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hitze
Aug 28, 2007
Give me a dollar. No, the twenty. This is gonna blow your mind...

https://twitter.com/adammcginnis/status/818207111993786368

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Eltoasto
Aug 26, 2002

We come spinning out of nothingness, scattering stars like dust.



The NBA is fun sometimes. Paul George made a comment about the team needing to have fun again and put less pressure on themselves, which garnered the predictable stupid comments from local media about his leadership and desire.

Since then, the Pacers have won 5 straight and look the best they have all season.

NickRoweFillea
Sep 27, 2012

doin thangs

Dejan Bimble posted:

Zach Randolph is basically just a 6'11 Adrian Dantley, barely counts as a front court player

You've done it now, Niki Fishsticks

NickRoweFillea
Sep 27, 2012

doin thangs

Eltoasto posted:

The NBA is fun sometimes. Paul George made a comment about the team needing to have fun again and put less pressure on themselves, which garnered the predictable stupid comments from local media about his leadership and desire.

Since then, the Pacers have won 5 straight and look the best they have all season.

PG, a player whose game i love dearly, is correct. Basketball should be fun because it is fun

R.D. Mangles
Jan 10, 2004


NickRoweFillea posted:

PG, a player whose game i love dearly, is correct. Basketball should be fun because it is fun

as a bulls fan, i disagree, basketball should be a miserable slog where everyone is plotting against each other and john paxson is throwing goblets and statuary and rajon rondo is trying to figure out how to slip medaeval poisons into fred hoiberg's sideline milk

Spacebump
Dec 24, 2003

Dallas Mavericks: Generations

Eltoasto posted:

The NBA is fun sometimes. Paul George made a comment about the team needing to have fun again and put less pressure on themselves, which garnered the predictable stupid comments from local media about his leadership and desire.

Since then, the Pacers have won 5 straight and look the best they have all season.

If they are looking for fun the answer is to let Monta have it all.

NickRoweFillea
Sep 27, 2012

doin thangs

R.D. Mangles posted:

as a bulls fan, i disagree, basketball should be a miserable slog where everyone is plotting against each other and john paxson is throwing goblets and statuary and rajon rondo is trying to figure out how to slip medaeval poisons into fred hoiberg's sideline milk

The Tudors, but it's The Ballers instead

chunkles
Aug 14, 2005

i am completely immersed in darkness
as i turn my body away from the sun
one could call it...a game of zones.

chunkles
Aug 14, 2005

i am completely immersed in darkness
as i turn my body away from the sun
rondo will make a hand of glory out of javaris crittenton's hand and use it to exact his vengeance on all who have wronged him

Punkin Spunkin
Jan 1, 2010
Dahveeeeees was freed. Pacers hosed up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sD4YplH7Y8o
Thank you based Larry bird and also his prophet bill Simmons. Latvia is taking over

chunkles
Aug 14, 2005

i am completely immersed in darkness
as i turn my body away from the sun
I'm not sold on Bertans yet, is there a video of Latvian guys rapping in a frozen wasteland about him?

Punkin Spunkin
Jan 1, 2010
He dunks, he blocks, he throws lobs, and he shoots deep threes. You couldn't ask for more in a son

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:

the heat loving suck and are a long way from being good

Lockback
Sep 3, 2006

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

straight up brolic posted:

the heat loving suck and are a long way from being good

They owe unprotected picks until like 2021 too. Riley really left a satisfyingly scorched earth

Metapod
Mar 18, 2012

straight up brolic posted:

the heat loving suck and are a long way from being good

But they have superstar Dion

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.

MOVIE MAJICK posted:

Is Golbert getting a max???

As long as multiple teams have room for the max in the offseason basically every above average player that a team wants to keep or every big man vet who can occasionally score is a max player.

But Gobert is a max player anyway.

Zogo
Jul 29, 2003

Lessail posted:

Gettin' real tired of the Raptors losing to the Bulls

Gettin' real tired of Masai doing nothing

It's just a fluke. The Bulls have won ten straight and four of those were decided by a total of seven points.

It's like Jordan against the Pistons in the 1980s.

R.D. Mangles posted:

the bulls' dumb winning streak against a vastly superior raptors team continues to be hilarious

Yea, the dumb NBA schedulers only have them play thrice this year. Although the possibility of a playoff series must put great fear into TOR fans around the globe.

Zogo
Jul 29, 2003

Jack's Flow posted:

I never thought he would be this good. Ever.

Still has a shot at leading the league in WS this season.

Dejan Bimble posted:

If you're accusing me of being pro ISIS...

No, I wasn't. Heh...

Lockback posted:

Offensively, Gobert is efficient, but low usage and not very versatile. That's still a good thing, but Draymond has been more efficient than Gobert in recent seasons while stretching the floor and shooting midrange. Not to mention Draymond's passing. You can run a half-court offense through Draymond for stretches, that is super valuable offensively.

But between the two I think Draymond has more value.

Gobert scores more points and has the highest TS% in the whole league. They have virtually the same USG%.

Also, Gobert would be less likely to get suspended. :discourse:

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/tim_cato/status/818248132140167168

Libertine
Jun 21, 2004

When I die, I hope they say I made the eSports industry a better place than I made millions of dollars.

straight up brolic posted:

the heat loving suck and are a long way from being good

Yeah they are going to be a crater in the East for awhile. What's the situation with Bosh's cap is he going to medically retire soon?

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.
https://twitter.com/CGTNOfficial/status/818085804345958400

Mods rename me to "The Lonely God" tia

Tae
Oct 24, 2010

Hello? Can you hear me? ...Perhaps if I shout? AAAAAAAAAH!
Something that sticks out to me about Embiid is his relatively low reb number. Do the 76ers employ the bigs to boxout while the perimeter players grab it or something?

aBagorn
Aug 26, 2004

Tae posted:

Something that sticks out to me about Embiid is his relatively low reb number. Do the 76ers employ the bigs to boxout while the perimeter players grab it or something?

That is indeed what Jo is doing. Whether that's what he is being taught in practice is a mystery

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:

https://twitter.com/patrick_fenelon/status/818198429134389248

Carrie (1976)

Strawberry Panda
Nov 4, 2007

Breakfast Defecting, Slow Dick Touching, Root Beer Barreling SwagVP

Dejan Bimble posted:

The idea of their no traditional big lineup with Durant at 5/4, playing at full intensity, if it's anything like OKC's lineup with Roberson/Durant at 5/4 4/5 last year, is loving terrifying, unless I have the smartest post entry passer and best post up big in the NBA

Not persnickety at all. Thanks for the explanation, I really appreciate it and will look out for that pnr defense next time i watch GSW.

Strawberry Panda
Nov 4, 2007

Breakfast Defecting, Slow Dick Touching, Root Beer Barreling SwagVP

Tae posted:

You really think klay and green are bad defenders

Yes that's exactly what I wrote. Thanks for your awesome contribution.

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/JoelEmbiid/status/818255869485993988
https://twitter.com/BrandonSpano/status/492559471348944896

Lol Embiid has a collection of 2-3 year old tweets calling him a bust and he's started retweeting every one.

chunkles
Aug 14, 2005

i am completely immersed in darkness
as i turn my body away from the sun
I love the Houston Rocket basketball team.

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.

Redgrendel2001 posted:

https://twitter.com/JoelEmbiid/status/818255869485993988
https://twitter.com/BrandonSpano/status/492559471348944896

Lol Embiid has a collection of 2-3 year old tweets calling him a bust and he's started retweeting every one.

This poor guy's account is getting destroyed :)

edit:
https://twitter.com/DadSelfie/status/818260233260822528

Redgrendel2001 fucked around with this message at 02:41 on Jan 9, 2017

G-Hawk
Dec 15, 2003

chunkles posted:

I love the Houston Rocket basketball team.

i was watching the rockets in the 3rd quarter and they were down 10

and i was like eh, they'll probably start hitting their shots and win


what is this

Metapod
Mar 18, 2012

is he a worse shooter than tony allen?

Redgrendel2001 posted:

This poor guy's account is getting destroyed :)

edit:
https://twitter.com/DadSelfie/status/818260233260822528

embiid needs to learn how to forgive

Lessail
Apr 1, 2011

:cry::cry:
tell me how vgk aren't playing like shit again
:cry::cry:
p.s. help my grapes are so sour!
No superstar, no ambition, Toronto Raptors

The Glumslinger
Sep 24, 2008

Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?


Hair Elf
Assuming none of the teams fighting for the 8th seed manage to play way better over the second half of the season, this will probably be the first season since 96-97 that a team will make the playoffs in the western conference with a sub-.500 record

Intruder
Mar 5, 2003

I got a taste for blown saves
Completely forgot the Rockets played today, how was the game?

G-Hawk posted:

i was watching the rockets in the 3rd quarter and they were down 10

and i was like eh, they'll probably start hitting their shots and win

I refuse to believe this is true

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.
https://twitter.com/Smith_Raps/status/817957413877936129

Wow. Casey has completely lost the locker room.

Raptors need to fire Masai and Casey immediately.

Edit: I'm dumb It's fake

Dexo fucked around with this message at 03:27 on Jan 9, 2017

tanglewood1420
Oct 28, 2010

The importance of this mission cannot be overemphasized

Intruder posted:

Completely forgot the Rockets played today, how was the game?

Eric Gordon good, James Harden gooder.

Harrell also shot something crazy like 11/12 from the field. Anyone setting the screen in a Harden PnR seems to magically turn into Karl Malone.

tanglewood1420 fucked around with this message at 03:27 on Jan 9, 2017

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:

Dexo posted:

https://twitter.com/Smith_Raps/status/817957413877936129

Wow. Casey has completely lost the locker room.

Raptors need to fire Masai and Casey immediately.
i'm just going to pretend this is true

Metapod
Mar 18, 2012

Dexo posted:

https://twitter.com/Smith_Raps/status/817957413877936129

Wow. Casey has completely lost the locker room.

Raptors need to fire Masai and Casey immediately.


straight up brolic posted:

i'm just going to pretend this is true

AggressivelyStupid
Jan 9, 2012

The rockets cavs finals will be fun

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BWV
Feb 24, 2005


Doug Smith is the biggest hack. Surprised he doesn't work for the Sun.

Anyway, I'm good with Demar getting angry. If only he was better from long range and knocked out Carroll with a cheeseburger.

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