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Post by fatmenace on Jan 30, 2014 17:56:09 GMT -6
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Post by gk on Jan 30, 2014 18:11:12 GMT -6
I'm so frustrated with Kyrie these days I'm not even sure I'd want him on a max deal. Part of it is his good-not-great play, especially his defense. But it's also partly because there are so many good mid-level guards: Derozan, Lowry, Dragic to name a few. I'm not sure Kyrie is sooooo much better than those second-tier guys that he warrants a max deal. I think I'd rather have a back court of Derozan and Waiters than Irving and someone else.
Then again, Irving is still so very young, I should probably take a deep breath and be patient.
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Post by gk on Feb 5, 2014 19:08:13 GMT -6
Cavs down 70-49 at home to the Lakers at half. The lakers have 7 guys and they're terrible. OK *this* has to be the low point.
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Post by gk on Feb 5, 2014 20:31:55 GMT -6
Cavs ended up losing to a Lakers team at home - the Lakers got in at about 4:30am after a back to back. The Lakers had 5 players on the court with Robert Sacre playing with 6 fouls.
Holy crap this team is a mess. I've never seen a team as not-shit-giving as this one.
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Post by fatmenace on Feb 5, 2014 23:07:32 GMT -6
If they continue to only show the crappy match ups on Thursday nights, it doesn't really matter.
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Post by gk on Feb 6, 2014 12:15:55 GMT -6
And Chris Grant is out. Season from hell.
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Post by fatmenace on Feb 6, 2014 14:27:03 GMT -6
If they continue to only show the crappy match ups on Thursday nights, it doesn't really matter. That was supposed to be in tbe nfl thread.
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Post by fatmenace on Feb 6, 2014 14:27:54 GMT -6
And Chris Grant is out. Season from hell. Think brown comes back?
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Post by gk on Feb 10, 2014 10:36:01 GMT -6
2-0 in the post Chris Grant era! He must've been the problem.
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Post by fatmenace on Feb 10, 2014 14:16:34 GMT -6
Another good start for the Spurs on their annual Rodeo Road Trip. They're starting players who were just in D League last week because the starters and bench are so banged up.
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Post by gk on Feb 11, 2014 21:48:21 GMT -6
Anthony Bennett goes for 19 and 10 against the Kings and it's like we've won the lottery. Positive steps.
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Post by gk on Feb 12, 2014 22:34:16 GMT -6
... 4 in a row... (against crappy competition, I know)
Tristan Thompson 25 and 15 making Chris Grant look ... well, if not "smart" at least "not dumb" for selecting him over Valanciunas. Their numbers are and have been nearly identical since Valanciunas came over. Tristan averaging 12 and 9 (PER of 14), Jonas averaging 11 and 9 (PER of 15). I guess the problem is that Tristan is listed at a PF, not a Center. And he probably can't play Center for long stretches.
Like I said, not that Grant was smart for taking Thompson over Jonas, but just that it's not the abomination that it's represented as. Ditto for Dion Waters over Harrison Barnes (Waiters has a higher PER).
Now Anthony Bennett, who had 2 points tonight.... that's an issue... but we'll see...
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Post by gk on Feb 17, 2014 11:40:56 GMT -6
Kyrie wins ASG MVP. Dion Waiters probably shoulda won the MVP of the Rising Stars game.
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Post by gk on Feb 19, 2014 21:02:47 GMT -6
6 wins a row for the Cavs - mostly against crappy teams.
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Post by fatmenace on Feb 20, 2014 6:44:05 GMT -6
i love this spurs team. half the starters out with injury but they just keep chugging along.
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