I feel like Kingspeed tonight. The Blazers are gonna win 51-53 games and it seems like people are whining and complaining. Would you rather they not have a chance for HCA?
... What? How am I whining and complaining about the amount of games their gonna win... I was saying I hate all the resting of players that like half the league is doing right now.
Who cares if it was an L in your calendar though... The experts had them at 35 wins or so, does that mean they shouldve only shown up to play for those 35 games?
Nobody cares about your calendar. The team isnt gonna throw games in April with seeding/HCA on the line, and to say thatd be smart is ridiculous.
I was talking in general about people in here but I also don't like complaining about what other teams are doing. I'd rather be disappointed in seeding than be one of those tanking teams.
Case in point.
So would I but those teams tanking like crazy do effect seeding, which is my problem. Just look at tonights scoreboard, Houstons gonna go into the playoffs on a massive roll because literally everyone they play but OKC is trying to lose. Its not that I want to be Phoenix.
Yes, it hurts. Opening the playoffs in Utah is not what we fucking want. After a great season, I don't want us to be behind the 8 ball to start the playoffs. I really want to open the playoffs at home even if we only split the first two games.
But other than Denver we've played a lot of crap too and end the season with back to back non-playoff teams.
Im totally aware of that. Just think the end of the season has become a little bit of a joke and I think its bad for basketball in general. If the players dont care, weve got General Soreness resting a game vs Milwaukee cause he feels like it, if the teams dont care and just want the season to be over it is bad for the sport.
Phoenix and New York have no incentive to lose. They are already locked into the bottom 4 and the bottom 4 all have the same odds of getting the number one pick. This is new to curb tanking. Knicks and Suns should go for it the rest of the way. I was telling Chris though, the best way to end tanking would be to make it so the bottom two teams don't get a first round pick at all. That would make for some very exciting games down the stretch.
Sorry, but that's a terrible idea.
Well the problem is, the idea of the draft is to help the worst teams by allowing them to get a good (hopefully) young player.
Woah Woah there turbo. Nobody said Aminu is a shitty post defender. My only statement was that Aminu got smoked tonight by Milsap. I also said the Blazers don't have anyone better. Then i said the Blazers need to adjust and give him some help.
Probably beating GS
C'mon.... They played with that team all night. They were in a position to steal a win with 30 seconds left. If they get that win and they bring Denver back here under huge pressure to try to keep the second seed and with a greater possibility at the third seed then this was a huge win. Now if you want to complain about wins they should have got earlier in the season then that is another story but as far as playing to win that game? There is no question Lillard plays. You do remember them being ahead in the first half right? You do remember them being ahead in the second half right? You do remember being behind by three with the ball and Aminu driving to the basket trying to bring the game within one point right?
I think Denver has a big match up advantage against Portland in that they always have 2-3 guys who can switch / trap and guard dame on PNR’s and the PNR is what the Blazers run... a lot. I actually dont mind the matchup with Utah because I think Rubio cant guard Dame, I dont think Mitchell can either, Ingles, Crowder, those guys dont scare me much in traps. The Blazers should be able to score, there problem will be RudyG.
Some of that is just as Bones has pointed out. Blazers use that High PnR way too much. Some of that has to do with Players being able to hit shots and giving Dame more room to pass but they could break it up a bit and move closer to mismatches on the side at times? Just show some different looks a bit more.
