#focus#mustwin#playoffs#drama? : 2013 NBA playoffs

not that vogel is wrong, i just didn't think green would be this bad

Yeah, kinda sad to see Green on the bench-- he lost his spot in the rotation to Orlando Johnson late in the year. He had huge flashes of brilliance at times during the year, but dude got in a bad habit of jacking up 3s rather than driving, and his D wasn't too good. Now he's not even getting garbage time minutes. Which sucks because there were moments during the season where he looked like an instant-offense/energy type guy. And, aside from Lance and PG, the only player capable of producing highlightgifs.

Would love to read a long piece about the recent surge in Instant Offense 6th men like JCrawford/JRSmith/NRobinson/etc. Feel some teams stumbled into finding a hidden inefficiency w/r/t running offenses w/ bench players. Basically, bench players play w/ so many different teammates / mishmashed opposing lineups that they're not able to run offensive sets very smoothly. So, it makes more sense to put a volume shooter who can get clean looks (best case would be aforementioned guys; feel like starters like Rudy Gay and Danny Granger could fit the bill, too) to carry most of the load, then use those other 4 spots to shore up defense/rebounding. This would also allow that high-volume guy to play "in the flow of the game" as someone who knows he'll get his shots in ~20min/game rather than trying to "steal" shots from other players if you were running a normal offensive set.

Also why the fuck do the Knicks keep playing Jason Kidd 15+ min/game?!?! Feel like Woodson's substitutions have been demonstrably bad this whole series. Pacers aren't the most adept at attacking the worst matchup on offense, so no reason Knicks couldn't put in a defensive liability like Novak (figured he was injured, but I guess he's just not in the rotation right now?) who can put up points. Wouldn't be surprised if Kidd's #s through 10 games are historically bad.

Although since his shot left him, have been loling at the extra pride Kidd has in his passes, making them super-crisp/determined/textbook. Like, making routine passes with much purpose.

Kidd is so toast

"JCrawford/JRSmith/NRobinson etc"

Harden last year, Jack this year, Bayless, Thornton, etc. Seems like every team has to have one of these.

Was Pop one of the first to do this with Ginobli?

:b

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Was Pop one of the first to do this with Ginobli?

― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Wednesday, May 15, 2013 2:46 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

naw instant offense off the bench has been around forever

Eh, I think Manu fits the old mould more with guys like Detlef/Kukoc/Manning/Walton/McHale/Havlicek-- basically 6th starters.

Feel like the Instant Offense guys are somewhat of a new phenomenon, since they're looked at less as 2nd Unit Leaders and more Dudes Who Will Take All the Shots (rather than playing within a more normal offensive system). Like, recent 6MotYear winners like Barbosa/Terry/Crawford/Smith (Feel like Harden isn't one-dimensional enough to get thrown in w/ these guys).

It's funny because there seems to be vague trend changes since they started giving that award out (w/ some selective memory ...):

6th Starters (Bobby Jones/McHale/Walton/Tarpley/Detlef) -> Bruisers/Hustlers (Mason/Darrell Armstrong/Rodney Rodgers/McKie/Corliss/Bobby Jackson) -> Instant Offense

yeah feels like the 6th man used to be varied and now it only goes to bench gunner types

vinnie 'the microwave' johnson from the bad boy pistons is the conscience free instant offense sub everyone always talks abt, but im sure there mustve been guys who predated him

one of the great nicknames of all time

spencer hawes, douche-american, is in france working on our international rep

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Waitress just told me she hated English. I asked her if she preferred it to German? #urwelcome

haha burn

spencer hawse liberator of frogs

also clearly said event never happened

"Franklin Roosevelt sends his regards." *puts on fedora* *tips 5% in US bills* *jumps into f-15 and flies directly to Wichita*

Tipping in France is part of the bill.

are there any threads on that topic

haha

http://wac.9ebf.edgecastcdn.net/809EBF/ec-origin.philly.barstoolsports.com/files/2012/08/spencer-hawes-back-to-back-world-war-champs-e1346175637516.jpg

No one tell Spencer that we're basically 1-1 w/ a no decision since then #RIPDwightD #RIPStorminNorm

no one tell him we barely fought in the 1st ww

or as i like to call it the great war

so weird to me that dude was born and raised in Seattle, like where are the conservatives in Seattle!

But then I was hangin out at a Portland dive last night and got Reditt Libertarianed by a dude wearing a Lincoln-as-Wolverine tshirt, who began conversation with "so what president do you think would make the best superhero?" so politically conscious shitheads don't care for geography I suppose.

well...don't leave us hangin, which prez???

I kinda mumbled something about how Taft seems like a good secret identity. Didn't really want to engage a guy who I'd overheard moments before rambling about the gold standard and how the federal reserve is "technically illegal."

the correct answer is rutherford b. hayes

jimmy carter

ugh that is so terrible i wouldve just looked away

as a pickup line it's worked for me about 75% of the time

*cut to scene of 乒乓 settling down couch next to a pile of garbage bags filled with leaves* hey baby

wtf just turned on bulls/heat game and it's 18-4. can we just euthanize these Bulls already plz.

http://i.imgur.com/T14cEkI.jpg

well the bulls well at least always have that one game

and the streak-buster

haha clay that is amazing

you should have flipped it on him and asked which superhero would make the best president and you can't pick reed richards and dropped the mic and walked away

i had forgotten until the other night that rip hamilton was on the bulls

rip rip

bulls played a great series considering all their players were injured

heat are +63 in four games

i had forgotten until the other night that rip hamilton was on the bulls

― joe smith avatar (agent hibachi), Wednesday, May 15, 2013 7:27 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

remember when he was their missing piece

you are a irredeemable front runner jordan

from what I can tell, everyone under 30 w/o strong ties to a hometown team is

bulls are missing what three starters they won a game and kept two others close and a tiny dude on a minimum contract torched the heat

i don't think it's necessarily a bad thing, i mean i grew up in upstate NY and started liking the nuggets once they got carmelo (i was a syracuse fan obv) -- my fandom waxed and waned over the years. i don't see why sports can't be like music where you like this band a lot because they make a couple of awesome records but then you end up liking other bands more

that's not how sports culture works dummy

and highest paid player on active roster is carlos fucking boozer