****The Official 2015-16 NBA Thread****

"Galant wrote:

Spurs offense this year or last? Their offensive numbers have taken a knock but their defense has improved. Or are you thinking matchups?

Who would be your starting 5/6?

I would think if it were Miami/Cleveland, then Kyrie, Wade, Lebron, Love, Bosh. Of course with the other 4, maybe you leave Kyrie as 6th man and let Delly play PG with the starters. :shifty:

"Galant wrote:

Spurs offense this year or last? Their offensive numbers have taken a knock but their defense has improved. Or are you thinking matchups?

Who would be your starting 5/6?

Spurs-Heat would be deadly:

Parker, Wade, Kawhi, Aldridge, Bosh. Use Dragic, Duncan, Winslow, Ginobli, Hassan, Deng for matchups.

Cavs-Heat: Kyrie, Wade, Bron, Love, Bosh. That is ultra tough right there.

"Section126 wrote:

Correction. He can shoot the **** out of it when he sees a Heat uniform. He is the co-captain of the RSHK all-stars.

RSHK All-Time....All-Star Team:

PG- Patty Mills
SG- Marcus Thornton
SG - Jamal Crawford
PF - Ian Mahinmi
C - Kelly Olynck

I'm surprised you missed Jarret Jack and Wayne Ellington.

"Sumlit wrote:

I'm surprised you missed Jarret Jack and Wayne Ellington.

They come off the bench.

"Galant wrote:

Yeah I'm wondering if Kerr shouldn't be required to remove Steph from the game whenever they get ahead by 5 points. Otherwise they might be require to change the franchise name to the Golden State Bullies. That is, if Curry wasn't such a nice guy.

It's just not fair. #cheatmode

Then again, maybe they should just implement Black Jack rules. Too many points and you lose. :)

In the pregame they mentioned that Steph hasn't played in the 4th quarter in like 12 games and in other a handful of other games has played like 5-6 minutes in the 4th. So he's basically averaging what he's averaging in 3.5 quarters or something stupid like that. You can literally see how demoralized teams are when they whittle away at a big lead to get it down to like 5 and then GS pops off 8 pts in like 20 seconds of play. The team just submits and tries to keep it close in order to not be humiliated. Barring a serious injury you might as well call the season right now.

"Section126 wrote:

There is a way to beat Golden State. Problem is that you have to combine at least two teams to do it.

Miami with Cleveland or Miami with San Antonio.

Miami Perimeter defense with Cavs or Spurs offense.

Season is over...just waiting on an injury to see if anybody else has a chance.

Want to just pretend the real champion is the winner of the ECF so we can have a Heat vs Cavs Finals?

"PhiNomina wrote:

Want to just pretend the real champion is the winner of the ECF so we can have a Heat vs Cavs Finals?

No...because we are decided underdogs....LOL

But don't take injuries like last year. Could get interesting........

Greg Monroe and Michael Carter Williams on the trade block.

"Vertical Limit wrote:

Greg Monroe and Michael Carter Williams on the trade block.

Wow that's interesting.

This is probably dumb but Dragic / Monroe swap?

Im betting on OKC ML when the line comes out vs Golden State

Barack Obama just buried the Warriors..

https://instagram.com/p/BBYhZ9qn_gR/

Chris Bosh is officially in the 3 point shootout to help carry Heat's reputation in that competition.

"PhiNomina wrote:

Wow that's interesting.

This is probably dumb but Dragic / Monroe swap?

Who will play PG? What about the back up?

"PhiNomina wrote:

Wow that's interesting.

This is probably dumb but Dragic / Monroe swap?

Nah....although it could be forward thinking if the Heat like Conley in the offseason...but nah..Heat has to be really happy with what they have now on the front line with the emergence of Amare, and the return of Hassan and McBob..

"Vertical Limit wrote:

Chris Bosh is officially in the 3 point shootout to help carry Heat's reputation in that competition.

Heat have the most 3 pt. championships:

Champs:
Glen Rice 95'
Jason Kapono 07'
Daequan Cook 09'
James Jones 11'

Bosh should be a huge underdog, so the price will be nice.

"Section126 wrote:

Nah....although it could be forward thinking if the Heat like Conley in the offseason...but nah..Heat has to be really happy with what they have now on the front line with the emergence of Amare, and the return of Hassan and McBob..

Well another option under that scenario would be to try and flip Hassan for a replacement PG or a wing player with more long term value. Whiteside is for sure a better rim protector then Monroe but Bosh as we know is a pretty good defender and can play the 5. Monroe is a much better post player and offensive player overall. It could make more sense that way hypothetically speaking of course.

"PhiNomina wrote:

Want to just pretend the real champion is the winner of the ECF so we can have a Heat vs Cavs Finals?

That is my finals. I really wouldn't care what happened after as long as we (Heat) win.

Though reading what Section wrote, perhaps we should consider joining forces.

"Section126 wrote:

Nah....although it could be forward thinking if the Heat like Conley in the offseason...but nah..Heat has to be really happy with what they have now on the front line with the emergence of Amare, and the return of Hassan and McBob..

Be sort of interesting to see the Heat go the opposite of the rest of the league - everyone getting smaller and faster. Heat could grind people down with half-court sets and size. Bosh and Monroe - not a lot of teams could matchup vs two bigs like that. And Bosh can still space out enough that it wouldn't clog the lane w Monroe. Add shooting around them and watch teams try to defend that.

Also makes the team significantly younger.

EDIT - Forgot Monroe only signed for 3 yrs and the last yr is a player option. Probably doesn't make sense for the Heat, then - unless you're trying to get out from under Dragic's deal and open up space down the road.

"CaribPhin wrote:

The Grizzlies tried that approach though. Gasol and Z-Bo haven't been enough.

True. Bosh seems like the x-factor. He can guard anyone. He'd probably be the best corner on the Dolphins if he wanted.

God we can't shoot for ****.

Wow the 10th block Whiteside got tonight was absolutely ridiculous. WOW!

This Whiteside off the bench thing is looking like a good idea. Another triple-double...with blocks...off the bench.

Green, are you ****ing dumb?

Wade put Green on check right after that stupid foul..

Keep doing work Whiteside.. Need your value sky high at the deadline..