HardenGoat wrote:KL2 wrote:TrueLAfan wrote:I'm getting heart surgery in two weeks. It can't come too soon.
It’s in my future. Not looking forward to it. My thoughts and prayers with you for your procedure.
Wish you guys well and a speedy recovery
esqtvd wrote:og15 wrote:And that's why games are a 48 minute affair. Starting better is great, but it's not always about how you start, but about the whole game and how you finish.
og15 wrote:esqtvd wrote:og15 wrote:And that's why games are a 48 minute affair. Starting better is great, but it's not always about how you start, but about the whole game and how you finish.
It's like when you play pickup and the game is up to 7, win by two, straight to 9, a team goes up 5-0 and then loses 8-6
Of course it is only funny when you're not on the losing side
TrueLAfan wrote:Yep. And agreeing with esqtvd about the Ruin of Paul George ... who seems to get $#!t on for having bad stretches. I mean, dude is averaging 24-6-4.5 on a 45/38/93 line and leading the team in on/off. He must be doing something right.
MartinToVaught wrote:TrueLAfan wrote:Yep. And agreeing with esqtvd about the Ruin of Paul George ... who seems to get $#!t on for having bad stretches. I mean, dude is averaging 24-6-4.5 on a 45/38/93 line and leading the team in on/off. He must be doing something right.
The standards are always going to be sky-high for PG because of how badly Frank got fleeced in the trade for him. It might not be fair, but it is what it is.
og15 wrote:Paul George is paying for Lawrence Frank and the front offices sins and lack of ability to go into the future, that's tough. Then we ask, wait, how come Kawhi gets away free as the one who handcuffed the Clippers into making the trade? Simple, Kawhi is just liked much more, we all know it, he's criticized far less for all the same things as PG, because, for some, well, in the past he won on other teams, as if that helps us or matters for us now.
PG would get more flack for having like 2 turnovers and missing some random shot in an otherwise pretty good game where Kawhi at the same time shoots like 35% in that game and we'd say, "well, tough games happen". PG has just been given the scapegoat role, so his actual performance becomes less relevant.
24/6/5 on 45/38/93 with inconsistent play when compared to tier 1 stars is exactly the level of player the Clippers traded for, there was no trick there, but we conclude that it makes sense to criticize him for being exactly what we knew we were trading for
Poor guy...
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Are We Having Fun Yet? og15 wrote:MartinToVaught wrote:TrueLAfan wrote:Yep. And agreeing with esqtvd about the Ruin of Paul George ... who seems to get $#!t on for having bad stretches. I mean, dude is averaging 24-6-4.5 on a 45/38/93 line and leading the team in on/off. He must be doing something right.
The standards are always going to be sky-high for PG because of how badly Frank got fleeced in the trade for him. It might not be fair, but it is what it is.
Paul George is paying for Lawrence Frank and the front offices sins and lack of ability to go into the future, that's tough. Then we ask, wait, how come Kawhi gets away free as the one who handcuffed the Clippers into making the trade? Simple, Kawhi is just liked much more, we all know it, he's criticized far less for all the same things as PG, because, for some, well, in the past he won on other teams, as if that helps us or matters for us now.
PG would get more flack for having like 2 turnovers and missing some random shot in an otherwise pretty good game where Kawhi at the same time shoots like 35% in that game and we'd say, "well, tough games happen". PG has just been given the scapegoat role, so his actual performance becomes less relevant.
24/6/5 on 45/38/93 with inconsistent play when compared to tier 1 stars is exactly the level of player the Clippers traded for, there was no trick there, but we conclude that it makes sense to criticize him for being exactly what we knew we were trading for
Poor guy...
NickP wrote:og15 wrote:MartinToVaught wrote:The standards are always going to be sky-high for PG because of how badly Frank got fleeced in the trade for him. It might not be fair, but it is what it is.
Paul George is paying for Lawrence Frank and the front offices sins and lack of ability to go into the future, that's tough. Then we ask, wait, how come Kawhi gets away free as the one who handcuffed the Clippers into making the trade? Simple, Kawhi is just liked much more, we all know it, he's criticized far less for all the same things as PG, because, for some, well, in the past he won on other teams, as if that helps us or matters for us now.
PG would get more flack for having like 2 turnovers and missing some random shot in an otherwise pretty good game where Kawhi at the same time shoots like 35% in that game and we'd say, "well, tough games happen". PG has just been given the scapegoat role, so his actual performance becomes less relevant.
24/6/5 on 45/38/93 with inconsistent play when compared to tier 1 stars is exactly the level of player the Clippers traded for, there was no trick there, but we conclude that it makes sense to criticize him for being exactly what we knew we were trading for
Poor guy...
Yes, let's throw all logic out the window and blame Kawhi because he wanted PG. Like Kawhi actually saw the future and still said screw this franchise, I still want PG. PG has a fragile psyche and he lets bad plays compound in his mind. He keeps messing up plays and is a TO magnet. Sure let's blame Kawhi.
og15 wrote:NickP wrote:og15 wrote:Paul George is paying for Lawrence Frank and the front offices sins and lack of ability to go into the future, that's tough. Then we ask, wait, how come Kawhi gets away free as the one who handcuffed the Clippers into making the trade? Simple, Kawhi is just liked much more, we all know it, he's criticized far less for all the same things as PG, because, for some, well, in the past he won on other teams, as if that helps us or matters for us now.
PG would get more flack for having like 2 turnovers and missing some random shot in an otherwise pretty good game where Kawhi at the same time shoots like 35% in that game and we'd say, "well, tough games happen". PG has just been given the scapegoat role, so his actual performance becomes less relevant.
24/6/5 on 45/38/93 with inconsistent play when compared to tier 1 stars is exactly the level of player the Clippers traded for, there was no trick there, but we conclude that it makes sense to criticize him for being exactly what we knew we were trading for
Poor guy...
Yes, let's throw all logic out the window and blame Kawhi because he wanted PG. Like Kawhi actually saw the future and still said screw this franchise, I still want PG. PG has a fragile psyche and he lets bad plays compound in his mind. He keeps messing up plays and is a TO magnet. Sure let's blame Kawhi.
Point totally flew over your head if you actually think what I'm trying to say is that we should blame Kawhi
TrueLAfan wrote:og15 wrote:esqtvd wrote:
It's like when you play pickup and the game is up to 7, win by two, straight to 9, a team goes up 5-0 and then loses 8-6
Of course it is only funny when you're not on the losing side
Yep. And agreeing with esqtvd about the Ruin of Paul George ... who seems to get $#!t on for having bad stretches. I mean, dude is averaging 24-6-4.5 on a 45/38/93 line and leading the team in on/off. He must be doing something right.
p.s. Thanks for the kind thoughts. Looking forward to rehab!
NickP wrote:The PG hate doesn't come from the fact that he's not scoring or not shooting well or rebounding etc. It's his decisions with the ball. His TOs. They come at the worst time and are momentum killing.
Are We Having Fun Yet?NickP wrote:The PG hate doesn't come from the fact that he's not scoring or not shooting well or rebounding etc. It's his decisions with the ball. His TOs. They come at the worst time and are momentum killing.
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