Like other people who love the NBA I have League Pass and every year I've had it I've tried to watch every game of 5 teams. This year my teams are:
1. Miami Heat
-They have LeBron therefore they are a must watch.
2. OKC Thunder
-Same as above except replace LeBron with Durant.
3. New Orleans Hornets
-My favorite team and they also have Anthony Davis this year.
4. Minnesota Timberwolves
-My 2nd favorite team and when Kevin Love and Rubio come back one of the more exciting teams to watch.
5. Houston Rockets
-They slid in after trading for James Harden. I haven't been disappointed.
Other teams that just missed:
LA Lakers
-Full of all-stars but I hate them so its tough for me to watch their games.
LA Clippers
-Watched a lot of them last year just wasn't that impressed although CP3 is still the best PG in the league.
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Stern's Retiring
Commissioner David Stern announced today that he will be retiring in February 2014 and that Adam Silver will be taking his place. To commemorate this moment I give you my favorite Stern moment.
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Opening Day!
Anyone else excited for some NBA basketball? Here's a list of the opening day games on October 30th.
Heat vs. Celtics, 8 p.m., TNT
Lakers vs. Mavericks, 10:30 p.m., TNT
Cavaliers vs. Wizards, 7 p.m.
Heat vs. Celtics, 8 p.m., TNT
Lakers vs. Mavericks, 10:30 p.m., TNT
Cavaliers vs. Wizards, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
With a Name Like Darko How Can't You Like Him?
This may not be news to some, but Darko Milicic was amnestied by the Minnesota Timberwolves this past week. This probably means he will not be in the league again with little to no interest from the other teams. As an owner of not one but two of his jerseys (Timberwolves and Pistons) this saddens me greatly. I think most Timberwolves fans and basketball minded people would agree that the team is better off without him, but I will still miss him when I go to watch there games or watch the Timberwolves on TV. Here are just a few of my favorite Darko moments that I got to experience:
1. Darko gets drafted and I want to cheer for him because he has an awesome name and he is suppose to be a superior Dirk Nowitzki
2. My first live NBA game is Timberwolves vs Thunder. Durant scores a ton of points but the crowd couldnt get enough of Darko
3. Darko raffles off his NBA Championship ring and belt for charity. And yes I immediately bought ten raffle tickets.
4. I wear a Darko jersey to the Timberwolves vs Clippers game and Darko wins player of the game.
Thursday, June 28, 2012
I Don't Care That He Has Anxiety Issues
The 2012 NBA draft is here and I just wanted to post a quick hit about who I think is going to be the biggest sleeper of this draft. If you haven't heard of Royce White you can go here to see some of his game http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usQJQi3IiE0&feature=related . The critiques made in the video are all pretty spot on, but I still feel White will be a starter and All-Star in the near future. His versatility should make him a productive member of any team and one of his biggest knocks is that he has anxiety issues which after reading more about it seemed like a minor issue. Hope to see him go somewhere with a stable environment and am looking forward to watching him next season.
Monday, June 11, 2012
NBA Finals Preview
Cody and Chuck breakdown the NBA Finals match up between the Miami Heat and Oklahoma City Thunder.
Chuck: I personally feel like its 60-40 in favor of the Thunder right now. And that's with knowledge that the Thunder handily beat who I thought was the best team in the Spurs and the Heat struggled against an aging Celtics team with LeBron playing at a peak level. I feel like the Heat just suck at playing the Celtics and so that makes them look worse than they are especially when Bosh was out. My big if is if the Heat hit 3s they will come out on top otherwise I'll give it to the Thunder in 6.
Cody: Probably in the same boat with the Thunder in 6 or 7. The only person with a good match up for the Heat is Bosh, and we still don’t know if he can go 40 minutes. Heat haven’t played anyone with near the skill level that OKC has. Also OKC won't slap at the ball and pick up ticky tack fouls like Boston did. If LeBron gets to Ibaka or Perkins they are going to put him on his ass.
Chuck: I don't know if they do it or not but it seems like the Heat should put D-Wade on Russ, leaving Chalmers on Thabo, LeBron on KD, Bosh on Serge, and I guess starter number 5 (probly either Udonis or Joel) on Perkins. Two things that worry me if I'm the Heat is the Thunder will probably put Thabo on D-Wade and Russ on Chalmers. I feel like Chalmers and D-Wade are going to have a lot of TOs and Russ is going to get a lot of mean fast break dunks. The other big question is who's going to guard Harden. I assume Battier but have no idea how the subbing will play out.
Cody: Depends on who starts. If Bosh starts I see the following
Chalmers – Westbrook
Wade – Thabo
KD- LeBron
Bosh – Perkins
Haslem – Ibaka
That’s how the thunder will match up. I don’t think the Heat will start Wade on Westy either. Battier will probably start on Harden if they come off the bench at the same time. Wade might also be on him, depending on fouls and how the flow of the game is going. Heat don’t have anyone to guard Harden.
Also if the Heat start running a lot of PnR with Bosh I expect to see a lot of Collison in this series.
Chuck: The Thunder one seems easy and I believe its their depth/lack of reliance on their stars. As seen in Game 4 of the WCF with major contributions by Ibaka, Perk, and Nick. I guess the Heat's will be their superior D. I don't have access to the data I need to back this up but I believe the Heat were one of the top defensive team throughout the season. OKC had plenty of TOs in the regular season but have seemed to fix that issue, but I feel the Heat could cause at least a handful.
Cody: Its very hard to just turn on and off defense, and the Heat haven’t been pressed all playoffs by any sort of fast paced offensive team. It all depends on Bosh. Thunder are going to be running three point shooters off the arc, and contesting hard at the rim, so that will leave a lot of space for Bosh to operate in the mid range.
Chuck: That didn't really go at the question but whatevs I guess. I haven't really seen either team play more than the necessary amount of D than to win.
Cody: Yes it did, Bosh is the biggest key.
Cody: Three scenarios can happen:
1) OKC wins, everyone blames LeBron and talks about how OKC is set to take over the NBA for 6 years.
2) Heat win and LeBron plays average, everyone blames LeBron and talks about how OKC is set to take over the NBA for 6 years.
3) Heat win and LeBron plays awesome, Everyone says finally LeBron figured it out and hype a Heat-OKC rivalry comparing it to the Lakers and Celtics. I don’t see any other outcome.
Chuck: I see one more scenario with a similar outcome as Scenario 3 where LeBron plays out of his mind but OKC wins and everybody talks up the rivalry similar to a Lakers-Celtics. Any chance Heat blow up their team if they lose? I say no.
Cody: If Heat lose, they will blame LeBron, no other way around it. Everyone that talks about blowing things up are dumb. Who are you going to get rid of? And who are you going to bring in? Unless you are bringing in Dwight for a long term deal, there is no move to be made. Heat need to do more what the Spurs do and find and develop young athletic talent to play in their system, not sign old farts like Battier, and Mike, and Curry.
"Do you think the Heat stand any chance at all at winning the finals?"
Chuck: I personally feel like its 60-40 in favor of the Thunder right now. And that's with knowledge that the Thunder handily beat who I thought was the best team in the Spurs and the Heat struggled against an aging Celtics team with LeBron playing at a peak level. I feel like the Heat just suck at playing the Celtics and so that makes them look worse than they are especially when Bosh was out. My big if is if the Heat hit 3s they will come out on top otherwise I'll give it to the Thunder in 6.
Cody: Probably in the same boat with the Thunder in 6 or 7. The only person with a good match up for the Heat is Bosh, and we still don’t know if he can go 40 minutes. Heat haven’t played anyone with near the skill level that OKC has. Also OKC won't slap at the ball and pick up ticky tack fouls like Boston did. If LeBron gets to Ibaka or Perkins they are going to put him on his ass.
"What do you think the match ups will be?"
Chuck: I don't know if they do it or not but it seems like the Heat should put D-Wade on Russ, leaving Chalmers on Thabo, LeBron on KD, Bosh on Serge, and I guess starter number 5 (probly either Udonis or Joel) on Perkins. Two things that worry me if I'm the Heat is the Thunder will probably put Thabo on D-Wade and Russ on Chalmers. I feel like Chalmers and D-Wade are going to have a lot of TOs and Russ is going to get a lot of mean fast break dunks. The other big question is who's going to guard Harden. I assume Battier but have no idea how the subbing will play out.
Cody: Depends on who starts. If Bosh starts I see the following
Chalmers – Westbrook
Wade – Thabo
KD- LeBron
Bosh – Perkins
Haslem – Ibaka
That’s how the thunder will match up. I don’t think the Heat will start Wade on Westy either. Battier will probably start on Harden if they come off the bench at the same time. Wade might also be on him, depending on fouls and how the flow of the game is going. Heat don’t have anyone to guard Harden.
Also if the Heat start running a lot of PnR with Bosh I expect to see a lot of Collison in this series.
"Biggest keys to winning for each team in this match up."
Chuck: The Thunder one seems easy and I believe its their depth/lack of reliance on their stars. As seen in Game 4 of the WCF with major contributions by Ibaka, Perk, and Nick. I guess the Heat's will be their superior D. I don't have access to the data I need to back this up but I believe the Heat were one of the top defensive team throughout the season. OKC had plenty of TOs in the regular season but have seemed to fix that issue, but I feel the Heat could cause at least a handful.
Cody: Its very hard to just turn on and off defense, and the Heat haven’t been pressed all playoffs by any sort of fast paced offensive team. It all depends on Bosh. Thunder are going to be running three point shooters off the arc, and contesting hard at the rim, so that will leave a lot of space for Bosh to operate in the mid range.
Chuck: That didn't really go at the question but whatevs I guess. I haven't really seen either team play more than the necessary amount of D than to win.
Cody: Yes it did, Bosh is the biggest key.
"Anything else you want to hit on? Legacy?"
Cody: Three scenarios can happen:
1) OKC wins, everyone blames LeBron and talks about how OKC is set to take over the NBA for 6 years.
2) Heat win and LeBron plays average, everyone blames LeBron and talks about how OKC is set to take over the NBA for 6 years.
3) Heat win and LeBron plays awesome, Everyone says finally LeBron figured it out and hype a Heat-OKC rivalry comparing it to the Lakers and Celtics. I don’t see any other outcome.
Chuck: I see one more scenario with a similar outcome as Scenario 3 where LeBron plays out of his mind but OKC wins and everybody talks up the rivalry similar to a Lakers-Celtics. Any chance Heat blow up their team if they lose? I say no.
Cody: If Heat lose, they will blame LeBron, no other way around it. Everyone that talks about blowing things up are dumb. Who are you going to get rid of? And who are you going to bring in? Unless you are bringing in Dwight for a long term deal, there is no move to be made. Heat need to do more what the Spurs do and find and develop young athletic talent to play in their system, not sign old farts like Battier, and Mike, and Curry.
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Monday, April 30, 2012
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Recent Flagrant Twos
In case you missed out on Thursday's games. Here are a couple of flagrant twos.
Robin Lopez tries to kill Blake Griffin.
James Jones had enough of Noah's shit.
I think everybody is ready for the playoffs.
A Love Mustache
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Operation Restore Ricky
Ricky Rubio is on the road to recovery now after having successful surgery on his left knee. In the meantime Wolves fans will have to settle for the excellent play of Kevin Love and an attempt at the last playoff spot in the west.
More details if needed:
http://www.nba.com/timberwolves/news/news_rubio_surgery_2012_03_21.html
More details if needed:
http://www.nba.com/timberwolves/news/news_rubio_surgery_2012_03_21.html
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
The Greatest Compilation of Airballed Freethrows Ever
SBNation put up one the funniest compilations I have ever seen. Seeing NBA players airball freethrows never gets old.
http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2012/2/21/2807501/airball-free-throws-nba-stats
http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2012/2/21/2807501/airball-free-throws-nba-stats
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Monday, February 13, 2012
Linsanity and Fun with Words
In case you haven't heard Jeremy Lin who plays for the New York Knicks is the new sliced bread. Some brillant person out there made this website: www.linwords.com . Enjoy!
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Follow Cody Brees at Fansided.com
Our very own Cody Brees is also writing some articles for Fansided.com's Thunderous Intentions. So if your a Thunder fan read it here http://thunderousintentions.com/
Monday, January 23, 2012
Is Russell Westbrook hurting Kevin Durant?
Many people, including many popular sports writers, have publicly said on air and in text that Westbrook doesn’t fit with Durant because he is taking shots away from Durant. I am going to briefly explain why that is simply not true.
Since Westbrook was taken 4th overall in the 2008 NBA draft, people have been constantly waiting for him to become a traditional pass first point guard. This simply isn't who Westbrook is, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing.
People claim that Westbrook is taking shots away from Durant, which simply isn’t true. If we look at Durant's shots per 36 minutes since 2008, when Westbrook was drafted, they look as follows.
2008-09: 17.3
2009-10: 18.5
2010-11: 18.2
2011-12: 18.4
You can tell from this that Durant is still getting his shots, and is 6th in the NBA this year in field goal attempts per game. Even though Durant is shooting less shots per game each year since 2009, it is simply because he is playing less minutes.
This is not saying that Westbrook hasn't been shooting more though. If we look at Westbook's shots per 36 minutes, they have grown each year from 14.8 shots per 36 minutes to 18.8 shots this year. So where are these extra shots coming from? The majority have come from the Jeff Green- Kendrick Perkins trade. Jeff Green was taking 12.7 shots per 36 minutes, while Kendrick Perkins is only taking 4.8 shots per 36 minutes this year. Westbrook is going to take the majority of the extra shots available as he continues to grow as a wing scorer. His FG% continues to improve each year since he has come into the NBA so naturally Coach Scott Brooks is going to reward him with more shots.
While Westbrook still needs to improve his decision making and shot selection, his growth is definitely not hurting Durant's offensive performance at all. Thunder need Westbrook to score because of a weak offensive starting lineup including Thabo, Serge, and Perkins, but to think it is hurting Durant is simply felonious.
Since Westbrook was taken 4th overall in the 2008 NBA draft, people have been constantly waiting for him to become a traditional pass first point guard. This simply isn't who Westbrook is, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing.
People claim that Westbrook is taking shots away from Durant, which simply isn’t true. If we look at Durant's shots per 36 minutes since 2008, when Westbrook was drafted, they look as follows.
2008-09: 17.3
2009-10: 18.5
2010-11: 18.2
2011-12: 18.4
You can tell from this that Durant is still getting his shots, and is 6th in the NBA this year in field goal attempts per game. Even though Durant is shooting less shots per game each year since 2009, it is simply because he is playing less minutes.
This is not saying that Westbrook hasn't been shooting more though. If we look at Westbook's shots per 36 minutes, they have grown each year from 14.8 shots per 36 minutes to 18.8 shots this year. So where are these extra shots coming from? The majority have come from the Jeff Green- Kendrick Perkins trade. Jeff Green was taking 12.7 shots per 36 minutes, while Kendrick Perkins is only taking 4.8 shots per 36 minutes this year. Westbrook is going to take the majority of the extra shots available as he continues to grow as a wing scorer. His FG% continues to improve each year since he has come into the NBA so naturally Coach Scott Brooks is going to reward him with more shots.
While Westbrook still needs to improve his decision making and shot selection, his growth is definitely not hurting Durant's offensive performance at all. Thunder need Westbrook to score because of a weak offensive starting lineup including Thabo, Serge, and Perkins, but to think it is hurting Durant is simply felonious.
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Classic Lil Penny Commercial
One of the best commercials Nike has ever made. With a little 2k12 sound track, like ten years before 2k12.
Chris Bosh is a real Raptor disguised as a human.
Friday, January 13, 2012
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