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Rz4k said:
If LA drives, Duncan will be there to take over. I'm talking about strictly out on the perimeter; Splitter will frustrate if he shoots jumpers all day, but if he drives then Duncan will double off Lopez to help and Splitter will eventually switch onto Lopez if LA stays in the post. The Spurs' two-headed monster of Duncan/Splitter is the most underrated bigman combo in the NBA by far, and is arguably the best.
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I have nothing but respect for the Spurs. Great organization, great system, and superstars who aren't about the "Look at Me!" stuff. I like to think that LMA/Lillard/Batum can become something close to what Parker/Duncan/Ginobli have accomplished. It's going to be a younger, but not young, Portland team against a veteran Spurs team that just had to go 7 games to win. I expect a great series, and also a well-played series.

I've liked Splitter for a few years, and thought it was so smart of the Spurs to extend his contract while giving Fat DeJuan Blair the boot.
 
PapaG said:
The Spurs terrify any opponent. It's the consistency that just wears down other teams. If Lillard really is a legitimate MVP, as he played as in Round One, I like the Blazers' chances.
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LA was y'alls first round MVP. You drop either of those games in Houston, you prolly lose the series. Lillard is clutch as hell, but the reason he was able to be was thanks to LA dominating.
 
Rz4k said:
LA was y'alls first round MVP. You drop either of those games in Houston, you prolly lose the series. Lillard is clutch as hell, but the reason he was able to be was thanks to LA dominating.
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No doubt. LA set the tone. If he wasn't full on MVP mode in the first two, I think we lose.
 
Rz4k said:
LA was y'alls first round MVP. You drop either of those games in Houston, you prolly lose the series. Lillard is clutch as hell, but the reason he was able to be was thanks to LA dominating.
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Hey, I'm probably the biggest LMA defender on this board. You don't have to tell me how much he means to this team.
 
PapaG said:
I have nothing but respect for the Spurs. Great organization, great system, and superstars who aren't about the "Look at Me!" stuff. I like to think that LMA/Lillard/Batum can become something close to what Parker/Duncan/Ginobli have accomplished. It's going to be a younger, but not young, Portland team against a veteran Spurs team that just had to go 7 games to win. I expect a great series, and also a well-played series.

I've like Splitter for a few years, and thought it was so smart of the Spurs to extend his contract while giving Fat DeJuan Blair the boot.
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Ya, it'll be fun. Only thing is even if you guys lose, its a win. Portland will be contending for years to come while SA has next year at best for the forseeable future.
 
Natebishop3 said:
No doubt. LA set the tone. If he wasn't full on MVP mode in the first two, I think we lose.
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Jeebus Nate, it's "LMA" for Portland fans. Even if he's called "LA" by others, including his teammates. You remember the reason why, right?
 
Rz4k said:
If LA drives, Duncan will be there to take over. I'm talking about strictly out on the perimeter; Splitter will frustrate if he shoots jumpers all day, but if he drives then Duncan will double off Lopez to help and Splitter will eventually switch onto Lopez if LA stays in the post. The Spurs' two-headed monster of Duncan/Splitter is the most underrated bigman combo in the NBA by far, and is arguably the best.
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Do you anticipate the Spurs doing anything different than they've already done to stop Aldridge?

Because Aldridge has been torching the Spurs for years it seems like, this year included
 
Rz4k said:
CROFL Splitter is 2 inches taller than Howard and has a longer armspan. Both Howard and Asik are true Centers with limited mobility; Splitter is an elite PnR defender and the second quickest big man on the team behind Errors, and if he sees the floor in anything other than garbage time the Spurs are screwed. Splitter just dominated a veteran version of LA in Dirk (tho at this point LA is the better player I suppose).
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The numbers you're relaying are garbage. At their respective predrafts, while Splitter measured taller, he was 1.25" taller not 2". Tiago measured a 7'2 wingspan and a 9'1.5" standing reach while Dwight came in at 7'4.5 wingspan and 9'3.5" standing. Though DH was a year younger then TS (at the same 2004 predraft they posted these numbers) and weighed 7 pounds more, he was able to post run/jump numbers that revealed an elite athlete compared to an average one. Your opinion is as off the mark as these garbage numbers if you think Splitter is as quick as Howard let alone quicker.

Pop has always guarded LA primarily with Timmy straight up and I've little reason to believe that won't be the case this series. Of course the past 5 seasons or so has seen Aldridge best his career numbers vs the Spurs and he's currently playing the best ball of his life, so maybe GP decides to change things up. If he goes to Splitter primarily on LA, I'm guessing he'll also be sending the double team.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/h2h_finder.cgi?request=1&p1=aldrila01&p2=duncati01

STOMP
 
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Lol at RoLo wearing a Mariners hat
 
PapaG said:
I have nothing but respect for the Spurs. Great organization, great system, and superstars who aren't about the "Look at Me!" stuff. I like to think that LMA/Lillard/Batum can become something close to what Parker/Duncan/Ginobli have accomplished. It's going to be a younger, but not young, Portland team against a veteran Spurs team that just had to go 7 games to win. I expect a great series, and also a well-played series.

I've liked Splitter for a few years, and thought it was so smart of the Spurs to extend his contract while giving Fat DeJuan Blair the boot.
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I agree... I wish some day PORTLAND will be at their level.
 
PapaG said:
Jeebus Nate, it's "LMA" for Portland fans. Even if he's called "LA" by others, including his teammates. You remember the reason why, right?
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That extra letter just takes way too much time.
 
Rz4k said:
Ya, it'll be fun. Only thing is even if you guys lose, its a win. Portland will be contending for years to come while SA has next year at best for the forseeable future.
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It's been 14 years for us as fans, and believe it or not, many of us have been posting in various communities since before the 2000 playoffs. 1998 on the ESPN boards is when I started, and there are at least 5 others here who also posted on that board. Another faction used to post on some sort of email list, until the Portland newspaper started a forum years ago.

14 years, and as a fan, I finally feel like I'm playing with house money in terms of my expectations for this series. Win it, and the Blazers are ahead of schedule. Lose it, and the organization that I and many other Blazer fans respect the most moves on to hopefully crush winner of OKC/Clippers, and then beat the Heat.
 
RoyToy said:
Do you anticipate the Spurs doing anything different than they've already done to stop Aldridge?

Because Aldridge has been torching the Spurs for years it seems like, this year included
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LA finally started torching everyone this year, always sucked when it was just the Spurs. Pop will throw many different looks at him, but in the end I think he'll live with LA averaging 30-40 points while shutting everyone else down. I like Lillard and think he'll be the best PG league-wide in a few years (maybe even next year) but Green can and prolly will shut him down. LA and maybe Matthews due to mismatches will be the only ones I see scoring consistently out of the starters, while Mo will prolly go supernova like usual against the Spurs. If he doesn't, I'm not sure how Portland wins more than a game.
 
PapaG said:
It's been 14 years for us as fans, and believe it or not, many of us have been posting in various communities since before the 2000 playoffs. 1998 on the ESPN boards is when I started, and there are at least 5 others here who also posted on that board. Another faction used to post on some sort of email list, until the Portland newspaper started a forum years ago.

14 years, and as a fan, I finally feel like I'm playing with house money in terms of my expectations for this series. Win it, and the Blazers are ahead of schedule. Lose it, and the organization that I and many other Blazer fans respect the most moves on to hopefully crush winner of OKC/Clippers, and then beat the Heat.
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Yes if the spurs beat us, they will be the team I cheer for. I've always done that.
 
Rz4k said:
LA finally started torching everyone this year, always sucked when it was just the Spurs. Pop will throw many different looks at him, but in the end I think he'll live with LA averaging 30-40 points while shutting everyone else down. I like Lillard and think he'll be the best PG league-wide in a few years (maybe even next year) but Green can and prolly will shut him down. LA and maybe Matthews due to mismatches will be the only ones I see scoring consistently out of the starters, while Mo will prolly go supernova like usual against the Spurs. If he doesn't, I'm not sure how Portland wins more than a game.
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Whoa

That's quite the prediction to make
 
Rz4k said:
I like Lillard and think he'll be the best PG league-wide in a few years (maybe even next year) but Green can and prolly will shut him down. LA and maybe Matthews due to mismatches will be the only ones I see scoring consistently out of the starters, while Mo will prolly go supernova like usual against the Spurs. If he doesn't, I'm not sure how Portland wins more than a game.
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Danny Green is going to shut down Lillard? Did I read that right?
 
Rz4k said:
LA finally started torching everyone this year, always sucked when it was just the Spurs. Pop will throw many different looks at him, but in the end I think he'll live with LA averaging 30-40 points while shutting everyone else down. I like Lillard and think he'll be the best PG league-wide in a few years (maybe even next year) but Green can and prolly will shut him down. LA and maybe Matthews due to mismatches will be the only ones I see scoring consistently out of the starters, while Mo will prolly go supernova like usual against the Spurs. If he doesn't, I'm not sure how Portland wins more than a game.
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Come on bro, thought you spurs fans were smarter than this. Green will have no shot at shutting down Lillard. Sorry
 
I've always dreamed of the Blazers closing out a Legacy. I was hoping it was Oden to close out Shaq's. Hoping the Blazers can write the final chapter in Duncan's career.
 
EL PRESIDENTE said:
I've always dreamed of the Blazers closing out a Legacy. I was hoping it was Oden to close out Shaq's. Hoping the Blazers can write the final chapter in Duncan's career.
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And it's fitting too because we were the team to start his career. When the spurs swept us in the wcf.
 
Natebishop3 said:
I get it, but everyone calls him LA. :dunno:

It seems like only the fans call him LMA at this point.
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Yeah, that's kind of our thing as fans. Saying "LMA" doesn't make sense, but typing it is worth the extra millisecond. I've never called him "LMA" or "LA" when talking about him in real life, anyhow. It's always LaMarcus or Aldridge. My youngest daughter is infatuated with him, and wore his jersey to school 3 straight days last week.
 
STOMP said:
The numbers you're relaying are garbage. At their respective predrafts, while Splitter measured taller, he was 1.25" taller not 2". Tiago measured a 7'2 wingspan and a 9'1.5" standing reach while Dwight came in at 7'4.5 wingspan and 9'3.5" standing. Though DH was a year younger then TS (at the same 2004 predraft they posted these numbers) and weighed 7 pounds more, he was able to post run/jump numbers that revealed an elite athlete compared to an average one. Your opinion is as off the mark as these garbage numbers if you think Splitter is as quick as Howard let alone quicker.

Pop has always guarded LA primarily with Timmy straight up and I've little reason to believe that won't be the case this series. Of course the past 5 seasons or so has seen Aldridge best his career numbers vs the Spurs and he's currently playing the best ball of his life, so maybe GP decides to change things up. If he goes to Splitter primarily on LA, I'm guessing he'll also be sending the double team.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/h2h_finder.cgi?request=1&p1=aldrila01&p2=duncati01

STOMP
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Wow, surprised you bothered with the effort tbh. IIRC, Splitter grew a bit before coming over after he was drafted; never really bothered looking up the numbers, but from the eye-test from last season and this season, Splitter seemed to have the longer reach, so if I'm wrong I'm wrong. I also never said Howard wasn't a freak athletically, but he isn't the same player he used to be years ago; his back has really taken a toll on him on top of other minor injuries. Splitter, OTOH, has been healthy outside a lingering calf issue and shoulder sprain for years so his body isn't limited. Splitter is laterally quicker than Howard, and has been a much better PnR defender, which is what LA/Lillard love to kill teams with.

LA is extremely similar to Dirk in that his offense is near unstoppable, but if there's anyone in the West capable of slowing him, it'll be Splitter (Ibaka wouldn't be a bad choice either, but his one-on-one defense is truly atrocious).
 
I'm just happy to be facing a team where I won't be exceptionally pissed if we lose the series. I've got tons of respect for this spurs franchise, everyone in the nba should strive to model their organization around them.

That being said I think we can do it. Should be a great series.
 
magnifier661 said:
And it's fitting too because we were the team to start his career. When the spurs swept us in the wcf.
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Have you ever looked back at how shitty the NBA was back then, in terms of offense. Here are the 4 games from that series. I really don't miss these days.

(1) San Antonio Spurs vs. (2) Portland Trail Blazers: Spurs win series 4-0

Game 1 @ Alamodome, San Antonio (May 29): San Antonio 80, Portland 76
Game 2 @ Alamodome, San Antonio (May 31): San Antonio 86, Portland 85 (The Memorial Day Miracle: Sean Elliott makes the game-winning 3-pointer with 9 seconds left.
Game 3 @ Rose Garden, Portland (June 4): San Antonio 85, Portland 63
Game 4 @ Rose Garden, Portland (June 6): San Antonio 94, Portland 80
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The Blazers average 76 points/game for that series. Just awful.
 
magnifier661 said:
Come on bro, thought you spurs fans were smarter than this. Green will have no shot at shutting down Lillard. Sorry
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Don't be surprised when it happens tbh. Dub fans were just as confident last year when Curry burned the Spurs the first two games before Green was switched onto him.
 
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