2015 NBA Regular Season Thread

[Rios15]

Beat the Cavs, almost beat the Warriors... good enough for me.

 

[Rios15]

Hoping both New York and Denver do bad this year for the sake of the Raptors' draft pick. We get the less desirable one... still one of the best moves Masai has done.

 

[Mexi]

Clips are very very stale and im beginning to really think it may be doc
Always thought he was overrated
KG and Ray prolonged his career

 

[BwareDWare94]

I knew this Houston team would implode at some point.
 
I think DMo would really help them out, but he won't be himself until either playoff time or next season, and every loss in the West is big. To already have 10 is bad. This team needs a stretch of winnable games to build some confidence, but you heard it here, first--they will lose to Philadelphia on Friday, marking the low point. I have a feeling Canaan is going to drop 4-5 threes on them. 

 

[jonathanlambert33]

Didn't you win?

Yeah, but that was a reaction to something before the end of the game.

Refs let both sides get away with every dribbling violation imaginable all game, then call Ryan Anderson for shuffling his feet (much less blatant than other violations that didn't get a whistle) with a minute to go in a tied game. Ridiculous

 

[Rios15]

https://twitter.com/iamjj3/status/669743655209598977


https://twitter.com/iamjj3/status/669924853223448578

 

[snipezo]

It's true though. If Casey really prefers to play small ball, he'd be perfect at the 4.

 

[jonathanlambert33]

So Klay Thompson...was last year a fluke season? He's largely the same player he always was before last year.

 

[jonathanlambert33]

Do we still have Hinkie fans or can we admit that the way he's building that team is garbage?

 

[elcheato]

And if they get the #1 pick and Ben Simmons, there will be articles praising him two years from now.

 

[Hurricane Season]

You sound like someone that doesn't trust the process.

 

[elcheato]

I miss the bobcats

 

[Big Bid'Ness]

 

[Pugz]

#Melo2Miami

 

[buzzy]

Thought the small guy was Lowry for a sec. I could work with that lineup.

 

[bosoxlover12]

Do we still have Hinkie fans or can we admit that the way he's building that team is garbage?

His process is fine. 
 
 
It started in 2013. He selected Nerlens Noel with the NO pick, and he's a very solid, above average player. Would probably start for at least 70% of teams in the league. Then drafted MCW, who really is not that special, but he flipped him for a pick last year.
 
He then drafted Embiid, who people were clamoring over. If he was healthy, he might have been better than Wiggins. Knowing how the next guys that were selected were Gordon, Exum, and Smart (all of which are not good shooters), it was the right move to select him. Hindsight is 20/20, obviously. He then took Saric, which was a fine pick knowing that he was going to be stashed, and there weren't that many good players left. Their other options were to keep Elfrid (which was stupid at the time since they still had MCW, plus they got their pick back by trading with Orlando), or draft Lavine. Not an awful move.
 
Then this year they took Jahlil. While he isn't a great fit next to Noel, you've always been one to say to just take the best available player, and not one that "fits the system the best". He was definitely the best available player, and he's going to be SO good offensively.
 
 
My biggest take on Hinkie's moves, is that it isn't over yet. His plan that he started with the Jrue Holiday/Nerlens Noel trade, isnt over yet. Barring something ridiculous, the Sixers will have 4 first round picks next year; two in the Top 5. If the Sixers get lucky, and get the #1 and #4 overall picks, their plan is probably super successful in the long run. A frontcourt trio of Ben Simmons, Jahlil Okafor, and Nerlens Noel is deadly. Add in a potential Brandon Ingram type of player, and you got some talent. 
 
It sucks that Embiid was a bust, but you cant blame Hinkie for that. And what other way is there to succeed in today's NBA? In the past decade. the only teams to win the NBA Finals that were FA built were Lebron's Heat, and I guess the 08 Celtics. Everyone else were led/carried by players drafted to them.
 
Warriors -- Curry
Spurs -- Duncan, Ginobili, Parker
Dallas -- Dirk
Miami 06 -- Wade
Lakers 09/10 -- Kobe
 
You can't win without star power, and FA isn't a good way to gain that talent. If you have to tank your way to get there, then so be it. Like, teams like Phoenix have tried to be good through trades and FA and it just doesnt work. The Thunder Method is the best way to get a possible title, and thats by getting great draft picks. If OKC kept Harden they would have won a title already, for sure. The Sixers can't win a title without tanking for superstars like Ben Simmons and co.

 

[Pugz]

penis kanter had the best mustache in the league

 

[elcheato]

Pics or its fake

 

[Mexi]

Last years sexy pick was the hornets
This year the bucks

Nope

 

[Mexi]

OJ vs Elfrid is too much hair