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Post #121 » by **fatlever** » Sat May 13, 2023 5:25 pm

- its up to denver to save the world
- if you believe in nba commish dictating a series to get the best matchups in finals, then lakers vs denver is primed for some fishy officiating. i hope that **** died with stern, but when you have have either lebron/lakers in finals or denver, its tempting to meddle aka lakers/blazers, lakers/kings from late 90s early 2000s. controlling denver is easy, just have joker get called for 2 fouls every 1st q. lakers lead league in fouls drawn so nobody would think its out of ordinary.
- shame on 29 teams for completely missing on reeves. how?
- shame on teams gifting lakers at least 4 rotation guys at deadline in return for lakers trash

Post #122 » by **JDR720** » Sat May 13, 2023 6:20 pm

Denver just need to win at home. The Denver altitude hopefully wears down LeBron and AD.

Braggins · Post #123 » by **Braggins** » Sat May 13, 2023 6:26 pm

I think the Lakers would have won the title last season had they not made the Westbrook trade and simply added Monk/Reaves for their offseason.

Reaves/Caruso
KCP/Monk/Bradley
Lebron/THT
Kuzma/Melo/Gabriel
AD/Howard

That Westbrook trade might be the most schizo move I can remember a team making (trading pick 13 for 27 during last draft is up there).

HornetJail · Post #124 » by **HornetJail** » Sat May 13, 2023 10:56 pm

Monk and Reaves are supposed to heal Anthony Davis and make him play more than 40 games?

SWedd523 · Post #125 » by **SWedd523** » Sun May 14, 2023 2:32 am

Monty Williams, Nick Nurse, and even Budenholzer being available while Cliff is still here on a multi year deal....

-Ian- · Post #126 » by **-Ian-** » Sun May 14, 2023 11:07 am

SWedd523 wrote:Monty Williams, Nick Nurse, and even Budenholzer being available while Cliff is still here on a multi year deal....

Bud will likely take a sabbatical because of his personal loss. Even if we have an opening at the coaching spot, Williams and Nurse would probably exhaust their options before taking a look at Charlotte. Honestly, I don't mind having Clifford for another season. I can't imagine having three different coaches in three seasons will bode well for this young team.

Liver_Pooty · Post #127 » by **Liver_Pooty** » Sun May 14, 2023 5:03 pm

Ja Morant is such an idiot.

Braggins · Post #128 » by **Braggins** » Sun May 14, 2023 7:01 pm

Seeing all these headlines about other teams coaching searches is so depressing lol

SWedd523 wrote:Monty Williams, Nick Nurse, and even Budenholzer being available while Cliff is still here on a multi year deal....

Someone should photoshop Cliffords face onto the picture of Jack Nicholson at the end of The Shining where it shows him as the caretaker of the hotel in a picture from like the 20s. Or I guess it could make more sense to shoop his face onto the coach from a Charlotte team photo from the 90s.

Thats basically how I feel about Clifford at this point. Dude has always been the Charlotte coach and always will be. Hes like a ghost haunting the franchise.

Braggins · Post #129 » by **Braggins** » Sun May 14, 2023 7:03 pm

KEMBAtheMETEOR wrote:Monk and Reaves are supposed to heal Anthony Davis and make him play more than 40 games?

The entire timeline of events would be different and Davis/Lebron wouldn't be in the exact positions in same games to get the same injuries as they did in the real scenario.

Its obviously possible they get different injuries and miss most of the season, but thats just the thing with those guys and I was meaning that if they were healthy they could have won the championship with that roster.

Post #130 » by **fatlever** » Tue May 16, 2023 9:04 pm

most hornet coaching move ever., if Cliff was let go..

we interview bud, monty, nurse, vogel etc... and settle on mark jackson or patrick ewing lol

but we arent firing cliff and i'm ok w/ that (also ok if they do). we need a year of stability more than we need an elite coach. cliff is good enough to get this core to playoffs (if everyone is healthy and miles returns and we dont blow our picks). now, if cliff is deep underwater by end of dec, fine to cut bait.

wilson115 · Post #131 » by **wilson115** » Fri May 19, 2023 11:43 am

Another ex-Hornet doing well. Dumb Celts giving up homecourt advantage in game 1. :noway:

Watch on YouTube

Post #132 » by **Diop** » Sat May 20, 2023 1:49 am

It’s hard not to admire this heat team, who expected them to compete like this? Seriously

Post #133 » by **JDR720** » Sat May 20, 2023 2:25 am

We need to send spies to Miami to figure out what they did to Caleb so we can use it on Cody.

Post #134 » by **Diop** » Sat May 20, 2023 3:53 am

The heat culture is real, the balls on Vincent taking that last clutch shot was amazing

wilson115 · Post #135 » by **wilson115** » Sat May 20, 2023 5:03 am

Jimmy, Bam, and three undrafted guys to close it. Crazy.

Watch on YouTube

amcoolio · Post #136 » by **amcoolio** » Sat May 20, 2023 5:37 am

Erik Spoelstra is one of the greatest coaches of all time

bravor · Post #137 » by **bravor** » Sat May 20, 2023 11:22 am

Yes, his name is already a legend and will remain unforgettable !

Wait...

ps : much <3 to Butler

JMAC3 · Post #138 » by **JMAC3** » Mon May 22, 2023 2:21 am

Mazzula is such a bad coach.

Miami is just making everything difficult on them meanwhile Heat offense is humming and putting every guy in the perfect situation to succeed. Tatum anytime he gets a clear look at the basket is heaving it because Boston literally isn't producing him any good looks or matchups.

LofJ · Post #139 » by **LofJ** » Mon May 22, 2023 3:13 am

Brad Stevens just needs to coach again.

Post #140 » by **JDR720** » Mon May 22, 2023 3:22 am

Zeller and Martin are going to the Finals.

Who would've thought that was ever possible.