NBA Playoffs Thread

Portland did as well as expected, and they did it hurt.

How Thomas can play with his sister's death in the back of his head is otherwordly to me.


Man, I miss having a great guard on our team.

If Ryno, or Eric Gordon goes off on this game .

Ariza

3 former pels playing tonight...Anderson,Gordon and Norris Cole

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Originally Posted by Motivation2k12

3 former pels playing tonight...Anderson,Gordon and Norris Cole

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Trevor Ariza,

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Originally Posted by Eman5805

How Thomas can play with his sister's death in the back of his head is otherwordly to me.


Man, I miss having a great guard on our team.

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It truly was amazing. Thoughts and prayers for their family.

Adams is post season mode. I smell a brawl coming

Gosh I like Patrick Beverly's game

Gordon making 3's now. You remember when the Pels had 3 point shooting?

I watch the Houston Rockets and I say to myself that should be us. We should be in that position right now. But we have inept coach, and inept GM.

Perfect world, could we have afforded to bring in Boogie if we were still paying Ryno and Puddin?

Guys look at the Point Guard play in the playoffs.
Now compare them to Jrue Holiday.
When JH matched up against these guys one on one he was Eaten Up on both sides of the ball.
We need a legit Point Guard or we will never be at the 50 game mark in my eyes.
I will say this if we don't as a ball club so a force next season D.C. will walk out the front door.
Let's see what happens with Alvin Gentry and Dell Demps.
The playoffs is what the NBA in all about

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Originally Posted by UNO Gracias

Perfect world, could we have afforded to bring in Boogie if we were still paying Ryno and Puddin?

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Well apparently now we can afford Melo's contract.

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Originally Posted by Motivation2k12

Warriors vs Sa coming soon...Gs winning helps me feel.better about my pels not being in it..we need to be the 5th seed or better next year

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at the beginning of the season i was hoping for a GS/rockets second round game.....i almost had it....

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Originally Posted by Buckwheat

Guys look at the Point Guard play in the playoffs.
Now compare them to Jrue Holiday.
When JH matched up against these guys one on one he was Eaten Up on both sides of the ball.
We need a legit Point Guard or we will never be at the 50 game mark in my eyes.
I will say this if we don't as a ball club so a force next season D.C. will walk out the front door.
Let's see what happens with Alvin Gentry and Dell Demps.
The playoffs is what the NBA in all about

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The Pelicans are a 50 win team with the current roster. It's not that hard to win 50 games with two of the best players in the league on your team.

I don't think they can win a championship or advance past the second round with him as your pg though.

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Originally Posted by luckyman

The Pelicans are a 50 win team with the current roster. It's not that hard to win 50 games with two of the best players in the league on your team.

I don't think they can win a championship or advance past the second round with him as your pg though.

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What's the solution? Who can we get?


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Love what Vince Carter just did. You got to get in their heads. Pelicans never did that all year. I'm tired of having a wimpy team! Get in your opponents face!

i need the pacers to win one of the next two games...im in cleveland for work for two weeks and bought game 5 tix. COME ON PACERS>

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Originally Posted by Buckwheat

We are NOT 50 win team now. We are what are record says we are.
Jrue Holiday will not get you to the 40 win mark let alone 50.
We need a breakdown Point Guard with leadership ability to run the offense.
We need a 20 point per game 2 Guard.
We need lockdown defense with board chasing rebounds.
We don't need D.C.standing outside the arch he needs to be in the paint getting busy.

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Give it a break. I feel like I'm reading Pelicans facebook comments with your posts.

Back on topic, Bulls about to take 2-0 lead.

Man this CHI-BOS series is bringing back memories of a time when Rondo was of the more entertaining players in the league to watch...

I wish we had fans like in Boston. Man they been doing that B.S. chant the whole night.

Man, Boston really sucks. What happened to them? Is it just inexperience?

How about the Bucks? As much as people talk us up for next year, the Bucks are the scariest team in the NBA. So young, so dominant everywhere. When they get Parker back...good night.

Would anyone here take the Greek Freak over AD? I might.

Utah needs Gobert healthy. They are missing him bad.

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Originally Posted by PelsFan2313

Man this CHI-BOS series is bringing back memories of a time when Rondo was of the more entertaining players in the league to watch...

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Yeah Rondo had a solid game today. Thought the starters were very average the first game. RoLo kept them running first half, but it was their second unit that was doing the work and keeping them there.

Al Horford has been very underwhelming for Boston, today he had like 1 point and 4 rebounds going into the half with defensive stalwarts Mirotic and RoLo guarding him primarily. That's pretty rubbish. His second half looks like it was a bit better (I had to leave house so didn't catch the second half). Boston looked poor, yapping at each other at points. In saying that they are the type of team who could run away with the next four, so certainly going to be interesting (I wouldn't say their two games so far have been 'fun' to watch haha).

What will the Rockets do when they face a team that doesn't have one guy on it they gotta worry about? Like...literally every other team in the playoffs but the Thunder?

Makes me ill wAtching RA and Gordon dropping daggers


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Originally Posted by MistaWhoDat

Makes me ill wAtching RA and Gordon dropping daggers


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RA is dropping turds!

This game


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That Lou Williams pickup very likely saved the Rockets season. They look like they would be a 1st round exit without him.

That Lou Wiliams signing for Rockets was huge. Talk about putting you over the hump. Would have been huge if we could have pulled that off at the same time as Cousins trade. Not hating but probably could have made the same trade for Cunningham and our first. He may be 30 but Lou isn't a weapon because of his athleticism. He is a shooter that could easily make his way into the Warriors roster if they had the money and room.


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Cavs up 4 with 2:50 remaining after being down as much as 26 points. Mil is also thrashing Toronto, up 29 early in the 3rd.

All these 3pt shooting teams wouldn't last against the 80s or 90s teams. No inside game causes teams to shoot bad shots...reason for the Cavs comeback tonight. Live and die by the 3. I've seen this too much from the Pelicans this year even with great bigs. Every team with the exception of the Spurs and Grizzilies Pick-n-& Roll to the 3pt line.

Blew a big lead. I'm sure Paul George is going full Chris Paul George.

He'll be ours before a fortnight.

I bet PG13 goes to OKC, that can be the only way.

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Originally Posted by UNO Gracias

I bet PG13 goes to OKC, that can be the only way.

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i think it was a bunch of lakers fans but a lot of posters on different boards were talking about westbrook should leave OKC and join PG13 and cousins on the lakers lol.....

It probably would be Laker fans, but PG13 going to OKC makes more sense than the two of them going to LA. Sure both guys are from CA, but that OKC team is built to win now, they just need to get their KD level player back, and PG13 is that. Throw him in with Russ, Adams, and whoever else is still there when the dust settles, and that is still a top 5 team.

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Originally Posted by UNO Gracias

It probably would be Laker fans, but PG13 going to OKC makes more sense than the two of them going to LA. Sure both guys are from CA, but that OKC team is built to win now, they just need to get their KD level player back, and PG13 is that. Throw him in with Russ, Adams, and whoever else is still there when the dust settles, and that is still a top 5 team.

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And that isn't true here?

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Originally Posted by Eman5805

And that isn't true here?

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What isn't true here? You think we are ready to win now? I don't, but there a laundry list of reasons for that. What makes you think we are ready to win now?

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Originally Posted by UNO Gracias

What isn't true here? You think we are ready to win now? I don't, but there a laundry list of reasons for that. What makes you think we are ready to win now?

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You think adding Paul George wouldn't turn us into a dangerous team?

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Originally Posted by Eman5805

You think adding Paul George wouldn't turn us into a dangerous team?

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Are we talking AD, PG13, Boogie, and Jrue? If you are omitting Jrue (heck even if you are including him) I am not sure if this is a system that would allow them to be dangerous. We would need to get a different coach in here to maximize their talents.

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Originally Posted by UNO Gracias

Are we talking AD, PG13, Boogie, and Jrue? If you are omitting Jrue (heck even if you are including him) I am not sure if this is a system that would allow them to be dangerous. We would need to get a different coach in here to maximize their talents.

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There's only 5 players on the court at any given time, if you make THREE of them top 10 level players, they could run a system designed by a 6 year old on an etch and sketch and win 50 games.


Gentry isn't THAT inept. I mean, come on. I know this place loves hyperbole and saying our coach is the worst and an idiot, but teams would not be able to contend with 3 sniper elite players.

Has there ever been 3 players as good as AD, Cousins, and PG who are all in their prime or just entering it on one team that didn't make the playoffs and go deep into it?

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Originally Posted by UNO Gracias

Are we talking AD, PG13, Boogie, and Jrue? If you are omitting Jrue (heck even if you are including him) I am not sure if this is a system that would allow them to be dangerous. We would need to get a different coach in here to maximize their talents.

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man, i told you on the other thread and you just refuse to believe it lol but this team will make the playoffs next season with jrue or without him and that will be the first step in becoming a dangerous team with AD and boogie as a duo.......if we have the same health as this season,,gentry will not mess this up......

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There's only 5 players on the court at any given time, if you make THREE of them top 10 level players, they could run a system designed by a 6 year old on an etch and sketch and win 50 games.


Gentry isn't THAT inept. I mean, come on. I know this place loves hyperbole and saying our coach is the worst and an idiot, but teams would not be able to contend with 3 sniper elite players.

Has there ever been 3 players as good as AD, Cousins, and PG who are all in their prime or just entering it on one team that didn't make the playoffs and go deep into it?

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Agreed. Coaching matters, but at some point top tier talent overwhelms lower tier coaching. Particularly when the threshold is "dangerousness."

When we talk about "built to win now" are we talking about just making the playoff, or making it to the conference finals (and possibly the Finals, which is what I was eluding to when I said the Thunder were built to win now)?

Next year we should make the playoffs, with Gentry or without him. That isn't impressive if you have two top 10 players. If you have two top 10 players (and they aren't battling injuries) making the playoffs should be the bar. If we land a PG13 (which I don't see how we could), you have 3 top tier guys and you should make the playoffs without even trying, but the bar in that instance in WCFs at least based on talent alone. If you got yourself a solid coach, you could probably win a title or more with that trio.

Boogie makes this a playoff team, no matter who our coach is.

Paul George makes this team a contender at the top of everything with the ability to beat anyone. But yeah, a coach tends to be what puts a team over the top. Is Gentry that dude? I don't know. But if Paul George wants to go to a team ready to step into the next level, it's hard to ignore us.

We all love New Orleans. But it's on another level and truly a great city if you're rich/wealthy.

If AD and Boogie turn this into a playoff team, they won't have trouble attracting whatever talent they can afford. If you're a young guy with a multi-million dollar salary, New Orleans is in the top half of places you'd want to live and play. It's definitely way ahead of Indianapolis.

That being said, unless we hit the lottery, we don't have the assets to trade for George.

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Originally Posted by PelsFan2313

Man this CHI-BOS series is bringing back memories of a time when Rondo was of the more entertaining players in the league to watch...

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And Rondo is now out indefinitely...so much for that.

CP3 deserves every penny he's going to get this summer.