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[quote name="shoeking2102"]I mean, the roster is obviously incomplete, they lost in the 2nd round again :lol:  Sure they blew it in an epic fashion, but if this was a back and forth series and they lost in 7 the same slander would have occurred.

There's something that needs to be done to improve the team in some fashion. If that weren't the case they would have made the wcf
The only improvement that NEEDS to be made are basketball related decisions that result in scoring more points than the opponent.

The pieces are there; they just need to be used more effectively and they need to step up.

If Prigs & Corey Brewer & rejected Josh Smith can get it done, all roster excuses are out.[/quote]
Nah, man. You are not winning a championship if you're seventh, eighth and ninth guys are Big Baby, Austin Rivers and Hedo Turkoglu.

Playoff teams are too good to allow that to happen.
 
 
Dwight Howard is not a leader by any sense of the word and has never been one, save maybe that NBA Finals trip with the Magic.
The rockets were nothing before Howard got there. I'm just hoping he shows out this next series. What better way to "handle the spotlight" than to win in the WCF.
Yup. Imagine where they'd be if he missed half the games this year.......oh wait
 
If a team is able to take the defending champs to the brink and beat them, if a team is able to take a top west team to 3-1 and be up 19 towards the end of the 3rd quarter of the clincher, that team is capable of taking it all.

The Pelicans roster is incomplete.

The Celtics roster is incomplete.

The Jazz, Lakers, and 76ers rosters are incomplete.

Not the Clippers.

That was just a case of a solid roster not getting it done.

Don't take them all the way from contenders to a lottery status just to protect them from the criticism of having a solid roster that failed.

The Rockets or Warriors will not make the Finals. The Cavs or Hawks will not make the Finals.

Whoever doesn't... deserves ALL the criticism for having the potential but not arriving to the Finals.

Once again, how is a roster complete when none of your bench players are actual NBA rotation guys?

They are all minus except Crawford.


What team has won with 6 guys?

Their starting 5 is complete and that's where it stops, yall dudes got blinders on.


Show me a team that's been successful with a bench that has all minus players, I'll wait.
This clippers squad could've won a chip this year. They were legit contenders. After they beat the spurs I think most people expected them to make the WCF and go 6-7 games with the warriors, with the winner going on to win a championship.
 
:lol: at all the backtracking. From being the FAR SUPERIOR TEAM to now not having enough in a matter of 5 days time. Unbelievable.
 
This '6 guys' is revisionist history, and the history being revised JUST HAPPENED.

I watched every minute. I saw more than 6 guys regularly wear Clippers uniforms on the court, both in the playoffs and the regular season.

Could the bench have played MORE? Yes, and that's on Doc.

But was there literally just the starters & 1 reserve?

Not.

Even.

Close.



You seeing what you want, like I said NONE OF THE BENCH BESIDES CRAWFORD WERE + PLAYERS.

& even Crawford played like trash, pretty sure no team in the history of the league has succeeded without a bench no matter how good the starting 5 is.

None of the Clippers bench besides Crawford would even get minutes on other playoff teams.
 
Yup. Imagine where they'd be if he missed half the games this year.......oh wait

This clippers squad could've won a chip this year. They were legit contenders. After they beat the spurs I think most people expected them to make the WCF and go 6-7 games with the warriors, with the winner going on to win a championship.

They were the favorites just last week when they were up 3-1 to win the ENTIRE thing man.
 
Nah, man. You are not winning a championship if you're seventh, eighth and ninth guys are Big Baby, Austin Rivers and Hedo Turkoglu.

Playoff teams are too good to allow that to happen.
Not to mention the best guy off the bench isn't really that good and is only worth anything when he's making shots. 

Like I said, when the clips went up 3-1 they got some uncharachteristically good performances from Austin / Hedo / Big Baby etc. that weren't nearly as good over the course of 82. 

The Clippers looked extremely superior when Austin Rivers is giving you 25, Jamal is giving you 17, big baby is giving you great minutes, etc. 
 
Nah, man. You are not winning a championship if you're seventh, eighth and ninth guys are Big Baby, Austin Rivers and Hedo Turkoglu.

Playoff teams are too good to allow that to happen.


Na man, it's Chris Paul's fault, you don't make any sense.
 
They were the favorites just last week when they were up 3-1 to win the ENTIRE thing man.
Dude, you can't just make blanket statements like this, you're better than that.

When they were favorites they had juggernaut offensive outings. Not mentioning blake and CP, Jamal Crawford was scoring Austin rivers was going crazy, Big Baby was playing great, spencer hawes was playing great.

LESTER HUDSON changed game 2 for the Clippers. Of course they were going to be favorites. When these things regress, then they don't look nearly as superior, obviously.
 
Yea a bunch of people had them over GSW..............oh wait that never happened. :lol:

Vegas odds, % projections had them as the favorites to win the chip. Shoeking was helping plan the Figueroa parade route. All of these things happened.
 
Vegas odds, % projections had them as the favorites to win the chip. Shoeking was helping plan the Figueroa parade route. All of these things happened.


Except that still never happened. :lol:


GSW has been the favorites since the winter, you on molly champ.
 
Except that still never happened. :lol:


GSW has been the favorites since the winter, you on molly champ.

It did happen. GS took a dip after going down 2-1 vs Memphis. ESPN probabilities had them as 40% favorites to win the title just ahead of GS.
 
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It's going to be funny when a championship is won because some guys NOT named Steph or Klay or LeBron or Kyrie or Horford or Korver or Dwight or Harden step up, some bench guys, some no-names that no one is thinking of right now, some guys that fill in the blanks to the sentence "You're not winning with _________ getting minutes."

Gonna be funny when a championship is won because of a couple guys that prevent teams from winning championships because you just aren't going to win with those guys.
 
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at all the backtracking. From being the FAR SUPERIOR TEAM to now not having enough in a matter of 5 days time. Unbelievable.
i mean they didn't have a stacked bench, but yeah, we're hearing a lot of cop-outs now
 
If cp3 is your top guy u won't win, been saying that for years
 
It's going to be funny when a championship is won because some guys NOT named Steph or Klay or LeBron or Kyrie or Horford or Korver or Dwight or Harden step up, some bench guys, some no-names that no one is thinking of right now, some guys that fill in the blanks to the sentence "You're not winning with _________ getting minutes."

Gonna be funny when a championship is won because of a couple guys that prevent teams from winning championships because you just aren't going to win with those guys.


It's gonna be funny when GSW wins with the deepest bench in the league.
 
It's going to be funny when a championship is won because some guys NOT named Steph or Klay or LeBron or Kyrie or Horford or Korver or Dwight or Harden step up, some bench guys, some no-names that no one is thinking of right now, some guys that fill in the blanks to the sentence "You're not winning with _________ getting minutes."

Gonna be funny when a championship is won because of a couple guys that prevent teams from winning championships because you just aren't going to win with those guys.

Ska had his Ensure this morning. In here laying down the truth post after post. :pimp:
 
Teams need a starting 5 of current ALL Stars and a bench of former All Stars in order to win now, or in order to avoid the criticism of having worthless role players. :lol:

Actually, a bench of seasoned veterans that loses would just yield responses of "Too old. :lol: You serious?"
 
Thought the Spurs were pretty deep. Hell, looking through the playoff bracket thread and predictions, most people had them in the WCF if not finals.

Then a team with only 6 players beat them.

How odd.
 
Teams need a starting 5 of current ALL Stars and a bench of former All Stars in order to win now, or in order to avoid the criticism of having worthless role players. :lol:

Actually, a bench of seasoned veterans that loses would just yield responses of "Too old. :lol: You serious?"


You still haven't shown me a team with any playoff success with a bench as bad as the Clips.

Like I said, I'll wait.
 
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at all the backtracking. From being the FAR SUPERIOR TEAM to now not having enough in a matter of 5 days time. Unbelievable.
could of swore i heard ppl saying in the playoffs everyone has a short bench so it wouldnt matter because the clippers core was that strong. 
 
Teams need a starting 5 of current ALL Stars and a bench of former All Stars in order to win now, or in order to avoid the criticism of having worthless role players. :lol:

Actually, a bench of seasoned veterans that loses would just yield responses of "Too old. :lol: You serious?"

Sasha, Farmer, Luke Walton etc. aren't good enough damn. Guess we have to give those titles back from 2009 and 2010.
 
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