Those Laker teams pushed the ball from one end of the floor to other better than any team I have ever seen. Magic Johnson probed the defense, in transition, looking for immediate at the rim finishes for players like Michael Cooper and James Worthy.

When those finishes weren't there - he, as well as any point guard I have seen, was then able to immediately reset the offense and work the half court offense sets that were enhanced by the presence of one of the most dominate half court offensive presences in the history of the game - Kareem Abdul Jabbar.

The collective basketball IQ of that team was genius level. Every once in a while, statistics are simply not be all, end all revelations.

omg community crushed again tonight

love that show

I dunno about the world but billusp is definitely the master of park hill

yeah, before midnight eastern time tomorrow....I'm counting on you for AT LEAST 80 posts during that game, man!

brandon roy needs a tattoo or 20

i don't agree. the value of the best offensive players comes in the halfcourt. that's not to say that you should seek to walk the ball up the court on every play. additionally the implicit assumption here is that the cavs can run a lot more and still play the same caliber of defense that they currently do which is nowhere close to a given. if he goes to the knicks and breaks the scoreboards w/dantoni and they don't win then public opinion will cry out about how they need to slow down so they can play better d. grass is always greener.


i mean you can say w/e you want, but that doesn't make it true. if the lakers ran "as much as any other team" they would have at least as many possessions per game as any other team. they did not, thus they did not run as much as any other team. there is not much of an argument against this other than it not meshing w/the popularized version of the history


edit: where are all the shots/possessions if they were truly running so much? perhaps they were just extremely efficient relative to the rest of the league in their ability to convert transition opportunities. that would make them a good transition team, but that is a distinct point from running often

I didn't say that stats were the be all end all revelation. I said that if you believe something about a team and it is true, then there is enough data available that you should be able to statistically prove it in some way. If you are unable to do this, then I very much doubt you are correct.

tie game bishes

am i the only one who thought Juwon Howard was actually retired???

dont knock it before you try it, imo

how does george karl not understand this

<3 Mike Frat for taking minutes away from Reggie.

exactly.

No no no

B Roy is smooth and coolest player in NBA

needs no changes

i'm sure you're not the only one

yeah i meant the first girl. def would hit it, but hopefully before oden bulldozed through there.

id love nothing more in the world than marv just bitch-slapping reggie miller for my amusement

nope

Brandon Roy is a son of a bitch.

lol omg brandon waa, what a sick 3rd q

damn B Roy

so obvious

who else EXPECTED that shot to go in???

i know i did

pretty sure he called bank

i love when buzzer beaters are banked in