Wade County

We did just enough to win this game, mainly because our D was still good despite that atrocious 2nd half.

It's shit like that though that makes me wonder about how we're going to go in the Playoffs. This team used to be assassins on the road, we turn to mush now. Not sure what's up with that.

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Wade2Bosh

These Tony Fiorentino interviews are so awkward . Dont know why they just cant put headphones on the player and have Eric interview them.

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Mavros_01

Onother win....bla bla bla... a win is a win... bla bla bla...
WHY?WHY?Keep me happy FOR ONE WHOLE GAME!!!!PLEAAAAAASE!SOOOON!!!

Jace

Thank god for

I keep expecting him to bounce back and have an equally awesome game after one of the stinkers, like Wade always used to do when he was our be-all, end-all, but it doesn't seem to be happening right now. At least we can still pull out victories against these lesser opponents. This one, again, feels almost like a loss, though. Really need to figure out what's going wrong with these stretches, and how to fix it. Your move, Spo.

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Smithian

He's a combo forward who will be a mid to late second rounder.

He can do a little everything. Can handle the basketball a bit, rebounds, will block a shot here and there, has a little range, and will try to post up smaller guys. Definite guy who can do a little of everything but is a master of nothing. Considering we're now obcessed with small ball I think he could fit in here off of the bench. Plus I think a legit coach could get a lot more out of him than Andy Kennedy.

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Jace

Yes! Finally get to see a Tony interview on the last road trip without JJax!

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Jace

True story: I vomitted when the lead was cut down around single digits. Unrelated however, at least, mostly.

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Wade County

What he needs to do is stop playing this CB/UD frontcourt. It's just really, really bad. Particularly in conjunction with Battier at the 3. Maybe it works a little when Bosh is playing really well, but he didnt have it tonight.

Hoping that Turiaf can come in and change that equation. Slip Bosh back to PF.

I really liked what Spo did in that 2nd quarter, running Wade with the Cole/Battier/UD/Turiaf lineup. Wade is better catered for that lineup than Bosh. Needs to stick to this in the 2nd and start of the 4th. I know UD is his jizz-child, but really, i'd prefer the starters to close the game out. Spo needs to be more flexible depending on what opposition he's facing. Small ball can work, but not Bosh/UD. Run Bosh/Lebron/Battier/JJ/Wade or something if you wanna small ball, atleast then you have 2 shooters - the leak out big and Wade cutting with Lebron "the architect".

Also, Joel started so well - was disappointing to see him settle for those poor hook shots in the end. He really did look great early.

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Wade2Bosh

Wow, this OKC/Minny game is great. KD hits a 3 with 3 seconds to go to go up 3. Then Love just tied it up with a 3 of his own with 1 second to go.

OT in OKC

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Jace

2/16 from 3. Stand up, Rio. Its amazing we can have all these guys in funks and still win games.

Yup. I think we were 27-14 on the road last year, or was it better? Either way, it makes no sense we should regress in that area. Maybe we were just more fueled by the hate last season, and this year its not as potent a motivating factor...



Well, if they did it now, Tony would feel like a failure, and they probably think they'd look bad.

I share your sentiments.

Smithian, don't misinterpret this, I believe he's good because I trust your scouting, but I kind of want to bet you he wont be drafted. I know my approach to this would seem superficial, and it is, but its also generally correct. For a guy who is a senior and already played his last game in college to not have any info on the most well-known draft prospect sites would indicate to me he's going undrafted, barring a GREAT showing at the Portsmouth Invitational. He may be good, and on a few teams' long lists, but usually 2nd-rounds are littered with foreign players no one has heard of, probably in part because the team can simply park the guy overseas and wait til he develops. Unless one or two teams are secretly in love with him, he'll likely go undrafted. We've seen a ton of good players who have fully developed draft profiles all over the net and are constantly talked about go undrafted. The 2nd round is a crap shoot. Not sure what we'd bet, but just something to remember and think about.

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^ Just saw that too. Amazing shots by 2 bigtime players.

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Wade2Bosh

Love with 50 points. Did not seem him turning into such a beast back during draft time.

That draft really could have set us back for years had the summer of 2010 never happened. We get horrible luck and dont win the lottery, then get the 2nd pick and not 3rd or 4th, which would have gotten us Westbrook or Love.

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Wade2Bosh

Minny goes up 5 with 46 seconds to go.

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Adam

It's hard for me to complain about what might have been if we had drafted X player because I know in my heart we probably would have just ruined that player's career. Let's say we draft Love. He would never get off the bench and would have never developed playing only 15 mins a game backing up the great Udonis Haslem.

Agree with how surprising Love turned out to be. He was this fat somewhat undersized C/PF shooting a lot of jumpers. Never would have predicted his success. I still think Beasley could have become a great player and I feel we ruined him (in addition to him being a drug addict).

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Wade County

Riles was really high on OJ Mayo at the time, as was Wade...so we probably would've taken him....

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