NBA 2014-2015 Season

[ShaRpY HaRdY]

The Houston Rockets have emerged as the frontrunner for Josh Smith, according to Yahoo! Sports.

From an offensive standpoint, this makes zero sense. Smith gave himself the nickname Mid Range Shawty a couple years ago and the Rockets take less mid-range shots than any team.

 

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Lol 76ers beating a couple clutch teams for their only wins of the season..

Damn @Dolph'sZiggler I had $20 on the Dubs tonight what happened.. never thought I'd lose a straight win vs loss bet vs the Lakers with the Warriors.

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

I saw it coming. Christmas in LA, we play the Clippers on X Mas day, no Kobe for the first time leads to the entire Lakers roster trying to show they can play ball... team came out lethargic. 4th loss of the year and the first time we've laid an egg. It happens

 

[Testify]

Josh Smith confirmed to Rockets.

Spoiler

:george:

 

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My God what a game. Lillard is fucking cold ass clutch.

 

[ShaRpY HaRdY]

Yeah he's had his eyes set on that team since this past off-season started, not surprising.. The issue is that Houston doesn't like to shoot mid range shots in their game plan and they already had 2 upcoming Power Forwards so I kind of don't see where Houston's coming from but hey it's one more big man to have on your roster I suppose.

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

Yeah he's had his eyes set on that team since this past off-season started, not surprising.. The issue is that Houston doesn't like to shoot mid range shots in their game plan and they already had 2 upcoming Power Forwards so I kind of don't see where Houston's coming from but hey it's one more big man to have on your roster I suppose.

I've heard Terrance Jones may end up missing the season

 

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So in the end, will this make Houston a stronger, more powerful team or will they stay chokers/1st round exit team? I'm still torn on this question.

 

[ShaRpY HaRdY]

I think Houston will still fuck shit up.

 

[TheTNHMaster]

So happy that the Pelicans are doing decentish. Anthony Davis is a beast this year.

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

So in the end, will this make Houston a stronger, more powerful team or will they stay chokers/1st round exit team? I'm still torn on this question.

This is a great landing spot for him because it could go either way.

Houston could make sense because.... he plays good D when he wants to, is Dwight's good buddy, is a great athlete and if this pans out they become legit contenders

This could blow up in Houston's face because... Josh Smith is a complete moron whose game isn't always conducive to winning, he is a shitty 3 point shooter but loves to shoot threes (Houston is the most 3 pt jacking team in the league, if they let him fire at will get ready for lulz), they are signing a PF when they don't really need one (D Mo has played well w/ Jones out) and this could easily blow up in Houston's face, resulting in them not even making the playoffs in the stacked West.

very intriguing

 

[Snowman1]

Happy start of the NBA Season, everybody! :dawg:

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

Happy start of the NBA Season, everybody! :dawg:

Clippers vs Warriors tonight... last year's Christmas game between the two was awesome

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

It was against the D-League Spurs, but Ellis also had 4 steals.
With Rondo being a great defender that frees Ellis to work the open floor to tap away forced passes into steals.
That much seemed obvious before the game, but I was surprised the two worked so effectively, so quickly.
With it being so early in the season, I don't sense this as a fluke as Rondo was finding everybody for open looks last night.
Ellis did close the game, ball in hand as you foresaw however.

Scoring 38 against the D-League squad would probably translate to 20-25 in the same home game in Dallas.

1-2 since the trade, realistically would be 0-3 if the Spurs didn't rest everyone against them.

Rondo is a bad fit. They were deeper and better off without this trade. Rondo's pathetic shooting is going to do a lot more harm to this formerly league leading offense than his passing will do to help. I predict: no playoffs for Dallas. No extension for Rondo.

Monta looks all sort of out of whack trying to find his role in the offense now that Rondo is so ball dominant. 8/22 and 5/17 while averaging 4 TOs in games 2 and 3 of this experiment.

oh and Rondo's defense is in reputation only. He isn't anything amazing on that end. Guys get off on him all the time, just like Dragic the other night.

I could stop and think to myself that this is an overreaction, but since I sort of felt this coming on when the trade was announced I think it is more playing out how I expected than reacting to what I'm seeing.

 

[ShaRpY HaRdY]

a lot of good games lined up for today as far as Christmas Day basketball goes.