The Official Dwayne Wade <<<<<< you thread

I like Beverly lol.

Dude don't get zero f*cks lmao.

The guy needs to chill out though.

If he keeps getting stupid fouls called on him then that forces Lin-Harden to be the backcourt.

It'll get ugly real quick.

Yeah he's a little dirty though, he has it in for Russ for some reason.. I don't know why

Dwight's reaction though

I like him, but he needs to work on his shooting. He is a terror on defence, can finish in the lane, gets to the lane well and is a general annoyance. Just needs to work on hitting the open J's he gets.

I can understand why he goes at Westbrook like he does. Seen players like Westbrook a million times before, they play with rage and they seem mad at everything..and I think part of it is a forced "act" so that some players dont bother them.

Like Mole said, Beverly dont give 2 f's about that shit.

When Houston was at OKC last week, rockets were down by 5 with like 2 min remaining.. Houston was playing good D and pushed OKC late into the shot clock, so Russ was forced to to bomb a deep 3 from like 30 feet out.. Beverley had no business contesting yet jumped right into him, sending him to the line.. There's no reason to be a THAT aggressive, I think that play cost them the game as well

Also Skip said he saw Beverley at the ESPY's last year and Bev told him he couldn't wait to match up with Russ again.. I found that odd, you injure someone (intentional or not) and you can't wait to play them again? It's not like they were rivals to begin with anyways

Reading too much into that Swagg IMO.

Westbrook is a great player and a tough match up for any PG, if i was Beverly i'd look forward to playing him too.

He has a little bit of Bowen in him, he is sometimes steps on the edge of dirty...its only a trait you can really like in some players and would hate in others.

His personality doesnt belong in this sissy-fied era, ill admit that.

I don't mind him, but I think his defence is pretty overrated.

Name, say 3 better point guard defenders.

The Franchise wrote:He has a little bit of Bowen in him, he is sometimes steps on the edge of dirty...its only a trait you can really like in some players and would hate in others.

His personality doesnt belong in this sissy-fied era, ill admit that.

I think that's why i like him so much he brings me back to the era i grew up with.

Anyway anyone watching Bulls and Thunder? i know St Paddys day and all but Bulls wearing green don't sit well with me

Well, we can get into a different convo about defense here. You mean guys who play defense just on points? Or guys defense in general? Do guys have to do it consistently? Or can guys just do it when necessary?

Conely
Rondo
Bradley

Bradley's a 2 but mainly defends points. If not him then Wall.

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:Reading too much into that Swagg IMO.

Westbrook is a great player and a tough match up for any PG, if i was Beverly i'd look forward to playing him too.

Maybe so, I don't watch him often to know if he's just as aggressive with other elite PGs.. Chalmers or Cole are not in that group

No way. Not Conely. I love Conely but he isnt that good.

Bradley is not a point guard defender, thats cheating. He defends whichever guard is the best..if its a 2, he will guard the 2.

Rondo is debatable but acceptable.

Wall is not a better defender, stop that.


And defender, whichever way you want to put it really. Which point guard do you want over 82 games to defend other point guards.

The Bulls only go hard against Miami.. Shit D right now

LeSwagg James wrote:The Bulls only go hard against Miami.. Shit D right now

U wot m8, 2nd best D in the league only go hard against the Heat...

Anyway KD last night..... 35-11-5 on 56%, 75% from 3. 0 turnovers.

That's a narrower pool because it eliminates guys like Wall and Rubio, Bledsoe who are all elite defenders, but more because of their help than their man.

I disagree on Conely, I think he's smarter, he might not pick up full court as much, or fight through screens as easy, but that's mainly because he has other stuff to do. Which is the problem most other guys have.

Westbrook for example, back in the Olympics where he had less to do, was playing some amazing D. Bledsoe back on the Clippers, coming off the bench, was probably better too. Paul when he needs to is there as well.

I would probably take no one else over 82, mainly because no other point in the league only plays defense. Bradley only one who comes close, since he was playing point most of the last year.

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:

LeSwagg James wrote:The Bulls only go hard against Miami.. Shit D right now

U wot m8, 2nd best D in the league only go hard against the Heat...

Anyway KD last night..... 35-11-5 on 56%, 75% from 3. 0 turnovers.

That's what it seems like, they gave up on so many plays last night.. Got raped on simple pick and rolls

When are you going to learn to stop judging teams based on a small sample size - you shouldn't tune into a few games and think you know a team. Anyway, continue on living in your fantasy world...

  

No Deng or Kyrie....

Why the hell am i watching this lmao

f you won the Billion Dollar Bracket Challenge with a perfect bracket, what would you do with the money?

Paul George: "Of course I'm retiring. I'm going to try to own the Pacers and run [Pacers president] Larry [Bird] up out of his spot. Yeah man, I'm retiring for sure. That's a lot of money to sit on. Of course, I'm going to invest it right and make sure my money works for me, but I'm definitely leaving the game at that point and resting up early."

Chris Paul: "Me and my wife actually have joked about it, and even guys in our league talk about, 'If you were to win the lottery, what would you change?' A lot of people say that the first thing they'd do is quit their job. That's not what I would do. I love my job. I'm getting a chance to live my dream now. What I'd actually have happen is my family and people around me, a lot of their lives would change. I'd really get an opportunity to do some of the things in philanthropy that I've always wanted to do. I get to do a lot of different things now, but obviously I'd get to do a lot more."

Chris Bosh: "I'd spend it, give away some to charity and take care of the people I need to take care of. And then I'd go on the best vacation the world has ever seen. I would continue to play. I wouldn't have anything else to do. I love basketball. We all played this game since we were little and we did it for free. I'd continue to play this game for sure."

Carmelo Anthony: "I might still want to play just to be playing. I'm going to have the money. But to still be able to do what you do and still have fun doing what you do and still know you got a billion sitting in the bank, that would make life just that much easier."

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PG what? Retire? I would definitely keep playing..

I think Paul George's answer speaks volumes and tells me he doesn't love the game. If I was playing the sport I love, I don't see how or why winning the lottery would make me want to retire.

Yeah that comment is a little suspect.. If he was jokingly saying it the reporters would make note of that

Also they make it seem like they're broke

Bron with 25 in the first quarter.. Hopefully they put the Cavs to bed early so he can sit out the 4th

The Bulls allowed those "simple" plays to happen because they were clearly demoralized by some of the baskets KD and others were making.

KD was shooting pick and roll 3's, off the dribble, with a hand in his face...unguardable shots.

To dismiss the Bulls defence is criminal.

Perhaps they had an easier time defending Lebron because he cant shoot jumpers consistently.

@Le Sam.

Ok, well fine. Lets agree to move on from that topic. But your comments about his (Beverly) overrated D bemuses me...you could at least talk about why you think that.