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Lockback
Sep 3, 2006

All days are nights to see till I see thee; and nights bright days when dreams do show me thee.
They had more alphas.

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straight up brolic
Jan 31, 2007

After all, I was nice in ball,
Came to practice weed scented
Report card like the speed limit

:homebrew::homebrew::homebrew:

Spacebump posted:

I missed the Celtics/Alphas game. How did the three Alphas win?
um being alpha

xbilkis
Apr 11, 2005

god qb
me
jay hova
He wasn't looking for a joke answer you guys

They won, naturally, on the back of the outstanding three point shooting of Dwyane Wade and Jimmy Butler

Niwrad
Jul 1, 2008


I am in the crowd yelling "THE THREE ALPHAS" after that play.

chunkles
Aug 14, 2005

i am completely immersed in darkness
as i turn my body away from the sun
they won because wade made 4 threes.

chunkles
Aug 14, 2005

i am completely immersed in darkness
as i turn my body away from the sun
Away from the stifling and dictatorial influence of Erik Spoelstra, Wade finally becomes the three point shooter he was meant to be all along,

Tae
Oct 24, 2010

Hello? Can you hear me? ...Perhaps if I shout? AAAAAAAAAH!
Butler, Wade, Rondo, and MCW combined for 10/15 3-point shooting

(Also they out-rebounded the Celtics 55-36)

WhyteRyce
Dec 30, 2001

The local radio broadcast gets transcribed into a screen in the arena here so you don't have to be one of those goobers who wears radio headphones to the game

Spacebump
Dec 24, 2003

Dallas Mavericks: Generations

Tae posted:

Butler, Wade, Rondo, and MCW combined for 10/15 3-point shooting

(Also they out-rebounded the Celtics 55-36)

Rondo, Butler, Wade, and MCW are all shooting 3s significantly than Wes Matthews. I would have been ok with Butler or MCW but Wade and Rondo also? Turns out Hoiberg's offense is amazing after all. Good thing he doesn't have to worry about running into Playoff Wittman.

Niwrad
Jul 1, 2008

Gar Forman's vision of building a team for 80's era NBA and Fred Hoiberg's offense centering around bad 3-point shooters chucking up threes at the end of the shot clock has prevailed tonight.

Also Isaiah Canaan sliding right into that Tony Snell role.

xbilkis
Apr 11, 2005

god qb
me
jay hova
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyF5CyaVejk

In addition to being generally adorable, this is a video in which a very small child has to instruct Doug McDermott not to eat the wax coating on a Babybel cheese wheel

The Glumslinger
Sep 24, 2008

Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?


Hair Elf

Libertine posted:

Swift is one of the all time saddest NBA career arcs

Agreed

I think I remember watching the game where he tore his ACL

Man, the 2000s were a wasteland of bigs. Right now, Oden and Bynum should be dominating the league, while Yao is getting a going away party that would make Kobe blush

CharlieFoxtrot
Mar 27, 2007

organize digital employees



A relegation system would stop tanking.

chunkles
Aug 14, 2005

i am completely immersed in darkness
as i turn my body away from the sun
Players would never go for it. The hotel/strip club selection in Fort Wayne is extremely wanting

Metapod
Mar 18, 2012
Please be good Sacramento for boogies sake

CRISPYBABY
Dec 15, 2007

by Reene

I love it when people mean mug so hard they look like they're sniffing a nasty fart.

boxcarhobo
Jun 23, 2005

Tae posted:

Butler, Wade, Rondo, and MCW combined for 10/15 3-point shooting

(Also they out-rebounded the Celtics 55-36)

Man, I love the first week of the season

Redgrendel2001
Sep 1, 2006

you literally think a person saying their NBA team of choice being better than the fucking 76ers is a 'schtick'

a literal thing you think.

euphronius posted:

Wait , straight up Brolic? Man you are a legendary hater.

Yeah, don't even try.

Jota posted:

Hinkie was right. If Joel Embiid ever met you he'd spit in your loving face.

Zogo
Jul 29, 2003


It wasn't that long ago that players were allowed to jump into the stands, attack fans and then go back into the game like nothing happened. If RW did that now he'd be sued and suspended for the year.

Tae posted:

Butler, Wade, Rondo, and MCW combined for 10/15 3-point shooting

(Also they out-rebounded the Celtics 55-36)

Bulls Alpha quadrumvirate with a historic debut. 81 more games of this!

a new study bible! posted:

Yeah Philly isn't and won't be good for years still. It's also a pretty damning statement on the game that the only way to contend for a title is to at least win a superstar in the lottery.

NBA is still cool though.

Lakers are not subject to that general rule.

Why is that damning?

Dexo
Aug 15, 2009

A city that was to live by night after the wilderness had passed. A city that was to forge out of steel and blood-red neon its own peculiar wilderness.
KD has reached a new never before seen level of shookness. And it's only game one :laffo:

https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/791858809249509376

Dexo fucked around with this message at 06:02 on Oct 28, 2016

Henchman of Santa
Aug 21, 2010

Dexo posted:

KD has reached a new never before seen level of shookness. And it's only game one :laffo:

https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/791858809249509376



Hahahahaha

chunkles
Aug 14, 2005

i am completely immersed in darkness
as i turn my body away from the sun
how would reporters even get in to interview a player during a random shootaround

e: oic. it's a post practice interview.

Errant Gin Monks
Oct 2, 2009

"Yeah..."
- Marshawn Lynch
:hawksin:
The Kings were harder to beat than the Warriors.

Go Spurs Go

Metapod
Mar 18, 2012

Dexo posted:

KD has reached a new never before seen level of shookness. And it's only game one :laffo:

https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/791858809249509376



Oh. My. God

Dexo
Aug 15, 2009

A city that was to live by night after the wilderness had passed. A city that was to forge out of steel and blood-red neon its own peculiar wilderness.

chunkles posted:

how would reporters even get in to interview a player during a random shootaround

It's almost as if he knew there would be reporters there screamed like a crazy person and wanted to get asked about afterwards.

straight up brolic
Jan 31, 2007

After all, I was nice in ball,
Came to practice weed scented
Report card like the speed limit

:homebrew::homebrew::homebrew:

Dexo posted:

It's almost as if he knew there would be reporters there screamed like a crazy person and wanted to get asked about afterwards.
NOBODY'S IN THIS ARENA RIGHT NOW!

[except you the reporter]

Errant Gin Monks
Oct 2, 2009

"Yeah..."
- Marshawn Lynch
:hawksin:

Dexo posted:

It's almost as if he knew there would be reporters there screamed like a crazy person and wanted to get asked about afterwards.

He was just pretending Westbrook was there.

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

Dexo posted:

KD has reached a new never before seen level of shookness. And it's only game one :laffo:

https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/791858809249509376



I can only picture him yelling like Will Smith at the alien in the desert in ID4 for some reason.

Zogo
Jul 29, 2003

Papercut posted:

It was and his strategy was perfectly legitimate. Philly has a much better chance of being a top-4 seed in the next few years than bad teams who chased mediocre trade and free agency targets and are still just bad, like Sacramento or Phoenix.

The Kings and Suns play in a tougher conference but even if they were moved to the East I'm not seeing any strong evidence of them jumping to the top of the conference.

All this 76ers hype is insane now that Embiid has played (and lost) one game. Let's not forget they had a -10 SRS last year. It'll be hard for any players to turn that around quickly.

a new study bible! posted:

The NBA has always been that way though so it doesn't matter unless they created a cool system for distributing draft picks. Give the championship winner pick 30, the worst team in the league pick 29, the championship runner up pick 28, second worse 27, and so on.

Some sort of bell curve model where the teams that are right on the cusp of the playoffs get the best picks would be cool and rad. It would also force the worst teams to get better in free agency before they could start getting decent picks. Maybe that would kill all the small market teams, but it wouldn't be different from how it currently is.

That will consign the worst NBA teams to be awful for eternity and assure no FAs will want to sign there either.

Zogo
Jul 29, 2003

Here are some of the results from the 107 voters. I should post more results within the next two weeks.


code:
Which team finishes with the best record?

		Votes	Percentage
Warriors	95	88.8%
Spurs 		8	7.5%
Cavaliers	3	2.8%
Celtics		1	0.9%


Which team finishes with the worst record?

		Votes	Percentage
Nets		48	45.0%
76ers		25	23.4%
Lakers		12	11.2%
Heat		6	5.6%
Suns		6	5.6%
Kings		5	4.7%
Bulls		1	0.9%
Magic		1	0.9%
Thunder		1	0.9%
Timberwolves	1	0.9%
Wizards		1	0.9%


Which team will have the largest win swing this season?

		Votes	Percentage
Timberwolves	47	44.0%
76ers		16	15.0%
Jazz		9	8.4%
Knicks		8	7.5%
Pelicans	8	7.5%
Lakers		3	2.8%
Rockets		3	2.8%
Bucks		2	1.9%
Celtics		1	0.9%
Clippers	1	0.9%
Grizzlies	1	0.9%
Hornets		1	0.9%
Kings		1	0.9%
Magic		1	0.9%
Nuggets		1	0.9%
Pacers		1	0.9%
Pistons		1	0.9%
Thunder		1	0.9%
Trail Blazers	1	0.9%


Which team will have the largest loss swing this season?

		Votes	Percentage

Heat		45	42.1%
Thunder		27	25.2%
Hawks		5	4.7%
Spurs		5	4.7%
Bulls		3	2.8%
Grizzlies	3	2.8%
Warriors	3	2.8%
Mavericks	2	1.9%
Pacers		2	1.9%
Raptors		2	1.9%
Trail Blazers	2	1.9%
76ers		1	0.9%
Bucks		1	0.9%
Celtics		1	0.9%
Jazz		1	0.9%
Knicks		1	0.9%
Magic		1	0.9%
Pelicans	1	0.9%
Wizards		1	0.9%


LeBron James will play in the 2017 NBA finals (seven consecutive seasons):

		Votes	Percentage
Agree		98	91.6%  (exact same % as last year)
Disagree	9	8.4%


Stephen Curry will win the 2017 Kia MVP award (three consecutive seasons):

		Votes	Percentage
Agree		7	6.5%
Disagree	100	93.5%


Joel Embiid will log at least 1,500 minutes this season:

		Votes	Percentage
Agree		69	64.5%
Disagree	38	35.5%


The Warriors will win 70 or more games this season:

		Votes	Percentage
Agree		21	19.6%
Disagree	86	80.4%

Dexo posted:

KD has reached a new never before seen level of shookness. And it's only game one :laffo:

https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/791858809249509376


code:
Kevin Durant is shook:

		Votes	Percentage
Agree		  107	100%
Disagree	    0   0%

Zogo fucked around with this message at 06:25 on Oct 28, 2016

PantsFreeZone
May 31, 2013

by Nyc_Tattoo

Niwrad posted:

I'm pretty pumped that I got to watch the Cubs win a WS game tonight and get to see the 3 alphas in person tomorrow night. Truly a great time to be a Chicago fan.

i live a 10 minutes walk from Wrigley on Addison and i have never been on such a hot streak of bar hopping and picking up women

Friday is going to be LIT

MourningView
Sep 2, 2006


Is this Heaven?

euphronius posted:

In three years he got embiid and Simmons.

That's pretty good.

the certainty that Simmons is likely to be a star seems kinda premature imo

straight up brolic
Jan 31, 2007

After all, I was nice in ball,
Came to practice weed scented
Report card like the speed limit

:homebrew::homebrew::homebrew:

I really respect the unanimity of that shook answer

Warriors fans :tipshat:

CharlestheHammer
Jun 26, 2011

YOU SAY MY POSTS ARE THE RAVINGS OF THE DUMBEST PERSON ON GOD'S GREEN EARTH BUT YOU YOURSELF ARE READING THEM. CURIOUS!
Well i mean Euphorious is kind of a massive homer so duh.

Kibner
Oct 21, 2008

Acguy Supremacy

CharlestheHammer posted:

Well i mean Euphorious is kind of a massive homer so duh.

I like to think that I'm up there with all the other massive homers.



Speaking of, my boy Rivers did some work tonight. Watched him go on a 6-0 run against the Blazers at the end of the third! :cool:

WhyteRyce
Dec 30, 2001

I gave Knightman a swift kick tonight. A win for humanity and a loss for the Kings

Strawberry Panda
Nov 4, 2007

Breakfast Defecting, Slow Dick Touching, Root Beer Barreling SwagVP

WhyteRyce posted:

I gave Knightman a swift kick tonight. A win for humanity and a loss for the Kings

You should text that to that robot app.

Papercut
Aug 24, 2005
This is news to no one, but Evan Turner is loving trash.

lowly abject turd
Mar 23, 2009

Zogo posted:

Here are some of the results from the 107 voters. I should post more results within the next two weeks.

code:
Kevin Durant is shook:

		Votes	Percentage
Agree		  107	100%
Disagree	    0   0%

:golfclap:

please do!

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Lessail
Apr 1, 2011

:cry::cry:
tell me how vgk aren't playing like shit again
:cry::cry:
p.s. help my grapes are so sour!

Dexo posted:

KD has reached a new never before seen level of shookness. And it's only game one :laffo:

https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/791858809249509376



We were right lmao

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