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Crazy Ted posted:You beat me to my edit by about three seconds you jerk There's a part in The Breaks of the Game where a player talks about a basic offseason training regimen like they're hacking the Matrix
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This is my new favorite Christmas song https://www.facebook.com/1500ESPN/videos/1358095690887735/
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euphronius posted:The 35 % 6 year contracts need a shorthand name. I vote supermax or the Boogie Rule.
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Lockback posted:I vote supermax oo the adx florence rule
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HOOK THAT INSANE BILL SIMMONS BOOGIE FANFIC INTO MY VEINS
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Dec 15, 2016 18:25
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Boogie knew he loved the Celtics years before "The Heist" went down, he knew when he watched Jeremy Renner & Ben Affleck's virtuoso performances in 2010's The Town. He imagined himself walking side by side with Renner, Heinsohn, and Red's ghost, learning about the magic of Boston, even the ugly parts that make the city so drat beautiful
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Crazy Ted posted:The thing is, it didn't used to be a scam. Coaches and players' consensus across all sports used to be that you needed a 4-6 week preseason to get ready. Preseason is enormously valuable for coaches and front offices. Coaches need to have their playbooks ready by the time the season starts because there is no time to change things during the season, and front offices need to see how the nonguaranteed players do in game situations. Now we're going to have to cut guys based on like 20 minutes of playing time. I'd rather get rid of all star week than two preseason games.
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Strenuous Manflurry posted:Is the Simmons fanfic better or worse than the infamous NFL reporter Peter King fanfic of Tom Brady ten years ago or so? This took me forever to find, as SI seems to have scrubbed it. Worse. Put it this way, the only believable part of it is Trump declaring war on Turks and Caicos.
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Tae posted:Draymond and Klay should've gotten the max in the first place, but BJ Armstrong is literally one of the worst agents BJ is their agent? lol
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straight up brolic posted:Boogie knew he loved the Celtics years before "The Heist" went down, he knew when he watched Jeremy Renner & Ben Affleck's virtuoso performances in 2010's The Town. He imagined himself walking side by side with Renner, Heinsohn, and Red's ghost, learning about the magic of Boston, even the ugly parts that make the city so drat beautiful "We knew we needed A Guy," Ainge said, referencing Boogie's body language on the sidelines and the way he did high-fives with his teammates. So we went out and got him. You know, you've got to give up a lot to get this guy," Ainge said, barely reversing a smirk at how badly he had swindled Vivek Randive who is dumb now that Malcolm Gladwell isn't profiling him anymore. The package of players and picks would later be known as The Heist, and hewed eerily similar to a package that I made in a podcast with my buddy where we compared players to characters from Charles in Charge. "That's why you get a Boogie," I said. "He's the Charles. And he's in charge." Also, all of this went through due to President Trump invading Canada for some reason, I said, politically. R.D. Mangles fucked around with this message at 18:44 on Dec 15, 2016 |
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dokmo posted:Preseason is enormously valuable for coaches and front offices. Coaches need to have their playbooks ready by the time the season starts because there is no time to change things during the season, and front offices need to see how the nonguaranteed players do in game situations. Now we're going to have to cut guys based on like 20 minutes of playing time. I'd rather get rid of all star week than two preseason games.
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How important are non guaranteed guys . Really.
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Strenuous Manflurry posted:Is the Simmons fanfic better or worse than the infamous NFL reporter Peter King fanfic of Tom Brady ten years ago or so? This took me forever to find, as SI seems to have scrubbed it. quote:"Tonight,'' vanquished Minnesota safety Darren Sharper said nobly in an unashamed Vikings locker room, "Tom Brady proved he's the best football player on the planet. And the Patriots proved they're one of the best teams of all time. You've got to put them up with the old Packers and Steelers now.'' Man, invoking Sharper's name sure is unfortunate now
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euphronius posted:How important are non guaranteed guys . Really.
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Man, anytime Steve Franchise pops up in Google news it's never good.
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The media and the fans were skeptical that Rondo could co-exist with Cousins, especially with how poorly they played together in Sacramento. Ainge had a hunch that they could figure it out, just like Russell and Jones did back in the day. But not even in Ainge's wildest dreams did he think Rondo could shoot 40% from 3 for the season. Rondo's summer workouts with Manute Bol had paid off and his catapult-style shot was now being copied by kids from Foxborough to Rockport.
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euphronius posted:How important are non guaranteed guys . Really. Say you work in the front office of a team. That makes you, at best, the 16th most important contributor to your team's success. But personnel decisions are by far the most important thing you do. Choosing those guys may not be very important compared to what your stars are doing, but it is the most important thing you were hired to do.
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euphronius posted:Deandre liggins is the key to CLEs success. Oh you mean the best player of all-time? (PER of 129.1, 2.123 WS/48, DBPM of -23.1 more than canceled by his OBPM of 47.8)
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dokmo posted:Preseason is enormously valuable for coaches and front offices. Coaches need to have their playbooks ready by the time the season starts because there is no time to change things during the season, and front offices need to see how the nonguaranteed players do in game situations. Now we're going to have to cut guys based on like 20 minutes of playing time. I'd rather get rid of all star week than two preseason games. How about play as many preseason games as you want as long as you don't force season ticket holders to buy them at full value?
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Honestly if this leads to more [TEAM X] cut [PLAYER Y] and now he's killing it on [TEAM Z] situations, I'm all for it.
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i think my favorite part of that whole Simmons thing was that the Celtics acquired John Wall for IT and the 2018 Brooklyn pick. underrated passage is Steph Curry leaving the Warriors for the Hornets
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Dec 15, 2016 19:27
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Acting like Sliding Doors is a worthwhile reference in 2016 is the worst part of the Simmons thing
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Come on. You never ever ever ever take the side chick or dude to a place where there will literally be cameras everywhere.
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EvanTH posted:Also: Bobby Fischer is like the greatest chess player ever
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The negative version of the Boogie fanfic has him punching out Dan Shaughnessy
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Other stuff posted on the Ringer today (besides Simmons spilling a Diet Coke all over his keyboard): Kevin O'Connor on the top 5 rookies at this point of the season: https://theringer.com/the-top-five-nba-rookies-ranked-by-their-best-skill-2aa4e84e10a1
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Henchman of Santa posted:The negative version of the Boogie fanfic has him punching out Dan Shaughnessy So it's the "negative" version.
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I hate to bring down bill Simmons and his fanfiction so fresh out of his meet with Gucci but we allll know there's no way LMA and boogie "resting" the same night was coincidence 
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Boogie 4 Tristan Thompson, who says no?
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Let's not devolve into fans thinking they can offer garbage to magically get a star this would be a sensible and fair exchange for all parties invoved http://www.espn.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=z6gxxzd Take our old men please
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Two nights after that Houston shellacking, Cousins broke Larry Bird’s team record by dropping an astonishing 62 points on the Magic. A delirious Celtics crowd kept lifting Cousins to a higher place, as Celtics announcer Brian Scalabrine says now, “like they needed each other.” He compares the experience to seeing a Springsteen show in Jersey, how the Boss feeds off his hometown crowd and gains energy as the night creeps along. Is it strange to compare DeMarcus Cousins to Bruce Springsteen? “Two years ago, I would have said yes, obviously,” says Scalabrine. “But not after everything we’ve seen. He’s the new Boss!” Hahahahaha
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straight up brolic posted:Boogie knew he loved the Celtics years before "The Heist" went down, he knew when he watched Jeremy Renner & Ben Affleck's virtuoso performances in 2010's The Town. He imagined himself walking side by side with Renner, Heinsohn, and Red's ghost, learning about the magic of Boston, even the ugly parts that make the city so drat beautiful is this real this can't be real please don't make me click it Intruder posted:Two nights after that Houston shellacking, Cousins broke Larry Bird’s team record by dropping an astonishing 62 points on the Magic. A delirious Celtics crowd kept lifting Cousins to a higher place, as Celtics announcer Brian Scalabrine says now, “like they needed each other.” He compares the experience to seeing a Springsteen show in Jersey, how the Boss feeds off his hometown crowd and gains energy as the night creeps along. Is it strange to compare DeMarcus Cousins to Bruce Springsteen? “Two years ago, I would have said yes, obviously,” says Scalabrine. “But not after everything we’ve seen. He’s the new Boss!” no come on MourningView fucked around with this message at 20:22 on Dec 15, 2016 |
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https://twitter.com/stevekylerNBA/status/809466140934033408 Thank you NBA for bailing out Larry Bird as he signs all the inefficient scoring guards.
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Eltoasto posted:https://twitter.com/stevekylerNBA/status/809466140934033408 Same, but Benson.
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If boogie ends up on the C's and makes any of that article seem prescient...well I can't wait for the follow up column
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dokmo posted:Say you work in the front office of a team. That makes you, at best, the 16th most important contributor to your team's success. But personnel decisions are by far the most important thing you do. Choosing those guys may not be very important compared to what your stars are doing, but it is the most important thing you were hired to do. Considering that most deep playoff runs feature at least one player making the minimum in the rotation I think this is true. I think the additional roster spots will offset it a little, but yeah, it's going to make preseason hectic trying to balance teams desires to see bench prospects and get guys competitive reps. It's going to intensify the importance of preseason practices which are already really brutal for some teams. With all that said, if it's the sacrifice that needs to be made to reduce back to backs then its worth it.
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