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PurpleGold · Post #761 » by **PurpleGold** » Fri Dec 30, 2011 4:17 am

Jetset wrote:Boston got blown out by the Hornets. Feels good to see teams in worse positions than us.

No EJ either. Lol.

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mvpkobe · Post #762 » by **mvpkobe** » Fri Dec 30, 2011 8:49 am

Celtics and Mavs are no longer contenders

Doormatt · Post #763 » by **Doormatt** » Fri Dec 30, 2011 12:17 pm

Mavs are still clearly contenders. GTFO with that. Now the Cs do sort of look done, but they're missing PP, so we will see.

PurpleGold · Post #764 » by **PurpleGold** » Fri Dec 30, 2011 6:27 pm

mvpkobe wrote:Celtics and Mavs are no longer contenders

Overreact much?

PurpleGold · Post #765 » by **PurpleGold** » Sat Dec 31, 2011 3:00 am

Doormatt wrote:Mavs are still clearly contenders. GTFO with that. Now the Cs do sort of look done, but they're missing PP, so we will see.

Love the sig btw.

Doormatt · Post #766 » by **Doormatt** » Sat Dec 31, 2011 5:24 am

all credit goes to Ty

bruddahmanmatt · Post #767 » by **bruddahmanmatt** » Sat Dec 31, 2011 5:28 am

So the Clippers are pretty much the '05-'06 Suns + one guy who can block shots.

Doormatt · Post #768 » by **Doormatt** » Sat Dec 31, 2011 5:34 am

except that one guy who can block shots isnt a good defensive player. and i dont think they have the shooters or coach who can produce an all time great offense (statistically THE greatest offense), but yeah, they are similar. butler is a far cry from prime marion as well.

bruddahmanmatt · Post #769 » by **bruddahmanmatt** » Sat Dec 31, 2011 5:37 am

Doormatt wrote:except that one guy who can block shots isnt a good defensive player. and i dont think they have the shooters or coach who can produce an all time great offense (statistically THE greatest offense), but yeah, they are similar. butler is a far cry from prime marion as well.

Agree on Jordan. It's amazing how highlight plays can brainwash an entire fan base. We all know his offense stinks but his post D is God awful, his rebounding is pretty pathetic for a center and the man is a foul machine. I know bigs are all overpaid these days due to a shortage of big bodies in the NBA but I have to wonder if the Clippers will regret giving him all of that money in a year or two.

Doormatt · Post #770 » by **Doormatt** » Sat Dec 31, 2011 5:42 am

whats funny is that the Clippers were actually a better defensive team with Kaman/Smith because they actually played with a sense of discipline and fundamentals. Jordan is just an athlete (a not very intelligent athlete at that) trying to play defense. unfortunately no one has told him that trying to block everything into the 83rd row isnt a good thing.

Post #771 » by **TyCobb** » Sat Dec 31, 2011 5:44 am

Rose doesn't even look like he's trying out there and Paul still can't really do anything on him.

bruddahmanmatt · Post #772 » by **bruddahmanmatt** » Sat Dec 31, 2011 5:44 am

Doormatt wrote:whats funny is that the Clippers were actually a better defensive team with Kaman/Smith because they actually played with a sense of discipline and fundamentals. Jordan is just an athlete (a not very intelligent athlete at that) trying to play defense. unfortunately no one has told him that trying to block everything into the 83rd row isnt a good thing.

If you've ever wondered what Shannon Brown would look like as a center...well...there you have it. lol

Doormatt · Post #773 » by **Doormatt** » Sat Dec 31, 2011 5:50 am

Rose never looks like hes trying though. even when he does a 360 double reverse under the basket layup he doesnt look like hes trying.

Post #774 » by **TyCobb** » Sat Dec 31, 2011 6:04 am

D-Rose with MVP chants in Clippers Center. People thought they took LA over... LOL.

Jetset · Post #775 » by **Jetset** » Sat Dec 31, 2011 6:17 am

Did Rose get MVP chants when we played them?

bruddahmanmatt · Post #776 » by **bruddahmanmatt** » Sat Dec 31, 2011 6:28 am

Jetset wrote:Did Rose get MVP chants when we played them?

No...no way in hell. The hardcore Laker fans in the upper bowl wouldn't have allowed that.

BTW, for those of you with Prime Ticket, major backpedal job going on during the Clippers post-game. Those homeriffic commentators and analysts should come with reverse lights and make a beeping sound with the stuff they're tossing out on the air right now. Talk about a 180 from what they were saying during the preseason and the GSW game.

Jetset · Post #777 » by **Jetset** » Sat Dec 31, 2011 6:39 am

bruddahmanmatt wrote:
Jetset wrote:Did Rose get MVP chants when we played them?

No...no way in hell. The hardcore Laker fans in the upper bowl wouldn't have allowed that.

I didn't think so. Clippers fans making excuses by saying "Oh well, it's LA. A lot of the Chicago fans that were on the Jordan bandwagon are now here".

Optms · Post #778 » by **Optms** » Sat Dec 31, 2011 9:10 am

Rose >>> CP3

DEEP3CL · Post #779 » by **DEEP3CL** » Sun Jan 1, 2012 8:38 am

bruddahmanmatt wrote:So the Clippers are pretty much the '05-'06 Suns + one guy who can block shots.

True, but the Suns would kill you in pick n rolls or pick n pops, this Clipper team only wants to make the highlight play. Teams are slowly exposing the Clippers because Paul's strength is the PnG, but problem is Griffin isn't the shooter David West is.

In fact in watching them, teams are jamming their attempts to run it...forcing CP into one on one situations like you saw against the Bulls.

iamworthy · Post #780 » by **iamworthy** » Sun Jan 1, 2012 6:33 pm

What happened to all the Clipper hype!? I know they will have a good team but the hype was getting out of control in Los Angeles