2013-2014 NBA Regular Season Thread

I never said they weren't flawed. Every team in the NBA is flawed, it's who can minimize them

You're the one who thinks going small breaks them which clearly isn't the case.
You also said making shots and moving the ball was your brilliant strategy and analysis to beating them. Surprisingly enough, this strategy works against every basketball team.

Hit me with some analysis, it's a basketball thread, let's talk basketball.

 

For example what are the Pacers flaws? I know some of them, can you point them out?

 

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Also, congrats to the Nets. They turned things around and fought hard to get above .500. Amazing turnaround especially since imo their best player in Lopez is gone for the season

 

Oh good analysis. That really explains it and is specific to the Pacers and how it will impact them in the playoffs. Thanks for sharing.

Turnovers do they give away too much or not force enough enough? Overdribbling was the basic answer I was looking for. That's where they mainly struggle. It's why the Miami trapping defense can cause them problems but they also are all willing passers. If you can bait them into over dribbling, you win the battle.

Offense and 3 point shooting. The amount of 3s or the % of 3s made or both? What about the offense overall? Is it just the 3 ball? The pace? The passing?

And then what about the totality of that makes them "overrated" as you called them? Are you saying they aren't one of the better teams in the NBA? The East? What does that mean?

 

Mind you, nothing you listed is specific to this years Pacers. These are the similar to exact issues they ran into last year. They weren't overrated last year and they aren't overrated this year unless you are talking to Pacers fans who have them running the playoffs and going FO, FO, FO, and FO

 

So uh who are your top 5 teams and why are they ahead of IND currently? I'm guessing your top 5 will not be based on what the teams have done this season and more on their potential in the playoffs?

 

I don't mind speculation and predictions, it's just really really really boring when you provide no logic or analysis behind it. what's the fun of reading opinions if the reasoning and logic isn't shown on how to get there?

 

Is that up to this point ranking or your ranking heading into the playoffs? Because if it's the first one, you are just ignoring what Ind has done so far. If it's your second one it makes more sense, but again it doesn't make IND overrated since you know the only other EC team on that list is MIA who will be in the opposite bracket. Basically you don't think they will win the NBA title, not that they're overrated. See how words make things more simple?

 

And it brings up the case of what overrated means? Was SA overrated when they lost to MEM 1st round that year? Or was MEM just a good matchup against them? Was MIA overrated when they lost to DAL in the finals, or again was it a learning thing and DAL being a bad matchup? But that's a different story what overrated means.

 

Of course, once your in the playoffs there is always a chance. But from your list you really don't mean overrated, you just don't see them as a title winner which is fine. For every team in the playoffs, there is a path that can break, however unlikely, that could lead them to a title. You are just saying you think IND has fewer paths than the above teams. That doesn't make them overrated in my opinion. A lot of people still have MIA as favorites in the EC over them and then would have a WC over IND if they did make it. The tricky part is only one team can come of the WC where it seems 4-5 have a legit shot and 1 from the EC where two have a legit shot. So IND gets a boost from a weak conference as does MIA too