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Pepe Silvia

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I don't know about disaster, I mean we have Banners hanging so we will always be good, but it hasn't been the best times with the decision to bring D'Antoni on... instead of Phil to boot (looking at you Jimmy wtf). Jeanie couldn't believe her ears and neither could us fans (playing Dantoni fast break bball with a bunch of old timers was strange, had no answers). We did also get screwed with the Chris Paul deal because a bunch of whiny GMs couldn't take the Lakers leading the pack anymore, but even then with Brown, we actually started the season playing pretty well. Main thing is working with the little cap space that is left after Kobe's fat contract and planning not for next year when we will be unable to bring in max contract players, but the year after. Perhaps a Durant, Kevin Love, Chris Paul thing. Mitch will make it work.
 
Ghostmaster

Ghostmaster

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Spurs bench scored 51 points compared with Oklahoma's 5 points in the last game:amazed:. Will be amazing final, the main concern is Parker's injury, although Ginobili can replace him if necessary.
 
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Pepe Silvia

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Spurs bench production was unreal and speaks a lot to their determination. They are experts at slowing the pace down and working through the post. I can't see Scott Brooks staying for another year. Durant and Westbrook should be ashamed, especially Westbrook. He did little down the stretch to push the tempo and Durant went missing the last two minutes. Anyway, that teams gonna blow up soon. Indiana will blow up sooner though. There's was disgraceful exit.
 
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Pepe Silvia

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El Gato

El Gato

Villarato!
Pepe Silvia said:
Spurs bench production was unreal and speaks a lot to their determination. They are experts at slowing the pace down and working through the post. I can't see Scott Brooks staying for another year. Durant and Westbrook should be ashamed, especially Westbrook. He did little down the stretch to push the tempo and Durant went missing the last two minutes. Anyway, that teams gonna blow up soon. Indiana will blow up sooner though. There's was disgraceful exit.
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What on earth is so disgraceful in their exits? They just made mistakes like the teams can make. Indiana's was the destabilised roster, Bynum's presence and cockups with form of their star players, while OKC generally has issues in the halfcourt that they need to sort out.

I swear, so many posts of yours since the Spurs were pretty much known to be reaching this year's finals again just stem of Lakerlike bitterness. The world is not perfect and in the recent years the only team to overcome the dominance of modern basketball superathletes were the Mavs and the Spurs. Let them athletic guys figure it out too, whether it's through learning from their mistakes or painful rebuilding.
 
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Pepe Silvia

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Wolfe said:
What on earth is so disgraceful in their exits? They just made mistakes like the teams can make. Indiana's was the destabilised roster, Bynum's presence and cockups with form of their star players, while OKC generally has issues in the halfcourt that they need to sort out.

I swear, so many posts of yours since the Spurs were pretty much known to be reaching this year's finals again just stem of Lakerlike bitterness. The world is not perfect and in the recent years the only team to overcome the dominance of modern basketball superathletes were the Mavs and the Spurs. Let them athletic guys figure it out too, whether it's through learning from their mistakes or painful rebuilding.
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You call me a bitter Lakers fan yet fail to acknowledge the praise I just gave to the Spurs determination, efficiency and ability to slow down the game. Why you mad?

The Pacers were the #1 seed in the east and a lot of people expected them to give the Heat more of a challenge, win even! Hibbert forgot how to box out (one game 2 rebounds another 4!!!!!), Stevenson ran around like a retard instigating fights, and overall they had an epic meltdown that everyone acknowledges except you apparently. They turned their backs on basic fundamentals (save PG) and now they are going to blow that team up I'm sure. Hibbert and Stevenson cost themselves millions of dollars playing like idiots.

Destabilised roster :lol:
 
El Gato

El Gato

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Meltdown being they lost in 6 rather than 7 games.. ok?

All of their best players are under 27 years old and the rest of the roster is being adjusted with unstable defenders, takeaway scorers like Scola. Young franchise players don't provide that kind of atmosphere, they're more of a "give them the ball, they're so fucking good they are our best shot of scoring". Beating Miami requires the rest of the roster to be confident, play like they're athletic. It worked with Dallas, nearly worked last year with Spurs and it's virtually the same roster with the same man directing their minds into playoffs. With all kinds of backcourt shuffles this team is not the same thing, their bench got weaker.

But why are we arguing? The team was in the midst of GM distress with Bird's health uncertainties and clearing up the mess the interims made of the roster.
 
Richard.H

Richard.H

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Wolfe said:
What on earth is so disgraceful in their exits? They just made mistakes like the teams can make. Indiana's was the destabilised roster, Bynum's presence and cockups with form of their star players, while OKC generally has issues in the halfcourt that they need to sort out.

I swear, so many posts of yours since the Spurs were pretty much known to be reaching this year's finals again just stem of Lakerlike bitterness. The world is not perfect and in the recent years the only team to overcome the dominance of modern basketball superathletes were the Mavs and the Spurs. Let them athletic guys figure it out too, whether it's through learning from their mistakes or painful rebuilding.
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Not sure if you're from the US but Indiana was America's team for the majority of the year. The media coverage they got was insane and everyone was rooting for them. Everyone thought Paul George would be the next big thing. Once the second half of the season came, they completely imploded. Locker room problems, losing games consistently, etc.


It wasn't a disgraceful exit though since they were shiit the whole second half of the season.


The more worrying team is OKC. They have the MVP and arguably the second best point guard in the league and still struggled against the Spurs. Even their bigs match up well with Spurs yet no dice. They even looked like shiit against the Clippers and were very lucky to not be eliminated (the whole team needed to send a thank you card to Chris Paul).

A truly disappointing exit and I won't be surprised if Brooks gets fired.


Plus he was praising the Spurs in the post you quoted. I don't see how he's acting bitter.
 
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El Gato

El Gato

Villarato!
Richard.H said:
Not sure if you're from the US but Indiana was America's team for the majority of the year. The media coverage they got was insane and everyone was rooting for them. Everyone thought Paul George would be the next big thing. Once the second half of the season came, they completely imploded. Locker room problems, losing games consistently, etc.


It wasn't a disgraceful exit though since they were shiit the whole second half of the season.


The more worrying team is OKC. They have the MVP and arguably the second best point guard in the league and still struggled against the Spurs. Even their bigs match up well with Spurs yet no dice. They even looked like shiit against the Clippers and were very lucky to not be eliminated (the whole team needed to send a thank you card to Chris Paul).

A truly disappointing exit and I won't be surprised if Brooks gets fired.


Plus he was praising the Spurs in the post you quoted. I don't see how he's acting bitter.
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He's been praising Spurs now and on the last page he goes they got bigger on the boring scale.. Come on.. It just seems like that kind of passive aggressive that was often in the Laker conversation "They're great but they're boring at the same time".

As for OKC, they probably won't win a thing with Brooks, not until they toughen up inside and get some offense out of their bigs. It's like Dirk didn't get assistance from other scorers until 2011, same way Durant and Westbrook shouldn't give up the ball because their partners are wasters.

And same as last year.. I kind of don't want to cheer for the Spurs (because of Texas rivalry naturally) but the prospect of Danny Green and Kawhi GOATing it in the Finals is just so much better than Heat 3peat.
 
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