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Lockback posted:I always thought soft hands meant you can catch the ball well and get into a motion without bumbling with it. "Soft Touch" is usually when you talk about guys around the rim knowing how to use angles and the rim to score from the low post, rather than just toss the ball at the hoop. Yeah this. e. Sometimes Westbrook will laser a pass in too hard, the other guys will usually fumble it for a turnover. Kanter, rarely. straight up brolic posted:meanwhile, Chris Paul has both soft touch and a broken thumb
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Paul Zuvella posted:I also like what Okafor offers, he has a lot of potential as a 20 minute off the bench type guy, being the focal point of the offense of a second unit. I agree with this. Okafor has some clear skills he's just an awful fit with the Sixers right now. Hopefully it doesn't end up tanking his value too much, because he can certainly be a useful player in the right situation. And he's had a pretty good attitude through out getting DNP-CDs recently so it seems like he could accept a bench role. The thing that hurts him compared to Kanter, as others have said before, is the rebounding though. Depending on where they end up in the draft, I'd hope they use some combination of Okafor, our #1 pick, and the Lakers #1 pick in order to move up or land a vet. With Embiid, Simmons, Saric, and Noel (if they re-sign him) they already have a ton of young guys on the roster. At a certain point, they need to stop adding young guys since there is no way you can develop everyone properly and you want to put Embiid and Simmons in the best spot possible to keep growing. Thank god we have Colangelo in charge of making these decisions!
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straight up brolic posted:meanwhile, Chris Paul has both soft touch and a hearty grip Soft bones too
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I dont want to live in a world where highlight packages are narrated. This is nothing without bad hip-hop and air horns.
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Colangelo hasnt made a bad move yet so . . .here is hoping. bad move with the sixers. Let me be clear lol.
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Jota posted:Thank god we have Colangelo in charge of making these decisions! I mean, at least agents will return his calls
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Cool Buff Man posted:He's way more than a one-way role player. He's one of the most unique players in the NBA right now so it's hard to really compare him to anyone, but he passes better than just about any big man I've seen in recent memory and he runs the offense better than any of their guards.
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Jota posted:I agree with this. Okafor has some clear skills he's just an awful fit with the Sixers right now. Hopefully it doesn't end up tanking his value too much, because he can certainly be a useful player in the right situation. And he's had a pretty good attitude through out getting DNP-CDs recently so it seems like he could accept a bench role. The thing that hurts him compared to Kanter, as others have said before, is the rebounding though. Personally I would try to trade the lower of the picks + Okafor to move up or get a vet. The 76ers absolutely have to come out of this draft getting one of the three point guard prospects (Ball/Fultz/Smith) and either a vet wing or one of Monk/Jackson. You can also definitely see them overpaying this offseason for someone like Iguodala/Gay/Hill/Reddick.
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Its tough to tell but they may really be envisioning Simmons as a true PG. So I don't know what the gently caress honestly. Messages are mixed from Brown on that. They obviously need one more super star prospect.
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euphronius posted:Kanter is okafors most reasonable upside IMHO. Fast Luck fucked around with this message at 19:53 on Jan 18, 2017 |
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Jan 18, 2017 19:49
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euphronius posted:Its tough to tell but they may really be envisioning Simmons as a true PG. So I don't know what the gently caress honestly. Messages are mixed from Brown on that. No one on the entire planet thinks that Simmons will be guarding point guard.
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Paul Zuvella posted:No one on the entire planet thinks that Simmons will be guarding point guard. except Brett brown. Which makes the whole thing puzzling to say the least!!
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Raptors 905 update. My mom left early because it was Raptors middle school day and the refs were really bad and ruining the game. She said CJ Leslie is okay but the refs just sucked leading to both coaches getting T'd up. Apparently no one plays defense either. I told her to watch out for Jordan Crawford because he used to be in the NBA but she said he sucks. I'll keep you guys posted next time she goes.
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Kawhi update. He's still really really really really good. thank you Larry Bird. https://twitter.com/nbastats/status/821760050872152065 https://twitter.com/spurs/status/821563519409606656  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ5K2ly0LPM
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euphronius posted:except Brett brown. I can guarentee you that Brett Brown does not think 6 foot 10 Ben Simmons can guard point guards.
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Paul Zuvella posted:I can guarentee you that Brett Brown does not think 6 foot 10 Ben Simmons can guard point guards. BB said "point forward" last summer. He said "point guard" this winter. Then he said Simmons would guard 1s when they guard him. When he plays now in practice he is the point guard.  We will see in a few weeks.I agree with you . It seems strange. But all the signs from BB and from south jersey seem to be hes going to be a true point guard at least some of the time. I baffles me as well, to be honest.
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BWV posted:Raptors 905 update. Did Bruno play?
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dokmo posted:Did Bruno play? It wasn't that big of a blow out ... Jk, he's with the A team right now stuck behind the completely inept Jakob Pöltl.
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Lol kawhi just straight up shooting in wiggins face. Wiggins doesn't even move to try to defend in half of the shots.
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That first play where Kawhi got a clean-up layup in the middle of 5 wolves is really bad, christ
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I know this discussion was from like a million pages ago but if the Wolves trade Rubio they're dead to me.
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Somebody put modern rosters in the SNES version of NBA Jam TE. In addition to the adding 2017 NBA players, they hid the following Legends in the game: Olajuwon, Robinson, Malone, Stockton, Dominique, Larry Johnson, Alonzo Mourning, Pippen, John Starks, Reggie Miller, Muggsy, Brad Daugherty, Harold Miner, Eqing, Horace Grant, Mark Price, Nick Anderson, Larry Bird, Magic, Jordan, Barkley, Shaq, Vince Carter, Ray Allen, Yao, Kobe, KG, Duncan, Scalabrine, Jimmer. In addition to that they include the following hidden characters: Harambe, Trump, Hillary, Kanye West, Usain Bolt, Cam Newton, David Ortiz, and Craig Sager. http://www.hogswithablog.com edit: glancing at the rosters and whoever made this really likes handing out 8s and 9s for speed. It feels like half the starters super fast. Spacebump fucked around with this message at 21:27 on Jan 18, 2017 |
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Tae posted:That first play where Kawhi got a clean-up layup in the middle of 5 wolves is really bad, christ Tom Thibodeau is going to have a heart attack on court this season
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Boredumb posted:Tom Thibodeau is going to have a heart attack on court this season Then his punishment in hell will be coaching this team for eternity.
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Spacebump posted:Harambe I'm really looking forward to everyone forgetting about this in the coming year
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Did zach give a good birthday present to thibs with d?
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well it's also the title of one of the best songs of 2016 so there's very little chance I'll ever forget
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Time posted:Did zach give a good birthday present to thibs with d? Might want to reword this, buddy.
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Paul Zuvella posted:Might want to reword this, buddy. I meant what I said
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http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/basketball/bulls/ct-rajon-rondo-coach-bulls-spt-0119-20170118-story.htmlquote:"I've been preparing to coach since I left Boston, really," Rondo said. "I study all of my coaches. I watch the way they move, the timeouts they call, plays they draw up out of timeouts, how they run practices, speeches they give. I'm trying to follow it all. I see how players gravitate toward different coaches. Fire Hoiberg hire Rondo imo. I want nothing more than to see the GM Coach relationship dynamic of GarPax and Rondo
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Dexo posted:http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/basketball/bulls/ct-rajon-rondo-coach-bulls-spt-0119-20170118-story.html When he is fired you could get a miniseries on showtime.
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Dexo posted:Wait, what? Are we talking the same profession that Coach K has? Are we talking the same profession that Tom Thibodeau currently partakes in? Jason Kidd? Doc Rivers? 'You couldn’t name three people on the Sacramento Kings, and I led the league in assists' Rajon Rondo That is not something a person who wants to be a coach in a few years should say. How many players from that Kings team are better than Rondo this year? Cousins, Gay, Seth Curry, Darren Collison, and maybe Ty Lawson. Am I missing anyone WhyteRyce? Juaguocio posted:I worked on it a little more. Behold: http://www.espn.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=hy76qp5
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Spacebump posted:'You couldn’t name three people on the Sacramento Kings, and I led the league in assists' Rajon Rondo to be fair most basketball fans couldn't have named anyone on the Kings besides Rondo, Cousins and Gay.
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Chairchucker posted:I know this discussion was from like a million pages ago but if the Wolves trade Rubio they're dead to me. The idea of trading a 26 year old Rubio so you can give more minutes to 23 year old Dunn is giving me a feeling of total disorientation. It is simply incompatible with my weltanschauung as it were.
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i asked for more jokic and boy did I get it!! anyway, looking forward to some more sick point-center action in another meaningless Nuggets season where they'd be better off with a lottery pick
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