wld love to see cp3 n blake go ham this playoffs / am now a clippers fan just to spite all the h8rs itt
― lag∞n, Monday, 30 March 2015 15:35 (nine years ago) link
you guys are slanting the odds way too heavily in favor of the best teams in the west imo
― J0rdan S., Monday, 30 March 2015 15:36 (nine years ago) link
hollinger's odds have clippers as a more likely west finals participant than the spurs btw
― J0rdan S., Monday, 30 March 2015 15:37 (nine years ago) link
yeah i feel like the spurs have been doing their thing playing well recently but theres a lot of time all sorts of things can happen
― lag∞n, Monday, 30 March 2015 15:38 (nine years ago) link
houston could win two rounds too
― J0rdan S., Monday, 30 March 2015 15:38 (nine years ago) link
lotta good teams out west
― lag∞n, Monday, 30 March 2015 15:39 (nine years ago) link
only one i feel like has a real advantage is DUBS tbh
― lag∞n, Monday, 30 March 2015 15:40 (nine years ago) link
i would 100% pick the warriors but saying the nba is a 4 team league at the very least puts way too much faith in the spurs imo
― J0rdan S., Monday, 30 March 2015 15:41 (nine years ago) link
agreed
― lag∞n, Monday, 30 March 2015 15:42 (nine years ago) link
also no eastern team has a chance so just forget abt cleve/hawks imho
every team shits the bed in the playoffs until the year that they don'tCome on, man
― Matt Armstrong, Monday, March 30, 2015 12:40 AM (11 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
you know what team can't win in the playoffs? the spurs. what kind of team with championship potential loses a first round series to the grizzlies? remember when they were 30 seconds from a title and kawhi shit his pants at the FT line and then they couldn't box out chris bosh, the guy who averaged 7 rebounds a game? except...all the times they didn't choke
you know who can't perform in the clutch? lebron. what kind of alpha dog gets swept his first finals appearance and then plays his worst basketball since his rookie year the next time he gets back there? until...he started winning rings
paul's teams have not done much in the playoffs but they've generally been lower seeded so it's not exactly shocking. and yeah, you look at their roster and you don't believe they are a real contender, but then you realize they have the best offense in the league and the 2nd best point differential. they have as good a shot as anyone. their roster certainly isn't worse than houston's, and somehow that team is the 2 seed right now
― k3vin k., Monday, 30 March 2015 15:57 (nine years ago) link
― J0rdan S., Monday, March 30, 2015 11:41 AM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
hollinger's odds don't take into account the fact that the spurs were beat up most of the year tho
houston obv on paper has as good a shot as anyone but i just have this gut feeling that they don't have enough talent to win more than 1 series. i mean they'll smoke the thunder or the mavs or whatever but i can't see them ever beating the warriors
― k3vin k., Monday, 30 March 2015 16:02 (nine years ago) link
Tom Haberstroh @tomhaberstroh 1m1 minute agoShooting since All-Star: Russ: .416/.320/.870 Harden: .393/.328/.859Steph: .485/.509/.963CP: .517/.410/.903
― lag∞n, Monday, 30 March 2015 16:32 (nine years ago) link
i know ive said this a million times but harden dominating the ball too much is imo a problem for houston in the playoffs, you need more sharing to get past prepared quality defnses
― lag∞n, Monday, 30 March 2015 16:35 (nine years ago) link
heard Morey on a podcast from yesterday and he was claiming that hardens reliance on FT isn't a liability in tightly called playoff series because he is the best at beating his man and getting to the basket. seems like a rosy interp of his skills, and i am still totally unconvinced that houston is anything but a strong reg season team that is entirely dependent on possibly an outlier yr for harden. i dont buy dwight as a worthwhile contributor except on the defensive end and with Beverly out you're basically depending on harden to will the team to success which i don't feel like is reasonable in a seven game series against a competent WC team
― head clowning instructor (art), Monday, 30 March 2015 16:44 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/bhgxHGD.jpg
I went one year without thinking about bron's fucked up foot
― 龜, Monday, 30 March 2015 17:04 (nine years ago) link
its crazy how an elite athlete can have such a messed up foot
― lag∞n, Monday, 30 March 2015 17:05 (nine years ago) link
Probably is because he uses PEDs
― 龜, Monday, 30 March 2015 17:07 (nine years ago) link
maybe somehow that's the key to healthy feet/ankles all these years
― #wegonnabechampionship (Spottie), Monday, 30 March 2015 17:09 (nine years ago) link
nikes squeeze your foot #staywoke
― J0rdan S., Monday, 30 March 2015 17:14 (nine years ago) link
JFC @ Bron's gnarled foot.
― A-Hanisi Coates (Leee), Monday, 30 March 2015 17:17 (nine years ago) link
*barf*
― Nhex, Monday, 30 March 2015 18:17 (nine years ago) link
so the rockets are probably done as a contender now
― k3vin k., Monday, 30 March 2015 18:19 (nine years ago) link
wtf kind of dark elf casted Cripple Limb on bron?
― Clay, Monday, 30 March 2015 18:21 (nine years ago) link
wha happened
― lag∞n, Monday, 30 March 2015 18:22 (nine years ago) link
feel like they could maybe weather the beverley thing if dwight comes back and fortifies the back line and they can find a few guys to make shots off the ball but yeah it's not promising
― J0rdan S., Monday, 30 March 2015 18:23 (nine years ago) link
like the warriors could weather an injury to one of their secondary guys but the rockets are already so thin as it is
― k3vin k., Monday, 30 March 2015 18:26 (nine years ago) link
Maybe your estimate of the team with the better record not having a superior roster is incorrect.
― Matt Armstrong, Monday, 30 March 2015 18:31 (nine years ago) link
As for all teams crashing in the playoffs until they don't, tell that to the KG Timberwolves, the Payton Sonics etc etc
― Matt Armstrong, Monday, 30 March 2015 18:46 (nine years ago) link
peyton made it to the finals
― lag∞n, Monday, 30 March 2015 18:47 (nine years ago) link
i think they're pretty comparable, and now that beverly's out i like the clips xxp
― k3vin k., Monday, 30 March 2015 18:47 (nine years ago) link
the point is you can't say there's something inherent to paul's game that's keeping his teams out of the finals. if it happens it happens, if it doesn't it doesn't. it's certainly not his fault
― k3vin k., Monday, 30 March 2015 18:48 (nine years ago) link
i mean if paul had the good fortune to play in the eastern conference how many finals appearances does he have right now?
― k3vin k., Monday, 30 March 2015 18:49 (nine years ago) link
fun exercise: go count all the 50-win teams lebron's beaten in the playoffs. it won't take long
Oh sure Paul's awesome and all that, but some teams crash and burn a lot in the playoffs a lot for real reasons such as being coached by George Karl
― Matt Armstrong, Monday, 30 March 2015 18:50 (nine years ago) link
haha :(
― k3vin k., Monday, 30 March 2015 18:50 (nine years ago) link
Btw I ate at chili's last night and I feel terrible
― Matt Armstrong, Monday, 30 March 2015 18:51 (nine years ago) link
I feel like there's something wrong with mid-tier casual dining chains, a decline in the twilight of American empire
― Matt Armstrong, Monday, 30 March 2015 18:52 (nine years ago) link
I agree
― 龜, Monday, 30 March 2015 18:53 (nine years ago) link
so overpriced too
― lag∞n, Monday, 30 March 2015 19:01 (nine years ago) link
i bet if u check his records at the juice college, his senior thesis is "like, what would happen if you put all your juice into ONE dude?: theoretical and empirical models of team juice distribution"
― brosario nawson (m bison), Sunday, March 29, 2015 11:23 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Lol thank u
― juice college (agent hibachi), Monday, 30 March 2015 19:04 (nine years ago) link
ya lol
― lag∞n, Monday, 30 March 2015 19:07 (nine years ago) link
oh yeah that post was basically too good
― Clay, Monday, 30 March 2015 19:19 (nine years ago) link
yeah v good
― #wegonnabechampionship (Spottie), Monday, 30 March 2015 19:19 (nine years ago) link
Is that what juco means?
― A-Hanisi Coates (Leee), Monday, 30 March 2015 20:30 (nine years ago) link
Thx friends
Also:
hollinger's odds have clippers as a more likely west finals participant than the spurs btw― J0rdan S., Monday, March 30, 2015 10:37 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Hollinger got fired from the grizzlies and now they're a home court team in th west IDGAFFFFFFFF
― brosario nawson (m bison), Monday, 30 March 2015 20:31 (nine years ago) link
i think he still works there
― lag∞n, Monday, 30 March 2015 20:32 (nine years ago) link
usain bolts feet, linked not embedded because ughhttp://i.imgur.com/aURQcnm.jpg
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Monday, 30 March 2015 20:32 (nine years ago) link
Haha hahahaaaaaaaaa so he does
Xp
Point still stands: friggin nerds
― brosario nawson (m bison), Monday, 30 March 2015 21:02 (nine years ago) link
I basically do not trust any statistical metric that had the clippers ahead of the spurs, fight me