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Lol @ everyone talking shit about Evan Turner, calling him a bust and whatnot.
He just needs time. I'm not saying he's going to end up a superstar, but he's definitely going to be a special player, he's just way too talented.

I think by the end of the all-star break, he'll show Philly why they drafted him. Hope Iggy gets traded too, fuck him.
 
Evan Turner is a pure athlete, I had a great time watching him develop here in my hometown of Columbus. while he's not quite as NBA-ready as John Wall, I think that Turner will develop in a solid player in a year or so. so I agree, as well... it's nice to hear somebody else not jumping to a knee-jerk reaction that he's a bust
 
as much as I hate the Heat, this is a pretty wild picture

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could be best sports pic of the year imo
 
makes me a lil sad that this forum (bluelight) has such progressive discussion on so many of its other forums but the sports forum is so low-brow
 
KamMoye said:
makes me a lil sad that this forum (bluelight) has such progressive discussion on so many of its other forums but the sports forum is so low-brow
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I'm saddened that you see my forum in such a light

however, all you have done since your BL induction is try to troll this forum (and SLR, from what I can see) and bait people into getting riled up. while you think that my truly beloved S&G is "low-brow," I think that you and your reactionary style of posting is borderline pathetic

while most mods would censor your above butt-hurt post, I am not most mods in the fact that I let my people of S&G speak freely. I would take your comment more to heart if I considered you an intelligent and worthwhile contributor to my corner of BL

however, posts like "umad" really don't springboard any discussion and it has no value to this thread's topic at hand, so I will un-approve

if you have any further complains about this place and how it's being run, please PM an Admin or post in Support

in the meantime, lets stick to discussing this season of pro-basketball. any bullshit, off-topic posts will be deleted. that goes for everyone
 
i wish someone gives a memo to the team of jvg/breen/jackson to START COMMENTATING MORE ON THE GAME! it's not that i don't enjoy jvg's sometimes-inspired rants, but i enjoy it so much that i become distracted because it is disconcerting to my brain.

and since i enjoy watching and analyzing basketball more than i do hearing about often uninformed opinions ("yes! i would trade for 'melo in a heartbeat!" LOL!) it's like fuk, we got a great game going on here. how much better would it be if these announcers talked and analyzed it more?

and mark jackson, KING OF CLICHES! i hated him when he started out, realized i was biased and like him more, and now i'm neutral / slight dislike because he just sounds like one big ass sellout. he's got a lot of knowledge but you don't hear a lot of it when it's covered up with shit like "he's just a winner!"

most of the time i mute my announcers but some announcers are cool. michael smith from the clippers is pretty knowledgable. he was reciting PER during the game! LMAO! when the spurs played the clips he was like, ginobili is one of only three players (think other 2 were LBJ and dirk) who have been in top 5 of PER the past 5 seasons. something like that. i was like good shit mike smith, thank you for telling me that!

but a lot of other times he's annoying because he gets so biased in trumpeting his viewpoint. it's like he just wants to bowl u over with how smart he is. but he doesn't realize that his real audience is already hanging with him, cuz he's not really gonna convince the dums-dums to follow along.

and ralph lawyer is just funny old man! it's a good duo more times than a not; it's just a shame they so rarely have competitive games to cast.

lakers announcing duo is biased as hell too but other than that underrated. stu lance is underrated, anyway. the play-by-play guy is your typical douche laker fan who only focuses on what the lakers do well and ignores what they don't. it's pretty funny, though, because stu lance keeps that nigga in check like woah! LOL.
 
I agree about Mark Jackson, dude is an idiot, can't stand him. Like you said his cliches are annoying as fuck, but he also says a lot of dumb shit while announcing. A few weeks ago, he said LeBron was a better passer than Bird AND Magic.

I hope Bill Simmons announces more games, I actually enjoy listening to him even though he is a Celtic homer. He just has so much basketball knowledge...



Rondo out for a couple of weeks.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ap-celtics-rondo
 
KamMoye said:
makes me a lil sad that this forum (bluelight) has such progressive discussion on so many of its other forums but the sports forum is so low-brow
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I don't really see where "high-brow" and sports ever really meet.

Where else do you post? I have been all over the internet and have yet to find a place I enjoy talking about sports more than this forum. Please fill me in on your high-brow sports mecca.
 
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I agree about Mark Jackson, dude is an idiot, can't stand him. Like you said his cliches are annoying as fuck, but he also says a lot of dumb shit while announcing. A few weeks ago, he said LeBron was a better passer than Bird AND Magic.

I hope Bill Simmons announces more games, I actually enjoy listening to him even though he is a Celtic homer. He just has so much basketball knowledge...



Rondo out for a couple of weeks.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ap-celtics-rondo
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I remember him saying that. Then they showed clips of some of Bird's passes. Lebron makes some great passes, but some of them look unnecessarily stylized. Larry Bird made some crazy passes out of necessary not showboatsmanship.

As far as Bill Simmons goes... I don't so much mind his homerism, but it might be different if I were watching the Cavs/Celts and he was commentating. He has a very college sounding voice, but he has some good insight.
 
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Where else do you post? I have been all over the internet and have yet to find a place I enjoy talking about sports more than this forum. Please fill me in on your high-brow sports mecca.
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I'm pretty sure I've seen KamMoye as a mod for OutSports.com

;)

but in seriousness, thanks for your compliment. I agree that this is a diamond in the rough for sports topics, as most team boards boil down to homers circle jerking. and the comments on ESPN.com are only a step better than youtube comments

most of the time I want to kill you all, but I really don't know what I'd do without this forum. probably just talk to sports by myself while walking down tha streetz
 
It is amazing how good the Spurs are. It's equally amazing how little credit Tim Duncan gets.

He had a monstrous 28/16/4 game last night, willing his team to a win in a game they probably shouldn't have won.

Really hoping for a Spurs/Celtics Finals, because imo it'd be the most well-played Finals you could ask for.

Also, last night was a perfect example of how overrated 'Melo is!

When he gets the ball, it sticks. His whole game is lining up on one side of the court, exploring and exploiting any would-be double-teams, and mostly settling for fall-aways and jumpers.

I really believe that if the offense went through Nene the Nuggets would be so much better. The announcers correctly talked all night long about how Duncan couldn't guard Nene, yet the Nuggets fail to pound the ball inside to him.

I think the Nuggets SHOULD trade Melo and rebuild on the fly. They already have the two most important pieces: a big man and a point guard.

And Arron Afflalo! He really does look like a long-term starter at SG. A lot of confidence, a dogged defender, a massively improved jumper. He'll keep improving off the dribble too.

How the Nuggets handle this Melo situation will really show the competence of their new front-office. They should really be a WC contender for the next 5 years.
 
From today's Per Diem by Hollinger:

"Then there's Nash. At 36, he's threatening to post the best mark of his career, with a 23.87 PER that exceeds that of both his MVP seasons. He's had to take on a bigger scoring role in Amare Stoudemire's absence and swallowed it with ease, shooting 51.4 percent and averaging better than a point every two minutes while directing the league's top-ranked offense for a mind-boggling seventh consecutive season."

That brings up two questions for me:

1. Steve Nash may be the greatest shooter in NBA history. He is also one of the greatest passers in history. What is the sweet spot? How often should he be looking to score and take advantage of that amazing shot?

2. Talking heads always talk about a point guard improving the play of his teammates, yet when it comes to ranking the best point guards, they base it off of primitive stats (Deron Williams vs CP3, Rose's PPG while ignoring his turnovers). Ignoring the hypocrisy for a minute, isn't leading your team to the best offense in the NBA some kind of tangible proof of the "making your teammates better" spiel?

Remember when Steve Nash got his MVPs? I remember reading discussion of whether he was a Hall of Famer. At the time it was hard to swallow, for me anyway, but with the benefit of hindsight, he's one of the most underrated players to ever play the game.
 
Anyone else watching Heat-Knicks?

The tempo/pace of this game is ridiculous. You can't blink or you miss something lol.

LeBron is on right now. :/



I love NY's ball movement though, so crisp. Miami should take notes.
Heat need to rotate better, they can't keep up.
 
Miami should run more set plays and get out on the fastbreaks for easy buckets. LeBron is just trying to show people how good he is right now and it's not really necessary. Lol.
 
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Heat need to rotate better, they can't keep up.
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el oh el

troll ITT

i was watching this and the lakers game and the lakers announcers were talking about "oh a W's a W doesnt matter how you get it," because the lake show were having trouble w/ philly entering the 4th. then i turn it to ny-mia and see the heat blowing out an equally good team on the road.

still wanna see bosh get on the boards more but wow the heat are looking scary.

playoffs are gonna be so good. chicago bulls look incredible too, especially if they can trade for a courtney lee.

and now to watchdirk nowitzki and steve nash, two of the best offensive players in nba history. good time to be an nba fan.
 
I posted that when it was still the first quarter and when the Knicks were still in it. And I was right until Miami adjusted their defense in the 2nd half.

Dumb fuck.
 
Miami always plays even-up with the other team in the first half. The Heat's goal is to wear the other team down with superior athleticism and defense. When the second half rolls around, other teams just can't keep up any more. It's a brilliant strategy.

As for the finals, I still think it will be Lakers-Heat.

The Celtics and the Spurs are the only others with a legit chance. All the other teams having great regular seasons have reputations for blowing it in the playoffs when they play teams with sound fundamentals and defense like the 4 I mentioned.

The reason I am picking the Heat and Lakers over the Spurs and Celtics is age. These teams teeth are only getting longer, and since they are busting their ass in the regular season I don't know if they will have anything left come Eastern/Western Conference final time.
 
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