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Cliff would get home court advantage in the playoffs with this roster.

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Re: Cliff would get home court advantage in the playoffs with this roster. 

Post#21 » by Bergmaniac » Thu Mar 9, 2023 2:35 pm

I like Clifford a lot, but come on, there is no coach that could have gotten our current roster in the Top 4 this year. That would require about 50 wins which is absurd with how young our team is and the offensive limitations.
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Re: Cliff would get home court advantage in the playoffs with this roster. 

Post#22 » by Skin » Thu Mar 9, 2023 5:09 pm

Cliff would've never given Franz a chance last year and we would have missed out on getting the #1 pick.
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Re: Cliff would get home court advantage in the playoffs with this roster. 

Post#23 » by Message Boar » Thu Mar 9, 2023 8:26 pm

I need some of what you're smoking, my guy.
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Re: Cliff would get home court advantage in the playoffs with this roster. 

Post#24 » by The-Stallion70 » Fri Mar 10, 2023 11:35 pm

AaronB wrote:Cliff has a team with a significantly better guard rotation than ours and they are a 21-win team right now.

Their best defensive player by a wide margin is a rookie (Williams) and he averages 17 minutes per game.

No thanks.


I honestly don't see their talent as any way comparable to ours since Lamelo Ball barely plays.

If Ball is out, our talent is head and shoulders above theirs.

You guys are nuts if you think Rozier, PJ Washington, Oubre or Hayward are comparable to our Jumbol guys. Rozier scores 23 ppg but he shoots 41% overall and 33% from 3. He is not a main offensive option in the NBA. Hayward is over the hill.

I find it sad that you can't see that our young guys need a coach to teach them better defense since we gave 129 points last night to Utah or whatever it was and 70 points in a half to the Bucks without Giannis or Holiday.
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Re: Cliff would get home court advantage in the playoffs with this roster. 

Post#25 » by Skybox » Sat Mar 11, 2023 1:38 am

The-Stallion70 wrote:
AaronB wrote:Cliff has a team with a significantly better guard rotation than ours and they are a 21-win team right now.

Their best defensive player by a wide margin is a rookie (Williams) and he averages 17 minutes per game.

No thanks.


I honestly don't see their talent as any way comparable to ours since Lamelo Ball barely plays.

If Ball is out, our talent is head and shoulders above theirs.

You guys are nuts if you think Rozier, PJ Washington, Oubre or Hayward are comparable to our Jumbol guys. Rozier scores 23 ppg but he shoots 41% overall and 33% from 3. He is not a main offensive option in the NBA. Hayward is over the hill.

I find it sad that you can't see that our young guys need a coach to teach them better defense since we gave 129 points last night to Utah or whatever it was and 70 points in a half to the Bucks without Giannis or Holiday.


I think that term needs to be retired now that Bol has returned to his proper position of one foot out of the league and Isaac also off the floor.
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Re: Cliff would get home court advantage in the playoffs with this roster. 

Post#26 » by jonbob17 » Tue Mar 14, 2023 1:01 pm

Maybe next year Clifford would, and maybe Mosley will too. But nobody is getting to the 4th seed when this teams starts 5-20 because there were no guards available early on. This season was lost by the start of December, and nobody, not Popovich or Phil Jackson, could have dug out of that hole to get home court advantage in the playoffs.
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Re: Cliff would get home court advantage in the playoffs with this roster. 

Post#27 » by Optimus_Steel » Tue Mar 14, 2023 1:26 pm

Not with the guards injured like they were first few months.
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