NBA Playoffs Thread

[ThaSaltCracka]

KC,

I would like to see Stack start on a regular basis. If not, Dallas should go out and sign a PG. That stood out immensely to me in this series. Harris is not a good distributor and his game is better suited for the 2, however he isn't good enough to really play there. Terry would be a better 2, but playing both isn't a wise idea because you give up a lot of size. Harris is fast as hell, but so what?

Their two most pressing needs, in my opinion, are PG and C. Dampier is just to worthless to be a starter. He is slow and was never really a great low post presence. Diop won't develop into anything but a good defensive player. I am thinking a poor mans Mutumbo.

[Artdogg]

I was going to type something long about Dallas but it really would be a waste of time. It wasn't just Dirk, the entire team just got physically pounded, but you could even blame Dirk for that because often if your superstar allows himself to get pounded so do you. Amoung about 80 billion other things, the fact that Dirk could recieve all that attention and have no one else deliver consistently shows how hard it is to win a championship without that 2nd superstar.

As for GS, they would much rather face Houston because there are really only 2 players you worry about, and one of them has a TON of trouble running up and down the court. Tmac will go off, but he's only one player, plus they will have success guarding him the way the guarded Dirk. They won't have as much success but Tmac does often fall in love with the jump shot and will have a few 8-29 nights. Utah can attack the inside AND has enough athletes to run up and down with GS. But to be honest with where GS's confidence is I will go out on a limb and say they beat both teams.

GS vs. SA- Spurs win in 4 or 5, bad matchup for GS nothing else to say

GS vs. PHX- GS will happily run up and down with the only team they can't. They would appear to be in a lot of the games but Amare would be the difference. PHX would win in 5 or 6.

Suns/Spurs can't get here soon enough. No excuses this time unless the Suns get cursed with another injury.

[Aloysius]

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I would like to see Stack start on a regular basis. If not, Dallas should go out and sign a PG. That stood out immensely to me in this series. Harris is not a good distributor and his game is better suited for the 2, however he isn't good enough to really play there. Terry would be a better 2, but playing both isn't a wise idea because you give up a lot of size. Harris is fast as hell, but so what?

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Hm - Kidd ftw?

-Al

[doubLe a tom]

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KC,

I would like to see Stack start on a regular basis. If not, Dallas should go out and sign a PG. That stood out immensely to me in this series. Harris is not a good distributor and his game is better suited for the 2, however he isn't good enough to really play there. Terry would be a better 2, but playing both isn't a wise idea because you give up a lot of size. Harris is fast as hell, but so what?

Their two most pressing needs, in my opinion, are PG and C. Dampier is just to worthless to be a starter. He is slow and was never really a great low post presence. Diop won't develop into anything but a good defensive player. I am thinking a poor mans Mutumbo.

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Both Harris and Terry can play the point pretty well. Where do you suppose they get this great PG from? Should they acquire Telfair from Boston, would he be better? Maybe they should just go ahead and get Jason Kidd, or better yet get Steve Nash back.

[ThaSaltCracka]

Yeah Kidd would be great for that team. Seriously. Free agent this summer, right?

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Question...of the other 8vs1 upsets in the first round...how many were 7 game series?

[kidcolin]

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Taraz - Dallas had slower pace than Houston over the regular season (Mavs were 28th slowest pace, Rockets were 22nd).

That being said I'm not sure who matches up better with GS, though my gut says Utah would have to look at more stats / think about it some more before deciding.

-Al

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Think about all positions:

PG: healthy Baron > Derron, but not by a whole lot. Baron is good at defending the pick n roll, Derron is big enough to give Baron a tough time with penetration. Advantage GS (assuming healthy Baron), but it's not by nearly as much as against DAL.

2guard: JRich vs Fischer. Ok Fischer sucks. But JRich still isn't 100%. He hasn't made that "I'm a muffckin superstar" step yet. Fischer is a halway decent defender and will at least draw some gay charges.

SF: AK47 vs. Barnes: Push edit: it's sad I'm saying this. Blame Sloan.

PF: Boozer vs. Jackson. I think Jackson would do a decent job vs Boozer, though Boozer has really proved to be an amazing low post scorer. But Jackson would draw Boozer out high. Still though, advantage: UTAH.

Center: Okur vs Biedrins: Okur is better, but I still think he's one of the worst all stars of all time. Whatever.

UTAH in 6, maybe 7.

[ThaSaltCracka]

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Both Harris and Terry can play the point pretty well.

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[Aloysius]

TSC - FA in 2008... but pretty sure Dallas could put together a a package (would have to include Harris I'm thinking) to get Kidd.

-Al

[kidcolin]

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Question...of the other 8vs1 upsets in the first round...how many were 7 game series?

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