The ILF-ILNBA Basketball Thread

[pelliott]

One thing is that he's not featured well when LeBron and/or Kyrie are on the bench. Either they sit him down too (part of getting Big 3's chemistry together? well it ain't working great) or the lineup just isn't doing a great job of letting him go to work. For which he deserves some criticism for not being assertive as he should be, as do the coaches and other players for not trying to build him up.

Regardless I'm PANICKING OH GOD WE'RE FUCKED

[pelliott]

I DO get to see them tonight vs the Nets (rebound gaaaaame).

I'll report back with Kevin Love's body language every thirty seconds.

Oh god he's sitting. He's sitting down. What does it MEAN

[D.o.S.]

Your boys are going to lose to Broken Brook Lopez and the ghost of Joe Johnson.

[pelliott]

may he rest in peace

the Warriors hangover is real. I bet everyone has a wonderful time though

[hbombgraphics]

very cool that you get to go to the Game

I think the NBA live experience is pretty good right now

[pelliott]

Yeah really excited! My wife and I went to the Mavs-Nets game a few weeks ago and had a blast.

Keep an eye out for me on TV, I'll be the guy in the Kyrie jersey crying and singing Dust In The Wind

[pelliott]

dude if you can score nets ticks at a good price let me know

Also I'll maybe be able to get tickets to one more game (depends on demand) later this season so if you'll be in Brooklyn at all in the next couple months PM me.

[hbombgraphics]

dude if you can score nets ticks at a good price let me know

Also I'll maybe be able to get tickets to one more game (depends on demand) later this season so if you'll be in Brooklyn at all in the next couple months PM me.

I won't be in brooklyn but I would come to brooklyn for a game


And I will try to track you down on TV tonight!

[pelliott]

I'll let you know if I can get reasonable heads up on tickets, these are usually last-minute.

[hbombgraphics]

The Hacking thing is out of control

and the Rockets lost anyway

[pelliott]

This rule suggestion has been discussed in the past by a lot of basketball writers and hopefully it finally gets serious consideration by the NBA.

http://www.sbnation.com/2016/1/21/10805 ... e-drummond

WHAT CHANGES

HOW NON-SHOOTING FOULS ARE TREATED IN THE BONUS. If a team is in the bonus and there is a non-shooting foul committed against them, the team can elect to shoot two free throws OR inbound the ball on the side with the shot clock starting at the higher of 14 seconds or the time on the shot clock when the foul was committed. This change would end most off-ball intentional fouling.

WHAT DOESN'T CHANGE

HOW NON-SHOOTING FOULS ARE TREATED WHEN TEAMS ARE NOT IN THE BONUS. If a team is not the bonus, non-shooting fouls result in a sideline inbounds. If a player is fouled intentionally before his team is in the bonus, the ball is inbounded from the side (unless it's a clear path foul or a flagrant). There is no change to the rules when teams are not in the bonus.

HOW SHOOTING FOULS ARE TREATED IN THE BONUS: If it's a shooting foul, it's free throws. Always.

HOW THE LAST TWO MINUTES WORK: Currently, in the last two minutes of a quarter, if a player is intentionally fouled away from the ball, the team is awarded two free throws and the ball. Keep this rule to prevent end-game intentional fouling.

HOW ON-BALL NON-SHOOTING FOULS IN END-GAME SITUATIONS WORK: A major concern with the rule change proposed above is how it would impact the tactic of fouling late when up two. It would certainty affect the calculus that goes into fouling and choosing free throws or the inbounds. But I propose no immediate rule changes to influence that. If a player with the ball is fouled intentionally, his team will choose free throws or an inbounds per usual.

[hbombgraphics]

I like this rule, (intentional foul - allow team to elect inbound the ball)
It's pretty simple too

The off ball fouls last night were so sad they didn't even look like fouls.

[hbombgraphics]

The End of Blatt in Cleveland

not sure how I feel about this

[rustywire]

Just wait until the coming trades in the next 3 weeks

[pelliott]

I can see Mozgov traded, others wouldn't surprise me but I doubt it.

Blatt lost the locker room, when you boil it down apparently because he didn't communicate well with players. Which, well, shit.

I like the guy. But top to bottom the roster didn't seem to trust him, which is hardly ideal.