in these, the waning days of stern: 2013-2014 NBA regular season thread (part 1)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYrPGHGrRwk

Game recognize game

that question about players in their prime is actually pretty interesting

i might still roll the dice on the heat with 30 ppg wade, ray allen from like 8 years ago, rockets battier, max contract era rashard and, uh, greg oden as a college senior

and i guess lebron and bosh in their currents states

the nets would probably win. but so would the spurs.

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the nets wouldnt lose a game, prime 5x5 ak47 is yr sixth best player i mean

prime JJ and prime d will aren't *that* great

prime KG & prime PP are pretty great but there are other teams with better starting 5s

lol prime kg is "pretty great" ok sure right

historically great player! but other teams also have those

which are these teams w better starting fives out of curiocity

waiting patiently for jordan to rep for a team starting battier

imagines the heat attempting to guard kg and lopez

well starting fives is a bit of a misnomer, i'd say crunch time 5s

the spurs w/ prime duncan, prime TP, prime manu and some combination of leonard/green/splitter could beat PRIME NETS

the heat w/ current LBJ & bosh + wade & ray at their peaks with some current rando thrown in could also beat PRIME NETS

lol u are literally out of yr fucking mind

the lakers with prime kobe, nash, gasol and kaman are one player away from being able to beat PRIME NETS

i mean the nets could be the best of that group but if they played it out they could also easily lose

i mean the spurs had teams with prime duncan manu and parker and they were very good but not imaginary super team good, and the heat while it would be an extremely scary offensive team would have the same problem the current heat have with interior D

if it's a playoff series where benches matter less than top 5 the nets would be the favorites but not infallible

they would be infallible sorry, benches matter less in the playoffs but its more like your deep bench guys matter less, having terry and ak47 as your first guys in would make them even more better than their starting line up advantage

the heat would have some of the same problems the current heat have in the redundancy of talent like obvs prime ray allen was an amazing player but his best skill was scoring and the heat have tons of scoring, all the nets players are v well rounded and would compliment each other nicely

if "prime" greg oden = healthy greg oden then he could check brook lopez pretty easily imo

blake is really the master of that heavily defended throw-dunk

prime oden i think would have to refer to 2nd year oden where he was putting up ridic numbers but only getting 20min a night because he had absolutely no idea what he was doing and a pro operator like lopez would eat him alive

you dont get to have imaginary healthy mature oden sry

the nets would probably win!

but the heat could roll out one of the three best players ever, a 30 ppg guy at his peak, the best shooter ever, a no doubt hall of fame PF, a first overall pick center. and battier when he was really checking guys on D and shooting 40% from three plus mid-20s rashard are decent bench players.

obv chalmers & cole & birdman etc are the weak links there. but it would be a series.

second year oden was better than brook but yeah he couldn't stay on the floor

i think it was cuz of fouls though

he had no idea how to play basketball he was just out there jumping around, brook is a legit elite skilled nba player on both sides of the ball and like 1mx better than 2nd year oden was

Glad this discussion is finally bringing people around to the value of Brook Lopez, stalwart of my fantasy team for 2+ years at least

i mean you can understand why everyone was so amped on greg but he has zero idea of how to play basketball at that point

his PER was 23!

i mean it was like a 15 game sample or whatever but i dunno we're in a ~thought experiment~ here

lopez rated 2nd in the nba at opponent fg% at the rim just behind hibbert, he is really really good, only weakness is rebounding

this argument is breaking down but I agree with

lol u are literally out of yr fucking mind

― lag∞n, Thursday, January 9, 2014 9:31 AM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

his PER was 23!

i mean it was like a 15 game sample or whatever but i dunno we're in a ~thought experiment~ here

― le goon (J0rdan S.), Thursday, January 9, 2014 11:54 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i know he was putting up ridic numbers, but he was also very bad, he was very very bad at D, hence all the fouling, lopez would foul him out in like 3mins, i watched some of those games and he was like a great dane puppy running around out there, he was doing on on pure athleticism and size and wouldve gotten eaten alive by a good team that had like ten mins to prepare for him

know way to gauge how good oden could have been. just not enough to base anything on

idk i tihnk he wouldve been a l33t player eventually if he didnt get injured and put in the proper work and all but he was really really green then

obvs who knows if he had the work ethic and mind of a champion eye of the tiger and everything, he def had all the raw tools tho

agree but you know

didn't prime rashard and ray already play on the same team?

rashard was prob not quite prime when he left

You mean on the sonics? xp

yaeh

rashard was like jeff green in his prime

naw rashard was a great shooter and bad at everything else, green is all around mediocre at everything

somehow this wasn't the worst call in the nba last night
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQFT6ubFy6g

lol smh

the timing of it too, curry had had it going and that was his 5th foul

but this one on cunningham is just idk
https://twitter.com/cjzero/status/421127685297819648

xpost green is great at ... marketing?

that question about players in their prime is actually pretty interesting

There's only one way to settle this: put them all together on the court and let them play each other. Yeah, that's the answer!

but this one on cunningham is just idk
https://twitter.com/cjzero/status/421127685297819648

― Spottie, Thursday, January 9, 2014 12:30 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

woww

the elusive no contact foul