I was thinking this everytime they showed his sulking face in the second half... there's a difference between being soft and overly emotional and just being a complete big giant pussy
3. "even if Indy ends up winning this series it's a baddddddd look" In response to Reply # 0
this many competitive (or losing) quarters against a sub .500 8th seed that's missing it's best player starting 2 DLeaguers with Kyle Korver manning your best player? :/
30. "Celtics never trailed in that series and blew them out in games" In response to Reply # 5 Fri Apr-25-14 09:41 AM by Cenario
1 & 2.
-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.
15. "Vogel should just bench Hill/Hibbert & roll w/ CJ/Scola" In response to Reply # 0
Play Hibbert only when Brand is in the game. Also, let Hill play off the ball (he's a shooting guard) & Duck Sauce on the ball (he's mediocre off the ball).
17. "RE: this playoff year is so strange" In response to Reply # 16 Thu Apr-24-14 08:45 PM by FILF
-Indy has chemistry issues -Spurs/OKC have had multiple starting line-ups throughout the season b/c of injuries (esp. Russy/Top5) which is why their offense isn't as sharp as say last season. (I think both OKC/Spurs had the same starting line-up for the whole 82 games last season)
EDIT: Pop run away w/ the COY b/c the Spurs finished w/ the best overall record despite the ever changing starting line-up.
18. "I can't recall a collapse like this." In response to Reply # 16
I feel like the Spurs had one bad game and the Thunder got stuck with a tough matchup since the Grizz would have been a top 4 seed if Gasol hadn't been hurt. They also matchup well with the Thunder.
But Indy's collapse is just amazing. Yes, ATL is a decent matchup despite their shit record but I've never seen a team go from threats to upend the two time champs to "Let's hope this shitshow ends ASAP"
20. "Sheed's Blazers are the closest thing to it" In response to Reply # 18
>But Indy's collapse is just amazing. Yes, ATL is a decent >matchup despite their shit record but I've never seen a team >go from threats to upend the two time champs to "Let's hope >this shitshow ends ASAP"
96-97 Sign Sheed --> Bounced in 1st rd by LAL 97-98 Sign Mighty Mouse/Brian Grant & hire Mike Dunleavy --> Bounced in 1st rd by LAL 98-99 Sign Pippen --> Swept in the WCF by the eventual champs 99-00 Sign Smitty/Bonzi emerges --> Finish w/ the 2nd best overall record-->Reach the WCF again & lose in 7 game to the eventual champs
2000–2003
The Trail Blazers made a series of personnel moves in the 2000 and 2001 off-seasons that failed to produce the desired results. Forward Jermaine O'Neal was traded to the Indiana Pacers for Dale Davis. Brian Grant signed with the Miami Heat, and was replaced with ex-Seattle forward Shawn Kemp. The team started off well, posting the Western Conference's best record through March 2001, and then signed guard Rod Strickland to augment their point guard corps. The move backfired, and the team lost 17 of its remaining 25 games, and was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs (swept by the Los Angeles Lakers). Some in the media began to criticize the team, and Whitsitt, previously proclaimed a genius for his work in both Seattle and Portland, was criticized. A particular criticism was that Whitsitt was attempting to win a title by assembling a roster of stars, without paying attention to team chemistry.
22. "that's clearly on Walsh and bird." In response to Reply # 0
-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.
27. "RE: obviously they should have kept Granger...." In response to Reply # 26 Fri Apr-25-14 01:09 AM by Bombastic
sidenote: Miami fucked up not grabbing Granger the moment the Sixers released him.
He's a vet whose been in playoff wars, knows Indy trade secrets, has an All-Star pedigree but showed willingness to fill a supporting role while not pouting, Battier is done/Ray is on fumes/Jones stinks so he instantly becomes amazingly perhaps the Heat's fourth-best player and easily best swingman option not named Bron or Wade, he can give Lebron a breather by spending some time on guys Bron would get stuck guarding (Durant, Leonard, George) and despite losing something due to injuries is still a great catch-and-shoot guy who if given more minutes might be able to prove himself to be more than that.
>but that trade isn't the reason they are in their current >state.. > >They don't have the fire...aren't playing well as a team... >some key guys aren't well who played very well during last >year's playoff run.. >
I mean I guess not at least not fully but it's more than a little coincidental how they were the top seed in the league before those acquisitions and then under .500 since.
Bynum is a cancer who doesn't like basketball and can't stay on the court if he did.
Turner is a surly guy and selfish player who can't be effective without the ball in his hands which he never was gonna have at the level he did on a lottery team in Philly. His view of his stature in the league is almost clinically delusional. He's also a matador on D despite having size and some athleticism. When I saw him on TV screaming on Scola his second day with the team here after he let his man waltz by him at the top of the key into the paint it was obvious he was going to make them worse although not even he can get the credit for all this. And the Pacers had finally been the one to have Lance Stevenson on the right course but knew how fragile the situation was with him going into free agency, bringing in his potential replacement as a stretch run rental for this postseason was a potential powderkeg without the upside to justify it.
Lavoy is a hustle player who doesn't hustle.
Bird made an effort to show how 'all-in' this year on the one-seed and winning a title but apparently didn't have the pulse of the locker room or realize how fragile their collective psyche was, because to these guys who clearly are having a crises of confidence amongst other things, it might have went over as him not believing they had enough.
>last year they played with the same fire that the Blazers and >the Wizards...and the Hawks are playing with this playoffs.... > I don't think it's got to do with 'fire', more like they imploded then became self-satisfied and become what Lavoy Allen (who arrived with Turner) is describing to folks back home as a 'completely dysfunctional team who all hate each other' from what he's seen since he got there. > >not saying they need to bench hibbard...but they are fortunate >to have another option... > lol, who's the other option you're saying they're fortunate to have?
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