Dagger wrote:Stephen Curry should not be on the 2nd all-nba team, he has more work to do. Personally, I think Kyrie is better (but his team sucks right now so he's not winning anything).Regardless, Parker is better than both of them.

Other than that I agree with pretty much everything else.

Yeah, I kept on going back and forth on Curry, Westbrook, and Parker but finally decided that Curry had such a good year scoring the ball, including setting the record for made 3-pointers in a season, that I gave him the nod. But yeah, I wouldn't really argue if someone else sees it differently.

yellowboy90 wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:Melo might make first team all nba. He is the scoring leader, should get player of the month for April and is second in Sheridan's MVP Rankings.

I doubt it. Durant & Bron had better years.

Dagger wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:Melo might make first team all nba. He is the scoring leader, should get player of the month for April and is second in Sheridan's MVP Rankings.

Melo's problem is that he's forever labeled as the 3rd best forward in the league. problem is there's only two forward spots on the all-nba team.

martin wrote:swiped this from RealGM:

AWESOME!!!!

Panos wrote:Personally I think the 6Man award is bogus. What's the point? JR could and should be a starter on this team. That he comes off the bench is a gimmick. He still plays 30-40 minutes every night. They need to tighten up the definition of the term 6th man.

It's an excellent weapon to have. All the better teams in history have employed this strategy. From Wikipedia:

The sixth man in basketball is a player who is not a starter but comes off the bench much more often than other reserves, often being the first player to be substituted in. The sixth man often plays minutes equal to or exceeding some of the starters and posts similar statistics. He is often a player who can play multiple positions, hence his utility in substituting often. For example, Kevin McHale, a famous sixth man who played for the Boston Celtics in the 1980s, variably played center and power forward. The presence of a good sixth man is often a sign of excellence. It usually means that a team has excellent depth, as the sixth man is usually more than talented enough to start for most teams.

The 80s Celtics used Kevin McHale in this role, the 90s Bulls Toni Kukoc, Manu in the 2000s. If you're a coach and have starting caliber depth coming from the bench, why not?

VCoug wrote:

ChuckBuck wrote:

Panos wrote:Personally I think the 6Man award is bogus. What's the point? JR could and should be a starter on this team. That he comes off the bench is a gimmick. He still plays 30-40 minutes every night. They need to tighten up the definition of the term 6th man.

It's an excellent weapon to have. All the better teams in history have employed this strategy. From Wikipedia:

The sixth man in basketball is a player who is not a starter but comes off the bench much more often than other reserves, often being the first player to be substituted in. The sixth man often plays minutes equal to or exceeding some of the starters and posts similar statistics. He is often a player who can play multiple positions, hence his utility in substituting often. For example, Kevin McHale, a famous sixth man who played for the Boston Celtics in the 1980s, variably played center and power forward. The presence of a good sixth man is often a sign of excellence. It usually means that a team has excellent depth, as the sixth man is usually more than talented enough to start for most teams.

The 80s Celtics used Kevin McHale in this role, the 90s Bulls Toni Kukoc, Manu in the 2000s. If you're a coach and have starting caliber depth coming from the bench, why not?

I don't think Kukoc should count. In JR's case he's, by far, our best backcourt player but comes off the bench. Kukoc wasn't better than anyone starting over him.

Sure he was. Ron Harper, Luc Longley? Sure he was.

ChuckBuck wrote:

VCoug wrote:

ChuckBuck wrote:

Panos wrote:Personally I think the 6Man award is bogus. What's the point? JR could and should be a starter on this team. That he comes off the bench is a gimmick. He still plays 30-40 minutes every night. They need to tighten up the definition of the term 6th man.

It's an excellent weapon to have. All the better teams in history have employed this strategy. From Wikipedia:

The sixth man in basketball is a player who is not a starter but comes off the bench much more often than other reserves, often being the first player to be substituted in. The sixth man often plays minutes equal to or exceeding some of the starters and posts similar statistics. He is often a player who can play multiple positions, hence his utility in substituting often. For example, Kevin McHale, a famous sixth man who played for the Boston Celtics in the 1980s, variably played center and power forward. The presence of a good sixth man is often a sign of excellence. It usually means that a team has excellent depth, as the sixth man is usually more than talented enough to start for most teams.

The 80s Celtics used Kevin McHale in this role, the 90s Bulls Toni Kukoc, Manu in the 2000s. If you're a coach and have starting caliber depth coming from the bench, why not?

I don't think Kukoc should count. In JR's case he's, by far, our best backcourt player but comes off the bench. Kukoc wasn't better than anyone starting over him.

Sure he was. Ron Harper, Luc Longley? Sure he was.

Kukoc wasn't better than anyone starting over him at a position he could play.