First, Durant is too damn good, he's like a 7ft tall MJ, just ridiculous. The NBA really punked Seattle by letting him and the team go, and the Blazers really punked themselves with the handling of GO. Looking forward to watching Sonicsgate tonight to get even more upset. Secondly, had to stop watching the Denver game, too painful. With Andre Miller looking like the most experienced PG in the NBA and feeding it to an attacking Kennith Faried slashing for a dunk, rrough. The announcer proclaimed that "the best thing about Andre Miller is that everyone of his passes either goes to someone making a layup or wide open for three" Had we of kept Dre, we would not be where were at today. We might have been the ones playing the damn Fakers. Andre 12PTS/8REBS/7ASSTS/1STL , as the backup! Manimal 10PTS/8REBS/1BLK against the Fakers big 3 /Pityparty
I don't think most people were happy with the Miller trade. Just stupid. Not only did we end up with Felton, but also Nolan over Faried. STUPID.
Lawson sucked in that game and Miller was the best Nugget. Denver lost by 15, but it would have been by 40 if Lawson had been their only PG. For how many years in a row has Miller bailed out his team from suckatude to respectability? At least two. McMillan destroyed himself opposing Miller, but Quick and PapaG sail on, as confident as ever.
Agreed. Passing on Faried kills me whenever I think about it but I didn't envy the Nuggets today. They took a record-tying beatdown on national network television. A sweep is not out of the question. I still love watching the playoffs because I still believe Dallas can take OKC and LAL out of the playoffs. Last night's loss killed me more than any game all year. Dallas is the better team. They should've won that game. My Knicks better shoe up tomorrow.
funny i thought faried looked a bit overmatched and relatively inefective today, and miller while great at everything else still obviously compromised by lack of range.
Thats how I am. If the Blazers aren't in it, I don't care. If the team moved, I'd probably never watch another NBA game in my life.
Oh big deal, Bynum had 10 blocks. This only goes back to 1986. http://bkref.com/tiny/D0rGC You don't question a former professional writer. He's probably inventing new words as we speak.
Absolutely should have, and you can think the home court referee advantage for that. Mavs had em. Guessing the NBA wants a Spurs/OKC WCF. Either way I'm rooting for Texas. Should it have been "to", instead of "too" as well? Sorry, let my emotions get the best of me.
No, serious? Too is right. Also, why would the league want an OKC/SA WCF? I would think they'd want Lakers/Clippers.
Nah, most people were glad, at least the people who posted on here. Everyone was complaining (ok everyone is an exaggeration, but 80%+) that Andre can't be a threat from deep so he "doesn't fit". People were praising Felton being a threat from deep, and someone who was almost an all-star in New York. My take was people hated on Miller for the one major weakness he had (shooting, I don't care that he couldn't guard the Westbrooks, no one can), and ignored the huge amount of things he does well. I was cautiously optimistic about getting Felton because of the "fit" argument, but knew that we were losing a lot more than the stats indicated with Miller. I bet Aldridge would love to have a few more alley-oops thrown to him from Dre these days.
Look, the fact is they had to try something - we were going nowhere with Andre, as we had done the previous two seasons. Likewise, Denver is going nowhere with Andre this season (and all his Cleveland teams before that). He's solid, but not good enough to make a difference. As it turns out, what they tried ended up being even worse - but it was still the time to make a move.
The last 3 posts are right. If your best player who bails you out of game after game is unrecognized, and he's a tad old (35) despite missing no games, trade that sucker for whoever's available, like Felton, causing the coach to get fired and the team to be blown up. You are so right.
He's good enough to get you draft picks in the range you draft Nolan Smith. He's not good enough to get you a championship, or out of the first round. How many years of picks in the #20 range in the draft do you want to go?
