NBA 2014-2015

RobinLFC said:
Westbrook returns to the Thunder line-up tonight. Durant expected to be back in a week. Might be just in time for OKC to turn things around.
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Hopefully. Think it will be a little too late though. The West is so strong, it is ridiculous. Although, if they can get a 7th or 8th seed no team will be totally comfortable playing them, even with home court.
 
It's nice of Steven Adams to wear a sleeve so that on my crappy stream I could distinguish between him and Collison.
 
Andre Drummond had 26 points and 20 rebounds on 63% shooting but the Pistons lost thanks to none other than Josh Smith going 6 for 15 with 6 more turnovers.

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Eboue said:
Andre Drummond had 26 points and 20 rebounds on 63% shooting but the Pistons lost thanks to none other than Josh Smith going 6 for 15 with 6 more turnovers.

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That pic :lol:
 
Kobe with a triple double last night. First player to reach 30,000 points and 6,000 assists.
 
Don't you think his comments on his teammates were a little harsh?

"I was just trying to make the right plays," said Bryant, who was three assists off his career high. "The difference is that when the guys make the shots, it makes my job easier because I don't have to force the offense. When they miss them and we go down 12-15 points, I've got to force the issue a little bit to keep us in the ballgame."

I'm interpreting that as "they were finally worth something today, most of the times I need to try and force it on my own 'cause they suck". Anyway, great win against the Raptors, although they were without DeRozan. I've bet three times against the Lakers this season and they won all those times (Rockets, one I can't remember and now Raptors).
 
Harsh but probably true. He is playing for himself this year, that's no secret.
 
Important game tonight for Miami at Washington. Securing the division could prove important for Miami to claim home court advantage in the playoffs.

Will be a tough one though especially considering Miami played yesterday while Washington had a rest day.
 
Bad first half for Kobe but still got a double double.
 
Why not? Another trip dub for Kobe.
 
Wiz finish a 4-0 homestand by putting a beat down on the Nuggets. Starters didn't play in the 4th quarter.
 
Phoenix would be a pretty good team with a decent big guy.
 
Interesting article about the SG position on nba.com a couple of days ago. Is there less depth there than say at PG or PF? Many of the writers placed Harden above Thompson but I'm struggling to give Harden the title of best shooting guard in the league because he has absolutely no defense to his game. He's obviously more of a threat offensively than Thompson, although the latter is a better shooter. Anyway, Thompson-Curry is definitely the best backcourt in the league right now for me. I just think the Warriors will struggle against some big teams in a playoff series, like the Clippers or Grizzlies for example (like Barkley also said in some interview).
 
RobinLFC said:
Interesting article about the SG position on nba.com a couple of days ago. Is there less depth there than say at PG or PF? Many of the writers placed Harden above Thompson but I'm struggling to give Harden the title of best shooting guard in the league because he has absolutely no defense to his game. He's obviously more of a threat offensively than Thompson, although the latter is a better shooter. Anyway, Thompson-Curry is definitely the best backcourt in the league right now for me.
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Butler, Kobe (yeah I know), Thompson, Harden are on my shortlist for best SG. I'd include Westbrook as well given his mentality. Harden's defensive shortfalls are overstated, he has his braindead moments but he doesn't stick out in the Houston team. That said, it's slim pickings at SG compared to PG right now.

RobinLFC said:
I just think the Warriors will struggle against some big teams in a playoff series, like the Clippers or Grizzlies for example (like Barkley also said in some interview).
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The Spurs managed to clamp down on the Warrior's backcourt (Held Curry to 16 points) earlier this season. The Warriors are the team to beat right now, but it's foolish to count the Spurs out. Coming into this season, the Grizzlies have won most games against the Warriors, but I'm curious to see how the improvements the Warriors have made factor into the clash a week from now.
 
adexkola said:
Butler, Kobe (yeah I know), Thompson, Harden are on my shortlist for best SG. I'd include Westbrook as well given his mentality. Harden's defensive shortfalls are overstated, he has his braindead moments but he doesn't stick out in the Houston team. That said, it's slim pickings at SG compared to PG right now.
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I'd take him too, no doubt about that, but the question in the article was about shooting guards +35 years old, forgot to mention that. Otherwise Kobe and Ginobili would be right up there for me. Some writers mentioned Wade as well, same goes for Beal.
 
Kobe top 5? Come on. I don't want to reignite the debate about his career as a whole so I'll just focus on what he's done this year.

On NBA.com, I used the filters to show the starting shooting guards who play more than 25 minutes per game and have played more than 15 games so far this year. Here is how Kobe ranks.


True Shooting Percentage:

  1. Korver 75
  2. Reddick 61
  3. Matthews 60
  4. Butler 60
  5. Green 60
  6. McLemore 58
  7. Harden 58
  8. Dragic 58
  9. Ross 58
  10. Thompson 58
  11. Afflalo 57
  12. Fournier 55
  13. Ellis 54
  14. Allen 53
  15. Bogdanovic 53
  16. Burks 52
  17. DeRozan 49
  18. Shumpert 49
  19. Bryant 49
  20. Caldwell-Pope 47
  21. Stephenson 43

Offensive Rating

  1. Reddick 115
  2. Thompson 114
  3. Ross 112
  4. Ellis 112
  5. DeRozan 111
  6. Korver 111
  7. Allen 109
  8. McLemore 107
  9. Afflalo 107
  10. Matthews 106
  11. Harden 106
  12. Butler 106
  13. Green 105
  14. Dragic 105
  15. Bogdanovic 105
  16. Burks 104
  17. Bryant 102
  18. Fournier 101
  19. Shumpert 100
  20. Stephenson 98
  21. Caldwell-Pope 98

Defensive Rating

  1. Thompson 89
  2. Green 96
  3. Harden 97
  4. Allen 99
  5. Matthews 99
  6. McLemore 102
  7. DeRozan 102
  8. Butler 102
  9. Ellis 102
  10. Korver 102
  11. Reddick 104
  12. Dragic 104
  13. Stephenson 106
  14. Caldwell-Pope 106
  15. Afflalo 107
  16. Fournier 107
  17. Bogdanovic 108
  18. Fournier 108
  19. Shumpert 108
  20. Burks 111
  21. Bryant 116

Assist To Turnover Ratio

  1. Korver 2.2
  2. Stephenson 2.1
  3. Butler 2.0
  4. Dragic 1.9
  5. Shumpert 1.9
  6. Ellis 1.8
  7. Afflalo 1.7
  8. Thompson 1.7
  9. Harden 1.5
  10. Matthews 1.5
  11. Bryant 1.4
  12. Green 1.4
  13. Burks 1.4
  14. Fournier 1.3
  15. DeRozan 1.3
  16. Allen 1.3
  17. Reddick 1.3
  18. Ross 1.1
  19. Caldwell-Pope 1.0
  20. Bogdanovic 0.9
  21. McLemore 0.7

Effective Field Goal Percentage

  1. Korver 71
  2. Matthews 59
  3. Green 57
  4. Ross 56
  5. McLemore 56
  6. Reddick 55
  7. Dragic 54
  8. Thompson 54
  9. Afflalo 53
  10. Butler 52
  11. Fournier 51
  12. Allen 51
  13. Ellis 50
  14. Bogdanovic 50
  15. Harden 48
  16. Shumpert 47
  17. Caldwell-Pope 45
  18. Burks 44
  19. Bryant 42
  20. DeRozan 40
  21. Stephenson 40

He's just not good anymore. Top 5 shooting guards would have to include some combination Dragic Butler Harden Matthews Thompson Ellis. Then you've got the low usage second tier like Korver Reddick Allen Ross and Green. Or the high usage second tier DeRozan Fournier Burks.

Kobe's just past it.
 
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Ross? Green? Dragic? No way. Not this season.

He's inefficient, we get it. But that's a combination of his mentality, the team surrounding him, and boneheaded tactics from Scott.
 
I don't think it can be blamed on teammates or Scott either. The Lakers are being outscored by 13 points per 100 possessions with Kobe on the court. They are outscoring their opponents by 7 with him on the bench. That's a massive swing.
 
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