Stoudemire won't be traded to the Cavs, but this thread is still very lulzworthy.

[FirstTimer]

Assuming you have the athletes to play man to man. I watch a lot of highschool basketball and a lot of times the teams just don't have the athletes to stick man to man and if they do the players just don't know how to play man to man.

I've always found it's easier to teach and play man. Zone concepts can get complicated and if you don't have it exactly right you are going to get killed. Man is pretty easy to teach with the simple ball side/help side concept and with man you can dictate the pressure a bit more and even with more athletic teams if you can dictate pressure and rotate 2 man assignments well enough you can get the athletic team playing way to fast and frantic to effectivly use their athleticsm on the offenseive end.

Athletic teams like to play at their own speed. If you are able to speed them up too much they hate it. Throw in a zone gimmick out of timeouts every now and then to change the pace and you can really control the game on your defensive end even if you don't have the ball.

[FirstTimer]

Since we're posting picture evidence of our basketball credentials, here's the last bball team I played on, the LSU student-TV station's co-ed intramurals team, the "(Channel)75ers" I'm the guy with the long black socks, with the arms crossed so gayly. We uh, lost every game, but I dropped around 18 points in my last performance.

The blonde good looking at all?

[NAHSTE]

The blonde good looking at all?

Eh, not really. But not pictured is Mrs. NAHSTE13. We actually met through that team LOL. We needed another girl to meet the requirement and she originally signed to play PG at LSU before getting hurt. We thought she'd be a nice ringer. Two years later, we're still together.

We lost every game but she won my heart.

/hallmark

[FirstTimer]

Eh, not really. But not pictured is Mrs. NAHSTE13. We actually met through that team LOL. We needed an another girl to meet the requirement and she originally signed to play PG at LSU before getting hurt. We thought she'd be a nice ringer. Two years later, we're still together.

We lost every game but she won my heart.

/hallmark

Up the shorts HJ during team huddles?

[Argath]

I agree Yawkey. At first it was reported the Suns were looking for a young player and a 1st round draft pick, but I guess they decided an expiring contract is better than the 32nd pick in the draft.

Oh gosh guys, he does have more knowledge of the NBA than I do. I didn't realize there were 32 teams in the NBA

[NAHSTE]

Oh gosh guys, he does have more knowledge of the NBA than I do. I didn't realize there were 32 teams in the NBA

LULZ, all that time you were wasting running laps you could have looked at a sports almanac or something.


edit- LMFAO at FirstTimer. "UTSHJ" FTW

[BUCK3YE5]

Why didn't you play AAU then? I had way more fun playing AAU then with my HS team.

i was playing AAU baseball

and faggot I never said Shaq was a top center

[Argath]

i was playing AAU baseball

and faggot I never said Shaq was a top center

You still refuse to answer my questions when I answered yours. I beginning to believe you don't know the answers even though they have already been posted.

[BUCK3YE5]

You never answered anything. You quoted me once saying "Shaq ESSENTIALLY cancels out every big man he faces. then you took that, twisted and turned it, and made the assumption that I think he's the best Center in the NBA

You do know what essentially means, right?

[Shwayzed]

i certainly know more about the nba then your fucking retarded ass.

Nearly everyone on here said Artest to LA and VC to Orlando were genious moves. NBA Finals Rematch! Yahooo! I said no and thats how my bad rep started here....how ironic. The Lakers would be much better with Ariza and its not even funny how much better Orlando would be with Hedo. The fact that most poeple here thought those were good moves is laughable, that proves they dont follow the NBA. I mean, thats worse than Charles fucking Barkley.

The VC deal had nothing to do with Hedo? He walked and signed with Toronto because it is more of a European enviornment, better for him and his family. It also allows Toronto become the fundamentally best team in the NBA.

[BUCK3YE5]

Orlando let him walk. They wanted VC

[Argath]

You never answered anything. You quoted me once saying "Shaq ESSENTIALLY cancels out every big man he faces. then you took that, twisted and turned it, and made the assumption that I think he's the best Center in the NBA

You do know what essentially means, right?

Yes I do, do you?


The way you phrased your wording you meant he was one of the best centers in the league, if not the best.


lol @ trying to backtrack now to cover yourself. At the time you said it, you were thinking Shaq was one of the best in the league right now if not the best. You know it. I know it. Everyone here knows it.


Now stop acting like a scared pussy and answer JUST ONE of my questions. I'm willing to bet you can't

[BUCK3YE5]

Im not willing to take the time to answer your questions if you cant admit you made up shit.

Im not backtracking at all. Shaq is not a top 5 center in the NBA...probably not top 10. But, as proven by the stats i posted (after some douche posted fake ones) Shaq has done very well, better than anyone expected, and has been by far the best move of this past offseason

[DoubleDeuce]

[BUCK3YE5]

You're such a scared little pussy it's not even funny. Grow a pair, and answer the damn questions BUCK3YE5. Oops, I mean C0MMUN1TY C0LLEGE.

way to be original, poser