The Optimistic Thread! (TRD's FREEDOM THREAD!)

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Postby Nashty Gal on Mon Jan 14, 2013 12:27 pm

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Postby Armani on Mon Jan 14, 2013 12:28 pm

D'Antoni thinks Blake will be valuable in this system, too. We will see. I don't think he's completely useless, honestly. He's just a very average backup PG... every once in a while though, he shows up and makes big shots, like he did in the Denver series last year.
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Postby pound4pound1 on Mon Jan 14, 2013 12:37 pm

the Earl Clark-D12 frontline has me optimistic


i think those two manning our D makes us a MUCH better team
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Postby Jellincon on Mon Jan 14, 2013 12:42 pm

This may sound weird but hell yeah to Blake coming back. Blake may suck at times but at least it's better than having Morris get those minutes.

Of course I'm only saying this because Meeks is currently out of the rotation. If Meeks gets back in then he'll probably get the minutes Morris/Blake would be getting with Duhon being the back up PG.
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Postby dwighthowardsdad on Mon Jan 14, 2013 12:42 pm

pound4pound1 wrote:the Earl Clark-D12 frontline has me optimistic


i think those two manning our D makes us a MUCH better team


Agreed. I said something similar in the Earl Clark thread. He makes our team defense better...
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Postby pound4pound1 on Mon Jan 14, 2013 12:46 pm

dwighthowardsdad wrote:
pound4pound1 wrote:the Earl Clark-D12 frontline has me optimistic


i think those two manning our D makes us a MUCH better team


Agreed. I said something similar in the Earl Clark thread. He makes our team defense better...




you've got two active bodies with him and Dwight...both aggressive on the boards...if MDA lets this duo play together and develop more chemistry, i can see everything else falling into place defensively...Clark isn't shy about trying to swat everything around him either and i LOVE that...Nash and Kobe can funnel their assignments to TWO stoppers now...
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Postby dj vitus on Mon Jan 14, 2013 4:20 pm

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Postby Doc Brown on Mon Jan 14, 2013 7:23 pm

I wonder what a.....Kobe/Meeks/Clark/Hill/D12 lineup would have looked like?

I put this in the optimistic thread, because I think we would have seen some good results.
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Postby dwighthowardsdad on Tue Jan 15, 2013 9:24 am

I love the energy Earl and Dwight bring in the defensive unit. I think we may have found something that is going to last the rest of the season. The more they play together the more chemistry gets better and our team defense will improve dramatically. I can already see it.

I know the Miami game is on Thursday; however, for some reason, I'm optimistic we're winning that game. I like the matchups minus Pau. I'm calling it now: we win that game
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Postby khmrP on Tue Jan 15, 2013 9:54 am

dwighthowardsdad wrote:

I know the Miami game is on Thursday; however, for some reason, I'm optimistic we're winning that game. I like the matchups minus Pau. I'm calling it now: we win that game


you'd think people learn by now to stop "booking" "guaranteeing" "calling it now" stuff with this team :freak2:
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Postby revgen on Tue Jan 15, 2013 10:53 pm

2 wins in a row. :jam2:
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Postby Weezy on Tue Jan 15, 2013 11:00 pm

Defense has looked a lot better overall the past 2 games, we actually held 2 teams in a row under 100. Also, Kobe and Dwight have found an offensive balance for now, when they do this we look good.
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Postby karacha on Tue Jan 15, 2013 11:01 pm

I agree. The communication is a lot batter actually.
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Postby therealdeal on Tue Jan 15, 2013 11:03 pm

Communication has been fantastic the last two games and we've seen some really good defense.

There's still a lot of progress to be made, but we looked really good the last two nights. We looked the way we should have looked against teams like this.
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Postby v1n5anity on Tue Jan 15, 2013 11:08 pm

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Postby karacha on Tue Jan 15, 2013 11:11 pm

If we can beat the Heat, I'll start being optimistic again. We're not far behind Minny, Utah, Portland, Houston; only 2-3 games... that's nothing... we can get to the 7-8 seed, but need to play well consistently.
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Postby JoelMyersScrotalSack on Tue Jan 15, 2013 11:12 pm

30 assists, 8 turnovers

Amazing cleanup from Sunday's game
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Postby therealdeal on Tue Jan 15, 2013 11:15 pm

karacha wrote:If we can beat the Heat, I'll start being optimistic again. We're not far behind Minny, Utah, Portland, Houston; only 2-3 games... that's nothing... we can get to the 7-8 seed, but need to play well consistently.

I won't be disappointed if they lose to Miami (as long as they keep it close). It's about winning games like Chicago and games like Milwaukee and games like Minnesota that are important. Those are the games we absolutely MUST win.
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Postby JoelMyersScrotalSack on Tue Jan 15, 2013 11:53 pm

Yeah I don't really care about beating the Heat that much, those aren't the games I'm worried about. We have to string together multiple 6-7 game winning streaks to make the playoffs, not beat an elite team here and there and lose a heart breaker to a scrub team.
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Postby wcsoldier81 on Tue Jan 15, 2013 11:57 pm

Houston is losing its next 3 games
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Postby Finwë on Wed Jan 16, 2013 3:04 am

@forumbluegold: Lakers' starters played 19 min together vs. MIL, had OEff of 140.2(!!!), DEff of 87.7, shot 65.5%, were a +20.
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Postby trodgers on Wed Jan 16, 2013 4:32 am

Finwë wrote:
@forumbluegold: Lakers' starters played 19 min together vs. MIL, had OEff of 140.2(!!!), DEff of 87.7, shot 65.5%, were a +20.

Those are ridiculous numbers.
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Postby Scnottaken on Wed Jan 16, 2013 8:20 am

JoelMyersScrotalSack wrote:30 assists, 8 turnovers

Amazing cleanup from Sunday's game

Bucks are apparently pretty good at forcing turnovers too. 3rd in the league in opp TO.
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Postby Juronimo on Wed Jan 16, 2013 5:10 pm

Beat the cHeat
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Postby JGC on Wed Jan 16, 2013 7:40 pm

Houston has lost 4 in a row and are losing by double digits to Dallas so they could lose 5 straight. Portland has lost 3 straight. Minnesota has lost 4 straight.

If Houston loses tonight, we'll be 2.5 games out of a playoff spot. CMON. It's destiny baby.

Alright, I'm not really THAT optimistic yet. I'm trying my best to be hopeful here.
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