DS17Fanboy

What stands out for me overall, is that till now we have been the death of a thousand cuts to the opposing teams, while in each and every one of them tacking out their main weapons. Also last night we seen the first time a real hack-a-howard game, which sorta stinks, especially when Howard misses as many shots as he did, but the Hawks also have many other players who are good at drawing fouls(Dennis, Millsap, Baze), so once a SAC is going to give away 1-2 granted fouls early in the quarter, it is going to add up sooner or later when we avidly try to turn that table on them. I already had this notion is the 2nd quarter and it seems Bud did as well and soon it panned out and Cousins and Gay where in trouble.

This + he doesnt have the frame to bang either. Always found him a curious pick. Name one player in the NBA physically(lenght, frame, hops) like him?

He's on it right now mentally and physically. If he stays working as he does now he can even get better. So pls let him have playtime for now.

Their biggest backcourt issue is defense. Its horrendous to see from a pacers pov. Whenever a good team can slow the game down they loose.

Much of why Dennis has been"under much more controll" is because it seems the gameplan included to stop forcefeeding Howard the ball. You could see some tries early, resulting in blocks and TO's but then they stopped doing that. Howard needs to include himself in to the equasion and adapt his game. But thus far I liked what I saw. In both games we eliminated their mayor weapons according to gameplan. And I dont think Washington is trash either. You have to force them in to turning in to trash.

Howard is far from being an integral part of the offense, but both Embiid and Okafor had facial expressions and body postures like they came close to breaking some of their ribs. The old man did his one way or the other...

Great win. Important moral win to start the season and everyone got a medallion. Outside maybe Baze, Korver and Dennis. But they did theirs as well...but we could have had Jeff "Esotheric"Teague making 20 points with 8 assists on 3 TO's "flowing" around last night? And then Williams/Barea dropping 45 points from the PG position on him... Nah, good win. Lots of moving parts are still under construction, but the will and talent is already there.

First game vs Mavs, win at home after OT, 20 points(FG%33)and 8 assists and 3 horrible turnovers. His 2 opponents Williams and Barea(bench) had a combined 47 points and 13 assists. I've seen Teague make bad decisions of a caliber Dennis never made, even not in his rookie year. Indiana has a srs problem with backdoor cuts and guarding the PnR and thats all due to Teague/Ellis. But Miles Turner is srsly good and won them the game on both ends, including a game winning 3 at the end. I never said much bad about Teague when he whas here, cuz people would think Im biased anyway, but boy, what an overrated player. The one thing I like about him is his change of pace in the paint, but thats about it.

Gratuliere Dennis! Die harte Arbeit hat sich gelohnt. If you read this, you know I always had ur back since day one. I got paypal as well. Just so u know.

^That actually wouldnt suprise me. Big multi-milionair soccer-players across Europe frequently travel the dirtroads trough the Balkan countryside to visit witchlike old women who specialize in human placenta treatment. Im not making this up. According to many it actually helps, but supersticion is big in sports.

I think your best-case scenario is quite likely and not "the best case scenario", but the worse case scenario is also not as bad as it could get...

Thinking about what I just wrote, the Delaney getting 2nd PG role could very well mean Prince(defense) getting more minutes over Scott(2 instead of 3 shooters).

What kinda offsets Delaney's mediocre PG quality, is that the second unit has some quality passers and THJ. So, I think Bud lets THJ do allot of the PG role, but in return gets 3 shooting treaths out there. Defense though...

This is why I actually dislike internet-forums. First you often dont know when ur trolled. Then you sometimes actually get guys who have reading comprehension problems. Then you get guys who deliberatly dont digest the gist of your post, to instead make more one-liner platitues in some sort of effort to start a pissing contest. Im still guessing, so since u got all day, plz tell me what ur up to kg?

Im just saying that gambling makes more sense for certain line-ups than others. For Chicago its basically part of their base-plan because it caters to several strenghts and weaknesses. Like the age old stardom lazy on D front-court that however is deadly on the fast-break, while having a quite strong defensive backcourt + Butler that can iron out more bad gambles than other backcourts. It is what it is. I think that franchise is now only about selling tickets. They wont go far with that, but its better than hoping Rondo/Wade stay in front of them all. And that said, Rondo and Wade are good gamblers and so they might get a little more going this season than people expect. But thats a gamble of course. Chi is a mess anyway. They can only hope and sell tickets.

Gambling can be good, when you got good gamblers and a good defensive backcourt macking up for bad frontcourt gambles.

Just beating Boston in the playoffs would make this a satisfying season imo

They be like Phoenix comming out of nowhere with Nash(Dennis), Stoudamire(Dwight) and Marion(Sap). Only different...less offense, but more allrounded up.

Well TH whas THJ's dad...and he doesnt have to shoot as much. Jack will be back. The other candidates will get more burn, confidence and hopefully they do well.

Pistons lol.

Millsap looks like he cant wait. Howard being here might be great for him too. At times Sap whas asked to do to much on offense, ending up on way to many plays banging in to people, wearing him out early in the season. This team can implode but also explode. Seeing Dennis, seeing Sap, seeing Dwight, seeing the rookies, the latter seems more likely.

By now, after already owning one golden audi, Dennis should get more extra special with it than that. How about a chariot Dennis?

Maybe the new rules also make him less nervous about it...

Look at that new neck though. Also is a neck excersice he does.

Take it from a mavs fan: texas hates and laughs at the rockets. They will get used to new Dwight. But now is not the time.