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ChickenMedium
Sep 2, 2001
Forum Veteran And Professor Emeritus of Condiment Studies

The Duggler posted:

I'm always amazed how well Bron handles these kind of things. Perfect answers to the obvious bait questions

I love that he seems to realize that he's already got more money than his grandchildren will ever be able to spend so he doesn't need to Jordan it up like a bitchass and can just say/do what the gently caress he wants to.

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Spacebump
Dec 24, 2003

Dallas Mavericks: Generations
https://twitter.com/DanWoikeSports/status/796530940189220872
Well, the coach who isn't ok with a gay ref is down with Trump.

Clippers are probably going to win this season. We are in a trend of improbable things happening.

Spacebump fucked around with this message at 20:48 on Nov 11, 2016

Kibner
Oct 21, 2008

Acguy Supremacy
I'd totally be down for Austin "NBA Champion" Rivers.

Ditto for CP3.

chunkles
Aug 14, 2005

i am completely immersed in darkness
as i turn my body away from the sun

Kibner posted:

I'd totally be down for Austin "NBA Champion" Rivers.

Ditto for CP3.

You'll have to go through the Rockets first :colbert:

although it probably won't be very hard this time because they aren't very good :catbert:

e: This game still haunts my nightmares: http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/201201040LAC.html Pretty sure the next LAC-HOU meeting will go similarly, maybe some Harden heroics will make it not so one sided

Intruder
Mar 5, 2003

I got a taste for blown saves
That Rockets roster was a crime against the sport

chunkles
Aug 14, 2005

i am completely immersed in darkness
as i turn my body away from the sun
Adelman could have coached them to the 8 seed, I will believe this to the grave

I also hated that 2k kept rating Williams higher than Parsons and starting him at the SF spot even though McHale started Parsons from like game 10

Terrence Williams plays basketball in Venezuela now

chunkles fucked around with this message at 21:15 on Nov 11, 2016

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:

Terrence Williams was sooooo good in 2k tho

chunkles
Aug 14, 2005

i am completely immersed in darkness
as i turn my body away from the sun
Theory: Corey Brewer is a warlock who hexes each coach he plays for

https://twitter.com/calvinwatkins/status/797155576971071493

36 FG%, 14% 3P

Beverley could be practicing next week. Please let it be true

Lockback
Sep 3, 2006

All days are nights to see till I see thee; and nights bright days when dreams do show me thee.
Corey Brewer never stops running around while he is on the court but I think coaches mistake that for active defense or something. In reality Corey Brewer is not so much an active perimeter defender but an over excited golden retriever puppy who is really good at leak outs.

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.

Lockback posted:

Corey Brewer never stops running around while he is on the court but I think coaches mistake that for active defense or something. In reality Corey Brewer is not so much an active perimeter defender but an over excited golden retriever puppy who is really good at leak outs.

Tell it like it is. Brewer cherry picks more than a fat kid in a pick up game.

Tae
Oct 24, 2010

Hello? Can you hear me? ...Perhaps if I shout? AAAAAAAAAH!
Here's a super sample size of efficiency through the first 2 weeks.

Defensive Efficiency:
Top 5
-Clippers (89.3)
-Hornets (95.4)
-Hawks (95.9)
-Thunder (96.9)
-Pistons (96.9)

Keep in mind the historically good Spurs defensively last year had a def efficiency of 96.6 so the Clippers probably aren't going to keep that up.

Bottom 5
-Rockets (107.5)
-Knicks (108.5)
-Pacers (108.6)
-Magic (109)
-Celtics (112.3)

The worst def efficiency last year were the Lakers at 109 and the Celtics have been without Jae Crowder and/or Al Horford for most of the season so far.

Offensive Efficiency:
Top 5
-Warriors (111.8)
-Cavs (110.6)
-Celtics (109)
-Timberwolves (108.3)
Rockets (108)

The highest last year were the Warriors at 112.

Bottom 5
-Pelicans (98.1)
-Thunder (97.9)
-Heat (97)
-Grizzlies (97)
-76ers (92.4)

The worst off efficiency were also the 76ers last year at 96.6.

Intruder
Mar 5, 2003

I got a taste for blown saves
Brewer is a wizard at cherry picking and Harden can gun a laser to a breaking teammate on a dime so this works out I guess?

chunkles
Aug 14, 2005

i am completely immersed in darkness
as i turn my body away from the sun
Can we pull some kind of transition offense stats from SportVU? I poked around and don't see anything.

Dejan Bimble
Mar 24, 2008

we're all black friends
Plaster Town Cop

Tae posted:

Here's a super sample size of efficiency through the first 2 weeks.

Defensive Efficiency:
Top 5
-Clippers (89.3)
-Hornets (95.4)
-Hawks (95.9)
-Thunder (96.9)
-Pistons (96.9)

Keep in mind the historically good Spurs defensively last year had a def efficiency of 96.6 so the Clippers probably aren't going to keep that up.

Bottom 5
-Rockets (107.5)
-Knicks (108.5)
-Pacers (108.6)
-Magic (109)
-Celtics (112.3)

The worst def efficiency last year were the Lakers at 109 and the Celtics have been without Jae Crowder and/or Al Horford for most of the season so far.

Offensive Efficiency:
Top 5
-Warriors (111.8)
-Cavs (110.6)
-Celtics (109)
-Timberwolves (108.3)
Rockets (108)

The highest last year were the Warriors at 112.

Bottom 5
-Pelicans (98.1)
-Thunder (97.9)
-Heat (97)
-Grizzlies (97)
-76ers (92.4)

The worst off efficiency were also the 76ers last year at 96.6.
I really like seeing the pistons up there after finishing at like 18th last year. Drummond looks like a real rim protector at times and they have versatility from 2-4.

Dejan Bimble fucked around with this message at 22:11 on Nov 11, 2016

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.

Spacebump posted:

https://twitter.com/DanWoikeSports/status/796530940189220872
Well, the coach who isn't ok with a gay ref is down with Trump.

Clippers are probably going to win this season. We are in a trend of improbable things happening.

He also liked Sterling until not liking Sterling gave him complete control over the Clippers.

chunkles posted:

After retirement, Kobe stops trying to surpass Michael Jordan and takes on his next greatest idol: J.R.R. Tolkien.

e: and having Smush Parker as his point guard was his Battle of the Somme

Kobe shouldn't comepete with Tolkien, he should step up and finish the Silmarilion.

Rick fucked around with this message at 22:30 on Nov 11, 2016

kiimo
Jul 24, 2003

Came across this in my travels today. It's hilarious in retrospect.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzAoxWEj8kY

MourningView
Sep 2, 2006


Is this Heaven?
I don't know that Corey Brewer is "good" at cherry picking and leaking out as much as he is significantly more willing to do it than anyone else, regardless of the defensive consequences

Athanatos
Jun 7, 2006

Est. 1967
Is there a way to watch archived NBA League Pass games without getting spoiled trying to start the game

Spite
Jul 27, 2001

Small chance of that...
I've had multiple people tell me they don't Lebron is a very smart person.

And I'm sort of like "what the gently caress?"

He's been in the spotlight literally his whole life, and there's no dirt on him at all. He answers just about question thoughtfully.

Maybe there's no direct correlation but I've always been struct by how well he adapts. He never makes the same mistakes over and over again.

This dude didn't go to college and speaks better than many politicians.

Mr. Mambold
Feb 13, 2011

Aha. Nice post.



Spite posted:

I've had multiple people tell me they don't Lebron is a very smart person.

And I'm sort of like "what the gently caress?"

He's been in the spotlight literally his whole life, and there's no dirt on him at all. He answers just about question thoughtfully.

Maybe there's no direct correlation but I've always been struct by how well he adapts. He never makes the same mistakes over and over again.

This dude didn't go to college and speaks better than many politicians.

How about we twitter goad Trump into a game of H.O.R.S.E. with LeBron, winner takes all.

Lockback
Sep 3, 2006

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

MourningView posted:

I don't know that Corey Brewer is "good" at cherry picking and leaking out as much as he is significantly more willing to do it than anyone else, regardless of the defensive consequences

He is fast when running the floor. That's probably not a huge NBA skill without the ball or anything, but he is good at being fast. He finished in transition too, I guess.

He has a reputation for being good on defense, but I'm not sure its actually founded on anything.

Intruder
Mar 5, 2003

I got a taste for blown saves
Brewer is not good on defense

Henchman of Santa
Aug 21, 2010

Spite posted:

I've had multiple people tell me they don't Lebron is a very smart person.

And I'm sort of like "what the gently caress?"

He's been in the spotlight literally his whole life, and there's no dirt on him at all. He answers just about question thoughtfully.

Maybe there's no direct correlation but I've always been struct by how well he adapts. He never makes the same mistakes over and over again.

This dude didn't go to college and speaks better than many politicians.

He did a dumb thing six years ago and is black. What do you expect?

kiimo
Jul 24, 2003

Because being smart or dumb isn't something you can definitively prove, unlike dunking. So your dumb friends have to make up the difference between themselves and LeBron somewhere.

Sure he can dunk and I can't get rim but lol he's so dumb. Unlike me.

Bashez
Jul 19, 2004

:10bux:

Spite posted:

This dude didn't go to college and speaks better than many politicians.

Politicians that don't dumb down their language are bad politicians. You win by sounding as stupid as your electorate.

kiimo
Jul 24, 2003

Is this why the "obama is a moron" facebook page has thousands of members even though Barack Obama graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law school?

Cool Buff Man
Jul 30, 2006

bitch
Basketball. NBA

NickRoweFillea
Sep 27, 2012

doin thangs

Mr. Mambold posted:

How about we twitter goad Trump into a game of H.O.R.S.E. with LeBron, winner takes all.

President Bron is gonna take out Bashar Al-Assad with a thunderous hammer dunk

kiimo
Jul 24, 2003

Cool Buff Man posted:

Basketball. NBA

I haven't been able to stop myself since Tuesday. Working on it though.

Intruder
Mar 5, 2003

I got a taste for blown saves
The Decision: Campaign Finance Reform Bill would make for some engaging telivision

WhyteRyce
Dec 30, 2001

Terrence Williams talk where are you Declan

chunkles
Aug 14, 2005

i am completely immersed in darkness
as i turn my body away from the sun

WhyteRyce posted:

Terrence Williams talk where are you Declan

Declan is Terrence Williams, and can't post because he has to take a wheelbarrow of bolivars to buy groceries

Cool Buff Man
Jul 30, 2006

bitch

kiimo posted:

I haven't been able to stop myself since Tuesday. Working on it though.

It's bad but ball is one of the things we got, you know.

"Ball" - Hedo Turkoglu

Mr. Mambold
Feb 13, 2011

Aha. Nice post.



kiimo posted:

I haven't been able to stop myself since Tuesday. Working on it though.

GS Warriors, best team in history of the sport.

Metapod
Mar 18, 2012

Mr. Mambold posted:

OKC Thunder, best team in history of the universe.

Fixed

NickRoweFillea
Sep 27, 2012

doin thangs

chunkles posted:

Declan is Terrence Williams, and can't post because he has to take a wheelbarrow of bolivars to buy groceries

Lol

R.D. Mangles
Jan 10, 2004


impressive that PFZ made it back to Miami for Wade's homecoming

EvanTH
Apr 24, 2004

i like to express my inner pain by being really boring on the phone
or just when i'm kickin it
that's me though
i'm kind of oddddddd
Phil really does have the stealth tank going. Knicks are real bad.


Cool Buff Man posted:

"Ball" - Hedo Turkoglu

chunkles
Aug 14, 2005

i am completely immersed in darkness
as i turn my body away from the sun
The name's Ball. Lonzo Ball.

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boxcarhobo
Jun 23, 2005

MKG out tonight with a bad back vs the Raps

;~;

Some dude named Treveon Graham getting the start? Who dis?

boxcarhobo fucked around with this message at 00:38 on Nov 12, 2016

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