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  1. LayneStaley

    LayneStaley Well-Known Member

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    Oh it’s mowed, seeded, and watered daily.
     
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    Lord have Mercy....I just saw that Boston is 13&10 and they are in the East. Something seriously wrong with that organization taking a leap backwards from last and supposed to be running away with the conference?
    What the deal? Players?
     
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    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    If you go to a BOS forum they are probably all clamoring for Danny and Brad to be fired, blowing up the roster and tanking to get Zion (especially with both LAC and MEM and even SAC overachieving).

    Wouldn't it be bizarre if BOS's own pick ended up the highest of the four 2019 first round draft picks they currently own? Not going to happen, but totally unexpected that it's in play over a quarter of the way into the season.

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    Boston is trying to play 3 SF's.....they have a glut.
     
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    dviss1 Emcee Referee

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    Is that the racist that called Bosnians lazy? Just asking for a friend.
     
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    I’d take Brown off their hands.
     
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    Let's hope he looks better than the last swingman we took off their hands...
     
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    Are Rockets threat to miss playoffs? Chris Paul signing looking like a major mistake.
     
  10. Boob-No-More

    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    Man, HOU sucks. Tonight, Harden and CP3 combined for 7 assists and 12 TOVs, with 2-10 3FG. Paul having, by far, the worst year of his career:

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    And this is what they have to look forward to:

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    That last year is a player option (like he's going walk away from $44.2 million when he's 37-years old and averaging 8 pts and 3 ast per game).

    BNM
     
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    The Kings has had a number of tightly contested games since the 2013-14 season so it'd be foolish to think the Kings are a gimme.
     
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    Wow - that makes Crabbe's contract look pretty good!
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Funny story, while my wife and I were on vacation in Kauai we were on the far west side and I jumped out to take a cool picture of this basketball court. Coach walks up and introduces himself and informed me I was standing on the western most basketball court and high school in the United States. Kinda cool, I thought. Got to talking basketball and when I told him I was a Blazers fan, he rolled his eyes and said, “Welcome to Laker country son!” And walked off laughing!



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    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    Not really. CP3 may be having the worst year of his career, but he's still an above average starting PG.

    Crabbe is owed $37 million combined this season and next and he has a PER of 6.1 on team that's 8-18.

    Personally, I wouldn't want either of those contracts. You just knew they were going to be bad the minute they were signed. Paul, because of age and injury history and Crabbe because you knew he'd never be good enough to be paid that kind of money - not even in 2016 dollars. I said at the time Crabbe was worth half of what he got paid. In hindsight, my initial estimate was too high.

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    Just saying, I'd rather be on the hook for $18M than $44M, when neither player will be worth $10M.
     
  18. Boob-No-More

    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    True, the current CBA runs through at least 2022-23 (potentially 2023-24 if neither side opts out). So, no hope of an amnesty provision during CP3's contract. Yuck for HOU, hooray for us!

    BNM
     
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    BNM should like this Lowe piece: he slams Brooklyn for bailing Portland out of the Crabbe contract;
    "Crabbe is a good catch-and-shoot guy; he's up to 36 percent from deep after canning seven triples Wednesday in Brooklyn's latest fall-from-ahead gut-punch loss (this one against Oklahoma City).
    He just doesn't do, like, anything else. When defenders run Crabbe off the arc, he takes one or two dribbles before pulling up.
    He's shooting *cleans fake glasses, vomits a little* 24.7 percent on 2-point attempts. Crabbe rarely keeps the machine moving with a drive-and-kick. He averages four drives per 100 possessions -- a teensy number for a perimeter player. Only 21 percent of those drives result in a pass that leads to a shot -- well below average. (Crabbe dishes one measly dime per game.) Only 2 percent end in shooting fouls -- 265th among 276 guys who have recorded at least 20 drives, per Second Spectrum. When Crabbe does pass, he often finds someone on the other team.

    He's also not a Kyle Korver/JJ Redick type, zig-zagging around, setting random screens, and dragging entire defenses with him.

    This would be fine if Crabbe were an elite multi-positional defender. He's not. Brooklyn could have found (at least) 80 percent of Crabbe's production on a minimum contract, or something close."

    Then, this about Westbrook: "on pace to be the worst high-volume 3-point shooter in league history.
    You could argue this isn't a huge problem. A 30 percent-ish 3-point attempt carries more expected value than some 2-point attempts.

    But if he's going to shoot so damned many, you'd prefer he actually make more. Defenders might pay some attention to him off the ball. "

    http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/25470903/10-things-like-including-bucks-weakness-nba
     
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    Going on with the Blazers!

    Sunday there is a coat drive at Beaverton Fred Meyers
    Sunday 2pm - 4pm
    Evan Turner and Caleb Swanigan will be there.
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    Just in case anyone didn't know?
     
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