1. "RE: "What if...?" years" In response to Reply # 0
>As of today the Pistons are 25-15 with Reggie Jackson on the >court, and 12-25 without him > >Thats REALLY annoying > >Maybe even more annoying than Josh Nesbitt breaking his arm in >2010 making a damn tackle at VT up 21-7 and in the ACC Coastal >driver seat. > >MAYBE even more annoying than the picked up PI flag against >Dallas in 2014 'offs...maybe. > >But probably not as annoying as Mike Babcock going with Manny >fucking Legace over Chris Osgood in the 2006 playoffs. Thats >a stinger. > >add on
Houston Oilers, every years of my high school life, broke my heart.
And honestly, the loss at home to the Chiefs, after everything they had overcome that season, was possibly worse than the Buffalo debacle.
Warren was before his time. If they had had rules protecting the QB, AT ALL, those Oilers teams would have won multiple titles and it wouldn't have taken 15 more years for the Run-N-Shoot to take over the league (with a new name, and a shotgun formation)
7. "Your memory doesn't serve - it didn't skip over his foot" In response to Reply # 6
He was trying to control the ball by tapping down on it, missed, and then slipped trying to retrieve it. He would have at least gotten to the ball (50/50 at least with Demba Ba) if he doesn't slip
Just a really shitty series of events.
--------------------------------- <--The drought is over
"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS
"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left." -Kobe speaking to investigators
40. "Mets had the bases loaded right after Endy’s catch. " In response to Reply # 11
Josè Valentìn cracks it like he did all year and we romp the rest of the game. Poor Aaron Heilman probably had a solid rest of his career after that, too.
-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.
26. "changes the arc and optics of like 5 HOF careers" In response to Reply # 24
Duncan (probably getting more GOAT talk) Bron (devastating to the legacy) Wade (a whole tier down imo) Manu (bro. WTF.) Allen (2>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>1)
25. "What if Arinze Onuaku doesn’t tear his quad in the 2010 BE Tournament?" In response to Reply # 0
One and done tournaments are always dicey, but Syracuse was the best college basketball team that season.
What if Syracuse didn’t suspend Fab Melo for the 2012 tournament and just played him anyway? NCAA wipes it out anyways if they win - but who cares?
What if Kenny Anderson goes to Syracuse like expected? Kenny, Owens, and Coleman plus Stevie Thompson, Dave Johnson, LeRon Ellis - we might not remember UNLV the same way.
41. "What if the Nets drafted Hakim Warrick?" In response to Reply # 25
He was a much better player for that system than Memphis, he would have been a nice 4th/5th option in that 5 (Kidd, Carter, RJ and Krstic), his backside help skills would have been perfect. Alas.
57. "oh man I didn't know that. That would've been amazing." In response to Reply # 25
>What if Kenny Anderson goes to Syracuse like expected? Kenny, >Owens, and Coleman plus Stevie Thompson, Dave Johnson, LeRon >Ellis - we might not remember UNLV the same way.
70. "RE: oh man I didn't know that. That would've been amazing." In response to Reply # 57 Tue Apr-03-18 03:03 PM by DJR
Yeah, that team was missing a PG but was otherwise loaded with talent. That was the season after Sherman Douglas left and the season before Adrian Autry came.
“I wanted to go to Syracuse University, but my mother went to visit Georgia Tech with me, and on the way home she said: You’re going to Georgia Tech. Coach Cremins will take care of you,” he says in the film.
Couple years later the Nets picked Anderson at #2 over Owens(who went #3) to join Coleman who they’d picked #1 the previous year. Imagine if all 3 had been on the same team in college? Damn.
Marbury was considered likely to go to Cuse too and picked Georgia Tech, but that one didn’t hurt as much since Cuse unexpectedly made it to the title game that season and probably couldn’t have done any better than that with Marbury.
35. "What if Draymond doesn't take the bait and keeps it cool at the end..." In response to Reply # 0
...of Game 4 in '16?
The Warriors probably steamroll the Cavs in Game 5 and win to back-to -back titles. Then what?
Conventional wisdom seems to dictate that they extended Barnes, even though he had a lousy finals.
Do they still opt to go after Durant instead of re-signing Barnes? Durant has said he wouldn't have signed with the Warriors if they had won that year, but who knows.
Let's say KD does re-sign with OKC. They probably battle it out with the Warriors in the conference finals and possibly win. They probably lose to the Cavs in the Finals.
If KD stays, Westbrook probably doesn't re-sign an extension. He probably leaves when he can, like everyone expected him to otherwise.
37. "What if Harbaugh doesn't call three-straight fade passes to Crabtree..." In response to Reply # 0
...when the Niners are at the goal-line at the end of Superbowl XLVII. Like, what if he gives it Gore to try to punch it in? Or calls for a pass to Vernon Davis, who was certainly wide open during fourth down?
Harbaugh finally wins his chip and maybe doesn't keep getting restless and things don't sour between him, the GM, and ownership. Probably changes the course of Kaep's career too.
42. "What if Detroit drafted Carmelo in 2003" In response to Reply # 0
One of the more obvious ones of the past 20 years but still, as a Melo fan, a constant thought.
Larry Brown
Billups / Chucky Atkins Rip / Lindsey Hunter Tayshaun / Darvin Ham Mehmet Okur / Darko Big Ben / Elden Campbell / Darko
What is that team missing (besides Rasheed Wallace and Mike James)? The guy that rather than playing in just 34 games and averaging 4.7mpg in those 34 games played 36mpg across all 82 games of his first NBA season, scoring 21ppg while averaging 6 rebounds and a steal as well. I've really enjoyed Melo's career personally but it hurts a bit thinking about how differently it could have gone if he'd been the sixth piece for a team that was going to win the title despite Darko's bag of dildo presence.
There's always the argument they don't think to make the Sheed trade if they draft Melo, but man...I'd have loved to see that team play.
45. "what if we win Game 6 at home..." In response to Reply # 0
and go to the Finals. I think we would have bodied Cleveland. But, Klay went bonkers from 3 and hit something like 4 threes in a 6 minute span of the 4th quarter. He outscored us in the 4th, while we saved all of our turnovers for the worst possible time. We go to the Finals...win or lose, does KD leave? Who knows.
...I'm from the era when A.I. was the answer, now they think ai is the answer - Marlon Craft
55. "basically like 2/3rds of Caps playoff losses. " In response to Reply # 0
2011: The Great Choke to Montreal, Alex Ovechkin doesn't have his goal waved off with a bullshit call in a game they lost in OT, before eventually losing in 7 games.
2012: Holtby failing to cover and the Rangers tying the game with 6.6 seconds left. (Or if you'd prefer: Joel Ward not taking a high sticking penalty which also led to the goal with 6.6s left)
2015: Mike Green doesn't take back to back penalties versus the Rangers up 1-0 in a Game 7 they lost in OT 2-1.
2016: Mike Weber sweeping the puck directly to an open Penguins player who ends the series with an OT goal.
2017: Ovi's shot to a wide open corner of the net doesn't hit the knob of Fleury's stick (!) in a 1-0 elimination game which they lost 2-0.
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79554 posts
Tue Apr-03-18 11:12 AM
58. "Pirates kept Bonds and traded Andy Van Slyke? " In response to Reply # 0
Bonds moved up a bit like Van Slyke claims he told him before that ball was hit to him vs the Braves?
Sid Bream tripped?
Braves were never in our way?
**************** TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*
auragin_boi Member since Aug 01st 2003 20939 posts
Tue Apr-03-18 01:42 PM
68. "What if Vlade slaps the ball over Horry's head or" In response to Reply # 0
taps it up instead of out?
What if Shaq never left LA (assuming Kobe was being honest, he'd have been a Bull)?
Here's a gooooooooood one:
Here's an actual sentence that was written in a newspaper in 2000:
An NBA source confirmed last night that the Sixers placed another call yesterday to the Toronto Raptors to see if they were willing to part with swingman Tracy McGrady and a No. 1 pick for Hughes.
The Hughes in question would be Larry Hughes, pride of the St. Louis Billikens. At the time, Tracy McGrady wasn't yet the offensive savant he'd become, but the 76ers still showed a little too much chutzpah in trying to find a backcourt partner for Allen Iverson.
In the offseason, McGrady left the Raptors as a free agent and joined the Orlando Magic. The following year would see the 76ers make it to the finals on the back of Allen Iverson's Herculean MVP season. They managed to do it without Larry Hughes, who went to Golden State.
Printer-friendly copy 
Email this topic to a friend
Okay Sports
#/media/File:Firefly.png)
