OFFICIAL AROUND THE NBA: APRIL 2023

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wizenheimer said:
who is? the woman or the police. I guess it could be both
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In the article it said both women wanted to press charges.

“A source confirmed the incident and said both employees wereinjured and asked to file charges.”
 
I heard the headline of him throwing a chair and thought he was an idiot.

But watching that it looks like a non event. Ridiculous to call the cops or file charges.

NBA may need to better protect their players from frivolous shit.
 
WesleyMatthews said:
I heard the headline of him throwing a chair and thought he was an idiot.

But watching that it looks like a non event. Ridiculous to call the cops or file charges.

NBA may need to better protect their players from frivolous shit.
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I read the women were employees of the Nuggets which is why they were on the concourse. Don't know if it's true

I guess the NBA could enforce a wider exit aisle for the players so they can swing around chairs during tantrums without fear of hitting anybody
 
wizenheimer said:
I read the women were employees of the Nuggets which is why they were on the concourse. Don't know if it's true

I guess the NBA could enforce a wider exit aisle for the players so they can swing around chairs during tantrums without fear of hitting anybody
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You call that "swing around chairs during tantrum"? It look like he started to pick up a chair and dropped it.

I've bumped into random people in crowds more forcefully, guess I'm lucky nobody has called the cops or pressed charges.
 
Maybe just don't throw chairs?
Is that really asking too much?
Punch the wall like his teammate.
 
OneSport3 said:
The Heat are the first play-in team to win a playoff series. Looks like the play-in tourney has been a huge success for the NBA. Maybe the mid season tourney will be as well.
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Does the winner make the playoffs?
 
Yeah this year the Playoffs are just solidifying my thoughts on tanking. I really don't ever want to read another poster tell me "Why make the Play in and just get swept in the playoffs?".
Great moments and great plays happen in the Playoffs. One of the greatest series ending shots happened in front of my eyes and twice it's been done by one of my favorite players in Portland.

If the trade deadline comes around and you have the means to make a run and get into the playoffs by all means get there. Anything less is just losing.
 
OneSport3 said:
The Heat are the first play-in team to win a playoff series. Looks like the play-in tourney has been a huge success for the NBA. Maybe the mid season tourney will be as well.
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But Heat would’ve made playoffs if there was no play-in tourney.
 
Fairly-Hard said:
Yeah this year the Playoffs are just solidifying my thoughts on tanking. I really don't ever want to read another poster tell me "Why make the Play in and just get swept in the playoffs?".
Great moments and great plays happen in the Playoffs. One of the greatest series ending shots happened in front of my eyes and twice it's been done by one of my favorite players in Portland.

If the trade deadline comes around and you have the means to make a run and get into the playoffs by all means get there. Anything less is just losing.
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The 8 seed lost to the Nuggets in 5. We would’ve have done better. Wait til we see who we get in draft and then tell me you’d rather make play-in.
 
Fairly-Hard said:
Yeah this year the Playoffs are just solidifying my thoughts on tanking. I really don't ever want to read another poster tell me "Why make the Play in and just get swept in the playoffs?".
Great moments and great plays happen in the Playoffs. One of the greatest series ending shots happened in front of my eyes and twice it's been done by one of my favorite players in Portland.

If the trade deadline comes around and you have the means to make a run and get into the playoffs by all means get there. Anything less is just losing.
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We aren't the Heat. They have a much much much much much much much... much better team.

And they're still probably not good enough to win the championship this year.

Would you feel the same way if you were Brooklyn? Swept by the Sixers.

How about the Wolves? Gentleman's sweep by the Nuggets.

What if we were the Clips? 4-1 series loss to the Suns.

The only series that are competitive right now are the Kings/Warriors, the Lakers/Grizz, and the Hawks/Celts. I'll be shocked if the Celtics don't close them out in the next game, but the Kings/Warriors/Lakers/Grizz are significantly better teams than us. We would have been on the same path as the Wolves, the Nets, and the Clips. And if you look at those three teams rosters, they're all more talented than us (with the exception of maybe Brooklyn and they just blew it up.)

Tanking was the right move. 10 out of 10 times.
 
Natebishop3 said:
We aren't the Heat. They have a much much much much much much much... much better team.

And they're still probably not good enough to win the championship this year.

Would you feel the same way if you were Brooklyn? Swept by the Sixers.

How about the Wolves? Gentleman's sweep by the Nuggets.

What if we were the Clips? 4-1 series loss to the Suns.

The only series that are competitive right now are the Kings/Warriors, the Lakers/Grizz, and the Hawks/Celts. I'll be shocked if the Celtics don't close them out in the next game, but the Kings/Warriors/Lakers/Grizz are significantly better teams than us. We would have been on the same path as the Wolves, the Nets, and the Clips. And if you look at those three teams rosters, they're all more talented than us (with the exception of maybe Brooklyn and they just blew it up.)

Tanking was the right move. 10 out of 10 times.
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agreed

and it's not like the Blazers didn't do everything Dame could to make the playoffs 8 straight years. And when they did, the result was always the same: once they faced a legitimate contender in a playoff series they got curb-stomped all 8 of those years. Portland's record in those close-out series was 1-4/1-4/1-4/0-4/0-4/0-4/1-4/2-4....that's 6-32; that's a .158 winning percentage which would equal a 13-69 record over an 82 game season. There was no real progress over the decade of olshey-ball.
 
wizenheimer said:
agreed

and it's not like the Blazers didn't do everything Dame could to make the playoffs 8 straight years. And when they did, the result was always the same: once they faced a legitimate contender in a playoff series they got curb-stomped all 8 of those years. Portland's record in those close-out series was 1-4/1-4/1-4/0-4/0-4/0-4/1-4/2-4....that's 6-32; that's a .158 winning percentage which would equal a 13-69 record over an 82 game season. There was no real progress over the decade of olshey-ball.
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It wasn't even necessarily running into a contender. It was running into any team that understood how to trap Dame lol.
 
Natebishop3 said:
It wasn't even necessarily running into a contender. It was running into any team that understood how to trap Dame lol.
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I think it was running into balanced rosters with more talent. Olshey built poorly balanced rosters and poorly balanced payrolls. Opponents didn't have to worry about any consistent scoring or facilitating coming from the front court. There were 8 seasons between when the Blazers had Aldridge/Batum till they had Grant/Hart.

completely flexing a defense to stop Dame was successful because it took out Portland's best scoring option as well as the only player who could consistently run the offense. It was a 2-for-1 special. The only alternative the Blazers had when Dame was blanketed was CJ; and he didn't have the talent to consistently score or run an offense, even against single coverage by weaker defenders. Blazers simply had nobody, other than Dame, who could punish an opponent when single-covered. TALENT....or lack of
 
wizenheimer said:
I think it was running into balanced rosters with more talent. Olshey built poorly balanced rosters and poorly balanced payrolls. Opponents didn't have to worry about any consistent scoring or facilitating coming from the front court. There were 8 seasons between when the Blazers had Aldridge/Batum till they had Grant/Hart.

completely flexing a defense to stop Dame was successful because it took out Portland's best scoring option as well as the only player who could consistently run the offense. It was a 2-for-1 special. The only alternative the Blazers had when Dame was blanketed was CJ; and he didn't have the talent to consistently score or run an offense, even against single coverage by weaker defenders. Blazers simply had nobody, other than Dame, who could punish an opponent when single-covered. TALENT....or lack of
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Side note but what happened to RoCo? Did we get the last ounce of talent out of him or did we just break his spirit? Dude fell off a cliff.
 
Natebishop3 said:
Side note but what happened to RoCo? Did we get the last ounce of talent out of him or did we just break his spirit? Dude fell off a cliff.
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I didn't like how he played for us either. But it was a bit weird. He had a few good games for the Clips, but even more DNP. They had depth ahead of him, but they also had injuries too.

Brandon Boston was another one. Some Blazer fans were pissed we could not get him in the trade and he barely played either.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
I didn't like how he played for us either. But it was a bit weird. He had a few good games for the Clips, but even more DNP. They had depth ahead of him, but they also had injuries too.

Brandon Boston was another one. Some Blazer fans were pissed we could not get him in the trade and he barely played either.
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I thought RoCo played fine for his first season with us, but after that he was a total bust.
 
Natebishop3 said:
Side note but what happened to RoCo? Did we get the last ounce of talent out of him or did we just break his spirit? Dude fell off a cliff.
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it's a curious case, but did he fall off a cliff or did he just become obsolete?...or something else? Look at his career marks vs marks this season:

PER: career 13.1...this season 14.2
TS%: career .556...this season .584
eFG%: career .524...this season .563
RebRate: career 10.5%...this season 11.9%
AssistRate: career 7.6%...this season 10.2%
Turn.Rate: career 12.7%...this season 11.5%
winshares/48: career .086...this season .117
DBPM: career +1.3...this season +2.1
BPM: career +0.5...this season +1.7

in just about every metric that isn't tied to minutes he was better this season than his career marks. So he was producing at levels better than his norms but still had 25-30 DNP-CD's. And he's actually younger than Dame.
 
KingSpeed said:
The 8 seed lost to the Nuggets in 5. We would’ve have done better. Wait til we see who we get in draft and then tell me you’d rather make play-in.
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You simply don't know. You have no idea. You make statements that absolutely have no basis for discussion. The only player they will keep if they draft him this year will be the #1 pick. After that it's a complete crap shoot and Dame has already said he doesn't want any more rookies.
 
Natebishop3 said:
We aren't the Heat. They have a much much much much much much much... much better team.

And they're still probably not good enough to win the championship this year.

Would you feel the same way if you were Brooklyn? Swept by the Sixers.

How about the Wolves? Gentleman's sweep by the Nuggets.

What if we were the Clips? 4-1 series loss to the Suns.

The only series that are competitive right now are the Kings/Warriors, the Lakers/Grizz, and the Hawks/Celts. I'll be shocked if the Celtics don't close them out in the next game, but the Kings/Warriors/Lakers/Grizz are significantly better teams than us. We would have been on the same path as the Wolves, the Nets, and the Clips. And if you look at those three teams rosters, they're all more talented than us (with the exception of maybe Brooklyn and they just blew it up.)

Tanking was the right move. 10 out of 10 times.
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First go back and read the comment again. Seems like you missed this part.
Fairly-Hard said:
If the trade deadline comes around and you have the means to make a run and get into the playoffs by all means get there.
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I can name 3 moves that would have made this team not just a little but a bunch better. I know you can as well.

Tanking for the 7th pick is never the right move. Not even 1 time out of 10. Now if that 90% chance that we don't get the #1 pick happens they will have wasted another year. You guys all seem to forget 4 teams have better odds at 6 of the top 7 picks.

Fact is you simply don't know what would have happened if they improved the roster at the trade deadline and made the playoffs. You simply don't know.
 
Fairly-Hard said:
Tanking for the 7th pick is never the right move. Not even 1 time out of 10.
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