?

 

[Der Kaiser]

although we lost to OKC and Houston in only a number of days we needed a kick up the backside after cruising through the first few weeks of the season. Its only December still a long way to go until playoffs.

 

[stewie griffen]

 

[Shane Mead]

Looks like it's gonna be a great win for Houston...this team should be a legit contender by seasons end.

Loved Harden's aggressiveness in this last quarter (well, besides the missed ft's).
And as for Dwight...as much as he is relegated to being a screen setter on offense, he is still a massively important presence on D, a couple of times Parker was met by Howard in the key and was hesitant to put up a layup/floater.

Parker is a genious, not surprise he brought the Spurs back. I've been vocal about how highly I admire the Spurs so this win is a big one for me. Howard made his free throws during hack-a-howard (4-6), Harden took over at the end, Beverly with an offensive tip in, Jones rose to another level after a shaky start (15 rebounds). Parsons has gotten better again this season. The last few games Houston have been better at the little things. Being engaged on defense, making smart decisions, executing defensive rotations.

54 rebounds to 33, 16 turnovers. For this team that is a low turnover number, if they can be more consistent with decision making they can bring that down lower.

Realistically Houston can be around the 26-8 mark by the end of the year. Could lose a few more or win a few more.

 

[stewie griffen]

Did parson's hurt his back near the end?

 

[Burningleviathan]

Back spasms

 

[Warsaw]

Irrelevant post, but **** you Andrew Bynum.

 

[Gak Attack]

Back spasms

Apparently had issues with his back all season, not that you would know it. Dude has stepped up another level this year... don't know how he gets that ugly flat jumper to go in so often. Best contract in the league.

 

[Son of Skeletor]

[USER]Son of Skeletor[/USER]
I see your other teams still has the New Orleans Hornets listed, are you a Pelicans fan?

Affirmative - my sympathies lie with the House of the Rising Pelican.

Chalk the confusion down to laziness on my part.

Definitely a case of hedging your bets

This helped clarify matters

 

[Son of Skeletor]

 

[OrdinaryJoel]

So much potential!

 

[Dez!]

So much potential!

To be destroyed by the Bucks!

 

[OrdinaryJoel]

To be destroyed by the Bucks!

It's such a shame he's playing for a shitkent club...

 

[Son of Skeletor]

What's weird about the Bucks is that they draft really well outside the lottery.

Then they get top-10 picks and use them on Yi and Joe Alexander

 

[djrossie16]

 

[peternorth]

Irrelevant post, but **** you Andrew Bynum.

last time he did 20-10-5 was v rockets in 2009.

i believe i was in LA as it happened

 

[peternorth]

from Point Forward

http://nba.si.com/2013/11/27/houston-rockets-defensive-rebounding-dwight-howard/

youtube clip in the article is really unfair i reckon.

 

[Oliver King]

Got around to watching the Warriors/OKC game. So many little blown opportunities in the last few minutes of overtime there. If Thompson just grabbed the ball: foul, free throws, best chance of winning (dependant on the free throws). But that shot by Westbrook was awesome. Congrats.

Had 2 great games with the Thunder already. Would make for an entertaining playoff series.

 

[djrossie16]

I contest that Iggy is as humble as pie... In fact I recall him saying the fans didn't appreciate how important he was in Denver, or something to that effect. Hasn't painted himself in bright colours to the Nuggets' fans.

http://nba.si.com/2013/11/29/george-karl-rips-mark-jackson-andre-iguodala-mole/

 

[nufan]

Sean Elliott wasn't it?

It certainly was that shit bag. Drexler may be the only other ex play doing commentary that is more of a **** whit

 

[mickelboy182]

http://nba.si.com/2013/11/29/george-karl-rips-mark-jackson-andre-iguodala-mole/

Agree with a lot of what Karl has to say there to be honest. Not cool for him to be hanging out with 'the enemy' during a series, and honestly Jackson was being pretty petulant about us targeting Curry. I fully expect Iggy to get a more hostile reception than Melo did, though to be fair it was a while before Melo eventually faced up to the Denver crowd.

Always a fascinating interview is GK. He'll get a job somewhere, too good not to.

 

[Drumroe]

Just posting this because it's an awesome highlights package, and its great to see Sacramento's crowd pumping.

 

[nufan]

Always a fascinating interview is GK. He'll get a job somewhere, too good not to.

I really doubt that actually. His basketball style really works on the "right team" and it has been rare that he finds that team. I sincerely doubt teams take the risk

 

[peternorth]

Just posting this because it's an awesome highlights package, and its great to see Sacramento's crowd pumping.

watching numbers 13, 16 and 10 running around reminded me of christie, peja and bibby

 

[djrossie16]

watching numbers 13, 16 and 10 running around reminded me of christie, peja and bibby

platoon music is on standby