*The Official 2011-12 NBA Thread*

Down go Lakers.

 

How long before Knicks fans starts overrating Jeremy Lin?

 

Two nights ago. They chanted MVP when he was on the stripe tonight.

 

Wow.

 

No doubt. It was still hilarious/awesome.

 

Who has the balls to point out to Knick fans that Lin had 8 turnovers tonight and he can't dribble with his left hand? oh, that's right, I do!

and you New Yorkers stole our "MVP" bit. We have been chanting MVP for THE WARDEN for damn near two years already, and we broke it out for Norris Cole as well. That is OUR thing.

 

I'm pretty sure every team does that. Hell, the Bulls chanted MVP as soon as Scalabrine entered the game and touched the ball.

 

I wouldn't say he brings nothing else to the table. Also, he doesn't score at a below average rate. 43% is average, IIRC. And he's an above average 3 point shooter, too. That's a major part of his game.

His PER is very solid, too. Career 15.2. It would be higher if you don't include his two seasons in New Orleans and just look at his 5 seasons in Denver. At one point his PER was 18.

 

All smiles in New Yawk

 

On JR Smith..he is an average SG as far as efficiency.

The Average SG shoots 43.6% from the field. JR SMith shot 43.5% last year. His TS% was 55%, the average SG shoots a TS% of 54.1

When you dig a little deeper, his true value seeps out:

His Wins Produced per 48 minutes is .153, while the average SG's is .099

So the true analysis on JR Smith is that he is an average SG offensively, but does almost everything else better than the average SG. So the narratives about a player that the media creates, are usually wrong.


Now, this is where it gets interesting. As compared to the best of Landry Fields last year, JR Smith is a vastly inferior player to Fields, in every aspect of his game. Fields' per48 WP was .253, while his TS% was 59.8%.


SO in the end, if Landry Fields gets back to playing like he did last year, JR Smith would be a DOWNGRADE.

Again, if the Knicks want me as GM, I can be had for low six figures and a per diem.

 

From a group of people who claim they are "hated" on...the stones sure are being tossed from the balcony of the glass houses.

 

Smiling down from the 10 seed?

 

huh?

 

Worst comeback ever.

 

Durant with the STARPOWER CALL.

 

PER of 15 is exactly average. His career year is exactly 3 points higher than average.

Lol.

 

Yeah that was terrible.

 

And this entire time I have been calling him average, hence my disagreement with you and R and R express calling him really, really bad.

 

He's a scorer only type of guy that scores at an inconsistent clip. If you're the Knicks, yeah why the hell not. But beyond that, I'd pass. Although I didn't realize he was as good from 3 as he was.

 

I found this funny.
[video=youtube;bUa6UOQ1zag]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUa6UOQ1zag[/video]

 

Jafail McGee's stupidity never ceases to amaze me.

 

Spotty effort from Miami, but they closed out in the end. The Bron-Wade-Bosh-Miller-UD combo is starting to come together. THIS is what it was supposed to be like last year.
Im glad UD is finally getting in to his shooting groove, Im sure Battier will find his soon. Also, Miller is CONSTANTLY fighting for rebounds, ALWAYS under the rim.
Here comes the road trip and our back-to-back-to-back.

 

Minnesota wins without Love. Balkan Bulldozer!

 

Torn Achilles for Chauncey Billups. Probably the end of his career.

 

fify

 

Terrible news for Chauncey. Hate to see a good career end that way.

 

Defense was hot an cold until the 4th. We need more complete game efforts.

The B2B2B is just dumb. We end with the third or fourth best team
In the East on their court and they have two nights rest before the game. Nice FU from the league.

 

LOL @ Kendrick Perkins singling out LeBron's tweet about Perk getting destroyed by Griffin.

Haters gonna hate.

 

How mad can he get?!?!

 

Larry Bird says if you want to win you play with Kobe, if you wanna have fun play with Lebron.

Haters gonna hate.

 

Not as mad as Perk, but pretty mad.

 

He also said that LBJ was the best player in the league by far. Which would make him (Larry Bird) a drooling idiot considering his earlier statement.

 

Section, is tonight's game on SunSports?

 

Yea, I found that pretty funny. Lebron is better than Kobe, but he would rather have Kobe.

 

Actually there is a difference. And it's called killer instinct, hopefully for Lebron he either develops it or rides the coat tails of his teammates to a title.