Kings Playoff Standings Watch!!!

[Tetsujin]

what a mistake by Denver. Didn’t they have a time out? Your best shot was a Bruce Brown 3?

Clippers put PG13 and Plumlee on Jokic at the same time and the Nuggets pretty much puked all over themselves instead of trying to find a better option than a Bruce Brown desperation heave.

 

[Telemachus]

Can't believe how close George was to getting that off in time.

 

[Tetsujin]

The Clippers strategy of going with no point guards in overtime is failing spectacularly lol

 

[macadocious]

I turned this game on with a minute left, it’s been a train wreck since.

 

[Telemachus]

They have gone away from Leonard and are paying for it.

 

[Tetsujin]

LOL what are the Clippers doing? Not that I mind.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Why is everything a "burger" now? How did this happen?

 

[pdxKingsFan]

Does not look like tonight will be 2OT.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

Why is everything a "burger" now? How did this happen?

It happened during one of the Clinton eras, maybe both? This is not new.

 

[Vinny Basketballerino]

Why is everything a "burger" now? How did this happen?

Started with "nothing burger" as a way to deflect political attacks. "Nothing lasagna" just didn't get the same response in the focus groups. "Everything bagel" actually placed a close second so they went ahead and repurposed that into the bagel flavor we have today.

 

[iowamcnabb]

The playoffs are going to be absolutely nuts this year

 

[iowamcnabb]

Wiki says that phrase was coined in the 50s.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Wiki says that phrase was coined in the 50s.

Who you gonna believe, @Vinny Basketballerino, or your lyin' eyes?

 

[Vinny Basketballerino]

The playoffs are going to be absolutely nuts this year

Agree. I feel like the Kings are helping to revitalize the NBA brand and have the potential to be bit of a national sweetheart if they are able to put together a run. It's a very likeable team (we always have been).

Most people outside of LA were rooting for the Kings in 2002.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

Most people outside of LA were rooting for the Kings in 2002.

Sadly I lived in Santa Barbara at the time which is very much outside LA but not outside enough

 

[pdxKingsFan]

watching the Lake show highlights.

How awesome do they realistically have to be before they get past the win-two-or-you're-out stage of the play-in?

 

[Vinny Basketballerino]

Who you gonna believe, @Vinny Basketballerino, or your lyin' eyes?

Ayyy!! My man Slim coming in with the backup.

I'll concede expertise to the Good Captain on the Collective Bargaining Agreement of the National Basketball Association of America* but does anybody really want to challenge me on food related topics? A man with Citrus in his name knows best. Can I get you a Limoncello?

@Capt. Factorial

Spoiler: *

And Canada

 

[iowamcnabb]

Who you gonna believe, @Vinny Basketballerino, or your lyin' eyes?

we don’t know Vinny’s true identity so I’m going with Wiki on this topic. He could be Lyin’ Ted for all I know.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

we don’t know Vinny’s true identity so I’m going with Wiki on this topic. He could be Lyin’ Ted for all I know.

I had my mind changed twice in the last 24-48 hours alone. Frankly I don't wanna know. He's Vinny B!

 

[Vinny Basketballerino]

Sadly I lived in Santa Barbara at the time which is very much outside LA but not outside enough

I'm sorry to hear that. I should clarify: in my mind everything south of Fresno is "LA".

 

[pdxKingsFan]

I'm sorry to hear that. I should clarify: in my mind everything south of Fresno is "LA".

I can only say there is a part of me that wishes I figured out how to stay there because I don't think there's any reasonable way I can afford to go back. Best place I ever lived (LA is near the bottom), but I think from about 25-45 it's a bit too expensive and you're kinda too old for the college party life but too young to appreciate the middle aged offerings. And I guess I need to live somewhere with 4 seasons because I took the beach and the sun for granted.

 

[Vinny Basketballerino]

I can only say there is a part of me that wishes I figured out how to stay there because I don't think there's any reasonable way I can afford to go back. Best place I ever lived (LA is near the bottom), but I think from about 25-45 it's a bit too expensive and you're kinda too old for the college party life but too young to appreciate the middle aged offerings. And I guess I need to live somewhere with 4 seasons because I took the beach and the sun for granted.

Had a good friend from high school who went there for college. I see why you miss it. Some great wineries around there as well. Name me the movie: "If anybody orders merlot I'm leaving. I am NOT drinking any ****** merlot!"

 

[iowamcnabb]

I can only say there is a part of me that wishes I figured out how to stay there because I don't think there's any reasonable way I can afford to go back. Best place I ever lived (LA is near the bottom), but I think from about 25-45 it's a bit too expensive and you're kinda too old for the college party life but too young to appreciate the middle aged offerings. And I guess I need to live somewhere with 4 seasons because I took the beach and the sun for granted.

I think most people take the beach and sun for granted. A ton of Midwesterners move to beach towns thinking they will be out there all the time and then often find that daily life doesn’t work like that for most. My wife is from the Philippines and doesn’t know how to swim

 

[pdxKingsFan]

Had a good friend from high school who went there for college. I see why you miss it. Some great wineries around there as well. Name me the movie: "If anybody orders merlot I'm leaving. I am NOT drinking any ****** merlot!"

Is that Sideways? I have never actually seen it. lol

 

[Telemachus]

I'm sorry to hear that. I should clarify: in my mind everything south of Fresno is "LA".

There are a lot of people in Bakersfield (and north of them) that would take offense with that statement.

 

[Vinny Basketballerino]

I think most people take the beach and sun for granted. A ton of Midwesterners move to beach towns thinking they will be out there all the time and then often find that daily life doesn’t work like that for most. My wife is from the Philippines and doesn’t know how to swim

Life is strange like that, no? I find that the local culture usually influences behavior more than the available amenities. Hawaii for example is a beachy place... but also everyone goes to the beach all the time. Something about the water there just makes you want to get in it all the time.

 

[Vinny Basketballerino]

Is that Sideways? I have never actually seen it. lol

BINGO! Side note (pun intended): that movie decimated the merlot market. Knocked off hundreds of millions in annual sales. Conversely - pinot noir went from a relatively obsure varietal to mainstream overnight. Imagine writing one line in a movie that moved an entire market.

 

[Vinny Basketballerino]

There are a lot of people in Bakersfield (and north of them) that would take offense with that statement.

That's kind of the point

 

[Vinny Basketballerino]

I had my mind changed twice in the last 24-48 hours alone. Frankly I don't wanna know. He's Vinny B!

Not a travel day. I'm able to spend a bit more time on the forum

 

[pdxKingsFan]

BINGO! Side note (pun intended): that movie decimated the merlot market. Knocked off hundreds of millions in annual sales. Conversely - pinot noir went from a relatively obsure varietal to mainstream overnight. Imagine writing one line in a movie that moved an entire market.

It's funny because it came out during my three year stay in hollywood and was notable because my SB connection and then I moved to Oregon a year later where Pinot is the apparent king varietal. At some point here it's like IPAs where you've had so freakin many just about anything else starts to sound good.