Things I Hate in the NBA

[San Diego Scorpions]

I hate James Harden. I hate the Rockets, Mavericks, OKC and the Clippers even though I like some of the Clippers players. I hate how a lot of flagrant fouls called nowadays shouldn't be flagrant fouls.  I hate how much players and coaches complain to the refs, especially after they look at the replay and act like the refs can see in slow motion.  I hate James Harden's celebration when he cooks soup or some shit.  I hate how Kevin Love isn't being utilized properly on the Cavs.  I hate that David Blatt corrects people when they refer to him as a rookie coach because he is a freaking rookie coach.  I hate the Lakers.  I  hate that Brandon Roy isn't still in the NBA.  I hate that you don't get fined for offensive flopping. I hate sleeved jerseys, especially because it's a gateway to advertising on jerseys and I would hate nothing more than advertising on jerseys.  I could go on but I won't.  

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I agree with most of your points, but I'm curious, which players do you like on LAC?

Their team is one of my least favorite group of players in the league. Blake Griffin used to be funny, now he's a douche. The final straw for me was when he grabbed the athletic trainer and shoved the guys head in his crotch. Chris Paul bitches all the time. Deandre Jordan was cool, but now he's just becoming another huge personality to deal with. Then you've got Big Baby, Austin Rivers, and Hedo. Big Baby may be in my top five least favorite NBA players.

Surprisingly, Matt Barnes and JJ Reddick don't bother me nearly as much as the rest of that crew.

I'll add a few of my own to your list:
Joey Crawford
Chris's Broussard
Reggie Miller
Kenny Smith
Me-First players
Robin Lopez and his rage toward mascots
Roy Hibbert's rebounding inability
Matthew Dellavedova

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I'll add another one to this list:
I dislike Derrick Rose and players who try to play like him. All he does is take up possessions from the Bulls, preventing them from sharing the ball while increasing the chance that he'll be injured. In fact his MVP season he has almost as many shot attempts as Kobe Bryant a guy who many consider to be the king of being a ballhog. His MVP shooting percentages were probably the most pathetic ones I've seen since Allen Iverson's. If he gets injured again his actual salary next year of 20,093,064 should be regarded as the most overpaid contract since Stephon Marbury. The Bulls are very close to Luxury Tax with an owner whose notorious for not going over it. As a result of Rose's burdensome contract, in order to keep Jimmy Butler the Bulls must trade Taj Gibson and Kirk Hinrich. Realistically Chicago by now should have drafted or signed to a long term deal a back up point guard rather than having rentals of Nate Robinson, Aaron Brooks, D.J. Augustin, and C.J. Watson.

Among players like him, Stephen Curry I forgive because his shot percentages are unusually high, while he has three other players (Draymond Green, Andre Iguodala, Klay Thompson) who are also facilitating. I also forgive Kyrie Irving who has LeBron doing the point guard duty as a Point Forward, thus allowing Cleveland to have basically two shooting guards.

In regards to Westbrook, I need to watch more of his games. Though him being the worst in FG% and 3PT% among the top 10 scorers in the league is not a good start. I do understand that they don't have many scoring options for him to realistically pass to.

I always love reading the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics articles and responses to them. This one about Harden was quite interesting: regressing.deadspin.com/chart-of-james-hardens-defense-looks-just-as-bad-as-you-1687812356

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I hate that we completely ignore basketball outside of the United States and act as if it's so inferior, that coaches coming over have no idea what they're doing. I love when Blatt corrects media guys about the rookie coach thing because it's usually a lead-in to a question that's insulting to a guy who's coached basketball for the majority of his life.

Anyway, things I hate:

-Kevin Durant being injured
-Injuries in general
-Tyler Hansbrough
-Dwight Howard
-The way the OKC PR team handles the media
-I hate the hate that Harden gets (don't hate the player, hate the game)
-I hate how the Nuggets quit on Brian Shaw (even though I don't think he was really that good of a coach)
-I hate how the media keeps talking about Love as if there's a problem. He's averaging 17-10 as a third option, that's damn good. They have LeBron and Kyrie, they aren't going to build the same Kevin Love-centric offense as Minnesota.
-I kind of hate/dislike the Warriors. I can't figure out why. There's just something about them.

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I have a suspicion that a team will upset the Warriors in the playoffs. They don't seem as much of a playoff team as they do a regular season team.

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Unpopular opinion it seems in today's NBA world, but I love watching Harden play. He is such a good playmaker for the Rockets, can get to the rim with ease, and is so skilled. Honestly one of my favorite players to watch. Everyone hates him for getting to the free throw line so much, but he deserves those foul calls and the defense can't do anything to stop it. Thats my two cents on Harden, since I see so much hate for him around the NBA.

Things I hate:
-agree with Miege, Durant being hurt is the absolute worst
-injuries in general (PG13, Rose, Kobe, etc)
-flopping
-there are several players I hate, but that all stems from me being a Celtics fan

[San Diego Scorpions]

To answer Denver's question I like Deandre, Barnes, JJ and Griffin, I find Blake Griffin pretty funny. Also I hate you for hating Robin Lopez lol.

In response to miege, we all know Blatt has coached a ton already in his life and been very successful but it's still a fact that he is a rookie coach, it's not a knock, your first year in the NBA your a rookie. Although I didn't realize the questions were usually insulting that incorporated "rookie coach", I just follow Chris Haynes on twitter (The Cavs beat writer guy) and he has mentioned a couple times that he keeps correcting people so I never knew the context. As far as Kevin Love, 17 and 10 are good numbers but it's not about that, it's about getting him more involved in the flow of the offense. When I watch Cavs games it seems like he doesn't have the effect on the game that he should, there's a reason he isn't having a great time playing on that team.

The reason I hate Harden is because I hate flopping, I hate that he tries to trick the refs into getting calls. Falling down on every shot gets old to watch and extremely irritating when your team is playing him and he gets foul calls that aren't correct because he's so good at tricking refs. You don't deserve a foul call if there is no foul.

Like the Warriors Chris being a Celtics fan, some of my hate for certain players/teams stem from being a Blazers fan.

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Mar 29, 2015 16:01:48 GMT -5 San Diego Scorpions said:

To answer Denver's question I like Deandre, Barnes, JJ and Griffin, I find Blake Griffin pretty funny. Also I hate you for hating Robin Lopez lol.

In response to miege, we all know Blatt has coached a ton already in his life and been very successful but it's still a fact that he is a rookie coach, it's not a knock, your first year in the NBA your a rookie. Although I didn't realize the questions were usually insulting that incorporated "rookie coach", I just follow Chris Haynes on twitter (The Cavs beat writer guy) and he has mentioned a couple times that he keeps correcting people so I never knew the context. As far as Kevin Love, 17 and 10 are good numbers but it's not about that, it's about getting him more involved in the flow of the offense. When I watch Cavs games it seems like he doesn't have the effect on the game that he should, there's a reason he isn't having a great time playing on that team.

The reason I hate Harden is because I hate flopping, I hate that he tries to trick the refs into getting calls. Falling down on every shot gets old to watch and extremely irritating when your team is playing him and he gets foul calls that aren't correct because he's so good at tricking refs. You don't deserve a foul call if there is no foul.

Like the Warriors Chris being a Celtics fan, some of my hate for certain players/teams stem from being a Blazers fan.

No doubt. He could be utilized better than what he is now. I'm of the opinion that it takes time to figure out how to best put three offensive studs in the best positions. I do think his bad back has hindered him all year.

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Do you want him back in Cleveland Miege? Do you think giving him the max five year deal that he will command is worth it if he is just gonna be a third banana on a team, and be a defensive liability most nights? Obviously he would be an awesome thrid banana averaging 17 and 10, but it's an interesting dicussion I think, because you could make the case Cleveland is better of sign and trading him for assets and using the saved money on very good role players. But I have only been able to see Cleveland play a handful amount of times this season, so I can't definitively say. And also I do have a feeling his back has been slowing him down all year.

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Mar 29, 2015 22:39:38 GMT -5 @chris said:

Do you want him back in Cleveland Miege? Do you think giving him the max five year deal that he will command is worth it if he is just gonna be a third banana on a team, and be a defensive liability most nights? Obviously he would be an awesome thrid banana averaging 17 and 10, but it's an interesting dicussion I think, because you could make the case Cleveland is better of sign and trading him for assets and using the saved money on very good role players. But I have only been able to see Cleveland play a handful amount of times this season, so I can't definitively say. And also I do have a feeling his back has been slowing him down all year.

Yes. I would like him back. He's also been very good defensively since the Mozgov trade. He's a very good help defender, when he can move around. I'd absolutely want him back.

Plus, they won't save any money by moving him/letting him walk. They're already well over the cap.

[San Diego Scorpions]

I hate how defensive rebounds aren't usually taken into account when looking at a guys defensive ability. A missed shot is basically a turnover if the other team recovers the ball, so a defensive rebound is a pretty much a contribution to a turnover/stop. So a guy like Kevin Love who isn't the best one on one defender but a great rebounder still contributes to the defense of a team.

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I hate injuries
I hate resting healthy players (especially relatively young ones)
I hate the schedule that appearantly makes it necessary to rest healty players
I hate flopping/hate on the ref. Their job is difficult and unthankful as is (you can meet expectations at best, but mostly you can only do wrong).
I hate constant ISO plays (unless you're Kobe)

[Roar GM (Josh)]

I hate the Clippers constant complaining
I hate this bananas idea that Kentucky would make the playoffs in the East (my prediction? 3-79)
I hate Paul Pierce
I hate the traitor that is Dwight Howard (this should be #1). I'm glad he hasn't been the same since he left us.
I hate that the Magic fired Stan Van
I hate flopping

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I hate college basketball.

[San Diego Scorpions]

Brand new on my list: I hate Lamarcus Aldridge and I hate the Spurs.