My mea culpa to DOK/What is the dumbest thing you've ever said on the forum?

[ElNono]

I thought Boston was done and said so. Boy, was I wrong...

[JamStone]

Runner up...
Once said Marcus Williams of Arizona would be a 15/17 ppg scorer in the NBA. To be honest, I'm still flummoxed over his failure to be such. He was tailor made as a freshman for NBA success. I know he had some issues his sop re season, but he had ideal height for SG or SF, he could pass, drive, rebound, defend and, as a freshman, could shoot. Whatever...

I was pretty high on Marcus Williams too. Thought he'd be a pretty good player in the league. In fact, I thought the other Marcus Williams was going to be a good player in the league as well, the point guard out of UConn.

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

I was pretty high on Marcus Williams too. Thought he'd be a pretty good player in the league. In fact, I thought the other Marcus Williams was going to be a good player in the league as well, the point guard out of UConn.

I thought the same thing about the lap-top man, when he was still there in the 2006 draft when Phoenix went on the clock I practically had an orgasm thinking there's the back up PG we desperately need in Phoenix, then I got really pissed when they traded the pick to Boston, and I scoffed Boston for drafting Rondo over him.

[j-money24]

Without a doubt...
In 2005 (I think pre Spurs le) I argued for Amare for a decade over Duncan for next five years. In my defense, I didn't pose the question and was merely weighing potential of a young stud with tremendous physical ability (pre microfracture) vs. the waning years of an All-Time great and made a comparison of Hakeem and Kareem as an example. Well... two Duncan les in the next five years and I look completely foolish for ever even venturing.

Runner up...
Once said Marcus Williams of Arizona would be a 15/17 ppg scorer in the NBA. To be honest, I'm still flummoxed over his failure to be such. He was tailor made as a freshman for NBA success. I know he had some issues his sop re season, but he had ideal height for SG or SF, he could pass, drive, rebound, defend and, as a freshman, could shoot. Whatever...

I was wrong about Marcus Williams also, he had so much potential, i though he was going to be a top 5 guard.

[j-money24]

. Glad to see you came to your senses.



A few things I've been wrong about this year:
Mavs would at least make WCF.
Drew Gooden would be worthless here.
Jason Kidd will step up his play for PO's


A few things I was right about this year:
Carlisles refusal to play Roddy will come back to bite us in this ass
LMAO Jason Terry

Yeah, that was very dumb by Carlisle.. You should have him fired Roddy.

[SomeCallMeTim]

Picking the Cavaliers over the Celtics in five was pretty dumb in retrospect.

Nah.

Just because a prediction doesn't come true doesn't mean it's dumb.

I figured 7 out of 10 times Cleveland wins that series. Maybe even 8 out of 10 times based on how poorly Boston played for long stretches this season.

There's a great line Philip Roth wrote that says in part "harmless history, where everything unexpected in its own time is chronicled on the page as inevitable." In other words, history is written by the winners and everything takes on the sheen of "destiny" and inevitability in retrospect, as if a team is somehow "en led" to greatness by The Basketball Gawdz and anyone who didn't see it was somehow dumb.

People forget that the 01 Lakers were a huge disappointment in the regular season. Most forget the 02 Lakers were within a whisker of being eliminated in the WCFs. Most forget the 99 Spurs got a lot of help from Sean Elliott's Memorial Day Miracle. The 04 Pistons, 06 Heat, 07 Spurs, 08 Celtics, and 09 Lakers were unexpected in their own ways but in retrospect everyone just assumes it was somehow "inevitable." Nope.

Cavs over Celtics was the smart bet. Not saying that Boston didn't belong on the court with Cleveland, but if the RS means anything (and history says it does) then picking against the Cavs was the dumb pick.

Unexpected things just happen sometimes. That's why they play the games.

[SomeCallMeTim]

Things I thought were one way... but it's the other way:

Cleveland > Orlando > Boston

Nuggets > Mavs > Jazz > Spurs > Suns

Pleasantly surprised at Kobe's total turnaround in the POs. I thought if he couldn't get it going down the stretch of the RS, there was little hope of him doing so in money time. He is really impressing me right now.

[BUMP]

flipping back to the BUMP archives I remember saying that when we got Devean George in 06, that his championship experience would prove to be huge for us.

We won 67 games that year but he gave us absolutely nothing

[ginobili's bald spot]

I was wrong when I thought Kobe was done. That's about it. I was right about most other things. I didn't think the Mavs would do . I laughed at Spurfan who thought they were going to kick ass now that they had Richard Jefferson. I said the lakers suns would go 5 or 6. I told everyone they were dunb when they said Artest is going to "implode" and up the Lakers.

[Ghazi]

I think I've referred to Bynum as a top 5 center before

Mother ers play from Nov-Jan always tricks me, along with box scores that don't tell his cancerous story.

[Trainwreck2100]

Thing i was wrong about
The Spurs showing up against the Suns this year.

Things I was right about
The Vaunted Suns defense
pretty much everything else ive ever said

[duhoh]

Spurs LA WCF

[urunobili]

I said Orlando would get out of the East

[pauls931]

My past opinions on Dragic and more recently Lopez were pretty off.

[Giuseppe]

Daring the Princess to ban me.

[j-money24]

Daring the Princess to ban me.

Tee-hee

[j-money24]

Predicting the Heat would beat the Celtics in 7 games was probably the dumbest i said in this forum.

[milkshakeballa]

Daring the Princess to ban me.

[Jeremy]

I defended Amare after the Suns lost and he had no right to be defended, maybe Frye should have boxed out more but Amare didn't have to just stand and watch, he could have at least attempted to fight Odom for the rebounds. At this point, I want him to stay so the Suns don't fall apart and because I still try to believe he might mature one day, but I won't be pissed at Kerr or Sarver if he leaves.

I'll only be upset if they don't replace him with a high-caliber player. At this point I would prefer Boozer over Amare--at least he rebounds in the playoffs. Perhaps a sign-and-trade could be worked out.

[Kobe™]

I think I've referred to Bynum as a top 5 center before

Mother ers play from Nov-Jan always tricks me, along with box scores that don't tell his cancerous story.

You also said the Mavs were making the finals this year.

[mystargtr34]

I was so sure the Cavs would meet the Lakers in the Finals... and win in a close series.. but nonetheless make it to the Finals.

Also thought the SPurs would beat Phoenix comfortably in six games max.

[mystargtr34]

In my defense i wasnt that high on Orlando all season... i thought the Cavs would have handled them with this years team, and i also thought Boston would beat Orlando handily which they did (Although this was after they came to life against the Cavs).

Theres also alot more things i was wrong about.

[peteee]

I said the Spurs would sweep Phoenix...

Bwahahahaha Capello was it the tiredness of a trophyless team that made u a fan of the 4-ring Spurs?

LOL no trophy since Bobby Charlton 1966

LOL missing penalities in 06

LOL Gerrard Lampard & Carragher

LOL Rooney sent off for treading Ferreira's balls.

[Muser]

Bwahahahaha Capello was it the tiredness of a trophyless team that made u a fan of the 4-ring Spurs?

LOL no trophy since Bobby Charlton 1966

LOL missing penalities in 06

LOL Gerrard Lampard & Carragher

LOL Rooney sent off for treading Ferreira's balls.

[pauls931]

I'll only be upset if they don't replace him with a high-caliber player. At this point I would prefer Boozer over Amare--at least he rebounds in the playoffs. Perhaps a sign-and-trade could be worked out.

They need to clone Barkley, man before Duncan Donuts did him in, he was just a notch below rodman (rebounding wise, everything else he was infinitely better). And being shorter than malone, he hurt fewer players with his elbows.