we need to sign harrison barnes, whiteside, and delladova. then we should try to trade for brandon ingram, sabonis, or gary payton 2 in the draft. any of those will give us immediate impact right. i like ingram cause he is literally the next KD. Sabonis can dominate on offense with his post moves which we desperately need. GP2 will give a defense player with ever improving offense game. dame/delly/(gp2) barnes/cj aminu/crabbe/(ingram) harkless/davis/vonleh whiteside/legend/(sabonis) we need to get rid of plumlee cause he is not going to improve. and he is not good at anything beside maybe rebounding. anyway this team would be unstoppable
Ingram will cost CJ at the very least, with probably more thrown in. Hell, some teams would want Lillard.
Let's not forget that the clips gave up a 3-1 lead last year....but yeah it was a good run for us this year.
After the play was dead no less... yes, that one was very bad. I don't think he was trying to injure Dame but my heart stopped for a second.
As a team you can't let them out physical you to the point they take you out of your game. Someone has to step up and get in someone face or hard foul. The problem is we just one player to this and that's Kaman. If I was CJ I would told Rivers to fuck off when he was talking to him or if he got to close elbow in the face. Believe me Rivers always was punk as player.
Sure. I would contend though that allowing the Clippers to continue to get away with that kind of conduct without reprimand could very possibly affect the outcome of the series.
seeing as how Ingram is a likely top 3 pick, Sabonis top 10 etc I find it hard to see how you intend us to get to that level in the draft, whilst apparently keeping all key assets outside of Plum/Hendo. Or are you suggesting that Plum/Hendo can be converted into a top pick? We may have a decent shot at GP2 as a possible second rounder, but outside of that, how is this all going to happen? but this idea that we can just 'get' ....... Harrison Barnes, Whiteside, Delly, & Ingram needs a little realism & FYI just about every team/fan likes/wants Ingram.
I like ^ team Earlier this season, I felt Whiteside's mental maturity/attitude was bad but it seems as though a talk w/ Shaqass & a good retired center (I forget who it was right now) "got his mind right;" I think I'm now ready to welcome him if we go after him/get him I want Gasol here but don't want to pay crazy $ for him; I agree w/ what you've said ^ & also, I love the idea of what Gasol could teach Vonleh & all our other 4s & 5s!
This what happens when you play soft all year. But you make the referees adjust to your game there not going call everything. But it will show LA that your not going take there crap. But if they going to continue play soft we will be swept that the bottom line.
One thing that comes to mind to me is that the playoffs are important to get a good look at the make up of our team for PLAYOFF BASKETBALL. Which sounds obvious but it is important to remember that the game can be and usually is played very different than the regular season. So I would much rather have made the playoffs this year, even if we get swept and blown out in every game. Because then we can see what we have and make adjustments. Because if we missed the playoffs and got a better pick and made the playoffs the next season then we would still need to evaluate at that time and make adjustments and that pick may not fit at all. So to me that just possibly puts us back 1 year in the process.
This. The playoffs allow us to really negotiate the makeup of our team. It exposes our weakness, emphasizes our strengths, and reveals exactly where we are at and what direction to go in. It is a great tool, especially for a young undervalued, underestimated, overachieving team.
I think we will be fine Game 2. Dame honestly has impressed me this series. He's working his ass off. The guy is getting dbl teamed like crazy and being guarded by one of the best defending PGs the game has and still putting up solid numbers. I just really don't think much of this is a lillard thing. The rest of our team is not talented enough to make the Clips pay for letting us play advantage 4 on 3. Other teams have Draymond/Iggy, Kawhi/LMA, Blake Griffin etc etc. We’ve got Aminu/CJ. I think that those two dudes will shoot better next game, and the trap will be less effective as a result. But if they don’t, there isn’t much Dame himself can really do about it at all.
You know, I was thinking more about the regular foul calls but when I started thinking about the missed technical I came around to your thinking. Dviss pointed out a 2nd play where DeAndre should've been T'd up. That would've gotten him kicked out and would have totally changed the game.
