NBA Playoffs 2016-17 G/V: The Playoffs Are A Band Metaphor Now

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

MourningView posted:

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

When you can draft yourself a slim boris diaw 1st overall, you do it

# ? Oct 28, 2016 10:40

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nachos: Jun 27, 2004; Wario Chalmers! WAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

Lessail posted:

We were right lmao

Everyone here knew he was shook years ago when he got that tattoo on his chest or wherever that was entirely covered by a jersey

# ? Oct 28, 2016 11:03

euphronius: Feb 18, 2009

Whether or not Simmons actually is a star is irrelevant to whether the process worked. The point was to get players like Simmons (consensus 1.1s). Process is over. It worked.

Now it's player development and injury luck and finding supporting players. But that is different and normal and mundane . That can still fail.

# ? Oct 28, 2016 11:18

a new study bible!: Feb 2, 2009; BIG DICK NICK
A Philadelphia Legend
Fly Eagles Fly

Please remind me that the process worked after our 4th straight year of 2nd round playoff exits.

Also lol at KD.

# ? Oct 28, 2016 12:08

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.

WhyteRyce posted:

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

Kick it every time you see it.

$7 per hour. That's what the company plans to charge for it and they're growing quickly.

# ? Oct 28, 2016 13:01

ElPedro: Apr 22, 2008

Spacebump posted:

If the Mavs had paid Parsons instead of Barnes, they would have been blown out instead of losing in OT. Barnes had a good but not great game and his basket to send it to OT was sweet. I like how Parsons plays but it should be troubling that he is on a max deal and went from could be back in round 2 of the playoffs to missing opening night months later.

A bit late on my reply, but thanks for the insight.

Yeah Parsons have really had some bad injury luck and it could be pretty cool if Barnes panned out.

It might be the angle/lighting, but man Rondo looks more buff than usual:

# ? Oct 28, 2016 13:14

Rick: Feb 23, 2004; When I was 17, my father was so stupid, I didn't want to be seen with him in public. When I was 24, I was amazed at how much the old man had learned in just 7 years.

I present to you, the best written sports story ever: http://www.hngn.com/articles/214158/20161028/nba-trade-rumors-la-lakers-brandon-ingram-philadelphia-76ers-nerlens.htm

# ? Oct 28, 2016 13:28

Declan MacManus: Sep 1, 2011; damn i'm really in this bitch

Kevin Durant reads almost everything he can that's posted about him on the internet; it feeds into his perpetual shookness

euphronius posted:

Whether or not Simmons actually is a star is irrelevant to whether the process worked. The point was to get players like Simmons (consensus 1.1s). Process is over. It worked.

Now it's player development and injury luck and finding supporting players. But that is different and normal and mundane . That can still fail.

The process is to create a winning team so no, hasn't worked yet

# ? Oct 28, 2016 13:31

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

Its been fun ragging on the Warriors but holy poo poo I am glad I am not the Pelicans today.

Rick posted:

I present to you, the best written sports story ever: http://www.hngn.com/articles/214158/20161028/nba-trade-rumors-la-lakers-brandon-ingram-philadelphia-76ers-nerlens.htm

Star Player. They use that phrase but I am not sure they know what it means.

# ? Oct 28, 2016 13:32

Bashez: Jul 19, 2004

Obviously it's only two games but I'm pretty concerned with Aldridge. His defensive effort seems pretty spotty at best. Gasol hasn't been good defensively but I expect him to improve, it seems like he's having a lot of communication issues. Aldridge just looks lazy at times.

That's my hot take. He's going to be traded for AD and the Spurs aren't going to lose another game.

# ? Oct 28, 2016 13:46

a new study bible!: Feb 2, 2009; BIG DICK NICK
A Philadelphia Legend
Fly Eagles Fly

Rick posted:

I present to you, the best written sports story ever: http://www.hngn.com/articles/214158/20161028/nba-trade-rumors-la-lakers-brandon-ingram-philadelphia-76ers-nerlens.htm

That website tried to break my phone.

# ? Oct 28, 2016 13:51

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

Papercut posted:

This is news to no one, but Evan Turner is loving trash.

That signing is the primary reason I picked them to miss the playoffs

# ? Oct 28, 2016 14:06

straight up brolic: Jan 31, 2007; After all, I was nice in ball,
Came to practice weed scented
Report card like the speed limit

Bashez posted:

Obviously it's only two games but I'm pretty concerned with Aldridge. His defensive effort seems pretty spotty at best. Gasol hasn't been good defensively but I expect him to improve, it seems like he's having a lot of communication issues. Aldridge just looks lazy at times.

That's my hot take. He's going to be traded for AD and the Spurs aren't going to lose another game.

Aldridge was great against the Warriors on the boards

# ? Oct 28, 2016 14:15

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.

Rick posted:

I present to you, the best written sports story ever: http://www.hngn.com/articles/214158/20161028/nba-trade-rumors-la-lakers-brandon-ingram-philadelphia-76ers-nerlens.htm

Don't click on this. Had to restart my phone.

# ? Oct 28, 2016 14:31

zelah: Dec 1, 2004; Diabetes, you are not invited to my pizza party.

Papercut posted:

This is news to no one, but Evan Turner is loving trash.

I'm not thrilled! Kept hearing oh he'a a good ball handler he's a good shooter inside the arc. Where? When?

zelah fucked around with this message at 14:58 on Oct 28, 2016

# ? Oct 28, 2016 14:33

straight up brolic: Jan 31, 2007; After all, I was nice in ball,
Came to practice weed scented
Report card like the speed limit

zelah posted:

I'm not thrilled! Kept hearing oh he'a a good all handler he's a good shooter inside the arc. Where? When?

meh, I'm not a fan but missing wide open 15 footers will smooth out. He's ok.

# ? Oct 28, 2016 14:33

a new study bible!: Feb 2, 2009; BIG DICK NICK
A Philadelphia Legend
Fly Eagles Fly

Rick posted:

I present to you, the best written sports story ever: http://www.hngn.com/articles/214158/20161028/nba-trade-rumors-la-lakers-brandon-ingram-philadelphia-76ers-nerlens.htm

The suggestion is that the Lakers trade Brandon Ingram for Nerlens Noel.

# ? Oct 28, 2016 14:35

Henchman of Santa: Aug 21, 2010

Dejan Bimble posted:

When you can draft yourself a slim boris diaw 1st overall, you do it

Boris has a jumper though

# ? Oct 28, 2016 14:38

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

Redgrendel2001 posted:

Don't click on this. Had to restart my phone.

the website is called hngn because that's the noise your processor makes before it dies

# ? Oct 28, 2016 14:47

Jota: May 6, 2003; uga-booga uga-booga

a new study bible! posted:

Please remind me that the process worked after our 4th straight year of 2nd round playoff exits.

Also lol at KD.

Please do not bring this TFF poo poo to the NBA threads

Papercut posted:

This is news to no one, but Evan Turner is loving trash.

Namaste. He's a trash rear end piece of poo poo with a stupid voice and he looks like sam cassell hosed a horse and i hate him

preemptive "that's a mirror"

# ? Oct 28, 2016 14:48

boxcarhobo: Jun 23, 2005

Zogo posted:

code:

Kevin Durant is shook:

		Votes	Percentage
Agree		  107	100%
Disagree	    0   0%

perfect

# ? Oct 28, 2016 14:50

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

Bashez posted:

Obviously it's only two games but I'm pretty concerned with Aldridge. His defensive effort seems pretty spotty at best. Gasol hasn't been good defensively but I expect him to improve, it seems like he's having a lot of communication issues. Aldridge just looks lazy at times.

That's my hot take. He's going to be traded for AD and the Spurs aren't going to lose another game.

Aldrige is a sneaky good defender. He isn't going to coming leaping in on the weak side or anything but he rebounds really well, he doesn't commit fouls (a hugely underrated aspect to defending) and he generally keeps position. He is a good "Bend, don't break" defender. That said, I do think the Spurs frontcourt will suffer against teams that move the ball and try to make opposing frontcourts stay super mobile. In theory when both Kawhi and Green are out there it should be fine.

Aldridge's DRPM has always been good (not great, but good) even before he landed on the Spurs.

# ? Oct 28, 2016 14:50

Jack's Flow: Jun 6, 2003; Life, friends, is boring

Jota posted:

Namaste. He's a trash rear end piece of poo poo with a stupid voice and he looks like sam cassell hosed a horse and i hate him

preemptive "that's a mirror"

I get it. I feel exactly like that about Mike Dunleavy Jr.

# ? Oct 28, 2016 15:03

Salvor_Hardin: Sep 13, 2005; I want to go protest.; Nap Ghost

Papercut posted:

This is news to no one, but Evan Turner is loving trash.

Gerald Green has basically perfectly slotted into his 6-man shot creator role on the Celtics for a fraction of the price.

# ? Oct 28, 2016 15:10

straight up brolic: Jan 31, 2007; After all, I was nice in ball,
Came to practice weed scented
Report card like the speed limit

https://twitter.com/barstoolsports/status/791998177511608320

Warding off demons

# ? Oct 28, 2016 15:18

Bismack Billabongo: Oct 9, 2012; New Love Glow

attackmole posted:

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

What you are describing is a Thizz Face.

# ? Oct 28, 2016 15:19

MourningView: Sep 2, 2006; Is this Heaven?

euphronius posted:

Whether or not Simmons actually is a star is irrelevant to whether the process worked. The point was to get players like Simmons (consensus 1.1s). Process is over. It worked.

Now it's player development and injury luck and finding supporting players. But that is different and normal and mundane . That can still fail.

"Consensus" is kinda pushing it. He was consensus top 2 in a draft no one liked. And also that other stuff is important! One of the criticism of The Process is that it can "work" in the "getting high draft picks" sense without actually working in terms of "getting great players who contribute to a winning team" sense, which is presumably the actual goal

MourningView fucked around with this message at 15:26 on Oct 28, 2016

# ? Oct 28, 2016 15:22

ragle: Nov 1, 2009

straight up brolic posted:

https://twitter.com/barstoolsports/status/791998177511608320

Warding off demons

quote:

If there�s one thing that the Cavaliers don�t need right now, it would be an easy distraction

LeBron, it's only October, let TT have his fun until the playoffs

# ? Oct 28, 2016 15:25

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

Scene: ORACLE ARENA

KEVIN DURANT stands alone in the media room, at the podium.

KEVIN DURANT: Okay, next question

Durant points to an empty chair.

DURANT: What can I do for you?

Durant pretends to listen intently, nodding head, rubbing chin. Suddenly, his eyes widen and he steels his expression

DURANT: What?! What did you say? I'm not shook YOU'RE SHOOK

Durant angrily kicks over the podium and storms off.

# ? Oct 28, 2016 16:00

euphronius: Feb 18, 2009

MourningView posted:

"Consensus" is kinda pushing it. He was consensus top 2 in a draft no one liked. And also that other stuff is important! One of the criticism of The Process is that it can "work" in the "getting high draft picks" sense without actually working in terms of "getting great players who contribute to a winning team" sense, which is presumably the actual goal

The goal of every team is to win .
The goal to the process was how to transform the roster that was garbage post Bynum into one with superstar assets ( because super stars win in the NBA). This is what happened. Whether they actually turn into superstars is just regular team building .

The Sixers are a normal team now.

# ? Oct 28, 2016 16:03

Shear Modulus: Jun 9, 2010

Spoeank posted:

Scene: ORACLE ARENA

KEVIN DURANT stands alone in the media room, at the podium.

KEVIN DURANT: Okay, next question

Durant points to an empty chair.

DURANT: What can I do for you?

Durant pretends to listen intently, nodding head, rubbing chin. Suddenly, his eyes widen and he steels his expression

DURANT: What?! What did you say? I'm not shook YOU'RE SHOOK

Durant angrily kicks over the podium and storms off.

"im not shook! im not shook!" i continue to insist as i slowly shrink and transform into a corn cob

# ? Oct 28, 2016 16:36

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

euphronius posted:

The goal of every team is to win .
The goal to the process was how to transform the roster that was garbage post Bynum into one with superstar assets ( because super stars win in the NBA). This is what happened. Whether they actually turn into superstars is just regular team building .

The Sixers are a normal team now.

I feel like people are arguing in circles. Obviously "The Process" was an attempt to get high draft picks and keep as many players early on rookie contracts as possible. I think, also obviously, other GMs probably won't do it again because for better or worse Hinkie lost his job.

It's a thing they did, I think they are pretty happy with where they are now, I don't think anyone is going to do it again because GMs like their jobs.

# ? Oct 28, 2016 16:55

Fast Luck: Feb 2, 1988

tanglewood1420 posted:

Philly is definitely going to get something of value for Noel in February, unless his surgery rehab goes seriously wrong and he isn't healthy.

Okafor would have teams interested in him for sure but unless someone offers a high lottery pick there's really no point in Philly moving him yet, he could still be really good.

If Philly took Porzingis instead of Okafor in 2015 draft then Hinke probably still has his job.

No, because he didn't get pushed out because the pieces didn't fit. He got pushed out because parts of ownership got shook and the league applied pressure. Porzingis would've been a really really good fit to have, but from what I've heard ownership actually was against picking him although Hinkie was interested.

I got my bro a shirt that had a bust of Hinkie on it and said "2013-2016" on it and he got to wear it to the game for Embiid's debut where everyone high fived and celebrated over Embiid, Simmons, the Process, and Sam Hinkie.

# ? Oct 28, 2016 17:10

Bashez: Jul 19, 2004

Lockback posted:

Aldrige is a sneaky good defender. He isn't going to coming leaping in on the weak side or anything but he rebounds really well, he doesn't commit fouls (a hugely underrated aspect to defending) and he generally keeps position. He is a good "Bend, don't break" defender. That said, I do think the Spurs frontcourt will suffer against teams that move the ball and try to make opposing frontcourts stay super mobile. In theory when both Kawhi and Green are out there it should be fine.

Aldridge's DRPM has always been good (not great, but good) even before he landed on the Spurs.

I really liked Aldridge last year defensively. This is probably just a bunch of premature stuff but he just doesn't look as focused right now. Lee has been pretty surprising, actually. I know I'm just blowing a tiny sample size out of proportion.

Pretty happy with Kyle Anderson's play too.

I'm hoping the Spurs just had a little come down versus the Kings because they did not look particularly good.

# ? Oct 28, 2016 17:26

Strawberry Panda: Nov 4, 2007; Breakfast Defecting, Slow Dick Touching, Root Beer Barreling SwagVP

Fast Luck posted:

No, because he didn't get pushed out because the pieces didn't fit. He got pushed out because parts of ownership got shook and the league applied pressure. Porzingis would've been a really really good fit to have, but from what I've heard ownership actually was against picking him although Hinkie was interested.

I got my bro a shirt that had a bust of Hinkie on it and said "2013-2016" on it and he got to wear it to the game for Embiid's debut where everyone high fived and celebrated over Embiid, Simmons, the Process, and Sam Hinkie.

Zingis avoided the 76ers like LeBron's avoiding Khloe Kardashian.

# ? Oct 28, 2016 17:27

Declan MacManus: Sep 1, 2011; damn i'm really in this bitch

euphronius posted:

The goal of every team is to win .
The goal to the process was how to transform the roster that was garbage post Bynum into one with superstar assets ( because super stars win in the NBA). This is what happened. Whether they actually turn into superstars is just regular team building .

The Sixers are a normal team now.

They were a normal team before they Kafka'd themseves into a joke for four seasons. It doesn't take that long to rebuild

# ? Oct 28, 2016 17:33

Henchman of Santa: Aug 21, 2010

euphronius posted:

The goal of every team is to win .
The goal to the process was how to transform the roster that was garbage post Bynum into one with superstar assets ( because super stars win in the NBA). This is what happened. Whether they actually turn into superstars is just regular team building .

The Sixers are a normal team now.

So they obliterated a normal team for four years so that they could once again become a normal team but with slightly more potential. Congratu-loving-lations.

# ? Oct 28, 2016 17:38