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Bucks should surpass us

This is the peak of the Raptors team. Odds are we’re going to lose some of our high performing bench players and they actually deserve to get paid anywhere.

Ibaka and Lowry have pretty shit contracts and aren’t super young

DeMar is at his peak too. Phenomenal player

Who on the Bucks is as good as they’ll get? Only Bledsoe maybe and Jabari arguably won’t be better than his pre injury form or even as good. Everyone else is going up

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Absolutely cringe lmao, can't see anything but a Rockets win tbh.

Luca wrote:Bucks should surpass us

This is the peak of the Raptors team. Odds are we’re going to lose some of our high performing bench players and they actually deserve to get paid anywhere.

Ibaka and Lowry have pretty shit contracts and aren’t super young

DeMar is at his peak too. Phenomenal player

Who on the Bucks is as good as they’ll get? Only Bledsoe maybe and Jabari arguably won’t be better than his pre injury form or even as good. Everyone else is going up

not so sure about this.

Bucks still have a lot to prove, and I don't think they'll hit all those high notes with their current squad.

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:

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Coming to the game tonight?

Show your support for The Brow over The Beard!

You can get your beard shaved for free at tonight’s #Pelicans game (Outside of Section 101 on the concourse starting at 5 pm)

anyone that does will receive a #AD4MVP shirt!

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— New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) March 17, 2018

Absolutely cringe lmao, can't see anything but a Rockets win tbh.

Not sure about that, Rockets have slowed down a bit. Against the Clippers only Gordon was shooting well and Pels are an awkward (and good) opposition. I have to say I'm a bit nervous but GSW losing to the Kings () should take the pressure off a bit.

GSW are without KD, Curry and Klay. That #1 seed is an absolute stone cold lock for you guys tbh.

As for tonight AD and Jrue have been doing far too much recently, to the point I'm expecting us to really slow down and more likely to finish 7th or 8th tbh.

That's why I'm expecting a Rockets win, on top of the fact you're a damn good team anyway.

I try not to do this but Houston get so much bullshit calls it's unreal.

If AD got the amount of calls Harden does based on absolutely *bleep* all he'd average 40 FTs a game lol.

Genuinely expect when the playoffs comes round these calls will suddenly dry up as they have every other year during Harden's time there.

They are the only team I see this happening, there's other superstar heavy teams who'd you expect bullshit calls for but nah.

Every game we play against them win or loss makes me feel incredibly salty.

Coach @AlvinGentry is not happy about the disparity in fouls, but he knows to give credit to the possible MVP of the league! #DoItBig pic.twitter.com/mTKXu8GYyQ

— FOXSports NewOrleans (@FOXSportsNOLA) March 18, 2018

Gentry is pissed

He's right though.

Great that he is speaking out, and I hope more coaches and players do so as well before the playoffs start so that refs can be extra aware of it.

Not sure what you guys want the refs to do, not call fouls on Houston because that‘s unfair? The coaches who complain about the free throws should do their job well, adapt their teams to the way Rockets play instead of whining to the media.

While it‘s hard to defend against this team, it‘s not impossible, the Celtics/Raptors games show that.

Gentry is a boss though, nicest rant I‘ve ever heard

urbaNRoots wrote:Not sure what you guys want the refs to do, not call fouls on Houston because that‘s unfair? The coaches who complain about the free throws should do their job well, adapt their teams to the way Rockets play instead of whining to the media.

While it‘s hard to defend against this team, it‘s not impossible, the Celtics/Raptors games show that.

Gentry is a boss though, nicest rant I‘ve ever heard

So they should adapt and start flopping and hitting defenders with their shot motions?

I’d rather die than my team adapting to that. D’antoni has a great style at times, but Harden is just unwatchable.

urbaNRoots wrote:Not sure what you guys want the refs to do, not call fouls on Houston because that‘s unfair? The coaches who complain about the free throws should do their job well, adapt their teams to the way Rockets play instead of whining to the media.

While it‘s hard to defend against this team, it‘s not impossible, the Celtics/Raptors games show that.

Gentry is a boss though, nicest rant I‘ve ever heard

Nah just call it the same both ways, as Gentry pointed out Davis was fouled every single time he rolled to the basket.

But he wasn't afforded the same treatment, this is more a case of Davis being consistently treated unfairly.

To use an example against Charlotte we shot 82 times in the paint and shot 4 free throws lmfao.

Honestly I get it, dominant bigs this happens to. Shaq who was obviously more dominant than Davis had to basically be thrown to the ground to get a call sometimes lol.

But honestly it doesn't make it any less frustrating, but I'm happy Gentry defended him as it's great to see your coach go to bat for your superstar.

Houston wouldn't be so frustrating to play against if it felt like the BS calls were going both ways but it never feels like that.

I felt the same way when we beat you tbh, but I ignored it because we won.

Shaq is a bad example though. He probably told the refs to not let him shoot

Freeza wrote:Shaq is a bad example though. He probably told the refs to not let him shoot

Yeah probably you know what I meant though.

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:

Freeza wrote:Shaq is a bad example though. He probably told the refs to not let him shoot

Yeah probably you know what I meant though.

Haha yeah. Wouldn’t surprise me if it was true. Ideal situation for Shaq. Tell refs to not call and then be able to complain.

At least he was somewhat clutch with them.

Still can’t believe his athleticism carried him to become a top 10 player. He’s probably the second most naturally gifted athlete after Wilt.

Freeza wrote:

urbaNRoots wrote:Not sure what you guys want the refs to do, not call fouls on Houston because that‘s unfair? The coaches who complain about the free throws should do their job well, adapt their teams to the way Rockets play instead of whining to the media.

While it‘s hard to defend against this team, it‘s not impossible, the Celtics/Raptors games show that.

Gentry is a boss though, nicest rant I‘ve ever heard

So they should adapt and start flopping and hitting defenders with their shot motions?

I’d rather die than my team adapting to that. D’antoni has a great style at times, but Harden is just unwatchable.

No I mean adapt defensively, you should've seen Pop's reaction to one of his rookies stretching his arms towards Harden while contemplating a 3 point shot-- the man took him out a minute after bringing him on and yelled at his face like he was about to murder him. Clearly he was instructed to keep his hands UP rather than towards Harden. Great coaches know that superstars get the benefit of the doubt all the time so why not be smarter and avoid these close calls.

It's true about what you guys say about big men in the league in this era, smaller players can murder a big guy while defending but one strong push from the big guy and it's a foul. You only have to look at Draymond Green as an example or even this video of IT last night lol. It's annoying but it's true for every strong team in thr NBA.

Got this off twitter but this is why Gentry is so pissed off tbh.

Pts in Paint
2 NO 51.6
27 Hou 41.1

% of Pts from FT
2 Hou 17.8%
24 NO 14.7%

FT %
7 Hou 78.8%
16 NO 77.0%

Number two in points in the paint but only 24th in FTs

It's a joke tbh.

Also Urban sometimes no matter how smart you are the refs still call it anyway, less so in the playoffs for some reason which is when Pop executed that gameplan.

It sounds bitter AF but it's true, every year Harden's FTs drop in the playoffs. No idea why the refs call things so different but they evidently do.

Houston gets more BS fouls from rip through than any team. And the refs let them do it constantly as the only team.

It’ll change in playoffs though and Harden will choke as always

As long as I don't see those bullshit calls in the playoffs I'm okay.

Really want Houston in the WC finals to teach them a lesson.

the outrage over Brewer "fouling" DeRozan online is ridic...

The fact that some basketball writers don't even know the hand is part of the ball

Jordan Clarkson on the Road Trippin' podcast talking about his belief that prehistoric humans were 3 times the size of dinosaurs: "Y'all know how we got dogs and stuff right? So, I think there was bigger people in the world before us..and like the dinosaurs was they pets"



I'm done

I can't handle these refs anymore...

This is so god damn one sided... Every Lakers player getting fouled left and right...

A charge in the restricted area negated a legit basket and led to a Pacers FG...

I wish Kobe was still on the team... I miss getting respect.

So we have 3 games in next 3 nights.... Cheers NBA awesome scheduling you got there.

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:So we have 3 games in next 3 nights.... Cheers NBA awesome scheduling you got there.

At least it isn't a crucial point of the season or anything like that

Incredible performance against in form playoff team @ Portland. So clutch, the man can't be stopped.

Portland are legit though, despite Lillard and CJ having an off game they still made the Rockets work hard for this one.

This f'ing guy

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The Childish Gambino of the NBA