NBA Playoffs Thread - Play-in and 1st round edition

Fyi.

Soft doesn't mean worthless.

I looked it up.

 

He actually put his paraphrase in quotation marks even.

I absolutely never said he (Rasheed) was worthless and i absolutely never said he was ever close to being an all time great even when he was on the court.

I did say "I disagree..." meaning what i did say was an opinion. So he has a right to his as well. We obviously disagree on Rasheed Wallace.

 

Sorry. That was not a paraphrase. That was a completely different statement.
Waste of space was my statement but at no time did I ever say worthless. Matter of fact they should have gotten more for him in trade if that trade would have happened sooner.

 

If person X calls person Z an asshole and the person Z shoots person x dead, should we really blame person X for his death?

 

Also- that Pelicans team had a better record overall and on the road than this year’s Warriors.

 

Waste of space and worthless are very equivalent statements.

 

Come on King…. Apples to oranges. Freedom of speech comes to mind? No physical contact with calling names?

were talking about initial, illegal physical contact. Not sticks and stones….

 

Rasheed…

…was right about Tim Donaghy and got 7 game suspension for calling him out

….was a fantastic defender

…..knew a 3 was worth more than a 2 before the league caught up

…led us to two WCFs

….was the #1 reason the Pistons won the 2004 NBA championship according to both Larry Brown and Chauncey Billups.

….was the best player in the 2000 WCF Game 7 while fan favorites Arvydas Sabonis and Brian Grant played like trash.

 

parking a Harley in a 2-car garage is a waste of space, but the Harley isn't worthless

on the other hand, this post is probably a waste of space and worthless

Wizenheimer: wasting space at S2 since 2008!

 

I would like to kindly disagree with both of you. A waste of space means negative value because you are saying that the person or thing isn't worth the space it takes up. Worthless implies neutral value because you aren't saying that it has worth and you aren't saying that it has negative worth... it's just without worth. So yeah, waste of space is definitely a harsher criticism.

 

perfect analogy!!!

and for the record, hardly worthless with all the stats and info you provide!!!!

Something could be priceless and still be wasting space. Not the same at all.

 

The mental gymnastics in this place can tiresome at times.

 

No. He got a 7 game suspension for confronting a ref after a game on Rose garden loading dock about a call that the Donaghy was correct on. He did throw the ball at Scott Wall. I was there I watched it.

No he wasn't. He was decent at times.

Everyone knew this. It was not the league that caught up. It was the training players were given earlier in their careers. Wallace ended his career a 33% 3 point shooter which is probably good for a player from that era.

And had a meltdown leading to a loss.

What they actually said was that he was a pivotal piece that they needed. Remember Chauncey won MVP. Wallace had one good game. Game 4. all 4 other games he was very pedestrian.

Can't disagree with this up until the 4th quarter that is. Then he pretty much quit.

 

Fair enough. At least you didn't make something up that i said.

 

Dame’s at the Brooklyn game! Recruiting?

 

@Fairly-Hard i don’t think this old guy knows who you are, you want me to handle this?

 

Uh oh Embiid getting suspended for that?

 

Dame to the Sixers?

 

No....Embiid and Bridges to Portland.