The Clippers should not be this good without Kawhi. Update: Kawhi to return Jan 4th vs the Hawks

Lalouie · Post #121 » by **Lalouie** » Thu Dec 5, 2024 9:56 am

they're not,,,it's parity

parity is lack of good teams. the clips are the same they've always been sans kawhi and pg. THE LEAGUE suxxx

Celts17Pride · Post #122 » by **Celts17Pride** » Thu Dec 5, 2024 2:16 pm

Lalouie wrote:they're not,,,it's parity

parity is lack of good teams. the clips are the same they've always been sans kawhi and pg. THE LEAGUE suxxx

Couldn't agree more. People scream they love parity, parity for what? 1st and 2nd round exits?

Lalouie · Post #123 » by **Lalouie** » Thu Dec 5, 2024 2:32 pm

Celts17Pride wrote:
Lalouie wrote:they're not,,,it's parity

parity is lack of good teams. the clips are the same they've always been sans kawhi and pg. THE LEAGUE suxxx

Couldn't agree more. People scream they love parity, parity for what? 1st and 2nd round exits?

i think people have this notion that parity means all the teams get better
lol
parity is THE LACK of good teams.

Clemenza · Post #124 » by **Clemenza** » Thu Dec 5, 2024 4:06 pm

DLoMor wrote:
dhsilv2 wrote:
Roscoe Sheed wrote:They were dead tired. Back to back with 4 key guys out and playing the most games in the nba at this point

that had to be a troll..i mean come on...

How am I a troll? I’ve said my reasoning plenty of times how Ty Lue is not that good of a coach and is overrated and won a ring cause Lebron carried him, he hasn’t done crap since, his first year with Clippers he did well, ever since, the Clippers have done bad, especially in the playoffs, if the Clippers ever wanna be better and do well, they need to get a new head coach.

Half the team was out last night, 24th game played-highest in the league. Still shouldn't lose like that, but they were gassed.

ejftw · Post #125 » by **ejftw** » Thu Dec 5, 2024 6:50 pm

DLoMor wrote:
dhsilv2 wrote:
Roscoe Sheed wrote:They were dead tired. Back to back with 4 key guys out and playing the most games in the nba at this point

that had to be a troll..i mean come on...

How am I a troll? I’ve said my reasoning plenty of times how Ty Lue is not that good of a coach and is overrated and won a ring cause Lebron carried him, he hasn’t done crap since, his first year with Clippers he did well, ever since, the Clippers have done bad, especially in the playoffs, if the Clippers ever wanna be better and do well, they need to get a new head coach.

Would a different head coach somehow have meant that Kawhi and PG wouldn't be made of glass?

Lue has done as good a job as one should have expected him too, hell, they finished with the 7th best record with Kawhi missing the entire season and PG playing about 40 games. Flamed out in the play-in cus PG "had covid."

Sure, there's stuff I haven't agreed with. Such as not giving Jordan Miller more playing time earlier on the year. But to say he's not that good of a coach is weird. I mean, this isn't Doc Rivers we are talking about

ryguy613 · Post #126 » by **ryguy613** » Thu Dec 5, 2024 8:56 pm

dhsilv2 wrote:
DLoMor wrote:
dhsilv2 wrote:
that had to be a troll..i mean come on...

How am I a troll? I’ve said my reasoning plenty of times how Ty Lue is not that good of a coach and is overrated and won a ring cause Lebron carried him, he hasn’t done crap since, his first year with Clippers he did well, ever since, the Clippers have done bad, especially in the playoffs, if the Clippers ever wanna be better and do well, they need to get a new head coach.

I mean...you actually made the case you're trolling.

Losing a game without the 4 best players doesn't support you here. It's like if I had a corolla and I said it sucks at cornering vs a sports car...but said the proof was after all 4 of my tires were flat or their tred was gone. I can be right and still trolling. And I'd hope we'd agree that's trolling.

You did the same thing effectively.

THE four best players were out? not just 4 important players but THE best players? Guess you dont think much of Harden.

dhsilv2 · Post #127 » by **dhsilv2** » Thu Dec 5, 2024 9:06 pm

ryguy613 wrote:
dhsilv2 wrote:
DLoMor wrote:How am I a troll? I’ve said my reasoning plenty of times how Ty Lue is not that good of a coach and is overrated and won a ring cause Lebron carried him, he hasn’t done crap since, his first year with Clippers he did well, ever since, the Clippers have done bad, especially in the playoffs, if the Clippers ever wanna be better and do well, they need to get a new head coach.

I mean...you actually made the case you're trolling.

Losing a game without the 4 best players doesn't support you here. It's like if I had a corolla and I said it sucks at cornering vs a sports car...but said the proof was after all 4 of my tires were flat or their tred was gone. I can be right and still trolling. And I'd hope we'd agree that's trolling.

You did the same thing effectively.

THE four best players were out? not just 4 important players but THE best players? Guess you dont think much of Harden.

For some reason I thought he was out for the game too. Doesn't change the general narrative, but yes Harden is one of their best players.

OkcSinceSGA · Post #128 » by **OkcSinceSGA** » Tue Dec 17, 2024 7:36 pm

Read on Twitter

He's been upgraded to game time decision vs the Mavs.

OkcSinceSGA · Post #129 » by **OkcSinceSGA** » Tue Dec 17, 2024 7:38 pm

Read on Twitter

With Harden stepping up and Kawhi returning.. they may actually make a much more competitive run than I thought possible.

Tor_Raps · Post #130 » by **Tor_Raps** » Tue Dec 17, 2024 7:41 pm

OkcSinceSGA wrote:

Read on Twitter

Read on Twitter

Read on Twitter

Read on Twitter

He's been upgraded to game time decision vs the Mavs.

This deserves its own thread. Will definitely tune in to watch before he stops playing again lol.

Tor_Raps · Post #131 » by **Tor_Raps** » Tue Dec 17, 2024 7:42 pm

OkcSinceSGA wrote:

Read on Twitter

Read on Twitter

With Harden stepping up and Kawhi returning.. they may actually make a much more competitive run than I thought possible.

This also deserves a thread on the Philly board lol

TheGeneral99 · Post #132 » by **TheGeneral99** » Tue Dec 17, 2024 7:44 pm

If Kawhi is healthy Clippers are dangerous but he likely won't be able to finish the year.

OkcSinceSGA · Post #133 » by **OkcSinceSGA** » Tue Dec 17, 2024 7:45 pm

Tor_Raps wrote:
OkcSinceSGA wrote:

Read on Twitter

Read on Twitter

Read on Twitter

Read on Twitter

He's been upgraded to game time decision vs the Mavs.

This deserves its own thread. Will definitely tune in to watch before he stops playing again lol.

I'm permabanned from making threads so can only respond or bump mine lol. Take over the mantle. Become the Dark Knight that RealGM deserves but isn't ready for yet.

Tor_Raps · Post #134 » by **Tor_Raps** » Tue Dec 17, 2024 7:58 pm

OkcSinceSGA wrote:
Tor_Raps wrote:
OkcSinceSGA wrote:

Read on Twitter

Read on Twitter

Read on Twitter

Read on Twitter

He's been upgraded to game time decision vs the Mavs.

This deserves its own thread. Will definitely tune in to watch before he stops playing again lol.

I'm permabanned from making threads so can only respond or bump mine lol. Take over the mantle. Become the Dark Knight that RealGM deserves but isn't ready for yet.

Feel too lazy to do it right now but I definitely would have another time lol

ryguy613 · Post #135 » by **ryguy613** » Tue Dec 17, 2024 10:36 pm

OkcSinceSGA wrote:
Tor_Raps wrote:
OkcSinceSGA wrote:

Read on Twitter

Read on Twitter

Read on Twitter

Read on Twitter

He's been upgraded to game time decision vs the Mavs.

This deserves its own thread. Will definitely tune in to watch before he stops playing again lol.

I'm permabanned from making threads so can only respond or bump mine lol. Take over the mantle. Become the Dark Knight that RealGM deserves but isn't ready for yet.

what? why are you permabanned?

tamaraw08 · Post #136 » by **tamaraw08** » Tue Dec 17, 2024 10:39 pm

Lalouie wrote:
Celts17Pride wrote:
Lalouie wrote:they're not,,,it's parity

parity is lack of good teams. the clips are the same they've always been sans kawhi and pg. THE LEAGUE suxxx

Couldn't agree more. People scream they love parity, parity for what? 1st and 2nd round exits?

i think people have this notion that parity means all the teams get better
lol
parity is THE LACK of good teams.

How Does Parity Compare Among Major U.S. Sports ...

Forbes
https://www.forbes.com › Innovation › Consumer Tech
Mar 13, 2012 — The first is to define parity as an environment in which any team can expect, at any point in time, beat any other given team.

I thought Parity is the Lack of bad teams.
In essence, there would be no parity per se because there would always be bad/tanking teams (not trying to win). But IMO, if there are only 2-3 teams tanking in each conference, then there would be 12 team really trying to compete...
For last monday game, the 10th place Pistons beating the 6th place Heat.
Or Sunday game 10th place Lakes beating the 2nd place Memphis... Previous years you rarely see upsets like these IMO, so there is some parity going around with the Kings and Spurs trying to win games in the West or Hawks and Magic really competing.

OkcSinceSGA · Post #137 » by **OkcSinceSGA** » Tue Dec 17, 2024 10:55 pm

ryguy613 wrote:
OkcSinceSGA wrote:
Tor_Raps wrote:
This deserves its own thread. Will definitely tune in to watch before he stops playing again lol.

I'm permabanned from making threads so can only respond or bump mine lol. Take over the mantle. Become the Dark Knight that RealGM deserves but isn't ready for yet.

what? why are you permabanned?

The GB mods did a vote and came to a unanimous decision and PM'd David. I wasn't told about it or made aware until I went to make a thread almost two weeks ago about a breaking news story, and noticed my button was gone. I PM'd a few mods and they told me that they decided to take it away because of my behavior and past strikes or warnings.

Dirk has trolled a hell of a lot more than I have with personal jabs at people in my time on this forum.... so the irony wasn't lost on me when he wrote a long ass response before locking my thread (and telling me not to write a long post explaining), requesting review to take my posting threads away. I really think post COVID era this forum is much more uptight with sarcasm, playful jabs and light trolling.

I think I take WAY, WAY more abuse from posters than I dish out. I actually think I'm pretty restrained a lot of times with retaliation. I'm what you'd call a stable genius.

ryguy613 · Post #138 » by **ryguy613** » Tue Dec 17, 2024 11:01 pm

OkcSinceSGA wrote:
ryguy613 wrote:
OkcSinceSGA wrote:
I'm permabanned from making threads so can only respond or bump mine lol. Take over the mantle. Become the Dark Knight that RealGM deserves but isn't ready for yet.

what? why are you permabanned?

The GB mods did a vote and came to a unanimous decision and PM'd David. I wasn't told about it or made aware until I went to make a thread almost two weeks ago about a breaking news story, and noticed my button was gone. I PM'd a few mods and they told me that they decided to take it away because of my behavior and past strikes or warnings.

oh damn... so youre only permabanned from creating new threads? I didnt know thats how it worked. well sorry to hear that. guess this thread will just have to make it through the entire season.

OkcSinceSGA · Post #139 » by **OkcSinceSGA** » Tue Dec 17, 2024 11:03 pm

ryguy613 wrote:
OkcSinceSGA wrote:
ryguy613 wrote:
what? why are you permabanned?

The GB mods did a vote and came to a unanimous decision and PM'd David. I wasn't told about it or made aware until I went to make a thread almost two weeks ago about a breaking news story, and noticed my button was gone. I PM'd a few mods and they told me that they decided to take it away because of my behavior and past strikes or warnings.

oh damn... so youre only permabanned from creating new threads? I didnt know thats how it worked. well sorry to hear that. guess this thread will just have to make it through the entire season.

Yes. I'm sure I'll eventually be permabanned from posting period. Only a matter of time. But for now, I'll just try to be a part of the happy, emotionally healthy and supportive family known as RealGM!

Lalouie · Post #140 » by **Lalouie** » Tue Dec 17, 2024 11:36 pm

tamaraw08 wrote:
Lalouie wrote:
Celts17Pride wrote:Couldn't agree more. People scream they love parity, parity for what? 1st and 2nd round exits?

i think people have this notion that parity means all the teams get better
lol
parity is THE LACK of good teams.

How Does Parity Compare Among Major U.S. Sports ...

Forbes
https://www.forbes.com › Innovation › Consumer Tech
Mar 13, 2012 — The first is to define parity as an environment in which any team can expect, at any point in time, beat any other given team.

I thought Parity is the Lack of bad teams.
In essence, there would be no parity per se because there would always be bad/tanking teams (not trying to win). But IMO, if there are only 2-3 teams tanking in each conference, then there would be 12 team really trying to compete...
For last monday game, the 10th place Pistons beating the 6th place Heat.
Or Sunday game 10th place Lakes beating the 2nd place Memphis... Previous years you rarely see upsets like these IMO, so there is some parity going around with the Kings and Spurs trying to win games in the West or Hawks and Magic really competing.

i argue that PARITY is the meat of the bell curve.

a majority doesn't all of a sudden get better. that is simply not the natural course of things. rather, in a fast ever changing entity like sports, the natural occurance is for the replacement at the top, because it is the path of least resistance - it is easier for one of two top teams because of injuries/age to drop than it is for 8 teams that now all of a sudden get better. so,,,one, two or three top teams drop and all those other teams behind them step up.

if you eliminate sas, gsw, kobe lakers from the 2000's what you get is the rest of the 4 >12 battling for the ring. that is considered sports parity. you eliminate serena williams - you have parity. you eliminate the bulls and you get a whole squad of teams fighting for the ring. there is no parity in dynasties because there's only one or two elite teams that separate themselves from the rest of the league. the 60's celts get old...boom, parity