Around The League: Watch Other Teams In the Playoffs Edition

Post #481 » by **SOUL** » Sat May 13, 2017 7:41 am

Bensational wrote:
The no show against a Spurs team is weak and deserving of criticism. But people coming out now acting like they always said he was gonna fail but were conveniently quiet when he was winning just bugs me.

The point is that Harden has done well with a team that doesn't have a LMA or even a Gasoline level sidekick. You put him in a big 2 or big 3 lineup and he'll be contending.

Ah yeah, I thought he had an amazing year.. plus he helped me win my first fantasy title ever so I can't hate. I thought he handled the postgame well and took blame for the loss which is what you want your leader to do.

pepe1991 · Post #482 » by **pepe1991** » Sat May 13, 2017 1:02 pm

SOUL wrote:
Bensational wrote:
The no show against a Spurs team is weak and deserving of criticism. But people coming out now acting like they always said he was gonna fail but were conveniently quiet when he was winning just bugs me.

The point is that Harden has done well with a team that doesn't have a LMA or even a Gasoline level sidekick. You put him in a big 2 or big 3 lineup and he'll be contending.

Ah yeah, I thought he had an amazing year.. plus he helped me win my first fantasy title ever so I can't hate. I thought he handled the postgame well and took blame for the loss which is what you want your leader to do.

I predicted Spurs in 6. Rockets roster really isn't that good.
Anderson , Lou , Harden and Gordon can't defend. Simple as that.

Lou is really,really bad defender who had horrible series.
Gordon is not as bad as Harden and Lou but still is undersized for SG.

And above all, after they lost Nene, they had 7 men in active roster. No suprise, they only had $90M salary.

MagicFan101 · Post #483 » by **MagicFan101** » Sat May 13, 2017 4:27 pm

Bensational wrote:The Harden hate comes out strong the moment he's out of the playoffs, but it's been pretty quiet up until then. I think him and D'Antoni will get into the conference finals sometime in the next few years.

If Durant had signed with Houston last summer then no doubt they'd be challenging the Warriors in the WCFs right now, IMO.

Not from me... I have been on the anti-Harden (and players like him) bandwagon for years.

pepe1991 · Post #484 » by **pepe1991** » Sun May 14, 2017 8:16 pm

Klay is complete no-show since Blazers series

On other hand, Manu was something that i hoped Hezonja can develope into. Don't see it any more. Manu at age of almost 40 still has moments where he looks like superior player on the floor. Crazy.

cedric76 · Post #485 » by **cedric76** » Sun May 14, 2017 9:27 pm

KL out for rest of the game

GW r so lucky :-(

Optimus_Steel · Post #486 » by **Optimus_Steel** » Sun May 14, 2017 10:14 pm

Great game. Too bad SA didnt win, they certaintly deserved to win it. GS caught some breaks. That possesion that GS got 3 shots and Curry finally made the 3 was a killer for SA.

Statlanta · Post #487 » by **Statlanta** » Sun May 14, 2017 10:35 pm

Whole GB is blowing up for what appears to be (imo) a normal shot contest. Feel bad for the Spurs and Kawhi though as this was their game. Such a classy group of individuals.

pepe1991 · Post #488 » by **pepe1991** » Sun May 14, 2017 10:38 pm

If Spurs can get somebody like Chris Paul.... damn

Leonard is just freaking amazing. No other way around it. I would say that after Lebron he might be second best player in whole league.

RookieStar · Post #489 » by **RookieStar** » Sun May 14, 2017 11:12 pm

Man... what Zaza did to Leonard.... Hope GS gets it's karma

Xatticus · Post #490 » by **Xatticus** » Mon May 15, 2017 4:31 am

OrlandoTill wrote:Whole GB is blowing up for what appears to be (imo) a normal shot contest. Feel bad for the Spurs and Kawhi though as this was their game. Such a classy group of individuals.

It's never incidental when your feet end up under a jump shooter. It's reckless/careless at the minimum. It's one of the unwritten rules of basketball. It cost San Antonio this game, so I can completely understand why their fans are upset. To be clear, I'm not calling it a dirty play or calling him a dirty player, but I can guarantee you that GS fans would be very upset if Bruce Bowen was doing the same to any of their shooters.

Statlanta · Post #491 » by **Statlanta** » Tue May 16, 2017 3:09 pm

Stat of the day: If the Celtics go on to lose to these Cavaliers, the Orlando Magic will be the only franchise(of teams that faced both these players) with a winning record against Michael Jordan and LeBron James(2-1).

I know how to do random ESPN stats.

Shady Franchise · Post #492 » by **Shady Franchise** » Tue May 16, 2017 10:33 pm

RookieStar wrote:Man... what Zaza did to Leonard.... Hope GS gets it's karma

If we're talking about karma, let's assume then that SA got their karma for all those years of dirty B. Bowen playing for the Spurs, and Pop defending his players. I do feel bad for Leonard for sure, but Pop speaking out how he did is comedy.

pepe1991 · Post #493 » by **pepe1991** » Wed May 17, 2017 9:06 am

Shady Franchise wrote:
RookieStar wrote:Man... what Zaza did to Leonard.... Hope GS gets it's karma

If we're talking about karma, let's assume then that SA got their karma for all those years of dirty B. Bowen playing for the Spurs, and Pop defending his players. I do feel bad for Leonard for sure, but Pop speaking out how he did is comedy.

Oh come on, Bowen retired 8 years ago

tiderulz · Post #494 » by **tiderulz** » Wed May 17, 2017 11:23 am

OrlandoTill wrote:Stat of the day: If the Celtics go on to lose to these Cavaliers, the Orlando Magic will be the only franchise(of teams that faced both these players) with a winning record against Michael Jordan and LeBron James(2-1).

I know how to do random ESPN stats.

not a winning record. pretty sure its something like a winning playoffs series record against said player.

Shady Franchise · Post #495 » by **Shady Franchise** » Wed May 17, 2017 3:23 pm

pepe1991 wrote:
Shady Franchise wrote:
RookieStar wrote:Man... what Zaza did to Leonard.... Hope GS gets it's karma

If we're talking about karma, let's assume then that SA got their karma for all those years of dirty B. Bowen playing for the Spurs, and Pop defending his players. I do feel bad for Leonard for sure, but Pop speaking out how he did is comedy.

Oh come on, Bowen retired 8 years ago

Does karma have an age? Well, does it?? :lol:

Gomagic44 · Post #496 » by **Gomagic44** » Thu May 18, 2017 1:21 am

I'm really enjoying this slaughterfest by the cavs. It's hard to grasp being the 1 seed, in the conference finals, with the #1 pick. I wish so much losing upon them in this series. It's just not fair.

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swarlesbarkley · Post #497 » by **swarlesbarkley** » Thu May 18, 2017 1:47 am

I know we messed up our rebuild twice, but right now is a great time to be terrible in the league. No one is beating the Cavs or Warriors while they have a monopoly on stars in the league (and IMO weak competitive mindsets to have to team up together). It sure does making a fight for the playoffs and not tanking completely really stupid though. Probably another 2+ years of Cavs/Warriors so hopefully we are competitive by then.

pepe1991 · Post #498 » by **pepe1991** » Thu May 18, 2017 9:54 am

Celtics are midgets in basketball league . Smart on Love ? They simply have no lenght .

rusoopE · Post #499 » by **rusoopE** » Sat May 20, 2017 2:11 am

pepe1991 wrote:Celtics are midgets in basketball league . Smart on Love ? They simply have no lenght .

Looks like an nba team against 3rd graders. This game should be pegi +18

Optimus_Steel · Post #500 » by **Optimus_Steel** » Sat May 20, 2017 2:14 am

These have to be the most uninteresting and uncompetitive playoffs in years. The NBA needs to do something about competetive balance and the way teams can rebuild in terms of time or people will stop paying attention. The east is a joke. This is one of several 30+ or 40+ blowouts.

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