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all i know is that kevin mchale is one hell of a basketball mind, you are lucky to have him huckleberry
 
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Maxiep just posted there, respectfully.

Maxie, don't start a war.
 
jlprk said:
Maxiep just posted there, respectfully.

Maxie, don't start a war.
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I don't troll other boards. I've been a member there since our last PO series with them. I was interested in starting a dialogue to get their viewpoint.
 
I'm not a pacifist. If many of them go overboard here, then I'll say, go get them. I'm just saying, don't start it.

Oh and as for the other thing, the Houston board...

Okay that was too easy.
 
Back to the actual series. I just heard Haynes on talking ball saying "do you remember how much smack beverley was talking after that game?" Was this highly publicized, because I don't remember it. I guess dame said he wants Houston... If beverley did indeed piss Lillard off then he better watch out. Us blazer fans know that the worst thing you can do is get under Lillards skin. If dame really said he wants to play beverley in a series then my confidence is through the roof, I would never bet against dames competitive spirit.
 
yuyuza1 said:
We're famous.

http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showthread.php?t=252915
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They're right. We look like idiots already making excuses for a series that hasn't started yet. I hope our players aren't like that. Stop bitching guys. Why would they fix it for Houston? The league knows the Blazers are going to be an elite team the next 5 years or so, so they are heavily promoting Damian Lillard as an All Star. Put him in 5 All Star events to showcase his talents for the casual fan. They need Lillard to get ratings so they must starting selling him during these playoffs.
 
maxiep said:
Having lived with a torn meniscus before I had it removed, I can assure you he has some serious swelling this morning.
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I had one too. I referee (sprinting my ASS OFF. Not like some of these other lazy ass refs) 200+ games per year. My knee is fine.
 
KingSpeed said:
They're right. We look like idiots already making excuses for a series that hasn't started yet. I hope our players aren't like that. Stop bitching guys. Why would they fix it for Houston? The league knows the Blazers are going to be an elite team the next 5 years or so, so they are heavily promoting Damian Lillard as an All Star. Put him in 5 All Star events to showcase his talents for the casual fan. They need Lillard to get ratings so they must starting selling him during these playoffs.
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I've never bought into any of this bullshit. Bad calls happen, they happen in the blazers favor too.

As far as all this grooming nonsense. What came first, the chicken or the egg? It directly discredits Lillards body of work to say that he was "put" into all star events. Were we paid to draft him where we did? No. Dame has worked his ass off to be where he is. Was dame as big a name on all star week because the nba was high on him? Or has the nba been high on him because of what he's done to be such a big name on all star week? I believe it is the ladder, and to think anything else is practically saying that dame doesn't deserve what he's got.
 
Fonzthecpt1 said:
Back to the actual series. I just heard Haynes on talking ball saying "do you remember how much smack beverley was talking after that game?" Was this highly publicized, because I don't remember it. I guess dame said he wants Houston... If beverley did indeed piss Lillard off then he better watch out. Us blazer fans know that the worst thing you can do is get under Lillards skin. If dame really said he wants to play beverley in a series then my confidence is through the roof, I would never bet against dames competitive spirit.
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Those Rockets guys are reading. Don't tell them about Lilliard's temper.
 
Fonzthecpt1 said:
I've never bought into any of this bullshit. Bad calls happen, they happen in the blazers favor too.

As far as all this grooming nonsense. What came first, the chicken or the egg? It directly discredits Lillards body of work to say that he was "put" into all star events. Were we paid to draft him where we did? No. Dame has worked his ass off to be where he is. Was dame as big a name on all star week because the nba was high on him? Or has the nba been high on him because of what he's done to be such a big name on all star week? I believe it is the ladder, and to think anything else is practically saying that dame doesn't deserve what he's got.
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Dame was in the dunk contest even though he had only 8 in game dunks up to that point. The word you're looking first is latter not ladder. Yes, it starts with greatness. Blake Griffin came into the league putting up great numbers so the league pounced on that and groomed him for superstardom. Lillard is an up and comer who will compete for MVP one day so the league is going to promote him so that people care about nationally televised Blazer games.
 
Seeing how the refs allowed players to slap and grab last night, I wouldn't be surprised. As long as they allow us the same, it will be fine.

If they give harden the typical ghost calls, we are in for a long series.
 
I think most refs/players hate Beverley. Dame's been getting more calls lately (that one last night at the end was a gift). I think he'll get the better of that matchup on the refs' front.
 
magnifier661 said:
Seeing how the refs allowed players to slap and grab last night, I wouldn't be surprised. As long as they allow us the same, it will be fine.

If they give harden the typical ghost calls, we are in for a long series.
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Allowing Houston to do it at all is bad, even if it's called both ways. We don't play that way. We're not cheap. We don't flop. We don't hold. The lack of calls favors the dirty team.
 
Wes flops all the time. And he gets a calls because of it.

He's probably the biggest offender on our team, but he still doesn't hold a candle to all the guys who flop on the HOU team.
 
yuyuza1 said:
Wes flops all the time. And he gets a calls because of it.

He's probably the biggest offender on our team, but he still doesn't hold a candle to all the guys who flop on the HOU team.
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There's a huge difference between flopping and trying to draw the charge. Guys like Kevin Martin and James Harden will intentionally run into you and then fall down like they were shot.
 
Natebishop3 said:
Allowing Houston to do it at all is bad, even if it's called both ways. We don't play that way. We're not cheap. We don't flop. We don't hold. The lack of calls favors the dirty team.
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I agree, but we must learn to deal with this type of play if we want to advance in the playoffs. I thought we battled through it pretty well last night. We gotta keep that same mentality.
 
magnifier661 said:
I agree, but we must learn to deal with this type of play if we want to advance in the playoffs. I thought we battled through it pretty well last night. We gotta keep that same mentality.
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GS actually isn't that bad about the flopping/holding. Bogut is dirty, but he's really the only one on that team.

Houston is just one big shit sandwich when it comes to cheap shit. They're like the Bad Boys if the Bad Boys didn't play hard nosed basketball and ONLY did the cheap shit they were known for.
 
Wow, Spurstalk and Clutchfans, we're pissing off all of the big nba forums since becoming the official Blazers one! What's next, Lakersground?
 
Hey guys, Houston fan over here. I think its going to be a hard fought series with about 100 3s attempted a game between the both of us lol. I say it goes to 7 (Please please Houston get home court). I know most of you guys think we are dirty and flop a lot, i do agree we flop a lot but i would say all teams flop to a certain extent. Mainly its Harden and Lin who do the most flopping. Most people think Beverley is dirty but i just think he plays hard nosed defense and doesn't give up. He is in the NBA for one reason and one reason alone, defense, he wants to stay in the league and he knows that his defense is the only way to do it. I kinda blame the new school NBA for being soft and labeling any hard nosed defender dirty. If Beverley played int he 80' and 90's he most definitely would not be called dirty. But i do understand that i am biased and that you guys probably think differently.

Either way i wish you guys health and luck and hope for it to be a great series. Beverley is going to have his hands full trying to make it hard on Lillard who is a stud. Same with Mathews on Harden. We don't have any 4 who can guard LMA, we might have to resort to trying to play Asik and Howard together to attempt to slow him down. Batum and Parsons is going to be fun to watch, they are pretty even if you ask me one is a little better D and the other is a little better on O. Lopez will probably have trouble guarding Howard but you never know how Howard's offence is going to turn out. Some knights he looks unstoppable and other nights Bargnani shuts him down one on one :/.
 
OneLifeToLive said:
Hoojacks made a great point above. If Portland can't be more physical and more aggressive then they have been in there previous matchups. That will be there issue and not the reffing.Lets face it this is a finesse team . Atleast everything we have seen. They need to change that if they expect to get calls.
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Faced with the way the refs reward the Floppets and Flop City, I'm a little confused by this philosophy. Do you mean that the refs call the flops against the Blazers because the Blazers aren't actually fouling, but if the Blazers actually hammer those cheating fuckers, the refs won't call it? Is it an alpha dog, respect thing? Subconsciously, the refs want to be dominated, so they role on their backs and reward aggressive players?
 
magnifier661 said:
I agree, but we must learn to deal with this type of play if we want to advance in the playoffs. I thought we battled through it pretty well last night. We gotta keep that same mentality.
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I agree the players can't get distracted by it. I also believe that when a player flops, he should be Meyers Leonarded the very next play. Lay the fucker out, look at the ref, and say: "now that's a foul".
 
RoxFan: I'm sorry the players you follow are cheating flopping bitches. I'm sure you deserve better as a fan. So do we.

Good luck to you.

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I hate flopping too. But I've seen enough players on other teams flop on us so i don't get too mad about it. I just want Harden to play better D, he is so bad it's cringe worthy at times.
 
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