Game Thread Thursday 1/24/08

High 5 · Post #181 » by **High 5** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 6:19 am

Thank you Golden State. Now the Hawks can lose tomorrow without worry.

mbucks22 · Post #182 » by **mbucks22** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 6:20 am

What a dumb shot by VC.

CupcakeNoFillin · Post #183 » by **CupcakeNoFillin** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 6:22 am

NetsForce wrote:Wow the Warriors chuck like no other...

Only against teams like the Nets.

When it's against a team that can actually make us pay, Baron usually drives it in and draws 3point plays.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_9c9vI6HjU

Post #184 » by **miller31time** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 6:25 am

Did Vince hear a whistle when he was attempting the 2pt shot? Because if he was in the air and probably could have passed it up for another player who could shoot a three, but maybe he heard a whistle and then tried to complete the 3pt play.

If not, then that was simply a stupid shot.

NetsForce · Post #185 » by **NetsForce** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 6:42 am

CupcakeNoFillin wrote:Only against teams like the Nets.

When it's against a team that can actually make us pay, Baron usually drives it in and draws 3point plays.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_9c9vI6HjU

If you used a player other than Davis as an example I might have believed you, not to "hate" but Davis is the biggest chucker on the Warriors, don't get me wrong Jackson is closing in on that title but Davis has been a chucker for his entire career.

crzy · Post #186 » by **crzy** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 6:43 am

NetsForce wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

If you used a player other than Davis as an example I might have believed you, not to "hate" but Davis is the biggest chucker on the Warriors, don't get me wrong Jackson is closing in on that title but Davis has been a chucker for his entire career.

Look at the stats, Stephen Jackson is by far the biggest chucker on the Warriors. Davis is actually shooting a liveable percentage this season.

NetsForce · Post #187 » by **NetsForce** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 6:47 am

Davis is shooting 42.7% from the field, his 3pt% is definitely acceptable this year unlike last year but when determining a player's chuckerism you have to take into account their shot selection and B-Diddy just doesn't have very good shot selection...

It's ironic that I'm saying this after RJ and Vince displayed excellent bad shot selection down the stretch tonight, but come on there's no defending Davis when it comes to his chuckerisim.

He's a good player yes, but he's also a chucker.

Entengtot · Post #188 » by **Entengtot** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 6:49 am

nellie's system is in place for a ton of shots. i the shot is there shoot it, you miss the shots you dont take. thats the warrior philosophy.

KR4 · Post #189 » by **KR4** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 6:51 am

NetsForce wrote:Wow the Warriors chuck like no other...

...and the Nets lose to the Warriors.

CupcakeNoFillin · Post #190 » by **CupcakeNoFillin** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 6:56 am

NetsForce wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

If you used a player other than Davis as an example I might have believed you, not to "hate" but Davis is the biggest chucker on the Warriors, don't get me wrong Jackson is closing in on that title but Davis has been a chucker for his entire career.

yeah i know, and i can't argue with that.

I guess, the only non-chucker on the Warriors is Monta Ellis. Monta knows he can't shoot the three, so he takes mid range jumpers instead. Kind of like Tony Parker he is, and he is shooting over 50% from the field as well.

But with Baron, at least he's averaging career highs in shooting percentages. :dontknow:

CupcakeNoFillin · Post #191 » by **CupcakeNoFillin** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 6:58 am

Entengtot wrote:nellie's system is in place for a ton of shots. i the shot is there shoot it, you miss the shots you dont take. thats the warrior philosophy.

Meh, if only we had someone like KG on our team. Andris Biedrins is shooting over 60% from the field, I just wonder how good the Warriors would be if they actually had some type of 20/10 PF/C on their team.

If only the Celtics didn't offer Al Jefferson, i'm pretty sure that KG would have been ours.

CupcakeNoFillin · Post #192 » by **CupcakeNoFillin** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 7:03 am

NetsForce wrote:Davis is shooting 42.7% from the field, his 3pt% is definitely acceptable this year unlike last year but when determining a player's chuckerism you have to take into account their shot selection and B-Diddy just doesn't have very good shot selection...

It's ironic that I'm saying this after RJ and Vince displayed excellent bad shot selection down the stretch tonight, but come on there's no defending Davis when it comes to his chuckerisim.

He's a good player yes, but he's also a chucker.

meh, I guess he just likes the national spotlight.

ESPN/TNT (3 games)

33.0 PPG
4.3 RPG
5.0 APG
3.14 SPG
51.6% FG
63.6% 3FG
82.6% FT

I know that's only 3 games, but that's still good because at least he's shown up everytime he's on national tv.

I will try to say this in the most unbiased way possible, but the only time i've ever seen the "Chucker" Baron this season was when we recently lost against the Timberwolves... an embarrassing loss. It was so humiliating watching Antoine Walker pump his fist and shaking it at the crowd on his way to the locker room... there was a feeling as if the T'Wolves would celebrate for a whole week just because of that one win.

Ballings7 · Post #193 » by **Ballings7** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 7:11 am

Well almost for the Nets... but a good win for the Warriors

Ellis/Davis back-court with tremendous games... think that's Ellis' career high in points, too.

I'll have to watch the 2nd half soon, I dosed off for most of it. Not because of the game, I was just tired.

I expect the Nets to win these last two games on their road trip... they seem to match up well with Denver.

Kosta · Post #194 » by **Kosta** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 7:57 am

Stephen Jackson, simply, there isn't a shot he doesn't like. I've never seen a player just step back and calmly take such ill-advised shots from deep. The crazy thing is that he makes a lot of big shots and hits a lot of them in the flow of the game, really the Warriors get so many shots up and get down the floor so quickly that they're always in the flow.

Post #195 » by **miller31time** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 8:03 am

The Warriors system is a lot like Washington's. You take the good with the bad, and in the end, it's for the best. Yeah, some of the shots thrown up are ill-advised, but they, along with not-so-ill-advised quick shots, do something very important and crucial to a win - set the pace.

St.Nick · Post #196 » by **St.Nick** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:10 am

miller31time wrote:The Warriors system is a lot like Washington's. You take the good with the bad, and in the end, it's for the best. Yeah, some of the shots thrown up are ill-advised, but they, along with not-so-ill-advised quick shots, do something very important and crucial to a win - set the pace.

Thank you sir, for being the one non-Warriors fan that understands how our offense works.

halfHAVOC · Post #197 » by **halfHAVOC** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 11:49 am

richard jefferson is god, 34 pts 5 boards 9 assists 11-12 ft line.

someone get this man a seat on the east all-star reserve bench.

xcomputerman · Post #198 » by **xcomputerman** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 3:39 pm

That last shot by Vince Carter was quite possibly the dumbest decision I've seen made by a superstar in the past three years.

It really annoyed me too, because I was really rooting for the Nets to win after that (Please Use More Appropriate Word) hack-a-Boone fiasco.