Around the NBA - April 2017

[Minstrel]

The Warriors are hardly invulnerable like many believe they are.

Yeah, if they bench Curry, Durant and Green for the fourth quarters and don't play Klay at all, the Blazers should burn away the hype.

I don't think the Warriors are invulernable, but they're a lot, lot better than Portland. And just about every team. Unless they choke, but that doesn't tend to happen in the opening round.

 

[PDXFonz]

Yeah, if they bench Curry, Durant and Green for the fourth quarters and don't play Klay at all, the Blazers should burn away the hype.

I don't think the Warriors are invulernable, but they're a lot, lot better than Portland. And just about every team. Unless they choke, but that doesn't tend to happen in the opening round.

Warriors blew a 3-1 lead

 

[Rhal]

We are 16-4 since the start of March. The Warriors are trying to work KD back into the rotation and he looks like he isn't fully better yet. I think we have a legit shot at making one of the first two games close and if all goes right stealing a game in the warriors buildling.

 

[SIeepwalker]

Chuck likes us !
Kenny Smith clearly don't know shit about Nurk tho.

 

[GDiama]

Maybe Chuck likes us, but he definitely hates GSW so we could see this coming. He never says a good thing about them.

 

[KingSpeed]

More like this:

You ever play that game? I love it. They probably rolled a 7 and he had too many cards.

 

[KingSpeed]

Warriors blew a 3-1 lead

Durant's Thunder did too

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Chuck likes us !
Kenny Smith clearly don't know shit about Nurk tho.

I like how they don't even laugh they just get real quiet...

 

[handiman]

Warriors blew a 3-1 lead

That wasn't a choke job, though. That was a predictable turn of events (I can say that because I predicted it here) resulting from Draymond Groin's suspension and what it did to home court momentum swings.

 

[BBert]

Chuck likes us !
Kenny Smith clearly don't know shit about Nurk tho.

Chuck has Nurk fever. He sees how Nurk opens up our offense and makes our guards better, and that with the dearth of true post players, he gives us an advantage at that position. They asked him his opinion on how the Blazers would do IF Nurk is healthy, then ignored the Nurk effect. Smith especially went off talking about stretch bigs. Nurk is not a stretch big, dumbass. It's not like Chuck said we'd win the series, even with Nurk. He said two games. Sometimes people are so wrapped up in their own opinions they don't listen to what someone else is saying. Those guys on that show do that constantly. It's annoying.

 

[Minstrel]

Warriors blew a 3-1 lead

I don't think the Warriors are invulernable, but they're a lot, lot better than Portland. And just about every team. Unless they choke, but that doesn't tend to happen in the opening round.

 

[Boob-No-More]

That wasn't a choke job, though. That was a predictable turn of events (I can say that because I predicted it here) resulting from Draymond Groin's suspension and what it did to home court momentum swings.

I predicted it after Bogut got injured. With no rim protection, the last three games of that series became a lay up drill for LeBron and company as the Cavs outscored the Warriors by an average of 17 points in the paint per game.

This year Bogut is gone. Pachulia is not the same level defensively. McGee is a shot blocker, but not a great pick and roll defender. If Nurk can play, it will be interesting to see what kind of impact he has. At the very least, I think we'd see a lot less of GSW's small ball "death lineup".

BNM

 

[B-Roy]

Chuck just likes big men.

 

[PDXFonz]

Bandwagon fans are very entertaining. Today's laughter brought to you by the Warriors "fan" who thinks Javale McGee is going to completely shut down Nurkic.

 

[BBert]

The only way the Warriors are going to neutralize Nurkic is to run plays to blow past our guards and force Nurk to contest, getting him in foul trouble. Will they do that, or will they be content to run their three point game?

 

[e_blazer]

Bandwagon fans are very entertaining. Today's laughter brought to you by the Warriors "fan" who thinks Javale McGee is going to completely shut down Nurkic.

The only thing that can shut down Nurkic is an MRI. Even there, I suspect that his strength may allow him to rearrange his bone molecules as needed to get the desired result.

 

[KingSpeed]

He said two games AT LEAST.

 

[KingSpeed]

He said two games AT LEAST.

 

[santeesioux]

Leaked new Minnesota logo, I wonder if Nike is going to change our stuff that much.

 

[Po'sFinest]

Leaked new Minnesota logo, I wonder if Nike is going to change our stuff that much.

Oh wow that's clean

 

[handiman]

If Nurk is healthy and not in foul trouble, they can play the death lineup all they want. Hopefully, it will be the death of them.

I predicted it after Bogut got injured. With no rim protection, the last three games of that series became a lay up drill for LeBron and company as the Cavs outscored the Warriors by an average of 17 points in the paint per game.

This year Bogut is gone. Pachulia is not the same level defensively. McGee is a shot blocker, but not a great pick and roll defender. If Nurk can play, it will be interesting to see what kind of impact he has. At the very least, I think we'd see a lot less of GSW's small ball "death lineup".

BNM

 

[BBert]

Chuck just likes big men.

Not that there's anything wrong with that....

 

[PDXFonz]

Leaked new Minnesota logo, I wonder if Nike is going to change our stuff that much.

Damn that is fire. Good for them.

 

[blue9]

Leaked new Minnesota logo, I wonder if Nike is going to change our stuff that much.

They had one of the shittiest logos, so anything is an improvement - even something as boring as this.
Did Nike do this? Wouldn't surprise me in the least. I really hope they don't fuck us...but I'm not optimistic.

 

[dviss1]

Francis is this character he created, and it went viral on youtube a few years back.

*NSFW* Language

 

[dviss1]

You ever play that game? I love it. They probably rolled a 7 and he had too many cards.

Yup. He had to get rid of half his stack. He's bitching like someone really is gonna give him the ore to get "longest road" and win the game...

 

[dviss1]

They had one of the shittiest logos, so anything is an improvement - even something as boring as this.
Did Nike do this? Wouldn't surprise me in the least. I really hope they don't fuck us...but I'm not optimistic.

Really? You think it's boring? I hate the pups but I really like that logo.

 

[PDXFonz]

They had one of the shittiest logos, so anything is an improvement - even something as boring as this.
Did Nike do this? Wouldn't surprise me in the least. I really hope they don't fuck us...but I'm not optimistic.

The Clippers also used to have one of the shittiest, and now they have THE shittiest. So I'm not entirely sure that logic of "couldn't be worse" applies here.

 

[Boob-No-More]

Leaked new Minnesota logo, I wonder if Nike is going to change our stuff that much.

Yuck! That's just a minor variation of the alternate logo they've been using since 2008, but worse in every way:

I'm fine with mirror imaging the wolf's head, but the use of green in the eye and the star is nauseating. Also what happened to the fucking trees? They are the Minnesota Timberwolves for fuck's sake. They should have just rotated it by 180 degrees, added the Minnesota Timberwolves text around the perimeter and called it done.

If they REALLY wanted to have the green color, make the trees green, because, well trees are actually green:

I'm fine with the sleeker wolf's head, but I think they should have kept the trees instead of adding the star. They're the Minnesota Timberwolves, not the Minnesota North Stars.

BNM

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

Leaked new Minnesota logo, I wonder if Nike is going to change our stuff that much.

I'd want it meaner, maybe scare small kids mean.