Jordan4life_2007

QUOTE (iamshack @ Nov 26, 2012 -> 03:09 PM) It's what happens when you troll...people get tired of it and pick on you. QUOTE (chw42 @ Nov 26, 2012 -> 03:09 PM) In the NBA thread, everybody argued about Rose vs. advanced basketball stats. In this thread, it's all about Joe and the meaning of NFL rules and trolling. It actually started out fine. but these last few weeks have been awful.

lol@this thread. what the hell happened? This has become worse than last year's nba thread. joe/obama vs bears fans.

Less than 1000 posts until the mythical 100,000 k. I didn't think it was possible. I consider myself a regular poster and I'm not even at 25 K. When will 2k5 meet this accomplishment? I'm going to go ahead and guess January 15.

QUOTE (ZoomSlowik @ Nov 21, 2012 -> 09:09 PM) There's no way he's going to keep hitting three 3's a night at a high-50% clip. However, he can definitely be good when he gets hot. The problem is his scoring hits a wall when his jumpers don't drop. Yeah, the 3point percentage is not sustainable. but even when you normalize it, you're still talking an 18+ ppg scorer.

Is this the real o.j mayo? this guy's ballin'. i can cut the bulls a little slack for elite free agents just not wanting to come here. but mayo would've been so perfect and could've been had.

the bulls are just painfully boring. even the dark years of '99-'03 you had the hope of curry and chandler becoming sorta/kinda/somewhat shaq-kg and the guarantee of a top 5 pick. the bulls reminds me of the 2000 orlando magic.

QUOTE (ZoomSlowik @ Nov 21, 2012 -> 07:58 PM) Dude, let it go. i have. but c'mon zoom, even you can admit it's a little poetic that this all happens in, what, 5 days since the debacle?

QUOTE (ZoomSlowik @ Nov 21, 2012 -> 07:28 PM) KEVIN.LOVE. Back and already dominating before turkey day. when's bynum coming back? and Irving out a month, too? the basketball gods have spoken. Not a good week for mr. sup jordan. better to think for yourself next time.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 20, 2012 -> 05:54 PM) It is pretty easy to say the same thing about Sale, Quintana, and Peavy. What's happened to you? You're, like, cool now. Not that perpetual homer s*** anymore.

QUOTE (Tex @ Nov 17, 2012 -> 07:22 PM) Hmm, you join and three days later ask total strangers for advice? My kind of guy. I'd give her the watch and then ask her if you can while she meets this lady you just happen to know. I think it's greg, too.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Nov 16, 2012 -> 06:51 AM) LOL, sounds like Steve. Reminds me of the OOTP baseball league back in the day. Damn. His fraudulent ways extend to baseball? I wish I had known this before I joined that embarrassment of a league.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Nov 15, 2012 -> 03:26 PM) I see you re-posted this. If a GM who owns Noah wants to sell him and hope he gets a monster center in one month (Andrew Bynum) that's his choice. Not yours. That NBA keeper league's been awesome for 7 years, and your attempt to derail it was pathetic and you're already forgotten. You've been replaced, thankfully. My Lord was that a huge pain. When everyone thinks you're nuts, you probably are. I will not post about this again on Soxtalk. Good riddance. lol. watch out flip. awful garbage for chris paul is coming your way. and he'll convince you're doing the right thing. #lebronforhorford/nash/gallinari. and don't let him charge you to participate in that piece of s***.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Nov 15, 2012 -> 08:14 AM) I stole him in fantasy for bynum's ashy knees and from an owner that is slow and i'm now pretending that i'm taking a risk so i can take advantage of more dopes in my league that i market as legit. Did he have a D-Rose type offseason and completely improve himself? Did he just become the 2nd true star to put next to D-Rose for the next 4-5 seasons? He looks f***ing legit. His addition of an improved jump shot is giving him better passing lanes, so his dimes are up. He is playing an insane 39 mpg, so hopefully that doesn't bite us in the ass. Normally, I'd say something about the Suns giving up mega stats to bigs, but Noah's been doing it against everyone - and beasted against Boston over the weekend. And I love holstering the gun. I think I'll write an article on it. fixed.

My idols are Justin Bieber, greg775 and the woman in my avatar. So rizzy doesn't know what he's talking about.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 13, 2012 -> 01:16 PM) If they get into the playoffs as the 8 seed, they get the Heat in the first round. No chance. You're not a true fan.

lol@greg thinking Q was a woman. Brother Quinarvy is one of the greatest of all time. No woman could ever be one of the greatest.

Zoom, I admit I can't see you when it comes to the money side of the game. I checked hoopshype. I thought Harden was a straight up FA after this year. I was wrong there. Still, I don't believe Harden is as good as you make him out to be. He's got the crazy look and has flourished in a 6TH man role. Therefore I think he's overrated. He's not Kobe, Wade, or even healthy T-mac, Vince or Ray Allen, IMO. But in this day and age, where advanced stats have become more maintstream, Harden looks like a god. And I love advanced stats. I see where the Thunder are coming from: 1: they don't want to deal with the distraction that would come with Harden's long-term future up in the air. 2: they're trying to build a sustainable juggernaut. They're not selling out for 1 or even two years (aka they've got two stars and a semi-star already locked up. They feel they can replace Harden or come close on the cheap). 3: you're picking on Kevin Martin when his value is down due to an injury-plagued year in a short, f***ed up season. 4: they're not the lakers or any of the other teams you named. You've got the spurs. but they've never had multiple max guys. Again, they're trying to build a 5-6 year juggernaut.

Damn. Give it up to the Giants. Two in three years. I remember thinking back after the Rowand/Thome trade that the Sox were primed to go on a legitimate run. I was so wrong.

QUOTE (ZoomSlowik @ Oct 28, 2012 -> 05:29 PM) No way Martin is better. There's a reason Harden is going to get the max: a lot of teams want him. Martin's a fairly solid player, but he's basically the Luol Deng of shooting guards: they have different skill sets, but they're both decent but not stellar guys that won't get you anywhere. Harden was just absurdly efficient last year, he's basically a young Manu Ginobili. Manu has never made max money. He's actually turned down less money to stay in SA. Harden wanted no part of that.

QUOTE (ZoomSlowik @ Oct 28, 2012 -> 05:26 PM) They should have let it ride this year and try to win a ring. They're not a tax team, so there wasn't really an excuse this year. Next year you match on Harden, amnesty Perkins and trim some of your multi-million dolar bench players. It's not like those guys are any good unlike the Bulls' bench). I'd rather give Harden the $14.5 mil a year than Perkins, Daquan Cook and Eric Maynor (which is actually close to $15 million). They can't really afford to pay $8 million for a defense-only center that's only useful against like 5 teams. Thabo can go the next year too, of course then you need to draft/sign a cheap D-guy to start with You roll with a lineup of Westbrook/Thabo/Durant/PJIII or Collison/Ibaka most of the time, bring in the best big body you can get for the vet minimum for those rare times you need a real center (someone in the Joel Anthony mold) with Harden staying as your ace off the bench. It worked for Miami, the Thunder can do it just as easily. This is all moot. As word is Harden is set to sign a 5 year, $78 million dollar contract extension with the Rockets. In other words, Harden wanted to get paid. And that's fine. But how many teams in the league have 3 max players and another near max player? OKC offered Harden 4 years and 55.5 million and he turned it down. As far as Perkins goes, once Dwight Howard took his talents to LA, amnestying him was no longer an option. Perry Jones is a total project right now. Talented. But a project. Chances of him being ready to be a legit starter by next year are almost zero. And you're ignoring Lamb and the almost certain lottery pick (the raptors pick) that they get this summer. So they've kinda already done what you're advocating as far as the bench goes.

So Martin, Lamb, two firsts and a second for Harden and crap. Sorry, I'm pro-Thunder right now.

Two World Series titles in three years for the Giants. Impressive. And if they don't lose Posey last year, who knows what they could've done?

QUOTE (ZoomSlowik @ Oct 27, 2012 -> 10:47 PM) It was 17.08 the year before that and 16.60 this past year. That's good but not great. His attempts at the rim were way down last year (1.6, less than half Harden's attempts and less than Marco Belinelli) and as you said, his FT rate was way down as well. It's not a good sign that he stopped attacking the basket last year. Now he's going to a team where he's not going to get as many opportunities. He relies pretty heavily on made FT's and volume 3-point shooting to carry his true shooting percentages (which has admittedly been good to great for most of his career). His low percentage, jumper-heavy attack isn't nearly as good a fit for their team as Harden's overall awesomeness last year. He shot 70% in the basket area and made more plays as a passer while offering similar (better last year) foul-drawing and 3-point shooting than Martin, which are his two strengths. He worked brilliantly for them because he didn't need a ton of shots and touches to produce and the rest of their role players were offensively challenged. Plus as I said, they're only going to end up with Martin for one year since they're clearly terrified of the luxury tax. After this year, they have to count on Lamb and 2013 draft picks to pick up the slack. Well, we'll find out this year just how good Harden is. He'll be the featured guy now. I can see Martin flourishing in Harden's role. I just can't get mad at the Thunder. They've got two max guys locked up and a shot-blocking demon with an improving offensive game locked up as well. It should come as no surprise that they elected to let Harden walk. You say they should've amnestied Perkins? Um. Then who their center? Collison?

QUOTE (ZoomSlowik @ Oct 27, 2012 -> 10:22 PM) A lot. Martin isn't nearly as good at putting it on the floor (which is important if he's going to come off the bench like Harden) and is a horrendous defender. He's also trending the wrong way while Harden is getting better. For the Thunder, it doesn't really matter what Harden would do in a featured role, it matters how effective he is as they used him (which was ridiculously effective). Martin's one year removed from a 21.1 PER (same as harden last year). The guy is, what, 29? You say he's not good at getting to the line yet the guy routinely is right up there in ft attempts for a 2-guard (yes, i know they were down last year). Harden has become slightly overrated in my opinion.

QUOTE (ZoomSlowik @ Oct 27, 2012 -> 10:15 PM) They offered him 4-52. Max is 4-58. It's not really that big a difference. Amnesty Perkins and it's a manageable roster. I read 4/60. Anyway, I wouldn't want to pay my 6th man 15 million a year. I want to see exactly what the draft picks are. That's the x-factor right now.