2015-16 Season Chatter: February 8th-14th

[Andrew]

New week, new thread.

New definition of the word "Mozgov'd".


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[benji]

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[Andrew]

It's not unheard of for players to try and pad their stats out to a triple-double, but that's just ridiculous.

[benji]

All the overblown hubbub over Whiteside's alleged defensive limitations has masked one of the real and irritating weaknesses in his game: The dude never passes. He has 21 career assists, and just 15 this season. Do you know how hard it is to record so few dimes? Friendly hometown scorers dole out that many fake assists to some guys over a normal month or two.

Whiteside could be just the seventh player ever to log at least 2,000 minutes and dish fewer than 0.5 assists per 36 minutes. His role doesn't require elite passing; he's a post scorer with an underrated soft touch, and a dunk machine picking-and-rolling with shooters around him. But on a few possessions every night, the opposing defense will smother those shots, and leave capable shooters open all over the floor. Whiteside ignores those players.

[Andrew]

Well, why should he pass? In his mind, he's the greatest player in the game today, if not all-time!

To his credit, that's five times as many career assists as the great Yinka Dare.

[benji]

In only 2.5 times the career minutes!

[Andrew]

Time for ESPN to redo their rankings, I think.

[benji]

LeBron is a monster:

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[Andrew]

"That hurts."

Elsewhere, a tough break for Michael Kidd-Gilchrist.

[mp3]

Again????

MKG reminds me of Wilson Chandler, can play both sides of the ball but ALWAYS INJURIES

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He fell on it with his arm out, the same way he did when he injured it the first time