So is it safe to say its time to lower expectations on this season?

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  1. oldguy

    oldguy Well-Known Member

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    So is it safe to say it's time to RAISE expectations on this season?

    We beat the Bucks by 17. By YOUR definition, a HUGE win.
    Since your post we went 6-1.

    We lost to the Cavs, and the sky didn't fall...and we didn't have a 3 game losing streak.

    Instead we are in the 4th spot, one game behind the 3rd spot. We're pulling away from Utah and fighting Denver for first in our division.

    KG would make the right deal, won't make a deal if it's not right for the team. NO REASON to make a trade, unless it clearly makes the team better. Letting the cake bake isn't such a bad thing.

    The schedule got easier and they are 6-1 since your post....scoreboard!

    Except that we seem to be playing AT LEAST as well, and maybe a little better.

    Yeah, well we didn't loose, and there's little reason to cash in the season at this point. Instead, this team is on the brink of going to the playoffs, don't you think?

    Because he doesn't rush into a trade to make you happy?

    He IS making sure that we make the playoffs. We're on a pace to win 52.
    :sigh: indeed.
    Except that it wasn't.

    Is there some point in this season that you will realize that this team is going to make the playoffs, relax a little and start to enjoy watching these young guys grow into a powerhouse?
     
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  2. MIXUM

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    i love how just cause we beat the hornets wout paul.... everythings fine lol.

    does anyone notice we cant defend the paint? paul and deron killed us and made us look silly. kidds turn next.
     
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    And yet they are on pace for 52.
     
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    Mixum...you are too negative...and I think you know it.
     
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    Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?

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    Plus, people have been telling him that he's too negative for years.
     
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    Roy was at like 10% tonight. But we are deep and this team does not give up. Never say die!!!
     
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    Just need to go 20-15 the rest of the way. I say they do it.
     
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    +1 I'm way into giving a amen
     
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  13. MIXUM

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    the good news...we have 30 wins.

    which means all we need is about 20 more to make the post season. if we can beat the knicks and thunder...it should be a lock
     
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    ah yes, some optimism!
     
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    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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    Wait? What? What's your angle mister?
     
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    How strange, another thread by mixum that has proven to be COMPLETELY false...
     
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    hell hath frozen over... pigs have grown wings perhaps :lol:
     
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    This has been a confidence building stretch, the team proving they can win without their best player, Steve Blake.

    But if Blake misses another week or two...season over.
     
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  19. THE HCP

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    Shit, Kidd can make us look silly all night long if he wants! As long as the results are the same!
     
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