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pourmeanother · 11-02-2009, 08:08 PM

Going to be another long season in NOLA. CP will put up MVP numbers, while the bench gives every game away. Borderline playoff team.

debaserr · 11-06-2009, 06:59 PM

how long is CP3 under contract?

pourmeanother · 11-11-2009, 10:51 PM

Signed through 2012, with a player option for the 2012-13 season. Not even the team's highest paid player, that guy (Peja) was coming off the bench. Posey is making $6M and averaging 3.3 ppg. These are not real weapons for the NBA's best player to work with.

Watching them play Phoenix right now is straight up embarrassing. Reminds me of the 58 point loss against the Nuggets in the playoffs. No heart. No defense. Look at the NBA elite- they all have a World class player similar in status to Paul, but they also have a SUPPORTING CAST!!1!...

I can't wait for Peja to leave- his defense is a liability, and even when he's "on" his offense barely makes up for it. We need a defender- and a 20 ppg sniper to take the scoring pressure off Paul, and let him get back to distributing (rather than carrying the weight of NOLA on his shoulders). Peja and Posey off the books frees up $20M+ to accomplish this.

pourmeanother · 11-12-2009, 04:44 PM

...and, in the wake of that rant, Byron Scott is fired. Well, they needed a scapegoat for the preseason struggles and poor start, but this isn't a real solution. We're only two years removed from the guy taking this team to 2nd in the conference, and nearly to the conference finals (up 3 games to 2 on San Antonio), with almost no talent on the roster.

Ditch the veterans, let's get some new blood (and, no, Julian Wright does not look like the new blood we need up till now).

Hype8 · 11-13-2009, 12:44 AM

good group of games today... nice LBJ v Dwade battle and the Lakers beat up on the Suns.

DeadShotKeen · 02-07-2010, 09:31 AM

Loving the Nuggets rolling into LA without 'Melo and still posting season points on the Lakers. 9 3s for Chauncey?! He couldn't miss but I've said for a while that the Lakers perimeter defence is their weakness this season, they were allowing JR Smith and K-Mart good looks from deep as well, Fisher is a weak link now and even sat for most of this one.

I'm rooting for the Nuggets this season only because I picked them at the start and had a few quid on them at 14/1 so that was pretty sweet! The Cavs look the most complete team in the league for me though. Cavs-Nuggets Finals, Cavs in 6.

ProggyMan · 02-07-2010, 02:26 PM

Lol. The Nuggets have no shot, people were saying the same thing about the Lakers last year...In the end they're just too talented.

debaserr · 02-07-2010, 08:00 PM

its gonna be Cavs Lakers. I would pick the Lakers. but LBJ is a wildcard.

ProggyMan · 02-07-2010, 08:40 PM

Only way Cavs beat the Lakers is 4 superhuman performances by LBJ that aren't countered by the same from Kobe (Hell, or Bynum. Remember those 40-20 games right before he was hurt?). I know it's possible but with the Lakers all around length and Ron Artest limiting him as much as anyone could (Which ain't much) I don't see it happening.

DeadShotKeen · 02-08-2010, 06:28 AM

The Cavs all-round defence is better than the Lakers for me. And they have marginally more depth. The Lakers are pretty much unstoppable inside and you have to hand it to them for their ability to tip teams to death this season - so many 2nd opportunities around the rim. Gasol and Odom basically. Bynum is overrated for me. Offensively he's started to impress me but Nene had his number at the other end on Friday. I still think it's an ask for the Nuggets (or anyone) to get past the Lakers but I definitely think a good jump shooting team has a chance against them, which is why I'm still backing the Nuggets.

11-02-2009, 08:08 PM	#691 (permalink)
pourmeanother Saaaad Panda Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 852	Going to be another long season in NOLA. CP will put up MVP numbers, while the bench gives every game away. Borderline playoff team. __________________ Life is just blah, blah, blah You hope for blah And sometimes you find it, but mostly it's blah And waiting for blah And hoping you were right about the blahs you made And then, just when you think you've got the whole blah'd damn thing figured out And you're surrounded by the ones you blah Death shows up... anddd blah, blah, blah.

11-06-2009, 06:59 PM	#692 (permalink)
debaserr eat the masters Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 5,467	how long is CP3 under contract? __________________ Last.FM

11-11-2009, 10:51 PM	#693 (permalink)
pourmeanother Saaaad Panda Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 852	Signed through 2012, with a player option for the 2012-13 season. Not even the team's highest paid player, that guy (Peja) was coming off the bench. Posey is making $6M and averaging 3.3 ppg. These are not real weapons for the NBA's best player to work with. Watching them play Phoenix right now is straight up embarrassing. Reminds me of the 58 point loss against the Nuggets in the playoffs. No heart. No defense. Look at the NBA elite- they all have a World class player similar in status to Paul, but they also have a SUPPORTING CAST!!1!... I can't wait for Peja to leave- his defense is a liability, and even when he's "on" his offense barely makes up for it. We need a defender- and a 20 ppg sniper to take the scoring pressure off Paul, and let him get back to distributing (rather than carrying the weight of NOLA on his shoulders). Peja and Posey off the books frees up $20M+ to accomplish this. __________________ Life is just blah, blah, blah You hope for blah And sometimes you find it, but mostly it's blah And waiting for blah And hoping you were right about the blahs you made And then, just when you think you've got the whole blah'd damn thing figured out And you're surrounded by the ones you blah Death shows up... anddd blah, blah, blah.

11-12-2009, 04:44 PM	#694 (permalink)
pourmeanother Saaaad Panda Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 852	...and, in the wake of that rant, Byron Scott is fired. Well, they needed a scapegoat for the preseason struggles and poor start, but this isn't a real solution. We're only two years removed from the guy taking this team to 2nd in the conference, and nearly to the conference finals (up 3 games to 2 on San Antonio), with almost no talent on the roster. Ditch the veterans, let's get some new blood (and, no, Julian Wright does not look like the new blood we need up till now). __________________ Life is just blah, blah, blah You hope for blah And sometimes you find it, but mostly it's blah And waiting for blah And hoping you were right about the blahs you made And then, just when you think you've got the whole blah'd damn thing figured out And you're surrounded by the ones you blah Death shows up... anddd blah, blah, blah.

11-13-2009, 12:44 AM	#695 (permalink)
Hype8 Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: california Posts: 191	good group of games today... nice LBJ v Dwade battle and the Lakers beat up on the Suns. __________________

02-07-2010, 09:31 AM	#696 (permalink)
DeadShotKeen Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 79	Loving the Nuggets rolling into LA without 'Melo and still posting season points on the Lakers. 9 3s for Chauncey?! He couldn't miss but I've said for a while that the Lakers perimeter defence is their weakness this season, they were allowing JR Smith and K-Mart good looks from deep as well, Fisher is a weak link now and even sat for most of this one. I'm rooting for the Nuggets this season only because I picked them at the start and had a few quid on them at 14/1 so that was pretty sweet! The Cavs look the most complete team in the league for me though. Cavs-Nuggets Finals, Cavs in 6.

02-07-2010, 02:26 PM	#697 (permalink)
ProggyMan Reformed Jackass Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 3,964	Lol. The Nuggets have no shot, people were saying the same thing about the Lakers last year...In the end they're just too talented.

02-07-2010, 08:00 PM	#698 (permalink)
debaserr eat the masters Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 5,467	its gonna be Cavs Lakers. I would pick the Lakers. but LBJ is a wildcard. __________________ Last.FM

02-07-2010, 08:40 PM	#699 (permalink)
ProggyMan Reformed Jackass Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 3,964	Only way Cavs beat the Lakers is 4 superhuman performances by LBJ that aren't countered by the same from Kobe (Hell, or Bynum. Remember those 40-20 games right before he was hurt?). I know it's possible but with the Lakers all around length and Ron Artest limiting him as much as anyone could (Which ain't much) I don't see it happening.

02-08-2010, 06:28 AM	#700 (permalink)
DeadShotKeen Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 79	The Cavs all-round defence is better than the Lakers for me. And they have marginally more depth. The Lakers are pretty much unstoppable inside and you have to hand it to them for their ability to tip teams to death this season - so many 2nd opportunities around the rim. Gasol and Odom basically. Bynum is overrated for me. Offensively he's started to impress me but Nene had his number at the other end on Friday. I still think it's an ask for the Nuggets (or anyone) to get past the Lakers but I definitely think a good jump shooting team has a chance against them, which is why I'm still backing the Nuggets.