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Starting doesn't mean much.. Crunch time is key: Graham Terry Hayward Miles PJ is the lineup we run with at full health.. Ball will obviously be made apart of that but seems like JB trusted Graham more..

the dunk was great but woulda rather had the W.. that loss was really tough Bridges stats: 11ppg - 6rpg - 2apg - 38.6% from 3pt 16ppg - 7rpg - 2apg - 40.1% from 3pt [last 10 games] Bridges has definitely been the only one to truly step up their game since all the injuries hit.. I still want him coming off the bench though - he has filled his role really well this year by giving us a spark behind Hayward.. Miles compliments him really well..

Yeah.. Terry needs to come back.. Biz and Zeller can hit the road.. we have to find a legit center on the market this offseason.. if we don't it will be Mitch's fault - and like i have said forever - in Mitch I trust..

I understand why the twins are getting run with all the injuries we have right now - but I better not see either of them on the roster next year.. We could replace both of their combined contributions with a vet min contract to MKG.. Gawd damn this 3 game skid is hurting my soul.. .. and with Nets, Blazers, Knicks, Bulls coming up..

1.Justin Fields (Oline in 2nd Rnd) 2.Pitts (Oline in 2nd Rnd) 3.Sewell 4.Trade Down

is this the "pink flaps" dude?

The problem is we don't have someone to defend the paint at center - so when someone drives to the basket - we have to help defend and they leave their man on the edge and even if we recover teams can just swing-swing pass to the open guy. Its a problem we have had because we have never had a legit rim protecting/rebounding Big..

Would have rather lost to Bucks and beat Hawks.. we own tiebreaker against them but they and Miami are most likely teams to leapfrog us for #4 and #5 seeds.. Boston could get #6 and we have to compete for spot in playoff if we continue to slip.. Staying in #4 or #5 is key because I feel we can win a series against any of the teams mentioned earlier - when we are at full strength.. if we fall to #6 and have to deal with one of those Elite 3 seeds - we are cooked..

I'm more than a little upset. The 2 times we really needed a good showing - we came out the gates looking like clowns. BKN and ATL are the only 2 games I have been disappointed in our team. We rely on the 3 too much and can't guard the 3.. we were even with them in FG%, boards and FTs. We also outscored them in the paint. They just beat us from the 3pt line: 44% to our 35%..

Honestly believe when we traded for Darnold - it was a red flare that we announced the #8 pick is up for grabs.. There are a lot of other teams that want a QB and #8 is a perfect spot to grab any of them.. Those that were upset at what we gave up to get Sam (6th, 2nd & 4th) should be happy after we trade back and pick up two 2nds.. Essentially: 2nd + 4th + 6th = Sam Darnold + two 2nds Golden..

Just saw this on the Ringer: https://www.theringer.com/nba/2021/4/8/22373059/playoff-lottery-odds-probability-model

So I have been keeping a running list of what our remaining schedule is while highlighting specific things: - potential wins (green circle) - potential loses (red circle) - KEY matchups (yellow/green circle) - road trips [3 games or more] (pink shade) - back-to-backs (red bracket) I also highlighted when Ball, Monk and Hayward were injured and their projected return/re-evaluations on our schedule.. FYI, I made these predictions before the Monk/Hayward injury.. In the upcoming games, if we can beat OKC, ATL and Cleveland - I think we will have weathered the worst of the storm.. There are tougher stretches of our schedule but to be honest, we can lose against the tough teams as long as we pick up W's in the yellow KEY matchup games.. After looking at the schedule of other teams in the hunt, i think - even if we ONLY won 6 more games against CLE x2, DET x2, ORL & WAS - that would put us at 31 wins and probably still good enough to be the last team in the playoff (IND & CHI have tough schedules).. but I think we will be closer to 36-36 final record.. Those 8 yellow/green games will determine how things shake out the rest of the way..

I was already more excited than last year with CMC coming back and the defensive additions.. on a scale of 1-10 of excitement: I was at a 7/10 now with Darnold, I would say a 7.5/10

Sign Rozier long-term.. it ain't even a question.. we have had to deal with Kemba and clowns for so long and can't even remember what it's like to have 2 good players - let alone 3 with Ball & Hayward!! it's sad as a franchise, that the first thought when a player is doing well, is to trade him and get something else.. it's like players having a wide open layup but kick it out to the 3pt line.. ugh.. the core of Ball, Terry and Hayward is super solid.. finding a center and figuring out if PJ has reached his max-potential are key.. if we can keep Graham and Monk on team friendly deals that don't break the bank - it's a no brainer as well.. they can get hot in an instant and light it up from outside - but are streaky and might go 1-6 some nights..

"lose"

they knew we were decent playoff team and came out with a playoff intensity.. we came out thinking this was any other normal regular season game and it showed.. we weren't ready.. they tested us and we failed the test plain and simple

Harden out tonight

dang.. woulda been amazing to get that W crazy how we just got back off 2 West Coast trips and now we run right back out for a 6 game road trip.. good thing is we will have a ton of home stands down the stretch.. the next few games are not crazy tough like the stretch of DEN, LAL, LAC, SA we just came back from - but they are some more important games against IND, BOS and ATL..

W

I don't think Oladipo will be ready to play for the Heat by tomorrow night - right?