heh, I guess I am one of the few who still thinks Lebron is a gigantic douche even after that commercial. Its clearly a PR ploy and I for one am not gonna start blowing him just because he is questioning why we get to criticize him. LOL at him ruining his legacy because of the move. What ****ing legacy does he have right now? None. Bunch of casualsportsfans itt today imo.

Just talking about offense(totally discounting defense), Melo is clearly worse than Lebron, Wade, Durant, and CP3.

I guess you maybe could make an argument for him at #5, but you could also make an argument for him behind Kobe, Nash, Gasol, Roy, Bosh, Deron, Dirk, Amare, Curry, Ginobili, etc. Basically I find it dishonest to call him a "top 5 offensive player" because theres such a clear dropoff after the top 4 and then there are so many players comparable to him in that next tier.

well part of hte reason that denver is projected poorly is the fact that melo has said he wants to leave asap.

Yea, I don't think that's true. Boston's defense is stronger than most so I'd expect the Magic's 3pt% to go down. They can 1 on 1 vs HGH and their inside/out is a lot less effective when opposing C's can match them. As for their 3pt shooting, dunno. I could think of a lot of reasons but they'd take research.

cool, i'll start checking that out

Lebron can be a gigantic douche and that commercial can be awesome for exactly that reason.

unless d'antoni also concludes he is a ******. randolph's talent is obv but it also needs to be noted that he was benched for taking dumb shots in an offense where it's pretty damn hard to take a dumb shot

during the year teams shot 34% from 3 against boston and 36% against orlando

meh, dude isn't getting any props from me for being an even bigger douche. He hasn't entered Kanye territory yet.

boston's 3pt defense over an 82 game sample size: 34.2%
League average 3pt shooting: 35.5%


So yeah, they were solid there. But its absurd if you really think that we should expect Boston to shoot 7% better than Orlando from 3 in a series. Its also absurd to think that theres not a lot of variance in shooting a basketball.

i liked the commercial. labron is gonna have a monster year.

Yeah I didn't notice his passing ability much, so maybe I'm underrating him there. Agreed on the NY system being great for bulk numbers. I'm hearing reports that he is in Diantoni's doghouse though...people comparing it to the Nate Robinson situation.

But yeah, I'll continue to watch him more and get back to you on what I think.....

Definitely a possibility.

I will think that he gets more of a run out than he did in GS, but after that it is up to him. He is a pretty important part of the rotation as things stand though.

Perfectly reasonable POV.

i'm starting to get irrationally cocky about the Celtics. I predict a win tomorrow.

pretty amazing

assani,

lol Magic. That's how it was last year, with Orlando having homecourt. What happened? lol vince. lol dwight. softest bunch of vajays in the league. As long as the Cs are reasonably healthy and Perk has Dwight 1v1, they win. inefficient market ftl.

jj hickson has a decent shot at mip, scott said jamison will be coming off the bench

I'm sure you realize you're being a homer(whenever you strongly disagree with Vegas in favor of your favorite team then its 99.99% likely to be true), so I won't bother to argue with you. I called the Wizards a championship contender back when they were #2 in the East before jamison/butler/arenas all got hurt....we all homer it up at times.

i dont think anyone thinks that commercial makes lebron look like less of a douche. id imagine its the opposite. cant imagine a way to look worse. i think ppl it bc of the blatant shamelessness lebron is reveling in.

ah yea, hadn't considered him.

Are there odds on MIP anywhere? My book doesn't have them. I probably wouldn't bet, but I'd be interested in seeing what the market thinks.

Assani, still think you're way off on that one. Public loves Boston way more than Magic in a playoff series. I'd be highly surprised if Magic were a huge favorite.

nope

haha. this is a better way to put it.

I am more down on them than most.

Trading Perk for Shack/JON is a downgrade.

I think KG clearly showed he was done last year. Yeah, maybe he still had some effects late, but another year isn't helping him. Don't be fooled by him lighting up Antawn - that was really a mirage imo.

While I don't expect a big decline in Pierce/Allen, another year on their respective legs can't help. Doc stating they need home court (he's right) will prevent them from getting adequate rest and that can't help either.

Is trading TA for Delonte that meaningful? Meh, I don't think so.

I just see nothing to make me think they'll be anything but at best 90% of their best last year. With the stiffer competition, I think that means doom. The fact that they happen to match up poorly against Miami (Boston has no post scoring threat that demands a double-team) makes things look even bleaker to me.

They'll win their share of regular season games, but I think they need help (injuries) from the competition to advance to the finals again.

apparently.

I don't really see any reason to like it, but then I am a hater.

Do you think Nike/Lebron thought it was a good idea?