Official Around the NBA - February Edition

I think Pop draws from a pretty tight box..well defined, a photo negative of random experimenting

 

That was a cold ass honkey.

 

That's incredible and if that's Johnny Cash singing on the soundtrack, it's perfect.

 

Mo to the Hornets for Gary Neal

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/1...uire-mo-williams-trade-minnesota-timberwolves

 

Simple, to justify an all-star berth, you need to be better than somebody else who made the team. In other words, who would you leave off this year's team to give DeAndre Jordan an all-star berth?

Marc Gasol? Hell no. He's not just better that Jordan, he's >>>>> Jordan. Go back and look at the stats I posted on Jordan. Of the top 8 teams in the West, he's the worst defensive center (yeah, there's a lot more to defense than blocking shots). The player he's guarding scores 20.8 PTS/48. The player Gasol is guarding (same guys Jordan guards) only average 14.8 PTS/48. Jordan gets outscored by his man by 6.2 PTS/48. Gasol outscores his man by 11.5 PTS/48. That's a difference of +17.7 PTS/48 in Gasol's favor. That's a HUGE difference.

Yes, Jordan does other things besides score, but so does Gasol. If you look at total net production, Jordan does have a +5.5 Net Production (according to 82games.com). So, he's not hurting his team. He's just not helping them as much as Gasol helps his team (+11.2 Net Production).

OK, nobody really thought you (or Kingspeed) was lobbying to replace Gasol with Jordan. So, let's look at the other Western Conference all-star centers.

DeMarcus Cousins outscores his man by 13.0 PTS/48 and also has a higher Net Production (+8.7) than Jordan.

Tim Duncan (yes, he's playing MUCH more center than PF this year) outscores his man by 4.0 PTS/48 and also has a greater Net Production (+6.4) than Jordan.

You could also do the same exercise for the Western Conference power forwards, but the results would be the same (I mean seriously, who would pick DeAndre Jordan over Anthony Davis, LaMarcus Aldridge of Blake Griffin?). All the big men who made the all-star team are more deserving than Jordan, all but perhaps Duncan (but he IS Timmy Fucking Duncan), by a WIDE margin. It's as simple as that.

On a more general level, for a low-scoring role player to make the all-star team, he needs to be the VERY best at one, or two, other aspects of the game. I've already shown that Jordan is not very good at scoring and also not very good at keeping his man from scoring - in fact, he's awful at it. I already showed he's dead last on opponents' scoring among the starting centers for the top 8 teams in the Western Conference. Well, I just checked the other Western Conference teams and, according to the stats at 82games.com, DeAndre Jordan allows his opponents to score more PTS/48 than any other starting center in the entire Western Conference. He also has the worst net scoring differential among Western Conference starting centers (well, other than Kendrick Perkins who was just forced into the starting center role yesterday when Steven Adams had surgery on his hand).

Someone mentioned Rodman earlier in this thread. DeAndre Jordan isn't Dennis Rodman. Not even close. Rodman is a Hall of Famer with 5 NBA titles and the greatest rebounder in the history of the game (1st in career TRB% and 7 of the 8 highest TRB% seasons in the history of the NBA) . He was also 2-time DPOY and made 1st team All-Defense 7 times. He may have been the greatest role player in the history of the game. And, in spite of all that, Dennis Rodman only made the all-star team twice. DeAndre Jordan can't hold Dennis Rodman's jock. He has ZERO rings, ZERO DPOY awards has never even been 3rd team All-Defense, let alone 1st team, and not surprisingly (to me, at least) he has ZERO all-star appearances.

A low-scoring role player CAN make the all-star team, but DeAndre Jordan is NOT that player.

BNM

 

Anyone catch Cweb say he would be surprised if Howard comes back this season. Also said the injury, according to the doctor looks more severe than what's said publicly.

The injection is what's called "a last ditch effort"

 

Papanikolau sucks.

 

Suns vs rockets would be a fun series to watch.

 

Harden gets way too many 3 point free throw trips. Those fouls are always so ticky tacky contact wise.

 

I wish Dame had bledsoes driving abilty

 

It really is too bad that Harden is the way he is with flopping because without that he would be a brilliant player. Unfortunately for me that alone is enough to make me not be able to stand him

 

Now I understand you would have to be bored as fuck or a serious NBA fan but the Nuggets are playing the Lakers on TNT. So it features Afflalo, Chandler and our next opponent.

 

Webber is wrong. That's not what the Doctor said, do you want me to provide the quotes for you of what the doctor said once again? Webber was actually referring to microfracture, which Dwight hasn't had because he did not tear his meniscus or any cartilage in his knee for the 10th time.

 

Harden is basically Michael Redd with added flopping and a far better team.

 

Clarkson is a pretty good prospect.

I'm locked into this game because of Afflalo and chandler lol

 

Damn chandler has hops!

 

Chandler running the floor well.