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Re: The NBA Thread
« Reply #645 on: February 18, 2012, 02:00:11 AM »
Very disappointed to see a Charlotte win.  I want this franchise to own something.

And I had forgotten about Ed Davis even though he's only been in the league a year.  Way to go Ed.
I really don't appreciate your sarcastic, anti-comedy tone, Bro!

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Re: The NBA Thread
« Reply #646 on: February 18, 2012, 02:34:43 AM »
Bench Jeremy Lin!
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Re: The NBA Thread
« Reply #647 on: February 18, 2012, 08:32:25 AM »
I so want to just paste the blog post in here, but it seems that might be spammy, so I am offering a long rationale for why Boston keeps turning up ranked so high in my system. It's at my blog, here: http://gaughin.edublogs.org/2012/02/19/the-celtics-cant-be-that-good-can-they/

I could do a similar analysis of the Sixers' season, but given Greggulator's statement one post back, maybe the argument I have been making is starting to assert itself without me typing quite so much. Will do it if so requested though. I live for this stuff.

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« Reply #648 on: February 18, 2012, 09:07:29 AM »
I went ahead and ran the Sixers analysis. It's short enough I will just give you the whole thing (the Celtics one was longer, and had a joke or two.)

Here’s a similar analysis for the Sixers (just for Brad and Greggulator and Jack, who will pretend not to care about it.)

Sixers initial random draw is 26th.

On December 31st, the 29th place Sixers beat 1st place Golden State, and rise to 24th.

On January 6th, the 28th place Sixers beat 22nd place Detroit, and rise to 24th.

On January 7th, the 24th place Sixers beat 6th place Toronto, and rise to 21st.

On January 9th, the 21st place Sixers beat 15th place Indiana, and rise to 15th.

On January 20th, the 18th place Sixers beat 12th place Atlanta, and rise to 13th.

On January 25th, the 14th place Sixers lose to 27th place New Jersey, and fall to 21st.

On January 30th, the 22nd place Sixers beat 13th place Orlando, and rise to 19th.

On February 1st, the 19th place Sixers beat 3rd place Chicago, and rise to 16th.

On February 6th, the 17th place Sixers beat the 11th place Lakers, and rise to 12th.

 

And as of today, they have drifted to 13th (see the listing on the previous post for details.)

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Re: The NBA Thread
« Reply #649 on: February 18, 2012, 11:11:14 AM »
I don't watch basketball at all, but I thought the offensiveness of this was hilarious:



When are they gonna learn?

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Re: The NBA Thread
« Reply #650 on: February 18, 2012, 07:45:51 PM »
Dear Lord, that editor's as tone deaf as Santorum.

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Re: The NBA Thread
« Reply #651 on: February 18, 2012, 07:56:48 PM »
Can't decide if it's good or bad that Kenny Smith is getting marginalized by Shaq. Did you see him as commissioner, bumbling around with the draft pick cards for the Rising Stars Challenge?

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Re: The NBA Thread
« Reply #652 on: February 19, 2012, 04:13:52 PM »
I still weep for Webber having to hit the road and do color on West Coast late games. He is Shaq's saddest victim.
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Re: The NBA Thread
« Reply #653 on: February 19, 2012, 08:30:39 PM »
I still weep for Webber having to hit the road and do color on West Coast late games. He is Shaq's saddest victim.

It really is a shame because Webber is pretty great. Definitely doesn't need the focus on him all the time, unlike Shaq.

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Re: The NBA Thread
« Reply #654 on: February 20, 2012, 09:46:47 AM »
NBA update
1 Miami
2 San Antonio
3 Orlando
4 Chicago
5 Memphis
6 Dallas
7 LA Clippers
8 Oklahoma City
9 Boston
10 Denver
11 Houston
12 Minnesota
13 Philadelphia
14 LA Lakers
15 Indiana
16 Cleveland
17 Sacramento
18 New York
19 New Orleans
20 Phoenix
21 Portland
22 Detroit
23 Atlanta
24 Golden State
25 Milwaukee
26 New Jersey
27 Utah
28 Washington
29 Charlotte
30 Toronto

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« Reply #655 on: February 20, 2012, 05:08:12 PM »
I just don't get how the Knicks keep winning with his turnovers. I mean the points are great, but points are points and will be scored by others if not by Lin. It would be one thing if his FG% was sky high but it's not. I haven't watched him play yet so it must be that the assists he's getting are opening up the offense?

If the Wolves can find a SG on the trade market they could be a real threat in the West. I thought that they had a good chance of hovering around .500 this year, but I never thought they'd be a player away from being a top 10 team and maybe only a year away from being a real championship contender. I loved when they drafted Pekovic, watching clips of him overseas looked like he'd be really good and then he was so soft his first year. This is the Pekovic I was expecting. Not even this good, just someone to finally take over the center role and be serviceable. The only flaw I see in his game is that every time he gets a rebound he bounces the ball before he puts it back up. I can see the league taking advantage of that.

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« Reply #656 on: February 20, 2012, 09:58:14 PM »
NY sports radio should be fun tomorrow.
Breakfast- I'm havin' a time
Wheelies- I'm havin' a time
Headlocks- I'm havin' a time
Drunk Tank- not so much a time
George St.- I'm havin' a time
Brenda- I'm havin' a time
Bingo- I'm havin' a time
House Arrest- I'm still havin' a time

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Re: The NBA Thread
« Reply #657 on: February 21, 2012, 01:08:31 AM »

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Re: The NBA Thread
« Reply #658 on: February 21, 2012, 01:25:28 AM »
Isn't he, like, a fundamentalist Christian or something? Kind of sucks that he probably isn't taking advantage of these awesome perks. Maybe he could work something out with his pastor.

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Re: The NBA Thread
« Reply #659 on: February 23, 2012, 08:40:35 AM »
I don't watch basketball at all, but I thought the offensiveness of this was hilarious:



When are they gonna learn?

Even if the rules of the NBA were revised requiring players to wear full-body protective clothing, and during the course of a game Jeremy Lin's developed a small opening, I still wouldn't have gone with that headline.