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		<title>By: wondahbap</title>
		<link>http://www.forumblueandgold.com/2009/02/04/preview-chat-the-toronto-raptors-3/comment-page-4/#comment-593870</link>
		<dc:creator>wondahbap</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:41:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Tyronn Lue&#039;s been traded to the Magic for Keith Bogans.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tyronn Lue&#8217;s been traded to the Magic for Keith Bogans.</p>
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		<title>By: Shaky</title>
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		<dc:creator>Shaky</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:32:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>160-&quot;So when will they publish the article where it says Lebron scoring 50+ is an ominous sign for the Cavs?

Why was it a sign for Kobe’s case?&quot;

Kobe&#039;s was ominous because to a lot of people it looked like he was going to go into extreme gunner mode, which you love when he&#039;s on, and hate when he&#039;s not.  (To be honest, some of his shots in the 4th last night against toronto had me cringing -- I know Graham can&#039;t guard him but he was really off the mark a few times and I hope that doesn&#039;t show up tonight.)

I know you were only half serious, but I actually thought it was an ominous sign that despite LBJ&#039;s ridiculous game last night the cavs came down to the last possession against a team that the lakers blew out (I think we were up by 16 with 5 minutes to go).

Of course, on the flip side, our defense kind of stank up Canada last night and we were tied in the 4th against the Raptors.

I think both teams have problems, but the Lakers at least have to adjust to playing like they did last year without their center.  Meanwhile the cavs have no good explanation for why they couldn&#039;t blow out the Knicks, since both Z and Mo are back.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>160-&#8221;So when will they publish the article where it says Lebron scoring 50+ is an ominous sign for the Cavs?</p>
<p>Why was it a sign for Kobe’s case?&#8221;</p>
<p>Kobe&#8217;s was ominous because to a lot of people it looked like he was going to go into extreme gunner mode, which you love when he&#8217;s on, and hate when he&#8217;s not.  (To be honest, some of his shots in the 4th last night against toronto had me cringing &#8212; I know Graham can&#8217;t guard him but he was really off the mark a few times and I hope that doesn&#8217;t show up tonight.)</p>
<p>I know you were only half serious, but I actually thought it was an ominous sign that despite LBJ&#8217;s ridiculous game last night the cavs came down to the last possession against a team that the lakers blew out (I think we were up by 16 with 5 minutes to go).</p>
<p>Of course, on the flip side, our defense kind of stank up Canada last night and we were tied in the 4th against the Raptors.</p>
<p>I think both teams have problems, but the Lakers at least have to adjust to playing like they did last year without their center.  Meanwhile the cavs have no good explanation for why they couldn&#8217;t blow out the Knicks, since both Z and Mo are back.</p>
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		<title>By: wondahbap</title>
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		<dc:creator>wondahbap</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:58:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Kurt,

Bring on the new post already.  It&#039;s time for some Celtic bashing.</description>
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<p>Bring on the new post already.  It&#8217;s time for some Celtic bashing.</p>
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		<title>By: Sean P.</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sean P.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>154. 

Just an idea, but how about reserving your hate for players that play on the other teams? 


172.

Rondo has been tearing it up lately, putting up 14.0 ppg on 60.8 fg%, 10.2 apg,  &amp; 5.2 rpg over the last 5 games.


On another note, I am not sure if anyone has posted this yet, as people tend to focus on the Lakers&#039; defensive performance, but we put up some amazing offensive efficiency numbers last night with 50.6 fg%, 41.2 3fg%, and 25 assists to only 4 turnovers.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>154. </p>
<p>Just an idea, but how about reserving your hate for players that play on the other teams? </p>
<p>172.</p>
<p>Rondo has been tearing it up lately, putting up 14.0 ppg on 60.8 fg%, 10.2 apg,  &amp; 5.2 rpg over the last 5 games.</p>
<p>On another note, I am not sure if anyone has posted this yet, as people tend to focus on the Lakers&#8217; defensive performance, but we put up some amazing offensive efficiency numbers last night with 50.6 fg%, 41.2 3fg%, and 25 assists to only 4 turnovers.</p>
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		<title>By: Celts Nation</title>
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		<dc:creator>Celts Nation</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:26:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Just goes to show the integrity of the person who masqueraded as me. Really brings home the point about some Laker fans, much better than I ever could.

&lt;em&gt;[ed. note, I didn&#039;t read the old post closely at first, once I did it was deleted.]&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just goes to show the integrity of the person who masqueraded as me. Really brings home the point about some Laker fans, much better than I ever could.</p>
<p><em>[ed. note, I didn't read the old post closely at first, once I did it was deleted.]</em></p>
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		<title>By: Mimsy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mimsy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:15:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#172:
Thank you, I feel better now ;)

Just kidding. Good fight tonight, and hopefully not too much trash talk afterwards, right?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#172:<br />
Thank you, I feel better now <img src='http://www.forumblueandgold.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Just kidding. Good fight tonight, and hopefully not too much trash talk afterwards, right?</p>
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		<title>By: magic</title>
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		<dc:creator>magic</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:06:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>156. I think Sasha when he gets a fair amount of minutes makes good use of it. Sasha performed pretty well when Farmar was out. As other people have noted b4, Sasha&#039;s game just isn&#039;t as good with Farmar in the mix. I noticed in a couple of plays in past games where Sasha was wide open with no one near him that Farmar, instead of passing to Sasha, chose to take a low percentage shot or drive into a packed lane instead, which he missed. Makes me wonder if there&#039;s some sort of issue with the 2 of them since they are somewhat interchangeable in their roles and may see each other as competition. Just speculations, but it is an intersting thought. 

If I had to chose between the two, I would keep Sasha over Farmar. he plays better defense and shoots better than Farmar and can play the point if necessary. PG is our weekest position at the moment in my opinion.

149. I thought Leah should have gone also. She demonstrated she wasn&#039;t top chef material for giving up on the quick challenge. Funny thing about Jaime, I had brunch at her restaurant in SF once (b4 the espisode where she undercooked her eggs and got reemed for it) and ordered a simple eggs and bacon, etc. At first glanced I thought my over easy eggs looked pretty good until I flipped it over and discovered it was undercooked just like in the episode. I rated as one of my worse brunch experience for the money I paid ($70 for 2 ppl).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>156. I think Sasha when he gets a fair amount of minutes makes good use of it. Sasha performed pretty well when Farmar was out. As other people have noted b4, Sasha&#8217;s game just isn&#8217;t as good with Farmar in the mix. I noticed in a couple of plays in past games where Sasha was wide open with no one near him that Farmar, instead of passing to Sasha, chose to take a low percentage shot or drive into a packed lane instead, which he missed. Makes me wonder if there&#8217;s some sort of issue with the 2 of them since they are somewhat interchangeable in their roles and may see each other as competition. Just speculations, but it is an intersting thought. </p>
<p>If I had to chose between the two, I would keep Sasha over Farmar. he plays better defense and shoots better than Farmar and can play the point if necessary. PG is our weekest position at the moment in my opinion.</p>
<p>149. I thought Leah should have gone also. She demonstrated she wasn&#8217;t top chef material for giving up on the quick challenge. Funny thing about Jaime, I had brunch at her restaurant in SF once (b4 the espisode where she undercooked her eggs and got reemed for it) and ordered a simple eggs and bacon, etc. At first glanced I thought my over easy eggs looked pretty good until I flipped it over and discovered it was undercooked just like in the episode. I rated as one of my worse brunch experience for the money I paid ($70 for 2 ppl).</p>
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		<title>By: Celts Nation</title>
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		<dc:creator>Celts Nation</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:18:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I apologize for getting on everyone&#039;s nerves.  Thruth be told, I&#039;m scared about tonight.  Frankly, Pierce is having a good - but not great - season, KG has been sick and people are no longer intimiated by him (except for short white point guards), and Rondo has done a dissapearing act.  We have won some guys lately, and that&#039;s peachy, but I don&#039;t think this team has what it takes to beat Lebron or DHoward in a seven game series.  I guess I just wanted to saver this title a little more.  After all, it took almost 20 years to bring one back to beantown and who knows when we will see it again.  

Again, my apologies.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I apologize for getting on everyone&#8217;s nerves.  Thruth be told, I&#8217;m scared about tonight.  Frankly, Pierce is having a good &#8211; but not great &#8211; season, KG has been sick and people are no longer intimiated by him (except for short white point guards), and Rondo has done a dissapearing act.  We have won some guys lately, and that&#8217;s peachy, but I don&#8217;t think this team has what it takes to beat Lebron or DHoward in a seven game series.  I guess I just wanted to saver this title a little more.  After all, it took almost 20 years to bring one back to beantown and who knows when we will see it again.  </p>
<p>Again, my apologies.</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:14:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#157 and 161 - Or perhaps Bynum has a tear that is somwhere between a II and III, or maybe the Lakers are basing the timeline on the difficulty Bynum had with recovery last year.  

Either way, no big deal.  I think its a good sign that (1) Bynum is traveling with the team and not back in LA, and (2) Bynum seems very positive about the situation.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#157 and 161 &#8211; Or perhaps Bynum has a tear that is somwhere between a II and III, or maybe the Lakers are basing the timeline on the difficulty Bynum had with recovery last year.  </p>
<p>Either way, no big deal.  I think its a good sign that (1) Bynum is traveling with the team and not back in LA, and (2) Bynum seems very positive about the situation.</p>
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		<title>By: Don W.</title>
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		<dc:creator>Don W.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:07:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>163) I totally agree with you. We have a lot of flexibilty and everyone will just need to step it up with Bynum out.  We should be fine tonight as long as we can keep our intensity up.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>163) I totally agree with you. We have a lot of flexibilty and everyone will just need to step it up with Bynum out.  We should be fine tonight as long as we can keep our intensity up.</p>
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