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2013 Mar NBA Season lOT| Change This Face, Be Happy, Enjoy it!
- Thread starter reilo
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Justin Timberlake
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just saw it
all i gotta say is
da fuck did knight think he was doin lol
all i gotta say is
da fuck did knight think he was doin lol
RellyRell28
Banned
Omg too funny
Don't cross the streams. You can't compare hockey to basketball.
The Frankman
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oh. Well gremlin I hope is just going off dat "just got the 8th seed swagger", I know it too well. He should know it doesn't always last...
and regarding Cloudy... no comment.
Did you expect the Blazers to be a playoff team this year? Cause 8th seed would be pretty good based on pre-season expectations...
Not that I'm saying you'll settle for 8th seed. But expectations should be relative to the roster you had before the year and whatever has gone on during the year.
The Frankman
Banned
To assume a taint actually means you think he was coached. You actually think Keith Smart coached that kid at all?
Hell no I didn't. They've already won 4 more games than I thought they would. And that's the point.
I'm not sure if his new coach is significantly better than his old coach.
The Frankman
Banned
At least he'll receive some instruction out there.
"Harden told me to tell you to stay away from the basket if he has the ball"
I don't its so much Keith Smart not coaching but the FO in Sac trying to convince him that he needed to be a SF to get any minutes at all.
Justin Timberlake
Member
I agree in terms of preseason expectations but that was before we knew Lillard is this good
Now? Blazers fans have every right to think they can do it. They've got two legitimate stars. Theres a lot of talented teams in the west but in that bottom heap only Dwight-Kobe can match Lillard-LMA. The supporting cast isnt too hot but they can pull it together
Blazer fans ought to be fiendin
Psychological Intellect
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I love rooting for young up and coming teams
I'm pretty realistic about expectations but there's always that moment right before the game where the crazy ass "This team will defy everyone's expectations and be the first of its kind to win it all" thoughts creep into my head
The Frankman
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Does reilo even want the Blazers to make the playoffs? I thought like a month ago he said the pick would be better.
Even cutting at the appropriate time, reading the PG and crashing the boards is more instruction than what Keith Smart has done. So yes.
Its our pick anyways lol
GremlinFool
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To clarify, I don't think the Lakers as a franchise is better than the Jazz as a franchise because they've supplanted them in rankings this year. The Lakers franchise is better because its storied history is one of perennial winning, while the Jazz's is one of perennial losing. My "troll," which hardly qualifies as a troll given that none of what I said about the Jazz or Utah was even remotely false, was retaliation over the passive aggressive wailing of diehard and basically all of Jazz-age. Instead of relishing a likely playoff berth, given the seemingly awful trajectory this team was on not two months ago, we're supposed to be writhing in pain like Jazz fans are over their collapsing team? What a fucking farce.
ryutaro's mama
Member
I just keep everything in perspective.
This Laker team is getting better, sure but they haven't shown me anything that would make me believe they could beat any team (and I mean any team) currently seeded in the playoffs in a series.
I can't see a single team that I can say that I could see this Laker team beating 4 times in a series.
And LOL @ the Laker fans saying we could beat the 5pur5. Pop was raping MDA in the playoffs for YEARS, brahs. FUCKING YEARS
This shit would be Kobe and MDA vs. Pop and Timmy.
Not Phil and Kobe vs. Pop and Timmy.
Huge fucking difference.
The Frankman
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ohhhhhhhhh. Well shit make the playoffs Blazers, wtf?
He meant perennial playoff team/title contender.
Black Mamba
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WonkyPanda
Member
Would you agree that the Lakers have a better "chance" at beating the Spurs than OKC? Because, I am inclined to think that, regardless of how small either chance may be. That 'run-and-gun' style just kills us.
Wait, you don't think the Rockets and the Warriors have at least as much talents as the Blazers right now?
Yep. Coaching matters.
Same thing with Phil and Karl. If Phil was still the coach, I like our chances against the Nuggets. He always ate his soul in the playoffs. Always.
Outside the last few seasons, the Jazz have been a winning organization my entire life
They've never won titles but to categorize them as losers is flat out disrespectful
I would give that title to the Clippers before I'd give it to the Jazz
lmao at the girl that doesn't give a fuck and the golf clapping one next to her..
Red Blaster
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why on earth would you think that
the only thing you could hope for is that mvp level tim duncan turns back into tim donecan but even then parker will have nash bite the pillow because he's going in dry
lakers have a better 'chance' of beating okc since scott brooks literally still runs kendrick perkins post-ups in the year 2013
ryutaro's mama
Member
That like asking do I want to ingest poison instead of slitting my wrists.
I can't say that it would be the same outcome, but as of right now, this Laker team that I've been watching all year long, I would be hard pressed to see us win 1 or two games in any series that we are in.
We have been so fucking inconsistent all year long and outside of Jamison, our bench is hot garbage.
Yes, Mamba, that includes Baby Boy.
The 5pur5 bench would do horrible, terrible things to our bench as would the OKC bench.
WonkyPanda
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Because the Lakers have the worst transition defense i've ever seen and the ability to exploit that weakness would be easier for OKC than SAS, as marginal as that may be. True on Brooks being an utter failure of a coach, though. I just feel that the SAS play a comparatively slower pace, which bodes better for our slowness.
probably knight's gf
Why are you talking about Salt lake City anyway?
You prob don't want to get into that discussion because i have a lot more ammo than you do.
The same way you talk about Laker fans and you don't know shit about most of us.
Syphon Filter
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nice avatar, love that mascot.
most of yal ride kobe like he's the last bus home
no point denying the obvious. lakers fans are ... lakers fans. l
The Frankman
Banned
In fairness, NBA-GAF runs on disrespectful. Why criticize for it now?
Don't forget the chance Russell Westbrick/Brickbrook/Shotcrook/(insert nickname here) pulling a Fresh Prince Of Bel Air and freezing out Durant! But OKC as constructed is built to take out LA, even with a SG playing PG and an 'average' coach.
It's true, we just saw this on parade the last game they played a week ago.
In the playoffs anything can happen all I know is that I wouldn't be write off a healthy howard, a healthy pau, nash, and a playoff kobe as a no chance team.
WonkyPanda
Member
"Most" implies greater than half and you have no way to substantiate that claim.
Your last premise is circular. Might want to work on the insults a bit.
The Frankman
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WonkyPanda
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I like lurking too much and I only come out of the woodwork to procrastinate from doing real work, which is sadly due tomorrow.
Dang, do I resemble another poster? And I thought I was the only original "douchebag."
Black Mamba
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For dr. Blade
WonkyPanda
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For dr. Blade
And thus, it was immortalized for all to see.
ryutaro's mama
Member
But usually doesn't.
1) Howard is as healthy as he'll be with a recovering back and torn labrum
2) Gasol, will not be fully healthy coming into the playoffs. He'll be healed but not healthy.
3) Nash hasn't found his groove in this offense yet and we are less than 20 games till the end of the season...
4) The way MDA is loading Kobe up on minutes, we'll see how amazing "playoff Kobe" can be this year.
I don't see how you are so positive in light of everything.
Do I want my team to do well? Absolutely.
I just know things don't look too great in our favor plus, MDA has been abysmal in the playoffs.
WonkyPanda
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I think another big concern with Pau is really having his psyche cement with the 2nd unit.