NBA Random Thoughts

[ralaw]

He's not the franchise changer like those guys but you can't argue with almost 95% of NBA champions being built around two stars usually (with the exception of Jordan/Pippen) one of those two stars is a post threat.

Just to get it out of the way now before someone says: "YOU IDIOT LOOK AT DA PISTONS" the 2004 Pistons were an anomaly. If you want to look at the 1 in 50 that did it a different way to show how it should be done, more power to you.

Dallas didn't have a traditional big that could dominate in the low post....neither will Miami this year when they win, although Bosh has his moments and LeBron will occasionaly out athlete/strength a weaker perimeter player. However, I see what you are saing, but 95% of NBA champions were that way because there was a dominant franchise changing big. I get what you are saying and historically it makes perfect sense, but IMO today's league is different and Howard isn't that type of player. Don't get me wrong he's good and a top 5 player in the league, but his skillet isn't that of a frachise changing big. As I said though with Howard the Bulls are closer to winning championship than what they are with Noah, Deng, etc

 

[FirstTimer]

Dallas didn't have a traditional big that could dominate in the low post....neither will Miami this year when they win, although Bosh has his moments and LeBron will occasionaly out athlete/strength a weaker perimeter player. However, I see what you are saing, but 95% of NBA champions were that way because there was a dominant frachise changing big. IMO today's league is different and Howard isn't that type of player. Don't get me wrong he's good and a top 5 player in the league, but his skillet isn't that of a frachise changing big.

He's defeinetly not as refined on offense as the other bigs that have won ships but in relative terms to the other bigs out there in the league today..I would say he is a franchise changing big.

 

[ralaw]

He's defeinetly not as refined on offense as the other bigs that have won ships but in relative terms to the other bigs out there in the league today..I would say he is a franchise changing big.

Him being the best defensive big in the league doesn't make him a franchise changing big. Relative to the other bigs......who else is there? Bynum? Hibbert? That's about it. LOL. When Roy Hibbert is considered a top big the league is certainly deprived at the position.

 

[FirstTimer]

Him being the best defensive big in the league doesn't make him a franchise changing big. Relative to the other bigs......who else is there? Bynum? Hibbert? That's about it. LOL. When Roy Hibbert is considered a top big the league is certainly deprived at the position.

Howard isn't as bad on offense as he used to be. I meant he was a franchise changing big in general. Not just on defense. He doesn't have a jump sho tyet but his post game is leaps and bounds to where it was 3 years ago.

 

[Primetime]

Fom Bird to now Kendrick Perkins LeBron has had a tough few days



http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/7...nder-rips-lebron-james-miami-heat-dunk-tweets

"Oh my God!" Kobe said following the game after walking away from the media scrum at his locker. "OH MY GOD!!" he repeated with a huge grin. "That was really something, wasn't it? That was one of the best plays I've seen him make — and he's made a lot of them.

"Did you see how he went up even higher once he (made contact) with Perkins? That was something else."



Yes, Kobe did get excited. Quit being butthurt Perkins.

 

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"Oh my God!" Kobe said following the game after walking away from the media scrum at his locker. "OH MY GOD!!" he repeated with a huge grin. "That was really something, wasn't it? That was one of the best plays I've seen him make — and he's made a lot of them.

"Did you see how he went up even higher once he (made contact) with Perkins? That was something else."



Yes, Kobe did get excited. Quit being butthurt Perkins.

Perk has a point though.

"At the end of the day, the guys who are playing for the right reasons who are trying to win championships are not worrying about one play. They also are not tweeting about themselves talking about going down to No. 2," Perkins added, according to the report. "I just feel [James] is always looking for attention and he wants the world to like him."

Perkins told Yahoo! Sports he respected Griffin for not making a spectacle of the moment. But if Griffin goes at the rim again the next time the Clippers and Thunder meet, Perkins said he won't back down.

"If I was in the same position, in the same rotation, I'm going to jump again and again and again," Perkins said, according to Yahoo! Sports. "A lot of people are afraid of humiliation or don't know how to handle embarrassment or would even get embarrassed. I don't care."

"That's my job," Perkins added, according to the report. "How will my teammates look at me if next time I just back out of the way and just let him dunk when I'm supposed to be defensive-minded, a shot-blocker? That would be a coward move on me. He'd just have to dunk on me again."

 

[Primetime]

I don't disagree with his point about LeBron being an attention whore, just seems like he's trying to get the attention by coming out with this. Seems hypocritical to me.

I could care less if LeBron and/or Kobe are tweeting 50 times a day so long as their heads are in the game when it comes that time. Kobe had the same reaction as LeBron other than the #2 label. Perkins just needs to let it go and move on. His team has the best record in the league.

 

[ralaw]

I think Perkins comments speak to a growing idea that while being extremely talented LeBron isn't or doesn't have the competitive nature or focus to be Jordan, Magic, Kobe, etc like.

"Well, probably Kobe, because of the fact that ... well, of course he wouldn't have been shooting as much as he does now ... but his desire to win, his dedication, to always get better, uh, and he's just, he's just tough," Bird said. "He's just a tough cat. But, if you want to have fun, like I did with Bill Walton, play with LeBron. It would have probably been more fun to play with LeBron, but if you want to win and win and win, it's Kobe. Not that LeBron's not a winner, just that [Kobe's] mindset is to go into every practice, every game, to get better."

 

[Rudi]

Yo....the Cavs beat the Clippers without Kyrie :homieslol:

 

[Bomberooski]

The last 10 minutes of the Bird/Simmons interview were money. Loved him talking about coming into the league

 

[Houston]

Rockets finally at a respectable 4th seed, let's see how long they can hold it..

 

[ralaw]

Yo....the Cavs beat the Clippers without Kyrie :homieslol:

That was a bad loss by the Clips.

 

[ralaw]

Did you guys here Will Ferrell's introductions in the Bulls/Hornets game?

 

[killgod]

Going to close down random thoughts in sports forums.

Please create individual threads for topics going forward.

Thanks.