NBA Regular season games thread

[Rich]

Pacers have looked really good lately. I'm starting to think that if Granger comes back and willingly accepts a new role, recognizing that George is the better player, this team has a shot to beat Miami. They are one of the few teams who have the length on the wings and in the post to really bother what Miami likes to do.

[RchfldCavRaised]

Donatas finally getting a chance in Houston. He is in to start the 2nd against Washington, with the entire team available.

Want to see him show well for the last 30 games

[RchfldCavRaised]

If Danny Granger comes back and kills any of Indiana's momentum, I will not be pleased.

Right now he is standing around on helpside D

[CleveRocks]

If Danny Granger comes back and kills any of Indiana's momentum, I will not be pleased.

Right now he is standing around on helpside D

7 minutes of 0fer...not a good sign. Pacers continuing thier abuse of Pistons anyway. Without Knight or Drummond, Detroit sucks..

[Rich]

Oh boy. 1-10 in 19 minutes. Clearly he thinks he should still be the shot taker. That must change before the playoffs.

The only thing he should do is take wide open 3s and play lockdown defense. He's capable at doing both.

EDIT: And I'm only looking at the box score, so maybe I don't have the context, but tonight is a good example of why Atlanta doesn't want to pay Josh Smith max money. Still in the third quarter, yet the man has taken 4 three pointers. He's just a dumb, dumb basketball player.

[Daniel89]

Hard to root against my boy Dirk today, but go Lakers

[Goldin Brown]

Kobe!

[blommen]

Come on Dallas!!! please beat LA i BEG you!!

[blommen]

FUCK!!!!

[Ruken]

FUCK!!!!

You realize is good for us when the lakers win right?

[blommen]

I know.... but the thing is I really, REALLY hate the Lakers man...

[melecoaze]

@Kobe Bryant
Amnesty THAT

Kobe has by far the best twitter among athletes imo, he is awesome

[CavsRules]

Was Mark Cuban serious when he said this? You don't rattle the mamba's cage..

Cuban: Comment about Bryant was innocent

DALLAS (AP) -- Mavericks owner Mark Cuban doesn't expect to hear from the league over his suggestion the Los Angeles Lakers could reduce their salary cap tax by dumping Kobe Bryant through the amnesty clause.

Cuban said before Dallas' game against the Lakers Sunday he made it clear during a radio interview Friday that he was speaking hypothetically, and he was just trying to use an example to explain new restrictions in the labor agreement.

The Lakers called the remark inappropriate but didn't plan to pursue a complaint.

Cuban has cited the labor deal as a main reason for not bringing back key pieces of Dallas' 2011 championship team, most notably New York Knicks center Tyson Chandler. He said the labor contract is difficult to explain and "it's not like we're getting any help from the league."

During a radio interview a day after the trading deadline last week, Cuban told a Dallas-area station that the Lakers and other teams over the salary cap were going to face some difficult roster decisions.

The Mavericks, meanwhile, will be looking for help for Dirk Nowitzki and are a primed for a run at a free-agent class that is likely to include Lakers center Dwight Howard. He had Dallas on a short list of destinations when his future in Orlando got murky last year.

The amnesty clause allows teams to avoid a contract counting against the salary cap, although the player is still owed the money.

"If you look at their payroll, even if Dwight comes back, you've got to ask the question: Should they amnesty Kobe?" Cuban said in the radio interview. "You just don't know, right? It's the same reason I wouldn't get rid of Dirk, I'll take a hit for a season rather than get rid of Dirk.

"So I'm just saying that hypothetically. When I say amnesty Kobe, I don't think they'd do it, but they've got some choices to make. Now, they're in a big market, but they're still limited. The Knicks, the same thing. Boston, same thing."

Cuban said Sunday he wasn't alone in citing specific players.

"Whenever the commissioner or any other team talks about the CBA, they talk about Dallas and Tyson Chandler, or Dallas and Dirk and what's going to happen," Cuban said. "You've got to use examples. I was clear in saying it was hypothetical and I expected him to be in LA, but he was a good example because they have the highest payroll in the league."

The outspoken Dallas owner said he learned something new about the labor deal during trade discussions last week, and he's already studied it more than most.

"Every time you go anywhere and you try to interface with fans and explain things, it's not as easy task," Cuban said. "And it's not like we're getting any help from the league."

Source

Not one of his smartest decisions, that's for sure.

[RchfldCavRaised]

Derrick Williams looks good today against David Lee and GSW.

If he accepts this role, Kahn/Adelman should be more inclined to pay Pekovic and keep Williams and look into dealing Love.

Williams runs the floor with Rubio pretty well. And he can give you the same spacing Love can so that Pekovic can work. The difference between the two in this system, is that Williams can potentially defend (some) 3's and 4's alongside strong rotational 3's like Kirilenko and Cunningham.

And Love, to date, cant cover anyone

If he accepts this role that he is playing tonight, and has been playing for them recently, and he shows progress in his defensive rotations enough to where Adelman isnt over there crossing his arms everytime on D... then it would be in Minnys best interest to deal Love.

[melecoaze]

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