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WesleyMatthews said:
I didn't mean overall effectiveness or ranking one above the other. I just meant basketball skills such as passing and shooting. Arvydas was one of the best passers in the league. I can't think of another center in the time between these two played that approached either of their skills, thus my comment closest to Arvydas in a long time.
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But Jokic isn’t close to Arvydas. He’s better.
 
KingSpeed said:
Sabas was good but he wasn’t Jokic.
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Sabas was amazing before the injuries. We'll never really know for certain as he never got the opportunity to play seasons in the NBA before injuries. Jokic is super awesome too. They both are some of the most skilled centers to play the game.

Not sure why you have an obsession over saying one is better than the other. Did Sabas steal your lunch?
 
if the voting for the coach of the year happened tomorrow instead of weeks ago is there any doubt that Eril Spoelstra would win?
 
Old LeBron blew this game. 0/6 from 3, lost ball on breakaway dunk, blew a layup late.
 
wizenheimer said:
if the voting for the coach of the year happened tomorrow instead of weeks ago is there any doubt that Eril Spoelstra would win?
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How good of a coach was he that he couldn’t lead his team to a Top 6 seed, not to mention blowing the first play-in game? Mike Brown would still deserve the award.
 
KingSpeed said:
Old LeBron blew this game. 0/6 from 3, lost ball on breakaway dunk, blew a layup late.
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So you think LeBron cost them that game? Not sure they are there without him? At least that is what I’m thinking?
 
Bruce Brown was available and we picked Payton
 
Fairly-Hard said:
So you think LeBron cost them that game? Not sure they are there without him? At least that is what I’m thinking?
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Brick, brick, brick, fumble. He may have gotten them there but he did them no favors tonight. Winning IN Denver might’ve put them on track to win the whole thing. But he blew it. Everyone gets old.
 
Denver is the worst #1 seed in the West in a while. No depth, mental errors.....this series looks like it will go 7. I can't see the Nuggets winning on the road.
Porter jr is not as good as I thought.
 
DDolla said:
Bruce Brown was available and we picked Payton
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everything happens for a reason. we might be a playin exit with 13th pick or one and done with non-lottery pick if we did somewhat better this year. now we have 3rd pick.
same the previous year, sharpe wont be a blazer if we were a little better.
 
KingSpeed said:
Brick, brick, brick, fumble. He may have gotten them there but he did them no favors tonight. Winning IN Denver might’ve put them on track to win the whole thing. But he blew it. Everyone gets old.
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Yeah 1 rebound from a triple double while playing defense and logging 40 mins in Denver. "Old LeBron" :dunno:
 
Pinwheel1 said:
Denver is the worst #1 seed in the West in a while. No depth, mental errors.....this series looks like it will go 7. I can't see the Nuggets winning on the road.
Porter jr is not as good as I thought.
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I wouldn't expect a 53 win #1 seed to be a particularly dominant #1 seed. Blazers won 54 games in 2014 and were the #5 seed.

Denver is 8-0 in the playoffs at home, and 2-3 on the road. With Miami leading the other series, Denver may not have to win a single road game to win the title.
 
Fairly-Hard said:
Yeah 1 rebound from a triple double while playing defense and logging 40 mins in Denver. "Old LeBron" :dunno:
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LBJ is still good. However, he is definitely showing his age. A younger LBJ would not have bricked a wide-open layup in the last few minutes of the game last night. It is still amazing what he is doing at his age, but when I as a Laker Hater prefer him taking shots late in the game instead of one of their role players, then you know he has to finally be showing his age. Maybe it is an altitude thing but even in the 4th quarter against Minnesota, he made some turnovers that were shockingly bad.

Having said all that I think the Lakers will run Denver out of the gym in LA.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
Denver is the worst #1 seed in the West in a while. No depth, mental errors.....this series looks like it will go 7. I can't see the Nuggets winning on the road.
Porter jr is not as good as I thought.
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Last year’s #1 seed in West lost by 40 at home in game 7 of the second round. The #1 seed in West two years ago got obliterated in the second round by Terrence Mann and Reggie Jackson. Denver is actually the BEST #1 seed in the West in awhile. Undefeated at home, two wins away from Finals.
 
inconceivable said:
everything happens for a reason. we might be a playin exit with 13th pick or one and done with non-lottery pick if we did somewhat better this year. now we have 3rd pick.
same the previous year, sharpe wont be a blazer if we were a little better.
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That loss to Spurs where we had to play John Butler Jr at PG to blow a lead late changed the complete course of the Blazers’ future. Crazy but true.
 
Fairly-Hard said:
Yeah 1 rebound from a triple double while playing defense and logging 40 mins in Denver. "Old LeBron" :dunno:
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Triple double means nothing when you’re bricking 3 after 3 while Murray is hitting on the other end. Plus the blown dunk with no one in sight. And the missed layup with the game on the line. LeBron was the #1 reason they lost.
 
ESPN said LeBron has missed 19 straight 3's in the 4th
 
KingSpeed said:
Last year’s #1 seed in West lost by 40 at home in game 7 of the second round. The #1 seed in West two years ago got obliterated in the second round by Terrence Mann and Reggie Jackson. Denver is actually the BEST #1 seed in the West in awhile. Undefeated at home, two wins away from Finals.
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So you think their 8 man rotation looks good? I don't. They may win it but that says more about the rest of the west this year. I don't see a dominant team in either conference. That bodes well for any team next year looking to make a jump.
 
KingSpeed said:
Triple double means nothing when you’re bricking 3 after 3 while Murray is hitting on the other end. Plus the blown dunk with no one in sight. And the missed layup with the game on the line. LeBron was the #1 reason they lost.
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So the Nuggets didn’t have anything to do with it?
I see.
 
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