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Who will win it all next year? This poll is closed.
Spurs	165	32.93%
Thunder	76	15.17%
Clippers	54	10.78%
Warriors	50	9.98%
Rockets	23	4.59%
Lakers	133	26.55%
Total:	501 votes

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PantsFreeZone: May 31, 2013; by Nyc_Tattoo

DERP. Not the GDT.

PantsFreeZone fucked around with this message at 00:48 on Nov 2, 2014

# ? Nov 2, 2014 00:45

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# ? Jun 7, 2024 18:36

Lockback: Sep 3, 2006; All days are nights to see till I see thee; and nights bright days when dreams do show me thee.

chunkles posted:

I had a very cursory look at the defensive ones, but they seemed to still be very dependent on team defense.

Well, I think individual defense is mostly dependent on the role you have on a team as well, so I think that you'll never untangle those. Even offense is dependent on team.

# ? Nov 2, 2014 00:49

Bush Did Outer Heaven: Jan 18, 2005; The Sweetest Payne

Henchman of Santa posted:

Jesus Christ at least sign someone to a 10-day or something. It's not like it's hard to plug someone into the Scott Brooks offense.

They can't. A certain number of players have to miss so many games before they can apply for a waiver to sign a 16th player.

# ? Nov 2, 2014 01:10

Kelfeftaf: Sep 9, 2011

I dunno if this has been posted before, but here's Nardwuar the Human Serviette interviewing Metta World Peace: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IhEWhKrFAI

# ? Nov 2, 2014 01:15

hitze: Aug 28, 2007; Give me a dollar. No, the twenty. This is gonna blow your mind...

Terry Glenn posted:

They can't. A certain number of players have to miss so many games before they can apply for a waiver to sign a 16th player.

You know how people rag on the Thunder organization for being cheap during what you might call """THE WINDOW""" for a championship? What if the window is gone and the team is never healthy again... :ohdear:

# ? Nov 2, 2014 01:29

Henchman of Santa: Aug 21, 2010

lol, that 8-man lineup just dominated Denver in the first half apparently.

# ? Nov 2, 2014 02:13

Alfred P. Pseudonym: May 29, 2006; And when you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss goes 8-8

Henchman of Santa posted:

lol, that 8-man lineup just dominated Denver in the first half apparently.

I've had that game on in the background while I stream the Mavs and Denver just looks loving awful. Gallinari is rusty and they're asking Faried to do way too much offensively.

# ? Nov 2, 2014 02:20

hitze: Aug 28, 2007; Give me a dollar. No, the twenty. This is gonna blow your mind...

Alfred P. Pseudonym posted:

I've had that game on in the background while I stream the Mavs and Denver just looks loving awful. Gallinari is rusty and they're asking Faried to do way too much offensively.

Asking Faried to do anything on offense is asking too much.

Also Peep This

# ? Nov 2, 2014 02:23

chunkles: Aug 14, 2005; i am completely immersed in darkness
as i turn my body away from the sun

did the announcers know who wale was this time

e: that was the raptors guys, my bad

# ? Nov 2, 2014 02:24

Bashez: Jul 19, 2004

hitze posted:

Asking Faried to do anything on offense is asking too much.

He can catch comets and put them in the bucket. His oop was pretty sick.

# ? Nov 2, 2014 02:44

Dejan Bimble: Mar 24, 2008; we're all black friends; Plaster Town Cop

Thanks everyone who answered my question

Rick posted:

Based on Suns v Lakers it doesn't feel like the guards are really working together, but their individual games are strong enough that it doesn't matter.

It's interesting that you say that, because the sportvu analysis column on nba.com had some stuff about how the Suns offense succeeded without much passing.

http://hangtime.blogs.nba.com/2014/10/16/measuring-ball-and-player-movement/

# ? Nov 2, 2014 02:48

rabidsquid: Oct 11, 2004; LOVES THE KOG

Andre Drummond has been in foul trouble all three games so far this year and just not really looking that great, this is supposed to be his year with SVG coaching him up :ohdear:

Also the Pistons are 0-3 and ran an 8 man rotation tonight. Its nice to not have to see any more Joel Anthony but give us some token Gigi Datome topknot please Stan.

# ? Nov 2, 2014 03:01

Lockback: Sep 3, 2006; All days are nights to see till I see thee; and nights bright days when dreams do show me thee.

Timberwolves have a neverending stream of wings who can airball 3s

# ? Nov 2, 2014 03:06

hitze: Aug 28, 2007; Give me a dollar. No, the twenty. This is gonna blow your mind...

John Wall has got a double double in all the games he's played this season (3) :cool:

# ? Nov 2, 2014 03:08

MOVIE MAJICK: Jan 4, 2012; by Pragmatica

So far it seems like PantsFreeZone is right about everything he was saying

# ? Nov 2, 2014 03:12

Tae: Oct 24, 2010; Hello? Can you hear me? ...Perhaps if I shout? AAAAAAAAAH!

Every time I see Isaiah Thomas play, I think to myself what the gently caress were the Kings thinking

# ? Nov 2, 2014 03:16

Paul Zuvella: Dec 7, 2011

Kendrick Perkins has dropped 17 points off the bench in 20 minutes of playtime after being taken out of the starting lineup.

#FreeKendrick

# ? Nov 2, 2014 03:21

Zogo: Jul 29, 2003

pylb posted:

He's played in 40 wins over the last 3 seasons.

48 wins without LBJ. 12 wins a year. :eyepop:

Terry Glenn posted:

I don't necessarily think 50 wins even gets you in the playoffs this season, but I also expect OKC to win more than 73% of their games with KD and Russ back. I also wouldn't be surprised if Durant and/or Westbrook were ready earlier in their recovery timetable but who knows.

If there are 9+ teams in the west that end up with 50+ wins that's going to be pretty funny.

# ? Nov 2, 2014 03:21

MOVIE MAJICK: Jan 4, 2012; by Pragmatica

Do you guys think Jacques Vaughan is in danger of getting fired if Orlando doesnt get some wins or is he still at tanking team coach protection status?

# ? Nov 2, 2014 03:29

HOTLANTA MAN: Jul 4, 2010; by Hand Knit; Lipstick Apathy

Paul Zuvella posted:

Kendrick Perkins has dropped 17 points off the bench in 20 minutes of playtime after being taken out of the starting lineup.

#FreeKendrick

Scott Brooks smiles and nods knowingly

# ? Nov 2, 2014 03:31

Metapod: Mar 18, 2012

Paul Zuvella posted:

Kendrick Perkins has dropped 17 points off the bench in 20 minutes of playtime after being taken out of the starting lineup.

#FreeKendrick

# ? Nov 2, 2014 03:38

Doltos: Dec 28, 2005; 🤌🤌🤌

Tae posted:

Every time I see Isaiah Thomas play, I think to myself what the gently caress were the Kings thinking

Especially replacing him with Collison. I think it was pretty obvious that short-phobia exists in Sacramento.

# ? Nov 2, 2014 03:41

Henchman of Santa: Aug 21, 2010

The Pistons are really bad y'all

# ? Nov 2, 2014 03:44

IcePhoenix: Sep 18, 2005; Take me to your Shida

There were some pretty good moments from the Wolves/Bulls game tonight. I made an imgur album to store the .gifs I've been making if anyone wants to check them out.

http://imgur.com/a/R2cHv

They're sorta big so I don't want to just link them, not sure how much is too much for a non-gdt/gif thread.

# ? Nov 2, 2014 03:49

SCARYJEINFELD: Oct 30, 2012; It happens sometimes. People just explode. Natural causes.

Well there's definitely been rumors that Boogie and Thomas didn't like each other, and if your franchise guy doesn't get along with someone then I guess it makes sense to ditch him. Really it makes more sense to find a system or a way to get your best players to like each other, but thats probably a lot to ask from a historically pretty poorly run organization like the Kings

# ? Nov 2, 2014 03:56

Spoeank: Jul 16, 2003; That's a nice set of 11 dynasty points there, it would be a shame if 3 rings were to happen with it

What rumors??? Boogie and IT22 were BFF

# ? Nov 2, 2014 03:59

SCARYJEINFELD: Oct 30, 2012; It happens sometimes. People just explode. Natural causes.

Spoeank posted:

What rumors??? Boogie and IT22 were BFF

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/qa-isaiah-thomas-on-the-suns-u-dub-love-and-sweating-out-the-draft/

Zach Lowe posted:

Whenever someone leaves a team under semi-controversial circumstances, the people left on that team the next preseason sometimes come out with those passive-aggressive comments about how things are really looking up. I�m sure you�ve seen the comments from DeMarcus Cousins and others, about how the ball isn�t �sticking� any more, and things like that. Do you hear that stuff? Do you care?

Isaiah Thomas posted:

It definitely is a jab at me. I see it, and I use it as motivation. I don�t think too much of it, because I definitely wasn’t the problem there. But I do see the shots thrown at me. I wish the people throwing the shots would say my name, but they don�t want to. I just go about my business and worry about what I�ve got to do with the Phoenix Suns.

# ? Nov 2, 2014 04:02

hitze: Aug 28, 2007; Give me a dollar. No, the twenty. This is gonna blow your mind...

What's up tho John Wall
https://vine.co/v/OOJ0qUQvZra

# ? Nov 2, 2014 04:03

PantsFreeZone: May 31, 2013; by Nyc_Tattoo

I wonder how much the Bulls contributed to the Keep Tony Brothers Refereeing Fund.

# ? Nov 2, 2014 04:06

Spoeank: Jul 16, 2003; That's a nice set of 11 dynasty points there, it would be a shame if 3 rings were to happen with it

SCARYJEINFELD posted:

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/qa-isaiah-thomas-on-the-suns-u-dub-love-and-sweating-out-the-draft/

IT leaves > someone asks if the ball moves better > it does, because Collison replaced a shoot-first PG > now IT is hurt because Cuz admitted it.

I get that nobody paid attention to the Kings because nobody has any reason to, but IT leaving the team is because they gave him an assbutt offer, not because Boogie gave them an ultimatum.

# ? Nov 2, 2014 04:31

Errant Gin Monks: Oct 2, 2009; "Yeah..."
- Marshawn Lynch

Bashez posted:

He can catch comets and put them in the bucket. His oop was pretty sick.

I don't care if the Nuggets lose as long as I get to see McGee smash 4 blocks per game.

# ? Nov 2, 2014 04:55

BIZORT: Jan 24, 2003

WYA posted:

Do you guys think Jacques Vaughan is in danger of getting fired if Orlando doesnt get some wins or is he still at tanking team coach protection status?

I don't think he's particularly great or anything but there's no point in firing him. They're not supposed to be winning

# ? Nov 2, 2014 05:04

SCARYJEINFELD: Oct 30, 2012; It happens sometimes. People just explode. Natural causes.

Spoeank posted:

IT leaves > someone asks if the ball moves better > it does, because Collison replaced a shoot-first PG > now IT is hurt because Cuz admitted it.

I get that nobody paid attention to the Kings because nobody has any reason to, but IT leaving the team is because they gave him an assbutt offer, not because Boogie gave them an ultimatum.

Thomas averages more assists per game then Collison and is generally a better passer, as well as being generally better then Collison at just about everything else. In that article Thomas and Lowe both agree that if Boogie explicitly wanted Thomas back then the franchise would have gotten him back. I'm not saying it's true Boogie didn't get along with IT but it seems like a reasonable thing to believe.

# ? Nov 2, 2014 05:15

vincentpricesboner: Sep 3, 2006; by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

Can someone explain to me how Ballstreams is still hosted? Like there is no similar service that is pirating MLB or NHL for cash. Does the NBA have a useless legal dept?

# ? Nov 2, 2014 05:16

BIZORT: Jan 24, 2003

It's hosted in the Netherlands where there are apparently little to no copyright laws so it seems the NBA can't do anything about it

# ? Nov 2, 2014 05:18

Lockback: Sep 3, 2006; All days are nights to see till I see thee; and nights bright days when dreams do show me thee.

zapplez posted:

Can someone explain to me how Ballstreams is still hosted? Like there is no similar service that is pirating MLB or NHL for cash. Does the NBA have a useless legal dept?

Ballstreams does the exact same thing for NHL.
http://www6.hockeystreams.com/

MLB is a buttload of games and probably not worth hunting down some Pirates vs Reds game in June, I am guessing NBA and NHL have a better World-Wide appeal too.

# ? Nov 2, 2014 05:25