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VayneAuthority
Profile Joined October 2012
United States8983 Posts
May 16 2014 05:32 GMT
#2361
this league is so boring holy shit, the same 4 teams Zz
I come in for the scraps
Vindicare605
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States16117 Posts
May 16 2014 05:36 GMT
#2362
On May 16 2014 14:30 cLutZ wrote:
Doc Rivers is either not the right coach for this team, or just the perfect embodiment of his stars. They already have players that cry about everything. Doc cries with them.


If it weren't for Doc Rivers I would've been cheering for the Clippers this round even with all of the bandwagoning going on in Los Angeles.

But fuck Doc Rivers. I'm glad he got fined 25k only to see his ass lose the way he did.
aka: KTVindicare the Geeky Bartender
Haiq343
Profile Joined August 2011
United States2548 Posts
May 16 2014 05:37 GMT
#2363
On May 16 2014 14:32 VayneAuthority wrote:
this league is so boring holy shit, the same 4 teams Zz

It's almost like they were the best two teams in each conference.
I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination encircles the world. -Einstein
zulu_nation8
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
China26351 Posts
May 16 2014 05:39 GMT
#2364
I think the refs were kinda iffy in the last couple of minutes, but anyway I hope Spurs win it all as I did preseason .
Vindicare605
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States16117 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-16 05:40:26
May 16 2014 05:40 GMT
#2365
On May 16 2014 14:37 Haiq343 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 16 2014 14:32 VayneAuthority wrote:
this league is so boring holy shit, the same 4 teams Zz

It's almost like they were the best two teams in each conference.


Hard to really say that with Zbo being suspended and Mike Conley suffering a timely injury.

I thought Memphis was a couple of lucky breaks away from putting OKC away for good in the first round.

OKC isn't in the WCF because they're the hands down second best team, they're there because they got a LOT of lucky breaks.
aka: KTVindicare the Geeky Bartender
Vindicare605
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States16117 Posts
May 16 2014 05:43 GMT
#2366
Also.



LOL. You gotta love Metta's ability to make fun of himself.
aka: KTVindicare the Geeky Bartender
VayneAuthority
Profile Joined October 2012
United States8983 Posts
May 16 2014 05:43 GMT
#2367
best teams or not, there is no other league that is so scripted. dont even need to watch it really, thats what is upsetting
I come in for the scraps
Haiq343
Profile Joined August 2011
United States2548 Posts
May 16 2014 05:45 GMT
#2368
Fair on both counts. Memphis and LAC both seemed fully capable of advancing with a few breaks going the other way.

But I doubt anyone would have been surprised if you told them at the start of the season, or really at any point during it, that the Conference Finals would be SA OKC and MIA IND. I don't think that's 'boring' merely that competence gets rewarded.
I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination encircles the world. -Einstein
Vindicare605
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States16117 Posts
May 16 2014 05:45 GMT
#2369
On May 16 2014 14:43 VayneAuthority wrote:
best teams or not, there is no other league that is so scripted. dont even need to watch it really, thats what is upsetting


But then you miss out on all of the good stuff.

The results are what was predicted, but none of the details are. The first round of this year was the best I've ever seen. You can't just dismiss that because the 1-2 seeds in each conference made the finals. That's shallow as fuck.
aka: KTVindicare the Geeky Bartender
BigAsia
Profile Joined November 2012
Canada451 Posts
May 16 2014 05:46 GMT
#2370
On May 16 2014 14:32 VayneAuthority wrote:
this league is so boring holy shit, the same 4 teams Zz


For some reason everyone thinks OKC made it to the Conference Finals last year but they didn't. Memphis did
YOLO
Ace
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
United States16096 Posts
May 16 2014 05:51 GMT
#2371
Doc needs to take off his coaching hat (he fucked up a few times too) and give his GM hat to someone else. I said it the day it happened - signing Big Baby Davis would be a massive anchor on their season. Lo and behold he was the worst Clipper in the series. Unbelievably bad in every aspect.
Math me up, scumboi. - Acrofales
Daozzt
Profile Joined July 2010
United States1263 Posts
May 16 2014 05:53 GMT
#2372
It's hard to watch a game when Chris Paul gets an offensive foul when someone jumped into him.
Jerubaal
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States7684 Posts
May 16 2014 05:57 GMT
#2373
On May 16 2014 14:32 VayneAuthority wrote:
this league is so boring holy shit, the same 4 teams Zz


NBA does best job of any league of figuring out who the best team is. NFL has the best parity but is prone to teams going on hot streaks. Baseball has awful parity. Hockey and soccer are essentially random sports.
I'm not stupid, a marauder just shot my brain.
Daozzt
Profile Joined July 2010
United States1263 Posts
May 16 2014 05:57 GMT
#2374
I mean I'd be crying too if I was Doc. It was 8 on 5 for the last two games.
Ace
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
United States16096 Posts
May 16 2014 06:00 GMT
#2375
I'm glad there is little "parity" in the NBA. Makes it more watchable.
Math me up, scumboi. - Acrofales
Jerubaal
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States7684 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-16 06:29:32
May 16 2014 06:21 GMT
#2376
I guess I was talking about two different things. What I meant to say is that the parity of the NFL contributes to randomness of result. So VayneAuthority was complaining about it "always being the same 4 teams", but if you increased the parity of the NBA the variance would be somewhat due to randomness. The result would be a little less meaningful in that respect.
I'm not stupid, a marauder just shot my brain.
Itsmedudeman
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States19229 Posts
May 16 2014 08:12 GMT
#2377
The NBA has Bo7s. If you want unpredictable then you should watch the NFL. If the playoffs were bo1s then it'd be just as unpredictable.
Vindicare605
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States16117 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-16 08:37:16
May 16 2014 08:34 GMT
#2378
On May 16 2014 17:12 Itsmedudeman wrote:
The NBA has Bo7s. If you want unpredictable then you should watch the NFL. If the playoffs were bo1s then it'd be just as unpredictable.


If we had Bo1s the playoffs would have gone thus.

Golden State over LAC
SA over Dallas
Washington over Chicago
Atlanta over Indiana
OKC over Memphis
Portland over Houston
Miami over Charlotte
Brooklyn over Toronto

We would've had 4/8 upsets if the playoffs had been Bo1.

The second round would've gone:

LAC over OKC
SA over Portland
Washington over Indiana
Miami over Brooklyn

Bo1s are definitely what give the NFL its unpredictability. Put that format in ANY sport and you'll get weird fucking results.
aka: KTVindicare the Geeky Bartender
RowdierBob
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
Australia13297 Posts
May 16 2014 09:39 GMT
#2379
Ok Clipper fans, what's this year's excuse?

Or have you taken the easy out on the ref whambulance?

Probably don't even make round two if Bogut's playing for the Dubs ( :D )
"Terrans are pretty much space-Australians" - H
RowdierBob
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
Australia13297 Posts
May 16 2014 09:40 GMT
#2380
That one O foul on Paul v Collison was wrong. The others were dead right. The Clips are mentally weak show ponies.

Toughen the fuck up and maybe you'll win something one day.
"Terrans are pretty much space-Australians" - H
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