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WhyteRyce
Dec 30, 2001

We found out the Earth is flat, of course everything is going to start going to poo poo

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roundmidnight
Jul 9, 2010
Time to trade literally every young piece they have for, say, Paul Millsap

CRISPYBABY
Dec 15, 2007

by Reene
more great moments in NBA ad history

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeLaCjNRlyA

rip bernie mac

The Glumslinger
Sep 24, 2008

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


Hair Elf

WhyteRyce posted:

We found out the Earth is flat, of course everything is going to start going to poo poo

Cleveland winning a title just completely destroyed reality, didn't it?

Like, we're actually all dead and this is hell and Kibner is Satan

euphronius
Feb 18, 2009

I doubt atl would trade millsap for deangelo .

Maybe . They'd have to make a three way to get more young talent going to atl.

Time
Aug 1, 2011

It Was All A Dream
A whole lot of teams trying to one up one another on stupid moves this week

Tae
Oct 24, 2010

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

The Glumslinger posted:

Cleveland winning a title just completely destroyed reality, didn't it?

Like, we're actually all dead and this is hell and Kibner is Satan

Cubs winning probably tipped the scale

gently caress the patriots though

Time
Aug 1, 2011

It Was All A Dream
Magic, you're on deck. Make it good

The Glumslinger
Sep 24, 2008

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


Hair Elf
:lol: I was seeing the reaction on reddit and found this gem

quote:

Holy poo poo. My mom came into my room to bring me a plate of chicken nuggets and I literally screamed at her and hit the plate of chicken nuggets out of her hand. She started yelling and swearing at me and I slammed the door on her. I'm so distressed right now I don't know what to do. I didn't mean to do that to my mom but I'm literally in shock from the results tonight. I feel like I'm going to explode. Who the loving gently caress is our GM? This can't be happening. I'm having a loving breakdown. I don't want to believe the world is so corrupt. I want a future to believe in. I want Mitch to be GM and fix this broken team. I cannot loving deal with this right now. It wasn't supposed to be like this, I thought he was drafting well???? This is so hosed.

sba
Jul 9, 2001

bae

Up Circle
Apr 3, 2008
I like this decision. In my opinion, putting a literal lakers legend in charge of the team is great vision and someone with his competitive drive won't stop until we're #1 again. I think with this team we can win the title next year. Maybe magic should do the doc rivers and coach as well?

euphronius
Feb 18, 2009

Have any of magics real estate redevelopment projects actually worked out.

The Glumslinger
Sep 24, 2008

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


Hair Elf

Up Circle posted:

I like this decision. In my opinion, putting a literal lakers legend in charge of the team is great vision and someone with his competitive drive won't stop until we're #1 again. I think with this team we can win the title next year. Maybe magic should do the doc rivers and coach as well?

He should also play PG

roundmidnight
Jul 9, 2010

euphronius posted:

Have any of magics real estate redevelopment projects actually worked out.

The man literally built a giant financial empire when NBA salaries were a fraction of what they are now. A lot of his projects are dedicated to the needs of underserved communities rather than strictly financial decisions.

(He's still going to be a terrible GM)

Jota
May 6, 2003

uga-booga uga-booga
Open season for any team trying to swindle some young players for vets.

Up Circle
Apr 3, 2008

The Glumslinger posted:

He should also play PG

don't be ridiculous, he's like 50 years old. he probably isn't in good enough shape for that

The Glumslinger
Sep 24, 2008

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


Hair Elf

euphronius posted:

Have any of magics real estate redevelopment projects actually worked out.

He was moderately successful, but he didn't exactly ever hit a home run in terms of any deal or bussiness he made

He then sold all of it to become the figurehead owner of the Dodgers

Which he still is


The Dodgers owner is now running the Lakers

roundmidnight posted:

The man literally built a giant financial empire when NBA salaries were a fraction of what they are now.

(He's still going to be a terrible GM)

He did sign the largest contract in NBA history at the time he signed it and was given an significant ownership stake in the Lakers at an extreme discount before the value of NBA teams exploded in the late 90s

Vertical Lime
Dec 11, 2004

does magic call phil asap to laugh at him or

xbilkis
Apr 11, 2005

god qb
me
jay hova
Magic replacing Jim Buss (and forcing out Mitch in the process) is some real monkey's paw poo poo for Lakers fans

Bush Did Outer Heaven
Jan 18, 2005

The Sweetest Payne
maybe Magic's weird public persona is a thin veneer, and underneath it he's a savvy evaluator of ta-

https://twitter.com/MagicJohnson/status/793147180932403200

The Glumslinger
Sep 24, 2008

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


Hair Elf

Vertical Lime posted:

does magic call phil asap to laugh at him or

Larry Bird is trying to figure how to gently caress with him so more

WhyteRyce
Dec 30, 2001

Magic we'll trade you a slightly used Rudy Gay and Darren Collison for one unproven Jordan Clarkson

Paul Zuvella
Dec 7, 2011

What are the odds that Magic signs Derrick Rose to a max contract?

euphronius
Feb 18, 2009

Magics Wikipedia page looks like it was written by his pr people but he seems pretty successful in business .

roundmidnight
Jul 9, 2010
The real story here is that the Kings only had to wait ONE MORE DAY to get the farm from the Lakers for DeMarcus Cousins.

euphronius
Feb 18, 2009

I don't think the lakers have a max slot available lol

I guess they could trade for Roses bird rights

SunshineDanceParty
Feb 7, 2006

One Road. Two Friends. One Ass.
This last week has had some wonderfully funny NBA news.

Tae
Oct 24, 2010

Hello? Can you hear me? ...Perhaps if I shout? AAAAAAAAAH!
Do you think jim got fired because he wouldn't trade ingram for cousins?

Jack's Flow
Jun 6, 2003

Life, friends, is boring

euphronius posted:

In the middle of the trade deadline

Unbelievable

Maybe not getting cousins was the last straw

I love the NBA so much!


Also, I remember reading a piece not too long ago about the T'Wolves and there it sounded like the franchise wasn't too keen on building around Dunn as their PG of the future.

Jack's Flow fucked around with this message at 19:40 on Feb 21, 2017

WhyteRyce
Dec 30, 2001

roundmidnight posted:

The real story here is that the Kings only had to wait ONE MORE DAY to get the farm from the Lakers for DeMarcus Cousins.

No Vlade said offers would continue to go down if waited best time best offer

MalarkeyToboggan
Jan 4, 2015



Up Circle posted:

don't be ridiculous, he's like 50 years old. he probably isn't in good enough shape for that

You're right. I bet he could play center though.

xbilkis
Apr 11, 2005

god qb
me
jay hova
https://twitter.com/MagicJohnson/status/146686431669129216

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

Take me to your Shida

The Glumslinger posted:

The Dodgers owner is now running the Lakers

He sold his stake a while back so he could get more involved in basketball

The Glumslinger
Sep 24, 2008

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


Hair Elf

Tae posted:

Do you think jim got fired because he wouldn't trade ingram for cousins?

Yes


https://twitter.com/JeffZillgitt/status/834109449065418753

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.
This is the greatest week in the NBA since like like the Decision.

We aren't even halfway done with it from Friday either.

The Glumslinger
Sep 24, 2008

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


Hair Elf

IcePhoenix posted:

He sold his stake a while back so he could get more involved in basketball

I can't find any articles about this

euphronius
Feb 18, 2009

You don't fire your gm and vp-bo 2 days before the deadline what the gently caress

Jota
May 6, 2003

uga-booga uga-booga

sba posted:

so the Lakers fired their GM two days before the trade deadline?

Yeah if you're going to put Magic in charge that is dumb but why you wouldn't at least hold onto Kupchak through the deadine is insane

euphronius
Feb 18, 2009

As mentioned it has to be cousins fall out.

IMHO.

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Vanilla Mint Ice
Jul 17, 2007

A raccoon is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.
Now can someone hire reggie and mark jackson so they're off my tv forever

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