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To turn Harden from a sniper into a driver, Pera put him through daily X-out drills, in which Harden had to convert eight straight layups while Pera punished him with an arm pad. They made a standing bet: If Harden shot more than six free throws in a game, Pera owed him a hamburger; if Harden shot fewer than six, he owed Pera sprints. Harden discovered ways to contort his limbs through and around defenders, collecting whistles and patties.

chunkles posted:

It certainly seemed like a distinct possibility at the time that he would drop off for good. He was still very good that season, but plagued by foot problems. Ultimately the best thing to happen for the Nets that season and probably the last 4 years was this Gerald Green dunk.

Redgrendel2001 posted:

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That December, I flew my parents and one of my best friends to Sacramento and we went to the movie theater to watch The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. (Great flick, by the way.) As we pulled up to the theater, my phone started blowing up with texts from friends telling me that I’d been traded. As I walked into the theater to pick up our tickets, my agent called, “Pat, you’ve been traded to Toronto.” To be honest, my first thought was, drat, it’s cold as poo poo in Toronto. Then I started thinking about moving to a foreign country with a different culture and an unfamiliar lifestyle. It was a lot to take in.

But, I mean, it was The Hunger Games and I’d already bought the tickets, so I turned off my phone and watched the movie with my mom and best friend.

Ramadu posted:

Is anyone even on the Suns right now who was there before the trade deadline????? Are the Suns tanking? What the gently caress.

rivetz posted:

I have seen very little of Aaron Afflalo in the past couple years. Confirm/deny:

Above-average defender, can handle perimeter duties but at 6'5" can defend post-up
Solid perimeter shooter, viable if not electric 3-pt threat (will likely benefit from Portland offense)
Solid character guy
Much more of a shooter, not much for creating off the dribble
No glaring weaknesses

What am I missing or what do I have wrong here


I know that he was pretty highly regarded back when he left the Magic but I'm not wild about giving up three young guys and a pick (I'm a Will Barton Believer™) for someone who might be a nice add but possible/probably isn't any kind of long-term investment. Can Afflalo play the point? If not, I don't know that this does much for Portland's defensive issues in the backcourt as you're subbing one above-average defender in Afflalo for our only other above-average defender in Matthews. I guess they can go three-guard at times, but I sure wish they'd been able to get Chandler instead. I was kinda hoping for something that might get CJ McCollum more minutes as he's been a lot better at getting to the hole in recent games and it often seems like that's what the offense sorely needs.

alansmithee posted:

I seem to remember some people questioning of Deron Williams was gonna be worth it regardless as he had already shown some signs of slowing down with the Nets. I don't think anyone was really beating the drum of Deron vs. CP3 much after he got traded from the Jazz.

edit-also as an aside, the Suns jerseys are really awesome. I think the whites are probably in my top 5 all-time jerseys from all sports.

EvanTH posted:

Basketball's back tonight at 8

GreenNight posted:

Waj is saying Chicago is interested in Kendrick Perkins.

GreenNight posted:

Waj is saying Chicago is interested in Kendrick Perkins.

GreenNight posted:

Thibs is crazy. The guy would get no minutes.

BIZORT posted:

Not a Pistons fan but Augustin is a shoot-first never-look-to-pass PG and Singler is a stand-still 3 point shooter that can't do anything else. That can all be good or bad depending on how they're used by your team

Metapod posted:

Has anyone heard who is going to play the 5 today for okc?

Halfling Wizard Bear posted:

Sounds like Thomas Robinson wants a buyout too. Nuggets just signed Joffrey Lauvergne today so that's 5 PF's total.

Philthy posted:

Bucks get Micheal Carter Williams, Miles Plumlee, and Tyler Ennis.

Suns get Brandon Knight.

One too many people left on the team. People guessing Johnny O gets the boot.

Dynamite Dog posted:

Nah, they traded Kendall too

net work error posted:

What happened to JaVale? Has he not been the same since injury or are people just not in love with his fun loving personality anymore?

Philthy posted:

Where are you seeing this?

Tae posted:

If you're like me 5 minutes ago, there's a trade deadline thread and EVERYONE IS BLOWING UP

They are more game-breeaking trades today than the past 5 years combined