Ugh Paul George

[james evans]

i dont know why everyone thinks love could possibly put up the same number playing with lebron and irving. lebron likes to drive to the basket a lot. if love wants to sit in the paint, that stops his driving so his rebounds will go down on the offensive end. i hope coaches have figured out by now that love would rather go after rebounds than guard his defensive assignment(which he isn't good at anyway) so when they play the spurs, play diaw and duncan at the same time. if he's on duncan, duncan fuks him up in the paint. if he's on diaw, diaw can just sit at the 3 point line and pull him away from the basket. quite simple really. he's a good addition to a team, but when they play miami and he has to guard bosh, bosh will destroy him

[moisaenz]

If pop was the coach there would not be a need to have all these superstars . most probably a team made up of middle tier players would suffice

[TampaDude]

With PG out at least a season, the Cavs surely will have a leg up on the compe ion. As far as recovery goes, hopefully Paul can make it snappy. And of course, I'm sure the NBA will have a bone to pick with the Las Vegas arena.

I guess someone else will have to STEP up and perform. Hopefully, that player can take advantage of his BIG BREAK. I'm sure there are plenty of players who would like to take a CRACK at filling Paul George's SHOES.

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Error, ignore. I guess there is no way to delete a message?

There's an option on the edit page to delete the post entirely. I think it's a radio button.

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If the US sends scrubs or college kids they'll get beaten by the likes of Brazil, Spain, Russia, Lithuania, France, etc, etc.

Which is exactly how it should be. I loved the dream team, too, but it's time to go back to it being about compe ion. Many people think it's about American domination, but it's really about money.

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i dont know why everyone thinks love could possibly put up the same number playing with lebron and irving. lebron likes to drive to the basket a lot. if love wants to sit in the paint, that stops his driving so his rebounds will go down on the offensive end. i hope coaches have figured out by now that love would rather go after rebounds than guard his defensive assignment(which he isn't good at anyway) so when they play the spurs, play diaw and duncan at the same time. if he's on duncan, duncan fuks him up in the paint. if he's on diaw, diaw can just sit at the 3 point line and pull him away from the basket. quite simple really. he's a good addition to a team, but when they play miami and he has to guard bosh, bosh will destroy him

The Heat are really good when Chris Bosh goes to work inside. The Thunder are really good when Serge Ibaka goes to work inside. Kevin Love never goes to work inside and doesn't play defense like the other two. I was much more worried about the Cavs with Lebron plus all the talent they're going to give up to get Love.

[cd021]

Ya, but personally I would assume the Knicks will be a better team next season considering the change in management, coaching and some of the players - they could be in the playoffs next season. New Jersey would still be a playoff team they will have Brook Lopez back and they have enough talent. Maybe you are forgetting that Cleveland will be a new addition to the top 8. Charlotte have improved, Washington will grow and added Pierce, Atlanta will have Horford back, Toronto will stay up there. Chicago and Miami will of course be there. That's 10 teams: Miami, Cleveland, Indiana, Chicago, Charlotte, Toronto, New York, Brooklyn, Washington, Atlanta.

Right now I would assume Indiana + 1 other team do not make the playoffs, most likely Atlanta or New York, as the rest of the teams are good enough to make it. Of course anything can change throughout the season due to injuries etc, but this is how the East looks now to me.

I have Indy at 8th post PG injury.

Chicago
Cleveland
Washington
Toronto
Miami
Charlotte
Atlanta
Indy


Nets
Knicks

[SupremeGuy]

With PG out at least a season, the Cavs surely will have a leg up on the compe ion. As far as recovery goes, hopefully Paul can make it snappy. And of course, I'm sure the NBA will have a bone to pick with the Las Vegas arena.

[littlecoyotecoin]

The Heat are really good when Chris Bosh goes to work inside. The Thunder are really good when Serge Ibaka goes to work inside. Kevin Love never goes to work inside and doesn't play defense like the other two. I was much more worried about the Cavs with Lebron plus all the talent they're going to give up to get Love.

I thought so, too. It seems he's putting himself in a similar position he was in on The Heat. (No Bench)

[mavsfan1000]

Just saw the injury. It was bad. But I've seen worse. Shaun Livingston was worse imo. And the worse injury ever. Sid Vicious.

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If the US sends scrubs or college kids they'll get beaten by the likes of Brazil, Spain, Russia, Lithuania, France, etc, etc.

so what if they do
I think the ncaa le team would go deep might not win it but go deep

[Sean Cagney]

Just saw the injury. It was bad. But I've seen worse. Shaun Livingston was worse imo. And the worse injury ever. Sid Vicious.

Yeah Livingstons was flat out horrible, remember it well. That basically ended his career as far as potential went, he will never be the same.

[Chinook]

First off, if the league has an age cap for FIBA play, a lot of international teams will get worse, not just the US team. Second, it would probably suit the US team fine to use college players, as those guys would have a lot more time to dedicate to the team than pro players do. The AU program could actually serve its main purpose again.

[exstatic]

First off, if the league has an age cap for FIBA play, a lot of international teams will get worse, not just the US team. Second, it would probably suit the US team fine to use college players, as those guys would have a lot more time to dedicate to the team than pro players do. The AU program could actually serve its main purpose again.

The league wouldn't make the determination of an age limit, it would be USA*Basketball, and only affect their teams. International teams would go on as now.

[Chinook]

The league wouldn't make the determination of an age limit, it would be USA*Basketball, and only affect their teams. International teams would go on as now.

I don't think so. I doubt they'd only target their own players when foreign players are also risks to get hurt. They may even be more likely, since there isn't the same quan y of strong players for those teams. Cuban wants a blanket age limit. We'll see whether the league pushes for that or tries to just limit US participation. I don't see the latter going over well legally, though.

[Clipper Nation]

If the US sends scrubs or college kids they'll get beaten by the likes of Brazil, Spain, Russia, Lithuania, France, etc, etc.

Who cares? The liberal dumps of Europe can feel free to beat up on our scrubs as long as our stars stay healthy for games that actually matter....

[florige]

Who cares? The liberal dumps of Europe can feel free to beat up on our scrubs as long as our stars stay healthy for games that actually matter....

The Olympics like the World Cup are the only games people really care about. The United States could send it's top HS talent to the yearly FIBA's for all I care.

[phxspurfan]

so is he now pg23 1/2

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The Olympics like the World Cup are the only games people really care about. The United States could send it's top HS talent to the yearly FIBA's for all I care.

They could do the same for the Olympics and I'd be okay with it. I don't need a team full of ringers to enjoy rooting for my country.

[hater]

mmm the Olympic Basketball Tournament is way, way, way more important than Basketball World Cup

what I don't understand is why doesn't the US just use B class players for the international compe ions? Are they that scared of losing?

This is the team I'd send and they probably would have a great chance at winning:
Reggie Jackson
Jamal Crawford
Wes Mathews
Chandler Parsons
Robin Lopez

tbh

[Spur|n|Austin]

ing sick. I saw that live! Just no..

Yeah man, me too - I freaking yelled in pain and half the people in the restaraunt looked at me like I was crazy

[HI-FI]

finally got around to seeing it.

not much else to be said, pretty disgusting. not the worst thing I've seen but still terrible and I feel bad for both George and Pacer fans.

[jiggy_55]

There's an option on the edit page to delete the post entirely. I think it's a radio button.

Thanks for the tip, but could not find it on the edit page.

[jiggy_55]

Toronto and Atlanta have a better chance of making the playoffs than this years Knicks. Amare is a s of his former self and is making $23 mil, Bargnani has been terrible and can't play defense, Melo never has. That leaves Dalembert as their only frontcourt defender (ironically making only $4 mil while the other three will make a combined $56+ mil). Combine that with the lack of defense at pg (caledron), JR Smith is still on the team, and installing a completely different offensive system (and probably defensive system) on a Knicks team that couldn't make the playoffs last season in a historically weak east, its hard to see how they would leapfrog Toronto and Atlanta

Amare could be shipped out mid-season due to his huge expiring contract, which opens up lots of opportunities to receive some talent in return. Lots of team want expiring deals and there's none bigger than Amare's. And if not, then I guess they may not make the playoffs, but that at least means big money to spend on FAs next season. I can't see Melo's talent not push the Knicks through to the playoffs next season, they had many injuries and troubles and a horrible coach. Things should improve, whether that is significant enough for them to be a playoff team we shall see. Shumpert, Hardaway will improve. And no matter how bad Calderon's defense is, he is a huge upgrade offensively and is a great shooter and team player who will help Carmelo.

[Chinook]

Thanks for the tip, but could not find it on the edit page.

It's right above the edit window. You have to check the box and click the button. If it's within five minutes, the post will disappear. Otherwise, it will just delete the text.