2015 NBA 'OFFS

shd also be noted the general consensus at this time last year was that the heat were much stronger than they ended up being

i do think all of those things are true to a certain extent about the cavs and i dont think they have the east finals locked up bc they will face the hawks or maybe bulls and those are crazy tough outs.

i also think they were true about the 2013-14 heat minus the coaching issue bc spo was/is great, but then again in those playoffs they faced the bobcats, nets and an imploding pacers team that still took two games from them!

except teams coached by Pop. which is why SPURS

i don't think there's really any precedent for a team with the cavs' defensive rating winning it all. even since everything clicked for them they've been only slightly above average on defense whereas history indicates you need to be at least pretty close to elite.

cavs need another year in the oven at a slightly different temperature

i also think they were true about the 2013-14 heat minus the coaching issue bc spo was/is great, but then again in those playoffs they faced the bobcats, nets and an imploding pacers team that still took two games from them!

― slothroprhymes, Friday, April 17, 2015 10:42 AM (9 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

its true they didnt face anyone of consequence but they also breezed through the east, that pacers series was abt as lopsided as a 6 game series can be, pacers also had recovered quite a bit by that point fwiw

i don't think there's really any precedent for a team with the cavs' defensive rating winning it all. even since everything clicked for them they've been only slightly above average on defense whereas history indicates you need to be at least pretty close to elite.

― J0rdan S.

this. as much as i want to believe, the game cannot be only about buckets

yeah feel like ive heard stats ppl saying being in the top third of the league is the absolute minimum historically, and its not like the cavs are alltime great offensively

curious to see how brons old man game hold up in the offs, cld get ugly if he tries/needs to force it

like anecdotally, once you start thinking about them individually ... kyrie, jr, love are all minus defenders. bron has slipped on that end if even by choice. mozgov is p good but he's not tyson chandler. i just don't see how they're gonna outscore equally prolific offensive teams like golden state or the spurs, assuming cleveland gets there.

they cld be v subject to hawks slicing and dicing too :)

well of course if they even get to the finals theyre toast

BREAKING
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o... m... g... lol

what the fuck

http://www.uni-watch.com/wp-content/uploads/Screen-shot-2015-03-19-at-12.36.06-PM.png

BALLLLMER

the black one looks like something you'd find in a closet at the Y that hasn't been opened in 30 years.

despite that guy's reporting i find it really hard to believe that they're gonna go with that

because...........

i hope not!

http://www.uni-watch.com/2015/04/17/uni-watch-exclusive-new-nba-and-wnba-leaks

logo branding copy is secretly some of the lamest shit of all time

"Using the colloquial LA will resonate in a profound way with a younger demographic. Not only does this rule differentiate and elevate the clippers from other Los Angeles sports franchises, it empowers the LAC design element with a verbal communication standard"

gtfoh

what the actual fuck is that black clips outfit lol

you really have to be so so so far up the ass of business to read that sentence and be like "yeah def"

if i ever pitched a logo to a sports team my caption would be like "this looks cool"

always interested in empowering design design elements with verbal communication standards, thanks clips for finally catering to my demo

their whole job is to be up the ass of business which is why the outcomes are so bad the decision makers have no design expertise

like that company is no doubt fully capable of coming up with something good but this is what they arrived at after endless meetings with ppl who work for a company owned by one of the key players in

http://i.imgur.com/NhPb97t.png

the decision makers have no design expertise

― lag∞n, Friday, April 17, 2015 11:04 AM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

or taste obvs

but the whole process is so removed from taste it prob wldnt matter if they did

I want a Paul Allen/Steve Ballmer series so bad.

constant cuts to bill gates in the stands checking his phone

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/17/sports/basketball/its-nba-playoff-time-pay-no-attention-to-those-losing-records.html
Fun stats: In NBA history, only 11 teams with losing records have made the playoffs. All of them have lost in the first round. All of them have come from the Eastern Conference.

"since 2000" "In NBA history"

http://i.imgur.com/oHiMmHm.png

if only there were some verbal communication standard to generate interest

tru

the NBA's main twitter is making shops of potential champ rings for all the teams, so adorable

y not us
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Candace Buckner ‏@CandaceDBuckner 30m30 minutes ago
Does new scheme mean Roy Hibbert will be benched, Vogel said: "Possibly."
"Roy's role will be diminished."
There it is again.

crazy

wow

:/

they're basically telling him to opt out

celtics shd pick him and love up :]

I dunno man feel like his depression might not immediately disappear even on a new team but celts def need rim protection

buy low man, brad seems p good at putting guys int he right spot basketball and personally wise too

im not sure how low you're gonna be able to buy on roy hibbert

don't the celtics wanna play faster and spread the court anyway?

feel like brad n danny r not ideological

logo branding copy is secretly some of the lamest shit of all time

"Using the colloquial LA will resonate in a profound way with a younger demographic. Not only does this rule differentiate and elevate the clippers from other Los Angeles sports franchises, it empowers the LAC design element with a verbal communication standard"

gtfoh

― J0rdan S., Friday, April 17, 2015 8:02 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I live in this world and I do my honest to god best to be as blunt and straight forward as possible in our presentations. Fluff is the worst. Luckily I work for people that would laugh at me if I tried to pull some nonsense like that.