The 13/14 NBA Season Thread

JR Smith better not have been crying yesterday.



Overlooked/Underrated - Tony Parker, Jeremy Lin, Kemba, Calderon, Wesley Matthews, Ilyasova, Dejuan Blair off the top of my head.

Jordan Hill = Best Centre in the league

Pop looks like a more human version of boris

Its hard with PG because its the deepest position by a mile, say Jeremy Lin is underrated but hes almost definitely not a top 20 PG. Is Mike Conley underrated because hes a very capable PG who never gets much hype but theres still a lot of PG better than him

Knicks aren't getting Rondo.

I'd say he is, plays great defence and is putting up numbers right now. 19.1 points, 5.7 assists so far.


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This season (no order):

Points, Rebounds, Assists

Chris Paul: 19.6, 4.8, 12.8
Mike Conley: 19.1, 2.0, 5.7
Ty Lawson: 21.2, 4.4, 8.7
Kyrie Irving: 21.3, 4.07, 7.0
Jeff Teague: 19.4, 2.8, 9.0
Brandon Jennings: 18.3, 3.9, 7.3
Damian Lillard: 20.1, 4.8, 5.8
John Wall: 16.1, 4.4, 9.1
Jrue Holiday: 13.8, 3.4, 7.3
Steph Curry: 19.7, 3.4, 8.8
Russell Westbrook: 21.7, 4.3, 4.9
Tony Parker: 18.5, 2.5, 6.2
Ricky Rubio: 8.0, 4.8, 9.6
Eric Bledsoe: 20.4, 4.6, 6.8

Obviously it's only been about 10 games but from this list, CP3 is the best PG in the league by a large margin. Trailing him is Ty Lawson and then it gets murky with Curry, Irving, Teague and Bledsoe. John Wall might be thrown in that mix too.

Lawson, Bledsoe and Teague are having career seasons (Lawson always improves and Bledsoe was expected to beast - Teague is the surprise).

Will the list of usual suspects in the conversations for top 5 PGs be changing soon?

Once again, I know it's been about 10 games, but any thoughts on this list?

What about Rondo for Asik + others?

What about Rondo for Asik + others?

Yeah, again, too much of a loss if we aren't tanking! A deal around Bass for Asik would be good, and beneficial to Houston because he knows Dwight and they've played together but probably not enough in it for Hou.

Just give up rondo, hes holding you back

How's that?

I think the top 5 PG gets a bit sketchy around number 5 because its such a deep position you can argue a few names. I go Paul, Parker, Rose, Westbrook as a top 4 but then who is 5 ? I would probably say Kyrie but you can make an argument for a few. I look more at body of work and ability than form to be honest and with Teague and those I wanna see it for longer and I wanna give them the eye test a bit too but they are definitely looking good and putting up nice numbers. Last season Jrue Holliday was borderline top 5 for me I felt like he could get to his spot every time and he was killing it I havent watched him yet this year on the Pelicans though



Jeff Green for Asik would help both teams a lot if Houston use Green as a 4, Houston cant offer fair value for Rondo I dont think

He won't be as fit as before. Tank it, go to the lottery, get a better team. Ship out Rondo, hes a stat padder

By tearing it again, you set the jinx up yourself


But seriously Portland 9-2? The hell?!?

I hope not... although it would cement our tanking efforts

I was just looking at that, their team is looking pretty solid with Lillard, Aldridge and Mo Williams

Knicks aren't getting Rondo.