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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.

Bashez posted:

That second year on his contract being a player option is vexing. The Spurs seem kind of screwed cap wise in the near future. I can't imagine Pau opting out and I don't think Manu's money coming off the books is going to get them under the cap.

Conservative estimate is 100 million, projected salary for the Spurs next year is 93 mil. They obviously probably want to re-sign Jonathon Simmons but the Gilbert Arenas rule may help them there.

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warcrimes
Jul 6, 2013

I don't know what's it called, I just know the sound it makes when it takes a J4G's life. :parrot: :parrot: :parrot: :parrot:

They take it up a notch

https://twitter.com/sacramentokings/status/830262180012449792

nachos
Jun 27, 2004

Wario Chalmers! WAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
went to the heat-nets game tonight and saw Andy Elisburg in person. My life is complete

warcrimes
Jul 6, 2013

I don't know what's it called, I just know the sound it makes when it takes a J4G's life. :parrot: :parrot: :parrot: :parrot:

Away all Goats posted:

Curry is eventually going to give Kerr an an aneurysm

https://streamable.com/odhh5

Also that Draymond was 6 points away from a quadruple double :popeye:

I love love love Kerr.

also some of this:

https://twitter.com/WarriorsPR/status/830265637603786754

RaySmuckles
Oct 14, 2009


:vapes:
Grimey Drawer

Bashez posted:

If Kawhi doesn't win MVP the NBA is loving rigged.

Rick posted:

I told you it was a media award like ten years ago man.

both of these things are so true.

seriously, the spurs are a one all-star team and handily have the 2nd best record in the NBA.

M.
V.
P.

Jota
May 6, 2003

uga-booga uga-booga
Embiid loves an audience and he loves Meek

https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/830283530382880769

Lugnut Seatcushion
May 4, 2013
Lipstick Apathy
https://twitter.com/espnSteveLevy/status/830266920184209408

Good. :colbert:

Nissin Cup Nudist
Sep 3, 2011

Sleep with one eye open

We're off to Gritty Gritty land




How does one get 10 steals in the fist place

Spoeank
Jul 16, 2003

That's a nice set of 11 dynasty points there, it would be a shame if 3 rings were to happen with it
N: Hawks were up by 20+ on the Kings and lost

V: https://twitter.com/CarmichaelDave/status/830297391039287296

warcrimes
Jul 6, 2013

I don't know what's it called, I just know the sound it makes when it takes a J4G's life. :parrot: :parrot: :parrot: :parrot:

https://twitter.com/richkleiman/status/830288904708292608

Dejan Bimble
Mar 24, 2008

we're all black friends
Plaster Town Cop
Eric Bledsoe is Frog from Chrono Trigger if he was a basketball player

Jota
May 6, 2003

uga-booga uga-booga
Also shout out to Brook Lopez for taking this man's poor soul

https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/830239210447593473

WhyteRyce
Dec 30, 2001

I love my bad dumb team's twitter

https://twitter.com/Rachel__Nichols/status/830277752930594820?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

https://twitter.com/SacramentoKings/status/830262180012449792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

https://twitter.com/SacramentoKings/status/830263044248784896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

https://twitter.com/SacramentoKings/status/830264137661845504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

https://twitter.com/SacramentoKings/status/830267204918587393?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

https://twitter.com/SacramentoKings/status/830267795296235522?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

https://twitter.com/SacramentoKings/status/830273754097790980?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

https://twitter.com/ATLHawks/status/830274055165054976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

WhyteRyce fucked around with this message at 07:44 on Feb 11, 2017

TildeATH
Oct 21, 2010

by Lowtax

Metapod posted:

if okc makes the playoffs with russ averaging a triple double and he doesn't win the mvp then just burn it all down

How would you tell the difference?

Spring Break My Heart
Feb 15, 2012

WhyteRyce posted:

I love my bad dumb team's twitter
What's the point of all this?

Tae
Oct 24, 2010

Hello? Can you hear me? ...Perhaps if I shout? AAAAAAAAAH!

Spring Break My Heart posted:

What's the point of all this?

Adam Silver basically banned twitter trashtalking

Up Circle
Apr 3, 2008

i love the nba and eastern european politics thread

Salvor_Hardin
Sep 13, 2005

I want to go protest.
Nap Ghost

Aahaha I love this league so much.

Strawberry Panda
Nov 4, 2007

Breakfast Defecting, Slow Dick Touching, Root Beer Barreling SwagVP
Do you think those social media coordinators know each other personally? Are social media coordinators the new digital mascots of pro teams?

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.

Dejan Bimble posted:

Eric Bledsoe is Frog from Chrono Trigger if he was a basketball player

I eventually at one point just pretended the whole story was about Frog.

MalarkeyToboggan
Jan 4, 2015



The Kings twitter has been great all year. More teams should protest this dumb rule. Why would you take away one of the reasons people enjoy your league? It's not like trashtalk is detrimental to anything. It just builds hype.

AggressivelyStupid
Jan 9, 2012

Dejan Bimble posted:

Eric Bledsoe is Frog from Chrono Trigger if he was a basketball player

He loving rules?

NickRoweFillea
Sep 27, 2012

doin thangs

This is so wholesome

Jack's Flow
Jun 6, 2003

Life, friends, is boring
Miami will never lose again.

boop the snoot
Jun 3, 2016

NBA best sports league

pubic works project
Jan 28, 2005

No Decepticon in history, and I say this with great surety, has been treated worse or more unfairly.

Lmao it's supposedly the restaurant that Russ goes to all the time after games.

Lugnut Seatcushion
May 4, 2013
Lipstick Apathy
Yeah I don't believe a word Lyin' Rich Kleiman says

Metapod
Mar 18, 2012
I need this shirt https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/830420466879840256

DeimosRising
Oct 17, 2005

ˇHola SEA!


Dejan Bimble posted:

Greg Poppovich is half croat and half serb, so unity is the best option. This is why Yugoslavia should be reunited.

Heck yeah. Sure doesn't sound like "Serbian nationalism" to me...

Critically, the use of debt warfare has become standard practice post Yugoslavia, while the US still refuses to use its own privileged debt position to spend in a way that would benefit average citizens. They're happy to swing the sword both ways. And the looting of Yugoslav and Soviet public property was more or less a trial balloon for the even more lucrative privatization of US and UK public assets.

Jack's Flow posted:

Miami will never lose again.

I would absolutely be in favor of a Heat championship this year, there's no option that's funnier

AggressivelyStupid posted:

He loving rules?

Kobe always thought he was Magus, but he was really Dalton imo

dokmo
Aug 27, 2006

:stat:man
The only way to hold people to their predictions is to have some kind of consequences for getting it wrong. All you Porterheads are talking big, but as far as I can tell, the only thing Otto Porter is doing particularly well this season is hitting threes—if it wasn't for that, he'd be the most average and boring as gently caress player imaginable.

I am willing to bet that his 46% three point accuracy is a huge fluke, and I'm willing to bet two dollars for every one of your dollars (to be donated to a charity of the winner's choice) that he shoots worse than 40% after the all star break. Who will step up?

The rules are:

1. Regular season only, between Feb 24 and Apr 12.
2. If he attempts fewer than 50 threes in that span, the bet's off.
3. If Porter shoots 40% or better, I will donate twice the amount you bet to a charity of your choice.
4. If Porter does not make 40% of his threes, you donate your bet to a charity of my choice.
5. Proof of donation is a screencap of the reciept with any identifying info blacked out.

Papercut
Aug 24, 2005

Dexo posted:

Frank Isola and other media members talked to him shortly after he was released. If he was wasted as Dolan so callously implied there is no way in hell he would have been released so soon.

There was also the earlier story about him driving home from the station that night. Cops don't generally just hand a drunk's keys back to them.

Chairchucker
Nov 14, 2006

to ride eternal, shiny and chrome

THUNDERDOME LOSER 2022




dokmo posted:

The only way to hold people to their predictions is to have some kind of consequences for getting it wrong. All you Porterheads are talking big, but as far as I can tell, the only thing Otto Porter is doing particularly well this season is hitting threes—if it wasn't for that, he'd be the most average and boring as gently caress player imaginable.

I am willing to bet that his 46% three point accuracy is a huge fluke, and I'm willing to bet two dollars for every one of your dollars (to be donated to a charity of the winner's choice) that he shoots worse than 40% after the all star break. Who will step up?

The rules are:

1. Regular season only, between Feb 24 and Apr 12.
2. If he attempts fewer than 50 threes in that span, the bet's off.
3. If Porter shoots 40% or better, I will donate twice the amount you bet to a charity of your choice.
4. If Porter does not make 40% of his threes, you donate your bet to a charity of my choice.
5. Proof of donation is a screencap of the reciept with any identifying info blacked out.

I don't even know who Otto Porter is but since this is presumably gonna be for a good cause, in for, oooh, let's say $50.

Femur
Jan 10, 2004
I REALLY NEED TO SHUT THE FUCK UP
You are really disrespecting the miracle of contract year.

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:

Jokic is the best young player in the NBA by a wide margin. Towns is great, but he doesn't hold a candle to him.

Chairchucker
Nov 14, 2006

to ride eternal, shiny and chrome

THUNDERDOME LOSER 2022




What's the threshold for 'young'?

Tae
Oct 24, 2010

Hello? Can you hear me? ...Perhaps if I shout? AAAAAAAAAH!
Still in rookie contract, otherwise Anthony Davis would count.

Jack's Flow
Jun 6, 2003

Life, friends, is boring

straight up brolic posted:

Jokic is the best young player in the NBA by a wide margin. Towns is great, but he doesn't hold a candle to him.

You know what, I agree. He doesn't look the part, so people are still confused, even though his numbers are outrageous.

https://twitter.com/KKMegaLeks/status/516629564358144000

Enjoy that Toyota, Nikola!

Chairchucker
Nov 14, 2006

to ride eternal, shiny and chrome

THUNDERDOME LOSER 2022




Tae posted:

Still in rookie contract, otherwise Anthony Davis would count.

Is Embiid still on his?

Doltos
Dec 28, 2005

🤌🤌🤌

straight up brolic posted:

Jokic is the best young player in the NBA by a wide margin. Towns is great, but he doesn't hold a candle to him.

It's his passing. He has such an awesome understanding of the game that the Nuggets otherwise crowded offense has been completely revitalized. Towns and Davis's defense are way better than him though. And he still picks up a ton of crappy fouls.

Either way Jokic is a beast.

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dokmo
Aug 27, 2006

:stat:man

Femur posted:

You are really disrespecting the miracle of contract year.

It is my belief that while a player may work harder whenever he wants, he cannot will the ball to go in at a higher rate, no matter the financial stakes. If you really believe in contract years, this is a good way to put some money on that belief! There can be no losers, only winners.

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