No one is saying we're a contender. We're far from that
Dude had us with homecourt advantage bruh. (4 seed)
Spurs making the finals last year was also the "10% side of sports" as well.
The team that was up 2-0 in the WCF the year before is part of the "out of nowhere" 10%? The hell?
But stop being sarcastic and stop calling people delusional in subtle ways just because they see it as a little more than a 10% chance.
Not everyone in the world is as big of a pessimist.
Ya know what's funny? Someone says 2014 plan is in process, and we will be back very soon, that person gets yelled at day after day and told to shut the hell up, it's not happening, etc etc etc.
Who was who in that scenario?
Mike D can coach, give him a shot moreso than Mike Brown.
Who was who in that scenario?
Boy, I sure am the leader of the pessimistic world, ain't I?
There is no arrogance over here, I assure you. Sarcastic, well, we're hardly letting the cat out of the bag there, I'm an ***hole. Sue me.
Sorry man, but 16 teams make the playoffs every year, and before each season you can safely name 14-15 of them, every single year. The NBA is RARELY tough to figure out. It's been this way since the 80's. So I can't be all that sorry for looking over the NBA landscape and saying yeah, we'll be lucky to make it. Because that's just how the league is. Unless a team has a true breakdown in health, it's very hard for a team to drop 5-6 spots, meaning all the teams ahead of us should remain safely there, especially given that we got worse as a team, not better this offseason.
In 2007-08 everyone was hopeful, looking for improvement, we had room to move up, Bynum was growing as a player, Kobe was in his late 20's, the prime of his life, as was Lamar Odom. Phil was in charge. We had young backups in Farmar and Sasha that we hoped would improve. When we got Ariza, we really got hopeful as our young core got yet another piece to play with. Crittenton had some fans early.
This roster don't have that. Our best players are dying. The youth we do have, have limited ceilings. We don't have a blue chip type like Bynum that can make a huge leap for us. I'm not bein a ****, I'm telling you the facts one after another. And yet my man had us in the 4 seed.
Maaaaaan, how you gon be mad at me for that mess?
Nothin arrogant bro, I speak what I think, when I think it. I don't go off half cocked, I don't sway from what my beliefs are, I study patterns, read the landscape, etc. It's why I don't worry about 2014, yet you all yellin at me as a pessimist are the ones doomin and gloomin 2014. So relax. Not about bein optimist v pessimist. It's just us choppin it up about the Lakers in our Laker thread. Just cuz I'm a smart *** wise guy don't mean I'm a complete ***hole. Well, I am, but you know what I mean.
I know our defense would be bad but did we really stop anybody last season?
