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Terry Glenn posted:Keep the faith man, Knicks fans all need something to hold on to during these trying times. Everybody says they want to play in NY but what they usually mean is they want to score 50 on the Knicks at MSG 
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Rick posted:I don't think TV would let them but I have always thought it would be for the best. I seriously have no idea how anyone with a job gets to Laker or Clipper games at tip.
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Apr 1, 2015 19:31
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Lockback posted:Oh I get that storyline, I'm saying if you assert that Windhorst is throwing Blatt under the bus at the behest of the Lebron camp (because Windhorst is a Lebron puppet) then you also need to explain why the Lebron camp wants him going around saying Lebron went to Miami to take PEDs (which, like, someone couldn't drive them up to Cleveland?). Windhorst couriers PEDs up from Florida for Lebron now, yes.
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Apr 1, 2015 19:32
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Why do people in California start and end their days so late? I hate working with people out there. "Well, your 9am is my 11am, so that works. Except you don't get into the office until your 11am. And then you usually putz around and go to lunch. So you'd like to start at your 2pm, which is my 4pm. Great."
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MourningView posted:I seriously have no idea how anyone with a job gets to Laker or Clipper games at tip. Leave work early?
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Apr 1, 2015 19:46
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Illinois Smith posted:HEY Wow, long 2? What kind of horrible shot selection is that. I thought he was supposed to be good? Also throw my voice in with those that says new ESPN site sucks. And I always hated Jordan as a kid and said he was a giant ballhog (mainly because my fav team was the Pistons, followed by the Lakers). Although when I got older I had come around and def liked him more (although Pippen was still my fav on the Bulls).
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Apr 1, 2015 20:26
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Lockback posted:Oh I get that storyline, I'm saying if you assert that Windhorst is throwing Blatt under the bus at the behest of the Lebron camp (because Windhorst is a Lebron puppet) then you also need to explain why the Lebron camp wants him going around saying Lebron went to Miami to take PEDs (which, like, someone couldn't drive them up to Cleveland?). Maybe it's like the stories about how Albert Belle (another Cleveland athlete!) used to mess around with rumors that his bats were corked by always having them delivered in special cases and not letting anyone touch them. Trying to intimidate other people or something, idk.
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Apr 1, 2015 20:28
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I believe there should be a super championship after the championship that nobody has ever won, that way all the teams are ultimately losers and everyone stays humble. I also believe Steve Kerr is a good coach and not a Scott Brooks Luckyman because of his decision to not play David Lee constantly
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Apr 1, 2015 20:47
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I can kind of understand an argument that Kerr is being overrated as a coach, but I don't see how anyone could argue he's not at least a good coach so far. Part of being a good coach is being consistent, so that part is still out.
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Apr 1, 2015 20:52
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Portland's proposal for a new stadium was approved: https://twitter.com/trailblazers/status/583289240546480128/photo/1
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Apr 1, 2015 20:56
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The Glumslinger posted:Portland's proposal for a new stadium was approved: That's a good April Fools but now I really want one with a blacktop floor.
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Apr 1, 2015 20:59
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Lockback posted:I can kind of understand an argument that Kerr is being overrated as a coach, but I don't see how anyone could argue he's not at least a good coach so far. I think a lot of being a basketball coach is preparing for the game. The actual sport is up to muscle and cardio endurance and the athlete's twitch response. It usually means the winning team is the one that can make the game more routine, as in having a good muscle memory for shots and just generally knowing what to do as the situation presents itself. Because of this I think that a coach should be judged on how prepared the team is when they get on the court, ie their physical condition and general basketball intelligence, and then after that it's really just up to managing substitutions, calling time outs, calling the occasional play or two, shouting encouragement, and realizing good and bad matchups. Kerr's team has the best record in a way harder conference. He's being discounted because the quality of the roster but he definitely has a hand in the quality.
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Apr 1, 2015 21:03
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The Glumslinger posted:Portland's proposal for a new stadium was approved: I kinda hate april fools but Basketball under the lights of a stadium like that would be the coolest loving thing.,
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Apr 1, 2015 21:07
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Kerr isn't overrated, Gentry is underrated as his assistant who built this offense into the beautiful thing that it is now. Because unlike Jackson, Kerr doesn't go NO I'M THE HEAD COACH AND WE PLAY THE WAY I WANT TO AND gently caress THE PEOPLE I HIRED TO HELP ME WITH MY JOB CAUSE JESUS TOLD ME WE NEED MORE ISO PLAYS Also Kerr has done a great job of managing a deep rotation and keeping all the role players ready / involved, spending his whole career as a role player probably helps a lot with that.
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Apr 1, 2015 21:13
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Lockback posted:Why do people in California start and end their days so late? It goes hand in hand with traffic. And possibly medicinal marijuana.
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Apr 1, 2015 21:14
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Kerr has been good but it's hard to tell how much of their success is from him being Steve Kerr and how much is from him being Not Mark Jackson.
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Apr 1, 2015 21:15
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Terry Glenn posted:Mmm, yeah, KD. I believe that. He's staying in OKC. I'm not sold on Durant having to go to DC for the Wiz to have a future anymore. They have a young, talented back court and are a piece away from being a team to be taken seriously. It doesn't have to be Durant.
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Apr 1, 2015 21:15
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Tonight's Dallas at OKC game should be very important to both teams. Monta Ellis and JJ Barea are both probable to play. I expect Adams to throw at least one dirty elbow and cause someone on the Mavs to get a tech.
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Apr 1, 2015 21:27
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quote:With Monroe sidelined by a right knee strain for the past eight games, the Pistons have gone 6-2, snapping a 10-game losing streak that put the final nail in their postseason aspirations. Both Jackson and third-year center Andre Drummond have thrived in that span, the former averaging 21.3 points on 50.4% shooting, 11.4 assists and 6.4 rebounds, while the latter is averaging 18.5 points on 56.5% shooting, 14.4 rebounds and 2.1 blocks. And their sublime performances sans Monroe appear to be no coincidence. http://bballbreakdown.com/2015/03/31/is-greg-monroe-a-good-long-term-fit-with-the-detroit-pistons/ The Pistons blogs think Monroe is possibly the best power forward in the history of the NBA and I disagree with them!
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Apr 1, 2015 21:37
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Alfred P. Pseudonym posted:Kerr has been good but it's hard to tell how much of their success is from him being Steve Kerr and how much is from him being Not Mark Jackson. Kerr is way better than people give him credit for but you're not wrong in that he's brought in great bench coaches and hasn't fired them in front of the whole team at practice. While being blackmailed by his mistress.
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Apr 1, 2015 21:40
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The Glumslinger posted:Honestly, the best thing they could do to improve the fans in the first quarter would be to move the start of the games to 8:00PM. Then people would actually have a better chance to get to Staples Center after work and be on time Yeah but the more troubling thing is that the fan base is still weak compared to other teams. We lack die hard fans that show up and scream at opposing teams. The current fans are too nonchalant. It'sIs been a couple years since I've been to a Clippers game but when I did go, it's always felt like there were way too many fans from opposing teams.
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Apr 1, 2015 21:40
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Dejan Bimble posted:http://bballbreakdown.com/2015/03/31/is-greg-monroe-a-good-long-term-fit-with-the-detroit-pistons/ How do you feel about Reggie Jackson now? Just curious if your opinion has changed.
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Apr 1, 2015 21:42
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glowing-fish posted:Right, but even if New York was producing a lot of good basketball players, that would only be expected. Given its large population and that there is going to be more facilities, coachers and trainers, and the fact that there is always places to practice, it would make sense for New York City to be producing 10-20% of the NBA's players. So even if 4 or 5 NBA All-Stars were from NYC, that would still only be at par. There are 17 active players in the NBA that went to high school in NYC. The best one is Kemba Walker.
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danucleus posted:Yeah but the more troubling thing is that the fan base is still weak compared to other teams. We lack die hard fans that show up and scream at opposing teams. The current fans are too nonchalant. That's to be expected of a team without a history of success and/or consistent popularity. Never go to a game when the opposing team is the Lakers, Bulls, or Knicks. Those teams always seem to bring in the largest Away Team crowds.
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Apr 1, 2015 21:55
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danucleus posted:Yeah but the more troubling thing is that the fan base is still weak compared to other teams. We lack die hard fans that show up and scream at opposing teams. The current fans are too nonchalant. Clippers games that I've been too seem like mostly families and kids who wanted to watch basketball but didn't want to pay for Laker tickets, so that might be some of it. If they're good for a decent stretch you'll probably get more die hards.
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Apr 1, 2015 21:58
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Clippers were horribly managed from a fan-engagement perspective under Sterling. I dunno if its better, but it usually takes years for new strategies to get people dedicated to start panning out.
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NBA Eugenics News featuring Russell Westbrook quote:He met his fiancée, Nina Earl, when she too played basketball at UCLA It's a real shame Spencer Dinwiddie was hurt last night, he's looked really good. It's pretty painful to watch Thabo Sefolosha miss layups that 95% of the NBA could make. His hands are like Omer Asik or Tony Allen hands. Terry Glenn posted:How do you feel about Reggie Jackson now? Just curious if your opinion has changed. He's looked a little bit better. He still can't defend anyone, although he's trying a bit harder which leads to posseessions where he jumps around like a little kid. His shooting has improved a lot and he's been taking smarter shots. You could say his passing has improved but the 1 in 4 out offense just makes his job so much easier, there's almost always a shooter who's open. He's still not a great finisher but he's had clearer driving lanes which has led to him converting more shots. I've noticed that his freakishly long arms allow him to corral tipped away balls more than an average player, and to pass around double teams the way other humans wouldn't be able to. I still don't like him, but he's probably the best pg they have a chance of signing this offseason, unless they somehow move up to the 2nd pick in the draft and get Mudiay. It's a real shame about Brandon.
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Apr 1, 2015 22:02
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Kibner posted:That's to be expected of a team without a history of success and/or consistent popularity. Those teams and the Celtics. The absolute craziest I've ever heard the crowd cheer for a non-Maverick at the AAC was for Jeremy Lin during the middle of Linsanity. A lot of the fans were Asians in Mavs gear that cheered for both the Mavs and Lin. I really wish I could have gone to a game in MSG during Linsanity.
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BIZORT posted:Curry has to be the most liked player in the league by fans at this point, right? if you ask "most liked" instead of "most popular" and correctly remember that most fans are very apathetic over anyone who's not an all-star (and no lovely east coast all-stars either, sorry the entire hawks starting 5), i think it's plausible since no one really hates curry except for his dumb appearance while there are definitely people who think lebron and durant are overrated or cocky or w/e who are we kidding, it's still kobe
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Spacebump posted:Those teams and the Celtics. The absolute craziest I've ever heard the crowd cheer for a non-Maverick at the AAC was for Jeremy Lin during the middle of Linsanity. A lot of the fans were Asians in Mavs gear that cheered for both the Mavs and Lin. I really wish I could have gone to a game in MSG during Linsanity. I was debating on including the Celtics. I probably should have because the few times people have expressed going to games was because they were Celtics, Bulls, or Lakers fans. 
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BREAKING!!!! The Sacramento Kings are planning to sign Sim Bhullar to a 10-day contract this week, according to league sources, which would establish the 7-foot-5 center as the first player of Indian descent in league history. In LeBron coaching the team news, Blatt has made a comment: "We have sets that we know what we're going to use going in. You know, we have a package that we're going to use going in and at times, according to the flow of the game, somebody may call out a play. I don't think that's unusual." Personally I want to claim that LeBron is the MVP, Coach of the Year, and GM of the Year, so I choose to believe LeBron calls all the plays and shoves Blatt out of huddles.
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Dejan Bimble posted:http://bballbreakdown.com/2015/03/31/is-greg-monroe-a-good-long-term-fit-with-the-detroit-pistons/ He's doing the numbers weird and it's not good numbers to compare individual lineups to other team's whole team. There's plenty of 2-man-minus-one-guy combinations that're way better than team averages, y'know, half or more of the best team's average is going to be higher than the team's average. The best 5 man lineup in the NBA has almost certainly been either Irving, Smith, James, Love and Mozgov who're +21.5 per 100p in 441 minutes or Curry, Thompson, Iguodala, Green and Bogut who're +24.8 on 160 minutes together The Piston's best five man lineup with significant minutes this season has maybe been KCP, Drummond, Monroe, Jennings and Singler
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Illinois Smith posted:Kerr isn't overrated, Gentry is underrated as his assistant who built this offense into the beautiful thing that it is now. Because unlike Jackson, Kerr doesn't go NO I'M THE HEAD COACH AND WE PLAY THE WAY I WANT TO AND gently caress THE PEOPLE I HIRED TO HELP ME WITH MY JOB CAUSE JESUS TOLD ME WE NEED MORE ISO PLAYS I really believe Kerr succeeds and will continue to succeed because unlike Jackson he isn't totally full of himself. Kerr doesn't believe he is a "born leader", and I am more than happy to admit that I was totally wrong about him. The lesson, as always, is: gently caress Mark Jackson.
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Paul Zuvella posted:There are 17 active players in the NBA that went to high school in NYC. edit: I know I missed Team [State] chat, but I just thought this was really funny. Who'd win??? Team NYC (8.4m population) Kemba Walker Ben Gordon Lance Stephenson Metta World Peace (currently in Italy, but we're desperate here) Kyle O'Quinn Team Iowa (3.1m population): Kirk Hinrich Kyle Korver Doug McDermott Harrison Barnes Nick Collison If we're excluding New Jersey, then NYC is only the five boroughs so no Long Island. I am not entirely positive there are five active NBA NYC players, let alone 17. got some chores tonight fucked around with this message at 23:08 on Apr 1, 2015 |
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dongsbot 9000 posted:Who'd win??? Team Louisiana (4.65 million) aka the Power Forward State Elfrid Payton / Langston Galloway Marcus Thornton / Elijah Millsap / Markel Brown Danny Granger / Garrett Temple Paul Millsap / Brandon Bass / Tyrus Thomas Greg Monroe / Glenn Davis I'm trying to imagine how this theoretical team would even play. It would be terrible defensively, but what about the offense?
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Team Missouri (AKA the late lottery state) Coach: Tyronn Lue Alec Burks Bradley Beal Otto Porter David Lee Tyler Hansbrough Sixth man: Tolliver
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Alaska's State Team: Mario Chalmers. (also Carlos Boozer went to High School there for a while I think he was a military kid but otherwise it's only Mario on a gigantic island by himself)
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Jack's Flow posted:I really believe Kerr succeeds and will continue to succeed because unlike Jackson he isn't totally full of himself. Kerr doesn't believe he is a "born leader", and I am more than happy to admit that I was totally wrong about him. The lesson, as always, is: gently caress Mark Jackson. This is the best lesson to learn over and over. It's just too bad NBA teams and ESPN can't seem to loving learn in.
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EvanTH posted:Alaska's State Team: I think this is what most of us have been using: http://www.basketball-reference.com/friv/high_schools.cgi e: Hot Rod Williams is the only player from my home town.
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Hot Rod "John" WilliamsKibner posted:I think this is what most of us have been using: http://www.basketball-reference.com/friv/high_schools.cgi Born In is still Mario's Island tho': http://www.basketball-reference.com/friv/birthplaces.cgi?country=US&state=AK It must have been so lonely playing basketball by himself in the blizzard, his team of strong sled dogs cleaning the boards
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