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Now who else wanna fukk with Hollywood Court?
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Approve a trade to a team with 3 guys that feel they should be #1 options and complain about touches brehs
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They better do whatever they can to make him happy throughout the season, dude is a FA at the end of the season, if they lose him.....:merchant:

If anyone needs to see their offense scaled back it's Waiters, he's taking more shots than anyone else on that team so far :dead:
 
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Malta said:
@jaguar paw yall better start getting Love more involved, it's preseason and he's already talking about "touches". Waiters and Irving out there taking turns firing up shots :russ:
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:whoa:

I don't find fault in what he's saying. I think Blatt wants to correct that.

It's early.


MEMPHIS, Tennessee – Kevin Love has had his moments this preseason.

In two consecutive games early in exhibition play against the Miami Heat and Milwaukee Bucks, Love appeared to have found his groove, scoring 50 points in total while shooting 17-of-23 from the field.

He was also a blistering nine-of-12 from three-point range in that two-game span.

The All-Star power forward had it going. But aside from those two games, Love averaged 8.5 points, shot 29 percent from the field and was 1-for-11 from beyond the arc.

Love averaged 3.8 three-point attempts per game, an adequate amount for the former All-Star Weekend three-point champion.

Though he has still found ways to be productive for the Cavaliers, after the 96-92 loss preseason finale loss to the Memphis Grizzlies, he told Northeast Ohio Media Group that he needs more looks inside.

"My entire life I played the game from inside-out," Love explained to NEOMG. "So the more touches I can get inside to get myself going, the better. I'm not accustomed to starting out a game shooting a three, so it's just something that I see.

"I'm 26-years-old and I've been playing basketball for quite a long time. Just finding ways to mix it up. If anything, keeping it around the basket a little bit more and the offense will allow me to get offensive rebounds. That will be tough for teams with Andy [Varejao] and myself and Tristan [Thompson] in there."

Love has been roaming the three-point area more than in year's past. His shooting ability creates spacing, giving LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and Dion Waiters the necessary room to maneuver.

His long-ball threat is a valuable weapon; the reason head coach David Blatt is utilizing him in that fashion. Love says the offense calls for him to be out on the perimeter, but he says he has to make sure he remembers to go inside more.

"Yeah, the offense is built that way but I just have to make a conscious decision to get myself in there," Love said. "There are a lot of times where I just find myself fading to the three-point line. For me, it's a mentality and that's easy to fix.

"We've been putting in stuff like different pin-downs, cut-across and screen-across to get me open in there. You'll see a lot more of that during the season. That's always how I played and I know that coach wants me to play that way, as well."

Love, out of The Big Three, will have to make the biggest adjustment to his game. It's always that way for bigs. They have to rely on perimeter players to locate them in scoring opportunities.

Wednesday night Love got some post-up looks. Blatt even drew up a play out of a third-quarter timeout to get him the ball on the block. Love converted.

This is what the preseason is for: recognizing where one can improve and adjusting before the regular season hits. Love is in a good place right now. He's eager to kick thee season off, and with his new-found revelation, he anticipates having a strong year for the Cavaliers.

"We just looked at film and I saw it. I felt it," he said. "Where I'm very effective is on the low block. That's where I need to be."

http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2014/10/cleveland_cavaliers_forward_ke.html
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Keep sleeping on the hawks brehs. Thabo sefolosha looks like another bargain, he fits the system well. Schroeder looks very confident. Mike scott is becoming a lethal scorer.

Touch me gon touch me as usual:shaq:


Dont sleep brehs, its beautiful basketball:mjcry:
 
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Sly Cookin said:
Keep sleeping on the hawks brehs. Thabo sefolosha looks like another bargain, he fits the system well. Schroeder looks very confident. Mike scott is becoming a lethal scorer.

Touch me gon touch me as usual:shaq:


Dont sleep brehs, its beautiful basketball:mjcry:
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people are sleeping on the Hawks

well coached, well put together ball club

ya'll need big Al to stay healthy though
 
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Hawks will be the type of team that will bring a consistent approach/energy to each game

they will be a tough matchup for teams night in / night out

they execute very nicely on offense and play hard on defense

ya'll found a nice coach
 
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Sly Cookin said:
Keep sleeping on the hawks brehs. Thabo sefolosha looks like another bargain, he fits the system well. Schroeder looks very confident. Mike scott is becoming a lethal scorer.

Touch me gon touch me as usual:shaq:


Dont sleep brehs, its beautiful basketball:mjcry:
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Brozay said:
people are sleeping on the Hawks

well coached, well put together ball club

ya'll need big Al to stay healthy though
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Yup. It really all relies on Horford being healthy..if he is they will be a good team..i been saying that for months now.
 
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:laugh: Aye, do any of da brehs got dat one gif of when Noah gets pissed at one of his teammates for fukkin up a chest bump celebration?
 
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