2013-2014 NBA Season

[RockHardTen1985]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

If a guy has a real NBA skill, even just one, teams will find a use for him. Fredette can shoot and has easy 3 point range. He really cant do anything else but that is his one skill. Supposedly he is heading to Memphis

Any player can be good in Miami, OKC, Houston. He would fit perfectly on about 13 teams. He can have a long career in the NBA.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by RockHardTen1985

Any player can be good in Miami, OKC, Houston. He would fit perfectly on about 13 teams. He can have a long career in the NBA.

Then why do those teams only play 7-8 guys?

Lets not get crazy. The guy is bench scoring and 3 point shooting only.

[RockHardTen1985]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Then why do those teams only play 7-8 guys?

Lets not get crazy. The guy is bench scoring and 3 point shooting only.

Miami plays 10 guys.

allen
bosh
wade
chalmers
battier
birdman
king
cole
lewis even gets 17min a game
beasley
oden
plus they want to play beasley and oden more. so miami runs 11 guys.

OKC regularly plays 11 guys.

lamb
the kings servant
westbrook
adams
fisher
perkins
ibaka
thabo
jones gets around 10min a game im guessing
collison
jackson

Those are just the top two teams that I know off the top of my head. Im guessing the other teams plays more then 8 guys also, but Im not going to check up on it.

[RockHardTen1985]

Harden went off last night. Houston now 10-1 last 11, 13-3 over the last 16. Hottest team in the NBA right now. There schedule gets crazy over there next 10. They play at Clippers at OKC at Miami and at Chicago, they are home vs Portland, Miami and Indiana. This is just the next 10 games. If they get through this 6-4 I think they get the #1 seed. There schedule goes super soft after this stretch.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by RockHardTen1985

Harden went off last night. Houston now 10-1 last 11, 13-3 over the last 16. Hottest team in the NBA right now. There schedule gets crazy over there next 10. They play at Clippers at OKC at Miami and at Chicago, they are home vs Portland, Miami and Indiana. This is just the next 10 games. If they get through this 6-4 I think they get the #1 seed. There schedule goes super soft after this stretch.

They are essentially 5 games behind OKC as it stands today. 4 games behind and 0-2 versus OKC this year which is the 1st tiebreaker. The 2nd tiebreaker is comference record and they are 6 games behind OKC there. The chance of them making up 5 games on OKC with 25 to go is highly unlikely and impossible if they go 6-4 over the next 10 considering that OKC has 2 games left with Cleveland, 2 more with the Lakers, a game with Philly, 2 more with Sacramento, 2 with New Orleans, a home game with Denver, Utah, Charlotte and Detroit. That is 13 games that OKC will be prohibitive favs in. If they split their tough games and blew 2 of these easy ones that is still 17-8 and Houston would still have to go 22-3 to make up the difference.

[RockHardTen1985]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

They are essentially 5 games behind OKC as it stands today. 4 games behind and 0-2 versus OKC this year which is the 1st tiebreaker. The 2nd tiebreaker is comference record and they are 6 games behind OKC there. The chance of them making up 5 games on OKC with 25 to go is highly unlikely and impossible if they go 6-4 over the next 10 considering that OKC has 2 games left with Cleveland, 2 more with the Lakers, a game with Philly, 2 more with Sacramento, 2 with New Orleans, a home game with Denver, Utah, Charlotte and Detroit. That is 13 games that OKC will be prohibitive favs in. If they split their tough games and blew 2 of these easy ones that is still 17-8 and Houston would still have to go 22-3 to make up the difference.

Im sure you looked at the schedule 22-3 wont be out of the question. Its soft.

[Duvalier]

Finally...got #39

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by RockHardTen1985

Im sure you looked at the schedule 22-3 wont be out of the question. Its soft.

at Clippers, Miami, Indiana, Portland, at OKC, at Chicago, Clippers, at Toronto, OKC, San Antonio

You seriously think they are going to win 7 out of these 10 AND win every other game?

And that is if OKC goes 17-8 which is close to a worst case scenario. If they go 19-6 Houston has to go 24-1.

Lets put it this way....It aint gonna happen unless Durant gets kidnapped. And even then it is a longshot.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by RockHardTen1985

Im sure you looked at the schedule 22-3 wont be out of the question. Its soft.

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[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by RockHardTen1985

Miami plays 10 guys.

allen
bosh
wade
chalmers
battier
birdman
king
cole
lewis even gets 17min a game
beasley
oden
plus they want to play beasley and oden more. so miami runs 11 guys.

OKC regularly plays 11 guys.

lamb
the kings servant
westbrook
adams
fisher
perkins
ibaka
thabo
jones gets around 10min a game im guessing
collison
jackson

Those are just the top two teams that I know off the top of my head. Im guessing the other teams plays more then 8 guys also, but Im not going to check up on it.

7 mins a game isnt really playing, it is garbage time and filling in for injured guys and in Miami's case resting players. In these two teams cases there are much better options for them in many cases if they had cap space to use which they dont. Teams have to fit players in who fit the salary cap, not the best player. See how many minutes some of these guys get when the playoffs come.

[RockHardTen1985]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

7 mins a game isnt really playing, it is garbage time and filling in for injured guys and in Miami's case resting players. In these two teams cases there are much better options for them in many cases if they had cap space to use which they dont. Teams have to fit players in who fit the salary cap, not the best player. See how many minutes some of these guys get when the playoffs come.

Of course teams tighten the roster up come playoff time.