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Re: Convince me that the Nets are gonna be good/average this year.
« Reply #60 on: September 28, 2016, 12:38:07 PM »

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They didn't really make any major additions this summer.  Unless Anthony Bennett ends up a superstar, they should be really bad again this year.   The only thing to be worried about is them somehow sneaking in like 32 wins and playing out of the bottom 5. 
hmm, but isn't this the same roster (less Thad) that you proclaimed to be a playoff contender last year?
I never said that.
I thought Eddie had your quote under all of his posts.
wrong.  Eddie had a quote of me being right about Brooklyn.  You are misremembering it.
eddies quote had lb embarrassing himself.
Wrong.   It was a quote taken out of context from when I was probably first asked this question and I very lightly said something to the extent of, if Joe Johnson played the entire season, and their starting PG played 82 games, and if Rondae Hollis-Jefferson played the full season, and their depth didn't take a massive hit, they could maybe threaten to win enough games to play themselves out of the bottom 10.   That's all.  And of course, they spun it into some attack on the Celtics and some celebration of the Brooklyn Nets.  That never happened.

Of course, Johnson didn't make it through the whole season.  Their starting PG was limited to 32 games.  RHJ was limited to 17 games as a starter.... so their depth was basically non-existent and just as I predicted numerous times, they ended up in the bottom 5 like I fully expected.  I was 100% right.

Oh, you rascal, you!

Even Sean Hannity is not confirming this one.

Brooklyn was fairly healthy last year aside from Jack. We got to see Lopez beast, Thad was decent, JJ was old but occasionally effective, and yet they were still really, really bad.

Pretty much what most of us predicted, the roster just wasn't good at all.

I compiled a little list of some of your greatest hits (I included the Porzingis-for-Lawson quote for bonus fun, don't know if you were kidding there or not):



Knicks (17 wins):  Melo is back.  Melo made the playoffs the first 9 years of his career.  Typically 50+ win seasons.  Go ahead and knock him, but the guy has talent.   They added Aaron Afflalo and Robin Lopez.  Kyle O'Quinn is a serviceable starting PF with quality defense.  Point guard is a concern.  Who are they playing there... Jerian Grant or something?  I imagine Porzingus comes off the bench.   Maybe they should move Porzingus for Ty Lawson or something.  Not unthinkable that team will win 40+. 


Brooklyn (38 wins):  That team showed real life down the stretch with Brook Lopez back in the starting lineup and the addition of Thad Young.  Everyone seems to think they are toast.  I don't get it.  They have been a playoff team two years in a row. I expect them to be back in the playoffs next year.
 

guys this is seriously getting ridiculous. I cant find a single sportsbook that has the nets at over 33 wins. If you really think they will 35-40 games go place a huge bet and rub the money in our face. Otherwise, you kind of just come off like a jerk. If i say I think the Patriots are going to make the playoffs i don't really need to give much of an explanation. Everyone expects and agrees they most likely will. On the opposite end of that, if I said I thought the Jets would make the playoffs i would need a hell of a lot of advanced statistics and reasoning to make an argument that was compelling against all other predictions and statistics. In the case of the nets backers here, you are the jets fans. Every sports site has the Nets bottom of the east. You feel differently, burden is on you. Dont call people homers for agreeing with the general consensus.
THis is year 4 of people expecting the Nets to bottom out.  People have been writing them off since KG and Pierce had a slow start.  Whatever.  There's no incentive for them to be bad.  You're more likely to see Boston change gears and tank than you are to see Brooklyn end up at the bottom of the standings.

2012 49 wins
2013 44 wins
2014 38 wins
2015 ? wins

Seems to be a trend there. Lost one of their better players in DWill and jettisoned some other useful pieces to save money. The Russian has made a huge profit on paper if he wants to sell.

Why do they need an incentive to be bad?
Lopez inexplicably spent the bulk of the season coming off the bench.  When he started next to Thad young they played at a 56 win pace.
11-9 when they started together in regular season, 13-13 including playoffs. Neither is a 56 game pace.
Brooklyn finished the season 13-5.  My bad... that's a 59 win pace.  I was just going off memory from the last dozen times we've had threads on this wishful thinking topic.   

But nice point about the playoffs.  Based on playoffs, Boston will go 0-82 this season.

I wouldn't count on Brooklyn sucking.  They finished the season strong.  Brook Lopez and Thad Young made a difference.  I think our pick from them will end up in the 12-17 range.

This is exactly what I thought too. Then they traded Plumlee, KG left, Teletovic went down, Johnson got older and had his 5th straight season of decline.

I'm getting pretty bored of this topic, but i'll just briefly touch on this.

- Plumlee was irrelevant in the second half of the season.
- Swapping KG for Thad Young gave them a major positive Jolt
- Teletovic?  Lol
- Johnson... eh... still a solid player
- Lopez was beasting over the past three months of the season.  That makes a difference as a healthy Lopez is a force down low.

Agree to disagree.  Hope you guys end up right.

I still think they can hover around .500 this season.

I still think they can hover around .500 this season.
right, but by comparison you think the C's will suck ::)

I think the C's probably win 40-45.

I think Brooklyn probably wins 35-40.    The pick should be in the 12-17 range.

I've never said the C's will suck.   It's a phenomenally coached group of role players.  I've been on board with the David Lee addition since it was announced... poor man's Kevin Love.   The team obviously will not contend, but it's not going to suck.  Should be firmly mediocre.  It's a bloated roster filled with ok players.  If we manage to combine a handful of those ok players/picks and land a superstar, stuff will get interesting around here.   

Just not buying the idea that Brooklyn is a bottom team now, though.  If they stay healthy, they will be ok.

Chicago and the Spurs might be the best Eastern and Western conference teams in the league.   Glad to see Brooklyn start the season 0-2, but I'm still not giving my hopes up.

Double bonus for the Bulls prediction in that last post.

Your sins are laid bare, my friend, repent!

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I will keep you tp's on this. The reason this is particularly funny is at least two fold. The idea that the Nets enjoyed incredibly bad health last year is not born out in reality. By most metrics they were were one of the healthier teams in the league. Brook lopez and Thad Young, who most would agree were their two best players, played every game till be shut down at the end of the season. Their "big injury" was to a guy that was taken 23rd in the draft. People acting like only getting 17 starts out of a late first round pick is some sort of travesty are being ridiculous. We took Terry Rozier 3 picks earlier and nobody would say he would have had horrible luck if he got injured.  Jarrett Jack is also an extremely mediocre player and will be serving as a backup this year. An injury to a backup player doesn't make you an 18 win team.

Finally, the Nets consistently had a terrible record at every single stretch of the season. They started 0-9 and never got closer than 8 games under .500 for the rest of the season. They had one stretch all season where they won 5 out of 10 games and it was without both RHJ and Jack. Hence, there is no way the below statement wasn't absolutely and brutally wrong. Trying to explain it as otherwise is akin to Mitt Romney trying to explain why he is president or a historian explaining why the Titanic didn't really sink.

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I think the C's probably win 40-45.

I think Brooklyn probably wins 35-40.    The pick should be in the 12-17 range.

I've never said the C's will suck.   It's a phenomenally coached group of role players.  I've been on board with the David Lee addition since it was announced... poor man's Kevin Love.   The team obviously will not contend, but it's not going to suck.  Should be firmly mediocre.  It's a bloated roster filled with ok players.  If we manage to combine a handful of those ok players/picks and land a superstar, stuff will get interesting around here.   

Just not buying the idea that Brooklyn is a bottom team now, though.  If they stay healthy, they will be ok.
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Re: Convince me that the Nets are gonna be good/average this year.
« Reply #61 on: September 28, 2016, 01:17:02 PM »

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The only thing funny about it is that this forum is so obsessed with me they are still talking about some blatantly obvious reverse jinxing comments a year after I made them.   They should change this site name to the LarBrd33 Blog.  Get over it.  It's hilarious that anyone could be thick enough to think that me, a lifelong Celtic fan, is somehow upset that Brooklyn (a team widely believed to be a bottom feeder before the season) ended up finishing in the bottom 5. 

Fact:  On November 21st, Celtics fans obnoxiously chanted "Brooklyn Draft Pick" at the tail end of a blow-out, angering the basketball gods and stirring an imbalance in the force.   Two days later, the Nets destroyed the Celtics in route to a 111-101 victory.  This proved to be a pivotal moment for the Nets 2015-16 season.  It caused a huge momentum swing that they rode all the way to a 42 win season.   But it didn't.  The reason?  My incessant pessimism and staunch wet blanketery brought balance to the basketball force and prevented a Brooklyn resurgence.  I effectively countered the fan-chanting jinx.  You're welcome, Celtic fans.   I take full credit for Jaylen Brown. 
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Re: Convince me that the Nets are gonna be good/average this year.
« Reply #62 on: September 28, 2016, 01:31:29 PM »

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The only thing funny about it is that this forum is so obsessed with me they are still talking about some blatantly obvious reverse jinxing comments a year after I made them.   They should change this site name to the LarBrd33 Blog.  Get over it.  It's hilarious that anyone could be thick enough to think that me, a lifelong Celtic fan, is somehow upset that Brooklyn (who were widely believed to be a bottom team) ended up finishing in the bottom 5.  Fact:  On November 21st, Celtics fans obnoxiously chanted "Brooklyn Draft Pick" at the tail end of a blow-out, angering the basketball gods and stirring an imbalance in the force.   Two days later, the Nets destroyed the Celtics in route to a 111-101 victory.  This proved to be a pivotal moment for the Nets 2015-16 season.  It caused a huge momentum swing that they rode all the way to a 42 win season.   But it didn't.  The reason?  My incessant pessimism and staunch wet blanketery brought balance to the basketball force and prevented a Brooklyn resurgence.  I effectively countered the fan-chanting jinx.  You're welcome, Celtic fans.   I take full credit for Jaylen Brown.

This pitiful retreat to "I was just kidding" is weak.  I can understand if your ego is smarting about being so wrong about so many things, but just man up and accept it.

Mike

Re: Convince me that the Nets are gonna be good/average this year.
« Reply #63 on: September 28, 2016, 01:32:09 PM »

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Re: Convince me that the Nets are gonna be good/average this year.
« Reply #64 on: September 28, 2016, 01:37:25 PM »

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I'd reach through this computer and hand you a cold beer if I could, Kraidstar.

You'll have to settle for a TP instead.

Funnily enough, I just opened one right before I read your post. It's in my hand now. Very cold and very good. Must have picked up your good vibes through the ether.

Either that or I am just an alcoholic.
Honestly, it's funny that basically every single thing you quoted proves me right, but people will take it out of context and misinterpret it to serve their little pathetic agendas.

Dude whats up with your new icon photo.  Lol
Ah yes.  I know everyone adored the iconic LarBrd33 avatar gif.  It had been in reference to Lord Chad Ford and his holy draft tiers which come straight from the basketball gods themselves. 

But unfortunately, yesterday CelticPride2016 suggested I remove the avatar.

So respecting his opinion, I removed it.  Long gone is the memorable iconic avatar of old:



In replace of that, I've changed it to a new less-offensive version:



Is that OK? Good. I want you to be very happy. It’s very important to me
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Re: Convince me that the Nets are gonna be good/average this year.
« Reply #65 on: September 28, 2016, 01:50:11 PM »

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I'd reach through this computer and hand you a cold beer if I could, Kraidstar.

You'll have to settle for a TP instead.

Funnily enough, I just opened one right before I read your post. It's in my hand now. Very cold and very good. Must have picked up your good vibes through the ether.

Either that or I am just an alcoholic.
Honestly, it's funny that basically every single thing you quoted proves me right, but people will take it out of context and misinterpret it to serve their little pathetic agendas.

Dude whats up with your new icon photo.  Lol
Ah yes.  I know everyone adored the iconic LarBrd33 avatar gif.  It had been in reference to Lord Chad Ford and his holy draft tiers which come straight from the basketball gods themselves. 

But unfortunately, yesterday CelticPride2016 suggested I remove the avatar.

So respecting his opinion, I removed it.  Long gone is the memorable iconic avatar of old:



In replace of that, I've changed it to a new less-offensive version:



Is that OK? Good. I want you to be very happy. It’s very important to me

You're pretty eccentric, brah. Sometimes I wonder if you're really like this in person or if this is primarily an online shtick.

Re: Convince me that the Nets are gonna be good/average this year.
« Reply #66 on: September 28, 2016, 02:01:31 PM »

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I'd reach through this computer and hand you a cold beer if I could, Kraidstar.

You'll have to settle for a TP instead.

Funnily enough, I just opened one right before I read your post. It's in my hand now. Very cold and very good. Must have picked up your good vibes through the ether.

Either that or I am just an alcoholic.
Honestly, it's funny that basically every single thing you quoted proves me right, but people will take it out of context and misinterpret it to serve their little pathetic agendas.

Dude whats up with your new icon photo.  Lol
Ah yes.  I know everyone adored the iconic LarBrd33 avatar gif.  It had been in reference to Lord Chad Ford and his holy draft tiers which come straight from the basketball gods themselves. 

But unfortunately, yesterday CelticPride2016 suggested I remove the avatar.

So respecting his opinion, I removed it.  Long gone is the memorable iconic avatar of old:



In replace of that, I've changed it to a new less-offensive version:



Is that OK? Good. I want you to be very happy. It’s very important to me

You're pretty eccentric, brah. Sometimes I wonder if you're really like this in person or if this is primarily an online shtick.
It might be hard for you to believe, but I'm actually one of the most popular people in Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital

BTW, I like the non-LarBrd33 quote in your signature. 

Re: Convince me that the Nets are gonna be good/average this year.
« Reply #67 on: September 28, 2016, 02:22:57 PM »

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The only thing funny about it is that this forum is so obsessed with me they are still talking about some blatantly obvious reverse jinxing comments a year after I made them.   They should change this site name to the LarBrd33 Blog.  Get over it.  It's hilarious that anyone could be thick enough to think that me, a lifelong Celtic fan, is somehow upset that Brooklyn (who were widely believed to be a bottom team) ended up finishing in the bottom 5.  Fact:  On November 21st, Celtics fans obnoxiously chanted "Brooklyn Draft Pick" at the tail end of a blow-out, angering the basketball gods and stirring an imbalance in the force.   Two days later, the Nets destroyed the Celtics in route to a 111-101 victory.  This proved to be a pivotal moment for the Nets 2015-16 season.  It caused a huge momentum swing that they rode all the way to a 42 win season.   But it didn't.  The reason?  My incessant pessimism and staunch wet blanketery brought balance to the basketball force and prevented a Brooklyn resurgence.  I effectively countered the fan-chanting jinx.  You're welcome, Celtic fans.   I take full credit for Jaylen Brown.

This pitiful retreat to "I was just kidding" is weak.  I can understand if your ego is smarting about being so wrong about so many things, but just man up and accept it.

Mike
my only issue with lar is that he words his predictions in ambiguous ways intentionally

Which is totally fine on its own


But to then pretend you were right absurd. Or childish if it's only to get a rise out of people


If you're going to brag over and over again about being right, then make an actual prediction


"This team will do well if blah blah".   "They can do this if they do that".

You're wrong sometimes, and you're right sometimes. Or, you're nothing all times because you're too terrified to actually make a prediction and potentially be wrong


Enough with the out clauses
I trust Danny Ainge

Re: Convince me that the Nets are gonna be good/average this year.
« Reply #68 on: September 28, 2016, 03:10:35 PM »

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The only thing funny about it is that this forum is so obsessed with me they are still talking about some blatantly obvious reverse jinxing comments a year after I made them.   They should change this site name to the LarBrd33 Blog.  Get over it.  It's hilarious that anyone could be thick enough to think that me, a lifelong Celtic fan, is somehow upset that Brooklyn (who were widely believed to be a bottom team) ended up finishing in the bottom 5.  Fact:  On November 21st, Celtics fans obnoxiously chanted "Brooklyn Draft Pick" at the tail end of a blow-out, angering the basketball gods and stirring an imbalance in the force.   Two days later, the Nets destroyed the Celtics in route to a 111-101 victory.  This proved to be a pivotal moment for the Nets 2015-16 season.  It caused a huge momentum swing that they rode all the way to a 42 win season.   But it didn't.  The reason?  My incessant pessimism and staunch wet blanketery brought balance to the basketball force and prevented a Brooklyn resurgence.  I effectively countered the fan-chanting jinx.  You're welcome, Celtic fans.   I take full credit for Jaylen Brown.

This pitiful retreat to "I was just kidding" is weak.  I can understand if your ego is smarting about being so wrong about so many things, but just man up and accept it.

Mike
my only issue with lar is that he words his predictions in ambiguous ways intentionally

Which is totally fine on its own


But to then pretend you were right absurd. Or childish if it's only to get a rise out of people


If you're going to brag over and over again about being right, then make an actual prediction


"This team will do well if blah blah".   "They can do this if they do that".

You're wrong sometimes, and you're right sometimes. Or, you're nothing all times because you're too terrified to actually make a prediction and potentially be wrong


Enough with the out clauses

I think that is the part that creates a lot of frustration. LB does a lot of really great posts, he writes some really funny stuff, he is really talented at editing graphics and videos (check out his youtube page). If he just made a post like "hey yea the loss of Deron Williams and a few players that were not dleague calibar like teletovic and Plumlee definitely impacted them more than I thought they would and they were worse than I was predicting all offseason" the conversation ends and moves on to more productive stuff. Nobody would think less of him for saying this, in fact every one would think more and would be more able to enjoy his immense contributions to the board. Instead he is just trying to weasel out of by bending the wording of things and exaggerating the impact of injuries and it is just kind of silly.

Re: Convince me that the Nets are gonna be good/average this year.
« Reply #69 on: September 28, 2016, 04:02:02 PM »

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They didn't really make any major additions this summer.  Unless Anthony Bennett ends up a superstar, they should be really bad again this year.   The only thing to be worried about is them somehow sneaking in like 32 wins and playing out of the bottom 5. 
hmm, but isn't this the same roster (less Thad) that you proclaimed to be a playoff contender last year?
I never said that.
I thought Eddie had your quote under all of his posts.
wrong.  Eddie had a quote of me being right about Brooklyn.  You are misremembering it.
eddies quote had lb embarrassing himself.
Wrong.   It was a quote taken out of context from when I was probably first asked this question and I very lightly said something to the extent of, if Joe Johnson played the entire season, and their starting PG played 82 games, and if Rondae Hollis-Jefferson played the full season, and their depth didn't take a massive hit, they could maybe threaten to win enough games to play themselves out of the bottom 10.   That's all.  And of course, they spun it into some attack on the Celtics and some celebration of the Brooklyn Nets.  That never happened.

Of course, Johnson didn't make it through the whole season.  Their starting PG was limited to 32 games.  RHJ was limited to 17 games as a starter.... so their depth was basically non-existent and just as I predicted numerous times, they ended up in the bottom 5 like I fully expected.  I was 100% right.

Man you're a liar. Everyone remembers your post. You  were making fun of everyone for thinking Brooklyn would even be a top ten pick...I mean someone can just go back to the Brooklyn threads to prove it. There is no sense in lying. Just eat crow and be done with it.

Re: Convince me that the Nets are gonna be good/average this year.
« Reply #70 on: September 28, 2016, 04:23:25 PM »

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The only thing funny about it is that this forum is so obsessed with me they are still talking about some blatantly obvious reverse jinxing comments a year after I made them.   They should change this site name to the LarBrd33 Blog.  Get over it.  It's hilarious that anyone could be thick enough to think that me, a lifelong Celtic fan, is somehow upset that Brooklyn (who were widely believed to be a bottom team) ended up finishing in the bottom 5.  Fact:  On November 21st, Celtics fans obnoxiously chanted "Brooklyn Draft Pick" at the tail end of a blow-out, angering the basketball gods and stirring an imbalance in the force.   Two days later, the Nets destroyed the Celtics in route to a 111-101 victory.  This proved to be a pivotal moment for the Nets 2015-16 season.  It caused a huge momentum swing that they rode all the way to a 42 win season.   But it didn't.  The reason?  My incessant pessimism and staunch wet blanketery brought balance to the basketball force and prevented a Brooklyn resurgence.  I effectively countered the fan-chanting jinx.  You're welcome, Celtic fans.   I take full credit for Jaylen Brown.

This pitiful retreat to "I was just kidding" is weak.  I can understand if your ego is smarting about being so wrong about so many things, but just man up and accept it.

Mike
my only issue with lar is that he words his predictions in ambiguous ways intentionally

Which is totally fine on its own


But to then pretend you were right absurd. Or childish if it's only to get a rise out of people


If you're going to brag over and over again about being right, then make an actual prediction


"This team will do well if blah blah".   "They can do this if they do that".

You're wrong sometimes, and you're right sometimes. Or, you're nothing all times because you're too terrified to actually make a prediction and potentially be wrong


Enough with the out clauses
Here's the truth of it.  About 99% of the time this stuff gets brought up by other people who refuse to let things go.   It stems from frustrations they have with themselves.  I don't blame people for being angry at themselves for being wrong constantly on this forum.  I've built up a decade's worth of goodwill from being on the accurate side of thousands of debates on this forum.  This infuriates folks who argued that Gerald Green would be a star, or that Rajon Rondo was better than Chris Paul, or that Dwight Howard wouldn't be traded, or that Boston wouldn't tank, or that Walker/Pierce could win a title, or that Tony Allen would be a star, or that Orien Greene would be a star, or that Kedrick Brown would be a star, or that Brandon Hunter would be a star, etc.   I've been here for over a decade.  I've been right literally thousands of times on this forum.  It's almost amazing how consistently delusional the majority of this forum has been.   The blatant homerism does not represent any version of reality.  I've been hated on for years for presenting valid observations about a team that quite honestly has only really been a true contender for about 3.5 of the past 25 years.  That's just the facts.  You present some tempered expectations and people here lose their minds over it and call you a "hater".  For some folks here, they long since lost the ability to think rationally about the comments I've made on this forum.  They just assume that if I don't admit Paul Pierce is better than LeBron, it means I'm a Philly fan (which is something Eddie has literally claimed numerous times on this forum).

Based on the amount of times I've been right, I'm basically playing with house money.   And that drives some people batty.  So they go digging through my catalog of awesomeness to find things they perceive as "wrong" and then trumpet it every time I make any comment on this forum.  You basically have a bunch of poor man BballTims trying to negate every comment I make (despite the fact that more often than not, they are true) by taking things I've said out of context and railroading actual conversations by petulantly whining about things I've said in the past.   It adds nothing to this forum when people do this.   Suggesting that I thought Nik Stauskas or Anthony Bennett was a star is a flat out lie, but these clowns keep trumpeting it in forum post after forum post.   My opinions on the 76ers continue to be more accurate than the vast majority of people on this forum, yet you have people who twist my opinion on that team and try to claim "victory" based on Philly's "failure" - which completely misses the point of my view on the 76ers.

A lot of it is just these people who label me a "troll" for not agreeing with them that Rajon Rondo was a superstar - and then go out of their way to troll me in every thread, because they think they are trolling a troll - not realizing that my opinions on those topics were actually entirely accurate.

When this stuff gets brought up, it's usually because I'm having to defend my previous views to people who can't come to terms with their own warped views.

You'll notice, I don't generally do this to other people.  You don't see me saying "tankcity! said blah blah blah blah in the past so ignore everything he's saying".  Aside from the rare instances of the Huey, Dewey and Louie trolls who follow me from thread to thread, I typically look at every comment someone makes, try to ignore which specific individual is making that comment, and respond to the text if I think I have a viewpoint worth sharing.  Most people here have been wrong pretty often, and yet I'll continue to ignore that and consider their opinions as-is without trumpeting up out of context previous statements.  I generally don't even remember what specific people have said, because I don't look at the username when I'm considering a viewpoint.

Then of course, I generally don't take this forum all that seriously in the first place.  I often say things that are obviously intended as exaggerated hyperbole or a joke to anyone who understands the concept of humor or "reverse jinxing".  If I say I think Dwight and Nash's addition to the Lakers means they will definitely go 82-0, only a fool would think I actually believed that.   It's pretty clear I didn't actually believe the Lakers would go 82-0.   And yet you have people who take these quotes at face value and trumpet them around in unrelated threads out of context, because they have an inferiority complex. 

If you're tired of hearing about my "predictions" about the Nets, place your anger towards the fanboys who use my quotes in their forum signatures and act as my personal hate entourage of anti-Flava Flavs..   I should mail Celticsclay a giant clock necklace to wear around his neck for the amount of times he's followed me around from thread the thread hollaring "Yeaaaaah Booooyyy!!" and "Ohh no not a Noootha one!!" everytime someone says something vaguely negative about me.   

In-fact, I went ahead and made him an avatar of Flav wearing a Celtic jersey:  http://i.imgur.com/oDa9ic9.gif



By all means, other Flavs can feel free to use that avatar as well.  They are already parroting each other, they might as well share the same avatar. 

Bottom line is, as long as these flavs keep obnoxiously misrepresenting me and wasting time on a Celtic forum "calling me out" as opposed to discussing the Celtics, I'll respond accordingly:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxoL3uQbPoc
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Re: Convince me that the Nets are gonna be good/average this year.
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The only thing funny about it is that this forum is so obsessed with me they are still talking about some blatantly obvious reverse jinxing comments a year after I made them.   They should change this site name to the LarBrd33 Blog.  Get over it.  It's hilarious that anyone could be thick enough to think that me, a lifelong Celtic fan, is somehow upset that Brooklyn (who were widely believed to be a bottom team) ended up finishing in the bottom 5.  Fact:  On November 21st, Celtics fans obnoxiously chanted "Brooklyn Draft Pick" at the tail end of a blow-out, angering the basketball gods and stirring an imbalance in the force.   Two days later, the Nets destroyed the Celtics in route to a 111-101 victory.  This proved to be a pivotal moment for the Nets 2015-16 season.  It caused a huge momentum swing that they rode all the way to a 42 win season.   But it didn't.  The reason?  My incessant pessimism and staunch wet blanketery brought balance to the basketball force and prevented a Brooklyn resurgence.  I effectively countered the fan-chanting jinx.  You're welcome, Celtic fans.   I take full credit for Jaylen Brown.

This pitiful retreat to "I was just kidding" is weak.  I can understand if your ego is smarting about being so wrong about so many things, but just man up and accept it.

Mike
my only issue with lar is that he words his predictions in ambiguous ways intentionally

Which is totally fine on its own


But to then pretend you were right absurd. Or childish if it's only to get a rise out of people


If you're going to brag over and over again about being right, then make an actual prediction


"This team will do well if blah blah".   "They can do this if they do that".

You're wrong sometimes, and you're right sometimes. Or, you're nothing all times because you're too terrified to actually make a prediction and potentially be wrong


Enough with the out clauses

ok glad to see im not the only one who interprets his words that way.
I could very well see the Hawks... starting Taurean Prince at the 3, who is already better than Crowder, imo.

you vs. the guy she tells you not to worry about

Re: Convince me that the Nets are gonna be good/average this year.
« Reply #72 on: September 28, 2016, 04:33:46 PM »

Offline LarBrd33

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Also, I just want to point out that the preseason starts in less than a week.  There should be a lot more to talk about here once it kicks into gear.  During the offseason, I basically take a bunch of peyote, head off into the desert with a Sat phone, laptop, and solar batteries... and try to beat my WPM typing speed record on a couple dozen internet forums that peak my interest.   If you're a fan of my contributions here, you should check out the 19,000+ posts I've made on the "My Little Pony" BronyBlog forum. 

Looking forward to this season.  Hopefully the Nets stink this year.   I'm not buying that they'll be a bottom team, though.  I think they can win between 35-40 games this season if everything works out with their additions.  Anthony Bennett has the tools that could be developed into a star.

Re: Convince me that the Nets are gonna be good/average this year.
« Reply #73 on: September 28, 2016, 04:40:12 PM »

Offline alldaboston

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Also, I just want to point out that the preseason starts in less than a week.  There should be a lot more to talk about here once it kicks into gear.  During the offseason, I basically take a bunch of peyote, head off into the desert with a Sat phone, laptop, and solar batteries... and try to beat my WPM typing speed record on a couple dozen internet forums that peak my interest.   If you're a fan of my contributions here, you should check out the 19,000+ posts I've made on the "My Little Pony" BronyBlog forum. 

Looking forward to this season.  Hopefully the Nets stink this year.   I'm not buying that they'll be a bottom team, though.  I think they can win between 35-40 games this season if everything works out with their additions.  Anthony Bennett has the tools that could be developed into a star.

lol. this thread might be in contention for thread of the year. hilarious stuff all around, and well played by LarBrd here, for the cherry on top.
I could very well see the Hawks... starting Taurean Prince at the 3, who is already better than Crowder, imo.

you vs. the guy she tells you not to worry about

Re: Convince me that the Nets are gonna be good/average this year.
« Reply #74 on: September 28, 2016, 04:44:48 PM »

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They didn't really make any major additions this summer.  Unless Anthony Bennett ends up a superstar, they should be really bad again this year.   The only thing to be worried about is them somehow sneaking in like 32 wins and playing out of the bottom 5. 
hmm, but isn't this the same roster (less Thad) that you proclaimed to be a playoff contender last year?
I never said that.
I thought Eddie had your quote under all of his posts.
wrong.  Eddie had a quote of me being right about Brooklyn.  You are misremembering it.
eddies quote had lb embarrassing himself.
Wrong.   It was a quote taken out of context from when I was probably first asked this question and I very lightly said something to the extent of, if Joe Johnson played the entire season, and their starting PG played 82 games, and if Rondae Hollis-Jefferson played the full season, and their depth didn't take a massive hit, they could maybe threaten to win enough games to play themselves out of the bottom 10.   That's all.  And of course, they spun it into some attack on the Celtics and some celebration of the Brooklyn Nets.  That never happened.

Of course, Johnson didn't make it through the whole season.  Their starting PG was limited to 32 games.  RHJ was limited to 17 games as a starter.... so their depth was basically non-existent and just as I predicted numerous times, they ended up in the bottom 5 like I fully expected.  I was 100% right.

Man you're a liar. Everyone remembers your post. You  were making fun of everyone for thinking Brooklyn would even be a top ten pick...I mean someone can just go back to the Brooklyn threads to prove it. There is no sense in lying. Just eat crow and be done with it.

ahaha silly stuff man!