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Mann Leb slow your roll. Yeah the wizards can beat the Celtics 100 times in the season but what says they will pulverize them in the playoffs.

Remember, Garnett, Ray Allen, and Paul piece have not seen the light for quite sometime so this is their year to shine so that pretty much kiss the whole east good bye if they play like it will be their last. Plus Sam Cassell is already tasted victory so that is some added exp to them as well.

Wizards like you said next season 55 & finals. I still don't believe but lets be realistic at the moment until next season.

I say if the celtics play the wiz at all (3-1 celts)

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Originally posted by Trancealot Mann Leb slow your roll. Yeah the wizards can beat the Celtics 100 times in the season but what says they will pulverize them in the playoffs. Remember, Garnett, Ray Allen, and Paul piece have not seen the light for quite sometime so this is their year to shine so that pretty much kiss the whole east good bye if they play like it will be their last. Plus Sam Cassell is already tasted victory so that is some added exp to them as well. Wizards like you said next season 55 & finals. I still don't believe but lets be realistic at the moment until next season. I say if the celtics play the wiz at all (3-1 celts)

I never said the Wizards will pulverize the Celtics - only that it will be a really closely-matched series. I could see it going six or seven games easily. The Wizards should roll over Cleveland, and the Celtics will likely sweep the Hawks, so it will only be a two week wait to see it. And Cassell is old (and nursing back spasms this week) so I don't know that he will help the argument that much. After all, Flip Saunders, who coached Cassell in Minnesota, "joked that the team needed to play a zone when Cassell was in the game because he didn't do the pick-and-roll especially well, if at all."

Allen and Cassell are both past their prime... we'll see if they can game up for another grueling playoffs... but I have my doubts. Experience goes out the window as soon as you hit the court.

I think this has the potential of being this year's Golden State-Dallas repeat.

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Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov I never said the Wizards will pulverize the Celtics - only that it will be a really closely-matched series. I could see it going six or seven games easily. The Wizards should roll over Cleveland, and the Celtics will likely sweep the Hawks, so it will only be a two week wait to see it. And Cassell is old (and nursing back spasms this week) so I don't know that he will help the argument that much. After all, Flip Saunders, who coached Cassell in Minnesota, "joked that the team needed to play a zone when Cassell was in the game because he didn't do the pick-and-roll especially well, if at all." Allen and Cassell are both past their prime... we'll see if they can game up for another grueling playoffs... but I have my doubts. Experience goes out the window as soon as you hit the court. I think this has the potential of being this year's Golden State-Dallas repeat.

Facts: *reference(wikipedia)
Cassell took t-wolves team to the west conference finals (2004)

Wizard playoffs
05,Wizards were swept by the Miami Heat
06,Butler would miss a 3-pointer on the other end to seal the game, and the series, for the Cavaliers.
07, They were swept 4 games to none in a rematch of last year's first-round series against the Cleveland Cavaliers.
08, ???

My opinion:
why this year lebron will just let them walk by him and his team?
Cleavland is not that bad overall. Wiz might be better instead of 7th place but still don't have that playoff winner type team yet.

Casell is still a good player. Might not be houston rockets or Twolves good but still nothing wrong having him at backup if so with his exp he has already

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Originally posted by Trancealot Facts: *reference(wikipedia) Cassell took t-wolves team to the west conference finals (2004)

Lol, I know, I went to one of the games.

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Wizard playoffs 05,Wizards were swept by the Miami Heat 06,Butler would miss a 3-pointer on the other end to seal the game, and the series, for the Cavaliers. 07, They were swept 4 games to none in a rematch of last year's first-round series against the Cleveland Cavaliers. 08, ???

Completely different ensemble cast now. Different team. I don't believe in looking at past performance to judge how a team is going to do. Why not look at Doc Rivers' past playoff performance? Or KG's? Or Ray Allen's?

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My opinion: why this year lebron will just let them walk by him and his team? Cleavland is not that bad overall. Wiz might be better instead of 7th place but still don't have that playoff winner type team yet.

Dude, have you seen the Cavs play lately? They had to surge late in the fourth quarter just to beat the HEAT the other night! With the (possible) exception of Z, not a single Cavs player other than LeBron would start for another playoff-bound team. They are god-awful. In fact, it's embarrassing they even made the playoffs! If it weren't for LeBron, that team would make the Knicks look like a group of All-Stars. And the Cavs were pwned by Washington this year in all four games. LeBron could score 60 points in game one and his team still wouldn't reach 90.

DeShawn Stevenson is hungry to get LeBron in the playoffs. Asked which team he'd like to face, he actually stated that he hopes they get to play the Cavs because the Wizards will make them look bad.

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Casell is still a good player. Might not be houston rockets or Twolves good but still nothing wrong having him at backup if so with his exp he has already

Nothing wrong I guess... but don't expect him to add too much. He's lost a step and he's barely able to shoot anymore.

tonight
Orlando reserve > Wizard reserves

Funny quote
Indiana Vs Knicks Recap

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Everybody here likes coach Thomas a lot," Crawford said. "He brought everybody here personally, so there's a certain loyalty to him and I always put in perspective with

Personanly if I as a player got paid millions upon millions of $$ I would like my boss(Coach) even if he was dumber than me and ran the company into the ground.

WEST Playoffs is going to be a ball!

when do the playoffs start?

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Originally posted by verndogs when do the playoffs start?

http://www.sportsline.com/nba

see countdown to NBA playoffs on the right side. Not sure who is playing that game though

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Originally posted by Trancealot http://www.sportsline.com/nba see countdown to NBA playoffs on the right side. Not sure who is playing that game though

thanks!

with that, I'm gonna close this thread. Someone make a new one for the playoffs

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