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Who is the Most Overrated Team in the East ..aka.. Why Boston Sux.
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Shaolin Fantastic wrote: View PostI think we win it this season.
And by "it" I mean the title. I'm a pessimist normally but this is the year. Things just seem to be shifting a bit in the right ways. I think Houston upsets Golden State and then OG puts Harden in his pocket in the finals en route to a Raptors win in 6.
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Shaolin Fantastic wrote: View PostNeed to get the #1 seed (I'm talking overall btw, not just in the east). I think the one team that we simply cannot beat in a series is Golden State which is why we need Houston or OKC to knock them out for us.
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tDotted wrote: View PostDon't see Houston slowing down, their record is pretty ridiculous when healthy. I'd be satisfied with HCA throughout the East... if Houston gets out of the West that means they're even more dangerous than Golden State.
With Houston I can at least see a path to guarding them, particularly their stars. CP3 is one of the few all-star PGs that doesn't really have any athletic advantage over Lowry, nor is he a particularly lethal scorer I think Kyle can guard him and trade with him in a series if he plays well. OG looked good against Harden earlier this year, plus Harden plays a style that's been proven to be stoppable in the playoffs (he regularly underperforms in the postseason). I think that's because he doesn't really have a good in-between game at all and he's over-reliant on getting to the line. Other than that they don't have guys who are individually great just very, very good shooters. A motivated JV will neutralize Capela on the glass with his size and strength advantage and also be able to pull him out of the paint with his newfound range on offense.
Golden State I just don't see how we could possibly beat them. DeRozan just doesn't have the defensive awareness to prevent Klay from getting a lot of open looks and I don't think Lowry (or anyone really) can guard Curry. Durant is just highly fucking problematic and OG doesn't have a chance against him, he's way too dynamic offensively.
Our best bet would be to try and go big constantly and bully them inside, but I don't think we'd be able to keep up with them offensively trading 2s for 3s or get enough stops on the other end. Kerr will ramp up the Big 4s minutes so our bench advantage will be less significant.
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Shaolin Fantastic wrote: View PostI think we win it this season.
And by "it" I mean the title. I'm a pessimist normally but this is the year. Things just seem to be shifting a bit in the right ways. I think Houston upsets Golden State and then OG puts Harden in his pocket in the finals en route to a Raptors win in 6.
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Shaolin Fantastic wrote: View PostIf Houston gets out of the west it's because they got hot as hell and outshot the Warriors for enough games to win a series. They aren't actually better than them.
With Houston I can at least see a path to guarding them, particularly their stars. CP3 is one of the few all-star PGs that doesn't really have any athletic advantage over Lowry, nor is he a particularly lethal scorer I think Kyle can guard him and trade with him in a series if he plays well. OG looked good against Harden earlier this year, plus Harden plays a style that's been proven to be stoppable in the playoffs (he regularly underperforms in the postseason). I think that's because he doesn't really have a good in-between game at all and he's over-reliant on getting to the line. Other than that they don't have guys who are individually great just very, very good shooters. A motivated JV will neutralize Capela on the glass with his size and strength advantage and also be able to pull him out of the paint with his newfound range on offense.
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KeonClark wrote: View PostAh yes cp3 with all his deep playoff runs
CP3
Career Playoff Per: 25.8
Kyle "Regular Season" Lowry
Career Playoff Per: 15.0
CP3
Career Playoff Per Game(PPG/AST/STL/TO/FG%/FT%): 25.3/9.4/2.2/2.7/48.4%/38.1%
Kyle "Regular Season" Lowry
Career Playoff Per Game(PPG/AST/STL/TO/FG%/FT%): 14.9/4.8/1.3/1.5/39.4%/31.4%
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Apollo wrote: View PostAre we seriously having this conversation?
CP3
Career Playoff Per: 25.8
Kyle "Regular Season" Lowry
Career Playoff Per: 15.0
CP3
Career Playoff Per Game(PPG/AST/STL/TO/FG%/FT%): 25.3/9.4/2.2/2.7/48.4%/38.1%
Kyle "Regular Season" Lowry
Career Playoff Per Game(PPG/AST/STL/TO/FG%/FT%): 14.9/4.8/1.3/1.5/39.4%/31.4%9 time first team all-RR, First Ballot Hall of Forum
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KeonClark wrote: View PostYes that is fair. But CP3 still hasnt won big and I agree with the premise we could go toe to toe with Houston
No offense to Kyle. He's a good player but he's not the total stud some people make him out to be and he's proven it time and time again.
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