2016-17 NBA Regular Season Thread

[TurnUpTheHeat]

Everyone raise there hand who predicted the Heat would currently be sitting in the 7th spot 2 months ago.

 

[Heatles84]

“If this was any other business, it would be a prosecutable offense — this type of bait-and-switch maneuver that the NBA allows its teams to pull,” added Van Gundy, “and quite frankly, if you look at the athletic performance teams, these groups that are supposedly preventing injury, when I look at the Cleveland Cavaliers, they’ve been injured all year, so how good are they doing at what they say the can accomplish?”



Ouch.

Van Gundy went in dry.

 

[Heatles84]

Everyone raise there hand who predicted the Heat would currently be sitting in the 7th spot 2 months ago.

I'll admit it, I didn't see this coming.

 

[TurnUpTheHeat]

I'll admit it, I didn't see this coming.

I figured 11-30 would turn into 22-60.

 

[Heatles84]

I figured 11-30 would turn into 22-60.

Around what I had. I had us at 25-28 wins. It's refreshing that Spo proved he can actually coach. Given that those 2 titles came with Lebron.

 

[TurnUpTheHeat]

Around what I had. I had us at 25-28 wins. It's refreshing that Spo proved he can actually coach. Given that those 2 titles came with Lebron.

I'm not sure even most Heat fans understand how sophisticated our offense is.

There literally is no way to take everything away.

Every player on the court can score.

I can't remember seeing a more unselfish group.

They can beat you from anywhere on the court.

 

[bksballer89]

 

[Black Adam]

I don't think there are any that would be worth a top 3 pick. They can get a center with the Houston pick.

DID forget about the Houston pick...

 

[Black Adam]

that was sarcasm right?

um...whadda YOU think...?

 

[Heatles84]

Hope they tore him one.

 

[Black Adam]

Hope they tore him one.

yeah, it's gotten to the point of grossness now...

 

[wildturkey]

Van Gundy went in dry.

He should go in with a razor wire wrapped bat at this point. It's beyond ridiculous now. Adam Silver is going to have to step in. It's disrespectful to the TV partners that paid HUGE amounts of money to show these games and they are sitting players in these national games. Those TV partners are the exact reason why the NBA has boomed over the last decade and why people like Lebron and every other player have loaded their pockets. They're gonna have to implement some kind of injury DL where if you're placed on it, you can't come off for X games (so you can't pick and choose games claiming injury like Kyrie and Love) and a rule that says you can only use a DNP-CD for "rest" for 1 player per game and it can't be consecutive games either (to prevent multiple people sitting out like the Spurs and Warriors do)

 

[msgkings322]

Damn Iguodala has been playing freaking great since KD went down.

 

[bksballer89]

Warriors did the damn job. Heat are currently in 7th place.

1.5 behind Indy for 6th and 3 GB of 5th.

 

[msgkings322]

Warriors did the damn job. Heat are currently in 7th place.

1.5 behind Indy for 6th and 3 GB of 5th.

I'm not saying this is even remotely realistic, but I would be pretty bummed if the Heat derail the Cavs and prevent the rubber match. And me having to worry about that shows how good the Heat look right now.

 

[trojanfan12]

I'm not sure even most Heat fans understand how sophisticated our offense is.

There literally is no way to take everything away.

Every player on the court can score.

I can't remember seeing a more unselfish group.

They can beat you from anywhere on the court.

Not even sure how sophisticated the offense actually is. Even the simplest of offenses will work if you have good ball movement and guys who can shoot and are willing to make the extra pass.

 

[bksballer89]

Pacers @ Raptors
Blazers @ Heat

If the Pacers lose while the Heat win then the Heat are a half game out of 6th place.

 

[trojanfan12]

He should go in with a razor wire wrapped bat at this point. It's beyond ridiculous now. Adam Silver is going to have to step in. It's disrespectful to the TV partners that paid HUGE amounts of money to show these games and they are sitting players in these national games. Those TV partners are the exact reason why the NBA has boomed over the last decade and why people like Lebron and every other player have loaded their pockets. They're gonna have to implement some kind of injury DL where if you're placed on it, you can't come off for X games (so you can't pick and choose games claiming injury like Kyrie and Love) and a rule that says you can only use a DNP-CD for "rest" for 1 player per game and it can't be consecutive games either (to prevent multiple people sitting out like the Spurs and Warriors do)

^^^THIS^^^ Especially the bold.

The TV partners are paying the NBA $24 billion to broadcast these games. You have a nationally televised game between the top team in the East and a top 4 team in the West being shown during prime time and one team sits it's 3 best players?

Then, that same team is playing the next night against a team that it might actually still be able to beat without it's 3 best players in a game that is only going to be broadcast on that teams channel, but it's 3 best players are going to play?

The excuse used to be "2nd game of a back to back" but now it's the first game and vs. the better team? I'm sure the league office, as well as the TV partners, are very unhappy and hopefully this will be addressed in the off-season.

I wonder if the TV partners have any recourse to take action if the NBA isn't putting out the quality of product that they are paying for?

 

[trojanfan12]

but I would be pretty bummed if the Heat derail the Cavs and prevent the rubber match.

It'd be pretty much you, Wiggy and the other Cavs fans.

The rest of us would be laughing our collective asses off.

 

[bksballer89]

ABC Primetime Saturday is only about 2 months long and the Cavs and Warriors made a mockery of it. What a way to end ABC Saturday Night schedule this year