NBA 2016-17 Season

[Transmogrified Tiger]

You're putting too much weight into regular season basketball, which is nigh meaningless except for determining who is less healthy for the games that matter. There is no team in the East with the horses to win a 7 game series against LeBron and Irving. Odds are against such a team existing until LeBron starts really slowing down, like 3-4 years from now.

[Cubswin11]

You're putting too much weight into regular season basketball, which is nigh meaningless except for determining who is less healthy for the games that matter. There is no team in the East with the horses to win a 7 game series against LeBron and Irving. Odds are against such a team existing until LeBron starts really slowing down, like 3-4 years from now.

Well right now the Cavs are the least healthy team in the East with no guarantee JR/Love can come back and be 100% when the playoffs start. Right now Love is due back right around the 1st round if there's no setbacks. Lebron is playing more minutes right now than he has in the past 2 years, he's right around 40 min a game over their last ~20 games and they can't totally afford to rest him if they want the 1 seed in the East with the injuries they have.

 

I would agree it's incredibly probable they win the East and probably don't have any series go past 6 games at most. But you can see how they could be beat in the East and it's not going to take anything crazy happening, Love/JR not being entirely themselves, Celtics getting the 1 seed (forcing the Cavs to play better teams before the East finals) and the regular season min starting to stack up on Lebron that he isn't as rested as he has been going into previous playoffs.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

You're putting too much weight into regular season basketball, which is nigh meaningless except for determining who is less healthy for the games that matter. There is no team in the East with the horses to win a 7 game series against LeBron and Irving. Odds are against such a team existing until LeBron starts really slowing down, like 3-4 years from now.

Well right now the Cavs are the least healthy team in the East with no guarantee JR/Love can come back and be 100% when the playoffs start. Right now Love is due back right around the 1st round if there's no setbacks. Lebron is playing more minutes right now than he has in the past 2 years, he's right around 40 min a game over their last ~20 games and they can't totally afford to rest him if they want the 1 seed in the East with the injuries they have.

 

I would agree it's incredibly probable they win the East and probably don't have any series go past 6 games at most. But you can see how they could be beat in the East and it's not going to take anything crazy happening, Love/JR not being entirely themselves, Celtics getting the 1 seed (forcing the Cavs to play better teams before the East finals) and the regular season min starting to stack up on Lebron that he isn't as rested as he has been going into previous playoffs.

 

I said LeBron/Kyrie and not Love for a reason. Love and JR are useful and it'd be harder without them, but 1) the Cavs have already demonstrated the ability to ride LeBron/Kyrie through the East before and 2) Love and JR are the type of player that are easier to replace or have a more limited role in a specific series anyway, especially on a team that has two players as ball dominant as LeBron/Kyrie.

 

The Cavs not getting the 1 seed isn't really a big deal either way(again, none of those teams are doing any more than the Hawks did last year), but if the Celtics play to their current winning percentage, the Cavs need to play at a 45 win pace(15-12) to stay ahead of them for the 1 seed.

[bcl412]

I would think the Celtics with Butler/George would be better than teams from two years ago. I wanted to see Boogie on the Celtics. I had a gut feeling he would have been more chill on a team like that and really think they'd have a shot vs the Cavs.

[Derwood]

Westbrook with not just another triple double, but a 17-17-18 night. Holy crap

[Cubswin11]

Westbrook with not just another triple double, but a 17-17-18 night. Holy crap

17 points on 4-18 shooting and 1-5 from 3 is impressive by itself

[Derwood]

Andrew Bogut broke his leg after like 5 minutes of playing for the Cavs

[apete6]

Andrew Bogut broke his leg after like 5 minutes of playing for the Cavs

 

58 seconds, and he's out for the rest of the season. $400K for 58 seconds. Good work if you can get it.

[soccer10k]

Andrew Bogut broke his leg after like 5 minutes of playing for the Cavs

 

58 seconds, and he's out for the rest of the season. $400K for 58 seconds. Good work if you can get it.

 

Jose Calderon had an agreement with the Warriors but the day before he was going to sign, Durant got hurt so they decided to pick up Barnes instead. The Warriors decided to give him the $415K anyway. He was officially signed for 80 minutes.

[Bobson Dugnutt]

i can't stop watching this

 

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[WrigleyField 22]

Today I learned Vince Carter is still playing in the NBA. And hes not just some end of the bench mascot. Putting up 8ppg and 12 PER in 23mpg. He's 40 years old. What in the hell.

[SpongeWorthy]

Devin Booker put up 70

[Careless]

Devin Booker put up 70

So A) he was -6 for the game

B) he was 24-26 from the free throw line.

C) the two teams combined for 62 fouls in a game that didn't go to overtime.

[Derwood]

Devin Booker put up 70

So A) he was -6 for the game

B) he was 24-26 from the free throw line.

C) the two teams combined for 62 fouls in a game that didn't go to overtime.

 

D) his team lost

[17 Seconds]

give russ the horsefeathering mvp

[Splendid Splinter]

give russ the horsefeathering mvp

 

Seriously... the dude is going to finish with a triple double average and SOMEHOW he might not win MVP? All cuz Harden/James/etc have more wins?

 

It should be unanimous for Westbrook.

[Tim]

give russ the horsefeathering mvp

 

Seriously... the dude is going to finish with a triple double average and SOMEHOW he might not win MVP? All cuz Harden/James/etc have more wins?

 

It should be unanimous for Westbrook.

To be fair, if James were on a shitty team and wanted to average a triple double, do you doubt he'd do it?

[NOLA]

give russ the horsefeathering mvp

 

Seriously... the dude is going to finish with a triple double average and SOMEHOW he might not win MVP? All cuz Harden/James/etc have more wins?

 

It should be unanimous for Westbrook.

To be fair, if James were on a horsefeathers team and wanted to average a triple double, do you doubt he'd do it?

But he didn't. Westbrook is this year and deserves the MVP.

[ConstableRabbit]

give russ the horsefeathering mvp

 

Seriously... the dude is going to finish with a triple double average and SOMEHOW he might not win MVP? All cuz Harden/James/etc have more wins?

 

It should be unanimous for Westbrook.

Harden's eFG% is better and there are some analyses on how Westbook has been leaving his man to stuff rebound stat sheets -- there have been some analyses on this.

 

I don't think it's as easy a decision as you claim.

[Splendid Splinter]

give russ the horsefeathering mvp

 

Seriously... the dude is going to finish with a triple double average and SOMEHOW he might not win MVP? All cuz Harden/James/etc have more wins?

 

It should be unanimous for Westbrook.

Harden's eFG% is better and there are some analyses on how Westbook has been leaving his man to stuff rebound stat sheets -- there have been some analyses on this.

 

I don't think it's as easy a decision as you claim.

 

Oh, I know there's a bunch of advanced metrics/analysis that makes you vote for Harden/James/ etc over Westbrook. I'm not going to dispute that at all. It's just we're talking about a historic season that has been done only 1 other time in history.

 

Basically it's the equivalent to a .400 season in baseball (even though that's been done more than once).

[ConstableRabbit]

 

Seriously... the dude is going to finish with a triple double average and SOMEHOW he might not win MVP? All cuz Harden/James/etc have more wins?

 

It should be unanimous for Westbrook.

Harden's eFG% is better and there are some analyses on how Westbook has been leaving his man to stuff rebound stat sheets -- there have been some analyses on this.

 

I don't think it's as easy a decision as you claim.

 

Oh, I know there's a bunch of advanced metrics/analysis that makes you vote for Harden/James/ etc over Westbrook. I'm not going to dispute that at all. It's just we're talking about a historic season that has been done only 1 other time in history.

 

Basically it's the equivalent to a .400 season in baseball (even though that's been done more than once).

It's worth noting that Harden's numbers are also historic. No one's put them up (including Russ this year obviously) since Robertson in 1965.

 

Triple doubles are cool and Westbrook is having an incredible season, but this feels like Trout vs. Triple Crown Cabrera to me.

[sneakypower]

Harden's eFG% is better and there are some analyses on how Westbook has been leaving his man to stuff rebound stat sheets -- there have been some analyses on this.

 

I don't think it's as easy a decision as you claim.

 

Oh, I know there's a bunch of advanced metrics/analysis that makes you vote for Harden/James/ etc over Westbrook. I'm not going to dispute that at all. It's just we're talking about a historic season that has been done only 1 other time in history.

 

Basically it's the equivalent to a .400 season in baseball (even though that's been done more than once).

It's worth noting that Harden's numbers are also historic. No one's put them up (including Russ this year obviously) since Robertson in 1965.

 

Triple doubles are cool and Westbrook is having an incredible season, but this feels like Trout vs. Triple Crown Cabrera to me.

and to think, Trout and Cabrera used to be on the same team...and neither were even the star

[Sammy Sofa]

Derrick Rose out for the rest of the season with yet another #nee injury:

 

The Knicks’ sad season got even sadder today, as the team announced that Derrick Rose would be out for the rest of the year with a torn left meniscus.

[Irrelevant Dude]

Derrick Rose out for the rest of the season with yet another #nee injury

Why do bad things always happen to... ah screw it, I don't have a bit of sympathy for him.

 

 

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[Banedon]

This picture is fantastic.