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Discussion in 'Portland Trail Blazers' started by Strenuus, Jan 1, 2017.

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    jlprk The ESPN mod is insane.

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    Wow, why is that so surprising for Artest to say? Barkley IS terribly overrated. He was a selfish loser. And Roy WAS just as good as Kobe that year.
     
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    That was awesome!!!

    Marv: You mean Roy is better than Kobe?
    Ron: "He is the best player I played against. Well there was this kid down the block, 15-16 year old. He went to jail for a couple years, he was te best. But other than him Roy is the best player Ive played against."
     
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    I thought the NBA had a 5 second back to the basket rule or something like that ???
     
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    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    SIeepwalker The lone sane poster

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    I've seen it called against the blazers actually this year... I think
    But I don't get how you can't call it here it's really obvious he's doing it for too long
    I mean the whole knicks bench was screaming for it
     
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    I have major roster envy when it comes to the Bucks..
     
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    Read this today, thought it was great
     
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    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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    First time I got to see them this year. Giannis is a force of nature.
     
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    Barkley was like Elvis....50s black leather Elvis was awesome....Kung Fu sequin cape Hostess Twinkee eating Nixon loving Elvis in Vegas was pathetic....it's all in the landscape
     
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    Watching the Clipper-Kings game. Cousins is great on offense, but my god he is so slow on defense. I don't care what his stats say.... the same shit we say about Leonard....you can say about Cousins. He is slow to react and has no clue where the ball is. He is a mental midget.

    Oh and Bill Schooner continues to suck. Called a kicked ball late in the game when the ball was clearly deflected by CP3's hand. Wasn't even close. Instead of a steal, the kings got it back and hit a 3 to make it close at the end. Nice to see the refs suck in other games other than ours.

    Kings start a tough home schedule and then a lot of road games. We will pass them for sure.
     
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    SIeepwalker The lone sane poster

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    Oh come on
    Leonard sucks at everything except shooting the 3. Well most of the time he sucks at that too
    DMC is an offensive monster
     
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    I was strictly talking about defense. I started out by saying Cousins was great on offense. But if you watched him play tonight on D he was lost most of the time. He looks over weight and was very slow to react to players attacking the basket.
     
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    I love his confidence on the floor. Also, the Bucks have like 6 dudes who look like KD body wise lol
     
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    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    I hate the fact that NY fell ass backwards into Porzingis. That franchise doesn't deserve him.



    Him going against Giannis is an awesome matchup
     
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    Porzingis and Giannis are absolute joy to watch.
     
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    Grit'n'grind beats pace'n'space:

    Conley making everyone forget about that Aaron Harrison guy...
     
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    I remember when people were talking about Antetokounmpo before the draft, I read a scout say "people keep comparing him to Batum - he'll never be that good".
    Sigh.
    The 2013 draft:
    1. Cavaliers Anthony Bennett PF
    2. Magic Victor Oladipo SG
    3. Wizards Otto Porter SF
    4. Bobcats Cody Zeller PF
    5. Suns Alex Len C
    6. Pelicans Nerlens Noel C
    7. Kings Ben McLemore SG
    8. Pistons Kentavious Caldwell-Pope SG
    9. Timberwolves Trey Burke PG
    10. Trail Blazers C.J. McCollum PG
    11. 76ers Michael Carter-Williams PG
    12. Thunder Steven Adams C
    13. Mavericks Kelly Olynyk PF
    14. Jazz Shabazz Muhammad SF
    15. Bucks Giannis Antetokounmpo SF

    Boy, if anyone says Oden was the worst #1 pick ever, just smack them with a printout of this.
     
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    I love how terrible Kings are with their picks. I went through their last 5 years of selections and all were appalingly terrible. Even when they hit a jackpot with Thomas af 60 they traded him for Thornton and a pick (which turned into nothing more than Papagiannis I think) and never had a point guard as good since.

    Stauskas (ahead of LaVine, Warren and Nurkic)
    Robinson (ahead of Lillard, Drummond, Barnes)
    Cauley Stein (ahead of Booker, Myles Turner and Winslow)
    Biyombo (ahead of Klay Thompson, Butler, Kawhi Leonard and Kemba Walker :lol:)
    McLemore (ahead of McCollum, Gobert, Antetokounmpo and Adams)
     
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