OFFICIAL 2015 NBA PLAYOFF THREAD (NBA FINALS SET; GSW V. CLE - (But we have a whole week before the

[ny mavurs]

LMA is departing portland. its a wrap

He's been there for almost a decade while contending on two separate occasions

He should just pack up and leave

 

[nick.]

I'll be at Age of Ultron tonight so you're off the hook until at least tomorrow morning.

No guarantees for the weekend tho.

Me too. Who will step forward and carry the mantle? We need an on call pilot to fly high tonight.

sea manup your team needs you more than ever

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LMAO

 

[sea manup]

 

I'll be at Age of Ultron tonight so you're off the hook until at least tomorrow morning.

No guarantees for the weekend tho.

Me too. Who will step forward and carry the mantle? We need an on call pilot to fly high tonight.

im already warming up my fingers

put me in coach! 

 

[shenggg]

possible destinations for LMA?

 

[Chester McFloppy]

such is the story of every chris paul playoff team. he puts up efficient stats with not enough actual impact. he will single handedly win a few games here and there leading fanboys to start up the top 5 all time chants again but then he follows up with lackluster 20 points on 7/12 shooting games where he doesnt lead his team to a victory but doest get blame because he played safe and efficient. 

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[jumpman ii]

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Washed

 

[sea manup]

LA to LA 

 

[kal-el-8]

 
LA to LA 

 

[shenggg]

He's been there for almost a decade while contending on two separate occasions

He should just pack up and leave

it ******* sucks tho, imagine if brandon roy, greg oden were healthy

 

[CJMcfly26]

 
possible destinations for LMA?

Spurs been trying to acquire him since Jan

Mavs also in the hunt for him, and Dirk stated he is willing to play the 6th man role if he needs to.

obvious choices for LMA will Spurs or Mavs

I'm hoping the Spurs

 

[sea manup]

lebby will probably try to get LA to come to cleveland once he dumps klove's body in the river 

 

[lawdog1]

two clippers wins chris paul has scored 32 and 34

ignoring the 40 point blowout game

2 very close spurs wins where chris paul scored 19 and 21


pretty clear to see that if chris paul stepped it up and was more dominant in the two losses the clippers would not be in this position today.


such is the story of every chris paul playoff team. he puts up efficient stats with not enough actual impact. he will single handedly win a few games here and there leading fanboys to start up the top 5 all time chants again but then he follows up with lackluster 20 points on 7/12 shooting games where he doesnt lead his team to a victory but doest get blame because he played safe and efficient. 

When I say the Spurs are a better team, to me it means that they outplayed us and, therefore, everyone on the Clippers, including CP, needed to play better. That's not holding him blameless. I've often said that the team is best when he's aggressive offensively and faulted him for being passive too often. That applies here too. That said, he shouldn't have to score 30 each game for us to beat the Spurs. Point is, he will get blame.

 

[bravelude]

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dude was born to be bald.

david courier from full house?

 

[lawdog1]

Spurs been trying to acquire him since Jan

That sounds like tampering to me. Spurs should be immediately disqualified from the playoffs.

 

[sea manup]

 

two clippers wins chris paul has scored 32 and 34

ignoring the 40 point blowout game

2 very close spurs wins where chris paul scored 19 and 21


pretty clear to see that if chris paul stepped it up and was more dominant in the two losses the clippers would not be in this position today.


such is the story of every chris paul playoff team. he puts up efficient stats with not enough actual impact. he will single handedly win a few games here and there leading fanboys to start up the top 5 all time chants again but then he follows up with lackluster 20 points on 7/12 shooting games where he doesnt lead his team to a victory but doest get blame because he played safe and efficient. 

When I say the Spurs are a better team, to me it means that they outplayed us and, therefore, everyone on the Clippers, including CP, needed to play better. That's not holding him blameless. I've often said that the team is best when he's aggressive offensively and faulted him for being passive too often. That applies here too. That said, he shouldn't have to score 30 each game for us to beat the Spurs. Point is, he will get blame.

fair enough

i just hate the phrase "____ was the better team" makes it seem like the fact is set in stone and there's nothing the losing team could have done to change the outcome.

makes it seem like losing is okay because it's expected 

 

[bravelude]

That sounds like tampering to me. Spurs should be immediately disqualified from the playoffs.

den doc shouldnt have been collecting sterlings check

 

[MVP]

He can score 30 and should be held to that standard. He's one of the best of all time,right? No reason for him to just be going through the motions not being aggressive from the get go. Nobody can check him on the Spurs. I don't even believe the Spurs are much better if at all. They are just far more poised mentally down the stretch of these close games and that's been the difference.

 

[sea manup]

its the playoffs, the teams leader and best player should need to go 110% for his team to win

if he doesnt then he let his team down 

 

[lawdog1]

He can score 30 and should be held to that standard. He's one of the best of all time,right? No reason for him to just be going through the motions not being aggressive from the get go. Nobody can check him on the Spurs. I don't even believe the Spurs are much better if at all. They are just far more poised mentally down the stretch of these close games and that's been the difference.

That's been a problem all season. They've had trouble closing close games against tough teams. Not a good thing when you're playing the most poised, experienced team in the league. But, yeah, a lot of that has to fall on CP. He's best equipped to be the team's closer and hasn't been delivering consistently.

Oh, and you won't find any posts from me calling him one of the best of all time. He's great. I still think he's the best all-around PG playing today, but I've never claimed he was top 5 all time or anything like that.

 

[sea manup]

a lot of cp slander comes from non basketball watching stat nerds posting a few ERAs to "prove" cp's greatness then being ghost when he comes up short leaving clippers fans to defend the poor guy. 

funny that people "smart" enough to understand 234 different metrics cant see that the only important stat is winning 

 

[nelson999]

Chris Paul has probably been the best player in the series on either team.  Sometimes that's not enough against the a team like the Spurs. and sometimes you got Blake fumbling and bumbling the game away in the clutch

 

[sea manup]

 
Chris Paul has probably been the best player in the series on either team for two games, both of which the clippers won 

fixed 

 

[kidkain]

He can score 30 and should be held to that standard. He's one of the best of all time,right? No reason for him to just be going through the motions not being aggressive from the get go. Nobody can check him on the Spurs. I don't even believe the Spurs are much better if at all. They are just far more poised mentally down the stretch of these close games and that's been the difference.

Spurs bench is vastly superior but everything else is on point

 

[MVP]

Chris Paul has probably been the best player in the series on either team.  Sometimes that's not enough against the a team like the Spurs. and sometimes you got Blake fumbling and bumbling the game away in the clutch

He wasn't the best player in Game 2, 3 and 5 and that's a major reason they lost.

 

[brandon3000]

windhorst love him some bron bron.