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Nice job D!!

Now I don't feel good about Gano making a clutch field goal if he can't even make the extra point. 

And you guys complained about KB's drops last year haha

Nice 3 and out. Just need a score here and we're in this. 

Lol it's funny how many people overreact on this board. Saying the game was over with 8 minutes left in the 3rd. 

Steph is my favorite player right now so I'm definitely rooting for the Warriors. Him winning a ring and finals mvp would be an incredible year for him, or for anyone for that matter. 

Round 1 Pick 25: Todd Gurley, RB, Georgia (A)
Round 2 Pick 25: Jake Fisher, OT, Oregon (A)
Round 3 Pick 25: Justin Hardy, WR, East Carolina (A-)
Round 4 Pick 25: Ifo Ekpre-Olomu, CB, Oregon (A)
Round 5 Pick 25: Jake Ryan, OLB/ILB, Michigan (
Round 5 Pick 33 (COMP): Anthony Harris, SS/FS, Virginia (
Round 5 Pick 38 (COMP): Shaquille Riddick, DE/OLB, West Virginia (
Round 6 Pick 25: Derrick Lott, DT, Chattanooga (B+)
Round 7 Pick 25: Jon Feliciano, OG, Miami (Fla.) (B-)

If only this could be true.

Kiper and McShay are loud mouthed hacks.  The only national media "draft experts" I pay much attention to are Cosell and Mayock.

Merril Hoge? He's a very good one too imo. 

It's interesting what ESPN has on their website for our depth chart. 

Wide Receiver                        Wide Receiver 2 

-Kelvin Benjamin                      -Ted Ginn 

-Brenton Bersin                        -Jerricho Cotchery

-Jarrett Boykin                          -Stephen Hill

What do you guys think?

I am not arguing that Anthony Davis isn't good.. I agree that he is a tremendous building block (cornerstone for any team). I still get pissed at highlights of him and thinking how we got jobbed in the draft. But at the end of the day- he is not Lebron, he is not MJ, he is not Kobe, he is not Duncan. he is not a top 5 player of ALL TIME. You can say he has the potential to become that, but he ain't there yet.

 

By the way, your argument of "winning rings to be 2nd best PF" is neither here nor there.. we aren't discussing who the best PF is or isn't. We are asking who would you want to start a franchise with, and I want my franchise to win rings. Not just claim we had the best player Ever at a certain position.

If you gave Anthony Davis the pieces that Duncan or Lebron have/had do you not think your franchise would win rings? 

That's crazy you already counting rings. He hasn't even been in the playoffs yet.

See, that's what I mean.. Guys act like Lebron 2rings and Duncan's 5 just were plucked off the lowest hanging branch. These things we are seeing are stuff of legends that we will talk about when we r old and in our rocking chairs. Like old farts who try and say Bill Russell is the best of all time.. "young bloods don't know they history.."

No...that's what I'm saying. He doesn't even have to win a ring to be the 2nd greatest PF of all time. Malone and Barkley didn't get one...and his production at 21 years of age is just as great as any season they have ever had. This dude is the real deal. He is now currently competing for a playoff spot in the west with a mediocre Pelicans team. He is the only reason why they are in the spot that they are in. If you don't think that he will ever even compete for a ring though, you are delusional. It's pretty simple, If New Orleans doesn't put the pieces around him to be successful, he will walk and choose a team that will just like Lebron. 

if you pick anyone but LeBron, step away from your keyboard.. cbarrier90 has some substance with the age factor but I still feel like LeBron has another 5 years of top flight bball in him..

 

I dont think people really understand what we are seeing.. when it's all said and done: MJ, Kobe and LeBron will be the Top 3 ever to do it and it won't even be close.

Ok, you can pick Lebron and get that great 5 years left in him, but I'm going to pick Davis and have him run my franchise for 13+ years at a high performance. I understand how great Lebron is, but we are talking about someone you can build a dynasty with. Lebron doesn't have that much time. And when it's all said and done I think Davis will be at least the 2nd best PF of all time. Need to see how many rings he wins to compare him with Duncan. 

Here is my take from the trade. First, McCoy is 26 so I don't know why a lot of you are considering him to be an aging RB. He still probably has at least another 4-5 years on him before he starts slowing down. With that being said he has carried the ball more than 600 times these past two seasons which is HUGE. That alone can cause huge concerns about his durability in the future. Now looking at Alonso. He had a PHENOMENAL rookie year, not just good. He was Kuechly-esque imo. But, he took a year off due to that ACL injury so we don't even know if we are going to see even a flash of himself during his rookie year. That is why the Eagles are taking the bigger risk here. They are putting all of their eggs in a basket that the rookie Alonso will return, but you don't know that for sure. A lot of athletes are never the same after they tear their ACL. TD was a miracle and I can't even deny that I thought he was done after his 2nd. The good thing the Eagles have to look forward to is their cap space which out of all this speculation about the player, that is one fact that they have the advantage of. The Bills had a top defense without Alonso though so they were not worried about losing him, and if McCoy can keep the amount of production that he has had for at least 2-3 more years, the Bills do not lose this trade at all. McCoy is the type of impact player that can help their offense turn around immediately because of how versatile he is. On the other hand, the Eagles improved their D, but now took away the centerpiece of their O which leaves them in a way worse position next year. Especially with question marks around Foles and I highly doubt Mariota could make a big impact his rookie year, even with Chip Kelly and his offense that is basically built for him. So, in all BOTH sides win this trade, just in different ways. Short Term = Bills Long Term = Eagles.

I'm only using Zeller's stats for this season, a lot of his stats were better last year actually.

 

Cody Zeller:

11.1 pts/36, 8.5 reb/36, 1.2 blk/36

13.7 PER, 52.5 TS%, 13.6 RB%, .119 WS/48, 0.5 box +/-

 

Nerlens Noel:

10.2 pts/36, 8.7 reb/36, 2.3 blk/36

13.0 PER, 47.6 TS%, 13.2 RB%, .057 WS/48, -0.3 box +/-

 

Can we please kill the weird notion that Noel is much better than Zeller now? I don't understand why so many people love Noel when his stats are pretty much the same as Zeller's.

Exactly. I mean, to be honest Zeller will never be the defensive player Noel is, but he will still be solid defensively. What does our team need right now though? Scoring. Zeller will be a much better scorer than Noel will be. Post game, Mid range jumpers, and a big thing is Zeller can hit his free throws unlike Noel. And you have to remember these are Noel's stats playing 30+ mins on a pathetic 76ers team. Imagine if Zeller was in that situation... might be average like 16 ppg 10 rbs for all we know. 

You guys are being too hard on Cody man, he is playing solid for his 2nd season in the league and he improved a hell of a lot in a one year period imo. He is only 22, he has at least another 4 years until he starts to hit his prime. I'm pretty sure he'll turn out to be a fine NBA player. 

Continuous severe injuries just like Sam Bowie. There's no denying that we will probably never see the MVP Rose ever again. Could have been one of the best PGs of all time if it weren't for the injuries imo...definitely the most athletic and exciting to watch.  

Lillard has bars....
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