NBA Playoffs 2016-17 G/V: The Playoffs Are A Band Metaphor Now

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MalarkeyToboggan: Jan 4, 2015

Vertical Lime posted:

https://twitter.com/IanBegley/status/830891844674297857

not a stunt, nope

Meanwhile Spike Lee is wearing an Oakley jersey at the game today.

# ? Feb 12, 2017 23:39

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# ? May 17, 2024 02:39

de curry GOAT: Oct 23, 2005

I've recently been into this band maybe you've heard of them-- JD & the straight shot. Wicked hot fire, cannot recommend them enough

# ? Feb 12, 2017 23:41

WhyteRyce: Dec 30, 2001

Saw JD & The Straight Shot open for The Eagles. Man that was 3 hours of straight fire I did not sit down once

# ? Feb 12, 2017 23:48

Nissin Cup Nudist: Sep 3, 2011; Sleep with one eye open

We're off to Gritty Gritty land

Where is my Okafor trade?

# ? Feb 12, 2017 23:49

corn on the cop: Oct 12, 2012; Break what must be broken, once for all, that's all, and take the suffering on oneself.

â Corey Dostoyevsky

WhyteRyce posted:

Saw JD & The Straight Shot open for The Eagles. Man that was 3 hours of straight fire I did not sit down once

going to an eagles concert is a crime punishable by deportation

# ? Feb 12, 2017 23:54

The Duggler: Feb 20, 2011; I do not hear you, I do not see you, I will not let you get into the Duggler's head with your bring-downs.

Could JaVale McGee win a finals MVP this year?

# ? Feb 12, 2017 23:55

Spacebump: Dec 24, 2003; Dallas Mavericks: Generations

Lol people were paid to be pro-Dolan outside MSG.
http://deadspin.com/someone-wanted-you-to-see-this-sketchy-and-feeble-pro-d-1792275983
They could only find two people willing to be pro-Dolan for $50. Sad!

Spacebump fucked around with this message at 00:33 on Feb 13, 2017

# ? Feb 13, 2017 00:29

euphronius: Feb 18, 2009

Whispers that it's valentine mirotic and a protected 1st

I'm ok with that and I know it's not popular here

# ? Feb 13, 2017 00:35

aBagorn: Aug 26, 2004

euphronius posted:

Whispers that it's valentine mirotic and a protected 1st

I'm ok with that and I know it's not popular here

Depends on the protection for me.

# ? Feb 13, 2017 00:38

mA: Jul 10, 2001; I am the ugly lover.

Bush Did Outer Heaven posted:

Yeah I dunno about Plumlee guarding 4s--it's seems like uncharted territory, but clearly Denver believes it'll work.

He'll get roasted against skilled, modern 4s. Plumlee's whole deal is that he's an athletic, mobile, and (somewhat) skilled 5.

# ? Feb 13, 2017 00:39

straight up brolic: Jan 31, 2007; After all, I was nice in ball,
Came to practice weed scented
Report card like the speed limit

mA posted:

He'll get smoked against skilled, modern 4s. Plumlee's whole deal is that he's an athletic, mobile (somewhat) skilled 5.

Watch him on switches.

E: I'm just going to do a write about about this

# ? Feb 13, 2017 00:39

Tae: Oct 24, 2010; Hello? Can you hear me? ...Perhaps if I shout? AAAAAAAAAH!

euphronius posted:

Whispers that it's valentine mirotic and a protected 1st

I'm ok with that and I know it's not popular here

You were arguing for valentine and grant with no pick, that's a huge difference

# ? Feb 13, 2017 00:40

Punkin Spunkin: Jan 1, 2010

GO SPURS GO

# ? Feb 13, 2017 00:43

euphronius: Feb 18, 2009

Tae posted:

You were arguing for valentine and grant with no pick, that's a huge difference

Tae posted:

You were arguing for valentine and grant with no pick, that's a huge difference

If the pick is top 20 protected not really imo ??

I guess we will see. The cornerstone of the trade is valentine regardless . Imho.

# ? Feb 13, 2017 00:44

NickRoweFillea: Sep 27, 2012; doin thangs

Ghetto SuperCzar posted:

I see so much "BLAZER FANS SAY THIS ONE CRAZY THING(on this other site where almost all posters are idiots)."

Blazer fans here are pretty chill.

edit: okay, they were bad during the ROY/ODEN/ALDRIDGE era, but that was so long ago at this point.

The Roy Aldridge Batum era produced one of my favorite copy pastes

# ? Feb 13, 2017 00:46

Vertical Lime: Dec 11, 2004

https://twitter.com/Schultz_Report/status/830922137842118656

sad

# ? Feb 13, 2017 00:46

chunkles: Aug 14, 2005; i am completely immersed in darkness
as i turn my body away from the sun

Spacebump posted:

They could only find two people willing to be pro-Dolan for $50. Sad!

well done NYC

# ? Feb 13, 2017 00:48

dokmo: Aug 27, 2006; man

Vertical Lime posted:

https://twitter.com/Schultz_Report/status/830922137842118656

jesus christ

# ? Feb 13, 2017 00:53

Punkin Spunkin: Jan 1, 2010

I thought that was a good trade for the Blazers. Hire me Dolan, I'm on moon rocks and I'm studying the CBA. I wouldn't have drafted Oden, I would have drafted Yi Jianlian

# ? Feb 13, 2017 00:54

Jack's Flow: Jun 6, 2003; Life, friends, is boring

1. Glad to hear that Vin Baker is still alive.
2. gently caress the Knicks.

# ? Feb 13, 2017 00:54

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.

The closest it looks to Portland to running an offense was when Plumlee was generally touching the ball. Which I guess Portland didn't do much when Lillard was on the floor so maybe they don't see a problem, and it's not like their offense is bad on paper (although I'd argue the three is covering up a lot of bad) He was probably their third best player on most nights.

Nurkic is a potentially good defender, but his complete stiff nature on offense made him hard to have on the floor sometimes. I don't believe anything about his personality since Denver is one of the open practitioners of "exit planning," or using the media to corrode fan opinion of guys they want to move.

I don't know if Plumlee can play with Jokic for sure, but I think he can. Maybe not against teams going small. But that gives Denver another guy who can pass really well and likes to play team offense. So even if Plumlee is coming off the bench he could be a real boon to the bench unit.

Denver is an okay drafting team (a lot of my respected draft analyzers are pretty critical of them for drafting pretty similar players a lot, and similar players to players they already have, but I think in practice these guys end up distinctive), Portland's mostly a good drafting team, so the pick is a bit more valuable to Portland than Denver and they probably aren't going to get a player as good with Plumlee with it. Of course, probably neither will Portland. But if they really were going to let him go in the offseason (which I don't know about, I feel like he's a good guy to give the mini-Max to, if you have to cut, cut elsewhere), I guess that's a move you do.

Rick fucked around with this message at 01:08 on Feb 13, 2017

# ? Feb 13, 2017 01:03

G-Hawk: Dec 15, 2003

chunkles posted:

Ariza was +44 in the Rockets 31 point blowout of the Suns last night. That's the highest I've seen +/- go

the best part was he was +32 in the 1st half with 0 points scored

# ? Feb 13, 2017 01:18

Athanatos: Jun 7, 2006; Est. 1967

The Bulls just got poo poo on all day with stuff like this:

https://twitter.com/cjzero/status/830887715570860032

I enjoy the competition between the Bulls and Knicks for being the biggest disaster this year.

# ? Feb 13, 2017 01:29

Zogo: Jul 29, 2003

chunkles posted:

Ariza was +44 in the Rockets 31 point blowout of the Suns last night. That's the highest I've seen +/- go

These are the highest/lowest ones since 2000:

code:

Player		  Date		+/-
Joe Smith	  11/8/2001	52
Wally Szczerbiak  11/8/2001	50
Jared Jeffries	  10/31/2002	50
Tyronn Lue	  10/31/2002	49
Amar'e Stoudemire 2/2/2009	49
Chauncey Billups  12/2/2008	48
Ronnie Brewer	  1/1/2012	48
Terrell Brandon	  11/8/2001	48
Shelvin Mack	  3/28/2016	48
Darren Collison	  2/19/2012	47
Amar'e Stoudemire 1/21/2007	47

Donald Sloan	  4/17/2012    -46
Antawn Jamison	  1/11/2011    -46
Josh Childress	  3/16/2005    -46
Antawn Jamison	  4/17/2012    -47
Deron Williams	  11/15/2005   -47
Lou Williams	  12/23/2015   -47
Steven Hunter	  3/18/2007    -48
Manny Harris	  1/11/2011    -57

Vertical Lime posted:

https://twitter.com/IanBegley/status/830891844674297857

not a stunt, nope

Dolan is building a squad of 1990s players to protect him. Dolan's probably writing six figure checks to these guys.

Zogo fucked around with this message at 01:54 on Feb 13, 2017

# ? Feb 13, 2017 01:32

R.D. Mangles: Jan 10, 2004

What the abulls need is anothe local Chicago kid on the team,that's a proven formula

# ? Feb 13, 2017 01:50

Away all Goats: Jul 5, 2005; Goose's rebellion

PACE

https://streamable.com/uv26p

AND SPACE

Bonus slow mo of the bulls bench: https://gfycat.com/AlarmingLateAsiansmallclawedotter

Away all Goats fucked around with this message at 02:10 on Feb 13, 2017

# ? Feb 13, 2017 02:06

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.

Away all Goats posted:

PACE

https://streamable.com/uv26p

AND SPACE

Bonus slow mo of the bulls bench: https://gfycat.com/AlarmingLateAsiansmallclawedotter

Today, we are all Jimmy Butler.

# ? Feb 13, 2017 02:13

Tae: Oct 24, 2010; Hello? Can you hear me? ...Perhaps if I shout? AAAAAAAAAH!

Away all Goats posted:

PACE

https://streamable.com/uv26p

AND SPACE

Bonus slow mo of the bulls bench: https://gfycat.com/AlarmingLateAsiansmallclawedotter

Taj Gibson, underrated player who's wasted his career when he could've helped so many teams

# ? Feb 13, 2017 02:14

Hand Knit: Oct 24, 2005; Beer Loses more than a game Sunday ...
We lost our Captain, our Teammate, our Friend Kelly Calabro...
Rest in Peace my friend you will be greatly missed..

I think that the Raptors are having some difficulties that they need to work out.

# ? Feb 13, 2017 02:25

CRISPYBABY: Dec 15, 2007; by Reene

masai fix it plz

# ? Feb 13, 2017 02:29

Drunk Canuck: Jan 9, 2010; Robots ruin all the fun of a good adventure.

What's the asking price for Anthony Davis? Please, Masai.

# ? Feb 13, 2017 02:30

Niwrad: Jul 1, 2008

Away all Goats posted:

PACE

https://streamable.com/uv26p

AND SPACE

Bonus slow mo of the bulls bench: https://gfycat.com/AlarmingLateAsiansmallclawedotter

It's better with music.

https://streamable.com/3wc5n

# ? Feb 13, 2017 02:35

AggressivelyStupid: Jan 9, 2012

Niwrad posted:

It's better with music.

https://streamable.com/3wc5n

It's just like playing with the ai in 2k.

What's that, you're a incredible 3pt shooter unguarded on the fast break? Better cut to basket with everyone else instead of hanging back for the wide open 3.

Except Chicago doesn't have any 3pt shooters

# ? Feb 13, 2017 02:38

Tae: Oct 24, 2010; Hello? Can you hear me? ...Perhaps if I shout? AAAAAAAAAH!

Drunk Canuck posted:

What's the asking price for Anthony Davis? Please, Masai.

The entire roster is not worth half of davis, unfortunately

# ? Feb 13, 2017 02:38

Kibner: Oct 21, 2008; Acguy Supremacy

Drunk Canuck posted:

What's the asking price for Anthony Davis? Please, Masai.

Roughly five top-3 picks.

# ? Feb 13, 2017 02:42

Niwrad: Jul 1, 2008

Tae posted:

Taj Gibson, underrated player who's wasted his career when he could've helped so many teams

Trade Taj to the Raptors for one of their 1st round picks.

# ? Feb 13, 2017 02:43

Metapod: Mar 18, 2012

i would like to mention that is was ish not reggie leading the pistons to glory

# ? Feb 13, 2017 02:46

Jota: May 6, 2003; uga-booga uga-booga

I love that James Dolan was like "I need to get some older Knicks to hang out with me to get the fans back on my side...but who? I've got it! I'll remind them I signed Vin Baker while he was a fat, alcoholic!"

# ? Feb 13, 2017 02:48

boop the snoot: Jun 3, 2016

https://twitter.com/sacramentokings/status/830945915846291456

https://twitter.com/dallasstars/status/830948535872999424

# ? Feb 13, 2017 02:58

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# ? May 17, 2024 02:39

Mr. Mambold: Feb 13, 2011; Aha. Nice post.

Zogo posted:

Vertical Lime posted:
lol

https://twitter.com/IanBegley/status/830873746214907904

Dolan is building a squad of 1990s players to protect him. Dolan's probably writing six figure checks to these guys.

If true, they should all bless the name of Oakley and tithe to him.

# ? Feb 13, 2017 03:01

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