OFFICIAL Around the NBA thread - End of season/Playoffs!!

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

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    :lol: Durant needs to get in the weight room if a stiff's breeze can knock him over.
     
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    As a referee, it is VERY easy to see goaltending. If you didn't see it, you aren't doing your job. You are doing a disservice to the game and to the team who should have benefited from the call. You took 2 genuine points away from them. It's a disservice plain and simple.
     
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    They lost in almost identical ways in the conference finals. If Miami wins again this year it could be argued Indiana was more of a contender than OKC
     
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    I agree with this post. Well said. Begs the questions is it time for the NBA to adopt coaches challenges to force replay reviews especially in the 4th qtr. Might want to visit fining and or suspending refs for poor officiating while they're at it as well.
     
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    Yikes, a little defensive. You can at least pretend you're not a Blazer hater.
     
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    Strenuus Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Again, we'll agree to disagree. We're running circles.
     
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    Strenuus Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    To be fair, no one knows what RoyToy looks like when he's not defensive on here, so...
     
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    He passed over my question about Blazers/Clippers vs. Wizards/Nets in terms of easier 2nd-round opponent, and literally repeated himself.

    Very odd posts.
     
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    Different conference. Pacers would be swept in first round out West.
     
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    Because?
     
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    Because they suck? Barely beat 38 win Hawks team.
     
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    To be fair, though, 2008 Celtics barely beat Hawks in first round and they won the title.
     
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    The west is better? If you can look at Indianas record and say they are good, we have 3 teams that have a better record than them in a better conference(SA, OKC, LAC). Two of which made it to the WCF. So, if we're looking at strictly process of elimination from top to bottom, they wouldn't make the WCF.
     
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    This whole Kevin Love/ Boston visit is a little bizarre. I can't quite grasp what the hell he is doing. At first I thought maybe Minnesota told him to explore options for a trade, but now I just think he is an ass. He is acting like he is a free agent. Can you imagine if this was LMA? We would be crucifying the guy. Knowing the egotistical Boston fans/press they could be blowing this out of proportion, but if not.....then it is really disrespectful to his current team/fans. I hate Minny fans and I even feel sorry for him.
     
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    There was a lot of Love to Boston Chatter before he visted. It seems like whatever team trades for him is going to want him to waive his opt out so he would be there at least two years so if Minny comes up and tells him Boston wants him but wants him to waive his opt out then a visit to Boston to see if he likes it makes sense.
     
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    Took the defending champion Heat as far as OKC took the Spurs. Both teams looked shitty against their respective opponents.
     
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    I am not saying the west isn't a lot better than the east. I am saying, when all is said and done, Indiana lost in the ECF to Miami- 4-2, and OKC lost to SA in the WCF 4-2. Both teams got the shit kicked out of them in the conference finals, so one can't be any more of a contender than the other....can it?
     
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    Kevin Love being an ass isn't anything new.

    How is Boston not getting in trouble for this?
     
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    My whole point (which has gotten ratified over the evolvement of this conversation) is that Indiana's record is because of their conference. I don't think the only reason they are contenders in peoples eyes is because of the conference they play in. I think they wilt in stiffer competition. As you say, they got their ass kicked by the Heat. Their only true competition. However, they really struggled against the Hawks. If they had played, say, the Rockets, or the Grizzlies, or someone who was clearly more superior than the Hawks in the first round, they would have lost.

    Now, I know that they have no physical control over what conference they play. However, that doesn't hide the fact that the product they put on the floor is subpar against stiffer competition. And that's my main thing about Indiana. I don't think they deserve the title "contender" just for simply being in a weaker conference. It's just how I see it.

    We are still running in circles here. lol.
     
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