i'm not a big Karl Anthony Towns fan for the price they paid for him. i just don't see what he does exceptionally well. he's certainly good and useful and probably going to have a 10-12 year career. i'm just not sure i see what made him a sure fire #1. he's not a freak athlete, he's not HUGE, he's got good range, he's athletic enough. i think his upside is like a Lamarcus Aldridge type player which is a compliment, but i don't see what he could be more than that.
Zach Lavine is going to be a star some day.
Re: NBA 2014-2015 Thread
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2015 9:19 pm
by jsence2
DRiccio21 wrote:i'm not a big Karl Anthony Towns fan for the price they paid for him. i just don't see what he does exceptionally well. he's certainly good and useful and probably going to have a 10-12 year career. i'm just not sure i see what made him a sure fire #1. he's not a freak athlete, he's not HUGE, he's got good range, he's athletic enough. i think his upside is like a Lamarcus Aldridge type player which is a compliment, but i don't see what he could be more than that.
Zach Lavine is going to be a star some day.
Shoots FTs well, can hit long range jumpers, can block shots very well, has a great work ethic, and he's got great post moves. He can get into foul trouble and he needs to not bite on head fakes as much tho
Re: NBA 2014-2015 Thread
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2015 9:20 pm
by DRiccio21
alot of people can do those thins, what can he do exceptionally well.
to me he seems well rounded and has good passing ability for a big. he can shoot from range too. he's certainly nice, i just don't think he's the player to take #1.
Re: NBA 2014-2015 Thread
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2015 9:57 pm
by jsence2
DRiccio21 wrote:alot of people can do those thins, what can he do exceptionally well.
to me he seems well rounded and has good passing ability for a big. he can shoot from range too. he's certainly nice, i just don't think he's the player to take #1.
He's also only 19....lots of "upside"
Who would you have taken over him? Okafer, who can't shoot FTs and isn't as good of a defender?
Re: NBA 2014-2015 Thread
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2015 9:59 pm
by DRiccio21
not really sure.
he definitely has upside. i'm probably sounding harsher than i really am about him.
Re: NBA 2014-2015 Thread
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2015 10:21 pm
by jsence2
DRiccio21 wrote:not really sure.
he definitely has upside. i'm probably sounding harsher than i really am about him.
No, I understand. I just think when you look at the pool of who was available, you ask "who would you take #1 overall instead?"
Some year's #1 picks are better than others. The pool this year had a lot of talent, but there wasn't really anybody that was "dominant" that everyone was clamoring for.
Re: NBA 2014-2015 Thread
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2015 2:36 am
by nick
my friends seem to think Russell will be the best player in this draft when it's all said n done
Re: NBA 2014-2015 Thread
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2015 2:05 pm
by shel311
Embiid likely to miss the entire upcoming season.
Re: NBA 2014-2015 Thread
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2015 12:48 pm
by LetsGoPeay
This is a pretty cool gallery of a variety of NBA pictures.
- And1butmissedFT
- The Paul Pierce email
- The Yahoo Answers email
- The tabs at the top
When I saw it, I thought it would epic, so much to go off of, but it wasn't as good as some of the previous ones.
Spoiler!
Re: NBA 2014-2015 Thread
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2015 6:14 pm
by Weasel
Both the imgur album and that email image are great content
Re: NBA 2014-2015 Thread
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2015 6:44 pm
by LetsGoPeay
shel311 wrote:Ones I liked:
- And1butmissedFT
- The Paul Pierce email
- The Yahoo Answers email
- The tabs at the top
When I saw it, I thought it would epic, so much to go off of, but it wasn't as good as some of the previous ones.
Spoiler!
The Bill Cosby one is pretty good.
Re: NBA 2014-2015 Thread
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2015 8:09 pm
by shel311
Kendrick Perkins to the Pels. Championship!!!!
On a slightly funnier note, a 2nd player has committed to the Mavs, then backed out and signed elsewhere. This one they're probably slightly less upset about though, it's Richard Jefferson.
Re: NBA 2014-2015 Thread
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2015 8:11 pm
by DRiccio21
yuck
Re: NBA 2014-2015 Thread
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2015 8:16 pm
by shel311
Guaranteed Lebby talking point tomorrow regarding the decommittments:
"People aren't mad about the act, they're mad about how famous the person who decommitted is. What are you doing there?"
Just got back from the USA Showcase game. Was a lot of fun, basically an all star game. It was the first time I saw Cousins play in person, dude is a bad ass. Looking forward to next season!
Re: NBA 2014-2015 Thread
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2015 10:30 am
by shel311
Anyone ever heard of the website "Ballstreams"?
Such a terrible, terrible, great name! But it looks like a site that has all NBA games at a cheaper rate(though I'm still trying figure out the exact amount) than League Pass.
I ask as I am definitely planning on getting the League Pass this season, but if this other option seems to be legit, I may try it out. It looks like it also may have an app for the Roku which is key, as I wouldn't get it if I just had to stream it over the internet on my laptop then transfer it to my computer.
Re: NBA 2014-2015 Thread
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2015 2:02 pm
by swellvermin
shel311 wrote:Anyone ever heard of the website "Ballstreams"?
Such a terrible, terrible, great name! But it looks like a site that has all NBA games at a cheaper rate(though I'm still trying figure out the exact amount) than League Pass.
I ask as I am definitely planning on getting the League Pass this season, but if this other option seems to be legit, I may try it out. It looks like it also may have an app for the Roku which is key, as I wouldn't get it if I just had to stream it over the internet on my laptop then transfer it to my computer.
