NBA 2013?14 Season

Yeah I think you have to throw LAC and POR in that group as well. I'd put them both behind the four listed already but still in that tier of potential contenders.

Edit: Contenders might be too strong of a word. Not sure because I still really like LAC and am not sure POR is for real but at some point you have to just accept how much they're winning.

DickTrickle_sl said:

How is Rubio in a slump? He's shot poorly his entire career. He also was a poor shooter in Spain. He's always been a poor shooter -- there was a Grantland article that showed for the amount of minutes he's played thus far in his career he has the worst FG% in NBA history. What's sad to me is that he's not even that great at driving. It'd be one thing if his jumper sucked but the fact he finishes poorly (or simply doesn't try) so often is more troubling. It's harder to use his brilliant court vision when everyone sags off him and into passing lanes.

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He doesn't have trouble beating people off the dribble, but you're right. He's incredibly poor at finishing around the basket and that's a rough sign.

Just look at the game logs in regards to my slump comments. I'm not talking about a shooting slump (sorry I can see how it could have been taken that way). He's just playing really passive this past month. Not getting to the line. Assist numbers down. This was simply in regard to Araxen calling him a bust, which is certainly not true whatsoever.

Either way, my original point still stands. He can continue to be an awful shooter and he will remain a good player in the league. He has proven that his entire career.

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I really loved DeMar coming out of college but it was such a shame to see him turn into such a one dimensional scorer given his athletic gifts. It is really cool to see him improving across the board. He's getting to the line more and his assist and rebound percentages are both approaching respectable levels.

Best thing he could do for his efficiency is to stop shooting 3s completely.

Alex_sl said:

It's good to see how awesome the Warriors are when the starters are healthy. The last Western Conference team to beat the Heat in their house was...the Warriors last year.

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Curry is amazing we all know that, but I have to eat crow with Klay. I didn't like him coming out of the draft. You have to be a realeliteshooter to be something that only scores and does little else but man 7+ attempts beyond the arc and draining those at a 40% clip. That's damn sure elite.

Barnes is the counter to that, who scores, does little else but not at an efficient enough rate (although at 39% he should be taking more than 2 threes a game). I loved him as a high school prospect but not so much after his time at UNC so no crow eating there.

Still, Jonny Flynn is the most depressing thing about watching the Warriors. The Wolves could legitimately have a team of Rubio/Curry/George/Love/Pek had they not been absolutely fucking moronic on the Kahn draft nights. I mean sure you maybe can't afford to extend all those guys but you figure that out later. Ugh.

I agree with all of that, but a lot of players have the tools to be something more and never realize it. Harrison is only 21, so he's certainly got time to improve, but there's really nothing about his college or pro play to lead you to believe he actually will.