"OFFICIAL" Around the NBA - November Thread

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  1. BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94

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    Re: "OFFICIAL" Around the NBA season Thread

    Afflalo is a vet who can shoot and play good D. Come playoff time, I rather have him off the bench than CJ... plus he can play the 3 sometimes like Wes.
     
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    The NBA gave the Cavs a stupid adventagous amount of time off to start the season.
     
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    The Lakers have the NBA's leading scorer and that will always draw viewers. Your hatred hides what little common sense you people have.
     
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    So, what has happened to Andre Iguodala?
     
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    Re: "OFFICIAL" Around the NBA season Thread

    He has been getting worse and worse for years. It has actually been discussed at length on this forum. He basically isn't good enough to play ahead of guys like Draymond Green and Harrison Barnes.

    Go look at his averages since his days in Philly. They have been slowly going down every season.
     
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    I know his production has gone down but the guy is still on a contract similar to Batum and is averaging 6/3/3... He isn't even that old too...
     
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    Much of his game was predicated on athleticism, and he's clearly not the athlete that he once was. He's on a contract similar to Batum because Golden State was desperate to put playmakers around Curry, and they blew up their bench to get him.
     
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    Re: "OFFICIAL" Around the NBA season Thread

    Along with what Nate said, I think people saw him on ESPN and saw the highlights, and assumed that meant he was far better than he really was.

    Never was a bum, but was overrated by a some fans (Blazer fans). Grass is greener sorta thing. He put up rather pedestrian #'s after he turned 26
     
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    I was never one that believed that shit. In fact, I gave run a piece on how stupid GS was for inking that deal.
     
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    It seemed like a really rash decision on their part.
     
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    Re: "OFFICIAL" Around the NBA season Thread

    He's still pretty much an elite wing defender who's playing off the bench for GState because he's a lot more versatile than Harrison Barnes. He's essentially their bench PG. (So, he's doing for their bench what Batum, whose scoring is also way down, is doing for our starters.) His numbers are down right now, but given their record, I doubt the Warriors are too worried. There's a reason they have the highest fg% differential BY FAR in the league (theirs is .079, Chicago is second with .045, we're 4th with .035).
     
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    Congrats are in order for Kobe Bryant who has now missed the most shots in NBA history.
     
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    After tonight, Warriors' record will be 5-3, not as good as ours. They're overrated.
     
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    He also just kinda sucks now. Father time has caught up with him. He's a complete nonfactor on offense, never looks for his shots, and even when he does he can't shoot it. He's also averaging 2.7 assists in nearly 30 minutes, hardly a facilitator.

    Honestly? He's more Steve Blake than Nic Batum at this point, but he's still being paid like he's an all-star.
     
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    Blake is better.
     
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    Re: "OFFICIAL" Around the NBA season Thread

    Anthony Davis is currently sporting a 35.33 PER

    Top 5 player by the end of the season
     
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    He's the best big man in the game. Aldridge is #2. I still give Aldridge the edge because he's lead his team to the playoffs. But talent wise, he's the best
     
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    Davis is better and it's not much of a debate imo

    He even averages more FTA per game than Aldridge. Natebishop is pissed!
     
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    I feel like I remember you arguing that I was wrong for saying this no more than a month ago.
     
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