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Pharaoh · Post #1561 » by **Pharaoh** » Sun Nov 5, 2017 6:09 am

ElectricMayhem wrote:The big fear right now is that Cleveland is only one game out of the seventh seed. If they manage to slip in, with IT back, they can give us much more headaches than we need in the first round - could even take us to 6 or 7 games.

Well played

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zeebneeb · Post #1562 » by **zeebneeb** » Sun Nov 5, 2017 9:19 pm

Man the Clippers look brutal. I wonder if some players are going to be on the move soon...

MotownMadness · Post #1563 » by **MotownMadness** » Sun Nov 5, 2017 9:43 pm

zeebneeb wrote:Man the Clippers look brutal. I wonder if some players are going to be on the move soon...

We were the ones who put them on a decline after their hot start last year two. They were like 13-2 or some crap and fell after we beat them lol

bstein14 · Post #1564 » by **bstein14** » Sun Nov 5, 2017 10:45 pm

Cavs just lost to the Hawks, who are my pick for least talented team in the NBA. The Hawks only played 9 players including the following:
Starters
Taurean Prince
Luke Babbit
Dewayne Dedmon
Kent Bazemore
Dennis Schroder
Bench
John Collins
Marco Bellenelli
Isiah Taylor
Tyler Cavanaugh

I'm guessing even most hard core NBA guys don't know who half these players are.

tmorgan · Post #1565 » by **tmorgan** » Mon Nov 6, 2017 1:05 am

Derrick Rose is a bad player. Kevin Love is playing poorly. JR Smith can't shoot right now. Wade finally did something today, but has struggled finding a role. Crowder doesn't seem to want to touch the ball with LeBron around. Korver is shooting well but got old and can't guard anyone. In fact, most of their roster can't guard anyone, and the few that can aren't playing well offensively.

Basically, unless LeBron carries everyone (v Knicks, for example), they suck. It's pretty hilarious.

They need TT back for energy, and IT back for non-LeBron shot creation. Even when they return, this team might be cooked to the point that just making the playoffs and trying to make a run with the vets once they're there is the real goal. We can realistically win more games than the Cavs, so avoiding them in the first round is important.

BadMofoPimp · Post #1566 » by **BadMofoPimp** » Mon Nov 6, 2017 2:39 am

bstein14 wrote:Cavs just lost to the Hawks, who are my pick for least talented team in the NBA. The Hawks only played 9 players including the following:
Starters
Taurean Prince
Luke Babbit
Dewayne Dedmon
Kent Bazemore
Dennis Schroder
Bench
John Collins
Marco Bellenelli
Isiah Taylor
Tyler Cavanaugh

I'm guessing even most hard core NBA guys don't know who half these players are.

I actually know all fairly well except Taylor and Cavanaugh.

MrBigShot · Post #1567 » by **MrBigShot** » Mon Nov 6, 2017 3:11 am

Porzingis is something else man. What a talent.

DetroitPistons · Post #1568 » by **DetroitPistons** » Mon Nov 6, 2017 4:45 am

zeebneeb wrote:Man the Clippers look brutal. I wonder if some players are going to be on the move soon...

If the Clippers ever decide to blow up, Blake Griffin to DET is my dream scenario

MotownMadness · Post #1569 » by **MotownMadness** » Mon Nov 6, 2017 4:58 am

DetroitPistons wrote:
zeebneeb wrote:Man the Clippers look brutal. I wonder if some players are going to be on the move soon...

If the Clippers ever decide to blow up, Blake Griffin to DET is my dream scenario

Patrick Beverley, imagine running stop 4th qtr defensive stops with Beverley, Bradley, Johnson and Drummond

zeebneeb · Post #1570 » by **zeebneeb** » Mon Nov 6, 2017 2:20 pm

MotownMadness wrote:
DetroitPistons wrote:
zeebneeb wrote:Man the Clippers look brutal. I wonder if some players are going to be on the move soon...

If the Clippers ever decide to blow up, Blake Griffin to DET is my dream scenario

Patrick Beverley, imagine running stop 4th qtr defensive stops with Beverley, Bradley, Johnson and Drummond

Yeah Beverly is a pitbull no doubt about it.

Harris has been a monster this year for sure but there are a few guys around the league I would move him for without blinking and if the Clip are gonna blow things up this year Harris+picks+prospects is a very tempting offer as his contract is nice indeed. Dream, but Blake next to Drummond would be nutty.

Bakuto · Post #1571 » by **Bakuto** » Mon Nov 6, 2017 2:42 pm

Every time I see Harden going off I remember when I used to read Langlois's mailbag, I read once that he said something like Detroit would never trade Monroe for Harden. :lol:

hoophabit · Post #1572 » by **hoophabit** » Tue Nov 7, 2017 1:48 am

Bakuto wrote:Every time I see Harden going off I remember when I used to read Langlois's mailbag, I read once that he said something like Detroit would never trade Monroe for Harden.

Yeah, and they could have drafted Giannis rather than KCP. I’m assuming this was when Monroe was our young starting center? I don’t recall this myself, but ‘hindsight is 20/20.’ We’re all idiots by that standard.

Bakuto · Post #1573 » by **Bakuto** » Tue Nov 7, 2017 3:06 am

hoophabit wrote:
Bakuto wrote:Every time I see Harden going off I remember when I used to read Langlois's mailbag, I read once that he said something like Detroit would never trade Monroe for Harden.

Yeah, and they could have drafted Giannis rather than KCP. I’m assuming this was when Monroe was our young starting center? I don’t recall this myself, but ‘hindsight is 20/20.’ We’re all idiots by that standard.

Yeah I actually think it was at the beginning of Knight's rookie year, and it was just a response to some dude's mailbag question. I dunno, I definitely would have traded Moose for Harden at that time. I never thought all that highly of him though.

vege · Post #1574 » by **vege** » Thu Nov 9, 2017 3:43 am

Baynes with 21 and 8 for Boston, they needed him without Al Horford and he did amazing. KCP on the other hand was very inneficient, I watched most of the 4th quarter and he was bad and seems frustrated. Iso Morris had some great moments as well.

Boston played without Horford and Hayward and Tatum barelly played and they're still a great team, I was impressed with Theis and Baynes

mattao313 · Post #1575 » by **mattao313** » Thu Nov 9, 2017 3:51 am

vege wrote:Baynes with 21 and 8 for Boston, they needed him without Al Horford and he did amazing. KCP on the other hand was very inneficient, I watched most of the 4th quarter and he was bad and seems frustrated. Iso Morris had some great moments as well.

Boston played without Horford and Hayward and Tatum barelly played and they're still a great team, I was impressed with Theis and Baynes

Baynes is a good player really good off the bench idk why so many disliked him.

Pharaoh · Post #1576 » by **Pharaoh** » Thu Nov 9, 2017 4:20 am

mattao313 wrote:
vege wrote:Baynes with 21 and 8 for Boston, they needed him without Al Horford and he did amazing. KCP on the other hand was very inneficient, I watched most of the 4th quarter and he was bad and seems frustrated. Iso Morris had some great moments as well.

Boston played without Horford and Hayward and Tatum barelly played and they're still a great team, I was impressed with Theis and Baynes

Baynes is a good player really good off the bench idk why so many disliked him.

Guys like Baynes are always underappreciated though.

Yeah he'll have the occasional nice boxscore but 99% of the time a metric **** tonne of people wouldn't have a clue what he's praised for.

1 - that's really sad

2 - it's the nature of the beast unfortunately

It's not even casual fans v hardcore fans either - I guess it comes down to how you envision how the game should be played

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Bakuto · Post #1577 » by **Bakuto** » Fri Nov 10, 2017 1:39 am

Watching Rockets/Cavs right now. So glad SVG didnt go after Ryan Anderson. Oh my lord is his defense pathetic.

Gant · Post #1578 » by **Gant** » Fri Nov 10, 2017 10:02 pm

vege wrote:Baynes with 21 and 8 for Boston, they needed him without Al Horford and he did amazing. KCP on the other hand was very inneficient, I watched most of the 4th quarter and he was bad and seems frustrated. Iso Morris had some great moments as well.

Boston played without Horford and Hayward, and Tatum barely played and they're still a great team, I was impressed with Theis and Baynes

The Celtics were soft at the big man spots last year. Baynes (and Theis too) have given them a toughness and defensive power that they lacked with Amir Johnson, Olynyk, and Zeller. It's really changed the team, much in the way Bradley has injected his infectious energy into the Pistons.

Baynes has also made Horford better by freeing him up to roam wider on D, and not having to cover the league's giants.

(Morris also looks like he'll help, though he's just getting started after missing the pre and early season.)

DetroitPistons · Post #1579 » by **DetroitPistons** » Sat Nov 11, 2017 4:23 am

What an annoying day of basketball. Aside from the Pistons win every team we wanted to lose won :roll:

DetroitPistons · Post #1580 » by **DetroitPistons** » Sat Nov 11, 2017 5:08 am

Clippers lose again. That's 4 losses in a row. If they continue to free fall, Griffin gets disgruntled, and they want to blow it up I would love to make an offer for him. Harris/Ellenson/Marjanovic/2 first rounders for Griffin. Throw in Kennard if need be.

Jackson/Smith
Bradley/Galloway
Johnson/Bullock
Griffin/Tolliver
Drummond/Moreland

That's the best team in the East