Going Commando Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 The team played their hearts out tonight and I was proud to watch them. Loved the effort and the execution. Sad news about Randy's brother. RIP. I'm not going to make fun of Wittman or call for his job any more. The man earned my respect for coaching tonight under the circumstances. And I thought he did an unbelievable job too. Made all the right substitutions. Called TOs when we needed them. Smartly implemented the Hack-a-Capela strategy. Kept on the refs when they were getting ridiculous. Drew up awesome out of timeout plays. It was one of his finest moments as our head coach. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skin'emAlive Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Don't worry, I'll continue to call him and Ernie out. They are a second rate coach and a 3rd rate gm who lucked in to a top tier player that succeeds inspite of their huge repeated mistakes. I see no reason to believe this situation could ever be any better under the status quo, and sadly have less faith that Ted gives a ****. Thank god Snyder did us a solid and hired a real gm. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonArtest15 Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 http://hiphollywood.com/2016/01/exclusive-details-gilbert-arenas-credit-card-story-is-unsubstantiated/ You don't get that kind of cash at a strip club on a signature.  Don't see anyone else picking up this side of the story. Not completely doubting you, but I think Arenas is stupid enough to admit doing this. I'm not sure of all the perks and benefits, but I wouldn't doubt that he was using an AmEx Black Card which may be why he was able to withdraw crazy amounts of $. He's not the first, nor last NBA athlete to take an insane amount of cash into a strip club. ****, I'm sure James Harden gameplans more for that scene than he does for what he's supposed to do on the court. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipwhich Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Don't see anyone else picking up this side of the story. Not completely doubting you, but I think Arenas is stupid enough to admit doing this. I'm not sure of all the perks and benefits, but I wouldn't doubt that he was using an AmEx Black Card which may be why he was able to withdraw crazy amounts of $. He's not the first, nor last NBA athlete to take an insane amount of cash into a strip club. ****, I'm sure James Harden gameplans more for that scene than he does for what he's supposed to do on the court.  Well you can always look at it logically. I used to run a web business, so I will explain something you might know or not. As a credit card merchant (my web business) if anyone denies a charge it is basically on me to prove that the charge was legit. I would never process an online order that looked fraudulent ($10,000 worth of jackets to NYC) because if the stolen card (which happened a lot) was denied by the real owner, I would be out the whole jacket order.  If you try and take $100 cash on a credit card at a casino they fingerprint you.  So you think a strip club, which BTW is about as credit card fraud against the customer as they come, is gonna give Gilbert $80,000 in $1 bills and walk away while his friend signs the receipt. That is so ludicrous it's amusing. Wouldn't happen in my strip club or any strip club in America. Patrons try to deny strip club charges probably more than any other type of business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillUnknown Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 I'm not going to make fun of Wittman or call for his job any more. The man earned my respect for coaching tonight under the circumstances. And I thought he did an unbelievable job too. Made all the right substitutions. Called TOs when we needed them. Smartly implemented the Hack-a-Capela strategy. Kept on the refs when they were getting ridiculous. Drew up awesome out of timeout plays. It was one of his finest moments as our head coach. Â its incredibly sad about his brother, but i'm not about to let one game change my opinion on the guy. Â he has my respect, he's still in way over his head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skin'emAlive Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 I missed the game tonight, and kind of skimmed over the posts, so i didnt see about his brother. Its sad, and props to Randy for that. But i stand by my statement that both him and Ernie should be gone based on almost collectively 2 decades of management. I hope that I didnt come off as a total putz in light of the sad news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamebreaker Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 A brother dying, as sad as that is, doesn't change the fact that in every game he's coached this season that wasn't last night he's been subpar. I wish his family the best in this situation, but it changes nothing on a professional level. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 A brother dying, as sad as that is, doesn't change the fact that in every game he's coached this season that wasn't last night he's been subpar. I wish his family the best in this situation, but it changes nothing on a professional level. What I've found strange is that playoff Whitman seems to be a very good coach. His substitutions, play calling, and understanding of the flow of the game seems to improve a lot. Somehow, that doesn't seem to translate to the regular season. Maybe, it's that with the pace of games he can't study an opponent and so gets caught in patterns and on autopilot. I could be totally off on this observation though... pretty casual fan when it comes to the NBA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@DCGoldPants Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Type of win that makes Ted think Ernie/Randy are headed in the right direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going Commando Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 What I've found strange is that playoff Whitman seems to be a very good coach. His substitutions, play calling, and understanding of the flow of the game seems to improve a lot. Somehow, that doesn't seem to translate to the regular season. Maybe, it's that with the pace of games he can't study an opponent and so gets caught in patterns and on autopilot. I could be totally off on this observation though... pretty casual fan when it comes to the NBA. I've speculated that the quality of NBA coaching evens out a lot in the format of the playoffs because you get a fixed opponent and there aren't back to backs. You get more prep time and the prep work you do is cumulative until you move on to the next series. Traveling also becomes more routine. So my theory was that, what really separates coaches is the speed with which they can process all of their duties and make their preparations. When you give slower staffs like ours extra time and easier preparation, they catch up to the good ones like Budenholzer's and Thibodeau's. Also, on court talent is really the deciding factor in the playoffs. The refs take themselves out of the equation as much as possible, coaching evens out, deep bench quality basically becomes irrelevant. It's our top 8 or 9 versus your top 8 or 9 and the best and most balanced one usually wins the series. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade7 Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Honestly, I still feel we can do better then Whitman, but I'm going to stop saying that over and over and over again (especially with what happened to his brother). I'm going to focus my bemoaning on replacing the GM, and letting them decide what to do with the HC position (which is how it should be anyway). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamebreaker Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 What I've found strange is that playoff Whitman seems to be a very good coach. His substitutions, play calling, and understanding of the flow of the game seems to improve a lot. Somehow, that doesn't seem to translate to the regular season. Maybe, it's that with the pace of games he can't study an opponent and so gets caught in patterns and on autopilot. I could be totally off on this observation though... pretty casual fan when it comes to the NBA.  No, that makes sense to me. And it I'm sure that is what separates average coaches like Wittman, from the Brad Stevens of the world. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor703 Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 There's an part of me that doesn't want to see Durant leave OKC. I know it's stupid considering I'm an wizards fan and how much he would help the team, I just look at the fans in OKC that supported him and how much losing him would hurt their franchise. Especially if Westbrook bolts. But I won't complain if he comes home either lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going Commando Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 There's an part of me that doesn't want to see Durant leave OKC. I know it's stupid considering I'm an wizards fan and how much he would help the team, I just look at the fans in OKC that supported him and how much losing him would hurt their franchise. Especially if Westbrook bolts. But I won't complain if he comes home either lol. OKC has the luckiest fans in the NBA outside San Antonio. They didn't have a team for a minute before they were watching MVP caliber players compete for titles. I would have zero regret about poaching Durant from them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhead36 Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Our city has suffered more then just about any other. I don't feel sorry for anyone else. Not until we start winning titles. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjfootballer Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Any word on a possible make up date for the Jazz game? I've searched, but I haven't seen anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going Commando Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 I gave Temple some guff, but I'd rather be starting him than Dion Waiters. I know OKC doesn't really need much firepower at the position, but they really don't have anyone better? OKC doesn't need the help from the refs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRobi21 Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Trying to go shot for shot with OKC. This could be a long night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going Commando Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 This team is so much better than us. I'll consider us doing well if we're still only down single digits at the end of the half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Another half, another 60+ points allowed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going Commando Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Somehow staying in this without the three ball. OKC is keeping us around with turnovers and bad fouls. And poor rebounding. Gortat has like 15 offensive boards in this quarter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Somehow staying in this without the three ball. OKC is keeping us around with turnovers and bad fouls. And poor rebounding. Gortat has like 15 offensive boards in this quarter.  Oddly the box score shows OKC winning the rebound badly by a mile 29 to 17. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going Commando Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Oddly the box score shows OKC winning the rebound badly by a mile 29 to 17. Now they are. We had a stretch there in the third where we got tons of second chance points. But now the rout is on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Beal is kinda, sorta starting to look like Beal again. Just a tiny bit of swagger... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going Commando Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Newman badly mismanaged the minutes at C. Pulled Gortat at the 7:30 mark in the third quarter, played Nene for the rest of it (obviously poorly suited to guard Adams and Ibaka too). Then goes to Gortat at the start of the fourth, and now has to check Blair in for crunch time???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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