Comments on: Rapid Reaction: Denver Nuggets 87, Memphis Grizzlies 80

By: googergieger

googergieger — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 05:28:44 +0000

Yes your numbers were already challenged on the fact that the sample size was too small, and again I’m not arguing for more minutes for McGee. Why are you purposely trying to have an argument I’ve never raised before? Once again.

Again.

McGee played twelve minutes. People are getting on the fact he got a B. Saying he was abused by Memphis while he was on the court because they got offensive boards and the like. Well they got that when he was on the bench. In twelve minutes out there he did do more good than bad. That is all I am saying.

In general?

When the kid plays good he should see the minutes for it. When he plays bad, he along with anyone else that plays bad should sit and someone else should be sent out. The point of depth and all.

But yeah, won’t play the loaded question game with you. You see, I’m not an idiot. Know how the internet and debates in general work and all. Might try your luck on BR or I don’t know, ESPN? Twitter even.

By: theo

theo — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 05:06:10 +0000

I’ve been giving stats and numbers since I got in the mix. When McGee plays big minutes we’re usually a bad team. When Karl plays the lineups he usually plays we win. Not that complicated. Numbers and facts with a large sample size late in the season. Some real reasons to criticize Karl but you don’t raise many of them.

You take up a lot of space here. Again, break it down for us with numbers. Love the passion. More interested in actual arguments. We get that you think Karl is the problem, we have the talent to contend, if McGee played 30 minutes a game we’d be contenders or at least in position to become contenders at some point in the future, etc, etc. I don’t agree. I back up my stuff with numbers. Go for it. Make your case with numbers. I look forward to it.

By: heykyleinsf

heykyleinsf — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 02:46:27 +0000

the first thing I want to say..
is that it’s ironic someone actually put
this in a a sentence…
“ur so stupid”
Just have to get that out of the way.

Iggy is a good player..
I never said he wasn’t..
I DID NOT PUT IGGY DOWN.

ITS THE FANS I AM PUTTING DOWN.

You’re like Tebow zealots.

It’s gross.

By: Cephus

Cephus — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:22:51 +0000

An embarrassment of riches: I personally am so loving this streak- I agree with GG that Javale needs minutes to develop as his long term upside is better then KK’s. Yet I totally respect the quandry of vying for best possible seeding position by playing whoever gets the job done here & now.

Javale is under long term contract that given his team attitude & potential would be easy to deal if need be. I love watching him but you never know. Koufos is on a roll- his upside is considerably more murky. Let’s respect the hot hand & gauge whether he can improve over his lackluster showing when Bynum killed us.

With Iggy and Brewer’s contracts in question , it’s
best to know who as ‘ a center piece’ ( or quite possibly both ) fits best in next year’s puzzle. Meanwhile I’m loving the W’s amidst the drama.

By: googergieger

googergieger — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 10:32:19 +0000

“Will all due respect, your stuff is repetitive. When we win you begin your comments with something like ‘I was going to go on a rant about Karl but we won so guess I won’t.’ When we lose you rant on Karl.”

Well that is how it would work.

“When we win, you say you’ll get everyone pizza’s. When we lose you don’t get anyone pizza’s.”

Logic, ftw.

“We all get you think Karl is the problem and that if we just played McGee more minutes or almost any player more minutes we’d be winning 45 games at this point. Oh wait, we’re winning 45 games at this point”

Talk about an actual straw man. Anywhoots, I’m defending McGee in this thread. That is what this is about. We won, so I won’t argue Karl’s rotation during an eleven game win streak. But people are shitting on McGee for twelve minutes of play, despite the fact that he did more good than bad in said minutes, and offensive rebounds and the like were gotten when he was on the bench.

So either come at me with actual arguments or replies to what I said, or expect to get your straw mans shot down and challenged to argue what I actually said.

By: theo

theo — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 05:30:24 +0000

Oh geez, what game were you watching, Pam.

By: theo

theo — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 05:14:01 +0000

Will all due respect, your stuff is repetitive. When we win you begin your comments with something like ‘I was going to go on a rant about Karl but we won so guess I won’t.’ When we lose you rant on Karl. We all get you think Karl is the problem and that if we just played McGee more minutes or almost any player more minutes we’d be winning 45 games at this point. Oh wait, we’re winning 45 games at this point

By: LBJ

LBJ — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 03:51:18 +0000

You are freaking clueless. First, you bitch about Karl not spreading the floor – and them you call for a lineup with Stone (wtf?), KK, and Faried.Our bigs are not the strength of the team – why should we focus on them instead of our athletes. We have won 11 in a row, if you don’t like it go find a team with a bunch of big oafs that play thug ball – Memphis would be a good candidate!

By: prospector

prospector — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 01:57:03 +0000

Having Chandler a sf-sg playing PF for SPACING in game where boards are precious is stupid.. How did Chandler do in this game? I want my bigs banging inside getting some rebounds…. We almost lost the game due to the 3rd when Chandler was playing PF…. The whole so what “we won” crap is not what I am talking about.. I am talking about the playoffs.. The same playoffs that KARL gets punked at year after year… Those playoffs… And in playoff basketball, you have to play big.. Which is why KARL ALWAYS gets punked….. Why the hell do we have MOZZY and Randolph on our team? We should save the money at keep scrubs on the pine…
I see more potential in our team than most…Instead of playing small, we could have a line-up sometimes of KK, FARIED, GALLO, CHANDLER, and STONE.. Let’s try that for 8 minutes… Hell let IGGY run the point…. THAT’s creative….. But rolling out KARL’s small ball lineup works at home at altitude, but on the road the other teams will win…. We need to develop our playoff basketball lineups now….. And MILLER??? Come on, how many open threes does that cat give up?? How many turnovers??? He is KARL’s crutch, and he is holding back TY’s development…. But keep listening to the media and KARL…
SCOTT HASTINGS 101: He mainly calls out the young players for mistakes.. However when he says, Denver is lacking energy that means MILLER is failing to cover the threes… Denver is not switching fast enough: MILLER is cheating inside the paint…. HASTINGS always says DENVER when a VET is messing up… No wonder KARL loves him…

By: Henry

Henry — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 00:03:56 +0000

It’s time to say it: The Rapid Reaction feature with its grading system doesn’t do much work. I hope you folks will go back to writing an honest game recap that gives your informed assessments of the contest and how it was won or lost. A team sport tilt tells a story, or rather it provides fodder for many different stories, and that’s what most sports fans want: your version of the story.

Also, the game recap format doesn’t prevent you from grading how each player and the coach performed. If you deem that to be indispensable, by all means stay with it. But it doesn’t do much work isolated from the larger story of the game and its dynamics.