2013 Playoffs Discussion Thread

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Originally Posted by UNO Gracias

But get rid of Randolph and bring in who? That team is built around their bigs, and you don't trade one without having an equall backup plan in place. Their window is open, but for how much longer?

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Their window with this group is closed. They won't get any better. They don't have enough cap room to bring in an impact scorer especially with Randolph's contract. He's only getting worse too. They need more offense and a better bench and it won't improve with Randolph's contract. He's not worth 17 million per season. They did fine without Gay and they'll be ok without an aging Randolph. Dump his salary and find a scorer and improve the bench.

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Originally Posted by PowerPel

No we don't want Randolph!

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Come again? I am asking how the Grizz would move on, I am not mentioning the Pelicans anywhere.

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Originally Posted by UNO Gracias

Come again? I am asking how the Grizz would move on, I am not mentioning the Pelicans anywhere.

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Meant for Guru, Sorry.

Very impressive playoff run by the Spurs, especially considering so many key cogs are in their 30s. It looked like Father Time was catching up to them a few years ago, and they might have to get worse before they got better. A couple of tweaks later, they are back in the Finals.

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Originally Posted by UNO Gracias

Did anyone hear Popavich just tell the media (after the award presentation) " I want to talk to my team, so get out."

Dude is $. Love me some Popavich.

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Him and Kobe are the last 2 that really bring that old-school attitude and demeanor to the game. After they are gone, we're gonna be stuck with divas and "bestfriends".

Memphis will absolutely convince some poor Eastern Conference team that their overpriced *star* will be enough to get the ball rolling on them contending. See Gay, Rudy and Toronto. Look to see Randolph moved..with Memphis touting the Indiana model of contending against the Heat. Book it.

The victi..*ahem* targets:

Atlanta
Boston
Brooklyn
Milwaukee
New York

Speaking of Popovich, here's an article on Popovich and his building of young players.

Here's a small excerpt from the article.

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Young Spurs play, produce
Only it's not luck at all! Popovich gets the same unproven players every team gets -- in fact, he gets worse ones. The Spurs haven't had a lottery pick since Tim Duncan in 1997. Nevertheless, he plays young players relentlessly and aggressively all season long. He plays young unproven players when his team is ahead. He plays them when his team is behind. He plays them when his team is in first place, and when they're in last. He plays them in all four quarters and in overtime. And, most importantly, he does it year after year.

Splitter was once the Spurs' Valanciunas, if you will -- only the kind you draft 28th overall instead of fifth. Splitter has started 66 games for an elite team, and has played close to 4,000 NBA minutes. Popovich has had plenty of time to make clear what he wants from his big man. By crunch time of a conference finals elimination game, coach and player had built so much trust that Splitter was not just on the court, but was the lynch pin of the Spurs' successful campaign to thwart the pound-it-into-Zach Randolph Grizzlies.

Splitter is much bigger and gave Randolph fits.

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http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/pos...-young-players

Pacers off to good start

Oh look it is Joey Crawford reffing tonight! Told ya David would go to the red phone. :hihi:

There's a banshee lady at the Pacers game too.

They're breeding.

Role players are letting Miami down big time.

Here they come, Refs helping too.

Tied

Like flipping a switch

Lebron flopping check

DX missing free throw, check

Joey Crawford is a terrible human being.

Hibbert=Beast

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Originally Posted by Eman5805

There's a banshee lady at the Pacers game too.

They're breeding.

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Nooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!

Holy cow, he fouled(James) out. Crawford &Mott may not be reffing for a while:hihi:

Lefoul James. I dont see the Pacers moving on unless they win the next one as well. They have to put Miami on their heels to win.

Three teams playing out there. The NBA Refs have totally seized control of the game.

Laflop went 128 games without a foul out. Interesting stat.

Let em hear it DX!

Indecision can cripple even elite players.

So much for that whole "well, this is turning back to be Miami's series."