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dokmo posted:I'm glad we went through this soul searching discussion about Kevin Love because it's something I've been thinking about a lot lately: the way we remember our predictions when we get them right and forget about the uncertainty we faced when making them. I'm looking through my predraft notes and I'm embarrassed by how low my success rate is. It may be helpful to have a prediction contest the next time a big trade happens so we can look back later and see exactly what we thought at the time and be humbled by how wrong we were (or gloat about how right we were). This would be different than just predicting wins or who makes the playoffs because there would be greater uncertainty, the main thing people forget. dokmo, I'm with you there 100% which is why I never post in prediction threads and always tell people to laugh at my history of bad NBA draft takes
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I mean that's kind of a normal part of being a GM isn't it
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straight up brolic posted:man you are the type of people that tried to get frequency vibrations out of the league for associating with Vic van lier chunkles posted:All-Star picks, brought to you by the people who didn't think James Harden was third team all-NBA. One time I made Mario hezonja so good he averaged 29/5/6 and shot 48% from 3 and 97% from the line for a full season and he didn't make an all NBA team. I bet it was cause old American men were calling him a gay euro and saying he had family ties to the udba (preotectors of brave Yugoslav people from filthy internal enemies like ignorant Serb nationalist fascists, not an evil gang like America has!)
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EvanTH posted:thank you I have been keeping a casual eye on him cause I'm a Fantasy Freak and this way I don't have to watch Mavs games Unless you're playing in a league where every week matters, I'd wait to see what his minutes and production are like when Dirk gets back.
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chunkles posted:Clint Capela may have a broken fibula. Way to go KAT he probably deserved it
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# ? Dec 20, 2016 02:18 |
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i like how like the day after it was brought up sabonis gets no respect by the refs in this thread thunder twitter is all mad about it
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Declan MacManus posted:You'd be surprised at how many athletes have gang ties either through friends or from where they grew up. That being said "gang ties" are overblown to begin with and usually not that big of a deal If one has a diverse group of friends and go to public school in most places in southern CA they have "ties" by some of the definitions the media stretches to.
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Spacebump posted:Unless you're playing in a league where every week matters, I'd wait to see what his minutes and production are like when Dirk gets back. Always Be sCouting my friend Have to look closely at the upcoming crop of boys your future depends upon it
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# ? Dec 20, 2016 02:41 |
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the bulls are the weirdest team in the nba
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Metapod posted:i like how like the day after it was brought up sabonis gets no respect by the refs in this thread thunder twitter is all mad about it I didn't see it in this thread but at the idea of any rookie getting respect from the refs.
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# ? Dec 20, 2016 03:17 |
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what the gently caress is wrong with the pistons
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# ? Dec 20, 2016 03:33 |
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R.D. Mangles posted:what the gently caress is wrong with the pistons SVG the coach can't outrun SVG the GM
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chunkles posted:SVG the coach can't outrun SVG the GM i'll have you know prize offseason acquisition BOBAN has entered the game
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# ? Dec 20, 2016 03:53 |
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between udrih, baynes, and boban, the pistons can throw out a District B13 Villains lineup
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# ? Dec 20, 2016 04:00 |
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Cool Buff Man posted:He looks exactly like Roseanne's fat son this checks out
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# ? Dec 20, 2016 04:01 |
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good grief, beno
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Spoeank posted:Old White Dudes in Sacramento media just have it out for Boogie. Noted moron Marcos Breton wrote an entire article about Barnes, Boogie and Gay drinking Hennessy on Instagram after the cancelled 76ers game. Breton pointed out that you don't need to show the world your drinking habits and what about the kids and blah blah blah. The third or fourth picture on Bretons Twitter at that time was of a beer he was drinking. instead of the common worker, automatons should replace sport journos imo
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R.D. Mangles posted:what the gently caress is wrong with the pistons Reggie Jackson
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R.D. Mangles posted:what the gently caress is wrong with the pistons 3 alphas are back!
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With Clint Capela out for 6 weeks, here's a chance for you to do some forecasting in an environment of uncertainty. With Capela in the starting lineup, the Rockets have had the #4 offense (adjusted for opponent—see http://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_2017_ratings.html), based on being probably the best pick and roll attack in the league. They are ranked #16 defense overall, with a decent pick and roll defense. Over the next six weeks, their opponents will average 107.0 ORTG, which is the 6th easiest, and their opponents will average 107.4 DRTG, which is the 4th hardest. They will play 11 games at home and 13 games on the road. Without their primary pick and roll big, what do you think will happen to the Rockets offense while playing against the 4th toughest schedule of defenses over that span? And without their only rim protector, what do you think will happen to their defense while playing against the 6th worst combined offenses over that span? I predict that the Rockets offense will be ranked between #6-#8 on January 31. I predict that their defense will fall apart, and drop to between #20-#24.
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That's pretty much my prognosis. They can compensate for Capela being out offensively with all sorts of wacky small ball poo poo, as well as Nene as long as he remains healthy. They don't really have any bigs past that who can be trusted defensively. I wonder if they toss in Onuaku for a bit.
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# ? Dec 20, 2016 04:39 |
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I forgot to post this the other day
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dokmo posted:With Clint Capela out for 6 weeks, here's a chance for you to do some forecasting in an environment of uncertainty. With Capela in the starting lineup, the Rockets have had the #4 offense (adjusted for opponent—see http://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_2017_ratings.html), based on being probably the best pick and roll attack in the league. They are ranked #16 defense overall, with a decent pick and roll defense. Over the next six weeks, their opponents will average 107.0 ORTG, which is the 6th easiest, and their opponents will average 107.4 DRTG, which is the 4th hardest. They will play 11 games at home and 13 games on the road. Without their primary pick and roll big, what do you think will happen to the Rockets offense while playing against the 4th toughest schedule of defenses over that span? And without their only rim protector, what do you think will happen to their defense while playing against the 6th worst combined offenses over that span? Trade for Taj Gibson
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# ? Dec 20, 2016 04:57 |
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EvanTH posted:Always I love to watch a new generation of genetically gifted sons rise up each year, les enfants terrible
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dokmo posted:With Clint Capela out for 6 weeks, here's a chance for you to do some forecasting in an environment of uncertainty. With Capela in the starting lineup, the Rockets have had the #4 offense (adjusted for opponent—see http://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_2017_ratings.html), based on being probably the best pick and roll attack in the league. They are ranked #16 defense overall, with a decent pick and roll defense. Over the next six weeks, their opponents will average 107.0 ORTG, which is the 6th easiest, and their opponents will average 107.4 DRTG, which is the 4th hardest. They will play 11 games at home and 13 games on the road. Without their primary pick and roll big, what do you think will happen to the Rockets offense while playing against the 4th toughest schedule of defenses over that span? And without their only rim protector, what do you think will happen to their defense while playing against the 6th worst combined offenses over that span? I agree. I'll put their record in this span to something to the tune of .500 during this run. I think Capela has been helping them paper over some big holes, and a regression was probably due anyhow.
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Jokic is a beast
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BBR has Harden at ~50% chance of winning MVP this year. They must not be aware of the 1 or 2 seed rule of the last thirty years.chunkles posted:Remember when Chris Copeland apologized for getting stabbed outside a nightclub at 3AM I forgot about that: https://youtu.be/dYJisbg-OEU?t=16s The guy who stabbed Copeland was going to get off with spending one month of just weekends in jail. But he was rearrested for ID theft and got sixty days recently. http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/man-stabbed-chris-copeland-60-days-jail-probation-article-1.2782221 Remember when Dick Cheney shot a guy in the face with a shotgun and then that guy shot in the face went on TV and apologized to Dick Cheney from his hospital bed? Self-promotion 101.
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chunkles posted:That's pretty much my prognosis. They can compensate for Capela being out offensively with all sorts of wacky small ball poo poo, as well as Nene as long as he remains healthy. They don't really have any bigs past that who can be trusted defensively. I wonder if they toss in Onuaku for a bit. Maybe you, too, can have the Ryno-at-center experience!
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Doltos posted:Jokic is a beast I'm really glad Mike Malone remembered that Nikola Jokic is better than Nurkic. My boy needs his confidence back
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Zogo posted:BBR has Harden at ~50% chance of winning MVP this year. They must not be aware of the 1 or 2 seed rule of the last thirty years. I also think the top 1-2 seed model topples a bit if the Rockets actually win 60+ games, even if they are still behind GS and SA.
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chunkles posted:Clint Capela may have a broken fibula. Way to go KAT gently caress I wonder what Nerlens would cost
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Intruder posted:I wonder what Nerlens would cost It'd suck to trade for a malcontent like Nerlens and have his bad attitude mess up all the good vibes this team has going. Besides Ryan Anderson at center will be fine...I mean not really, but that's what I'm telling myself.
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Houston, can I interest you in one Papa John
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The Mavs are trying to move on from Bogut right?
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# ? Dec 20, 2016 07:51 |
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JOKIC WENT DUMB STUPID TONIGHT LMAO
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This is quite the postgame interview. https://twitter.com/FOXSportsDet/status/811050374668775424
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NickRoweFillea posted:JOKIC WENT DUMB STUPID TONIGHT LMAO https://twitter.com/haralabob/status/811074334101905408
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All of them because the Blazers were playing bad defense even by their own terrible standards that night. Like I watched the entire first half and identified maybe 3 possessions where they even played defense at all.
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With Capela out, I look forward to the game where the Rockets attempt 60 3s.
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Cool Buff Man posted:I'm really glad Mike Malone remembered that Nikola Jokic is better than Nurkic. My boy needs his confidence back Zach Lowe told this story on his podcast once how Malone basically said, "Don't expect Jokic to be the guy he was last year because when everyone's healthy he can't be", and it was so loving weird. Jokic is your best big man, so you don't play him because worse players are available? What? edit: quote:Lee Winfield’s teammates can still remember him coming to their homes in his Volkswagen van. It was the signal of the start of another trip for the Buffalo Braves in the early 1970s, back when N.B.A. players flew with the general public, washed their own uniforms and endured bone-crushing schedules. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/18/sports/basketball/nba-schedule-contract.html
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