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blazerkor said:
If there is a breakout on any team once in the bubble, then I think there is a good chance the season gets called off. If they didn't call off the season and one team was decimated by the virus then that would taint the championship, especially if as you pointed out it was a team like the Lakers, Bucks or Clippers who are the prohibitive favorites but really if any team that makes the playoffs has an outbreak and that makes an easy series for any other team, then the champions will be viewed as "less than" other championship teams. I just don't think that will happen and you obviously do, so we will just wait and see.
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Exactly why ive been saying it aint happening.

Some people can call me delusional, or say im spouting nonsense. We will see who gets to see I told ya so in a couple months.


For the record I do hope im wrong. not only to watch the Blazers win it all, but for the safety of all involved.

I just think the numbers are increasingly against it.
 
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Orion Bailey said:
Again. What if we make it and face the lakers, But... Ad and LBJ tested positive and cant play? Do you really think if we get past them and win, people are gonna be like.. "Yep. You did it legit!", Or be like... "yeah.. NO LBJ and AD.. not a real ring..."

I'm pretty darned sure it will be the latter.
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To me this would be no different than, say, 1989 when Magic and Byron Scott both got hurt in the Finals and the Pistons won. No one says that that championship was not legit.
 
illmatic99 said:
It's not equal at all. Hell take a look at our own situation. We have played one more game than NO and will have a .001 advantage over them even if we end up with the same record in the bubble seeding games. That effectively removes their tie breaker.

Or what about the teams that had their PFs close due to positive cases?

How about the fact that we will effectively have played a far tougher schedule overall this season than MEM?

Nothing about this is equal or normal and the only reason it's continuing is because of the massive $ involved. Which is fine. But let's not pretend that it's normal. This isn't just a lockout season.
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I just don't see it the same way you do at all. You're right that we got screwed on strength of schedule but strength of schedule is never equal. There are articles at the end of every season that prove it all the time. Certain teams end up playing much harder schedules than others. As far as extra games played a couple months ago, come on man, that is not going to have an impact on teams. The same can be said for those teams that shut down their practice facilities two or three days before leaving for Orlando. While none of this stuff is normal, it is pretty damn equal and if you can't see that then you're just not trying to see it. You are nitpicking and then when you find something to pick at you are making that molehill into a mountain. The play in thing is for money and there are some unlikely scenarios where the eighth seed will get in where usually they wouldn't but the playoffs after that are completely legit, more legit than usual because home court advantage is kind of bullshit, so playing at a neutral site will make this champion (again barring virus related catastrophe) a very legitimate championship team.
 
Orion Bailey said:
Should we stsart a betting pool on the calendar? Which day will they pack it in?

Ill take the date, 8/24/2020.

What will I win Merv????
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Well.... First you get a chance to SPIIIIIIIN the big prize wheel! Then if you get the closest to a dollar you can have your chance at Door #1, Door #2 or Doooooor NUMBER threeeee!
Good luck and remember there are no losers in the BIG Bubble!

I'll take 8/23/2020 that way i can keep it close.
 
blazerkor said:
If it's one player, I agree that it's just the same as an injury but if a team has a breakout that lasts into the playoffs then that would tarnish this championship. When I say breakout, look at what has happened to the Nets. Now the Nets are different because their breakout happened so soon that their COVID positive players could have opted to go to Orlando get healthy and most likely be ready for the playoffs, they chose to give up/opt out.
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Aren't all of Golden State's championships tarnished then?

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Kyrie Irving, Kevin Love, Kawhi Leonard, and Chris Paul
 
Orion Bailey said:
Exactly why ive been saying it aint happening.

Some people can call me delusional, or say im spouting nonsense. We will see who gets to see I told ya so in a couple months.


For the record I do hope im wrong. not only to watch the Blazers win it all, but for the safety of all involved.

I just think the numbers are increasingly against it.
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What numbers are against it?
 
KSF-ERIC said:
Aren't all of Golden State's championships tarnished then?

Signed,
Kyrie Irving, Kevin Love, Kawhi Leonard, and Chris Paul
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What he said was "A Team".
If Lillard, CJ, Nurk and lets say Trent all come up positive and the rest of the team has to go into lockdown thus pretty much having to opt out. Are you gonna sit there and say well "The Lakers didn't have to play us so their Championship isn't really the same".
Now i just used the Blazers but if this were to happen to lets say Milwaukee does that matter? What if it happens to a couple teams?
 
Welcome back to the real world where normal people eat this type of food daily.


Not sure how I feel about their privileges.
 
kjironman1 said:
What he said was "A Team".
If Lillard, CJ, Nurk and lets say Trent all come up positive and the rest of the team has to go into lockdown thus pretty much having to opt out. Are you gonna sit there and say well "The Lakers didn't have to play us so their Championship isn't really the same".
Now i just used the Blazers but if this were to happen to lets say Milwaukee does that matter? What if it happens to a couple teams?
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Last season the Raptors won a title over the Warriors who were missing Durant and Thompson. Does that diminish their title?
 
e_blazer said:
Last season the Raptors won a title over the Warriors who were missing Durant and Thompson. Does that diminish their title?
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You don't seem to read well either..... Does that diminish your response?
 
e_blazer said:
Last season the Raptors won a title over the Warriors who were missing Durant and Thompson. Does that diminish their title?
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Nope
 
Chris Craig said:
Nope
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Agreed. As usual, people go nuts around here with hypotheticals. If a few players get Covid and are lost for the playoffs, that’s no bigger of an impact on the outcome of the title than we see from injuries every year. Health is a part of the game. OTOH, some are worried that if there’s a significant outbreak so that multiple players are eliminated from many teams, that would cheapen the title. I agree with that, but I think that Silver is on record saying that the league would shut down again if there’s a major outbreak. I don’t think it’s likely that a title will be awarded if there’s a significant outbreak so all of the discussion about an asterisk title in that event is probably not a valid concern.
 
e_blazer said:
Agreed. As usual, people go nuts around here with hypotheticals. If a few players get Covid and are lost for the playoffs, that’s no bigger of an impact on the outcome of the title than we see from injuries every year. Health is a part of the game. OTOH, some are worried that if there’s a significant outbreak so that multiple players are eliminated from many teams, that would cheapen the title. I agree with that, but I think that Silver is on record saying that the league would shut down again if there’s a major outbreak. I don’t think it’s likely that a title will be awarded if there’s a significant outbreak so all of the discussion about an asterisk title in that event is probably not a valid concern.
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Making the eighth seed via the 8 regular season games, plus the play in, then beating the Lakers in the first round is more than enough it itself the validate the championship should the Blazers win it.

If there is an asterisk it should only be to denote that the Blazers defied all odds and beat some fucking ass doing it.
 
e_blazer said:
Agreed. As usual, people go nuts around here with hypotheticals. If a few players get Covid and are lost for the playoffs, that’s no bigger of an impact on the outcome of the title than we see from injuries every year. Health is a part of the game. OTOH, some are worried that if there’s a significant outbreak so that multiple players are eliminated from many teams, that would cheapen the title. I agree with that, but I think that Silver is on record saying that the league would shut down again if there’s a major outbreak. I don’t think it’s likely that a title will be awarded if there’s a significant outbreak so all of the discussion about an asterisk title in that event is probably not a valid concern.
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Pretty much what I think will happen . I think a major outbreak will happen and it will get shut down and we wont have to debate asterisks for years.
 
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