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Bold Prediction: Suns will hand the Warriors their first loss next week. If the beat the Bulls tom night, they'll come in here unbeaten and they play a style a ball that we can hang with them. Seems pretty far fetched right now...but I'm calling it right now. Warriors come in here 16-0 and we get em.

Now, I don't feel so bad. The Warriors fans easily outpowered the Clippers fans in their own building.

Superbone wrote:Now, I don't feel so bad. The Warriors fans easily outpowered the Clippers fans in their own building.

yeah i noticed that too haha... damn. clippers' summer moves didn't really net them anything. they are still the second round playoff team that they were last year.

Sunsfan4life wrote:Bold Prediction: Suns will hand the Warriors their first loss next week. If the beat the Bulls tom night, they'll come in here unbeaten and they play a style a ball that we can hang with them. Seems pretty far fetched right now...but I'm calling it right now. Warriors come in here 16-0 and we get em.

I think we match up horribly with the Warriors and will get destroyed by them. But I'd love it if you were right.

I have been watching the NBA for over 40 years and I have to say, with apologies to Larry Bird, Jerry West, Reggie Miller, Ray Allen and Steve Nash, that Stephen Curry is the best pure shooter I've ever seen. You just never think the guy is going to miss.

The Bobster wrote:I have been watching the NBA for over 40 years and I have to say, with apologies to Larry Bird, Jerry West, Reggie Miller, Ray Allen and Steve Nash, that Stephen Curry is the best pure shooter I've ever seen. You just never think the guy is going to miss.

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I never watched Bird or West in their primes, unfortunately.

Side note: I was rushing through EWR 3 weeks ago and nearly ran right into The Logo. He was in the security line and I was in a group of people pushing past him. I was so bummed I couldn't stop and say something at least. I am sure he was happy about it. I am sure he is mobbed all the time.

As far as Reggie, I never thought of him as a pure shooter. I thought of him as a guy that made amazing shots.

Ray Allen is a guy that I used to think of as a pure shooter, but some how he lost that luster in my mind after Nash returned to Phoenix. Nash just did so many amazing things that he changed what I thought of as a pure shooter. That is exactly what Curry is doing, and if he is still doing it in 5-7 years, there is no question who the best pure shooter is/was.

There have always been guys with great range who were were streak shooters - like Pete Maravich - but I think Miller was sort of in between.

Then you have the guys like Walter Davis who were pretty much automatic from mid-range. He shot 56% as a perimeter guy when he game into the league!

The Bobster wrote:There have always been guys with great range who were were streak shooters - like Pete Maravich - but I think Miller was sort of in between.

Then you have the guys like Walter Davis who were pretty much automatic from mid-range. He shot 56% as a perimeter guy when he game into the league!

TJ is at 53% and it seems most of his shots are floaters. I love it.

Indy wrote:

The Bobster wrote:There have always been guys with great range who were were streak shooters - like Pete Maravich - but I think Miller was sort of in between.

Then you have the guys like Walter Davis who were pretty much automatic from mid-range. He shot 56% as a perimeter guy when he game into the league!

TJ is at 53% and it seems most of his shots are floaters. I love it.

And Booker is presently 7-9 from three for his career. He comes in cold and nails threes.

JCSunsfan wrote:

Indy wrote:

The Bobster wrote:There have always been guys with great range who were were streak shooters - like Pete Maravich - but I think Miller was sort of in between.

Then you have the guys like Walter Davis who were pretty much automatic from mid-range. He shot 56% as a perimeter guy when he game into the league!

TJ is at 53% and it seems most of his shots are floaters. I love it.

And Booker is presently 7-9 from three for his career. He comes in cold and nails threes.

That sounds great, but it is 9 attempts. At least with TJ we are into the hundreds.

Indy wrote:

JCSunsfan wrote:

Indy wrote:

The Bobster wrote:There have always been guys with great range who were were streak shooters - like Pete Maravich - but I think Miller was sort of in between.

Then you have the guys like Walter Davis who were pretty much automatic from mid-range. He shot 56% as a perimeter guy when he game into the league!

TJ is at 53% and it seems most of his shots are floaters. I love it.

And Booker is presently 7-9 from three for his career. He comes in cold and nails threes.

That sounds great, but it is 9 attempts. At least with TJ we are into the hundreds.

True. But I wasn't throwing that out there as a comparison between the two. Just an optimistic comment about both.

JCSunsfan wrote:

Indy wrote:

JCSunsfan wrote:

Indy wrote:

The Bobster wrote:There have always been guys with great range who were were streak shooters - like Pete Maravich - but I think Miller was sort of in between.

Then you have the guys like Walter Davis who were pretty much automatic from mid-range. He shot 56% as a perimeter guy when he game into the league!

TJ is at 53% and it seems most of his shots are floaters. I love it.

And Booker is presently 7-9 from three for his career. He comes in cold and nails threes.

That sounds great, but it is 9 attempts. At least with TJ we are into the hundreds.

True. But I wasn't throwing that out there as a comparison between the two. Just an optimistic comment about both.

Totally agree with that. If these trends continue, I will be very happy.

The Bobster wrote:I have been watching the NBA for over 40 years and I have to say, with apologies to Larry Bird, Jerry West, Reggie Miller, Ray Allen and Steve Nash, that Stephen Curry is the best pure shooter I've ever seen. You just never think the guy is going to miss.

I won't tell you how long I've been watching the NBA, because some of you will get the uncontrollable giggles.

Anyway, one of the best pure shooters I saw was Dave Bing with the Pistons. Walter Davis was a close second. And Curry is all of that, with more range. Barring injury, he will be top 20 or so of all time.

I can barely remember Bing from when he was at the tail end of his career as a Bullet and Celtic (well, and as a Mayor), but at that time shooting it from 25' was frowned upon unless you were a guy like Fred Brown or Maravich. And you'd better be hot if you were shooting a 25' 2-pointer.

http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/23 ... Karl-Fired

What's worse than your boss picking out your successor publicly before he fires you? ITS A GIRL!

Ranadive seems like a star f**ker. Check out his twitter...just photos of him and celebs (or what are deemed "celebs"). Sacramento's a mess.

Ranadive is a joke. Just when you thought they couldn't find a worse owner for the Kings....

JCSunsfan wrote:http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/23 ... Karl-Fired

What's worse than your boss picking out your successor publicly before he fires you? ITS A GIRL!

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JCSunsfan wrote:http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/23 ... Karl-Fired

What's worse than your boss picking out your successor publicly before he fires you? ITS A GIRL!

That "article" is very short and doesn't state any sources and is entirely speculative. I agree that the Kings are a mess and Vivek seems confused about how to own an NBA team, but I don't think there is much substance to this particular link.

Rookie owner disease. Do you know sometimes it becomes chronical?