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1/11/2012 6:58:04 PM

we've got some playoff basketball going on in LA right now

1/12/2012 12:41:35 AM

just shows that Chris Paul is as good as Lebron and D-Howard basically.

Crazy that the bobcats preferred ray felton and sean may

1/12/2012 12:41:58 AM

While we're talking about bobcats being stupid, good job passing up Deandre Jordan. The guy is a monster.

1/12/2012 12:57:03 AM

Honestly after watching Deandre Jordan and Chris Paul i think its worth it just to boycott the Bobcats.

They didnt even try to win, fuck that franchise. Did they really think they'd win more games with Desagna Diop, Alexis Ajinca, Sean May, and Ray Felton?

1/12/2012 1:06:56 AM

paul still the funnest player in the league to watch...and it looks like lebron was watching sportscenter today

[Edited on January 12, 2012 at 1:13 AM. Reason : hahahaa best attempt to get a shooting foul i have seen in quite a bit]

1/12/2012 1:11:09 AM

another round of lebron bashing tomorrow

1/12/2012 1:27:45 AM

clippers win in OT. i think the heat missed something like 14 free throws

1/12/2012 1:49:00 AM

1/12/2012 8:12:51 PM

Pau Gasol is really leading the Lakers right now and proving he's the best player on that team. Impressive to see. Really needed with Kobe's bad knees and decline.

Quote :

"7 (5) LA Lakers - Bynum looks like a monster so LAL will definitely improve on this ranking with him back. The Lakers have one of the worst backcourts in the league this year with a struggling Kobe and a shitty PG combo. Luckily they have one of the best frontcourts (Bynum & Gasol) and Murphy regaining form and Mcroberts playing well. Matt Barnes is playing pretty well. Metta World Peace looks completely done and I wouldn't be surprised if the Lakers waived him after this season."

Please expand.

[Edited on January 12, 2012 at 8:47 PM. Reason : x]

1/12/2012 8:46:14 PM

Kobe struggling? Doesn't he have 88 points in his last two games?



Ohhhhh, its just face being a fucking idiot again. Can someone just ban him already?

1/12/2012 9:01:29 PM

With Kobe struggling I'm just glad they have Josh McRoberts to make up for it more than anything else.

1/12/2012 9:13:44 PM

Um, check the date/timestamp.

I wrote that when he was struggling, not after these last two games.

1/12/2012 10:26:08 PM

dwight howard just set the record for attempted free throws. might have a 50-30 game if it goes to overtime.

1/13/2012 1:20:13 AM

Unbelievable game for Howard.

He is an absolute machine this year

1/13/2012 1:30:17 AM

Anyone else noticed that john wall sucks this year?

Kyrie Irving is making john wall look like Ryan harrow

1/13/2012 2:07:04 AM

to be fair, Wall has Andray Blatche, Nick Young, and JaVale McGee starting next to him

the team play of the Wizards is so bad it makes the Kings look like Hickory High

1/13/2012 3:13:24 AM

well Irving does have the perennial allstars Antawn Jamison, Anderson Varejao, Omri Casspi and Anthony Parker starting alongside him

1/13/2012 12:14:06 PM

no, but at least those guys are actual professionals who know how to play team ball

Wall is surrounded by a bunch of no defense playing chuckers

1/13/2012 1:45:18 PM

ouch, wonder what the Heat will do with their best player sidelined with a sprained ankle

1/14/2012 2:42:38 AM

Irving is surrounded by professional basketball players

Wall is not

legitimate damage is being done to Wall this season

1/14/2012 2:59:10 AM

Riiight. It couldn't be that Irving is just a much better player than wall.

Are his teammates asking him to miss every shot he takes?

1/14/2012 11:01:11 AM

taking an absolute stand on how good a 21 year old player is a dozen games into a season with no training camp and an abbreviated schedule is shortsighted, at best

the tendency of fans to anoint or kill a player on a game to game basis is one of the saddest aspects of sports culture

[Edited on January 14, 2012 at 3:18 PM. Reason : ...]

1/14/2012 3:17:48 PM

how about a season to season basis?

You don't honestly believe that for the 2011/2012 NBA season that John Wall is better than Kyrie Irving, do you???

1/15/2012 11:43:47 AM

i'm aware that statistically Irving grades out (significantly) better, however, if i were a GM and they were both in the draft, at this moment, i'd eagerly take Wall. his physical gifts are too impressive to give up on. and i know i'm not alone. if there were a Wall for Irving trade on the table, who walks away first? i'd bet the house that it ain't the Cavs.

[Edited on January 15, 2012 at 1:09 PM. Reason : ...]

1/15/2012 1:07:34 PM

Appeal to authority. GMs are all clearly good at their jobs

1/15/2012 1:25:27 PM

one guy was mediocre in college and had a mediocre rookie year and a terrible (thus far) sophomore campaign.

the other guy was outstanding in college, is having a huge rookie season...

I don't think you're correct here but then again I'm basing this on measurable statistics, so maybe if we throw in a lot of unknown quantities my argument loses weight

1/16/2012 2:09:37 AM

eh, i watch nearly every kentucky game every year and Wall was the best player on that team (Cousins was a monster, too). a team, by the way, that was a ridiculous 3-pt barrage from West Virginia away from going to the final 4.

Irving played less than a dozen games in college. did he even get to conference play?

so the college thing is tough to use for a comparison.

i'll admit that as a kentucky fan i could be biased towards Wall. that surely could be cause to question my judgment, but i try to be objective. the dude averaged 16 and 8 as a 20 year old rookie for one of the most dysfunctional teams in the history of the league. that's an uncommon enough achievement to deserve more praise than "mediocre." but i'm not in the Cavs or Wizards locker room and i don't watch either of their games too much and i don't have psychic powers, so its impossible for me to claim who is definitively the better player, or who will surely have the better career going forward. ultimately, i side with Wall for now because his physical tools are so impressive. i don't think i ever saw a college PG (certainly not a freshman) who was as fast and as effective defensively as him.

my biggest qualm with your stance, and most of the stances i read you taking, is the tendency to speak in absolutes. you're clearly knowledgeable. i'd figure that help you give more nuanced takes on things, rather than lean towards the blowhard certainty of the random dope at a sports bar.

1/16/2012 3:14:02 AM

17 ppg, 3.1 reb, 5.1 ast, 0.8 stl, 0.5 blk, 3.3 to, in only 27 minutes per game with .473/.400/.892 shooting (FG/3PT/FT)

vs.

13.3 ppg, 4.6reb, 7.1 ast, 1.3 stl, 1.0 blk, 4.2 to in 36.7 minutes per game with .348/.000/.735 shooting (FG/3PT/FT)


So the difference in rebounds and assists can mostlbe explained by their minutes differential. The steals and block difference show Wall is slightly more gifted in terms of size/athleticism.

The shooting numbers suggest one is highly more effective than the other.

1/16/2012 4:12:26 PM

Per-game stats? What is this, 1983? Get the fuck out.

1/16/2012 4:22:27 PM

Uh... what?

1/16/2012 6:34:58 PM

man shit

[Edited on January 19, 2012 at 1:36 AM. Reason : thought this was live]

1/19/2012 1:31:34 AM

Quote :

"the other guy was outstanding in college, is having a huge rookie season..."

Come on rally...he played like 10 games, mostly against scrub competition. Don't be ridiculous.

1/19/2012 8:25:42 AM

it might be entertaining if the celtics totally blow up their team, garnett only about 60% could still be really useful to a team like OKC and ray allen doesn't seem to have aged all that much at all

1/19/2012 3:37:14 PM

kinda like those all black jerseys

1/19/2012 10:23:04 PM

Quote :

"it might be entertaining if the celtics totally blow up their team, garnett only about 60% could still be really useful to a team like OKC and ray allen doesn't seem to have aged all that much at all"

what can you get back for those guys, though? i think both their (and Pierce's, for that matter) expire after this season, so unless they can get back some quality young/cheap talent, it makes more sense to just roll through this season, let them walk and try to make something happen with the massive cap space created by their departure.

1/20/2012 5:02:29 AM

1/24/2012 3:39:27 PM

Miami can make a statement today. They should beat a Deng-less Hamilton-less team by double digits.

1/29/2012 3:40:05 PM

Why isn't Bill Russell standing next to Jordan there

Quote :

"YOU GO IT"

[Edited on January 29, 2012 at 4:02 PM. Reason : ]

1/29/2012 4:01:45 PM

that jump ball call was some bullshit

1/29/2012 6:15:25 PM

Can't imagine the lunacy that would have transpired on TWW if the last minute of that Bulls/Heat game happened in a State game.

1/29/2012 6:30:13 PM

I guess the John Wall vs Kyrie Irving argument is dead.

Irving is an absolute monster. What a superstar he is becoming, he might be better than Rose in a few years.

[Edited on January 30, 2012 at 9:35 AM. Reason : a]

1/30/2012 9:35:02 AM

Blake Griffin murdered Kendrick Perkins about 30 minutes ago

holy shit.

1/31/2012 12:35:43 AM

pretty tasty stat line cp3 is throwing together here

1/31/2012 12:43:27 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v6YiU6RXdU

1/31/2012 12:50:25 AM

videos of the dunk:

http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/22748484/34636482

1/31/2012 12:50:51 AM

[Edited on January 31, 2012 at 12:53 AM. Reason : i see im late to the party]

1/31/2012 12:53:15 AM

Meh. Blake is no Larry.




Or Kenny.

1/31/2012 1:14:33 AM

Here's a name, Larry Bird, the inventor of the slam dunk. That's a signature white move. Look it up.

1/31/2012 1:19:43 AM

lol Kendrick Perkins deleted his twitter account

1/31/2012 9:52:54 AM