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mttwlsn16 · Post #1281 » by **mttwlsn16** » Fri Jan 17, 2014 8:05 pm

okpistolpete wrote:Sports Center: Crazy Stat of the Day: Lakers and Celtics will meet tonight with the worst combined win % (.354) in series HISTORY. (via @EliasSports) Twitter

Hope rondo takes them to school

Angel strike1 · Post #1282 » by **Angel strike1** » Sat Jan 18, 2014 12:20 am

He will. He is making his comeback this game for reason

mttwlsn16 · Post #1283 » by **mttwlsn16** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 6:28 pm

FREE LEAGUE PASS TIL JAN 26 FYI

azncorruptedo17 · Post #1284 » by **azncorruptedo17** » Tue Jan 21, 2014 4:09 pm

anyone see the buzzer beater by the bulls on the lakers last night? weeeeee lol

Post #1285 » by **mkwest** » Wed Jan 22, 2014 8:09 pm

[tweet]https://twitter.com/sportando/status/426018294286790656[/tweet]

:nod:

TheNewEra · Post #1286 » by **TheNewEra** » Wed Jan 29, 2014 5:58 am

Spurs, Warriors and Blazers lose that was interesting.

mttwlsn16 · Post #1287 » by **mttwlsn16** » Wed Jan 29, 2014 6:26 am

TheNewEra wrote:Spurs, Warriors and Blazers lose that was interesting.

We are slowly climbing closer to a top 3 seed. Would love to see us grab one

Watch Memphis make a run w gasol back and we somehow get a 3rd straight first rd matchup w them haha

Post #1288 » by **QRich3** » Wed Jan 29, 2014 10:45 am

Memphis scares the sh*t out of me, they're playing great and got back to being the elite defensive team they've been the past few years. They are the 3rd best defense since the beggining of the year and this year they have Lee and Miller who can shoot from outside without hurting their defense too much. Johnson has been awesome for them as well.

They are very likely to upset whoever they face in the 1st round, and it kind of frightens me that we are getting closer to the 2nd seed just while they're getting near that 7th :-?

Angel strike1 · Post #1289 » by **Angel strike1** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 5:13 am

Don't worry we won't get top 2.

3-4 is likely spot .

On other hand they can get to 5-6;(

mttwlsn16 · Post #1290 » by **mttwlsn16** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 5:15 am

F the pedobears I hope they miss the playoffs. And if they make it I hope we get them and destroy them. They're hot right now. Whoop dee doo.

Post #1291 » by **QRich3** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 11:44 am

Yeah I actually wanted to say we can get the 3rd and they can get the 6th seed, but with the way the Spurs and Blazers are free falling, I wouldn't be surprised if we end 2nd.

I definitely want to play them but not in the 1st round. My ideal bracket is playing the Warriors or the Rockets in the 1st round, the Grizzlies in the 2nd, and the Thunder in the WCF. I am confident we can get all the way there if that's the path and everyone's healthy and peaking at the right time.

okpistolpete · Post #1292 » by **okpistolpete** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 5:55 pm

Anthony Davis, Michael Carter-Williams, Trey Burke, Bradley Beal, Harrison Barnes, Pero Antic, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Steven Adams, Andrew Drummond, Tim Hardaway Jr., Terrence Jones, Damian Lillard, Victor Oladipo, Kelly Olynyk, Mason Plumlee, Jared Sullinger, Jonas Valanciunas and Dion Waiters have been named to the Rising Stars Challenge.

That has to be the worst crop of players for this game ever. Apart from Davis, Lillard, and Drummond I'd be surprised if anyone else here ever becomes an all-star. I like MCW, Beal, Barnes, Oladipo, and Burke, but this game doesn't touch previous ones.

2013 had Lillard, Davis, Drummond, Beal, Kyrie Irving, Klay Thompson, Kemba Walker, Isaiah Thomas, Ricky Rubio, Kawhi Leonard, Kenneth Faried, Chandler Parsons...

2012 had Blake, Cousins, Paul George, John Wall, Greg Monroe, Rubio, Favors, Lin, Evan Turner...

2011 was a great one. Blake, Wall, Bled, Cousins, Monroe, Gary Neal, Favors on one team and Steph Curry, Harden, Ibaka, Jrue Holiday, Tyreke Evans, DeRozan, Wesley Matthews on the other.

Post #1293 » by **mkwest** » Sun Feb 2, 2014 10:41 pm

[tweet]https://twitter.com/LACLIPCAST/status/430101972075560960[/tweet]

[tweet]https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/430107912573157376[/tweet]

adiedanny · Post #1294 » by **adiedanny** » Sun Feb 2, 2014 10:56 pm

mkwest wrote:[tweet]https://twitter.com/LACLIPCAST/status/430101972075560960[/tweet]

[tweet]https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/430107912573157376[/tweet]

Its already up. I read with the trade they are only 3M away from avoiding the Lux tax.

mttwlsn16 · Post #1295 » by **mttwlsn16** » Sun Feb 2, 2014 11:10 pm

Nice addition for PHX

Angel strike1 · Post #1296 » by **Angel strike1** » Thu Feb 6, 2014 11:59 pm

Ranma · Post #1297 » by **Ranma** » Sat Feb 8, 2014 7:53 am

[tweet]https://twitter.com/ArashMarkazi/status/431905452796817408[/tweet]

Ranma · Post #1298 » by **Ranma** » Sat Feb 8, 2014 9:19 pm

The contrast between Sam Presti and Chris Grant is striking. Yes, luck plays a part in drafting well particularly with draft years, but so does competence in making the most out of situations. Presti made the most out of his draft picks while Grant has been a colossal failure despite being gifted with the Kyrie Irving pick. Another key point that's been missed is the development of those draft picks, which this SI article below captures perfectly. A good read and one I hope Doc Rivers takes to heart.

Ian Thomsen, Sports Illustrated (2/7/14)

So many teams that are rebuilding through the draft think of their losing years as a lost time that must be suffered like a plague. For Presti and Brooks in Oklahoma City, for Larry Bird and his coaches at Indiana, and for other teams that have built up through the draft, the years of losing are not a waste of time. They become years of investment, during which the GM and coach establish, under stress, how they will behave when they are on top of the league.

It is the secret of rebuilding. If they don't focus on their daily work as if they're winning already, then they never will win.

The approach of Brooks when his team was 3-29 is the same as his approach now that they're pursuing a second NBA Finals in three years. Jackson and Lamb and rookie Steven Adams are benefiting from the same daily regimen of intensive work that made stars out of Westbrook and Harden when few saw the potential in them.

How Grant, Cavs botched the Thunder's blueprint

Post #1299 » by **mkwest** » Wed Feb 12, 2014 6:47 am

Portland and Phoenix both lost tonight. Only 1 game behind Portland with a meeting tomorrow. A win ties up the season series and our division leader status would give us the tiebreaker for 3rd place. That would be really nice to have that entering into the break.

mttwlsn16 · Post #1300 » by **mttwlsn16** » Wed Feb 12, 2014 9:22 am

mkwest wrote:Portland and Phoenix both lost tonight. Only 1 game behind Portland with a meeting tomorrow. A win ties up the season series and our division leader status would give us the tiebreaker for 3rd place. That would be really nice to have that entering into the break.

Yup wasn't sure who I was routing for but we can easier catch Blazers so glad OKC won. Hope we win tomorrow

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