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Right, but all of that has no meaning to the clock. Durant had 10 seconds to work with, and he had the mismatch. The problem was Durant just taking the three with all of that time left to drive. No screen (good or bad) would have changed the outcome of the game, because Kevin was already set on taking that shot. If those extra two seconds ran off the clock alters Durant's decision, and there was that much time left, his problems lie in that, not the screen. Clinching to the topic again, I watch a lot of Thunder games, and Kevin doesn't maximize screens well...but with this particular scenario, I don't believe any of it decided the game.

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Haha, thanks. And you know what's funny about that? You and I had our differences in a few topics back in the day, lol. I just think there are a couple of guys who are angry that they can't post here, and they found their way to pull a few of our members out the door as well.

Here's the problem with the article... Actually, that's wrong. Durant had 10.5 seconds once he got the ball in his hands, and the mismatch was available with all of that time left. The ball was inbounded at 13 seconds, so not much time ran off the clock. Also, the screen was weak because it was set by a point guard. If you want full effectiveness with a screen, you set it with a big, especially if it's a screen to redirect a forward. Brooks went for the three, not the two, and that's all it comes down to. It has nothing to do with late screens or ball denial. Why Kevin took the three early is beyond me.

That was made up. I believe Aaron became admin mid-2007. Other than my own brother, Aaron, Justin and Kyle, no person has ever been an administrator on OTR.

Nope. 1) He starts at center this season, as you stated. 2) He plays the majority of the time at the five. 3) He defends centers, which is what the topic is about. 4) Multiple, professional sources say he's a center. 5) This topic is discussing this season only. 6) He's listed as a center everywhere. He was a power forward before Yao was injured. He's a center this season. He's a center.

Well, it's more than one person, and I believe it's someone that posted here as a legitimate contributor a while back, someone I probably added on my old MySpace account, or even Facebook. PFG doesn't know anything about me, I don't think.

By the way, I actually removed a few of those quotes, because it gets much worse. A lot of it was taking shots at some personal things and people in my life, information that may have come from Facebook a while back, among other things. It's going too far, beyond the discussion forums and what it does to our activity. It needs to end.

Got this email about three hours ago... This explains a lot. If you know what guys are doing it, PM me. It will stay anonymous. Thanks.

The topic is for this season.

LOL, wow. That's actually pretty cool, and pretty sad, in in the same light. Creative ideas, though. I actually thought the bag swap was a good idea.

Isn't this the 16th loss in a row for Washington? Have they even won a game in March?

That's good. That's what I wanted to hear. Hill has also played 13 games this season for the Rockets, 17 minutes per game. So someone is defending those centers. It's Chuck Hayes. He does it today, and he was doing it all season long, before Hill was acquired in the deal. That's all that needed to be said.

Just a simple question, then I'll duck out of the debate for the sake of the topic: what other player on the Rockets would you rather have defending Howard, Bynum, and Perkins? Just curious.

Yep, and I remember him defending Andrew Bynum, also...and then Hayes was holding Gasol just a few days ago. But yeah, he's no center, he only defends them and wonders the court as a player with no position on offense.

And both Kevin McHale and Chris Webber, who played the game of basketball, acknowledged he has emerged as one of the top defensive centers in the NBA, a conversation they had 1-2 months ago on NBATV. But yeah, they wouldn't know anything about how Adelman runs his offense, either, nor would they know anything about basketball. You're wrong. I'll listen to people that are paid to watch the games and write about them, and those who have played in the NBA for years and have to analyze players after their careers are over, over a fan.

Yeah, neither do the professional analysts.

Oh, okay. That's convincing enough.

Well, I'm not going to ignore the time he spends at the five, and the defensive assignments he takes at the five. http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/10419/world-please-notice-chuck-hayes http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/columns/story?columnist=mcmenamin_dave&id=4800610 http://sports.espn.go.com/fantasy/basketball/fba/story?page=wtw100122 Three writers who know it. http://www.fantasysp.com/player/nba/Chuck_Hayes/574069 Adelman confirms he's the starting center there. http://www.nba.com/playerfile/chuck_hayes/index.html NBA.com recognizes his primary position as a center. http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Houston-Rockets-Madison-Square-Garden-Chuck-Hayes/photo//100321/483/urn_publicid_ap_org2c7d89be89574af6ab74abc440ca8cd8//s:/ap/20100321/ap_on_sp_bk_ga_su/bkn_rockets_knicks Yahoo knows he's a center. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/14/sports/basketball/14rockets.html The NY Times know it. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/bk/bkn/6659394.html The Houston Chronicle acknowledges it. He's a center.

It's been proven that milk can help you lose weight. There are people who just don't know how to use it. You drink it immediately after working out. My aunt drinks more milk than I do, and she weighs 110 pounds and is almost too skinny, lost about 40-50 pounds and never put it back on. Fish oil can be damaging if you already get enough of it through your food. It's a blood thinner. If I took fish oil supplements, my eyes would start to bleed again (had surgeries to burn out extra blood vessels, which caused me to be blind once they started bleeding). People that have naturally lower blood pressure can get dangerously low, and over time, fish oil can bring those down to levels you'll eventually need to go to the doctor for. Same with too much Vitamin B. It can cause nerve damage over a long period of time (which you won't notice until it's too late), and it also elevates liver enzymes. Too much of a good thing isn't always a good thing. For people that get those nutrients in food AND in pill form, they could be making a mistake they won't notice for a decade or two, and because you're young, that's why you have yet to notice it. But maybe you'll be fine, not trying to get you to stop. I've been ear-[expletive] by my nutritionists since I was 10 years old, so 16 years of four different people telling me the same thing...I think I have to believe what I hear.

Well, I suppose I can say that Pau Gasol is only good at contesting shots because of his length, because otherwise, his defensive IQ is average, at best...and his physical defense leaves nothing to be desired for. Varejao is a smarter defensive player than Gasol, and he's more physical with the opposition. He doesn't have the length Pau has...but if we say Pau, we have to say Varejao.

One more and you're gone, forever. Sexism and racism...you just don't get it, I guess.

Hayes is a center in Adelman's offense. Centers don't have to play in the low post. See Mehmet Okur. Otherwise, Boozer is the center for Utah, and that's not true. No order... Josh Smith Kenyon Martin Anderson Varejao Jeff Green Pau Gasol I can't put Duncan because Pop sits him at the center position most of the game. Chris Andersen splits time at both, and it seems like he's a better defensive center because of his athleticism. Power forwards match it, and because he's rail thin, he really doesn't have an advantage over any of them. Luc Mbah a Moute was close to breaking the five, but he plays better defense at the three, although that's not his primary position.

Taking a game and making conclusions about the entire sport of women's basketball is ridiculous. The Connecticut women would mop the floor with a ton of HS men's basketball teams. What conclusion do you draw from that? It's obvious that women are not as athletic as men. There are HS men that can beat college women in a game. We don't need to take it a step further and bash the hell out of them to make them inferior, and the comment about them being ugly is absolutely STUPID and childish, and it's a perfect example of what's wrong with our site and why there are members who don't want to stay here. This won't happen again.

Well, I definitely don't have time to create videos like that. Blasco already stated that he doesn't. We don't have a mix team, because there are mixing sites (basketball mixing sites, on top of that) which demand those type of members. While that seems like the best idea, it won't work here. I am having trouble finding dedicated posters that want to add content to the forums each day (200-300 posts per day), so the likelihood that I'll find a member or two that wants to create videos and mixes for our YouTube channel is out of reach.