so you want to make it legal for your center to just be able to stand under the basket all game on defense



and basketball players can easily stand in the paint for a couple seconds, hop out for a split second, and get right back in the paint...defensive 3 seconds is a great rule

6/16/2012 5:32:19 PM

defensive 3 seconds is a great rule for people who want to see dunks which is why its in place to draw casual fans which is what brings most of the ratings.

no the center could not stand under the basket because theres a halo 3 feet around the basket. Defenders could stand in position and turn it into more of a team game though and not having to move in and out of the paint when you know a drive is coming would make the block charge call a lot easier.

6/16/2012 5:57:04 PM

defensive 3 seconds is a terrible rule for people who want to see herb sendek type basketball

and why couldn't the center just stand under the basket and go up to block the shot when someone drove for the lane? you're encouraging drawing charges, i'm saying the charge call in general is a bullshit rule and encourages flopping

6/16/2012 6:01:18 PM

you are aware that it's possible to score from outside the paint in the game of basketball right?

6/16/2012 7:49:04 PM

can't tell if you're trolling or just being dumb

6/16/2012 8:17:54 PM

i'm not doing either as far as i know.

Quote :

"why couldn't the center just stand under the basket and go up to block the shot when someone drove for the lane?"

if a guy wants to stand in one spot on defense... that's not particularly good defense. do you disagree?

6/16/2012 9:44:45 PM

works pretty well in college basketball, where you can legally stand in the lane without a defensive 3 second penalty

6/16/2012 10:29:10 PM

first, in college they actually play basketball, so i'm not sure how that helps your point.

second, in college it's easy to live with a 6'5" guy playing center taking jumpshots, b/c only a handful of college teams have talent 1-5. in the nba that is not the case. if a guy wants to stand in the paint just shoot over him, and if you can't do that then you don't deserve to be a professional basketball player.

it's a rule that's in existence to enable more dunks, nothing else. i, for one, could do with less scoring and more basketball in the nba.

6/17/2012 9:20:47 AM

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"first, in college they actually play basketball"

6/17/2012 12:18:24 PM

OKC has no d for miami.

6/17/2012 8:14:31 PM

its a damn shame we have to settle for Jeff Van Gundy this entire series

6/17/2012 8:34:35 PM

another phantom foul

6/17/2012 9:02:00 PM

harden guilty of breathing on wade on that and-1

6/17/2012 9:02:12 PM

Wade isn't yelling "Aaah!" loud enough to let the refs know he deserves free throws

6/17/2012 9:04:16 PM

You get 6 fouls in the NBA, right? wtf are they sitting Durant?

6/17/2012 10:07:33 PM

really confused as to how thats a blocking foul on Durant, yet Battier has his feet moving while trying the same thing and draws the charge

6/17/2012 10:30:45 PM

Because the refs will never call that charge in Miami

Also, Harden is blowing it this game, especially in the 4th

6/17/2012 10:33:52 PM

Perkins is so bad. Baller play by sefalosha

6/17/2012 10:38:43 PM

Lebron elbows you = you get called for a foul

good thing he sucks at FTs

[Edited on June 17, 2012 at 10:44 PM. Reason : .]

6/17/2012 10:44:04 PM

Yeah benching Ibaka is starting to hurt. You can't get outrebounded by the Heat.

6/17/2012 10:45:48 PM

officiating truly is laughable at spots. Every time Wade or Lebron go bull in a china shop mode towards the basket you are getting 2 FT attempts. Durant and Westbrook do the same and don't get shit. Westbrook has to hit that open 3 though

6/17/2012 10:45:58 PM

These end of game calls are pathetic. They aren't going to let Lebron lose two years in a row.

6/17/2012 10:46:12 PM

also Westbrook should've run into Spoelstra when he was way out on the court, might've drawn a technical

[Edited on June 17, 2012 at 10:47 PM. Reason : oh well, better luck in game 4 OKC]

[Edited on June 17, 2012 at 10:47 PM. Reason : are the refs gonna assure OKC wins game 4 or 5? i fully expect one of them]

6/17/2012 10:46:31 PM

Scott Brooks has got to stop playing Perkins so many minutes. He is all but worthless in this series unless he is man up on Udonis Haslem.

6/17/2012 10:48:18 PM

i thought Perkins did alright, 3/5 from the field, 4-6 from the line, double double with 12 boards, and plus he's the only player on OKC strong enough to withstand all of Miami's hacks in the paint

6/17/2012 10:50:42 PM

As I said, HEAT in 5 is possible as long as big 3 play normally.

6/17/2012 10:53:38 PM

King James

6/17/2012 10:54:31 PM

We are witnessing one of the most indefensible coaching performances in nba playoff history this series from Scott Brooks.

He's singlehandedly swaying the series to Miami with his lineups. How can you possibly explain two of your star players COMBINING for 49 minutes while the two worst players in your rotation play 61 minutes combined.

Despite tough games from durant and harden the thunder almost took advantage of an off game from Miami and stole a game on the road.

Instead they get handed another discouraging loss. As a bettor I'm happy but as a basketball fan I hate to see the championship be decided by off the court decisions.

Fisher 0 rebs, 0 ast is asking for durant and co. to overcome way too much. Not sure how you can justify playing ibaka less than 42 minutes a game at this point in the season, but 22 minutes almost makes the series look fixed.

6/17/2012 10:54:49 PM

Battier, haslem, Jones, and miller combined for 25 points on 7 shots (and 12 ft). That's equivalent to shooting 96.2% from the field. Spectacular.


Another brilliant Lebron performance. 14 rebounds is just unbelievable from a SF. He keeps allowing Miami to be able to play Battier which has paid big dividends with battier shooting over 100% (adjusted) from the field in the series.

Wade and bosh had rough games. Certainly Lebron can no longer be accused of piggybacking for a championship. Wade has had a terrible Finals so far.

6/17/2012 11:07:52 PM

you've gotta be pretty damn good to shoot OVER 100%

6/17/2012 11:11:23 PM

Adjusted, dude. Adjusted.

6/17/2012 11:12:04 PM

i realize that

its still a stat that doesnt make any sense

but one thing is for sure, Battier gave 110% effort tonight...

[Edited on June 17, 2012 at 11:14 PM. Reason : maybe they should adjust the stat so that its impossible to have any % over 100%]

6/17/2012 11:13:00 PM

That's the point. Shooting over 100% adjusted is terrific. That means if the other team is dunking on every play you're still beating them. I think that's notable. Figures you'd be the one who gets confused so easily though.

6/17/2012 11:23:27 PM

I have a stat called Adjusted Laid Percentage...if I get laid once every 6 months but the chick is way out of my league, I have a better sex life than somebody who gets laid every week with mediocre girls

6/17/2012 11:25:53 PM

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"The other guy is the host. Not Wilbon, not magic, not Jon Barry, but the other guy."

Wilbon is totally the host

6/17/2012 11:31:23 PM

Magical Johnson: hilariously embarrassing or embarrassingly hilarious?

6/18/2012 12:41:25 AM

I was thinking today about the Lakers and Spurs and how they would've given Miami more of a tough matchup by forcing Anthony into the lineup. Playing lebron at 4 makes Miami's offense unstopable. You can't let a team like that beat you on the glass. Really it all goes back to playing Fisher over Ibaka. They are matching up with the Heat instead of trying to make the Heat match up with them. In reality they are just letting the Heat put their best players on the court.

6/18/2012 8:27:42 AM

Sounds like something Face would say.

Minus the part about the Lakers.

6/18/2012 9:35:36 AM

The Heat wouldn't change their lineup for Ibaka. His offensive game is 99% baseline/elbow jumpshots and putbacks. He does improve the Thunder because of his rebounding and defensive presence, but it's not like he make the Heat shuffle their lineup.

Brooks fucked up big time last night by taking Westbrook out for the final 5 minutes of the 3rd quarter...especially with Harden already having a shitty game.

I'm impressed by the Heat keeping it together late in the game the last few games. They definitely aren't lights out and they still give the Thunder chances...but they are slowly starting to close games out better.

6/18/2012 10:52:54 AM

wait...the nba is still playing?

6/18/2012 11:17:12 AM

anybody see the stern interview at halftime? what a douche.

6/18/2012 11:29:00 AM

What was he talking about? To explain his words to the host?

6/18/2012 11:31:11 AM

mainly about the draft, and even though most people think it rigged, or at least flawed, he's not even considering changing it. he just came across as an aloof moron.

6/18/2012 11:34:43 AM

Looked more like the NBA's attempt at a PR clean up job after that Rome interview debacle, giving him a re-do at that question

6/18/2012 12:52:31 PM

They seems boosting the final now. Even hold an off-day press conference.

6/18/2012 12:59:59 PM

Doo doo jump?

6/18/2012 1:45:44 PM

I can't believe that the Heat still won even after D Wade just gave OKC 5 straight points late in the 4th. I though that for sure it was over after the Thabo steal/dunk.

6/18/2012 1:47:52 PM

6/18/2012 1:49:24 PM

Ibaka gets rebounds. These rebounds would tilt things in OKC's favor. Ibaka can guard any position and Harden can play point as well as fisher.

6/18/2012 2:26:39 PM

Quote :

"Ibaka can guard any position"

except Shane Battier

6/18/2012 2:38:54 PM