2015-16 NBA Thread (feat. the Wives)

LeBron 'doesn't run this organization,' GM says

 

Article on Love's defense.

Kevin Love's bad defense keeps costing the Cavaliers

The guy may have a knack for positioning when it comes to grabbing rebounds, but he still doesn't put the effort into defending the basket well. Among the 10 Cavaliers who have gotten significant playing time this season, including the departed Dion Waiters and injured Anderson Varejao, Love ranks seventh in contesting shots around the basket, allowing 1.09 points per attempt, perSynergy Sports Technology. For some perspective: LeBron James leads the team at 0.806 points per attempt. Overall, Love is in the league's 34th percentile, good for 245th among all players.

 

Miami should have traded him 18 games into his first season

#deviltakes

 

"James > Jordan" - JC

God, you must have my posts on an RSS feed.

 

I have never , ever said James was better than Jordan. Not once.

Go ahead, find one post where I've said that.

 

LeBron James has the worst luck of any athlete. He is constantly surrounded by poor, neophyte coaches, teammates who barely deserve to be considered professional, he plays in conference that has the most Hall of Famers on his rival teams than anyone has ever faced. If he's not playing against the 1927 Yankees he's playing against the 1940 Nazi's for the championship. He never gets to choose where he wants to play, has no input on player acquisitions, is paid less than players half his accomplishments.
And his mother fucks his friends.
It's a hard knock life, for James.

 

So you troll my post about James even though you believe Jordan is better?

I guess you just felt like being a troll.

And the could have dealt him in 2012 for Anthony Davis, but James would have blocked that trade, I'm sure.

 

I defend James against your idiocy. There's a big gap between not better than Jordan and still being one of the best ever.

What the fuck are you talking about with Anthony Davis?

Are you really defending your idiotic stance that the Heat should have traded James after 18 games?

 

No worries. I don't pretend to be able to assess defense the way teams do, especially on stuff like shots contested and the other measures of big-guy play. I was only recalling this great Zach Lowe piece last June about how Love and the Cavs are a mismatch. It was framed around the Warriors' decision not to trade Klay Thompson for Love, largely because the Warriors saw Draymond Green stepping into the role he eventually took.

What’s Next for Kevin Love?

But slot Green on a team with one or two stars who create shots, and the things he does become more valuable.

Love’s value slides along the opposite trajectory. Cleveland has LeBron and Kyrie Irving to create shots, and Love can’t recalibrate by ramping up his defense and enabling the Cavaliers to switch across the board. Love talked big about improving his defense this season, but all the bad habits were still there — the lazy slouches into transition, the ground-bound indifference at the rim. The Cavaliers didn’t need him to make the Finals, and they have defended better without him.

 

Troll, do you think with 20/20 vision the Heat would have said no thanks to trading James for Davis as a rookie?

 

Why do you keep talking about some hypothetical James for Davis trade when there was never the slightest rumor or suggestion that anyone ever considered such a thing? How is this relevant to anything being discussed here?

 

Better or more interesting question: What if Cleveland kept Andrew Wiggins?