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07-01-2008, 07:07 PM
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Re: looks like we have another team to fight for a playoff spot
I think GSW is in trouble, at least one of the Mavs, Nugs and even PHX will also have problems - not sure which one - and I am not sold on the Clips getting a full year from Baron as well.
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07-01-2008, 07:07 PM
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Re: looks like we have another team to fight for a playoff spot
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I don't think this makes the Clippers significantly better, if they lose Maggette.
Plus, the Clippers will eventually screw something up.
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Totally agree. Maggette kept them in a lot of games with his ability to get to the FT line. If the lose him, I don't think they are making a quantum leap into the playoffs.
Plus let's see how Brand plays post surgery before we pen them into the playoffs already. If his hops aren't as good as they were pre-injury, then his game is a lot less scary.
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07-01-2008, 07:08 PM
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Re: looks like we have another team to fight for a playoff spot
Why no playoffs for the Rockets? If McGrady and Yao are healthy, they contend for the #1 seed. Mavs might suck but they still have most of the guys that went to the Finals. No playoffs? We'll see. I hope so.
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07-01-2008, 07:12 PM
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Re: looks like we have another team to fight for a playoff spot
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Why no playoffs for the Rockets? If McGrady and Yao are healthy, they contend for the #1 seed. Mavs might suck but they still have most of the guys that went to the Finals. No playoffs? We'll see. I hope so.
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07-01-2008, 07:16 PM
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Re: looks like we have another team to fight for a playoff spot
PG Baron Davis
SG Eric Gordon
SF Corey Maggette
PF Elton Brand
C Chris Kaman
Yikes! (if they're healthy and that all works out)
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07-01-2008, 07:18 PM
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Re: looks like we have another team to fight for a playoff spot
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Why no playoffs for the Rockets? If McGrady and Yao are healthy, they contend for the #1 seed. Mavs might suck but they still have most of the guys that went to the Finals. No playoffs? We'll see. I hope so.
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Do you think Houston will have another 22 game win streak, which btw is 40% of their total win last season.
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07-01-2008, 07:19 PM
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Re: looks like we have another team to fight for a playoff spot
You guys actually think the Clipps are better then my Blazers now? I don't think so. I love Barron, but the rest of the team? No Way!
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07-01-2008, 07:20 PM
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Re: looks like we have another team to fight for a playoff spot
Maggette will not be playing for the Clipps next year!
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07-01-2008, 07:27 PM
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Re: looks like we have another team to fight for a playoff spot
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Do you think Houston will have another 22 game win streak, which btw is 40% of their total win last season.
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They don't have to. You can win the top seed without ever having a long win streak. It's just about consistency. Win 4, lose 1 all season long and you have a great record. So what if they went 19-3 during that 22 game win streak and played better earlier during the season, they're still good.
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07-01-2008, 07:34 PM
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Re: looks like we have another team to fight for a playoff spot
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Do you think Houston will have another 22 game win streak, which btw is 40% of their total win last season.
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Do you think Portland will have another 13 game win streak too? By your calculations 13/41 is 31% of our victories last year so if you are gonna throw that out there then i will say this too.
Not that im ragging on our team or anything but i wont be overly surprised if we finish around the same record next year. And i certainly think that a 50 win season with 4-5 rookies on the roster is HIGHLY unlikely.
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07-01-2008, 07:38 PM
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Re: looks like we have another team to fight for a playoff spot
Baron paired up with a real live low post player in Brand certainly gives that team some balance, and Gordon is no slouch perimeter shooter either (and he's like a bowling ball driving into the lane). If that squad can stay healthy, they don't lose a lot wit Magette gone, especially considering how well Thornton has come along.
Should be interesting to see how things go next year ... I still predict an 8th or 7th seed for us regardless of the rise and fall of other teams.
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07-01-2008, 07:45 PM
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Re: looks like we have another team to fight for a playoff spot
I'm not terribly worried about this next season. It's more about building on the chemistry from last season and integrating the new guys into the sytem. Give this team one more year, with Bayless, Oden, and Rudy, and you'll see what they can do in 09-10. If Bayless and Rudy are as good as everyone thinks they are, and Oden turns out to be the next coming of the greatest thing since sliced bread... This team will own the league.
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07-01-2008, 07:49 PM
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Re: looks like we have another team to fight for a playoff spot
I didn't think Brand or Maggette had decided to return to the Clipps.
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07-01-2008, 07:51 PM
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OT - BARON DAVIS a CLIPPER (Merged)
