2014-15 Regular Season Thread

[Rich]

I'm pretty sure there were people arguing Klay Thompson wasn't a max player. Yikes on that one.

I think he's THIS close to being the best two guard in the league. Like, I actually want to say he is but I feel it's premature.

 

[Simon]

No, Blake, no.

(from last night)

 

[wuck]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wxjsz92v53M

 

[Simon]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wxjsz92v53M

If we would've drafted Klay Thompson....

 

[theSTEREO.]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wxjsz92v53M

 

[kookoo]

If we would've drafted Klay Thompson....

Definitely drafted the wrong Thompson.

 

[theSTEREO.]

If we would've drafted Klay Thompson....

We tried.

 

[wuck]

View: https://twitter.com/diamond83/status/558874733215617024

 

[TyGuy]

I'm pretty sure there were people arguing Klay Thompson wasn't a max player. Yikes on that one.

I think he's THIS close to being the best two guard in the league. Like, I actually want to say he is but I feel it's premature.

His stats don't say so because he really doesn't contribute much rebounding or assisting, but that is what watching the games are for I suppose. I don't think any player gives you a better combination of offense and defense at the two guard. Certainly nobody gives you more shooting and defense period.

 

[All4One1ForAll]

Is it possible the Cavs tried to draft Klay but when we called in and said Thompson they thought we meant Tristan? Because that's the only explanation I can come up with.

 

[The Process God]

Thompson keeps on giving me reasons to hate Chris Grant. Good Lord. Curry-Thompson has got to be the greatest back court of all time by a landslide.

 

[Kizzle]

Watched the 3rd on league pass

Klay was possessed by the basketball gods

TT is good but let's not act like we're the one franchise that messed up

A lot of teams missed on him

 

[Triumph36]

I'm pretty sure there were people arguing Klay Thompson wasn't a max player. Yikes on that one.

I think he's THIS close to being the best two guard in the league. Like, I actually want to say he is but I feel it's premature.

lol, no. no "yikes on that one." up until he signed the contract he 100% was not a max player. until now he was a deadly 3pt shooter with horrific shot selection which killed his efficiency. this season he stopped taking so many bad shots, got to the rim a lot more, and finished better once he got there (huh, those glaring weaknesses that needed to be addressed sound familiar....). as a result, he's actually looking like a max player. if he didn't make those improvements and was still playing the same way he had his entire career, giving him a max deal still would've been terrible.

does he deserve credit for the improvement? of course. it is interesting to note, though, that curry's also improved his shot selection too - and he suffered from the similar issue of too many dumb 2s and not enough shots at the rim (but his %s elsewhere negated that so he was still v efficienct). he drastically cut down on his bad 2s and basically shifted them all to shots at the rim. lo and behold, he's having his most efficient season ever, on his way to an mvp, all the while having his lowest 3pt% of his career. so maybe the offense is just run better now, too.

both players serve as a nice case study for people who actually think the long 2 is a good shot and should not be minimized though

 

[KilgoreTrout]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wxjsz92v53M

That was just uncalled-for.

 

[KilgoreTrout]

No, Blake, no.

(from last night)

ALSO uncalled-for.