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Posted on 3/11/09 at 9:04 pm to
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Posted on 3/11/09 at 9:04 pm to
And Allen & Pierce at 40 minutes. Doc has been running those 2 into the ground.
Posted by TulaneTigerFan
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Posted on 3/11/09 at 9:07 pm to
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If you haven't read the Bill Simmons column on last night's Cavs/Clips game, check it out. Very funny.


i just read the article and i'd really like to know why anthony randolph is one of his 8 "can't miss them play live" players
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Posted on 3/11/09 at 9:08 pm to
D-Wade with the dagger 3 to ice the game.
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Posted on 3/11/09 at 9:09 pm to
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i just read the article and i'd really like to know why anthony randolph is one of his 8 "can't miss them play live" players


Yeah, I was curious about that as well. But this blurb was one of several that I thought hilarious:

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Gordon finally passes to Randolph, who takes two dribbles and …

(Oh no.)

Picks up his dribble and …

(Nooooooooooooooooooooooo!)

Launches a 28-foot 3-pointer with a hand in his face. His third air-balled 3 of the night. Actually, it was more than an air ball -- it almost killed the ball boy.
Posted by Michael J Cocks
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Posted on 3/11/09 at 9:12 pm to
The lead extends

it's gonna be hard to frick up home court given our schedule.
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Posted on 3/11/09 at 9:14 pm to
Yeah, I really don't see any way the Cavs lose HCA in the East.

After Thursday and Friday at PHX and SAC, 8 of the next 9 are at the Q. And the Cavs will have only 5 road games left the rest of the reg-lar season.
Posted by Michael J Cocks
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Posted on 3/11/09 at 9:21 pm to
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After Thursday and Friday at PHX and SAC, 8 of the next 9 are at the Q. And the Cavs will have only 5 road games left the rest of the reg-lar season.


it's looking lovely.
Posted by whitefoot
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Posted on 4/1/09 at 11:04 pm to
Well, we finally got the answer to this...here's the link to the full mailbag.

https://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/090331

Q: YES! YES, YES, YES!!! Please write about Anthony Randolph! I've been telling people about him all year long. There's never been an NBA player with his size and skill set. Ever. He's a looong 6-foot-10, runs like a gazelle, has great hops, and can handle the ball. Love it. As an added bonus, he looks like he's constantly crying or really getting his feelings hurt. He's fascinating. I get genuinely giddy any time the Warriors are on, for him alone. Can you please let America know about Anthony Randolph?
-- Aaron, Chicago


SG: He's one of the most breathtaking rookies I've seen in person -- ever -- for all the reasons you just described. There has never been anyone quite like him. He's like a cross between Josh Smith and Lamar Odom, only if you fed him 10 Red Bulls and told him right before the game, "If you can make 10 things happen during the 10 minutes you play tonight, we will quadruple your salary and you will start for the rest of the season" ... and then he does just that, but the coach reneges on the promise so Anthony has a near-crying meltdown on the bench. That's every Anthony Randolph game. I caught him once and, in the span of two hours, he made three "MY GOD!" plays and broke down on the Warriors' bench because Nellie wouldn't put him back in, followed by an assistant consoling him through an entire timeout like Randolph was a third grader who got in trouble for something he didn't do, then had a meltdown and got kicked out of class. It was riveting. The odds of me missing another Clips-Warriors game for the next five years are 10,000-to-1.

One other thing: There hasn't been nearly enough made of how screwed up the Warriors are right now. Their front office and ownership situation is a world-class mess. Their coach has been in "I'm Keith Hernandez" Mode since the 2007 Dallas upset and looks like he's actively trying to get fired. They have two young players everyone loves -- Randolph and Monta Ellis -- only they've been antagonized to the degree that it might affect them long-term. In Randolph's case, how can a lottery team not play a talent like Randolph 35 minutes a game? What the hell is going on here??? For some reason, the only media member who seems to care is Tim Kawakami. I don't get it. If I were a Warriors fan, I would be organizing protests outside the arena complaining about Randolph's playing time. It's insane. Imagine if Chicago was 16-50 and played Derrick Rose 10 minutes a game. Would you think that was weird? You would, right? Welcome to Anthony Randolph's world. This is the single weirdest subplot of the 2008-09 season, narrowly edging Zaza Pachulia's bacne.
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