2013 Playoffs Discussion Thread

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Originally Posted by UNO Gracias

I wonder how good and how far this Memphis team can go. The Heat are beatable as the Bulls show, they just have no depth. A team like Memphis though, with Gasol and Randolph, and solid guard play...., they have nothing to defend Lebron, but would that be a nice series.

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Tony Allen is about is good as it's going to get guarding LeBron. But really you can say no team has a defender that can defend James.

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Originally Posted by da ThRONe

Tony Allen is about is good as it's going to get guarding LeBron. But really you can say no team has a defender that can defend James.

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I think you'll find that's why they traded for Prince as much as it was a salary dump to get rid of Gay.
They team is more fluent now without Gay and have two lock down defenders.

I think Prince, Allen and Pondexter share the duty of locking down James.

If Memphis can get past OKC which is not a given seeing how close the games are, they should get past GS or the Spurs fairly easily.

G.S. vs S.A. underway now!

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Originally Posted by Pelicans78

If Memphis can get past OKC which is not a given seeing how close the games are, they should get past GS or the Spurs fairly easily.

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Easily?? No way lol..either team vs the grizz is a 6-7 game series and could go either way.

After watching Popp and the Spurs playing in this series, it is easy to see that the Pelicans will not go far without an incredible coach. As of now, I'm not sure Monty is that guy. At the very least, he has several years of growing before he is a championship coach. If you watch this series, the Spurs have pretty much shut Stephen Curry down, or at least relatively. That's coaching more than anything. Granted the Spurs are very talented, but nowhere close to the Heat, or even the Grizzlies, IMO. They would be out this series with any other coach.

Having said that, a talented team can make a coach look a lot better. If Monty was the coach for the Heat, he would look like a golden god.

Opinions?

Pop is one of the greatest coaches ever. Those aren't just walking around... Monty will be a great coach. Just look at Vogel in Indiana. Very similar coaches.

I think this team can learn around Monty, to be honest, our team as of right now isnt all that.... we are very very young

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Originally Posted by Vinny6420

I think this team can learn around Monty, to be honest, our team as of right now isnt all that.... we are very very young

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It's pretty much a given that Williams will probably be never as good as Pop. If that's the type of expectations he's going to have face, he's doomed to fail. I too agree that Williams needs his team to be developed and filled out before we can really get a good idea of his coaching limits. One of the hardest situation a young coach has to be in involves developing young talent and getting them to compete. Usually most teams tend to have a developing type of coach as a placeholder until they're ready to take the next step.. Then these teams go on to hire a more proven coach to compete. Williams is in a really tough situation.

About half the NBA titles are tied to 3 coaches.

Yeah, I do think Monty is a very good coach, this season wasnt exactly a shining moment but the previous season, even though our record was horrible.... he had the team playing hard.... this season, was awkward in general.... and key players got hurt, so it was hard to mesh

Wow y'all like to start multiple threads. There is a playoff thread already. Is that the norm here? I'm kind of new.

POP is one of the best.

Monty still has another 3-4 years to prove himself. I'm pretty confident he will get every opportunity to prove himself in this league as "the guy". It's dells job now to field a competitive team and give Monty sumn to work with. He has many peanuts to coach to date. Very admirable job thus far. IMO. Time will work this all out tho. So far Monty has shown he belongs. IMO.

Monty is getting on the job training along with our young players. I liked some adjustments this year especially on offense but I do see improvement. I see a coach learning from his mistakes which not a lot do (Byron Scott cough cough).

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Originally Posted by tdcreator

Monty is getting on the job training along with our young players. I liked some adjustments this year especially on offense but I do see improvement. I see a coach learning from his mistakes which not a lot do (Byron Scott cough cough).

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Nightmare hard headed Scott...him? Yea I dreadfully remember him.

That play exactly is why we all should know lebron flopped when he was pushed by Muhammad. That's ridiculous. He did a good enough flop job there that they had to go look at the replay. Not this time lebron.

Memphis!

Holy cow that slam by Prince just now. Memphis cruising.

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Originally Posted by PowerPel

Holy cow that slam by Prince just now. Memphis cruising.

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That was unreal!

Off all the travels the nba could call, they called that? Looked like 2 good steps by Conley.


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Does anyone else think that Memphis would have won this series even if Westbrook was healthy? Memphis seriously could win it all in my opinion.

Trading Rudy Gay looking brilliant

Memphis in prevent defense? Who is coaching this? Monty?

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Originally Posted by PowerPel

Trading Rudy Gay looking brilliant

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It looked brilliant way before they did it. They haul they got shines it up even more.

Boy Memphis stinks at free throws.

Without the attacking ability of Westbrook or Harden, OKC can't overcome the tough Memphis D with Durant alone.

They should make the Finals, but you'll probably think again about losing the size, athleticism, and defense Gay brought when LeBron takes Prince, Q-Pon, and Allen to task.

Only thing really wrong with Gay was that they were forced to give him a max deal when he was really a 2nd fiddle player.

Memphis advances!

Memphis is going to beat Miami (if it comes to it).

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Originally Posted by UNO Gracias

Memphis is going to beat Miami (if it comes to it).

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God, I hope they do. Memphis does have a huge advantage in the post. Chris Bosh will get abused by Z-Bo. And there's no answer for Gasol either.

Though he might like that. :huh2:

And then David Stern retires(Months early).

Memphis or Miami
Bench- Memphis
Pg- Memphis
Sg- Push (tony Allen vs Wade)
Sf- Miami
PF- Memphis
C- Memphis

Coach- Memphis

Miami has to get passed Indiana first.... that is a resilient team

And i feel bad for Durant, its impossible to do that type of thing alone

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Originally Posted by UNO Gracias

Memphis or Miami
Bench- Memphis
Pg- Memphis
Sg- Push (tony Allen vs Wade)
Sf- Miami
PF- Memphis
C- Memphis

Coach- Memphis

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You forgot Refs,


Refs- Miami

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Originally Posted by Eman5805

Without the attacking ability of Westbrook or Harden, OKC can't overcome the tough Memphis D with Durant alone.

They should make the Finals, but you'll probably think again about losing the size, athleticism, and defense Gay brought when LeBron takes Prince, Q-Pon, and Allen to task.

Only thing really wrong with Gay was that they were forced to give him a max deal when he was really a 2nd fiddle player.

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Gay also made their offense even worse. Whether that was through his own doing or the coaches, I dunno. Their offense works better when they run it through Conley and Gasol than it did through Gay. Still not a top flight offense, though.

The defense Memphis plays should work as good as any against LeBron. Their perimeter defenders are good at forcing the ball-handler into the mass of bodies and limbs that is the Grizzly paint defense. The struggle will be to make his perimeter shots difficult and not let James just blow-by (preventing the help defense from having enough time to react).

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My dream of Grizz vs Pacers finals is coming to fruition.
I've said it since 1st round they are the 2 best defensive teams in the playoffs. Should make for a really enjoyable finals match up.
Make it happen.

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Originally Posted by WhoDatPelican

My dream of Grizz vs Pacers finals is coming to fruition.
I've said it since 1st round they are the 2 best defensive teams in the playoffs. Should make for a really enjoyable finals match up.
Make it happen.

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Not to mention it would make NBA lead officials cry in their oatmeal. The ratings would be loooooooooooow.

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Originally Posted by The JNR

Not to mention it would make NBA lead officials cry in their oatmeal. The ratings would be loooooooooooow.

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People who enjoy GOOD BASKETBALL would love it.... :D (i know i would be watching every game)

Who would want to watch memphis vs indiana? That sh*t would suck. Also the pacers will not beat miami...paul george will not be nearly as effective against bron as he was melo. Same book different cover. Now if memphis makes it to the finals they have a legit shot...but the pacers are too flawed in my opinion.

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Originally Posted by glepurple

Who would want to watch memphis vs indiana?

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<---This guy and i would love every second of it.

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Originally Posted by WhoDatPelican

<---This guy and i would love every second of it.

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Me too. I love the way they play. Two offensively challenged teams with big, physical defenses? Damn right, man. That'd be awesome.

I was almost sure that the Memphis would make it to Conf.Finals against a Westbrook's less OKC. They play so compact on both sides of the court, they are too powerful inside of the paint with Marc and Randolph, which is really tough to overcome for the opponents. All the offensive strategy runs through them.
And their shooters (not very good from there) are hitting it pretty nicely. Conley is a very inteligent PG who distributes the ball very well, has good shot and good d.

I also want a Pacers-Memphis on the Finals to be honest. Although I would not mind Spurs or Warriors.

And... {Mod Edit}**** Miami.

**** Miami!

The S.A. vs G.S. game is on ESPN. Strange TNT does not have a doubleheader tonight

Curry retweeks his ankle but is playing or as Van Gundy put it, not "moaning and groaning"

My God. His ankles are weaker than Megara. If there's ever a psycho machete killer and Curry runs into the woods, he may as well just cut his own throat.

I like Splitter. I always did.

Thompson needs to step up.

Curry is less than a man, but more than a machine. Gordon is just a big *****.

Gosh Barnes nasty fall

aaaaah man that looked bad.. hope he is ok.

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Originally Posted by PowerPel

Gosh Barnes nasty fall

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I didn't seem so bad when it happened. But it's looking serious now. Let's hope for the best.