Lots of talk about Blazers/Clippers on ESPN Radio

[Natebishop3]

Zach Lowe with Kevin Arnovitz talking Blazers/Clippers
http://espn.go.com/espnradio/play?id=15388632

Rachel Nichols, Tracy McGrady and Brian Windhorst discuss the fate of the Clippers after Chris Paul and Blake Griffin go down with injuries.
http://espn.go.com/espnradio/play?id=15388300

Dan Le Batard, Papi and Bomani Jones discuss the Clippers' injuries, the NBA playoffs and more of the biggest headlines.
http://espn.go.com/espnradio/play?id=15388432

 

[Strenuus]

ANd by Clippers/Blazers, it's all about Chris Paul and the injuries.

Oh well.

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

Did they mention that this series is now ruined for many of us.

It would be like your big badass dad fighting the little accountant down the street. If he wins, he is a bully and if he loses he is a laughing stock.

Best case scenario is Blazers win and have to hear about how lucky they got.

 

[Natebishop3]

Apparently Zach Lowe thinks that CJ's last name is McCallum.

 

[Schilly]

Did they mention that this series is now ruined for many of us.

It would be like your big badass dad fighting the little accountant down the street. If he wins, he is a bully and if he loses he is a laughing stock.

Best case scenario is Blazers win and have to hear about how lucky they got.

There is a way to own this... Go all the way.

 

[Strenuus]

Did they mention that this series is now ruined for many of us.

It would be like your big badass dad fighting the little accountant down the street. If he wins, he is a bully and if he loses he is a laughing stock.

Best case scenario is Blazers win and have to hear about how lucky they got.

MUCH MUCH better and more tolerable than the alternative....

 

[Natebishop3]

The show with Lowe and Arnovitz is REALLY good. Arnovitz has been following us around and he has a ton of inside info on the team. Definitely worth the listen.

 

[Reep]

There is a way to own this... Go all the way.

If Blazers beat the Spurs with LA in the WCF, then someone has to make a movie about this--sponsored by Adidas.

 

[Draco]

Did they mention that this series is now ruined for many of us.

It would be like your big badass dad fighting the little accountant down the street. If he wins, he is a bully and if he loses he is a laughing stock.

Best case scenario is Blazers win and have to hear about how lucky they got.

All the better if we can close this thing out and steal a game in the bay.

So want to see the Blazers playing down the road over here; it's somehow not an impossible scenario.

 

[Draco]

The show with Lowe and Arnovitz is REALLY good. Arnovitz has been following us around and he has a ton of inside info on the team. Definitely worth the listen.

Yeah Lowe is a great podcaster; I'll have to listen to that.

 

[noknobs]

Did they mention that this series is now ruined for many of us.

It would be like your big badass dad fighting the little accountant down the street. If he wins, he is a bully and if he loses he is a laughing stock.

Best case scenario is Blazers win and have to hear about how lucky they got.

Except this potential big bad bully was projected to win around 27 games this year.

 

[BBert]

Did they mention that this series is now ruined for many of us.

It would be like your big badass dad fighting the little accountant down the street. If he wins, he is a bully and if he loses he is a laughing stock.

Best case scenario is Blazers win and have to hear about how lucky they got.

For going on 40 years other teams have benefited from Blazers injuries. I don't see any asterisks next to their accomplishments. It's part of the game. Damn right I'm going to enjoy any success and every victory the Blazers get.

 

[Sinobas]

Except this potential big bad bully was projected to win around 27 games this year.

No, this is like the little accountant, getting trained by an old Japaneese maintainance man, then beats up a bully in a karate tournament who just happens to have a severe case of the flu.

 

[crandc]

Did they mention that this series is now ruined for many of us.

It would be like your big badass dad fighting the little accountant down the street. If he wins, he is a bully and if he loses he is a laughing stock.

Best case scenario is Blazers win and have to hear about how lucky they got.

In 1992 the Blazers played the Lakers in the first round. Magic had been forced into retirement at the start of the season and the Lakers had other key injuries. It was then a best of five series. The Lakers barely missed being swept when they won Game 3 by 2 points in OT after Buck Williams' tip at the buzzer rolled off the rim. After the series, Kevin Duckworth, may he rest in peace, was asked how could it be satisfying when the Lakers were just not the same team. Duck replied these are the Lakers. We don't care if they send out "little high school boys" (his words) to play, we still want to beat them. Amen, Duck.

It is not like your badass dad fighting the little accountant. It is more like two big tough guys attacking a short skinny guy wearing a ballet T-shirt on BART and grabbing his new iPhone. Easy mark. Only they didn't realize the short skinny guy was a professional ballet dancer who had been strenuously exercising about 9 hours a day since age 5. The short skinny guy chased the thief holding his phone to the end of the car, pinned him against the side of the car with one skinny and very strong leg and began pummeling the thief, who was twice his size, with skinny arms strong enough to lift adult women into the air 50 times a day. He got his phone back. (Yes, this actually did happen.)

The Clippers and everyone else thought the Blazers would meekly give up. Like a skinny guy in a ballet T-shirt. They got a big surprise. This team showed they don't believe anyone who calls them losers.

Last year the Clips tried to say the Warriors were lucky because the Clips had been injured when they met in the playoffs. I call the Warriors champions. And the Clips also-rans.

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

You guys can say what you want, winning this series will be by default whether they could have won it with the clips at full strength or not.

If every team we faced had injuries and we beat the Cavs without Lebron and Kyrie in the finals it would be a participation award.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

No, this is like the little accountant, getting trained by an old Japaneese maintainance man, then beats up a bully in a karate tournament who just happens to have a severe case of the flu.

SWEEP THE LEG!

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

You guys can say what you want, winning this series will be by default whether they could have won it with the clips at full strength or not.

If every team we faced had injuries and we beat the Cavs without Lebron and Kyrie in the finals it would be a participation award.

Id fucking take it. In 20 years nobody would care, and that championship banner would still be hanging proudly.

Im not getting any younger bro.

 

[blue9]

You guys can say what you want, winning this series will be by default whether they could have won it with the clips at full strength or not.

If every team we faced had injuries and we beat the Cavs without Lebron and Kyrie in the finals it would be a participation award.

So you agree that GSW's 2015 championship should have an asterisk next to it?

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

So you agree that GSW's 2015 championship should have an asterisk next to it?

Absolutely does in people's minds. I was going to mention that.

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

Id fucking take it. In 20 years nobody would care, and that championship banner would still be hanging proudly.

Im not getting any younger bro.

I'd maybe take a tryst with Pamela Anderson so I could tell people 20 years from now that "back in the day I made it with this hot chick from Baywatch"

I'd know it wasn't the same though.

 

[selloutking]

Le Batard was also just talking about how they wish someone in the coaching circle of the nba would come out and say no way Kerr should have gotten COY over Stotts this year.

 

[Natebishop3]

Le Batard was also just talking about how they wish someone in the coaching circle of the nba would come out and say no way Kerr should have gotten COY over Stotts this year.

That will never happen. Most of them didn't even speak up about Blatt getting fired.

 

[selloutking]

That will never happen. Most of them didn't even speak up about Blatt getting fired.

true
but it IS nice to hear someone speaking what a lot of us here have been saying

 

[Wizard Mentor]

For going on 40 years other teams have benefited from Blazers injuries. I don't see any asterisks next to their accomplishments. It's part of the game. Damn right I'm going to enjoy any success and every victory the Blazers get.

agreed.
I am happy to face the Clippers (or anyone else) in an alternate universe where all teams are healthy - because I don't think any of them can handle a healthy and in shape Brandon Roy and Greg Oden.