Road Side Pub: Sit back, grab a drink and let's chat about most things under the sun.

[Cry Havoc]

Karl tried to give Cousins a 2 game suspension after that. Divac, who is know the King's GM, overrode the suspension. Last article I read said Karl is 'in trouble'. Pretty re ed when organizations side with a misbehaving player over a coach (see Greg Hardy as well) tbh.

Did you see where the front office met with players and asked them if they wanted to fire Karl?

Unreal.

[Agloco]

Meh, I'd prefer this to the 10,000 spam threads that get made on a daily basis.

This right here.

[Agloco]

Ok. Tried to do something different here with you guys. More private. Not something wide-open to the majority of NBA fans.

Keep on doing it. It's a refreshing change from all of the usual tomfoolery going on around here.

[TheDoctor]

With Kevin Durant out, AGAIN, perhaps not tanking last year may have been one of the worst OKC mistakes after trading Harden? You could say they rather had a winning mentality, but IMO you can still have a winning mentality and be in the lottery because of injuries (exhibit 1, Spurs 1996-97 season). With the cluster that is the Lakers FO, they could have landed Okafor at #3 or a good defensive wing in Winslow. Another Presti's bad decision or nah?

[SAGirl]

With Kevin Durant out, AGAIN, perhaps not tanking last year may have been one of the worst OKC mistakes after trading Harden? You could say they rather had a winning mentality, but IMO you can still have a winning mentality and be in the lottery because of injuries (exhibit 1, Spurs 1996-97 season). With the cluster that is the Lakers FO, they could have landed Okafor at #3 or a good defensive wing in Winslow. Another Presti's bad decision?

Four things in no particular order:

1. Westbrook was playing near MVP level last season. You can't put down a fierce compe or like him without him being injured. I actually think he's grown as a player, and is a better decision maker than he ever was. He was impressive and really was one game away from pushing a team to the playoffs pretty much by himself with some roleplayers and a lot of new guys arriving through midseason.

2. They didn't start the season intending to tank with their two stars going out for injuries and them starting with a loosing record. They thought they could recover to make the playoffs even if they did not get the highest seed and to that end added guys through trade mid season.

3. The way the tanking teams start loosing early, if you don't get your loosing streaks going with regularity you won't get a high pick anyways.

4. They are in win now mode. They probably thought that they didn't have a legit run at any of the top picks and any guy outside of the top picks is a gamble and would not be ready to contribute in Durant's last season b4 his FA

[EVAY]

Meh, I'd prefer this to the 10,000 spam threads that get made on a daily basis.

[EVAY]

I think it was a huge mistake to fire Malone when they did. Malone had the team playing a style that suit their talents and they were winning early in the season. More importantly Cousins was coming from a good showing at the Basketball World Cup and he had a good relationship with Malone at the point when he was fired. Malone had them playing well and they were not a particularly talented team outside of Cousins and Rudy Gay.

The explanation given by the Managers was that Malone wasn't implementing the style they wanted. They basically threw the season away for no reason TBH, for no reason!!!! They wanted to be this run and gun team like the Warriors, but TBH, does that suit Boogie's talent? Having him shoot 3s from the perimeter? Really? And even if that was the reason, they had a winning record up to that point, or close to it, why not let the man finish the season, then make changes in the offseason with personnel and coaching or whatever.

As bad tempered as Cousins has been, the SAC franchise has been terrible. They have not done well by Boogie. He's got a bad temper and has been very immature, but really? In the kind of situation he's been in for so many years, it is tough to keep up a positive outlook.

As for the Karl tongue lashing: it was inappropriate, but Boogie was frustrated and directed that at Karl. The reality is that some of his frustration needs to be directed at teammates who were not giving their all. In that 4th Q, I only saw Belinelli, continue to compete and try to make plays. The rest of the Kings had given up on defense entirely. I think the problem for Karl at this point is that he didn't get his players to buy in, and he had been a cancer himself in how he managed Boogie.

Very thoughtful response. Thank you for posting. I'm serious. This is the type of discussion that many of us enjoy.

[SAGirl]

Very thoughtful response. Thank you for posting. I'm serious. This is the type of discussion that many of us enjoy.

[EVAY]

Did you see where the front office met with players and asked them if they wanted to fire Karl?

Unreal.

I read that article and actually felt sorry for George Karl, and that it means it was a totally egregious move by the FO. I cannot ABIDE George Karl, so for me to end up feeling badly for him is just a testament to how sorry that FO is.

[look_at_g_shred]

Might be too early to gauge, but anyone think the lance signing will work in LAC? Personally, I think he will hurt them come playoff time.

[FkLA]

Did you see where the front office met with players and asked them if they wanted to fire Karl?

Unreal.

organization doing things. I liked Vlade as a player but he has no business being in a front office if this is his idea of building a structurally sound organization.

[TheDoctor]

Might be too early to gauge, but anyone think the lance signing will work in LAC? Personally, I think he will hurt them come playoff time.

Too early to gauge tbh. He could either make that bench better or weaker. As of now he hasn't been much of a factor.

[Mikeanaro]

Might be too early to gauge, but anyone think the lance signing will work in LAC? Personally, I think he will hurt them come playoff time.

Cancer boys are never a good thing, it will bite them.

[GSH]

I know there's a whole forum for non-Spurs like this, but if I put this thread down there I wouldn't get as much attention. I'm sure I'll catch some over it, but I'll just claim I was trying to bring something new and beautiful into their lives. Besides, insults are just another form of attention.

I'm going for it."

[SAGirl]

Might be too early to gauge, but anyone think the lance signing will work in LAC? Personally, I think he will hurt them come playoff time.

Too early to gauge tbh. He could either make that bench better or weaker. As of now he hasn't been much of a factor.

I haven't watched the games but looked at a couple of box scores and he's been starting. I don't know their rotations or anything like that. I imagine his defense is what got him to start.

[BillMc]

I like this thread. Cheers to OP.

Here's something to discuss:

Brad Daugherty: "Michael Jordan was indefensible in the middle of his career, the prime. LeBron [James] is that way now. This (Steph Curry) is the other young man that's unguardable."

Kawhi can guard him! Not scared.

[SAGirl]

I like this thread. Cheers to OP.

Here's something to discuss:

Brad Daugherty: "Michael Jordan was indefensible in the middle of his career, the prime. LeBron [James] is that way now. This (Steph Curry) is the other young man that's unguardable."

Kawhi can guard him! Not scared.

I don't know, I guess we will see. I am not understimating the Warriors. Chris Paul was giving the Spurs headache against the Clippers and we pretty much have the same team perimeter-wise. Warriors could be trouble. The circus shots that Curry is capable of are just incredible. He does have to take care not to turn the ball over. I see him coming through a lot of screens against us.

[TheDoctor]

I like this thread. Cheers to OP.

Here's something to discuss:

Brad Daugherty: "Michael Jordan was indefensible in the middle of his career, the prime. LeBron [James] is that way now. This (Steph Curry) is the other young man that's unguardable."

Kawhi can guard him! Not scared.

Yeah, after last night some analysts compared him to Jordan to some extent. I don't remember if it was here or talking with hometown friends, that I said, "I feel the Warriors are on a mission. 1) To Repeat 2) To Win 70+ games". It seems like this season is a continuation of last. They haven't lost a step, haven't took a break. No Championship hangover whatsoever. Ready to prove the World they weren't lucky last season as Doc Rivers implied. I don't know if Steve Kerr can wait to JAN 25 (vs SPURS), but don't be surprised if he makes his 1st season appearance on DEC 25th vs CLE after this "prolonged leave" due to complications with his back surgery. After all, GS pansies love this kind of drama and "motivation surprises". Just like they did with DLee in the WCSF back in 2013.

Truth is, other than San Antonio, OKC (if healthy) and CLE, I don't see any of the remaining teams beating them.

[spurso]

I like this thread. Cheers to OP.

Here's something to discuss:

Brad Daugherty: "Michael Jordan was indefensible in the middle of his career, the prime. LeBron [James] is that way now. This (Steph Curry) is the other young man that's unguardable."

Kawhi can guard him! Not scared.

The funny thing is Lebron is 2-4 in the finals. Pretty bad for someone that's unguardable.

[Skoobz]

Nice one Doc.

Lets discuss why it's page 2 and no sign of the player fan krews.

[TheDoctor]

Nice one Doc.

Lets discuss why it's page 2 and no sign of the player fan krews.

Page 2? You guys need to change your settings. I got mine with max posts per page.

[SAGirl]

Nice one Doc.

Lets discuss why it's page 2 and no sign of the player fan krews.

Let's just ignore the krews honestly.

[Skoobz]

Let's just ignore the krews honestly.

Eh just refreshing not seeing one of them in a thread and decent discussion taking place tbh.

[Skoobz]

Might be too early to gauge, but anyone think the lance signing will work in LAC? Personally, I think he will hurt them come playoff time.

I think he'll do fairly well During the RS considering he's learning the schematics of a new team....but if he pulls that blowing in the ear come PO's i believe it will be more of a distraction than an advantage for the clips. If he tries it out against SA come PO's he's going to awake a angry giant named kick ass and it will be their demise. Time will tell.

[Ice009]

The funny thing is Lebron is 2-4 in the finals. Pretty bad for someone that's unguardable.

He's 2-4 in the finals because he's playing in the Eastern Conference. It's not that hard to figure out. If he was in the West, most of his teams wouldn't have even made it to the finals for him to be 2-4. It's pretty easy to see. He's made so many finals because he's been in a pathetic Eastern conference.

Oh and by the way, I don't give him any credit whatsoever for the 2nd ring. That is ours, we handed it to him, threw that Championship away. He didn't earn it. He missed two huge threes badly and Ray Allen bailed him out. He would have been killed by the media had all that bull not gone down with Ray ending up with the ball in his hands after those missed rebounds.