2016-17 NBA Regular Season Thread

[TurnUpTheHeat]

Who doesn't respect Hassan? If you want to talk about dipshit comments, I would rank saying the rest of my team is trash after Kyrie and Love much higher.

I've heard 3 names mentioned as Loves replacement.
Beall, Anthony, Whiteside.

Is just @WiggyRuss talking out of his ass.

Wasn't Whiteside supposed to go rouge already and be blackballed?

Funnier yet, is the amount of time he spends worrying/analyzing the Heat.

When James was here, the last thing I did was to concern myself with Cavs daily events.

 

[bksballer89]

I've heard 3 names mentioned as Loves replacement.
Beall, Anthony, Whiteside.

Is just @WiggyRuss talking out of his ass.

Wasn't Whiteside supposed to go rouge already and be blackballed?

Funnier yet, is the amount of time he spends worrying/analyzing the Heat.

When James was here, the last thing I did was to concern myself with Cavs daily events.

Yep nobody cared about Cleveland.

 

[TurnUpTheHeat]

Yep nobody cared about Cleveland.

Gilbert should sell now.
Once James leaves, the Cavs value will fall like a broken elevator.

 

[Heatles84]

Yep nobody cared about Cleveland.

Where was Cleveland before Lebron went back? Nowhere near that value.

 

[TurnUpTheHeat]

Incredible play from Tyler this quarter.
Love hm.

 

[Hornsstampede2.0]

Dewayne Dedmon.

PAu Gasol is a missing piece and will get the job back. He is a better overall player.

But, this guy is a classic Spurs scrap heap reclamation player that looks great in the Silver and Black.

 

[Mecca of the “B” Team]

Tonight the Cavs are playing the best ball I have seen from a team that isn't in the ACC! They are going to give Dean Smith fits tonight! Like my friend Jimmy V would say. Never ever give up! It's going to be awesome, BABY!

Kyle Korver, one of the greatest defensive guards in NBA History!!!

Someone please take Waltons weed away until the end of the broadcast...lol

 

[trojanfan12]

This Cavs game is everything I expected it to be with Walton and Vitale calling it.

They are talking about everything under the sun EXCEPT THE ACTUAL GAME!!!!

I literally cannot watch a game with either of them calling it. If it's a game I really want to see, I mute the tv.

 

[trojanfan12]

Is just @WiggyRuss talking out of his ass.

Isn't it always?

 

[TurnUpTheHeat]

The Pistons have taken a huge step back this season. Their early season foibles were easy to explain away behind Reggie Jackson’s knee injury. Yet since the starting point guard returned, things have stayed well south of where most thought the team would be this year after their promising run to the No. 8 seed a year ago. There are a lot of contributing factors to their downturn, and while their offense is chief among them, there are defensive concerns as well.

The Pistons rank 11th in defense, which is really good. There should be no problem there. Except that almost all of their good defense comes behind the bench units. Their franchise icons are posting near-league-worst numbers, and the eye test backs it up. When Jackson and Andre Drummond share the floor together, the Pistons are surrendering 110 points per 100 possessions, and that number only drops to 108 when Jackson sits and Drummond plays. So when their franchise center is on the court, their defense is eight points worse per 100 possessions.

If Drummond was 20 years old instead of 23, this wouldn’t be a big deal. But at his point, you want to see some signs under coach Stan Van Gundy of Drummond coming into his own as the kind of defensive player he’s capable of being, beyond just rebounds and blocking shots. His attention to detail and effort are his problems, which are honestly bigger concerns than inexperience or physical limitations.





Didn't a certain someone here tell us that Drummond was the franchise type player?

 

[trojanfan12]

Where was Cleveland before Lebron went back? Nowhere near that value.

Could have gotten them for an expired carton of milk and a broken Pez dispenser.

 

[lebron23james]

Yep nobody cared about Cleveland.

Cleveland was ranked 11th lol

It's not about players, otherwise the knicks wouldn't be ranked #1

 

[TurnUpTheHeat]

Whiteside playing like he wants that last all star spot.

When they gonna announce it?

He's already in Houston.

 

[bksballer89]

Some good comebacks going on right now. Philly up 1 after entering the 4th down 1. Toronto on the other hand with a 20-2 run to go up 1 on Charlotte

 

[bksballer89]

Whiteside playing like he wants that last all star spot.

When they gonna announce it?

He's already in Houston.

Melo got the spot

 

[TurnUpTheHeat]

Melo got the spot

Strictly by name then, not earned, but I get it.

Melo being interviewed when he thought he was out said he needed the rest and had his bags packed for a family vacation.

 

[lebron23james]

Where was Cleveland before Lebron went back? Nowhere near that value.

They were 15/30 on forbes when lebron left

The highest the cavs have been is 5th most valuable back in 2009...The highest the heat with wade/bron/bosh was 7th

#5 Cleveland Cavaliers - Forbes.com

 

[WiggyRuss]

Tristan Thompson has been really playing some good ball lately. Another really nice game tonight. His defense has really taken a step up this year. Shooting 69% from the field this month.

Frye went ice cold today after being on fire last night. Instead if was Korver stepping up big time tonight. Korver really has looked good lately after having some time to assimilate into the system. Williams really looks like he is playing hard and should have a role on this team- he looks rejunevated playing in a positive situation for hte first time in his career with real on-court leadership.

Nice to go into the break winners of 6 of 7 considering the injuries the Cavs have had to deal with.

LeBron just a ho-hum 31 pts on 17 shots.

 

[lebron23james]

Williams is nice for the Cavs because- he is a guy who can actually finish in the pick and roll. Most of the Cavs, especially the bench guys- are guys who are set shooters, or get jumpers off screens, or pullup...

TT is really the only guy that is a real "roller" in the pick and roll. Williams gives them another one and there is a need for it- and the best thing - its what he is best suited for- hes not a good outside shooter (hes actually a pretty bad 3 pt shooter), but hes athletic and can finish rolling to the rim- and playing with Bron and Kyrie with the spacing the other guys give him should really play into his skill set well.

We now have the #1 pick the #2 pick and the #4 pick from the same draft year

I wonder if that has ever happened before...And who was the #3 pick?

 

[WiggyRuss]

Korver in February:

30/47 from 3 for 64%


thats right--- 64% from behind hte 3 pt line. That is LAUGHABLE. Thanks Bron!