free the greater plumdog
― slothroprhymes, Wednesday, 11 March 2015 03:11 (nine years ago) link
just started fantasizing about the mavs falling out of the playoffs and brow slipping in, but i think 5 games is way too big a deficit even if the mavs start to tailspin
― Clay, Wednesday, 11 March 2015 03:12 (nine years ago) link
wouldnt be surprised tbh
also...the bottom is gonna drop out on RWB soon, energywise, even if only for a little while, right? like he is destroying his body and that cant be sustainable
― slothroprhymes, Wednesday, 11 March 2015 03:19 (nine years ago) link
he is an alien so probably not
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 11 March 2015 03:28 (nine years ago) link
the cocaine has to run out eventually
― Clay, Wednesday, 11 March 2015 03:41 (nine years ago) link
the mavs trade was still defensible imo at least for the reason kevin said and zach lowe made a good point on the new simmons podcast which is that basically no one gave the mavs a shot to even win like one game vs the spurs last playoffs and then really almost beat them
this situation is obv different and i'd bet on them going out in round 1 but if carlisle got a match up he could work with.......? i don't think they're totally dead in the water
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 11 March 2015 03:43 (nine years ago) link
it's not like the roster is *bad*
i think memphis would prob destroy them but if they caught houston?
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 11 March 2015 03:45 (nine years ago) link
i don't see how you can look at how those 2 teams are playing and think the mavs would have a shot
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 11 March 2015 03:53 (nine years ago) link
i like how indiana has become a weird wildcard late in the season
rodney stucky had 34-6-7 off the bench tonight why
― Clay, Wednesday, 11 March 2015 03:54 (nine years ago) link
the mavs start and give heavy minutes to two guys who absolutely should never even think about scoring and that's really a problem
― Clay, Wednesday, 11 March 2015 03:56 (nine years ago) link
worth noting too the mavs were prob due for some regression being that they had the best all time offense, dont think u can really blame it all on rondo especially when you look at who they traded for him unless u think that wright and nelson were all that was holding them together
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 11 March 2015 03:56 (nine years ago) link
i'm wasn't saying they shouldn't have done the deal, just that it's backfired horribly. agree that regression was probably inevitable and iirc their early schedule wasn't as rough as many in the west.
― Clay, Wednesday, 11 March 2015 03:58 (nine years ago) link
rondo has been terrible dont get me wrong just prob hes only one of many causes of their backsliding
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 11 March 2015 04:00 (nine years ago) link
if kobe bullies the lakers into giving him a big contract i will support that actually
rondo's assits and rebounds have nearly halved in dallas compared to his boston numbers this year, and he's shooting 29.6% from the line as a maverick
― Clay, Wednesday, 11 March 2015 04:06 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/RiQ7lut.png
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 11 March 2015 04:12 (nine years ago) link
Any time you need a laugh tho just look at what the Nets will be paying joe and Daron next year (and Daron for another year after that).http://hoopshype.com/salaries/brooklyn.htm
― Steph def def (Spottie), Tuesday, March 10, 2015 11:00 PM (Yesterday)
they also have to trade 1st rnd picks with the hawks this yr. that's a potentially 20 pick difference.
― Heez, Wednesday, 11 March 2015 04:28 (nine years ago) link
compuserve and i were also at the nets/pelicans game tonight behind the basket.the nets are not a good team. two guys had to be carried off the floor.
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 11 March 2015 04:51 (nine years ago) link
They are miserable.
― Steph def def (Spottie), Wednesday, 11 March 2015 04:56 (nine years ago) link
you should tell compuserve he should post here again, he was a v good poster
― Clay, Wednesday, 11 March 2015 04:57 (nine years ago) link
i will mention.
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 11 March 2015 05:07 (nine years ago) link
wait it was compupost iirc but prob the same dude whatevs
― Clay, Wednesday, 11 March 2015 05:12 (nine years ago) link
er, yeah my bad
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 11 March 2015 05:20 (nine years ago) link
Btw what Westbrook is doing is probably the most incredible thing that has happened in the NBA in the 20 years I've been following it. Were this a sport with more defined methods of measurement the conclusion that he was doping would be inescapable, but it's nice to believe in magic.
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 11 March 2015 07:43 (nine years ago) link
shit maybe russell is the real juiceman
― slothroprhymes, Wednesday, 11 March 2015 11:44 (nine years ago) link
but while that's always a possibility in every sport I don't get why it's an inescapable conclusion.
devils advocate: he does recover from injuries real quick, historically and this season...
― slothroprhymes, Wednesday, 11 March 2015 11:47 (nine years ago) link
Carlisle played Richard Jefferson, Charlie Villanueva, and Rajon Rondo together. And it was incredible.
― Allen (etaeoe), Wednesday, 11 March 2015 11:58 (nine years ago) link
They would be an unbeatable volleyball team.
― Allen (etaeoe), Wednesday, 11 March 2015 11:59 (nine years ago) link
:-(
I want to believe in magic.
― Allen (etaeoe), Wednesday, 11 March 2015 12:01 (nine years ago) link
matt what do you think of my plans for our beautiful white gazelle's career rejuvenation?
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 11 March 2015 13:54 (nine years ago) link
imagine how sad it wld be for everyone if russell got busted for juicemanning
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 11 March 2015 14:51 (nine years ago) link
feel like there shd be some policy of allowing steroid use for recovery, obvs the details wld be hard to work out but still, like if someone had a season ending injury and stopped the steroids months before they returned thatd be okay right
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 11 March 2015 15:04 (nine years ago) link
lakers are an amazing franchise
ESPN Stats & Info @ESPNStatsInfo 3m3 minutes agoLakers eliminated from playoff contention with Pelicans’ win, will miss postseason in consecutive seasons for 2nd time (1974-75, 1975-76)
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 11 March 2015 15:58 (nine years ago) link
amar'e on the mavs
I came here to win, and we're [4 ½] games out of being out of the playoffs, which is unacceptable. This is something we can't accept. We've got to find a way to refocus. We've got to key into the details of the game of basketball.We can't cheat the game. We can't screw around in games and practices and joke around all the time and figure we're going to win games. This is the pros. It's the highest level of basketball. We've got to act that way.
We can't cheat the game. We can't screw around in games and practices and joke around all the time and figure we're going to win games. This is the pros. It's the highest level of basketball. We've got to act that way.
not sure how well this is going to land since he's only been here a couple of weeks, but he's probably not wrong (amar'e would definitely have first hand knowledge of teams with bad work ethics). i never really entertained much hope of ultimate playoff success but the team has fallen off so precipitously. it's a bummer, esp in dirk's twilight yrs (not to say he isn't already cooked as well)
― head clowning instructor (art), Wednesday, 11 March 2015 16:17 (nine years ago) link
they were def playing over their heads earlier in the year like you look at their roster and it just didnt make sense, prob underachieving a bit now tho
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 11 March 2015 16:19 (nine years ago) link
yeah it's def a mix of regression and dysfunction
― head clowning instructor (art), Wednesday, 11 March 2015 16:19 (nine years ago) link
they are much more of a typical 8 seed than okc. hoping for them to slide to the 8 seed anyway
― Steph def def (Spottie), Wednesday, 11 March 2015 16:20 (nine years ago) link
really desperately want BROW in the playoffs and i dont care who has to die to make it happen
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 11 March 2015 16:22 (nine years ago) link
yeah def
― Steph def def (Spottie), Wednesday, 11 March 2015 16:24 (nine years ago) link
can't say i disagree
― head clowning instructor (art), Wednesday, 11 March 2015 16:28 (nine years ago) link
it shd tbh be the mavs, cause we need playoff westb too
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 11 March 2015 16:29 (nine years ago) link
long way to fall tho
KD should sit the year out imo. Let the juiceman ride
― Steph def def (Spottie), Wednesday, 11 March 2015 16:30 (nine years ago) link
otm
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 11 March 2015 16:30 (nine years ago) link
mavs still at 95% in hollingers playoff odds
suns and pelis have rough schedules ahead iirc
― Steph def def (Spottie), Wednesday, 11 March 2015 16:34 (nine years ago) link
mavs have a rough rest of season sched as well. keep that nola hope alive
― head clowning instructor (art), Wednesday, 11 March 2015 16:40 (nine years ago) link
pelicans are inexplicably rolling w like half their roster injured
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 11 March 2015 16:41 (nine years ago) link
yeah love that they kept winning sans brow.
― Steph def def (Spottie), Wednesday, 11 March 2015 16:47 (nine years ago) link
alexis ajinca is p fn good now btw
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 11 March 2015 16:49 (nine years ago) link