2011-2012 NBA Season Thread

[fathom]

J4L, Anthony Morrow's in the 3 point contest this year!!

[DukeNukeEm]

Only 10 points and 13 assists?! Other players played better than that today! Lin must be really bad.

[chw42]

Deng had 23 points and 11 assists against the Kings yesterday. Lin had a nice game, but it's really nothing to brag about.

 

13 assists in 26 minutes is pretty damn good.

 

Had he not turned the ball over 3 times in like the last 2 minutes he played, he would have had an Lincredibly efficient game.

 

Edited February 16, 2012 by chw42

[Felix]

Only 10 points and 13 assists?! Other players played better than that today! Lin must be really bad.

Whoa whoa whoa.. where did you get that f**gy info from? If you want to play numbers, get a blackboard.

[Steve9347]

I really love the Jeremy Lin story.

 

Of course, I had to turn on ESPN at 9 for the Warriors/Blazers game. Tim Legler provided his "analysis" about how the Knicks need Lin to play like he did last night and facilitate when Carmelo returns. His exact words included "and he took care of the ball and limited his turnovers".

 

Hey, the dude played great. You don't get 13 dimes in and 26 minutes without doing so. However, there's no reason to lie to the audience. At that rate, per 48 Lin turns the ball over 11 times.

 

I really just abhor ESPN, and avoid it like the plague, but there was no avoiding that one apparently.

[chw42]

I really love the Jeremy Lin story.

 

Of course, I had to turn on ESPN at 9 for the Warriors/Blazers game. Tim Legler provided his "analysis" about how the Knicks need Lin to play like he did last night and facilitate when Carmelo returns. His exact words included "and he took care of the ball and limited his turnovers".

 

Hey, the dude played great. You don't get 13 dimes in and 26 minutes without doing so. However, there's no reason to lie to the audience. At that rate, per 48 Lin turns the ball over 11 times.

 

I really just abhor ESPN, and avoid it like the plague, but there was no avoiding that one apparently.

 

Well, to be fair, Lin only had like 3 TOs with about 6 min left in the 3rd. He then turned it over 3 times in the next few minutes.

 

[Steve9347]

Well, to be fair, Lin only had like 3 TOs with about 6 min left in the 3rd. He then turned it over 3 times in the next few minutes.

They all count. I'm not ripping the kid. I'm ripping the analysis.

[chw42]

They all count. I'm not ripping the kid. I'm ripping the analysis.

 

I'm just saying that maybe Leggler didn't watch the last 2-3 minutes of his play or didn't see his end-of-game stat line.

 

What he said is somewhat true though, he did take care of the ball for the majority of the game.

[Felix]

I'm just saying that maybe Leggler didn't watch the last 2-3 minutes of his play or didn't see his end-of-game stat line.

Then that's s***ty reporting, which is kind of what Steve was initially getting at.

[Steve9347]

I'm just saying that maybe Leggler didn't watch the last 2-3 minutes of his play or didn't see his end-of-game stat line.

 

What he said is somewhat true though, he did take care of the ball for the majority of the game.

I'm not ripping Jeremy Lin. I like Jeremy Lin. I can still analyze his game and final stat line. He played fine. However, 6 turnovers in 26 minutes is a tad careless and continues a trend that he needs to stop.

[chw42]

I'm not ripping Jeremy Lin. I like Jeremy Lin. I can still analyze his game and final stat line. He played fine. However, 6 turnovers in 26 minutes is a tad careless and continues a trend that he needs to stop.

 

I'm not saying you are and I think almost everyone agrees that the turnovers are weight down his game right now.

[chw42]

Then that's s***ty reporting, which is kind of what Steve was initially getting at.

 

I thought he was just pointing out that ESPN likes to stretch/distort the facts to make a bigger story out of certain things, which they do a lot of.

[kev211]

I cannot wait to watch Jeremy Lin Center tonight!!

[Swingandalongonetoleft]

Blake isn't doing the dunk contest anyways.

 

Because he knows. Lin would dunk over Blake Griffin while he's dunking over a Kia. It would be made into a commercial for Nissan.

[max power]

I thought you guys were overblowing the lin coverage, then I saw two articles in three days about him on bloomberg. For f***s sake, bloomberg!

[Brian]

I think Lin is a nice story but now even I am getting tired of it. He is very likable in his post game stuff but the national media is ruining him for me.

 

And the hate won't go anywhere for ahile because if he continues to play well this year, people will say "Wait until next year. Sophomore slump probably. Blah Blah Blah." Guess it would be better for all if he just fizzled away instead of continuing to play well and getting NY to a 2nd round.

[Balta1701]

Guess it would be better for all if he just fizzled away instead of continuing to play well and getting NY to a 2nd round.

Well, when you're talking to a bunch of people who aren't knick fans...yeah.

[Rowand44]

I think Lin is a nice story but now even I am getting tired of it. He is very likable in his post game stuff but the national media is ruining him for me.

 

And the hate won't go anywhere for ahile because if he continues to play well this year, people will say "Wait until next year. Sophomore slump probably. Blah Blah Blah." Guess it would be better for all if he just fizzled away instead of continuing to play well and getting NY to a 2nd round.

The worst is the constant comparisons to Tebow. I haven't got swept up in the "Linsanity" but I do like the kid but I'm tired of the overdone coverage at this point as well.

[Swingandalongonetoleft]

The worst is the constant comparisons to Tebow. I haven't got swept up in the "Linsanity" but I do like the kid but I'm tired of the overdone coverage at this point as well.

 

Last night someone called into Les Grobsteins show and busted out the Michael Jordan comparison. It wasn't even one of the regular insomniac drunks that call in, this one sounded sober. Jeremy Lin's mother would have slapped that guy in the face if she heard that.

Edited February 16, 2012 by Swingandalongonetoleft

[southsider2k5]

http://www.suntimes.com/sports/10667714-57...e-to-bulls.html

 

om Thibodeau almost chose Hornets but took Doc Rivers’ advice and came to Bulls

 

BY NEIL HAYES [email protected] February 15, 2012 9:06PM

 

Bulls center Joakim Noah takes friendly shots at coach Tom Thibodeau whenever he can.

 

Noah dismisses Thibo-deau’s Division III playing career, for example. And when asked about how the defensive-oriented Thibodeau will handle coaching the Eastern Conference in the wide-open All-Star Game later this month, first came the infectious grin, then the needle.

 

“He’s got the personality for it,” Noah said sarcastically.

 

Seconds later, when Thibodeau walked into the locker room after the victory Tuesday night over the Sacramento Kings, Noah was the first to congratulate him for gaining the All-Star nod. His sincerity illustrated the depth of the relationship Thibodeau has with his ­players. That relationship goes to the heart of the team’s success.

 

The one-dimensional coach fans and the media see isn’t the same “Thibs” players know behind closed doors.

 

“Thibs has this exterior,’’ said Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers, who was Thibodeau’s boss before he came to Chicago. ‘‘He’s a great guy. You don’t see that, but his players see that.

 

‘‘That was part of the ­reason he wasn’t hired. They thought he was a guy who couldn’t get along with everybody. Thibs just works, and he expects everybody else to work just as hard as him, which is impossible. But when you’re around him, he’s a ­terrific personality.

 

‘‘I’m trying to think of another coach, [New England Patriots coach Bill] Belichick maybe is similar in that way away from it. His players see that. That’s all that really matters, whether you can get your players to buy in, and he has.”

 

Thibodeau had to wait 20 years before getting his first chance to become an NBA head coach, but when he got his opportunity, what an ­opportunity it was. It’s not often that a first-year coach is handed a young superstar such as Derrick Rose and a roster that so fits the style he wants to play that he’s able to win a regular-season-best 62 games.

 

Surprisingly, Rivers said he had to persuade Thibodeau to take the Bulls job over an offer from the New Orleans Hornets during the Celtics’ 2009-10 postseason run.

 

“He had two jobs,” said Rivers, whose Celtics play the Bulls on Thursday night at the United Center. “You can ask him. He was leaning toward one, and I grabbed him by the shoulders and said, ‘Are you kidding me?’ You get a chance to coach Derrick Rose, and you’re ­going to take another job? Are you nuts? We laugh about it now. They were ­offering him a longer deal and a bigger deal. I literally said, ‘If it’s a penny to go there and $10 million to go to the other place, I’m going with the penny. In the long run, you’ll be allowed to coach and allowed to win, which will allow you to coach more.’ He made a great choice.”

 

He made a great choice, all right. The Bulls made a great choice, too.

 

“For everybody, it’s ­different,” Thibodeau said of the path coaches take to their first head-coaching job. “You have to be fortunate. There are different roads to get there. When you do get there, you have to get the job done, and hopefully you have a good team to do that. I feel like I was very fortunate to get this job.”

 

Thibodeau said Rivers, a former Proviso East star, was a willing ambassador for his hometown.

 

“He certainly voiced his opinion,” Thibodeau said. “With Doc, anything in ­Chicago, he’s for.

 

‘‘As you know, he’s a very good friend of mine, and we talk all the time. I certainly value his opinion.”

[Steve9347]

It's impossible not to like Doc Rivers. Thanks for posting that article.

[Steve9347]

Hey Felix, are you hearing these Derrick Williams + picks + salary rumors for Pau Gasol?

[ptatc]

It's impossible not to like Doc Rivers. Thanks for posting that article.

Of course he was a product of the Marquette Warriors, before they became the Marquette Hugging Geldings

[jenksycat]

The worst is the constant comparisons to Tebow. I haven't got swept up in the "Linsanity" but I do like the kid but I'm tired of the overdone coverage at this point as well.

 

I don't care about the coverage, it just annoys me that people try to deny WHY there is so much coverage for those 2.

[Steve9347]

I don't care about the coverage, it just annoys me that people try to deny WHY there is so much coverage for those 2.

Same here. I was only complaining about Tim Legler's comment, because it was blatantly false. I love the coverage I get on the best channel of all-time, NBA TV.