iLikeDefense Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 32 minutes ago, showtime said: I loved LaVar Ball when this whole circus first started, but over the past month or two - I've really grown to dislike him a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RavensTillIDie Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 3 minutes ago, utley4568 said: Is it really that loaded where they're at in the standings? It's not like 7-10 in the West is an elite group of teams that would easily make it in the East. In a manner of speaking, I believe so. In the East it's essentially a 3 team competition for the last 2 playoff spots, while it's a tossup between 6 teams for the last 4 spots in the West, at the moment. The bottom half of both conferences are pretty bad, but I think the mid-tier is a little bit stronger out West. Not to mention the recent win streak by the Jazz has included victories over teams such as the Raptors, Warriors, Trailblazers and Spurs (twice). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utley Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 1 minute ago, RavensTillIDie said: In a manner of speaking, I believe so. In the East it's essentially a 3 team competition for the last 2 playoff spots, while it's a tossup between 6 teams for the last 4 spots in the West, at the moment. The bottom half of both conferences are pretty bad, but I think the mid-tier is a little bit stronger out West. Not to mention the recent win streak by the Jazz has included victories over teams such as the Raptors, Warriors, Trailblazers and Spurs (twice). Just because it's more competitive, doesn't mean the teams are better. I would argue that the conferences are fairly similar from six down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mossburg Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 Yea, I'd love to see a format where we'd get to see a series like Portland vs Washington or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RavensTillIDie Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 Just now, utley4568 said: Just because it's more competitive, doesn't mean the teams are better. I would argue that the conferences are fairly similar from six down. But we're not really talking about individually ranking the teams. The discussion was centered around the perception that Mitchell is leading his team in a more competitive race for a playoff spot, which you agree with. Which in turn is what is fueling his rise in the ROTY rankings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mossburg Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 ROY has no consistency to the award whatsoever. Carmelo had similar stats and led his team to a playoff spot in the old West while LeBron missed the playoffs in a worse East and still got ROY over Melo. In a similar scenario, Amare and Yao had similar production and Yao (like LeBron) had infinitely more hype, and Amare won ROY because his team made it into the playoffs. It's basically darts on a wall being thrown at a few candidates outside of one being super obvious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champ11 Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 8 minutes ago, Mossburg said: ROY has no consistency to the award whatsoever. Carmelo had similar stats and led his team to a playoff spot in the old West while LeBron missed the playoffs in a worse East and still got ROY over Melo. In a similar scenario, Amare and Yao had similar production and Yao (like LeBron) had infinitely more hype, and Amare won ROY because his team made it into the playoffs. It's basically darts on a wall being thrown at a few candidates outside of one being super obvious. STILL SALTY MELO DIDNT GET ROY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mossburg Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 2 minutes ago, champ11 said: STILL SALTY MELO DIDNT GET ROY Was a slam dunk really. Worst team from previous season, adds high impact rookie who is their best player and to everyone's surprise makes the playoffs with 43 wins in a brutal conference. I bash Fat Melo for a hobby, but that was a goddamn robbery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
49er pride Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 Denver Melo doesnt deserve the bashing. If it wasn't for an Ariza steal... lawd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iLikeDefense Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 33 minutes ago, Mossburg said: Was a slam dunk really. Worst team from previous season, adds high impact rookie who is their best player and to everyone's surprise makes the playoffs with 43 wins in a brutal conference. I bash Fat Melo for a hobby, but that was a goddamn robbery. I literally thought you wrote Fab Melo.. what happened to that dude?! Ironically, they both played at Syracuse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iLikeDefense Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 2 minutes ago, 49er pride said: Denver Melo doesnt deserve the bashing. If it wasn't for an Ariza steal... lawd. That hurts man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champ11 Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 1 hour ago, 49er pride said: Denver Melo doesnt deserve the bashing. If it wasn't for an Ariza steal... lawd. The best player he has ever played with was an old Billups. And he went to a WCF that was super close with him. Melo's game became outdated, but he was amazing for a decade on meh teams that couldn't stay healthy w/ a coach he didn't like. Deserves way more praise than he gets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11sanchez11 Posted February 15, 2018 Author Share Posted February 15, 2018 cbb/nba announcer switch today on ESPN. NBA fans get a dose of Bill Walton and I laugh at the twitter comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MookieMonstah Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 2 hours ago, iLikeDefense said: I literally thought you wrote Fab Melo.. what happened to that dude?! Ironically, they both played at Syracuse. Uh...He died... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iLikeDefense Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 1 minute ago, MookieMonster said: Uh...He died... RIP! Way too young! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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