09 playoffs thread

another reason he doesn't get more assists is, rather than the main offense strategy being have him penetrate and kick out/throw a lob or be involved in a pick n roll, 80% of the time it consists of him throwing a pass to gordon with 15 seconds left on the shot clock, rose getting out of the way and standing in the corner, and bg forcing shit on his own.

seriously if bg wasn't a huge ballhog AND in his contract year on top of that, rose would've had an even huge season stat wise.

u r straight up delusional abt this derick rose guy - is it because u want to make love to him

not again, no

nah rose is dope, joe ur trippin

d rose has a shot at winning a title as his team's #1 option. beasley no way.

ehhh

rose has to develop chris paul's jump shot before that's true

i agree with you wrt beasley tho - he's playing really well but teams are like tripling wade every time down the floor

his shot has actually been looking really good lately, don't think that will be a problem. don't see him being a threat from 3, but a solid tony parker esque 18ft jumper, no prob.

his buttocks are totally sublime too

"d rose has a shot at winning a title as his team's #1 option. beasley no way."

This is nonsense. As is the part about Rose being as good as Parker or Paul.

d rose has a shot at winning a title as his team's #1 option. beasley no way.

With Wade -- and perhaps soon another maximum-contract star (n.1) -- as his teammate, Beasley's unlikely to be the No. 1 option (at least with the Heat). Plus, sure he could.

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(n.1) Those potentially free in 2010 include: Chris Bosh,Amare Stoudemire, LeBron James, Yao Ming, Tracy McGrady, Dirk Nowitzki, Manu Ginobili, and Steve Nash.

you think he has no shot? zero? zilch?

Which part?

parker's 2nd year (disregarding rookie year, didn't avg over 30 mins. dude has never avg'd 35 mins a game, which is surprising): 15.5/5.3. This year is the only year Parker has avg'd more assists than Rose did this year.

notice how i'm keeping paul out of this cause i think he'll wind up being top3 pg all time.

you know who d rose is better than? beyonce.

Nice buttocks too

I think Chicago has very little shot of winning a championship anytime soon.

If they do win a championship it will be because Rose is surrounded by players better than he is.

I think if Beasely wins a championship (which is also unlikely anytime soon) he might (but probably won't as long as Wade is around) be the best player on his team (20/10 dudes are pretty good).

I think it extremely unlikely that Rose will be as good a player as Paul. I should clarify that I don't think he will be as good as Parker is when Parker plays his best ball.

I think if Beasely wins a championship (which is also unlikely anytime soon)

Really? I mean, if the Heat (a) re-sign Wade and, say (b) add C. Bosh, I'd give them a pretty good chance. They'd be young, and very -- very -- good.

Fair enough. We shall see. I do think he'd need two strong options with him, 1A and 1B.
You can't see Rose in 7-8 years avging Parker's current numbers?

I think at least one of those things is not likely to happen though and I also think that Lebron is also young and very -- very -- better.

Yeah, but the thing I keep hearing about LJ is that he doesn't want to surround himself with a co-No. 1 type player (otherwise, he and Wade could be teammates, in Miami or, say, NY). Wade, OTOH, is very willing to have someone like LJ or Bosh.

Can't predict, obv., but I think there's a pretty good chance of both those things happening. Most of what I read has Wade happy here and likely to re-sign (that may have changed lately; I haven't kept up). And Miami has the space for a maximum contract. I read about Bosh a lot down here as a very possible acquisition.

(And I know there's noone equal to LJ now; I meant "co-No. 1" 'cause it's easy shorthand).

my nba fantasy is wade coming to the bulls in 2010, forming an unstoppable chicago-bred backcourt that wins a minimum 8peat.

Yeah, I've heard that as a possible scenario. I'm sure, tho, you've read the most likely thing is him re-signing here.

"You can't see Rose in 7-8 years avging Parker's current numbers?"

I can, but if he does averages Parker's #s in 7-8 years I doubt he'll be his team's #1 option (i.e. he'll need a Duncan or more likely a Beasley--who isn't likely to be as good as Duncan, but you know what I mean.)

"Yeah, but the thing I keep hearing about LJ is that he doesn't want to surround himself with a co-No. 1 type player"

Did Lebron tell you this himself?

I can't imagine Lebron wouldn't be thrilled to be playing with Chris Bosh.

Did Lebron tell you this himself?

He always uses intermediaries when he communicates with me.

u guys parker is not good enough to be the best player on a championship team except in a detroit 5 all stars style line up - i could def see rose being as good as parker - thats not quite superstar good tho

if the last month of beasleys career is indicative of his learning curve hes going to be an absolutely dominant scorer/rebounder - an automatic double team - could easily be an aberration tho - and imo the doubling and tripling wade effect can only be so strong - is anyone else on miami putting up numbers nearly like beasleys in any way - no they are not - shawn marion for instance certainly didnt benefit from any particular wade effect

a wade/rose back court is interesting to think abt - weve never seen anything quite like it - itd be slightly undersized and not great from distance but fuck they would just punish u off the dribble and in transition - chicago would still need someone to score on the block imo to make the opposing D pay for overplaying the perimeter - but at that point a serviceable guy would do - like leon powe or whoever - also shooters obv need them always - lol chicago is a pretty poorly assembled team

i don't think wade and rose would complement each other well, they have a really similar skill set (tho wade is 1000x times more talented obv)

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psyched for 2morrow!

def gives me a good excuse to start drinkin at 11am, which will in turn give me an excuse for a poor tennis performance in the afternoon.

high 70s. need to find somewhere 2 watch outside

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This game has been awesome. Derrick Rose has been nigh unstoppable.

As I wrote that, he made two consecutive awesome plays. Geez.

derrick fucking rose

I didn't exactly follow the bulls too closely this year but wowowowow at derrick rose, jesus.

omg vinny del negro's dad is adorable.

Ray Allen and Ben Gordon have been straight up garbage in this game.

And as I type that, Gordon makes a shot.

And again!

AND AGAIN!

So the playoffs are going to be good imo

Rajon Rondo with a rebound and a follow-up jump hook WHAT

Oh no, Rondo with a terrible foul

Most points ever by a rookie in his playoff debut