NBA: Best closer in the game

[ElNono]

Definitely not this guy...





In your opinion, who is it?

[Deuce Bigalow]

It's not Kobe anymore, but it used to be.

[Asif Ali Zardari]

For a big shot,

1. Kobe
2. Durant
3. Melo
4. Nash
5. Pierce

[lefty]

Durant

[D12]

1. Kobe
2. Kobe
3. Durant
4. Kobe
5. Kobe

[LkrFan]

Is El a closet Laker fan? I have my su ions tbh. Every non-Spur thread he starts is about dem Lakers.

#OBSESSED

[D12]

Is El a closet Laker fan? I have my su ions tbh.

#OBSESSED

For real dog, this dude think he trolling or talking . Closet Laker fan, obsession with the greatest franchise in the game.

[LkrFan]

El get yo ass in here and defend, I mean this .

[ElNono]

Is El a closet Laker fan? I have my su ions tbh. Every non-Spur thread he starts is about dem Lakers.

#OBSESSED

NBA thread, tbh... you keep not answering what this thread is about. Who's the best closer in the game right now?

For real dog, this dude think he trolling or talking .

weak alt got

[LkrFan]

NBA thread, tbh... you keep not answering what this thread is about. Who's the best closer in the game right now?

Fair enough son. Kobe.

[D12]

weak alt got

oh are we gon' have our moments this season. I'll be clowning yo ass 24/7.

oh and im no "alt"; your is weak homie

[ElNono]

Fair enough son. Kobe.

[ElNono]

oh are we gon' have our moments this season. I'll be clowning yo ass 24/7.

oh and im no "alt"; your is weak homie

Bring it, tbh...

In the meantime...

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[ElNono]

BTW, my vote goes for cold-blodded Durant, tbh...

[LkrFan]

- You'll see. As good as Pau and Bynum were, they were horrible screeners. Now we got D12 - who just so happens to be great at it. And we have Nash to get him the ball? It's on because Kobe won't have to work nearly as hard at the end of quarters and games now.

Case in point, Kobe will get a ton of wide open looks that he didn't even get playing with prime Shaq.

[ElNono]

- You'll see. As good as Pau and Bynum were, they were horrible screeners. Now we got D12 - who just so happens to be great at it. And we have Nash to get him the ball? It's on because Kobe won't have to work nearly as hard at the end of quarters and games now.

Case in point, Kobe will get a ton of wide open looks that he didn't even get playing with prime Shaq.

I disagree. Dwight is going realize fairly quickly that the vast majority of his "touches" are going to come from offensive rebounds (and judging by the chuckster shooting % last season, there will be plenty of those ), so if you think he's going to sit there setting screens to watch food-stamps do his thing, well, that would be great for the opposing team, but I think you're dreaming. What's going to happen is Pau is going to set the screens per the usual, and dwight is going to have to go work for the putback. Nash is kinda irrelevant when you have that kind of volume shooter playing with you: teams know who's taking the shot. I expect Nash-Dwight to work much better when Kobe Iverson rests, tbh.

All that said, none of that has much to do with who's the best closer, tbh

[Kai]

I'd want Dirk.

[racm]

Probably KD or Dirk. Or if it's the Finals it's gotta be LeBron/Wade driving and getting the And1.

[Jodelo]

Dirk.

[TheRealCB]

My man Jason Eugene Terry tbh

[LkrFan]

I disagree. Dwight is going realize fairly quickly that the vast majority of his "touches" are going to come from offensive rebounds (and judging by the chuckster shooting % last season, there will be plenty of those ), so if you think he's going to sit there setting screens to watch food-stamps do his thing, well, that would be great for the opposing team, but I think you're dreaming. What's going to happen is Pau is going to set the screens per the usual, and dwight is going to have to go work for the putback. Nash is kinda irrelevant when you have that kind of volume shooter playing with you: teams know who's taking the shot. I expect Nash-Dwight to work much better when Kobe Iverson rests, tbh.

All that said, none of that has much to do with who's the best closer, tbh

You reaching dawg. I'm talking end quarter/end game situations. Even with prime Shaq on the squad - Phillip Jackson made Kobe our closer. Why? Because like D12, he was a liability and made us vulnerable to hack-a-Shaq.

if you said Nash instead of Dwight then you'd have a point because Nash is a better passer and shooter (he went 90/50/40 last year with an inferior Suns team). I mean technically we have two closers. With the ball in Nash's hands if either of our bigs are open you know it's a high % dunk coming. Teams have to respect that. And when they do you'll see Kobe going back door for an easy deuce - vice a contested 35-footer as we've been accustomed to seeing him be forced to shoot. Not any more.

[100%duncan]

Dirk or Durant.

[FkLA]

Closing doesnt always have to be done by scoring. Because of this, and their willingness to make the correct play at all times, right now Id probably say its between Manu and the King tbh.

[Leetonidas]

It's LeBron you s, quit sucking Kobe off. And lol CP3 is nowhere near this discussion. BR has proved many times that he disappears in the 4th when he needs to be aggressive

[DMC]

If you mean who takes the final shot, that's going to be Durant just because of his shooting ability and his length. If you mean who you want with the ball in the final seconds, I'd take Lebron and a few others, but Manu is about as solid as they come. He finds ways to score and he can hit the FT (so can Durant though).