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Re: GT: Heat @ Nets Jan 10, 8:00PM 

Post#441 » by SpeedyG » Sun Jan 12, 2014 7:06 pm

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I don't understand this type of pessimism. Are you picking apart our losses in the same way? That Knick loss wasn't that bad since Shumpert was on fire and track record shows that doesn't happen often. No, it's a loss. It's done.

Injuries and schedules are a part of the game. We know that better than ANYONE. The fact is - we've beat 4 playoff teams and 1 team desperate to make the playoffs. You can overanalyze and pick apart our wins if you want - but the constants in our wins have been DEFENSE and our new small lineup. Now that we have AK47 and all of our roles settled - we've been playing great basketball. Even without D-Will, who was coming off one of his best games of the year. You called the game sloppy but forgot that Reggie Evans was starting (KG resting) and AK was still on a 10 minute restriction.

We've played well. This isn't our team getting hot or making it rain 3s. This is us playing good solid team defense. Moving the ball. Playing three guys off the bench that can change the game at any time in a major way. If our offense doesn't go ice cold in the 4th, we win this game easy regardless of LBJ's heroics.


It's not pessimism...it's REALISM.

You seriously going to sit there and tell me we've now "arrived" and are a legit playoff contender?


Not a legit playoff contender in the East? :lol: They're currently 7th. Point me to 8 teams clearly better.



LMAO...we're 7th. 7TH! Here's a serious question...everyone healthy (including Deron, certainly no Brook though).

Series to 7....do we beat a healthy Miami?

Do we beat a healthy Pacers?
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Re: GT: Heat @ Nets Jan 10, 8:00PM 

Post#442 » by kerry kittles » Sun Jan 12, 2014 7:12 pm

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It's not pessimism...it's REALISM.

You seriously going to sit there and tell me we've now "arrived" and are a legit playoff contender?


Not a legit playoff contender in the East? :lol: They're currently 7th. Point me to 8 teams clearly better.



LMAO...we're 7th. 7TH! Here's a serious question...everyone healthy (including Deron, certainly no Brook though).

Series to 7....do we beat a healthy Miami?

Do we beat a healthy Pacers?


In my opinion Playoff contender = contending to make the playoffs

Championship contender = contending to win the championship.

We are the former not the later. I don't think we can beat those teams. I certainly believe we can make the playoffs.
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Re: GT: Heat @ Nets Jan 10, 8:00PM 

Post#443 » by Prokorov » Mon Jan 13, 2014 3:31 pm

SpeedyG wrote:Series to 7....do we beat a healthy Miami?

Do we beat a healthy Pacers?


heat, no.

pacers, yes.
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Re: GT: Heat @ Nets Jan 10, 8:00PM 

Post#444 » by SpeedyG » Mon Jan 13, 2014 8:04 pm

kerry kittles wrote:
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Not a legit playoff contender in the East? :lol: They're currently 7th. Point me to 8 teams clearly better.



LMAO...we're 7th. 7TH! Here's a serious question...everyone healthy (including Deron, certainly no Brook though).

Series to 7....do we beat a healthy Miami?

Do we beat a healthy Pacers?


In my opinion Playoff contender = contending to make the playoffs

Championship contender = contending to win the championship.

We are the former not the later. I don't think we can beat those teams. I certainly believe we can make the playoffs.


The person I responded to talked about how the Nets have "arrived". Now, for me...when you say the team has "arrived", it implies that they have reached their "destination". For the Nets, that destination was to be a legit playoff contender...and by that I mean a team who has a legitimate chance of making some noise in the playoffs.

We're not that. That is what I was commenting on. Right now, we're a fringe playoff team...that's it.
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