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Ishin
Dec 31, 2008

~the animatronic spirit of
so many forgotten waves

My favorite thing about this is Speights' angry inbound on the third try.

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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.

Cool Buff Man posted:

However he's right there with Wiggins for worst ws/48 for a 20 ppg player

Huh, Barnes and Wiggins numbers look almost the same. Barnes is getting a couple more rebounds and turning it over less, Wiggins is getting an extra assist and hitting more 3s at a better clip. Barnes is probably playing better defense all-around too, but they both play for pretty bad defensive teams.

Kibner
Oct 21, 2008

Acguy Supremacy
Langston Galloway and his wife doing a whole bunch of stuff for the community this holiday season. He's a good dude.

Niwrad
Jul 1, 2008

So the big reveal in Karl's tell-all is that Carmelo doesn't play defense and JR Smith takes bad shots? Can't wait to find out what other nuggets he has in store for us.

Niwrad
Jul 1, 2008

R.D. Mangles posted:

now that the bulls appear headed for the lottery, it's time to start scouting for the draft. Here's the list of guys I think Gar is interested in:

http://www.cyclones.com/roster.aspx?path=mbball
http://www.golobos.com/roster.aspx?path=mbball

I'm calling it now. It'll be Alec Peters. Checks all the boxes. 4-year player, unathletic, and doesn't require travelling much to scout him. If some degenerative knee condition pops up before the draft I'll fly to Vegas and put my life savings on him. I called Denzel Valentine last January.

Reminder also that Gar Forman had Denzel Valentine higher on his draft board than Ben Simmons and Brandon Ingram. Kris Dunn was #1.

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.

Niwrad posted:


Reminder also that Gar Forman had Denzel Valentine higher on his draft board than Ben Simmons and Brandon Ingram. Kris Dunn was #1.

wait really?

:allears:

Lockback
Sep 3, 2006

All days are nights to see till I see thee; and nights bright days when dreams do show me thee.
That's a mighty bold claim, do you have a source for that? When people say "He was on top of our list" it usually means the list of players realistically available.

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.
I can't find it but my quick look for it brought me this

quote:

In Valentine, the Bulls acquired a guard who shot 46 percent from the field, 44 percent from the shorter 3-point line and 85 percent from the free-throw line. Though he's a combo guard and not a pure point guard, he's comfortable handling the ball and making plays, and scouts say he's an excellent passer.

"I just got better every year, and why is that going to stop now?" Valentine said. "As a four-year player, I was able to grow as a person off the court and on it. I developed skills. My shooting percentage got better. I got more comfortable playing ball screens, learning the game, just everything that college brings to you as far as being NBA-ready.

"And when you're NBA-ready, you can come in and contribute right away."


:laffo:

Lockback
Sep 3, 2006

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

Dexo posted:

I can't find it but my quick look for it brought me this



:laffo:

In some fairness the middle of this draft has looked like crap outside of maybe Hernangomez.

Doltos
Dec 28, 2005

🤌🤌🤌

Kibner posted:

Langston Galloway and his wife doing a whole bunch of stuff for the community this holiday season. He's a good dude.

Also a really good spark plug scorer off the bench and I'm still flabberghasted that the Knicks couldn't give him a 5 mil deal to keep him around. I love Ron Baker and everything but holy gently caress once Derrick Rose inevitably goes down our guard group is hopeless

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:

In some fairness the middle of this draft has looked like crap outside of maybe Hernangomez.

Baldwin looked pretty good at the beginning of the season.

Hand Row
May 28, 2001
Even better the other unathletic senior in the draft is looking like one of the best players.

https://twitter.com/NBA/status/811403728548986880

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:

NBA not mentioning that he banged out LeBron...stay woke

Cool Buff Man
Jul 30, 2006

bitch
What the gently caress is up with LMA and why is he averaging only 16 pts and under 7 rebounds

Lockback
Sep 3, 2006

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

Cool Buff Man posted:

What the gently caress is up with LMA and why is he averaging only 16 pts and under 7 rebounds

Offense is running through Kawhi and its only sort of working, plus Pao is taking a lot of LMA's comfort spots. I mean, Spurs will win ~60 games and everything but LMA doesn't look as comfortable as he did in the 2nd half of last season.

LMA also started rough last season too, so it could also be that.

I dunno, Pau seems like a bad fit on that team right now despite putting up his usual 20 PER numbers.

Dejan Bimble
Mar 24, 2008

we're all black friends
Plaster Town Cop

Cool Buff Man posted:

What the gently caress is up with LMA and why is he averaging only 16 pts and under 7 rebounds

He play with a man who shoot him same shots as him name Pau Gaso

Cool Buff Man
Jul 30, 2006

bitch
Honestly forgot that Pau Gasol exists. He's the NBA version of Aesop Rock

Punkin Spunkin
Jan 1, 2010
Start Dedmon alongside LMA so he has that rim protecting center and bring Pau off the bench IMO
Too many slackers on the Spurs these days
I don't know how well BoBo is doing and it was clear Diaw's best years were behind him but I still wasn't super thrilled about losing him just to get Pau Gasol

Papercut
Aug 24, 2005

Cool Buff Man posted:

What the gently caress is up with LMA and why is he averaging only 16 pts and under 7 rebounds

He's soft.

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.

https://twitter.com/tomhaberstroh/status/812117887389298688

Doltos
Dec 28, 2005

🤌🤌🤌

Cool Buff Man posted:

What the gently caress is up with LMA and why is he averaging only 16 pts and under 7 rebounds

Are you watching the Spurs? They have so many set plays and moving parts that he's not required to shuffle down the high block every possession like he did in Portland. His efficiency is about the same and his PER dropped but that's to be expected when you don't have to be the only threat on the court after Brandon Roy's knees give out and Wes Matthews is playing for contract money.

His offensive rebounds are around the same as always but his defensive rebounds are way down due to plays like this:

https://3ball.io/lamarcus-aldridge-rebound/0021600425_23 - Pau waiting with Leonard streaking down the paint
https://3ball.io/lamarcus-aldridge-rebound/0021600412_291 - Pau boxing out with Parker coming down baseline
https://3ball.io/leonard-rebound/0021600425_279 - LaMarcus at the high block with Parker, Leonard, and Green waiting in the paint
https://3ball.io/pau-gasol-rebound/0021600425_10 - LaMarcus guarding the high PnR because Gasol's immobile in the paint
https://3ball.io/pau-gasol-rebound/0021600425_202 - Gasol and LaMarcus swapping roles. The long contested 3 results in Leonard, Parker, and Green boxing out, LaMarcus guarding the low block rebound, and Gasol turning around for the easy long rebound.

Spurs are just an extremely well ran team.

Cool Buff Man
Jul 30, 2006

bitch

Well I wouldn't have asked the question had I been watching a lot of the Spurs. He still seems a little "off" and uncomfortable to me but what the hell do I know. I think the Spurs always look a little "off" to me and then they win 66 games so I'm probably just wrong

Niwrad
Jul 1, 2008

Lockback posted:

That's a mighty bold claim, do you have a source for that? When people say "He was on top of our list" it usually means the list of players realistically available.

https://twitter.com/KCJHoop/status/746151118988771328

euphronius
Feb 18, 2009


:iiam:

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.
Is it like the time where they didn't work out Teague or Portis, but drafted them anyway?

Vertical Lime
Dec 11, 2004

https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/812347061777694722

earl :smith:

euphronius
Feb 18, 2009

Fine for the playoffs. That's good.

NickRoweFillea
Sep 27, 2012

doin thangs

IcePhoenix posted:

Nick you can't just post stuff like this in the N/V thread without a link

https://twitter.com/world_wide_wob/status/812148205462974464

Dejan Bimble
Mar 24, 2008

we're all black friends
Plaster Town Cop

I'm so loving god drat pissed off that this is sold out when I need a Christmas present for my son Barrel Bomb Bimble

http://www.sprayground.com/jr-smith-top-loader.html

Punkin Spunkin
Jan 1, 2010
awww man the 1/100 times Pau decides to go up and not just passively watch on defense and he gets the full weight of karmic fury like this

WhyteRyce
Dec 30, 2001

https://twitter.com/CarmichaelDave/status/812355475425529856

:trumppop:

DeimosRising
Oct 17, 2005

¡Hola SEA!



That's actually pretty spot on, except the immigrant part is irrelevant. Self made people with unlimited money usually lose the capacity to determine their own weaknesses, especially in fields where they can just buy their way to success.

WhyteRyce
Dec 30, 2001

They'll even hire George Karl!!

DeimosRising
Oct 17, 2005

¡Hola SEA!


WhyteRyce posted:

They'll even hire George Karl!!

Then eat his contract and try again!

AggressivelyStupid
Jan 9, 2012

George Karl should crawl into a hole and die

NickRoweFillea
Sep 27, 2012

doin thangs

Dejan Bimble posted:


I'm so loving god drat pissed off that this is sold out when I need a Christmas present for my son Barrel Bomb Bimble

http://www.sprayground.com/jr-smith-top-loader.html

How is ole BB, are his handles improving, and does he understand the structure of a cell for science class yet?

Jota
May 6, 2003

uga-booga uga-booga
Wow Karl is torpedoing any good will people had for him at an impressive rate

Dejan Bimble
Mar 24, 2008

we're all black friends
Plaster Town Cop

NickRoweFillea posted:

How is ole BB, are his handles improving, and does he understand the structure of a cell for science class yet?

I took him out of school. Now he plays Hold 'em Poker full time, except when he has kickboxing on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sunday mornings after church

WhyteRyce
Dec 30, 2001

Jota posted:

Wow Karl is torpedoing any good will people had for him at an impressive rate

I'd say he doesn't care because the Kings are paying him a bunch of money to sit at home and do nothing, but then I remembered his son is still in the fringes of the league coaching a d-league team and probably needed that good will to stick around.

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Paul Zuvella
Dec 7, 2011

I'm watching the Pels/Thunder game from a few days ago and goddamn Buddy is so bad.

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