Motown Bombers Posted March 21 Posted March 21 48 minutes ago, RandyMarsh said: Yeah for Hill's first few seasons aside from the Bulls, Shaq and maybe Penny Hardaway he was probably the most popular and marketed player in the league. IIRC he actually was the top vote getter for the ASG a couple of times. He was the top vote getter for the ASG when he didn't even play the first half due to injury. I still remember all the McDonald's and Sprite commercials he was in. I also remember a brief moment after Jordan retired discussion was if Hill would be the next Jordan. It's a shame his career was cut short due to injury. Quote
Betrayer Posted March 21 Posted March 21 44 minutes ago, buddha said: if the pistons played the knicks in the playoffs and beat them, cade would get a lot of attention really quick. At this point I'm not sure which matchup is best. Bucks - We just can't beat Giannis and Lopez turns into Dirk when they play us, so maybe this is the worst matchup. Pacers - Carlisle is a great strategic coach and we're a young team with only one star, so we can be exploited. They're also capable of playing very good defense when they want to with some guys that really trouble Cade. Not to mention a stretch big that shoots lights-out against Duren. Also one or both of Stew and Holland will likely get ejected or suspended. Knicks - We have the best regular season record against them, but this is the playoffs and the NBA wants the Knicks in the second round for ratings. You'll be playing 5 on 9 (including the refs and Adam Silver) and watching Brunson shoot 25 free throws every game. Quote
buddha Posted March 21 Posted March 21 i think duren's defense and ausar's shooting will be exploited in the playoffs. heavy doses of doubles for cade. lots of instances where duren gets sucked outside on d and has to move his feet. lots of rotations that leave ausar open to shoot. the playoffs are when coaches really matter. we'll see if JB can step up. the "rah rah" detroit v everybody stuff works in the grind, but not when the other team is actively trying to beat you every night. i think that's when they'll really miss ivey. somebody else who can get his own shot. Quote
RandyMarsh Posted March 21 Posted March 21 (edited) 53 minutes ago, buddha said: i think duren's defense and ausar's shooting will be exploited in the playoffs. heavy doses of doubles for cade. lots of instances where duren gets sucked outside on d and has to move his feet. lots of rotations that leave ausar open to shoot. the playoffs are when coaches really matter. we'll see if JB can step up. the "rah rah" detroit v everybody stuff works in the grind, but not when the other team is actively trying to beat you every night. i think that's when they'll really miss ivey. somebody else who can get his own shot. This is what I expect but sometimes you see teams like the Pistons win a series or two. I think back to Trae and Hawks going to the conference finals a few years back, I don't remember their whole squad but from memory it felt like everything just went through Trae, same with the Knicks and Brunson a couple years ago where they made a little run. Not expecting it but I feel teams like the Knicks and Pacers have some flaws themselves so if Cade plays well along with Beasley having a hot stroke they could potentially pull an upset. No chance against the Cavs or Celtics of course unless they get a ton of major injuries. Edited March 21 by RandyMarsh Quote
Deleterious Posted March 22 Author Posted March 22 OKC has clinched the #1 seed in the west. No other WCF team has clinched a playoff spot. Quote
Deleterious Posted March 22 Author Posted March 22 I think Atkins still wins. But Udoka has a strong case for COY too. Quote
Deleterious Posted March 22 Author Posted March 22 In March, Donovan Mitchell is shooting 17.9% from three on just over 8 attempts per game. He is shooting 33% from the field. Quote
Deleterious Posted March 23 Author Posted March 23 On 3/22/2025 at 11:35 AM, Deleterious said: In March, Donovan Mitchell is shooting 17.9% from three on just over 8 attempts per game. He is shooting 33% from the field. He hasn't played that much because Utah sucks. But he was 0-5 from three today. Didn't Banchero shoot like 3% from three for a month? Quote
Betrayer Posted March 24 Posted March 24 On 3/21/2025 at 1:15 PM, buddha said: i think duren's defense and ausar's shooting will be exploited in the playoffs. heavy doses of doubles for cade. lots of instances where duren gets sucked outside on d and has to move his feet. lots of rotations that leave ausar open to shoot. the playoffs are when coaches really matter. we'll see if JB can step up. the "rah rah" detroit v everybody stuff works in the grind, but not when the other team is actively trying to beat you every night. i think that's when they'll really miss ivey. somebody else who can get his own shot. I agree that JB is a grind it out coach. Perfect for a young team but not necessarily that deep playoff strategic guy. I'm also sure it won't matter at all this year. This is a young team with only one All-Star and a lot of flaws to exploit. They're punching above their weight and that's a credit to JB in the regular season, but it's also why they'll struggle come playoff time. I'm not sure there's much JB can do about that either way. Quote
buddha Posted March 24 Posted March 24 1 hour ago, Deleterious said: i wish no ill on anthony davis, but him getting hurt tonight would be HILARIOUS. Quote
Deleterious Posted March 25 Author Posted March 25 You would think TV broadcasts would be getting better with all the technology. But it took 30 seconds to replay that and then it wasn't a very good shot of the injury happening. The other night there was a foul on Duren. George and Greg said maybe Duren got him with his lower body. 3 damn replays and every single one was of Duren from his stomach up. It wasn't until the 4th one that we saw his lower body. Don't even get me started on coaches challenges. We could see the right call 45 seconds ago at home. Why are the refs still huddled up around the TV's? The refs should never be involved. By the time they walk to the scorers table NY should already have the answer on the challenge. Quote
Deleterious Posted March 25 Author Posted March 25 Shutting the **** up has become a lost art. Milwaukee Bucks head coach Doc Rivers approaches a coaching milestone Quote How do you deal with all the criticism you’ve received from the media and on social media for losing 3-1 series leads four times? It is what it is. It’s part of my legacy. There’s nothing I can do about it. I got a team that was an eight seed up 3-1. That is coaching. That is not bad coaching. The one with the Clippers is the only one that got away. But people don’t realize that Chris Paul was running on one leg [in 2015 with the Clippers] and we were also the underdog in that series. When you think about it, Houston had home court, not us. No one tells a real story. And I’m fine with that. It’s unfair in some ways. I don’t get enough credit for getting the three wins. I get credit for losing. I always say, ‘What if we had lost to Houston in six?’ No one cares. One of the things that I’m proud of is we’ve never been swept. All the coaches have been swept in the playoffs. My teams achieve. A lot of them overachieve and I’m very proud of that. Quote
gehringer_2 Posted March 25 Posted March 25 (edited) 21 minutes ago, Deleterious said: You would think TV broadcasts would be getting better with all the technology. But it took 30 seconds to replay that and then it wasn't a very good shot of the injury happening. The other night there was a foul on Duren. George and Greg said maybe Duren got him with his lower body. 3 damn replays and every single one was of Duren from his stomach up. It wasn't until the 4th one that we saw his lower body. Don't even get me started on coaches challenges. We could see the right call 45 seconds ago at home. Why are the refs still huddled up around the TV's? The refs should never be involved. By the time they walk to the scorers table NY should already have the answer on the challenge. Probably the same thing we are seeing with the degraded audio quality we've talked about on the baseball thread - plenty of tech but probably not enough people manning it, or low cost people not trained enough to man it well, or only manning it remotely or it's completely on autopilot. Edited March 25 by gehringer_2 Quote
Deleterious Posted March 25 Author Posted March 25 37 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said: Probably the same thing we are seeing with the degraded audio quality we've talked about on the baseball thread - plenty of tech but probably not enough people manning it, or low cost people not trained enough to man it well, or only manning it remotely or it's completely on autopilot. They degrade the sound for streaming. We have a very basic 3.1 home theater setup. The same show/movie on Netflix vs Blu-ray is amazing. Quote
gehringer_2 Posted March 25 Posted March 25 21 minutes ago, Deleterious said: They degrade the sound for streaming. We have a very basic 3.1 home theater setup. The same show/movie on Netflix vs Blu-ray is amazing. it seems everyone makes their own choices on audio bit rates - and it infects back the other way - over the air FM broadcasts, which have limited fidelity compared to digital, are often degraded even from what they could be because source MP3's they are playing are far worse than even FM broadcast quality. On the baseball games it's also the production quality that is bad - mixes, levels, basic stuff where either no-one is paying attention or cares. Quote
Deleterious Posted March 25 Author Posted March 25 Interesting read. Not sure unrestricted is much better. Cap space might be a bit overvalued now. Quote
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