Typical S2 reaction to a Blazer win

[MrJayremmie]

What about a poster who complains about the posters complaining about the posters complaining about the Blazers?

Haha! That is awesome. But seriously, these type of threads are getting old.

 

[LittleAlex]

Atlanta is a good team.

They weren't that night. The team I saw could have cared less about winning. You could tell from the shoot around they weren't ready to play.

I have no clue how good Atlanta is in general, since I have only seen them play once. I don't really consider having a winning record in the East definitive proof of a team's quality.

 

[Ed O]

They weren't that night. The team I saw could have cared less about winning. You could tell from the shoot around they weren't ready to play.

I have no clue how good Atlanta is in general, since I have only seen them play once. I don't really consider having a winning record in the East definitive proof of a team's quality.

You think that watching a shootaround is a better indication of how good a team is than its record?

Really?

Ed O.

 

[BrianFromWA]

Speaking only for myself, there's a few different ways I respond to each game:

1) "Wow. I had no idea we were going to blow out Playoff Contender X in their own gym. Team really gave me a glimpse of the future tonight."
2) "Wow. I didn't give us great odds for winning against Playoff Contender X today, but we scrapped through it and won. Here are some examples of plays generally contrary to what's being discussed in here that I saw and stats/observation to back it up."
3) "Good win. We should've crushed this <.300 team and we did. Well done to Scrub Player X for getting on the court for some garbage time." (Potential addition: "Disconcerting that we started coasting after the 1st/2nd quarter, though. That can come back to haunt you--see Philly, 2007-08") Here are some examples of plays generally contrary to what's being discussed in here that I saw and stats/observation to back it up.
4) "Man, I know it's a win, but the team and/or Player X played horribly. Here are some examples of plays generally contrary to what's being discussed in here that I saw and stats/observation to back it up. We really need to fix some things before we play a good team and they wax us."
5) "Tough loss. We hung with Playoff Contender X for a while, but it was their night tonight and not ours. Maybe next time. Can't expect to play much better--they were the better team and it showed. Here are some examples of plays generally contrary to what's being discussed in here that I saw and stats/observation to back it up"
6) "That loss makes me angry. We should've had that game, and we threw it away. Here are some examples of plays generally contrary to what's being discussed in here that I saw and stats/observation to back it up."
7) "This is hurtful to watch"

 

[B-Roy]

They weren't that night. The team I saw could have cared less about winning. You could tell from the shoot around they weren't ready to play.

I have no clue how good Atlanta is in general, since I have only seen them play once. I don't really consider having a winning record in the East definitive proof of a team's quality.

Wait....what?

 

[mobes23]

I'm on a Cubs email list (that I joined at the same time as BLT, by the way) and NO ONE posts when the Cubs win. When the Cubs lose (which is frequent), the posts flow like crazy. I swear that list is more of a coping mechanism for the members than a forum for discussion about the team.

The same is kind of true about this board, although, not nearly as extreme as that list.

 

[LittleAlex]

You think that watching a shootaround is a better indication of how good a team is than its record?

Really?

Ed O.

It is for that night. If Portland beat the Lakers, but they played like shit and didn't look like they cared much, then they weren't a good team that night regardless of record. Atlanta looked like a pile of shit from the moment they stepped on the floor, regardless of their record.

Frankly, I thought Atlanta had a losing record based on what I saw. I was REALLY suprised to see they have over 30 wins. However, since most of the teams in the east are total ass, that isn't really very impressive. The East has 3 awesome teams and a bunch of crap. The West has 2 awesome teams, 7 good teams and the rest are pretty bad.

 

[LittleAlex]

Wait....what?

The East isn't very good as a whole. The three top teams are awesome, no doubt. The drop off after that is pretty huge. Atlanta gets to play more games against sub par opponents then any west coast team does. The eighth spot in the playoffs will go to the Bucks, who are currently 4 games under .500. That is freaking sad. Compare that to the eighth spot in the west Phoenix. They are 7 games over 500. That would put them one game behind Atlanta for 4th. Conference parity is still way off.

 

[MARIS61]

OOPS! wrong thread.

 

[Ed O]

Frankly, I thought Atlanta had a losing record based on what I saw. I was REALLY suprised to see they have over 30 wins. However, since most of the teams in the east are total ass, that isn't really very impressive. The East has 3 awesome teams and a bunch of crap. The West has 2 awesome teams, 7 good teams and the rest are pretty bad.

No offense, but it seems more likely to me that warmups are irrelevant to how good a team is or that you're just not that good at judging what a "good" team is by eyeballing it.

Ed O.