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MrJayremmie · 07-12-2008, 02:46 PM

I respect your opinion TF, and you know i do, and i like ya, but i don't agree with your assessment of Randolph. I would definitely have traded him for cap space mainly because of the situation the Knicks are in.

**KingSpeed** · 07-12-2008, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by ProZach

Atlanta had a record of 37-45 and made the playoffs in the east. Goldenstate had a record of 48-34 and didn't make the playoffs in the west.

Checkmate.

The west had 8 teams with over 50 wins, the East had 3.

Checkmate.

The East had a win total of 582. The west had 648. Considering non-conference opponents only play each other twice a season, that's a staggering difference.

Checkmate.

Or 2006-2007 if you prefer... The East had two teams with over 50 wins, and a total of 583 wins. The West had 647 total and five teams over 50.

2005-2006: East had 588 wins, the West had 642.

2004-2005: East had 584, the West had 646.

2003-2004: East had 559, the West had 630.

2002-2003: East had 575, the West had 614.

In fact, the last time the East actually had more wins was 1999-2000. That's not a coincidence, that's not a trend, that's a habit. That's so far back most of us had never heard of Osama Bin Laden. That's so far back gas costed $1.70/gallon.

At the present time, anyone who would actually argue that the West is not a better/tougher conference is a moron. I surely wouldn't want my post edited by the awesome moderators because I name-called a specific poster, so I'll just say, "You know who you are." And so does everybody else.

Checkmate.

It's easy to win more games in the easy Western Conference.

Checkmate.

**KingSpeed** · 07-12-2008, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by MARIS61

Well, he can coach both ends and utilize/integrate the individual and varied talents of his players for one thing, so that's an enormous improvement over WeakCheeks, Nate, and Thomas.

ENORMOUS.

Zach will become the Beast of the East.

Why diss Cheeks? He did pretty well with us. Along with Zach in the starting line up, he coached us to our last three playoff wins. And look at what he did last season! Philly was 5-13 but he kept the team focused and they made the playoffs and took two games from Detroit and was very close to going up 3-1.

Go Blazers

MARIS61 · 07-12-2008, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by KingSpeed

Why diss Cheeks? He did pretty well with us. Along with Zach in the starting line up, he coached us to our last three playoff wins. And look at what he did last season! Philly was 5-13 but he kept the team focused and they made the playoffs and took two games from Detroit and was very close to going up 3-1.

Go Blazers

Nice guy, and he's apparently learning a lot from his mistakes.

He wasn't ready to be a head coach when we got him and it was clear we had no real offensive plan from night to night. The players didn't listen to him or obey him and our young guys got no real direction from him.

In my book, he and Lenny Wilkens are the 2 classiest guys to ever coach in this league, and I wish him success in Philly.

I look forward to meeting, and beating, Philly in the finals soon.

**Oldmangrouch** · 07-12-2008, 04:40 PM

Cheeks is a nice guy, but a terrible coach. He did fine in Portland when he had a guy like Pippen to run things on the floor. When he handed the keys to Damon, everything went to hell, and he had no answers. Much of his success in Philly is thanks to Miller. Take him out of the equation, and the 76ers would not have made the play-offs. Now he has Miller AND Brand to cover for his weaknesses as an in game coach.

**Dan** · 07-12-2008, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by MARIS61

Well, he can coach both ends and utilize/integrate the individual and varied talents of his players for one thing, so that's an enormous improvement over WeakCheeks, Nate, and Thomas.

ENORMOUS.

Zach will become the Beast of the East.

What planet does D'antoni coach defense on?