Super Ninety Nine...

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by outofthebox

Thanks for the analysis. I'm hoping the figure was not as fast because he was just cruising on the lead by himself with not much competition from the others in the SW. Keeping an eye on Code West at the FG this weekend myself. Calling for tons of rain, so not sure if were going to get a good reading on the race..We'll see soon enough..

I wonder how much Violence will improve at Pletcher's playground (AKA Gulfstream Park)

I wasn't a big fan of his and think he's a little overrated ... but year in and year out the vast majority of horses in that barn just surge forward in the winter before usually bottoming out by mid to late spring.

[cmorioles]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

I wonder how much Violence will improve at Pletcher's playground (AKA Gulfstream Park)

I don't recall giving you permission to use my bits.

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by cmorioles

I don't recall giving you permission to use my bits.

I only heist from the best.

In honor of OKC's recent struggles I decided to change my avatar to a real sports franchise.

[cmorioles]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

I only heist from the best.

In honor of OKC's recent struggles I decided to change my avatar to a real sports franchise.

They are a top notch AAA organization.

[Calzone Lord]

OKC slipped up going after Perkens I think.

When they made that move it was during that brief period in the NBA where the teams with good bigs were all doing well. Memphis - Gasol/Randolph, Lakers - Bynum/Gasol, Spurs - Duncan, Orlando - Howard, Chicago - Boozer/Noah.

They thought that is what they needed to get a ring. But they overpaid for Perk...than they made the business decision to trade Harden a year earlier and get max compensation from him in order to compensate for that earlier mistake.

They had 3 true superstars like the Heat. Only their 3 guys were all younger, faster, more athletic. Bosh/Wade have peaked and are now declining.

Still, this was the year. KD, RW, Harden over Miami's big 3. And OKC's stiffs are a lot better than Miami's stiffs.

Now they're just rolling the dice with Miami, the Clippers, and San Antonio...but with two mid 1 draft picks in their pocket that might get them a pingpong ball or two.

[cmorioles]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

OKC slipped up going after Perkens I think.

When they made that move it was during that brief period in the NBA where the teams with good bigs were all doing well. Memphis - Gasol/Randolph, Lakers - Bynum/Gasol, Spurs - Duncan, Orlando - Howard, Chicago - Boozer/Noah.

They thought that is what they needed to get a ring. But they overpaid for Perk...than they made the business decision to trade Harden a year earlier and get max compensation from him in order to compensate for that earlier mistake.

They had 3 true superstars like the Heat. Only their 3 guys were all younger, faster, more athletic. Bosh/Wade have peaked and are now declining.

Still, this was the year. KD, RW, Harden over Miami's big 3. And OKC's stiffs are a lot better than Miami's stiffs.

Now they're just rolling the dice with Miami, the Clippers, and San Antonio...but with two mid 1 draft picks in their pocket that might get them a pingpong ball or two.

Stick to horse racing. Overpaid for Perkins? He doesn't make that much for a big man and they gave up basically nothing to get him. One, your look alike, is back in Russia, and the other Jeff Green, missed a year and is just now starting to play fairly well. But, he plays the same position as Durant so he didn't have a lot of value for the Thunder. He was going to leave anyway. I'm no Perkins fan, but that wasn't a bad trade at all and got them to a WCF and then an NBA Finals.

They definitely gambled trading Harden. I don't know if keeping him was enough to win it all this year. It just depends how Lamb and the future picks pan out.

[Calzone Lord]

I would rather watch womans college lacrosse than the NBA. All of my NBA opinions are formulated based on what I read in the Facebook postings of Cannon Shell and Cincinnati area basketball coach Joe Lucas.