Around the NBA - September 2017 Edition

You realize offense is more player oriented and defense is team orientated, right? One great offensive player can carry an offense of scrubs, while one bad defender won't result in a bad defense if the other guys are good defenders. Offensively you're in control, therefore an individual can maximize his talents. Defense is reactionary, therefore one bad defender isn't going to result in a net negative.

There's a reason Tony Allen didn't get signed until now. There's a reason offensive guards always have a bigger impact offensively than negative impact defensively. Calling him half great is bullshit.

The defensive increase from Lillard to Butler would be extremely overrated. One player does not make or break a defense, which isnt the case offensively.

Your don't even respect him for another passion he's pursuing with which he puts out respectable content? You call it BS?

He shouldn't me mentioned with other Blazer greats? Gtfo. You obviously don't understand how much more important a great offensive player is compared to a great defensive player.

Let's see if I can bring up a metaphor you understand. In football, having a great QB is much more important than having a great defensive lineman. That's because the QB is in control and everyone benefits from him (WRs, RBs, etc.). A great defensive lineman is great at his role, but he's not in control of the game so therefore his talent doesn't have as much of an impact. He also doesn't have the affect of making the rest of the defense better.

 

MFs getting me into mid-season form with their early Dame disrespect. Already tired of it.

 

you're entitled to your opinion as much as I am to mine.
I think he's over-rated. Doesn't mean i don't like or respect the guy.

Having said that - yes - I DO think rap is Bullshit with a capital B. . .

 

Do you seriously think he would have lingered in free agency 4 years ago?

 

Hayward and Gobert seem awfully high compared to all of them

 

I HAVE AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT FOR ALL OF YOU STILL HOPING FOR A MEYERS LEONARD BREAKOUT !!!



Yup. Same ol' Butters.

 

Yes. He's 36 and is relatively ancient in the league.

 

I couldn't disagree with you more on this point. Not only are you wrong about offense, but to call Defense reactionary flies in the face of what I was taught growing up.

 

Was MVP Steve Nash a great player?

 

I refuse to hold Dame, or CJ, responsible for our awful defense until I see them play defense under a competent coach. It's always been my belief that anyone can play defense, and that the success or failure of a defense reflects entirely on the coach. It might take great individual defenders to take a defense from good to great, but you don't need elite individuals to have an average-to-good defense. If you have a coach who thinks there's only one way to defend a pick/roll, you're never going to be a good defensive team.

 

He contested a shot and took an elbow to the mouth for his effort. Yeah, what a fucking softy. And certainly no other player has ever been scored on.

The Meyers hate is tiresome.

 

So he took an elbow.

You haven't played basketball until you have:

A. Been hit in the face with the ball.
B. Taken an elbow.

Not.

Swayed.

 

This is a fun game:

 

FTFY

 

You can't anchor a defense if try to block shots with your eyes closed.

 

There not that many one on one defense players in this league. To have successful NBA defense it has to be team defense and the scheme has to come from the coach and the players has to exercise it.That what Nurk brought to the table when he came he energized everyone on both ends. Yes I even seen Dame and CJ give more effort on the D ends. I know Nurk had few words to Dame last year on the D end.

 

That one is LOL

 

Damn is that @KingSpeed?

 

Oakley is suing James Dolan and the Knicks!!! Get em' Oak!!!

Charles Oakley sues Knicks owner James Dolan, Madison Square Garden

Former New York Knicks enforcer Charles Oakley filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday in New York against Knicks owner James Dolan, Madison Square Garden and MSG Networks for defamation, assault, false imprisonment and violations to the Americans with Disabilities Act over his treatment at a game earlier this year.

In a 21-page complaint -- which often read like the back of a trading card with Oakley’s career highlights listed in detail -- the former Knicks forward seeks unspecified damages and requests a jury trial.

The lawsuit stems from Oakley’s confrontation with MSG security during a Knicks-Los Angeles Clippers game on Feb. 8 that eventually led to Oakley’s arrest on four misdemeanors (three counts of assault and one count of trespassing).

A statement released on behalf of The Madison Square Garden Company said: "This is a frivolous lawsuit and nothing more than another attempt by Mr. Oakley to garner attention. We will deal with this accordingly."

The Americans with Disabilities Act claim targets Dolan’s statements on ESPN Radio two days after the incident, when Dolan said that Oakley “may have a problem with alcohol.”

“Mr. Oakley has never had a problem with excessive anger nor has he ever abused alcohol or any other drug,” the lawsuit states.

The suit claims that Dolan and MSG have caused irreparable harm to Oakley, “discriminated against him based on the false perception that he is an alcoholic."

Oakley agreed to adjournment in contemplation of dismissal in a deal with prosecutors last month, which will lead the charges to be dropped if there are no new arrests over the next six months. As part of the deal, Oakley agreed not to enter MSG for one year.