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AboveTheRim
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re: The Griff Era: Fan Experience
Posted by AboveTheRim on 4/29/24 at 12:48 pm
I have been saying this often as the fire Willie sentiment grew louder . Willie is not perfect but it’s an organizational issue. Going with a 4th coach in 6 years is unlikely to make any substantive change.
The head of the snake cares about peace , hope, and love . NOT competing at a championshi...
re: Burn it down!
Posted by AboveTheRim on 4/28/24 at 1:20 pm
There was no tone set from the organization from the beginning . leading up to the draft, they did nothing but praise him bc they were worried he’d spurn them . They let his dad talk at the intro presser . They let him get fat, he got injured, let his step dad call shots he got injured . Sent him ...
re: Burn it down!
Posted by AboveTheRim on 4/28/24 at 12:01 pm
[quote] zion prime years are being wasted away[/quote]
The person most responsible for wasting years is Zion and that is not debatable.
The organization failed by coddling the fat baby instead of holding him accountable and by wasting assets and opportunities.
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re: If/ when we get swept does that force Griffs hand to trade both BI and CJ?
Posted by AboveTheRim on 4/27/24 at 9:17 pm
early in a rebuild with the assets that we had collecting talent was a priority . We squandered assets and talent acquisition opportunities trying to force different centers on the roster and trying to be outlet shoppers on the trade market outside of the Cj deal . ...
re: Are we fooling ourselves with the "trade BI" soft rebuild talk?
Posted by AboveTheRim on 4/25/24 at 1:47 pm
Cj has been terrific for us this season . He bought into his role and played it very well.
Playoffs are a different game entirely . He has to make shots at an high clip to offset his deficiencies defensively . That hasn’t happened yet .
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re: Why is BI scared to raise up over Dort? And why does Willie hate Jonas?
Posted by AboveTheRim on 4/25/24 at 1:42 pm
Jonas is getting run off of the court . I don’t understand how ppl are not seeing that .
There are teams that Jonas matches up well against and can be helpful . This is not one of those teams .
Thunder are begging us to play through Jonas bc they know they will abuse him on the other end and...
re: Pels vs Thunder 2
Posted by AboveTheRim on 4/24/24 at 9:52 pm
BI playing poorly but Willie has to give him a chance.
Dort is an excellent defender and give bi trouble bc he’s stronger and plays underneath him . Get bi to his spots in the mid post and short corner so he doesn’t have to beat him. Use bi as a screener and cutter to get others going . ...
re: Pels vs Thunder 2
Posted by AboveTheRim on 4/24/24 at 9:20 pm
He’s a total liability . We are better off going small ...
re: Pels vs Thunder 2
Posted by AboveTheRim on 4/24/24 at 9:19 pm
Jonas can not play in this series . ...
re: Players that we could potentially trade Ingram for straight-up
Posted by AboveTheRim on 4/17/24 at 9:02 pm
You assume Trae / Herb, Trae /Dys.
What about Trae/Cj?
Or Trae, Trey, Zion?
Better score 140/night bc going to need every last one of them .
As cool as it would be to see the Trae/Z actions with lobs , floaters, and 3s, I don’t see Trae being a Pels target . They like length and frank...
re: Does everyone think bi will get traded
Posted by AboveTheRim on 4/17/24 at 8:46 pm
I don’t believe I’m wrong on either of those . He’s constantly out of position , slow in rotations , and missing his help . Rarely gets deflections, blocks shots, or generates turnovers . There is more to defense than just guarding the ball especially when he’s often matched up on one of the weaker...
re: Does everyone think bi will get traded
Posted by AboveTheRim on 4/17/24 at 8:23 pm
I get the KAT shooting fit but want nothing to do with him. Miserable to watch , not a winning player , soft as charmin, low iq , takes terrible shots , etc .....
re: Does everyone think bi will get traded
Posted by AboveTheRim on 4/17/24 at 8:21 pm
The issue with Trey is he gives you nothing else . No D, no rebounding , no assist . So on days he’s not hitting shots he’s a liability .
So if your whole plan is for Z to be the Sun and each other player orbits around him Trey is a good fit for that. However when Zion inevitably misses time , ...
re: Win Friday, lose to OKC in 4-5 v Lose Friday, 14th pick.
Posted by AboveTheRim on 4/17/24 at 5:32 pm
Trading BI is still unlikely to me bc griff is not going to “win”. He’s going to be offered a lesser player or players and I don’t think he’ll part with BI for that . ...
re: Players that we could potentially trade Ingram for straight-up
Posted by AboveTheRim on 4/17/24 at 8:54 am
Obviously most of the guys you’d actually want on that list are unattainable- especially straight up .
I said going back a few years ago when he was potentially available , Fox would do wonders for this team.
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re: If Zion is out for the playoffs, Pels may as well just lose the next game
Posted by AboveTheRim on 4/16/24 at 10:32 pm
If griff would have punted Gabe’s early in the season they’d be preparing for the playoffs right now and Zion wouldn’t be hurt .
Organizational failure . It’s on Griff . Period ...
re: Pels v Lakers
Posted by AboveTheRim on 4/16/24 at 10:30 pm
Organizational failure .
If Pels don’t punt Games in October , November , December , etc and against the spurs recently, they arent playing today and Zion is getting ready for the playoffs right now.
Asinine from the top down. ...
re: Pels v Lakers
Posted by AboveTheRim on 4/16/24 at 8:41 pm
Cj just dreadful tonight ...
re: Don't really care anymore
Posted by AboveTheRim on 4/16/24 at 8:13 pm
There are no answers in this matchup outside of getting hot from 3.
We have no answer for Lebron. AD getting to stand under the basket “guarding” Jonas and Nance completely disrupts everything .
The worst matchup in the league for us ...
re: Pels v Lakers
Posted by AboveTheRim on 4/16/24 at 8:08 pm
Just go small and hope you make shots and hope they miss.
Jonas and nance can’t help ...
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