Posted by felonius on 12/28/2011 9:59:00 AM (view original):
I think it sucks equally for everyone over the long run

(sort of like the sim)

Agreed.  

It's so hard to watch these games. 

Does the NBA have an age requirement for their refs?  Some guys out there have to be in their 70's!

Posted by 05nomar05 on 12/28/2011 10:25:00 AM (view original):

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Posted by felonius on 12/28/2011 9:37:00 AM (view original):
same old whiney fans

Really...you think the NBA is officiated well?

Call are blown from tip to buzzer, not just at the end.  BOS wins, you like the refs.  yawn.

Oh **** off.  I've complained when the calls go for Boston too.  Quit running your lips.

Nomar, you wanting someone else to stfu is pretty funny.   

Posted by badja on 12/28/2011 9:45:00 AM (view original):
KLove  31/20 with 24 free throw attempts, 1 foul.  Dude is a beast.

Maybe if he contested some short-mid range shots on D instead of rebound whoring, his team would have even won!

Let's look at his teammates Deano:

Ridnour, Darko, a rookie and Beasley.  They took OKC to within 4 points.  Try again!

Who the f()* else on that team can grab a board?  Please.

Sure he's a useful player, but it's a misnomer to call him a beast until he can get his team to actually win a few games.

He makes the difference between his team being god awful and very, very bad.  Also the Wolves lose close games all the damn time, because KLove Superstar is worthless at the end of games since he can't create on offense or make an impact on defense.  The Magic have the same issue with Dwight Howard and consistently underperform their pythag, except the main difference is that Dwight and dregs gets 50+ wins whereas K-Love + dregs gets you 17.

If he really wanted to play to his maximum potential, he has to focus less on rebound whoring and more on defense.  But then, of course, you'd want to blow him less because 31/15 isn't as impressive as 31/20, so instead you can just sit back and enjoy the big fantasy stats, copious 4 point losses, and not too many wins.

Swap Howard for Love and there would not be a significant W/L difference for either team.

wow

lol

wow, hahaha

You really think:

Ridenour, Beasley, Darko, some rookie and Howard win a bunch of games?  You guys are smoking some good weed.  Howard was frggin awesome vs. OKC huh?

Posted by deanod on 12/28/2011 8:24:00 PM (view original):
lol

Means a lot coming from the guy who thinks Melo is not a top 20 player in the league. 

So far Howard has 13 made baskets, 6 made free throws and 3 assists, yet his team is 1-1.  either he is truly superman with special powers or maybe he has an infinitely better team than Love. 

Please, please keep posting more and more, this is great.

Posted by badja on 12/28/2011 9:48:00 PM (view original):
So far Howard has 13 made baskets, 6 made free throws and 3 assists, yet his team is 1-1.  either he is truly superman with special powers or maybe he has an infinitely better team than Love. 

are you familiar with the impact a dominant defensive player can have on game outcomes at all?

now Im not going to argue that Howard wins 50+ with that supporting cast but I will argue that he wins significantly more than Love has given the same circumstances