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Post by fatmenace on Feb 2, 2010 20:32:11 GMT -6
Spurs road trip starts tomorrow. If they have a bad trip I see zero chance of winning in the playoffs. I heard today the Spurs are averaging 101 points a game, which is a record in the Duncan era. But I think they're also giving up record points too. Time to step up.
On another note, Durant is out of this world. He's not even human at this point. Plus his defense is now a plus for the team, no longer a liability.
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Post by gk on Feb 2, 2010 20:45:00 GMT -6
Durant is clearly the #2 player in the league. I think he's leapfrogged over Kobe.
I am officially a believer.
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Post by gk on Feb 2, 2010 23:58:05 GMT -6
OKC seems to just need one more piece to be a championship caliber team. A big guy. It'll be tough to get Bosh in the offseason, but Bosh or someone like him would instantly make them the best in the West.
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Post by gk on Feb 5, 2010 13:02:58 GMT -6
Lebron started at PG last night. That's kind of insane.
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Post by gk on Feb 5, 2010 13:52:31 GMT -6
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Post by fatmenace on Feb 5, 2010 18:50:49 GMT -6
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Post by gk on Feb 7, 2010 11:03:39 GMT -6
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Post by fatmenace on Feb 10, 2010 8:09:10 GMT -6
We should just end the season today, let the Cavs and Lakers have through the weekend to rest, and then start the finals on Monday night.
We all know it's going through. Having to play through the motions is tedious.
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Post by gk on Feb 10, 2010 8:28:11 GMT -6
I'm with you .... but i would have said the same thing last year....
Besides, I want to see if Lebron can sweep the NBA player of the month awards. Has THAT ever happened?
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Post by gk on Feb 10, 2010 10:47:52 GMT -6
Listening to the BS Report with Stern this morning reminded me of the Donaghy scandal and inspired me to find some of the doomsday prophesy that ensued. Pick which is the most ridiculous thing written! ================================================= "Sooner than later, all hell is going to break loose. The NBA will never be the same again." - Adrian Wojnarowski (Yahoo! Sports)
"The league's doomsday scenario." - Mark Kriegel (Foxsports.com)
"A crisis that you'd gladly trade straight up for baseball's steroid scandal." - Marc Stein (ESPN.com)
"It strikes at the heart of who we are." - Ray Ratto (CBS Sportsline) =======================================================
I'd have to go with Marc Stein's quote. I wonder if he stands by that.
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Post by gk on Feb 10, 2010 13:29:33 GMT -6
I bet it's really annoying for NBA player to conduct post-game interviews after playing the Cavs. All the questions go like this:
"So how difficult was it playing against Lebron James? Isn't he AMAZING??!!"
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Post by gk on Feb 10, 2010 13:32:59 GMT -6
Tough stretch coming up for the Cavs:
Orlando **all-star break** Denver @charlotte @orlando New Orleans @boston @toronto
The definitely won't have their current win streak running by the time they're done with this stretch. I'd like to see them split with Orlando and beat Boston. If they go 0-3 against those teams, the red flags come up again.
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Post by gk on Feb 11, 2010 10:27:35 GMT -6
Love the Illgauskas puppet by the way. At least if he's forced to retire without a championship, he'll have that. Kobe, Lebron, and Zydrunas. That's elite company.
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Post by fatmenace on Feb 11, 2010 11:08:07 GMT -6
To be fair, the Donaghy scandal SHOULD be as big as they predicted. The fact it's been swept under the rug is incomprehensible to me. At the very least, there should have been a comprehensive change in how they hire, evaluate and train refs. I know Simmons hits on it a lot, but there is NO reason to have refs in their 60s and 70s. It's just unfathomable to me.
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Post by gk on Feb 11, 2010 12:00:22 GMT -6
I know Simmons hits on it a lot, but there is NO reason to have refs in their 60s and 70s. It's just unfathomable to me. That's absolutely true, and certainly the officiating needs an overhaul, but the only justification for the wailing during the time the scandal broke is if it were a league-wide problem, which it doesn't appear to be.
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