Comments on: Recap: I Believe the Word I’m Looking for is ‘Oof’ http://KnickerBlogger.Net/recap-i-believe-the-word-im-looking-for-is-oof/ The NBA's indispensible, premier analytical blog. Sun, 26 May 2013 07:53:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Robert Silverman http://KnickerBlogger.Net/recap-i-believe-the-word-im-looking-for-is-oof/#comment-328182 Robert Silverman Sun, 24 Apr 2011 19:28:32 +0000 http://KnickerBlogger.Net/?p=6789#comment-328182 Game thread is up, gents.

http://knickerblogger.net/2011-playoffs-celtics-at-knicks-game-four/

]]> By: Cal http://KnickerBlogger.Net/recap-i-believe-the-word-im-looking-for-is-oof/#comment-328181 Cal Sun, 24 Apr 2011 17:58:37 +0000 http://KnickerBlogger.Net/?p=6789#comment-328181 The celtics weren’t coasting in game 2 but if they had lost game 1 they would go to another level. It’s what the better teams do in the early rounds of the playoffs. The lakers did it after losing game 1 to the hornets.

]]> By: Z-man http://KnickerBlogger.Net/recap-i-believe-the-word-im-looking-for-is-oof/#comment-328180 Z-man Sun, 24 Apr 2011 17:51:20 +0000 http://KnickerBlogger.Net/?p=6789#comment-328180

The Honorable Cock Jowles:
Yao will never be healthy again.

The same was said about Bill Walton and Antonio McDyess. You never know.

]]> By: Z-man http://KnickerBlogger.Net/recap-i-believe-the-word-im-looking-for-is-oof/#comment-328179 Z-man Sun, 24 Apr 2011 17:50:10 +0000 http://KnickerBlogger.Net/?p=6789#comment-328179

The Honorable Cock Jowles: This implies that Boston wasn’t playing at max intensity during Game 2, which means that they were, in a sense, coasting. Does anyone think that’s true of ANY playoff team, much less the Celtics, who appear to be one of the most intense teams in the league?

Last year they were a few points shy of being the best in the league (Kobe, again: luckiest m.f. out) and Pierce actually improved this year. This is not a team that takes playoff games off.

No, not saying that they took a game off, but you can’t generate the same intensity for every game, the situation definitely matters. If you know that if you lose game 2 at home you are in an 0-2 hole, rather than if you lose you are 1-1, that definitlly makes a difference.

]]> By: JK47 http://KnickerBlogger.Net/recap-i-believe-the-word-im-looking-for-is-oof/#comment-328178 JK47 Sun, 24 Apr 2011 17:39:53 +0000 http://KnickerBlogger.Net/?p=6789#comment-328178 I would love to bring Marcin Gortat in here; he was terrific for Phoenix after the trade and looks pretty similar on the stat sheet to the much-coveted Marc Gasol.

]]> By: Z http://KnickerBlogger.Net/recap-i-believe-the-word-im-looking-for-is-oof/#comment-328177 Z Sun, 24 Apr 2011 17:25:38 +0000 http://KnickerBlogger.Net/?p=6789#comment-328177 @62

Billups for Nash and Frye/Gortat/Lopez works salary wise. Dumping Gortat or Frye would save Phoenix salary wise, but maybe not enough to entice them to give us Nash. Also, though Nash expires in 2012, Frye/Gortat would eat into our 2012 salary flexibility (although they can, presumably, be traded before that, after a year of “exploding” in D’Antoni’s offensive system).

Also, as Ess Dog mentioned yesterday, Ray Felton may be the best PG available this off-season. Billups for Felton and Chris Anderson saves Denver a few $ going forward. Plus, they owe us!

]]> By: KnickInSeattle http://KnickerBlogger.Net/recap-i-believe-the-word-im-looking-for-is-oof/#comment-328176 KnickInSeattle Sun, 24 Apr 2011 17:21:21 +0000 http://KnickerBlogger.Net/?p=6789#comment-328176 @70, he was actually saying that Boston would have beat us more badly in game 2 if we’d won game 1.

]]> By: Z http://KnickerBlogger.Net/recap-i-believe-the-word-im-looking-for-is-oof/#comment-328175 Z Sun, 24 Apr 2011 17:12:27 +0000 http://KnickerBlogger.Net/?p=6789#comment-328175 Recent #17 picks include: Jrue Holiday, Roy Hibbert, Extra E, Danny Granger, and Josh Smith. It’s kind of a “go-to” spot for quality players.

]]> By: The Honorable Cock Jowles http://KnickerBlogger.Net/recap-i-believe-the-word-im-looking-for-is-oof/#comment-328174 The Honorable Cock Jowles Sun, 24 Apr 2011 16:56:06 +0000 http://KnickerBlogger.Net/?p=6789#comment-328174

Z-man:
We should have won game 1, but does anyone really think that if we did, game 2 would have been as close as it was?

This implies that Boston wasn’t playing at max intensity during Game 2, which means that they were, in a sense, coasting. Does anyone think that’s true of ANY playoff team, much less the Celtics, who appear to be one of the most intense teams in the league?

Last year they were a few points shy of being the best in the league (Kobe, again: luckiest m.f. out) and Pierce actually improved this year. This is not a team that takes playoff games off.

]]> By: The Honorable Cock Jowles http://KnickerBlogger.Net/recap-i-believe-the-word-im-looking-for-is-oof/#comment-328173 The Honorable Cock Jowles Sun, 24 Apr 2011 16:52:38 +0000 http://KnickerBlogger.Net/?p=6789#comment-328173 Yao will never be healthy again.

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