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RipCity71252 said:
Not exactly. Speights has improved their bench with his improved play, and Livingston/Barbosa have been huge for them also. Klay Thompson is much improved. For the most part, same players, but if you really look at it...they're not the same team anymore.
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So you agree with me.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
I have a permanent window seat on the bandwagon but if some of you want to jump off because you don't think we're "for real" I'll take the extra space.
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So having a discussion about a team that has a weak SOS and a losing record vs team better than .500 is jumping off the bandwagon?
 
RipCity71252 said:
Not exactly. Speights has improved their bench with his improved play, and Livingston/Barbosa have been huge for them also. Klay Thompson is much improved. For the most part, same players, but if you really look at it...they're not the same team anymore.
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And the emergence of Draymond Green during David Lee's absence. This team is different and better than last year's team.
 
The same people saying they have the same roster are the ones saying how much better we are because of more experience
 
Mediocre Man said:
The same people saying they have the same roster are the ones saying how much better we are because of more experience
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You mean the same person. And I didn't say GS sucked. I said they weren't invincible. We aren't either.
 
Our core did reach second round last year though and lost to champs. Warriors got beat by a team that has never been in the WCF. Warriors made second round two years ago but Jarrett Jack started on that team for the big games they won. Jack is gone.
 
KingSpeed said:
Our core did reach second round last year though and lost to champs. Warriors got beat by a team that has never been in the WCF. Warriors made second round two years ago but Jarrett Jack started on that team for the big games they won. Jack is gone.
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Had Lillard not made an off balanced 30 footer we may not have made the 2nd round. Its not like we killed them or anything
 
Mediocre Man said:
Had Lillard not made an off balanced 30 footer we may not have made the 2nd round. Its not like we killed them or anything
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Hahahaha! I look back on last season and smile. What a great regular season and a 1st round playoff series for the ages.

You look back on it and are like, Meh... It's not liked we killed them or anything.


There's nothing wrong with that I guess.
 
KingSpeed said:
Here's your proof e blazer:

"That fourth seed might be higher than the fifth in name only. Home-court advantage goes to the team with the best record, which isn't always the team with the higher seed"

http://basketball.about.com/od/nba-playoffs/a/About-The-Nba-Playoffs.htm
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Yeah, I found that link, too, KS. I've been looking for something from the NBA's site to corroborate it and the best I can come up with is this article:

http://www.nba.com/features/seedingprimer07.html

Homecourt advantage for any series is determined by record, not seed. So, it's possible that the 5 seed could have homecourt advantage over the 4, or that the 6 seed could have homecourt advantage over the 3.
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I sit corrected.

Doesn't make much sense to me. What's the purpose of seeding if it doesn't necessarily net you home court advantage in the first round?
 
e_blazer said:
Doesn't make much sense to me. What's the purpose of seeding if it doesn't necessarily net you home court advantage in the first round?
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I agree, but I also would hate to be the team with the better record and have to play the first round on the road.

It's like looking at the Eastern Conference and how shitty their bottom 4 teams are.
 
magnifier661 said:
I agree, but I also would hate to be the team with the better record and have to play the first round on the road.

It's like looking at the Eastern Conference and how shitty their bottom 4 teams are.
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Yeah, but supposedly the Division champs getting a top 4 seed is supposed to offset for the fact that some divisions may be tougher than others and result in a worse record since you always have to play the other teams in your division 4 times.
 
Mediocre Man said:
Had Lillard not made an off balanced 30 footer we may not have made the 2nd round. Its not like we killed them or anything
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Aldridge destroyed them in the first two games on the road and Dame finished them off. Didn't need a 7th game. Solid series win. More impressive than all those 7 game serieses.
 
I guess the Bulls' third championship doesn't matter because they needed a Paxson 3 to win the series. Or the Bulls' 5th championship when they needed a Kerr shot to win it. Or worse, their 6th championship where Jordan got to foul Russell and travel in order to hit the game winner. All of them in a 6th game.
 
KingSpeed said:
I guess the Bulls' third championship doesn't matter because they needed a Paxson 3 to win the series. Or the Bulls' 5th championship when they needed a Kerr shot to win it. Or worse, their 6th championship where Jordan got to foul Russell and travel in order to hit the game winner. All of them in a 6th game.
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that's not what he's saying. he's saying that it could have gone either way and needed everyone to win it, and we just ended up getting the last shot to go in.

In a way, he was agreeing with you.
 
I can see them winning another playoff series, but i don't see them making it to the WCF.
 
What's for real mean? Contender? I think we are a top 4 team and 2nd round team at least.
 
magnifier661 said:
We are more real that Flop City and Golden State
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More real than the Clips? I'd agree with that. But Golden State? I don't see us catching them at the right time, unless it's a 1990-91 situation in reverse, where Game 6 involves Lillard rolling the ball down the court as Klay Thompson looks on in horror and time expires...
 
BlazerCaravan said:
More real than the Clips? I'd agree with that. But Golden State? I don't see us catching them at the right time, unless it's a 1990-91 situation in reverse, where Game 6 involves Lillard rolling the ball down the court as Klay Thompson looks on in horror and time expires...
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Thanks for bringing back such a horrible memory!
 
magnifier661 said:
Thanks for bringing back such a horrible memory!
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It'd be awesome to come full circle and beat the best team in the western conference to go to the finals. Lillard seems to have that ability to bring us full circle on things.
 
BlazerCaravan said:
It'd be awesome to come full circle and beat the best team in the western conference to go to the finals. Lillard seems to have that ability to bring us full circle on things.
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That would definitely wipe my memory! :)
 
I think this team is 2 bench scorers away from being real. Maybe the return of CJ will help with one of them, but I would like to see another one.
 
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