Grunfeld a Great GM. Proves Doubters Wrong

long suffrin' boulez fan · Post #1841 » by **long suffrin' boulez fan** » Tue May 5, 2015 7:31 pm

Ok. I give up. I got spring and Bullets Fever (it happens to me every year), I got Bullets Fever (and this year's the one).

Ernie would have been better than Lewis and Clark at exploring...

He'd have been better than Calamity Jane at Whoring...

and better than Snoopy at snoring.

He plays the sax better than John Coltrane...

He's better in the sack than Madonna...

And his 'stache is better than Tom Selleck's.

tontoz · Post #1842 » by **tontoz** » Tue May 5, 2015 8:29 pm

I heard EG was the best man at this guy's wedding....

Post #1843 » by **TheSecretWeapon** » Wed May 6, 2015 2:37 am

True fact: One day, Ernie Grunfeld broke a mirror over the head of a black cat while stomping to death a spider situated under a ladder on Friday the thirteenth. The next day the Wizards won the draft lottery and the chance to select John Wall.

Post #1844 » by **montestewart** » Wed May 6, 2015 3:57 am

TheSecretWeapon wrote:True fact: One day, Ernie Grunfeld broke a mirror over the head of a black cat while stomping to death a spider situated under a ladder on Friday the thirteenth. The next day the Wizards won the draft lottery and the chance to select John Wall.

Wait, the draft lottery was held on a Saturday?

Post #1845 » by **TheSecretWeapon** » Wed May 6, 2015 10:12 am

montestewart wrote:
TheSecretWeapon wrote:True fact: One day, Ernie Grunfeld broke a mirror over the head of a black cat while stomping to death a spider situated under a ladder on Friday the thirteenth. The next day the Wizards won the draft lottery and the chance to select John Wall.

Wait, the draft lottery was held on a Saturday?

No. Ernie Grunfeld applied his ability to bend the space-time continuum.

Post #1846 » by **montestewart** » Wed May 6, 2015 11:23 am

TheSecretWeapon wrote:
montestewart wrote:
TheSecretWeapon wrote:True fact: One day, Ernie Grunfeld broke a mirror over the head of a black cat while stomping to death a spider situated under a ladder on Friday the thirteenth. The next day the Wizards won the draft lottery and the chance to select John Wall.

Wait, the draft lottery was held on a Saturday?

No. Ernie Grunfeld applied his ability to bend the space-time continuum.

"When life's a bowl of cherries, make lemonade." (From I Call It Lifesketball by Ernie Grunfeld)

long suffrin' boulez fan · Post #1847 » by **long suffrin' boulez fan** » Wed May 6, 2015 12:07 pm

montestewart wrote:
TheSecretWeapon wrote:
montestewart wrote:Wait, the draft lottery was held on a Saturday?

No. Ernie Grunfeld applied his ability to bend the space-time continuum.

"When life's a bowl of cherries, make lemonade." (From I Call It Lifesketball by Ernie Grunfeld)

I was casually glancing at an old NYT Review of Books when I noticed this headline:

"Grunfeld, author of Ulysees, embarks on next task, brokering a two state solution."

We really ought to feel blessed being led by such an incredible renaissance man. I mean, the guy could choose to do anything, or simply hole up in his home, Monticello, and think deep thoughts that change the world.

long suffrin' boulez fan · Post #1848 » by **long suffrin' boulez fan** » Wed May 6, 2015 1:45 pm

... and he's got moves like Jagger

closg00 · Post #1849 » by **closg00** » Wed May 6, 2015 2:29 pm

I knew it, look at how he looks at Ted. This explains everything.... not that I have anything against it

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dc- ... he-finals/

milellie111 · Post #1850 » by **milellie111** » Wed May 6, 2015 5:53 pm

closg00 wrote:I knew it, look at how he looks at Ted. This explains everything.... not that I have anything against it
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dc- ... he-finals/

Link doesn't work

closg00 · Post #1851 » by **closg00** » Wed May 6, 2015 6:20 pm

milellie111 wrote:
closg00 wrote:I knew it, look at how he looks at Ted. This explains everything.... not that I have anything against it
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dc- ... he-finals/

Link doesn't work

Thx, I fixed it.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dc- ... he-finals/

Post #1852 » by **TheSecretWeapon** » Wed May 6, 2015 6:33 pm

closg00 wrote:
milellie111 wrote:
closg00 wrote:I knew it, look at how he looks at Ted. This explains everything.... not that I have anything against it
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dc- ... he-finals/

Link doesn't work

Thx, I fixed it.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dc- ... he-finals/

Stop taking credit where you don't deserve it. You know damn well Ernie Grunfeld fixed it with the power of his mind.

Post #1853 » by **montestewart** » Wed May 6, 2015 7:15 pm

closg00 wrote:
milellie111 wrote:
closg00 wrote:I knew it, look at how he looks at Ted. This explains everything.... not that I have anything against it
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dc- ... he-finals/

Link doesn't work

Thx, I fixed it.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dc- ... he-finals/

Terd looks like a little kid meeting Santa Claus

queridiculo · Post #1854 » by **queridiculo** » Thu May 7, 2015 9:59 pm

More excuses for Ernie, not like Leonsis wasn't going to extend that turd anyway.

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long suffrin' boulez fan · Post #1855 » by **long suffrin' boulez fan** » Thu May 7, 2015 11:44 pm

TheSecretWeapon wrote:
montestewart wrote:
TheSecretWeapon wrote:True fact: One day, Ernie Grunfeld broke a mirror over the head of a black cat while stomping to death a spider situated under a ladder on Friday the thirteenth. The next day the Wizards won the draft lottery and the chance to select John Wall.

Wait, the draft lottery was held on a Saturday?

No. Ernie Grunfeld applied his ability to bend the space-time continuum.

If only this were true. How nice would it be to go back to the trade deadline and pick up Isiaiah Thomas?

milellie111 · Post #1856 » by **milellie111** » Fri May 8, 2015 2:53 am

queridiculo wrote:More excuses for Ernie, not like Leonsis wasn't going to extend that turd anyway.

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No GM can control injuries. R.C Buford couldn't with Parker. Kupchak couldnt with Kobe. Presti couldn't with Durant. Grunfeld should be evaluated based on a fully healthy roster. That roster would most likely have us in the Eastern Conference Finals.

nuposse04 · Post #1857 » by **nuposse04** » Fri May 8, 2015 4:15 am

milellie111 wrote:
queridiculo wrote:More excuses for Ernie, not like Leonsis wasn't going to extend that turd anyway.

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No GM can control injuries. R.C Buford couldn't with Parker. Kupchak couldnt with Kobe. Presti couldn't with Durant. Grunfeld should be evaluated based on a fully healthy roster. That roster would most likely have us in the Eastern Conference Finals.

A good roster has the depth to withstand injuries. Notice how bad the depth the lakers is, how bad it is on the thunder, and really parker was considerably worse all season long for the spurs, they actually had a good enough roster to be one win away from being a number 2 overall seed in the west, even with Parker on the down year. Could EG replicate that? Of course not. Cause he chooses to go with bums like Bynum, Vesely, C. Singleton, Opec, McGee, Young, Webster, Seraphin, and Butler.

now is Wall's injury grunfeld's fault? Of course not, but that lack of depth is about to brutally shine through barring Beal and porter going off (which I hope they do [i'm also holding out hope for a Wall miraculous recovery]).

milellie111 · Post #1858 » by **milellie111** » Tue May 19, 2015 6:46 pm

nuposse04 wrote:
milellie111 wrote:
queridiculo wrote:More excuses for Ernie, not like Leonsis wasn't going to extend that turd anyway.

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No GM can control injuries. R.C Buford couldn't with Parker. Kupchak couldnt with Kobe. Presti couldn't with Durant. Grunfeld should be evaluated based on a fully healthy roster. That roster would most likely have us in the Eastern Conference Finals.

A good roster has the depth to withstand injuries. Notice how bad the depth the lakers is, how bad it is on the thunder, and really parker was considerably worse all season long for the spurs, they actually had a good enough roster to be one win away from being a number 2 overall seed in the west, even with Parker on the down year. Could EG replicate that? Of course not. Cause he chooses to go with bums like Bynum, Vesely, C. Singleton, Opec, McGee, Young, Webster, Seraphin, and Butler.

now is Wall's injury grunfeld's fault? Of course not, but that lack of depth is about to brutally shine through barring Beal and porter going off (which I hope they do [i'm also holding out hope for a Wall miraculous recovery]).

Can't believe you are blaming Grunfeld for losing the series :crazy:

Honestly tell me that Cleavland would be where they are without Lebron. Golden State without Curry. Houston without Harden. Wall is the nucleus and engine of this team, just like the guys I mentioned above is the same for their respective teams. They are all that important. It has nothing to do with the GM and a teams lack of depth. You can have all of the depth you want, but no amount of depth is going to make up for the loss of a star as impactful as Wall. We aren't just talking about scoring either. The other things that Wall does on the court which means so much to the outcome of games.

The Wizards losing the series to Atlanta had nothing to do with Ernie Grunfeld. We lost because of an injury to John Wall. Would you blame Bird for the Pacers season and not competing for a championship even though they lost George?

Post #1859 » by **LyricalRico** » Tue May 19, 2015 7:38 pm

milellie111 wrote:The Wizards losing the series to Atlanta had nothing to do with Ernie Grunfeld. We lost because of an injury to John Wall. Would you blame Bird for the Pacers season and not competing for a championship even though they lost George?

Agree on this. There is absolutely a discussion to be had about the differing opinions on the longterm direction of the team. But THIS year, in THIS East, THIS roster should be in the ECF. And that's even with the head coach misusing the roster at times. If Wall doesn't miss any games, we're the ones opening up in Cleveland tomorrow night.

nuposse04 · Post #1860 » by **nuposse04** » Tue May 19, 2015 10:18 pm

milellie111 wrote:Can't believe you are blaming Grunfeld for losing the series
Honestly tell me that Cleavland would be where they are without Lebron. Golden State without Curry. Houston without Harden. Wall is the nucleus and engine of this team, just like the guys I mentioned above is the same for their respective teams.

Tell me in my quote where I specifically said EG is the reason we lost to ATL?

And since you bring up the others....Wall is awesome, and will root for him to the end, but he isn't as good as those 3....yet

They are all that important. It has nothing to do with the GM and a teams lack of depth. You can have all of the depth you want, but no amount of depth is going to make up for the loss of a star as impactful as Wall. We aren't just talking about scoring either. The other things that Wall does on the court which means so much to the outcome of games.

Tony Parker was fairly bad for his standards this season. Yet the Spurs were still competitive in the west....They were able to do so because they have the depth to do so. Horford, on ATL might be the only player I'd say is better then Wall, yet they still are able to find decent role players on a bench when he's resting during a game via Muscala and Antic. We really don't have that luxury, we have maybe....6 good players on the roster. Wall, Beal, Porter, Hump, Gortat and Sessions. Can't really count on Pierce being back, and Nene is deteriorating.

The Wizards losing the series to Atlanta had nothing to do with Ernie Grunfeld. We lost because of an injury to John Wall. Would you blame Bird for the Pacers season and not competing for a championship even though they lost George?

I think we lost because Budz figured Randy out. ATL's defense looked much better IMO game 4 onward. I don't think a healthy Wall would have improved Nene's rebounding. A healthy Wall wouldn't have kept Gortat from getting food poisoning. Porter stopped hitting 3s the last two games. Guys came down to earth. Wall did everything he could to keep us close, and I commend him for that, but we need a better roster. Because this team only looks good when we don't go more then 8 people deep...And we don't want Randy to run guys into the ground like thibs. So its on EG to actually build a useful regular season roster.

I quite frankly don't have any confidence in that buffoon's ability to do so.