OFFICIAL 2014 Around the NBA thread - January edition

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    Re: OFFICIAL 2014 Around the NBA thread

    Anthony Davis vs Tim Duncan.

    This is a sick matchup. Vindicating me for making NO one of my LPBB choice teams
     
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    Davis is a monster. He's easily a top 10 player right now in my eyes
     
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    Re: OFFICIAL 2014 Around the NBA thread

    Nuggets are struggling tonight, but I find it funny that they've won 5 straight prior to tonight after Andre Miller left the team for "personal reasons."
     
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    I'm don't think hes quite there yet but theres only 3 guys, LBJ, Durant, Paul George; who I'd consider swapping him for long-term.
     
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    Jazz taking care of Nuggs......... Spurs barely get by Pelicans........Knicks vs Suns is a great game! Love this league.
     
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    Re: OFFICIAL 2014 Around the NBA thread

    1. Bron
    2. KD
    3. CP
    4. Dwight
    5. George
    6. Westbrook
    7. Love
    8. LA
    9. Steph
    10. Davis?

    Maybe borderline top 10. He's in that set with Harden/LA/Curry/Parker/Melo, etc

    But he's climbing up that list for sure. Hope he stays healthy
     
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    Miller wasn't playing anyways...
     
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    I've liked Alec Burks since he was in college. Guy can ball. Breakout game tonight with 34 points. He's cracked the starting roto.
     
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    Yeah he was.
     
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    He flipped out on Shaw cause he had a couple DNP-CD's and playing less than 10 minutes a game before that.

    Hard to blame losses on an end of the rotation guy. Kinda like how people here think wins and losses really matter between playing Leonard or Robinson.
     
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    The 3 Texas teams won tonight. Should be a fun road trip . . .
     
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    Re: OFFICIAL 2014 Around the NBA thread

    He flipped out on Shaw because he had a temper tantrum while getting a "healthy scratch" for the first time in years. Most players wouldn't care about such things, or if they did, they would let the coach know it matters to them. Instead, Miller had a temper tantrum, and it turns out Shaw said had he known about it, he would have talked to Dre about it before making the decision to bench him. That's kind of what Dre does.
     
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    He had the longest active Iron man streek in the league and has never received a healthy DNPCD before. It was a big pride thing for Miller. I think its bush league by Shaw not to inform Miller before hand he was out of the rotation and would not play. I'd expect any coach to inform a player If they are no longer in the rotation or have lost their minutes to someone else.

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    I don't think that happens as much as you think it does. The healthy scratch thing is a made-up thing that only a player like Miller would care about, anyhow.

    He has more blow-ups at coaches than he has wins in playoff series. I ended up tolerating him as a Blazer, but now that he's not a Blazer, I'll slam him as much as I want to slam him.
     
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    Probably doesn't happen often but its something I think should happen a lot more. Its a mutual respect thing to let your players know what is going, if they are getting their role changed or cut or getting moved to the bench etc.

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    Coaches don't always know exactly who will and wont play. Maybe he wasn't sure he'd bench Miller. He already admitted he didn't know about the streak. I think thats good; A coach has too much to worry about as is the last thing he should keep up on is obscure statistics that don't impact the game.

    A reasonable adult would've said "hey coach I got this streak can I get in the game" but Miller instead chose a poor way to handle it.
     
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    I think they have a pretty good idea of the top 8. And Miller knows he should be in that top 8 if it weren't for some bullshit. That's pretty much why he's never had a DNP-CD before.
     
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    Thunder about to lose, Blazers ahead of them in standings now. Grizzlies making a move.
     
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    Re: OFFICIAL 2014 Around the NBA thread

    And that is it. The Thunder fall below us.

    spurs 30-8
    blazers 28-9
    thunder 28-10

    With a game against the Spurs on the horizon, we can pass the Spurs soon.

    go blazers
     
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    I like your optimism

    Go Blazers
     
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