[WC 2nd Round] #2 Denver Nuggets vs. #6 Lady Mavericks

Honestly.. I hope nobody here thinks Denver really can beat us or LA in a 7 game series.

 

U don't watch many games do u?

 

can you be an unbias fan when discussing these kinds of things? it's like saying luther head averaging 17-18ppg last yr when tracy was out for a few games. or rafer having a good streak and JVG compared him to steve nash.

any NBA player can have 1-2 good games. great players bring it every night.

 

I watch more games in a day than you watch Sportscenter every week. I'm sorry for having a different opinion on you with Dwight Howard. But he is not as good as people imply.

Overrated if anything. He's still the 2nd best center in the NBA behind Yao and a Top 10 player in the NBA. He's getting enough credit as is.

 

Who said anything about yao being a poor defender? What are u even talking about?

 

doubtful, Nuggets matchup better against us though. Billups is better than AB and Lowry by a big margin. We have our 2 headed defensive monster with Battier and Artest, so Melo should be taken cared of. Nuggets have a lot of big men that can contain Yao though, which concerns me if we face them. Especially when all of them are capable of fronting him.

 

I bet u my weekly earning that you don't watch more hoops than me. I have a hard drive with more games on it than the days u probably have been liiving. I don't know why i'm even answering a youngster that hasn't played ball past jr high.

 

Are they as physically talented and gifted as DH? There is a reason why DH is getting those numbers and getting a DEFENSIVE based award. But that still doesn't explain his embarrassing post moves (or lack of).

The only way I can say it is that DH has no natural gift or talent at the offensive game other then dunking and that ugly hook. He can practice all he wants but it will be a miracle if he ever extend his post moves beyond dunks and jump hooks.

 

I don't think you watched any of the games they played against us in the regular season.

1) They can't guard Yao with Nene or that white wanna be they have on the bench

2) AB and Lowry exploited the PG matchup.. Billups struggled against us..

3) If we can contain the Lakers (who do infact player better offense than Denver) in a 7 game series and win it.. there's no way in hell we lose a team like Denver.

Go back and watch some of the regular season games against Denver. They can't stop Yao... Martin was also neutralized... they can't do anything inside with their frontline.

 

actually, he really doesnt. if he can improve his fts to around 75%, he has enough offensive moves to dominate. the reason they don't go to him primarily is not b/c he can't score down there for them, but b/c he can't make fts. but i don't know if he can improve his ft% to that level.

remember, being a big man, you really just need a few post moves + finish. he's a power player, not a finesse player.

 

Watched all of them, I hope you realized Melo missed I believe 2 of the 4. I do agree with the PG matchup, but he has way more experience than both of them.

They didn't front him in the regular season and they are going to in the playoffs. Regular season has no translation to the playoffs at all. Blazers big' didn't front Yao until that last meeting in the regular season and we saw them front Yao for 5 out of the 6 games. Playoffs are different my friend.

 

I'm going to have to beat it into yall heads again...Nuggets are going to HAMMER the Mavericks.

 

Yeah they did front him... we exploited it. I remember 3 of the 4 games.. I'm leaving the 1 loss out because that wasn't THIS team. 2 of the 3 wins were with Rafer.. but it wasn't really like Rafer was playing god.. AB can certainly play that way. Melo didn't play.. so what.. we can still contain him and Smith. I know how the playoffs are... they're so different right? So far against the two opponents we've played, nothings been different... Playoffs are different.. We'd beast them in 6.

 

Kevin Willis shot jump hooks for 20 yrs. What post up game did david robinson have? He ran the court, took it to the hole, and shot the same ugly hooks all the way to the mvp and hall of fame.

 

the thing is dwight is playing the game like shaq did, except dwight isn't the physical beast that shaq was (although dwight is a physical beast of his own) but shaq was on another level.

like i said, with the way dwight plays, he really needs to fine tune his ft shooting and he should be able to dominate the paint offensively on a more consistent basis.

 

He's no Shaq circa Lakers 3peat. He can't bully his way to the basket. Shaq got away with having pedestrian post moves because he knew he could bully his way to the basket at will. In today's NBA, you can't anyways. DH is really just a poor man's Shaq in Shaq's prime years...with an actual interest in defense. Shaq could have been a great defensive player if he really wanted to.

 

Dallas in the 2nd round is like SA in the 1st.

They can only rely on Dirk and Terry, just like SA could only rely on Duncan and Parker.

Dallas will be very lucky to take a game from the Nugs.

 

true, but the big men in today's game aren't what they were during shaq's prime. so if howard just practices his fts and improve some small stuff, having those "pedestrian" post moves, he can still dominate.

 

Dream said millions of that everything starts with his jump hook. Everything started and was off that 1 shot. He would go to the middle with the jump hook. If he was cut off, he could come back baseline with the fade. He could go middle, come baseline, and come back to the middle. Howard will never have that arsenal, but his jump hook has gotten better, but he has to get the drop step coming back baseline. He's so quick and explosive that he doesn't have to do a lot as far as moves right now. Also, becoming a better ft and ft line shooter would help. It took amare getting injured to become a really good mid range shooter and ft shooter. It took landry a summer to become auto from 15 ft. If he keeps working like he has so far, he's going to be a 26ppg guy.

 

I am hoping you expect more out of DH then to compare him to Kevin Willis. David Robinson turned out be a great complimentary player to the first half of the Duncan era, so I guess you're saying DH better hope the Magic get a more well rounded gifted go to guy like Duncan so DH can just ride his coattails. Judging David by himself, there's a reason why David is never mentioned in the top 5 centers of all time. And DH isn't even at Robinson's level yet.