17 Seconds

sarcasm like spongeworthy was saying, the dude literally makes NO attempt to back guys down anymore. it's brutal. i always want to see him get the ball and actually make a move, but then he tries it and it's like "oh yea, don't do that. nevermind." it's like he's completely lost all his basketball skills. it looks like more than just aging.

why should they be sitting at the top of the west though? they weren't really close to the top last year, and they didn't improve in the offseason. i made a post talking about this in the offseason when everybody in the media was talking about how the hawks were poised to be elite again this season because off all the "toughness" and "fire" that they got, when in reality we lost campbell and then added a bunch of crappy tough guys and called it "depth". the only talent/skill guy they got was andrew brunette, but it seems like he's just too slow to keep up. the campbell trade was still good, but it's like they didn't even make an attempt to make up for it. it's hard to say what they should have done differently because the free agent pool was weak this past offseason and guys were getting overpaid, but i felt at the time (and now) like they needed to do something else if they were going to move campbell. when campbell went out with the broken collarbone on the ovechkin hit towards the end of the cup season our defense went to [expletive] also. they almost lost to nashville and it wasn't until he came back mid-playoffs that they starting looking like they could actually win the cup. the organization is still in great shape long-term, but it's annoying that it looks like we're going to waste another year of young toews-kane on their cap friendly contracts.

but watching him work in the post is just a joy

so embarrassing

i think the main thing is that the top guys (keith, seabrook, hjalmarsson) aren't what they used to be. especially duncan. dont know what happened to that guy.

wow these guys fuckin suck the defense and goaltending is pathetic. it was being masked early in the year when they were scoring a crazy amount of goals, but now it's showing. i don't know if this team can be fixed with deadline moves. even if we add D, it's going to be kind of moot with crawford and emery in there.

what a horrible person

yea i barely pay attention to them these days. they've done a good job of making me lost interest in them. last i checked it was 2-0 now i see theyre losing 3-2. i dont even care anymore. just makes me laugh.

lol @ that melo shot

why the hell i dont even

thats a stupid foul

brewer isnt hurt he's just been atrocious lately

im not too worried about the defense, but jr smith would do this offense wonders

knicks are shooting 56%

i can handle losing to the heat but not the knicks. don't blow this.

boozer is killing us.

the times i've watched him he tries way too hard to be funny and won't shut up. also his basketball opinions are horrible. he thinks bynum is better than dwight.

shaq is loathsome on tnt

did this really happen? i need video.

yea, he looks completely done. we really got the worst end of that free agency period in terms of PF. even david lee would look way better right now.

when you're going for the number 1 seed, every loss means something.

5 straight losses to winning teams. Haven't beaten a winning team since Orlando on January 6

sharp and....

anthony rizzo? im pretty sure everybody hated the crawford signing, but i'm not sure why you're even talking about that. "hey i don't really know anything about theo epstein and jed hoyer but everyone loves them too much so im going to make a post questioning them. hmm like i said i dont know anything about what they're about but i'll bring up carl crawford because that contract was pretty bad" oh and brett jackson is nothing like adam dunn.

I just think that Lebron guarding Rose at the end of games presents us with a huge problem that may not be fixable with this current group.(Rip getting and staying healthy could prove me wrong) Couple that with when they figure out Wade is their closer and Lebron isn't, they'll be better equipped as well. It seems they're hellbent on proving Lebron is an end of the game guy, but Wade is so much better, it's not even funny. i think you're buying wayyy too much into the "lebron's defense shuts down rose!" stuff. that's really not an issue.