Comments on: Tie Doesn’t Necessarily Go to Clippers

By: gswbandwagon

gswbandwagon — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 17:01:30 +0000

at this point, no. If they had tanked when Nelly seemed to want to, then maybe. I didn’t mean that the perspective now should be Oden. They once again went 8 seed or bust and there’s no point in busting yet again, but if they had started the tank when the opportunity was there, they had a decent shot at Oden (or the consolation prize, Durant).

But at one point, the Warriors had lost something like 6 straight. Baron was out, Richardson was playing poorly off his injuries, and Nelly had just lost a game with a T and given a concession speech. They could’ve shelved Baron and Jason, played Cheesecake 20+ mpg, and ridden out the season with under 30 wins. They had 26 wins at the time. The Warriors wouldn’t have caught Memphis, but virtually everyone else was possible.

I should’ve phrased it more clearly the first time, but in the long run landing Oden does a lot more for the franchise than getting the 8 seed this year.

By: John

John — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 16:50:20 +0000

If the Warriors miss the playoffs for a 13th straight season, they won’t likely get Greg Oden in the draft.

By: Marcus Thompson

Marcus Thompson — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 15:04:50 +0000

Do you really think the Warriors, if they don’t make the playoffs, are going to get Greg Oden?

By: gswbandwagon

gswbandwagon — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 02:29:06 +0000

I prefer “if things go well, we get Greg Oden and contend for titles for a decade” to “if things go well, we may sneak into the 8 seed once!”

By: JustPuked

JustPuked — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 17:52:42 +0000

That’s a lot of ifs. Isn’t it nice to use all our ifs on playoff possibilities instead of lottery possibilities?

By: john motroni

john motroni — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 21:30:28 +0000

From Marc Stein’s Power Rankings discussion of the Warriors.

“The flipside to their road woes: Warriors have racked up more wins at home (27) than San Antonio (26) and all but three West teams: Mavs (33), Suns (31) and Jazz (29).”

By: EJ

EJ — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 18:16:26 +0000

i think the nuggets go 3-7 the rest of the way and miss the playoffs.

By: Andrew Rosenblum

Andrew Rosenblum — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 02:19:44 +0000

I second the point on the Nuggets, in particular because the Clippers are actually playing pretty well (winning 6 out of 7, with the one loss to a red-hot Houston squad). The Nuggets look vulnerable. The Warriors have a really tough sked though. The only positive there is in the final week of the season: vs Min, vs. Dal, and @Por. Hopefully, Min will already be eliminated, Dallas will have clinched and be playing half-hearted, and Portland, which has already lost Randolph, will also be tanking.

By: Marcus Thompson

Marcus Thompson — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 21:35:32 +0000

Honestly, it really didn’t hit me how far the Nuggets had fallen until today. It is a very real possibility that the Nuggets fall out and the Clippers and Warriors get the last two seeds.

By: gswbandwagon

gswbandwagon — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 18:39:28 +0000

Why is there no mention (not just in this post, but in the media in general) of the possibility of catching Denver? They’re tied with the Clippers and are playing worse, and may have a harder schedule remaining.

The Nuggets have 7 road games left and 3 back to backs. They still have to go to San Antonio and Utah and host Dallas. They have a home and away with the Flakers and go to the Clippers.

The loser of that Denver at LAC game is who the Warriors are chasing. Denver would have the tiebreaker on us though.