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Y'all want Lawson for Josh Smith?
Lakers wouldn't trade sacre for josh smith
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Y'all want Lawson for Josh Smith?
Don't tease me with that **** bro
Knowing doc's luck we'll play two teams missing their best players and beat them. Then get washed in the WCF and he gets a 10 year extension
Then he tells everyone we would have won if Luc didn't sprain his ankle in Game 3.
NBA says Durant's game-winner vs. Clippers shouldn't have counted
Monday night's matchup between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Los Angeles Clippers yielded a series of terrific plays by each team's superstars in the final minute. According to the NBA's "Last Two Minute Report" of late-game officiating calls (via PBT), though, two of the biggest plays in the Thunder's 100-99 win should have benefited the Clips, which likely would have turned the result their way, as well.
The first play ended positively for the Clippers, although it could have involved another point. With OKC up 98-97 and holding the ball on an inbounds pass after Russell Westbrook's steal of J.J. Redick, Dion Waiters threw his pass too hard and out of the reach of Westbrook. Chris Paul grabbed the loose ball and coverted this tough bucket to give the lead back to the hosts.
The report says that Paul deserved a trip to the free-throw line:
L-SLASH shows that as he falls to the ground, Westbrook (OKC) undercuts Paul (LAC) and makes contact with his left leg that affects his movement to the basket on the made layup attempt.
That's a tough break for the Clippers, although they still held a one-point lead with 10 seconds left even without the and-one. That was erased when Kevin Durant made what turned out to be the game-winner over Luc Richard Mbah a Moute:
Except that one shouldn't have counted either, because the league says that Serge Ibaka set an illegal pick to create some space for Durant:
Ibaka (OKC) extends his arms as he sets the screen on Mbah a Moute (LAC) without giving him room to avoid the contact.
^^^ I was complaining about the officiating during the game even before the 4th quarter. It was pretty clear that they were giving Westbrook and Durant calls any time there was contact and we weren't getting that treatment. Sucks that it extended to calls that directly impacted the outcome of the game.
That's what happens when you have a repuation for flopping and whining unfortunately...
Clips don't get those calls when they should
I would agree with that but then I see Harden continues to put up historically high free throw numbers. He's made 30+ more FTs than amy other player has even attempted. Even in his own commercial there's a reference to him flopping.
Nah, I'm not buying that excuse. How about the refs just do their jobs
If it's about complaining it's even worse. I could see the flopping excuse because then it's hard for them to determine if it was an actual foul or just a flop. But like I said, Harden still gets away with everything he does and everybody knows he's flopping.
If refs are getting their feelings hurt or annoyed and decide purposely not call fouls in our favor and but then call everything against us...that should be worthy of a suspension/firing
I think their reputation precides them especially with chris and blake.
They "cheese the game" but so does russ and steph when they flop on almost every shot they shoot. Or when draymond is yelling and crying after every call against him. Or when dmc is on the floor crying like a baby, or when harden is cheesing his way to the line, or Lebron when he doesnt get his way or kobe during his hey day...
Its the NBA man I can guarantee you that the clips dont cry more than the average nba team and their stars dont cry more than the average star does. Its the reputation which leads to selection bias from people who critize the clippers for their behavior.
They've been on the wrong end of 15 calls in the last two minutes of games this year but they're just supposed to sit idle? It is what it is.
I think their reputation precides them especially with chris and blake.
They "cheese the game" but so does russ and steph when they flop on almost every shot they shoot. Or when draymond is yelling and crying after every call against him. Or when dmc is on the floor crying like a baby, or when harden is cheesing his way to the line, or Lebron when he doesnt get his way or kobe during his hey day...
Its the NBA man I can guarantee you that the clips dont cry more than the average nba team and their stars dont cry more than the average star does. Its the reputation which leads to selection bias from people who critize the clippers for their behavior.
They've been on the wrong end of 15 calls in the last two minutes of games this year but they're just supposed to sit idle? It is what it is.
Clips being the most hated team is comical to me. I became a fan about a year or two ago....but as a very neutral observer, this team wasn't crying or flopping more than any other team. And yes, they do whine a lot and have a culture of it.....but other teams do it just as much.
The media narrative has ALOT to do with this. First...after Blake Griffin didn't live up to some insane projections after his outstanding rookie year, he was pegged as "soft" and someone that "didn't show up in the playoffs", "most overrated player in the league", "hasn't improved", and "all he does is dunk". These lines of thinking were false and very premature. Then the hate from Blake shifted to cp3 who people have now come to wrongfully accept as overrated. A lot of this hate came slowly in the form that he got "passes" for not having deep playoff runs. Basically, advancing one more round.
Then, there was a notion that the Clippers were "stacked", which is completely false. There's still that notion today that they are "The most stacked team in the league". This is a team that features a 38 yr old Pierce, 36 year old Crawford and Austin Rivers, Lance Stephenson and Wes Johnson as key contributors.
This has been a 2nd to almost 1st tier Western Conference team since Cp3 got there. Realistically, they've been the 3rd best team in the conference behind the Spurs and OKC...and typically...that's where they finished. This is a team with a great starting 5, and horrible bench. The narrative was if this team is so good, and cp3 is such a great PG....then there's no way this team hasn't gotten past the 2nd round. Not realizing Chris Paul or Blake Griffin aren't better than the Spurs or Kevin Durant and the Thunder.
Then there was the notion that "lob city" was just a fast paced team that couldn't beat a team grind it out team like "Memphis"....despite the fact that they best Memphis and had a good half court offense. And everybody that used to like "lob city"....now started to hate the more serious approach. now was tuned into constant talking heads calling Cp3 "Cp0"....coming up with this conference finals or you suck rhetoric...and constant vines of Cp3 and Blake flopping. You see that everyday, combined with the epic collapses last year + the meme and vine culture....and it's understandable why it's easy to hate this team. Bandwagon mindless hate to me.
Most people that I've found that hate the Clippers are either Lakers Fans, watch first take religiously, follow skip on Twitter, let Vines tell them the whole story, and rely on team stream apps to give them updates....which is about 85% of NBA fans .
Clips the past 4 years have been a team that's been unclutch, unlucky and tight in big moments. Has this team chocked? Yes. Should they have made a conference finals appearance by now? Maybe. But the notion that this team is "trash" and "a joke" is foolish.
Y'all want Lawson for Josh Smith?
Yes, but you have to take Rivers and Jamal too. Don't care what the cap filler is from HOU's end.
But what's up with Lawson? Y'all don't think it's something that can be fixed with more time? I just find it strange that he's struggled so much.
Pretty much what I said in the NBA Thread earlier today. It's a snowball of hate and perception