OFFICIAL AROUND THE NBA: MARCH 2023 (1 Viewer)

[THE HCP]

they just got beat by 24 by the Warriors, which is 6 points worse than the Blazers lost to the same team by

and right now, that loaded Clippers team has a 200M Payroll and a 145M luxury tax bill, yet are only 1 game over .500. Doesn't look anything like a team destined for greatness. Looks a lot more like a 1st round exit, assuming they even survive the play-in

Curious why people bring up payroll? Who cares. I want to win. Wonder if Blazer fans brought payroll in the late 90s, early 2000s?

 

[THE HCP]

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Lillard is a bad man.

What do you think his career high against the Blazers will be? #BAMBAMBAMBAM

 

[wizenheimer]

Do we blame Ty Lue for that loss? Is it just the Owner/GM.

on paper, they should be a lot better than they are. So, either an organizational failure or a failure of chemistry. Balmer seems to have a Whitsitt gene: screw the cost and just add as much talent as possible without a care of if the talent fits together. To this point, the talent hasn't fit together

one thing I'd wonder about: Dame, Kawhi, and PG13 are all about the same age. Dame is the best he's ever been right now; Kawhi and PG13 are not. That may be the impact of the accumulated injuries both Kawhi and PG13 have had over the years

 

[wizenheimer]

Curious why people bring up payroll? Who cares. I want to win. Wonder if Blazer fans brought payroll in the late 90s, early 2000s?

c'mon man....are you really ignorant of the reasons for that?

the CBA's have changed dramatically over the years:



1999 was a sea change year.

Bob Whitsitt was hired as the GM when there were no maximum salaries and no salary caps. Paul Allen was willing to spend then even more than Steve Ballmer is willing to spend now (with the same results apparently). It doesn't show on that chart but the Apron and Hard Cap provisions showed up a few years after 1999, IIRC. Also, IIRC, there didn't use to be strict rules on salary matching in trades. Whitsitt was able to assemble that Pippen Blazer team without any of the heavy restrictions current GM's and owners operate under.

in other words, the NBA isn't the same now as it was in the 90's. It has evolved meaning the concerns of fans have evolved. NBA fan's in the 70's didn't worry about 3 point shooting either

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Curious why people bring up payroll? Who cares.

Ummm...

They’ve already costed my family probably $10,000 year in loss income….screw them.

 

[Fairly-Hard]

What do you think his career high against the Blazers will be? #BAMBAMBAMBAM

After stirring the pot you just decided to kick it over huh?

 

[Fairly-Hard]

on paper, they should be a lot better than they are. So, either an organizational failure or a failure of chemistry. Balmer seems to have a Whitsitt gene: screw the cost and just add as much talent as possible without a care of if the talent fits together. To this point, the talent hasn't fit together

one thing I'd wonder about: Dame, Kawhi, and PG13 are all about the same age. Dame is the best he's ever been right now; Kawhi and PG13 are not. That may be the impact of the accumulated injuries both Kawhi and PG13 have had over the years

Okay I'll bite. Because i know you won't get a crappy about it.
Does Billups brand of basketball work better with the Clippers roster. I say hell yeah it does.
I also feel Stotts would have that rodter in the WCF's in a heartbeat.
So that tells me Ty Lue for all his praises might not be the best coach for that roster? Chemistry partially falls on the coach as much as rotations and scheme. Part of coaching and the coaching staffs job is to hold the ship together.
Now my real question. Is or should Ty Lue be on the hot seat at this point? My opinion on that is this year yes he absolutely should be.

 

[wizenheimer]

Okay I'll bite. Because i know you won't get a crappy about it.
Does Billups brand of basketball work better with the Clippers roster. I say hell yeah it does.
I also feel Stotts would have that rodter in the WCF's in a heartbeat.
So that tells me Ty Lue for all his praises might not be the best coach for that roster? Chemistry partially falls on the coach as much as rotations and scheme. Part of coaching and the coaching staffs job is to hold the ship together.
Now my real question. Is or should Ty Lue be on the hot seat at this point? My opinion on that is this year yes he absolutely should be.

yeah, I don't really know or care about how much Lue is responsible. Coaching is part of the chemistry I was referring to so sure....fire Lue. Unemployment is a real crucible for multi-millionaires.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Okay I'll bite.

Only I'm allowed to bite.

WOOF!

 

[inconceivable]

Meyers leonard will become an nba champion this summer.

 

[Samuel]

Meyers leonard will become an nba champion this summer.

 

[OneSport3]

If the Clippers flame out of the playoffs, would Paul George be available in the offseason and what would it take to get him?

 

[BigGameDamian]

 

[KingSpeed]

If the Clippers flame out of the playoffs, would Paul George be available in the offseason and what would it take to get him?

I’d give both picks and Ant for him and maybe RoCo.

Dame/PG13/Thybulle/Grant/Nurk

bench: cam, roco, twat, arci, drew, sharpe

 

[Strenuus]

Remember when people wanted Ben Simmons hahhahahahaa I loved knowing I was right the entire time. Knew it then. It's so easy to see

 

[illmatic99]

I’d give both picks and Ant for him and maybe RoCo.

Dame/PG13/Thybulle/Grant/Nurk

bench: cam, roco, twat, arci, drew, sharpe

who decided this would be his nickname? glad he ain't in the UK i guess haha

 

[blazerkor]

who decided this would be his nickname? glad he ain't in the UK i guess haha

He's quick to remind everyone about the dash "T-Wat" but it doesn't matter because it's seems like it's still twat.

 

[blazerfan11]

Knicks win their 8th in a row in dramatic fashion in Miami.
After looking exhausted, losing the handle on the ball twice ("stumbling and bumbling" said Walt Frazier) , Julius Randle threw up what looked to be a desperation shot, which went in.
Miami had 1.1 left on the clock, but Kevin Love's inbound pass was intercepted by Mitchell Robinson and the Heat never got a shot off.

 

[julius]

Ok, am I missing something here? Whats the apology for?

 

[blazerfan11]

Only a video can do it justice.

 

[HailBlazers]

Knicks win their 8th in a row in dramatic fashion in Miami.
After looking exhausted, losing the handle on the ball twice ("stumbling and bumbling" said Walt Frazier) , Julius Randle threw up what looked to be a desperation shot, which went in.
Miami had 1.1 left on the clock, but Kevin Love's inbound pass was intercepted by Mitchell Robinson and the Heat never got a shot off.
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NYK is my new favorite team.

 

[THE HCP]

c'mon man....are you really ignorant of the reasons for that?

the CBA's have changed dramatically over the years:

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1999 was a sea change year.

Bob Whitsitt was hired as the GM when there were no maximum salaries and no salary caps. Paul Allen was willing to spend then even more than Steve Ballmer is willing to spend now (with the same results apparently). It doesn't show on that chart but the Apron and Hard Cap provisions showed up a few years after 1999, IIRC. Also, IIRC, there didn't use to be strict rules on salary matching in trades. Whitsitt was able to assemble that Pippen Blazer team without any of the heavy restrictions current GM's and owners operate under.

in other words, the NBA isn't the same now as it was in the 90's. It has evolved meaning the concerns of fans have evolved. NBA fan's in the 70's didn't worry about 3 point shooting either

SPEND THE MONEY AND BRING IN THE TALENT. SAVE YOUR SPREAD SHEETS FOR SOMEBODY ELSE FAMS!

 

[THE HCP]

After stirring the pot you just decided to kick it over huh?

Fucking “causin panic” is in my god damn name….and yet people still complain.

 

[blazerfan11]

The Pelicans lead the Warriors at halftime by 3 points.
Does New Orleans have a chance?

 

[illmatic99]

NYK is my new favorite team.

i used to live in jersey the year they went to the finals with Allan Houston and Spreewell. I watched every Knick game on MSG that year with my pops while my mom was working at a university in Delaware. i was 9 and absolutely in love with that team and got me really close to my father because it was just the two of us.

i also coincidently just moved to NYC from OR a few months ago.

i might have to resume my knick fandom this year because following Portland so closely has genuinely taken a mental toll on me. sit back and let us tank while i still have a team to root for for wins.

 

[HailBlazers]

i used to live in jersey the year they went to the finals with Allan Houston and Spreewell. I watched every Knick game on MSG that year with my pops while my mom was working at a university in Delaware. i was 9 and absolutely in love with that team and got me really close to my father because it was just the two of us.

i also coincidently just moved to NYC from OR a few months ago.

i might have to resume my knick fandom this year because following Portland so closely has genuinely taken a mental toll on me. sit back and let us tank while i still have a team to root for for wins.

Damn! That's awesome. Did you actually go to the garden? Be so cool for them to become contenders in Spikes "prime."

I was a huge Garnett fan and loved Spree. Wolves were always my team in NBA Live.

 

[illmatic99]

Damn! That's awesome. Did you actually go to the garden? Be so cool for them to become contenders in Spikes "prime."

I was a huge Garnett fan and loved Spree. Wolves were always my team in NBA Live.

hah no, I meant MSG the TV channel not the actual arena. Could never afford it back then, and don't want to pay $200 for nosebleeds now.

actually, i'm kinda shocked how much cheaper BK tix are compared to the Knicks. Might hit up barclays before season's done.

I was a Houston guy through and through. Used to try to mimic his jumper haha. Spree was always too crazy.

 

[MickZagger]

i used to live in jersey the year they went to the finals with Allan Houston and Spreewell. I watched every Knick game on MSG that year with my pops while my mom was working at a university in Delaware. i was 9 and absolutely in love with that team and got me really close to my father because it was just the two of us.

i also coincidently just moved to NYC from OR a few months ago.

i might have to resume my knick fandom this year because following Portland so closely has genuinely taken a mental toll on me. sit back and let us tank while i still have a team to root for for wins.

Chris Childs, Dudley, Kurt Thomas, Howard Eisley. I remember that Knicks team well. They were grit and grind just like the team they have now. But in completely different eras of defense

 

[wizenheimer]

SPEND THE MONEY AND BRING IN THE TALENT. SAVE YOUR SPREAD SHEETS FOR SOMEBODY ELSE FAMS!

does that work?...HI, I'M SAYING SOMETHING IMPORTANT SO I'LL USE CAPS!!! do you really think that impresses anybody on the internet? Next time use CAPS and bold the CAPS and also make CAPS as large possible....then I'll be convinced!

 

[MickZagger]

does that work?...HI, I'M SAYING SOMETHING IMPORTANT SO I'LL USE CAPS!!! do you really think that impresses anybody on the internet? Next time use CAPS and bold the CAPS and also them as large of CAPS as possible....then I'll be convinced!

You bustin’ some Caps?