B.S. Report (Audio)

[Reep]

Simmons, Stein and Bucher discuss the West playoff race on ESPN.com. (can't find a way to link). Look for B.S. report I.

Stein and Simmons think the Blazers are too young and without experience. Bucher says look how Portland executes out of timeouts and how they got their wins.

A lot of Portland discussion--worth a listen.

 

[Sheldon Shape]

Bucher says look how Portland executes out of timeouts and how they got their wins.

Now if only we had the core Oklahoma City has, then we would have a shot at the title.

 

[Reep]

In the end Bucher wins over Simmons, but still holds to the Thunder four years out.

Stein rethinking that Nate may be coach of the year.

Simmons: Blazers have all the ingredients:
Great home court
Good defensively
Top five coach
A closer (Roy)

Bucher calls LMA the most athletic PF in the game ("a nightmare for San Antonio").

 

[Reep]

Sorry, but I'm going to bump this. I know many people don't have the 45 minutes to listen to it, but it is really interesting and encouraging if you are a Blazer fan. Probably 1/3 of the talk relates to the Blazers and some really nice comments are made.

 

[BengalDuck]

Bucher called out the Portland fans for the OKC comments. He's hinging their success on the cap room they'll have and the draft picks.

He, and Simmons fails to realize this as well with his criticism of Oden, is that size > all. Rebounding and interior defense win titles in years when Michael Jordan is not playing. Period. And unless OKC can get someone really good in the draft sometime in the next two years or sign someone really good and big (is Boozer "good" enough to be the main player on the front line in the West?) they're fucked.

 

[BIG Q]

Bucher called out the Portland fans for the OKC comments. He's hinging their success on the cap room they'll have and the draft picks.

He, and Simmons fails to realize this as well with his criticism of Oden, is that size > all. Rebounding and interior defense win titles in years when Michael Jordan is not playing. Period. And unless OKC can get someone really good in the draft sometime in the next two years or sign someone really good and big (is Boozer "good" enough to be the main player on the front line in the West?) they're fucked.

Fuck their cap room. If Portland struggles to recruit top flight free agents how in the hell will OKC? The elephant in the room that they were obviously unwilling to address for some unknown reason is that players want to be in NY, LAL, CHI, BOS, PHI, ORL and MIA. Not OKC, and as we know, not POR!

 

[hasoos]

Free Agent: You want me to sign where?

Agent: Oklahoma City.

Free Agent: What the hell am I going to do there?

Agent: Spend your big paycheck?

 

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A bit more about the Blazers in the most recent Simmons article:

Anyway, about four weeks ago, it became clear that we were headed for a Cavs-Lakers Finals unless Garnett came back. Vegas had 6-to-5 odds for this matchup happening. Those odds were too high. By last week, they had shifted to 4-to-7 -- less than even odds -- meaning that you had to risk $700 just to win $400 back. And this was with everyone assuming Garnett would come back. By Friday, I predict that those odds will shift to 2-to-5. I cannot remember heading into a playoffs in which the Finals matchup was more of a sure thing. If Cleveland loses to a KG-less Celtics team, it would rank among the biggest chokes ever. Ditto if the Lakers fall to any of the motley crew of contenders in the West; after digesting Wednesday night's games, I am now down with Ric Bucher's theory that young Portland might be the only team that could unseat them. Portland??? Exactly.