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Hero Ball
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 Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2015 11:20 am Post subject: First Game of the Season: Which Team Do You Want? |
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I want me some Clippers.
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| Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2015 11:21 am Post subject: Re: First Game of the Season: Which Team Do You Want? |
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| Hero Ball wrote: | | I want me some Clippers. |
Sorry. Just being real, give me a bottom dweller to help our conference. Sort of like when Duke plays the equivalent of Cal Tech in its first game.
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Hero Ball
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| Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2015 11:24 am Post subject: Re: First Game of the Season: Which Team Do You Want? |
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| yinoma2001 wrote: | | Hero Ball wrote: | | I want me some Clippers. |
Sorry. Just being real, give me a bottom dweller to help our conference. Sort of like when Duke plays the equivalent of Cal Tech in its first game. |
Opening day is a must hit. |
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yinoma2001
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| Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2015 11:25 am Post subject: Re: First Game of the Season: Which Team Do You Want? |
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| Hero Ball wrote: | | yinoma2001 wrote: | | Hero Ball wrote: | | I want me some Clippers. |
Sorry. Just being real, give me a bottom dweller to help our conference. Sort of like when Duke plays the equivalent of Cal Tech in its first game. |
Opening day is a must hit. |
Give me the um...76ers.
Sell it as DLO vs. Okafor. 
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Hero Ball
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| Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2015 11:28 am Post subject: Re: First Game of the Season: Which Team Do You Want? |
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| yinoma2001 wrote: | | Hero Ball wrote: | | yinoma2001 wrote: | | Hero Ball wrote: | | I want me some Clippers. |
Sorry. Just being real, give me a bottom dweller to help our conference. Sort of like when Duke plays the equivalent of Cal Tech in its first game. |
Opening day is a must hit. |
Give me the um...76ers.
Sell it as DLO vs. Okafor. |
go out and vote then.  |
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ringfinger
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| Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2015 11:30 am Post subject: Re: First Game of the Season: Which Team Do You Want? |
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| Hero Ball wrote: | | yinoma2001 wrote: | | Hero Ball wrote: | | I want me some Clippers. |
Sorry. Just being real, give me a bottom dweller to help our conference. Sort of like when Duke plays the equivalent of Cal Tech in its first game. |
Opening day is a must hit. |
Why?
Gimme a team we can realistically beat. That'll be a hit. |
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Hero Ball
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| Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2015 11:34 am Post subject: Re: First Game of the Season: Which Team Do You Want? |
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| ringfinger wrote: | | Hero Ball wrote: | | yinoma2001 wrote: | | Hero Ball wrote: | | I want me some Clippers. |
Sorry. Just being real, give me a bottom dweller to help our conference. Sort of like when Duke plays the equivalent of Cal Tech in its first game. |
Opening day is a must hit. |
Why?
Gimme a team we can realistically beat. That'll be a hit. |
For a show like the NBA, opening day is a must hit. Do I need to explain further?
I bet Clips play Mavs. We get the Wolves. |
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ringfinger
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| Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2015 11:53 am Post subject: Re: First Game of the Season: Which Team Do You Want? |
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| Hero Ball wrote: | | ringfinger wrote: | | Hero Ball wrote: | | yinoma2001 wrote: | | Hero Ball wrote: | | I want me some Clippers. |
Sorry. Just being real, give me a bottom dweller to help our conference. Sort of like when Duke plays the equivalent of Cal Tech in its first game. |
Opening day is a must hit. |
Why?
Gimme a team we can realistically beat. That'll be a hit. |
For a show like the NBA, opening day is a must hit. Do I need to explain further?
I bet Clips play Mavs. We get the Wolves. |
Lakers / Wolves is a must hit?
You asked which team I want, not which team I think we'll play.
I want a team we can beat like the 76ers. What has to happen on opening night is irrelevant to me. |
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Hero Ball
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| Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2015 12:06 pm Post subject: Re: First Game of the Season: Which Team Do You Want? |
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| ringfinger wrote: | | Hero Ball wrote: | | ringfinger wrote: | | Hero Ball wrote: | | yinoma2001 wrote: | | Hero Ball wrote: | | I want me some Clippers. |
Sorry. Just being real, give me a bottom dweller to help our conference. Sort of like when Duke plays the equivalent of Cal Tech in its first game. |
Opening day is a must hit. |
Why?
Gimme a team we can realistically beat. That'll be a hit. |
For a show like the NBA, opening day is a must hit. Do I need to explain further?
I bet Clips play Mavs. We get the Wolves. |
Lakers / Wolves is a must hit?
You asked which team I want, not which team I think we'll play.
I want a team we can beat like the 76ers. What has to happen on opening night is irrelevant to me. |
Here we go, again...didn't you see I wanted the Clips but if they are after ratings(the NBA) they'll go match the Clips and Mavs.
Twolves and Lakers have 1 and 2 top drafts and those 2 rookies on a poll at NBA.com are the 2 top rookies people want to see play(Russell by a landslide).
I asked you your wants and you want to see the 76ers, I'm cool with that. |
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| Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2015 12:09 pm Post subject: |
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Clippers or Houston. Let's get a w against a top team right out the gate.
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Hero Ball
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BTW, so what if we lose to the Clips?
The hoop fan in me wants to see our defensive big vs their defensive big.
0-1 is not the end of the world.
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Hero Ball
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| Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2015 12:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Vancouver Fan wrote: | | Clippers or Houston. Let's get a w against a top team right out the gate. |
That's the purple and gold spirit. |
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Yeah, (bleep) that noise. Gimme an easy team for the fellas, they need the confidence.
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vs. Clippers would be a great 'welcome to the NBA' moment for our rookies and gives them a chance to get their feet wet early.
Russell having to deal with CP3
Randle dealing with Griffin
Hibbert dealing with Jordan as well as Blake
It would be a good first test and a good first game for us actually. |
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Hero Ball
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| Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2015 12:48 pm Post subject: |
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| MJST wrote: | vs. Clippers would be a great 'welcome to the NBA' moment for our rookies and gives them a chance to get their feet wet early.
Russell having to deal with CP3
Randle dealing with Griffin
Hibbert dealing with Jordan as well as Blake
It would be a good first test and a good first game for us actually. |
BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE 
Kobe vs Pierce at SF.
Lou Williams vs Stephenson for 6th man.
Wesley Johnson vs old team. |
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| From a marketing angle, promoting a game to showcase "tomorrow's superstars" makes perfect sense. They (nba) can milk that at the beginning of the season before everyone remembers how horrible both franchise are and stop watching. |
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Hero Ball
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| ^ Dunno about that precisely but I'd be more excited to watch a horrible franchise that has Wiggins, LaVine and Towns than a Spurs team with West, Aldridge and Duncan. |
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| City_Dawg wrote: | | Yeah, (bleep) that noise. Gimme an easy team for the fellas, they need the confidence. |
Can we legally play say Cal Tech on the first night?
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Im with most everyone else... Give me a bottom-dweller or if not the Kings would suffice. Tired of us getting blown out on national TV for some super-teams' and their Kobe obbessed fans amusement.
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| Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2015 3:03 pm Post subject: Re: First Game of the Season: Which Team Do You Want? |
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| yinoma2001 wrote: | | Hero Ball wrote: | | I want me some Clippers. |
Sorry. Just being real, give me a bottom dweller to help our conference. Sort of like when Duke plays the equivalent of Cal Tech in its first game. |
I want to play the T'Wolves. Our young guns, against their young guns. We aren't ready to compete with the big boys yet, let them build some chemistry and confidence and maybe they will be ready to steal a few games from the contenders.
I really hope Kobe teaches our young guys how much the rivalry with the Celtics, Clipps, Spurs etc means. I want to see our guys come out and be extra focused for those match ups in the future. I don't want to see any of that buddy buddy **** that seems to be the trend with the young guys now. Go for the throat!
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| If we play the Clippers, this board is just going to bash DLo again. So cellar dweller it is! |
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LuciusAllen
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| I just want them to play an NBA team. That way I'll know for certain that we weren't relegated to a lower league, like they do in pro soccer. |
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| Crushing the champs in the first game would be fun. |
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