Calling out all the posters on BE

I mean it would be pretty boring if there is nothing to say. In most workplaces continuous improvement is imperative, the same holds true here. So talking about Aldridge needing to work more on his inside game, not rely so much on the fade, and be more aggressive in crunch situations is needed. Do people go too far in the way they make their case, sure, but sometimes that is the fun of posting.

A lot of the Greg talk bugs me admittedly. It is sort of unfair to come across as blaming him for anything, all his has done is work his ass off to get on the floor and play for this team. And to feel compelled to apologize, in a formal statement, because he got injured even before being taken for treatment speaks volumes about how much all of the chatter gets to him…

The old rule in conversations about people that says, “If you can’t say anything nice – or at least substantive in this case – don’t say anything at all.” should apply to the bashing of people on the team as much as it does anyone you know personally.

I’m tired of people doing the wave so to speak, when it comes to riding individual performances of individual players to an emotional conclusion about that player’s absolute and universal value. An example of this would be the Batum vs. Webster arguments. Both of them are good players. Nicholas is arguably better because he is more consistent and is longer, but admitting that doesn’t cause me to then turn around and say Webster has no place on this team and can’t or shouldn’t contribute / should be traded. Its that kind of emotionally charged jumping to conclusions that should not be encouraged.

I’m also tired of just illogical player bashing. Whether or not you dislike an individual player for reasons that are obvious or nebulous and uncertain, there should be no room for continual negativity towards those players. Are we going to be consistent here on this site with the rules for how we treat each other or not? What some people seem to think is fair game when it comes to the players would get them banned if they were saying it about another BE member. That has really made me comment less and read a lot less on this site this season. Maybe I’m just too sensitive, but there’s a certain member of this site who’s attitude about a certain member of this team has been rather caustic and frankly I’m way beyond my limit for patience in that particular instance. That routine was old two months into the season.

Which Blazer is the cutest – with Sophia as moderator

Which Blazer most looks like a Chinese singer – chinafan as moderator

Which is the best looking Blazer uniform – open for a moderator

(alternatives on this theme – which unis do they play best in or which ones don’t make Andre Miller’s butt look big)

Who is the better dresser, Nate, Monty or another of the coaching staff – sounds like a Mortimer session. Anyone living in LA must know about style, except possibly timbo.

KP’s recent tan, natural or spray/booth? – how about blacknoise, he can perform a quanatative analysis showing which is the more likely possibility.

Global warming, will it lead to a return of the old style short shorts? – maybe Two Deep, as he’s old enough to remember when players dressed that way.

There are tons of issues we could discuss. You just have open up your mind and expand your horizons.

Yes the words are a bit strong but the fact is that these detailed stats are more prevelant than watching the tape. Andre Miller and Marcus Camby both watch tape religiously. This is a huge factor as to why they have such high BBIQ’s. Now you can see it rubbing off on the guys when they start calling out the other teams plays. This is very important to cohesion of a team. You have involvement off the court. Stats get too much hype is all I was trying to say and alot of the posts on here focus more on the +- than noticing actions like jerryd bayless has good ball control with his left hand which could be utilized more in a directional sense thus giving a new dimension for him and his mates and throws the other teams off a bit.

Hypothetically, if I do know more than you then you would be wise to listen and then maybe you can gain a better perspective, leading to concise decision making and in turn provide a stronger core of insightful and knowledgable posts. lol just kiddin wit yah

You are correct on many levels. I would Knight you Sir, but my sword is on the rocks and Merlin had to make a dash to the future because he heard of a castle that is white:)

It really does seem to come down to a glass half-full, or half-empty perspective with a lot of people who comment here. Some see the bad performances at times from certain players as indicative of what the player is actually capable of and others see the instances of inspired play and seemingly flawless individual performances as the plane that that player can aspire to on a nightly basis.

Personally I think I fall into the optimist camp.

I get as antsy about LaMarcus as anybody but this:

( especially considering his ginormous contract that could potentially kill our capscace for many years and even more so due to the upcoming lowering of the cap due to decreased BRI, not to mention the new CBA that will more than likely see a marked reduction in players salaries and could quite possibly institute a hard cap )

Is just a blatant misstatement. Without LaMarcus, we already have about 46 million on the books for next season (the chart at HoopsHype doesn’t account for Brandon’s 14 million 2010-11 salary). And that doesn’t even account for either resigning Camby or getting another big man to replace Przybilla, something that will cost 7-9 million. That would already put us over the projected cap of 50.5 million. So to say LaMarcus is “killing our cap space” is pretty crazy.

And any hard cap will leave pretty much every team in the same boat. Which is why a hard cap will be accompanied by either some form of grandfather clause, or a scaling down of existing contracts.

Yes, sometimes it gets negative when we see Lamarcus’s testicles consistently ascend back up every 4th quarter while he fails to play fundamental sound interior defense

I appreciate that some posters fancy themselves eloquent and colorful writers but this kind of insulting fluff brings no insight and absolutely washes out anyhting intelligent you may have said beyond it…IMO.

haha

Open the game day thread, HAL!

The worst thing is that HAL is prez

well done, Norsk.

MATCH!

Win.

but too short… MORE !

Without opinions, we will be no better than Nazi Germany.

… farm them out for extra income and beat them when drunk?

I’m literally speechless

… good luck with the girl thing.

The title gets right to the point, letting the author of the Fanpost know exactly what you’ll be discussing.

Next, you summarize your argument for hating Aldridge, illustrating what you mean with some concrete examples. Especially clever is your veiled ad hominem attack beginning with “Anyone who has played ….”

However, your second paragraph needs some work, IMHO. When you say that you “hate being dismissed”, you start to lose credibility. Better to avoid talking about yourself and keep hammering on the author, LMA, etc.

Finally, I know it’s a trivial thing, but a single misspelled word, such as “pig” in the closing sentence, can make it difficult for many readers to understand your comment.

(End of sarcasm for its own sake, with no actual criticism intended.)

you poopface

I know this awesome martini bar dude….

He might be interested in a date.