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FWIW, for my LPBB choice 5 teams, I'm picking: POR, TOR, MIL, LAL, and GSW

POR obviously.
TOR 'cause their crowd is awesome, their team is fun, for time zone diversity, and they'll never be on national tv.
MIL 'cause of Giannis and Jabari.
LAL to watch Kobe jack 30 shots a game to try to get the scoring record while getting blown out by 20.
GSW for Steph and the crowd.

I picked CLE/WAS/NOP last year in addition to POR and GS. That didn't work out too well because they were all boring as hell.
 
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At least Simmons acknowledged that he was baiting. And in the next section, he shows that he clearly elevated the Lakers unreasonably.

You know what, boring but good is better than exciting but bad.
 
PtldPlatypus said:
At least Simmons acknowledged that he was baiting. And in the next section, he shows that he clearly elevated the Lakers unreasonably.

You know what, boring but good is better than exciting but bad.
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Haha true. This is watchability rankings. Not really a rank of the team's ability to win.
 
Lowe: Your blood feud with Blazer’s Edge is one of the better ongoing Grantland subplots. I’ll say this for Portland fans: I like their particular kind of crazy. It comes from a deep adoration of their only big-four professional team. When a Portland fan accuses you of not having watched all 82 Portland games — hey, no crap, I cover the whole league — you at least know that person has watched all 82 of those suckers. They don’t seem angry, they’re not conspiracy theorists, and they don’t think the national media hates their team. A great fan base.
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I dont expect them to watch all 82 of our games but I also feel like that if you dont watch and read as much Blazers as I do then I have a hard respecting your opinion on who the Blazers are, how significant the changes are and what they will do this season. Im not going to let their lack of time or laziness be an excuse to for feeding the public information thats only surface deep and selling it as basically fact.
 
BTW, teams that are ranked higher than POR (outside of LAL/MEM that are already on this list): CHA/NOP/NYK/HOU/MIN/TOR/WAS
 
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yuyuza1 said:
BTW, teams that are ranked higher than POR (outside of LAL/MEM that are already on this list): CHA/NOP/NYK/HOU/MIN/TOR
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If they want to spin this as those teams are more interesting to watch as a writer, journalist or media employee then maybe I can see that because drama sells, even bad drama. But there is no way that any of those teams offers better overall entertainment (based upon their criteria) than the Blazers do to an NBA fan.
 
Plus:

Simmons: Newsflash: A “Hibbert, George Hill and Donald Sloan for McCollum, Lopez and the Wright–Freeland–Robinson expirings” deal works on the Trade Machine.
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What a fucking horrible trade. A center with a suspect motor and two PGs when we have a next-level superstar at that position already, for THAT PRICE? No Thanks.
 
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What a fucking horrible trade. A center with a suspect motor and two PGs when we have a next-level superstar at that position already, for THAT PRICE? No Thanks.
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Maybe, maybe not. If you could find a way to get Hibbert back into the mode he was in a couple years ago, He and Hill would be a fantastic addition. But, I do agree that I'm starting to wonder if Hibbert will ever be able to get back there.
 
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What a fucking horrible trade. A center with a suspect motor and two PGs when we have a next-level superstar at that position already, for THAT PRICE? No Thanks.
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I don't think thats a bad trade but then again i'm one of the few people around here who hasnt' really soured on Hibbert mostly because his stats don't tell how INSANE he is at protecting the rim. He is the main cog that makes that pacers D go and when he is on the court players are scared of going into the paint.
Simmons/Zach seem to be low on the Blazers this year mostly because there isn't anything super exciting going on and they don't have an affinity for watching either LMA/Lillard. I disagree but I don't see it as an insult.
 
yuyuza1 said:
FWIW, for my LPBB choice 5 teams, I'm picking: POR, TOR, MIL, LAL, and SAC

POR obviously.
TOR 'cause their crowd is awesome, their team is fun, for time zone diversity, and they'll never be on national tv.
MIL 'cause of Giannis and Jabari.
LAL to watch Kobe jack 30 shots a game to try to get the scoring record while getting blown out by 20.
GSW for Steph and the crowd.

I picked CLE/WAS/NOP last year in addition to POR and GS. That didn't work out too well because they were all boring as hell.
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Washington may have been a good pick this year to watch.

heh, Colin Cowherd went on an epic anti-kobe rant today. I know some of you don't like him, but theres a reason he's one of the best. The guy baits well. The calls he took on it were hilarious.
 
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Washington may have been a good pick this year to watch.

heh, Colin Cowherd went on an epic anti-kobe rant today. I know some of you don't like him, but theres a reason he's one of the best. The guy baits well. The calls he took on it were hilarious.
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Colins great. Im a fan because of the epic baiting he does and unlike some others who do it he takes calls later in the show and defends his rants.
 
I don't love the trade, but adding Hill and Hibbert for Lopez, CJ and scraps isn't "horrible". Hibbert is high-variance, and Hill's kinda what we're hoping CJ becomes.
 
I'm on the east coast, and ORL is blacked out for me.

MIL would be on my Top 5. CHA might be fun. GSW. CLE is going to be on a lot. I'd have to think some more for the second-tier teams.
 
the wild card is hibbert, if he is focused that trade could be really really good

i would err on the side of "dont fuck up a good thing" though
 
It's crazy how big of an impact the crowds have in my choices. Seeing so many empty seats and dead crowds in New Orleans and Washington was a major turnoff for me last year. There were over times when the PA announcers were yelling and urging people to get loud. smh
 
Milwaukee could be the absolute worst team in the league, again

i wouldnt waste a top 5 spot on them

also, simmons calls out, and throws a link to, blazers edge...not sure how to feel about this. we dominate them here in every conceivable way. when was the last time a thread of theirs went 600 posts?

Simmons: We inadvertently baited the Portland Soccer Moms with this ranking. I can already feel the 625-post Blazer’s Edge thread coming. Just remember, Portland fans: Words hurt.
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i mean shit, the BE thread "Simmons Taunts Blazers Fans in League Ranking" has 24 posts in it, and they are mentioned in the goddamn article. if S2 was mentioned in the article Denney would have to rent another server.
 
Has BE gone down in popularity? Pretty much everyone that stops going there doesn't have anything nice to say about it.
 
I never really agreed with Dave's takes or methodology or his disdain when you disagreed.

Ben seemed like an ok dude when I've talked to him.

This place just seemed a lot better. Plus, HCP has really helped me up my D&D game. My Level 46/33 Gnome Cleric/Illusionist is the freaking bomb!
 
couldnt tell you, but i just went over there and checked and their articles have 20-30 posts, all of them complaining about no traffic, and the horrible cascading thread style. fucking near impossible to follow a conversation over there
 
BrianFromWA said:
I never really agreed with Dave's takes or methodology or his disdain when you disagreed.

Ben seemed like an ok dude when I've talked to him.

This place just seemed a lot better. Plus, HCP has really helped me up my D&D game. My Level 46/33 Gnome Cleric/Illusionist is the freaking bomb!
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i heard he has an enchanted +10 meat dagger
 
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couldnt tell you, but i just went over there and checked and their articles have 20-30 posts, all of them complaining about no traffic, and the horrible cascading thread style. fucking near impossible to follow a conversation over there
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SB nation style comments are almost as bad as reddit comments. At least with SB Nation you can see every comment in order instead of the upvoted ones being at the top with the downvoted ones being hidden like with reddit.
 
Top 5 teams to watch....

#1 Portland, duh
#2 Wizards Picking them to be top 4 in the East
#3 Whoever is playing the Lakers... So I guess the Lakers. It will take a solid 10 years of being in the lotto for me to get over hating them more than any sports franchise ever.
#4 Chicago my pick for best in the east
#5 Golden State... Always been a personal top 3 team
 
By the way, they DID offer the max to Hibbert once … and Indiana might blow up its 2014 team, as we discussed earlier. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.)
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Bill Simmons is trying to steal my glory.
 
If we are talking excitement it's simple

1. Portland
2. Cleveland
3. Warriors
4. Clippers
5. Suns
 
1. Cavs
2. Warriors
3. Knicks
4. Nuggets
5. Raptors

Blazers would be my number 1 but I can't watch them on LP :banghead:

I also can watch like half the Bulls games because of WGN/ESPN/TNT so that's why they aren't on the list.
 
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