HCP's Big Baller Blazers @ Mavs 04/06/2012 Game Thread!

[RoyToy]

Draft time?

Lol

 

[PapaG]

Way to come up big LMA!

Great win!

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

Although I'm a tanker, i have to admit I was rooting strong for the Blazers going down the stretch, especially after that BS out of bounds call.
That was sure Johnny Flynn's worst game; just one play really soured me on his prospects; waving off Babbit's call for the ball when he was being guarded by Terry. Plus he was trying to do stuff outside his capabilities all night.
On Thabeet, this is a case where Canale's optimism is hurting; he actually thinks he can rehabilitate this guy's career. Cannot be done.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Yeah, we suck at tanking but that was sweet for LMA.

Ya, happy for him

 

[illmatic99]

This is nothing. Dre dropped 52 on DAL.

 

[Boob-No-More]

Aldrdige's game winner is the number 1 play on nba.com's Friday's Top 10.

BNM

 

[Boob-No-More]

You know, screw the whole tanking thing. Whenever you lace up your sneakers you play to win (and yes, I'm so old school I still call basketball shoes sneakers). I know many of the guys who played last night won't be here next season, but some of them, especially the younger guys, will be. And, a win like this, beating the defending champs in their own building, will boost the confidence of those young players. In order to be successful in the nba, you need to learn to win on the road and you need to learn how to win close games. Last night helped the young Blazers learn a little of both, and that's important considering how miserable they were in close games earlier this season (2-10). I also think it's more important than the potential difference between picking 11th and picking 10th in the upcoming draft.

I'm also happy for Kaleb Canales. I know I jokingly refer to him as "Skippy, the unpaid video intern", but that's actually a bit of a backhanded compliment. It references how far he's come from his very humble beginning within the organization, and a testament to how hard he has worked to get where he is today. Good for him, let him enjoy his moment in the sun, he's earned it.

BNM

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Although I'm a tanker, i have to admit I was rooting strong for the Blazers going down the stretch, especially after that BS out of bounds call.
That was sure Johnny Flynn's worst game; just one play really soured me on his prospects; waving off Babbit's call for the ball when he was being guarded by Terry. Plus he was trying to do stuff outside his capabilities all night.
On Thabeet, this is a case where Canale's optimism is hurting; he actually thinks he can rehabilitate this guy's career. Cannot be done.

Playing Thabeet is one of the most efficient ways of tanking, without making any of your starters play poorly on purpose.

 

[Boob-No-More]

On Thabeet, this is a case where Canale's optimism is hurting; he actually thinks he can rehabilitate this guy's career. Cannot be done.

So true. You can't rehabilitate something that was never "habilitated" in the first place.

BNM

 

[PapaG]

LMA making a game-winning shot is #7 for ESPN's Top Plays, but Brandon Wright dunking twice in that same game, which his team lost, is #1.

No wonder hardly any of the young players entering the NBA know how to play the game. It's more important in terms of exposure to dunk in a losing effort than to hit a 17' foot jumper to win a game.

 

[Boob-No-More]

LMA making a game-winning shot is #7 for ESPN's Top Plays, but Brandon Wright dunking twice in that same game, which his team lost, is #1.

No wonder hardly any of the young players entering the NBA know how to play the game. It's more important in terms of exposure to dunk in a losing effort than to hit a 17' foot jumper to win a game.

Yeah, but nba.com got it right. They had Aldridge's game winner as the number 1 play of Friday's Top 10. Winning the game is always more important than the highlight reel dunks (see Griffin, Blake).

The key is to identify and draft the few guys who do know how to play the game the right way (Brandon Roy, injuries aside, was such a player), rather than be blinded by freakish athleticism (Tyrus Thomas, for example). You need a minimum level of athleticism (Kevin Love yes, Adam Morrison no) to be able to compete at the NBA level, but athleticism alone (Gerald Green) is no guarantee of success at the highest level.

BNM

 

[THE HCP]

LMA making a game-winning shot is #7 for ESPN's Top Plays, but Brandon Wright dunking twice in that same game, which his team lost, is #1.

No wonder hardly any of the young players entering the NBA know how to play the game. It's more important in terms of exposure to dunk in a losing effort than to hit a 17' foot jumper to win a game.

This post doesn't make you sound like a bitter old angry whiteman at all!

 

[PapaG]

This post doesn't make you sound like a bitter old angry whiteman at all!

LMA is a white guy? I think winning is more important than a nice dunk, and buzzer beaters don't happen all that often in the NBA to beat the defending champs in their own building. Meh

If thinking a game-winning shot is a better play than some dunk in a losing effort, I guess I'll take your insult.

 

[MickZagger]

Who cares about Sportscenter top 10 plays? The target audience for that is 10 year olds. Its why its at the end of the show.

 

[crandc]

BNM, if you keep making so much sense, watch out, you may get banned or something (joke).

Spot on about athleticism plus knowing how to play the game.

 

[jlprk]

PapaG searches under furniture for anything he can call insults. He craves them. He will die without them.