2015-16 NBA Western Conference OFFICIAL THREAD

[msgkings322]

Always a humbling experience to see the Warriors just laugh their way to a blowout against the Lakers.

Do the Warriors even have a weakness? They can play small, they can go big, they play O, they play D, they pass like the Showtime Lakers. Is there anything they can't do?

When healthy I'd say no, they are as good a team as we've seen in years.

Blowing out LA is payback for so many years of LA clowning the Ws. I mean they really crushed them every time until a couple years ago. Heck even last year LA handed them their worst loss.

 

[bksballer89]

When healthy I'd say no, they are as good a team as we've seen in years.

Blowing out LA is payback for so many years of LA clowning the Ws. I mean they really crushed them every time until a couple years ago. Heck even last year LA handed them their worst loss.

Heat/Warriors on Monday. You ready?

 

[trojanfan12]

Always a humbling experience to see the Warriors just laugh their way to a blowout against the Lakers.

Do the Warriors even have a weakness? They can play small, they can go big, they play O, they play D, they pass like the Showtime Lakers. Is there anything they can't do?

They're only 21st or 22nd in the league in Free Throw percentage. So there's that.

 

[CitySushi]

They're only 21st or 22nd in the league in Free Throw percentage. So there's that.

This is definitely worrisome to me.

 

[trojanfan12]

This is definitely worrisome to me.

Potentially a problem. But teams have to start being close enough at the end of the game for it to matter though.

 

[OutlawImmortal]

Potentially a problem. But teams have to start being close enough at the end of the game for it to matter though.

And they have to shoot poorly from the 3 point line, which they haven't done often this season. In both of their losses they shot 29% from 3, but we're talking about 2 games out of 35.

 

[LAD]

This is definitely worrisome to me.

Why? It seems like no matter who they play when they're fouled (which is often) the refs have swallowed their whistles.

I mean, have you seen a jump shooting team with so little free throw attempts?

 

[bksballer89]

@Bolts

Rajon Rondo gets away with kicking Deron Williams from the sideline

 

[Bolts]

@Bolts

Rajon Rondo gets away with kicking Deron Williams from the sideline

Saw that earlier, he was tugging at Wesley Johnson's shorts in a game earlier this year.
I guess just yelling from the bench to try and throw off the opponent isn't good enough for Rondo.

 

[Bolts]

Thank you Spurs for beating down the Jazz.

 

[bksballer89]

Blazers' C.J. McCollum out Wednesday because of 'clerical error'

 

[gordontrue]

Blazers' C.J. McCollum out Wednesday because of 'clerical error'

Wow... I'm guessing whoever's job it is to prepare the lineup sheets had a really bad night last night.

Kinda lame of the Clippers to hold them to it, imo.

 

[bksballer89]

Don't look now but the Clippers are on a 7 game win streak

 

[Mecca of the “B” Team]

Wow... I'm guessing whoever's job it is to prepare the lineup sheets had a really bad night last night.

Kinda lame of the Clippers to hold them to it, imo.

Are you kidding me?

They are without their best player.

Every Team in the Nba will capitalize on any advantage that will help them win, no matter how distasteful.

* See hack-a-Jordan

 

[gordontrue]

Are you kidding me?

They are without their best player.

Every Team in the Nba will capitalize on any advantage that will help them win, no matter how distasteful.

* See hack-a-Jordan

The more I think about, you're right. The league put the Clippers in a bad position by making them chose. The league should have just enforced the rule instead of forcing the Clippers to look like the bad guy... when the Blazers are the team that screwed up. Clippers didn't do anything wrong.

 

[Mecca of the “B” Team]

The more I think about, you're right. The league put the Clippers in a bad position by making them chose. The league should have just enforced the rule instead of forcing the Clippers to look like the bad guy... when the Blazers are the team that screwed up. Clippers didn't do anything wrong.

Yeah, I wonder what made them make the offer.

I thought the rules were black and white.

 

[trojanfan12]

Are you kidding me?

They are without their best player.

Every Team in the Nba will capitalize on any advantage that will help them win, no matter how distasteful.

* See hack-a-Jordan

The more I think about, you're right. The league put the Clippers in a bad position by making them chose. The league should have just enforced the rule instead of forcing the Clippers to look like the bad guy... when the Blazers are the team that screwed up. Clippers didn't do anything wrong.

Are we sure about that. Here is the quote from the article:

"Roughly 20 minutes before tip-off," the Blazers announced that McCollum was active and would be starting, per The Columbian's Erik Gundersen. When the starting lineups were announced, however, guard Allen Crabbe was in his place. CSNNW reported that the Clippers "fought the correction and won," which sounds a little cheap.

That doesn't sound like the Clippers being forced to choose, it sounds like the Blazers tried to correct the error and the Clippers went Clippers, bitched about it and got their way.

 

[Mecca of the “B” Team]

Are we sure about that. Here is the quote from the article:

"Roughly 20 minutes before tip-off," the Blazers announced that McCollum was active and would be starting, per The Columbian's Erik Gundersen. When the starting lineups were announced, however, guard Allen Crabbe was in his place. CSNNW reported that the Clippers "fought the correction and won," which sounds a little cheap.

That doesn't sound like the Clippers being forced to choose, it sounds like the Blazers tried to correct the error and the Clippers went Clippers, bitched about it and got their way.

They didn't catch it in time.

The Clippers had the same thing happen to them last year.

Clippers beat Trail Blazers as CJ McCollum sits due to clerical error

 

[trojanfan12]

They didn't catch it in time.

The Clippers had the same thing happen to them last year.

Clippers beat Trail Blazers as CJ McCollum sits due to clerical error

If not correcting it in time was the issue, then why did the Clippers need to bitch about it? If that were the case, it seems like the league or the game officials would have said something and the Clippers would never have been involved.

 

[Mecca of the “B” Team]

If not correcting it in time was the issue, then why did the Clippers need to bitch about it? If that were the case, it seems like the league or the game officials would have said something and the Clippers would never have been involved.

Everything I have seen indicates the Clippers were asked.



In the end, according to League sources, the NBA gave the Clippers the choice to let McCollum play, Doc Rivers declined.


Trail Blazers' blunder, Doc Rivers' gamesmanship send CJ McCollum to inactive list