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  1. MadeFromDust

    MadeFromDust Well-Known Member

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    LMA sure gets a lot of buckets. He's had a lot of games this year with 14-15 FGM.
     
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    e_blazer Rip City Fan

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    Two words come to mind. Bull and shit.

    So, Phil Jackson should get no credit as a coach because he has had Jordan, Pippen, Kobe, and Shaq ...
     
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  3. Fez Hammersticks

    Fez Hammersticks スーパーバッド Zero Cool

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    Did Bayless really taunt McMillan in the fourth quarter?
     
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  4. Boob-No-More

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

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    I'm not sure if I'd call it taunting, but he did say something to Nate - twice after hitting consecutive 3s in front of the Blazers bench. Probably something like, "How you like me now, bitch!"

    To which I would respond, "Scoreboard, bitch!"

    Seriously, when you're a back-up on a team that is 14-40 and has lost 16 of the last 17, you should NEVER taunt ANYONE. You just end up looking like a fool.

    BNM
     
    Boob-No-More, Feb 11, 2011
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  5. BBert

    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    It sure looked like it, but who knows what he actually said. That's the "I'll rip your lungs out" B-Rex I remember, LOL.

    After the game, Barrett asked LaMarcus: "When did Bayless start making threes?" LaMarcus said: "I don't know man, he never gave us that." Oh, Snap. :)
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    "a lot"?
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    I love JB, but he did! He kept turning and talking to the PDX bench!
     
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    jlprk The ESPN mod is insane.

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    It was all friendly. He had a big smile and Andre was smiling after Bayless made his 3-pointers. Bayless knew he was overachieving and was just happy. His friends on the Blazers thought, we better win this, then we'll be happy for our friend. Otherwise, dayum!!
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Just talked to JB on facebook....... said he was loving hittin' 3's on us! Said he just got done having dinner with the guys! Said he misses P-Town!
     
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  10. BlazerCaravan

    BlazerCaravan Hug a Bigot... to Death

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    Nobody else in the NBA has scored at least 37 and 8 2x in a row this season. :ghoti:
     
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  11. Boob-No-More

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

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    Does POTW run Monday - Sunday? If so, Aldridge is currently averaging 39.5 PTS, 9 REB and 2 BLK on 0.604 FG% and 0.808 FT% leading his team to a 2-0 record. If he has a decent game on Sunday, and the Blazers win to finish the week 3-0, I'd say he's practically a shoe in to win the award again.

    BNM
     
    Boob-No-More, Feb 12, 2011
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    I saw the replay at the 3:30 mark left in the 3rd when Rudy had the ball and he clearly didn't travel. His basket should have counted.
     
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    Has he ever won a championship w/o having a "greatest player of all time/generation" on his team? The Lakers are a great example of player talent trumping coaching. What happened once Shaq left? Shaq went on to win two (EDIT: my bad, it was actually just one) championship and the Lakers crumbled until they added Pau Gasol(more talent). Not saying he doesn't deserve credit, but I do believe the lore of Phil Jackson has been helped considerably by having the greatest talents on his teams.

    If LaMarcus was not stepping up and setting an example, acting as a team leader, we would not be winning. The reasons LaMarcus explained are due to personal reasons and stepping up in the absence of Roy. Not a lot to do with Nate's coaching. How much is it Nate? How much is it his new assistants? How much is it LaMarcus stepping up? How much is it the players gaining chemistry as the season plods along? Given Nate's history, I am not about to give him a ton of credit.
     
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    I wish he would get some MVP talk with those numbers but since he didn't make the all star team people will just ignore him for it.
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    *Shaq won only one championship after he left the Lakers. He got one with Miami and then they traded him to Phoenix where he flopped, and then Phoenix traded him to Cleveland where he flopped... and now he's with Boston.
     
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    And his quote in the papers:
     
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    and all we got is a pick in the 20s for a guy who could score off the bench, loved his team mates, and added a swagger we needed.

    wow
     
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    My mistake, they did come close to getting two, but not quite.
     
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    We don't know how that pick is going to turn out and it's not like Bayless is lighting it up every night. He was insanely hot with his 3ptrs tonight, but he's seen spotty minutes and inconsistent play while on the Raptors. It would probably be a similar story on the Blazers. He's not really a PG and is kinda small to be a SG. He'd be fighting with Mills for play time probably.
     
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  20. B-Roy

    B-Roy If it takes months

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    Well we can play the odds. Picks in the 20s rarely work out.

    At the worst Bayless is a decent bench player. He's actually shooting better from 3 than Patty....
     
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