Portland a must-win tonight vs Denver, to keep the 6 seed.

They are up by 20.

Dame was dejected after last minute loss last game ("we had 'em"), so he came out with focus and intensity this game.

What a great underrated player.

Lakers winning at NO (no Zion) so Portland must hang on.

That said, Lakers playing good ball now and should easily handle the play-in games if they end up the #7.

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Sherman remarked, "Well, Grant, we've had the devil's own day, haven't we?" Grant looked up. "Yes," he replied, followed by a puff. "Yes. Lick 'em tomorrow, though."

6 points on 9 FG attempts and 0/6 from the free throw line doesn't do it for me. He could be so much better. He is the reason they don't make the Eastern Conference Finals against the Nets interesting.

Angry old man somehow flames out quickly:

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/316 ... s-pelicans

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That was a dumb, backward ass hire from jump, especially when you had a run and gun coach out there in D'Antoni and a great coach in McMillan. Then they hired that flat tire.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

I can’t stand the guy. That Griffin thought it was a good idea should earn him the boot as well.

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If they're not a 5 seed or better if healthy next season, then he's got to go.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

I think their talent (starting with Zion) is vastly overrated.

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I agree. It's a terribly constructed roster that makes no sense in today's NBA. You have a dominant inside guy in Zion, but then you have a space clogging center who can't shoot in Adams. You have Ingram who can shoot and score, but you have a guard in Bledsoe who also can't shoot. Then you have Lonzo who can shoot 3s, but nothing else and struggles to run the offense in the half court. So basically you're asking Zion to own the paint, but don't give him enough shooters to get him space.

And then there's the defensive end where they are all terrible except Lonzo.

The bench is nothing either. No real bucket getters in that group.

Saying they should finish top 5 in the west is pretty ridiculous even if they had 90s Phil Jackson or vintage Larry Brown coaching. Utah, Denver, Phoenix, LAL, LAC. That's 5 teams that will be better no matter what NOP does to their team this offseason. Add in Portland, Dallas and it's easy to see why its so hard to make the playoffs in the West for a young inexperienced team.

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I agree with you on pretty much everything that you stated. Terribly constructed roster. Zion is showing himself to be fairly one dimensional as a basketball player.

Inside scorer but doesn't really do anything else as a basketball player.

Would you give Lonzo 20 Mil a year? The word is that's what he is bucking for. I know that I wouldn't but what do you think?

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New Orleans needs to commit to Zion. Feed the beast. But being how the NBA is now constructed, it's a tall order.

Eliminate the corner 3s. Make the line an even 24 ft and just dead end the line into the sideline.

I don't think he is a franchise player. Too one dimensional.

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.

Watching Emblid is a joy. I just want to see big men play in the paint, that's all. I miss it.