Real Deal

Cleveland isn't going to rest yet. While they are way ahead of LA, there's always that crazy, 0.001% chance that the Lakers will win the rest of their games, while the Cavs go 3-5.

Come on Charlotte, LOSE! Gotta grab that eighth.

The Bucks could be a tough play in the first round. I'm surprised at how well they are doing...but then again, it's without Michael Redd, and we already knew how much of a cancer he was.

Well...thanks to Carwin, no Lesnar/Mir fight just yet.

Definitely won't be an easy game. Maybe Gasol will take advantage of the smaller Horford, although Al's defense has been pretty good this season. Kobe time?

If you hate UNC because of their bandwagoners (because a lot of people say that), you should hate Duke just as much. I know more Duke bandwaogners, actually.

They asked him because it relates to the Knicks, and they were talking to Boozer about his free agency and New York (posted by the NYTimes, if I remember right). And with that said, it sounds to me like Boozer is jinxing it, haha. He would LOVE to team up with LeBron in New York, possibly making the most money he can out there.

I honestly think Martin is the second best defender on the team, next to Afflalo. Billups' defense has been too inconsistent, possibly from the injuries...but it still counts.

Tough call, honestly. Chicago is going to have to dig deep, though. @ Washington vs. Charlotte vs. Milwaukee vs. Cleveland (L) @ New Jersey @ Toronto (WHOA!) vs. Boston @ Charlotte That's Chicago's remaining schedule. vs. LA Clippers @ Philly vs. Golden State @ Cleveland (L) vs. Boston @ Atlanta vs. Chicago (WHOA! again) @ Detroit vs. New York There's Toronto's.

Not sure about the Spurs, but the Lakers run the same plays for Bryant at the end of every game. Same exact ones. It's more of Kobe saving us than any play or coach. But yeah, I get what you're saying. I think Brooks should've drawn it up to where a big is the screener, though. That would've helped a bit more, even if Durant left his position early.

Pretty impressive for a dog like Udrih, but let him run the yard for 82 games by himself. The Kings would be in worse shape than they are now (which is still pretty bad).

Pacers 102, Kings 95 http://www.cbssports.com/nba/gamecenter/recap/NBA_20100330_SAC@IND Granger has been a monster lately. I read a few things about him being injured for a while and still trying to play, so maybe that was what held him back.

Thunder 111, Sixers 93 http://www.cbssports.com/nba/gamecenter/recap/NBA_20100330_OKC@PHI This game wasn't that fun to watch, really. Dalembert did suck, though. Holiday and Maynor both look like they have the tools to be decent guards someday, too.

Suns 111, Bulls 105 http://www.cbssports.com/nba/gamecenter/recap/NBA_20100330_PHO@CHI

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The only problem with that is that a player DOES decide his own fate when it comes to the draft. He can play well in high school, well in college, get a top three pick and suddenly disappoint. My belief is that if he's a legit top three pick in the draft coming out of college, and he has full control of how well he plays in the league...and he doesn't make the grade...that's a bust. Players gain weight. They slack off after getting their $4-5 million a year. They don't listen to coaches and want to play like a superstar. Maybe they just don't have the skills that transition. There are many reasons why, but a player does control is fate in the league, especially when he's a top three pick and the team is likely going to play him significant minutes as a rookie. If you suffer a career-ending injury, or an injury keeps coming back to haunt you, that's a different story. Maybe that's where you consider the actual SELECTION (or pick) a bust. Michael Olowokandi is a bust. Jay Williams is not because he could've been one of the better guards in the NBA, but the Bulls selecting him was a bad move in the long run.

Right, but all of that has no meaning to the clock. Durant had 10 seconds to work with, and he had the mismatch. The problem was Durant just taking the three with all of that time left to drive. No screen (good or bad) would have changed the outcome of the game, because Kevin was already set on taking that shot. If those extra two seconds ran off the clock alters Durant's decision, and there was that much time left, his problems lie in that, not the screen. Clinching to the topic again, I watch a lot of Thunder games, and Kevin doesn't maximize screens well...but with this particular scenario, I don't believe any of it decided the game.

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Haha, thanks. And you know what's funny about that? You and I had our differences in a few topics back in the day, lol. I just think there are a couple of guys who are angry that they can't post here, and they found their way to pull a few of our members out the door as well.

Here's the problem with the article... Actually, that's wrong. Durant had 10.5 seconds once he got the ball in his hands, and the mismatch was available with all of that time left. The ball was inbounded at 13 seconds, so not much time ran off the clock. Also, the screen was weak because it was set by a point guard. If you want full effectiveness with a screen, you set it with a big, especially if it's a screen to redirect a forward. Brooks went for the three, not the two, and that's all it comes down to. It has nothing to do with late screens or ball denial. Why Kevin took the three early is beyond me.

That was made up. I believe Aaron became admin mid-2007. Other than my own brother, Aaron, Justin and Kyle, no person has ever been an administrator on OTR.

Nope. 1) He starts at center this season, as you stated. 2) He plays the majority of the time at the five. 3) He defends centers, which is what the topic is about. 4) Multiple, professional sources say he's a center. 5) This topic is discussing this season only. 6) He's listed as a center everywhere. He was a power forward before Yao was injured. He's a center this season. He's a center.

Well, it's more than one person, and I believe it's someone that posted here as a legitimate contributor a while back, someone I probably added on my old MySpace account, or even Facebook. PFG doesn't know anything about me, I don't think.

By the way, I actually removed a few of those quotes, because it gets much worse. A lot of it was taking shots at some personal things and people in my life, information that may have come from Facebook a while back, among other things. It's going too far, beyond the discussion forums and what it does to our activity. It needs to end.

Got this email about three hours ago... This explains a lot. If you know what guys are doing it, PM me. It will stay anonymous. Thanks.