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    Golden State Warriors

    As this point, I'm pretty sure most people watching that knew it was going in as soon as he shot it. Dude has been unreal this year, and his shooting percentage beyond 30 feet is ridiculous. Completely ridiculous. I know the NBA is "soft" these days (can't play as physical on defense), but even...
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    Hawks carried over less salary cap money than anyone else

    IMO, the salary cap generates more concern amongst fans than it should. By far the most important factor in the long-term health of an NFL franchise is how well it drafts every year. If you do that, you'll be fine. If you don't, you're going to suck. A lot of times poor cap management is the...
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    The Portland Trailblazers

    Agreed. Beating Chicago would be a nice way to start the road trip and rebound from last night's slow-motion disaster. Should be doable, with Butler out and Rose banged up.
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    The Portland Trailblazers

    If they beat the Rockets tomorrow night, it will be hard for the Blazers to not make the playoffs. They'd be up 2-3 games on the Jazz/Rockets, and they'd have tiebreakers over both of them. Make it so!
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    Possible rule changes/emphasis

    What penalty is that supposed to be? Does it fall under defensive holding?
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    The Portland Trailblazers

    Nice of you to derail a Blazers thread with a comment wishing it was Portland that got screwed instead of Seattle. As for superstars besides Lebron, you ever hear of Steph Curry?
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    The Portland Trailblazers

    With the All-Star Break now over, I wanted to post FiveThirtyEight's CARM-ELO rankings for the first 52 games. http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-nba-picks/ The Blazers may only have just crawled back up to .500, but CARM-ELO has them ranked a respectable 10th, and has them finishing...
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    Tharold Simon...

    I believe this is correct. The surgery to correct that second toe was the reason he had to go on IR.
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    New two-round mock draft

    Rob likes to mix things up week-to-week to show the different possibilities that might happen. IMO this is a great approach since you don't know exactly how the draft board is going to fall, and you also don't know with 100% certainty who the Hawks will take. I'd imagine he still thinks Nick...
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    Tharold Simon...

    I'm cautiously optimistic that Simon will contribute big time this year, now that his messed up toes have been surgically fixed. Simon's been getting a combination of the Giacomini and Okung treatments from fans. Giacomini got a bunch of flags early in his time with the Hawks, and fans kept...
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    Could we have beaten these Broncos?

    There is some truth to the idea that Seattle's defense struggled against good offenses. I think it's a bit overblown, but even if we grant that it's true, Denver's offense this year was awful. It was exactly the sort of offense you would expect the Hawks D to dominate. By DVOA, Seattle's D...
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    Could we have beaten these Broncos?

    That's basically my take, as well, except I lean closer to 6/10 rather than an even 50-50. I don't think our offense would do a whole lot against that defense, and at times it would be ugly, but you wouldn't need much to eek out a win. You'd just have to avoid a complete disaster, and I think...
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    Can Denver get back to Super Bowl 51?

    I can't see it unless they somehow managed to massively upgrade the QB position. Defensive performance tends to vary a lot from year to year, and while I still expect their D to be very good next year, it's extremely unlikely they'll be historically good like they were this year. Regression to...
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    Could we have beaten these Broncos?

    I think people are overreacting to what happened. There's no question Denver's defense played an incredible game, and deserve to be applauded not just for a great Super Bowl, but a great season. You could easily make the argument that the 2015 Denver defense is comparable to the 2013 Seattle...
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    Two-round mock draft & why Panthers O-line matters to SEA

    I thought the Panthers did a poor job of scheming for the edge pressure. There were too many plays that took too long to develop, and too many where the OT's were left on an island. They desperately needed a quick passing game, and they just didn't have one. That deficiency plus their weakness...
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    The Portland Trailblazers

    Huge and very encouraging win, even if Gasol missed the last three quarters. They have a very real shot at .500 going into the All-Star break. Who would've thought that at the beginning of the season?
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    The unsung hero of Superbowl 50 is . . .

    Carolina did face the 2013 version, which is comparable to Denver's defense this year.
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    The Portland Trailblazers

    I thought they said Crabbe was sick today.
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    Well, the Panthers can be beaten, are you listening Broncos?

    How about they just played better in the second half? This is hardly the first time this team under Pete Carroll has come out looking like shit and then completely turned it around in the second half. Credit to the Panthers, they built up a bigger lead than any of those other teams, and deserved...
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    The Portland Trailblazers

    They did a nice job last offseason of turning lemons into lemonade. They've already exceeded most analysts expectations, and what's surprising (to me at least) is how much fun they are to watch. I wasn't sure if I wanted to buy league pass this year, after the offseason they had, but I'm really...

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