AROUND THE NBA THREAD. NOV 2021 edition

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  1. KSF-ERIC

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    Fuck. The Warriors might be for real. How did this happen? They weren’t even in playoffs last year! I guess Iggy, Porter, and Bejilica are difference makers. Hollinger predicted their record would be 39-43. Fuck this.
     
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    Dame holds playoff record. 12-17!
     
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    PDXFonz I’m listening

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    Might be?!

    They are absolutely real, and likely to have the 1 seed in the west.
     
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    Olshey got us Aminu, Covington, DJJ, Nance, Zeller. He’s prioritized defense in his roster construction for years.
     
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    It’s still early. They’ve had an easy schedule and have only played 4 road games but you’re probably right. Why do you think they improved this year?
     
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    PDXFonz I’m listening

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    Curry was getting back to/is back to being healthy.

    Wiggins has been consistent this season.

    Their role players like Poole have given them a lot of key contribution.

    Their offense is extremely efficient

    They get and take good looks and don’t let games get out of control
     
  7. julius

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    9 home games and 4 road games will do that to you.
     
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    Cugel The epitome of mediocrity

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    The Warriors believe in the idea you can pass a ball faster from point A to B than you could by dribbling, and if you do this habitually, you will win.
     
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    Kareem won championships as the number one. Again, he was the six time MVP... five of those before Magic was even drafted. He was the number one scoring player on his team 17 out of his 20 seasons. The idea that the all time leader in points would be considered a number 2 is preposterous.
     
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    I (kinda) rememeber a story from either Jack Ramsay, Ralph Miller or John Wooden...a player was upset that the coach kept having them do passing drills and that they should just dribble/run more he said to the player "I'll have one ball, you'll have another. If you can beat the ball down the court with dribbling, we'll do it your way"

    The player said yes, and they ran a drill. The player started off fast dribbling down the court, and the coach made a bullet pass to the other end of the court, before the player even made it to half court.
     
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    I (kinda) rememeber a story from either Jack Ramsay, Ralph Miller or John Wooden...a player was upset that the coach kept having them do passing drills and that they should just dribble/run more he said to the player "I'll have one ball, you'll have another. If you can beat the ball down the court with dribbling, we'll do it your way"

    The player said yes, and they ran a drill. The player started off fast dribbling down the court, and the coach made a bullet pass to the other end of the court, before the player even made it to half court.
     
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    I (kinda) remember a story from either Jack Ramsay, Ralph Miller or John Wooden...a player was upset that the coach kept having them do passing drills and that they should just dribble/run more.

    He said to the player "I'll have one ball, you'll have another. If you can beat the ball down the court with dribbling, we'll do it your way"

    The player said yes, and they ran a drill. The player started off fast dribbling down the court, and the coach made a bullet pass to the other end of the court, before the player even made it to half court.

    I might be remembering this wrong, but you get the jist.
     
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    Found the story. It was Ralph Miller.

    "He did not believe in dribbling the ball gratuitously. He called the pass "the chief weapon of attack." A classic story, every year there would be some hotshot, as he would call it, some hotshot from California that would come up and thinks that they could dribble. So he would say, "ok, let's have a race." And the guy would take off from half court, dribbling the ball as fast as he could, and Ralph would take the ball, pass the ball down, and of course, his pass would get to the end quicker than the guy dribbling the ball. Point was made. And so his teams became legendary for the movement of the ball, passing the ball, passing and cutting. Fast break, get the ball off the backboard, get it wide, start the fast break and go."


    http://scarc.library.oregonstate.edu/oh150/oxsen/video-oxsen-20150707.html
     
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    SlyPokerCat cats rool dogs drool

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    I meant guard Eric. Guard. Thought the right height comment would portray that.
     
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    that was actually a scene from a TV Series. White Shadow, 1978. I remember the scene. Maybe a coach did it first though
     
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    The hotshot was from Oakland specifically and wears 0 for the Blazers.
     
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    Man, I know Dame is a stud, but to do that shit BEFORE he was even born!?
     
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    How good are the Warriors? I’m so jealous.
     
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    I was going to comment on the first post that there had to be more to the story, because you'd be hard pressed to find someone dumb enough to take that bet. The second post explains it, with a little wording trickery on Miller's part. "Let's have a race" is misdirection for sure.
     
  20. PtldPlatypus

    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Kareem was obviously the #1 on every team he played on in the 70s, and was the Lakers #1 (and league MVP) for his first LA title in 80, but from '82 on, Magic was the one leading the Lakers in VORP every year. Everyone knew those Showtime Lakers squad were unquestionably Magic's team (note that after 81, Kareem never finished higher than Magic in MVP voting).

    Kareem was absolutely the Lakers #2 throughout the 80s...really the #3 behind Worthy by the time they won their B2B in 87-88.
     
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