Game Thread TNT Opening night LAC @ LAL October 22, 2019 7:30 PM

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  1. Rastapopoulos

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    Just noticed that the Pels have three #2 picks. Not a good pick to load up on.
     
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    Ok. I only caught the 2nd & 3rd quarters. But what I saw was a circus shit show full of missed dunks and unsuccessful lobs going out of bounds. And bad officiating. I’m not buying the hype quite yet. I’m waiting for a sleeper team (us?) to smack these fools down and shut down this dick ride.

    Seriously, Lakers AND Clippers now?!

    It’s like a bandwagon with a fucking sidecar.
     
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    Ingram, Ball and who?
     
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    Good question. Zion was of course #1, and Okafor and Favors were both #3's.
     
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    Starting Center for LAL: 17 minutes played
    Starting Center for LAC: 10 minutes played

    In those 27 combined minutes, they committed 2 fouls, so they weren't in foul trouble.

    The NBA has changed.
     
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    And yet, we're zagging the complete opposite direction by loading up on centers. We have Hassan/Collins/Skal/Gasol and Brown/Nurk splitting all the 4/5 minutes.
     
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    Centers have a place in this league when they can do more than rim protection and rebound. Ones that can shoot 3s (Embiid, Brolo, Marc Gasol), create for others (Jokic, Nurkic, AD, the Gasol brothers) or be used in switching defense and guard perimeter players or used at the 4 spot (AD, ZCo) have a place in this league.

    Whiteside is a stop-gap measure. Pau is a Nurk backup that can create for others. Brown is a mobile project. He could turn into a more defensive oriented Skal or not. Skal is another C/PF hybrid.

    So, looking at Javale / Zubac as the prototype for the modern center is really not right. They would have been 2nd rate centers in the old paradigm even with their limitations - but in the modern NBA - they really are limited time role players.
     
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    Better be
     
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    True, and good point.

    However, it is also true that most of our centers shoot 3s.
     
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    This made me laugh:

     
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    I'm extremely troubled to see a Lakers game thread on the main Blazers page.

    WTF?
     
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    I love it!
     
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    I love that when LA finally got two Superstars again the Clippers are a better team.
     
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    The OP of this thread and all of its participants should receive a temporary ban.
     
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    D'Oh!!!
     
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