They can pick their poison, for a day and a half all the talking heads said they had to stop Dirk and make the others step up. And for the first quarter that is exactly what they did, and the other guys stepped up. Result the same Mavs lead.
Dallas is just too deep
Cleveland didn't lose Lebron and go from top 3 to bottom 3, they lost Lebron, Shaq, West, Ilguaskas, Williams for most of the season, and Varejao for most of the season and went from top 3 to bottom 3. I hate how people act like the Cavs lost Lebron and instantly became the worst team in the league, he was hands down the best player on the team, but the roster of the 10-11 season was radically different than the 09-10 season.
Westbrook annoys me a lot. He needs to learn that he's the number 2 option on the team. Yes he's young and they really need to work with him in the off-season to get him into the mindset to pass first and shoot second no matter how much he scores.
Players who can consistently hit shots like that are called "all stars."The Thunder have quite a few guys who can hit shots like that. .
Players who can consistently hit shots like that are called "all stars."
No, really. Contested 3 pointers off the dribble don't go down very often, even if you're MJ or whoever.Not really. They lack good size and defensive ability. There are plenty of players like that in the league and make great bench players.
No, really. Contested 3 pointers off the dribble don't go down very often, even if you're MJ or whoever.
Probably about one in three from the games I watch. If a guy does it on a heat check better than 50%. Are we talking about heat checks then?
Were the phantom fouls called on dirk and jet as bad on TV as they were on the jumbotron??
No, we're talking about contested 3 pointers off the dribble.
Don't know, but his percentage on threes for the regular season was 34.9.I practiced that shot starting in middle school, I know most NBA players do as well. Defender tosses the ball to you then closes out as you come up to shoot. Much more "game" like than just standing at the 3 pt line shooting jumpers.
I'd say for a legit shooter that is a one in three shot, but on a heat check it is a much higher percentage. I saw quite a few of those shots from the Thunder miss tonight, usually accompanied by JVG saying "they can get a better shot than that".
What was their percentage on 3's off the dribble tonight?
Don't know, but his percentage on threes for the regular season was 34.9.
Shaq, West and Williams were injured during Cleveland's best stretch of basketball last season when they ran off 13 in a row, mostly big time blowouts. Humorously enough, most of the guys you mentioned in that list were the ones who missed the most games for them last season and weren't a part of the starting lineup most of the year. Big Z was traded midseason and didn't start. West rarely started. Mo Williams wasn't injured that much this season.
The Bulls lost a bunch of no name players too, and nobody will remember anyone other than Shaq from that Cavs list 15 years from now. The comparison is valid (BJ Armstrong, Bill Cartwright, Horace Grant, John Paxson...plenty of guys who contributed in a meaningful way to the Bulls championships).
The Bulls did well because they had a Hall of Fame player and coach left after Jordan retired. The Cavs never had that for James. The first to worst deal was because the cupboard was bare.
As I said, they certainly weren't comparable to Lebron in terms of skill, but the Cavs of this season were sporting 5 rookies, 2 of which were undrafted and 2 who were late picks, the roster is nowhere near what it was last year. The Cavs of last year had plenty of guys who could contribute meaningfully, they just couldn't do it to a championship, Lebron included in that list.
Mentally the Cavs just crashed this year. I imagine that the way in which Lebron left the team did not particularly help that, but when shit started hitting them they just took it. They actually had a respectable start, but the middle of the season was just horrendous.