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Lockback posted:Spurs beating the Cavs in the Finals would be kinda funny. Spurs beating the Wizards would be funnier.
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imo teams should start bringing in old voodoo ladies to the combine and run players through some hexing drills to gauge resistance to curses
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leftist heap posted:
Agreed, and that's why if I had an MVP vote I would vote for Russ because gently caress KD.
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Shear Modulus posted:imo teams should start bringing in old voodoo ladies to the combine and run players through some hexing drills to gauge resistance to curses NOLA would finally be able to get players that resist their homecourt disadvantage.
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Shear Modulus posted:imo teams should start bringing in old voodoo ladies to the combine and run players through some hexing drills to gauge resistance to curses morey is already loving on it after last night
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May 12, 2017 19:39
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we should bring satanic panic back to the NBA. tim duncan is a devil worshipping warlock. "dungeons and dragons" my rear end
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May 12, 2017 19:43
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the big question is whether european prospects can adapt from the euro leagues, where curses focus on gypsies and the Baba Yaga, to the more voodoo- and Native American burial ground-centric NBA.
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chunkles posted:we should bring satanic panic back to the NBA. tim duncan is a devil worshipping warlock. "dungeons and dragons" my rear end  cheating doesn't pay.
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May 12, 2017 20:03
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Lonzo Ball is not a bad rapper https://youtu.be/Xr6aDsOx_50 HE WILL BE A STAR
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May 12, 2017 20:04
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this dude practice obeah for real
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May 12, 2017 20:10
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the devil in the leisure suit is pat riley
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Jota posted:It's not like Harden was having a bad game and decided to start getting his teammates involved, he never started trying to score. He didn't have a shot attempt until about 18 minutes into the game and only shot twice in the first half. He was passing up open shots to throw the ball away. This wasn't just a regular bad game, I hope he had some kind of injury to explain it. He played literally exactly how he did in the 2012 finals, down to the weird jittery hesitations, looking off shots, and deer in the headlights staring into the middle distance at 18 feet from the basket. We made basically the same excuses for him then too
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May 12, 2017 20:26
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Chairchucker posted:Spurs beating the Wizards would be funnier. That would actually be kinda tragic. If the Wiz make it there I will be pulling hard for them.
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May 12, 2017 20:27
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Lockback posted:That would actually be kinda tragic. If the Wiz make it there I will be pulling hard for them. 
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May 12, 2017 20:28
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Mandrel posted:He played literally exactly how he did in the 2012 finals, down to the weird jittery hesitations, looking off shots, and deer in the headlights staring into the middle distance at 18 feet from the basket. We made basically the same excuses for him then too Stephen A. Smith thinks Harden was drugged and is demanding an investigation. http://www.latimes.com/sports/nba/la-sp-stephena-espn-james-harden-20170512-story.html
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May 12, 2017 20:52
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this is nothing other than gross discrimination against narcoleptic nba players.
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May 12, 2017 20:57
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kawhi gets hurt and harden instantly becomes poo poo. maybe harden lost the will to play without being able to touch his favorite dick
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Redgrendel2001 posted:Stephen A. Smith thinks Harden was drugged and is demanding an investigation. This is preposterous to me. Ambien, things of that nature.
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zoux posted:This is preposterous to me. Ambien, things of that nature. hahahah
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He probably just went partying with Sleepy Floyd and caught something
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zoux posted:This is preposterous to me. Ambien, things of that nature.  I missed you zoux.
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May 12, 2017 21:40
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euphronius posted:I think there will be some hidden harden injury leaked. It's pretty clear he never fully recovered from his wrist injury at the end of the regular season, then he rolled his ankle in the OKC series which slowed him down even more. That said, you can't pull out the injury excuse when the Spurs had to sit Kawhi Leonard in an elimination game and Tony Parker had already died after playing miraculously well.
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May 12, 2017 21:54
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I know Parker was playing well, but I think they will be better this playoffs as a whole with Mills and Murray.
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Lockback posted:Wouldn't Playoffs MVP be identical to Finals MVP? I don't see that award going to anyone who got knocked out in the conference finals, much less the 2nd round. It'd probably end up that way a lot but it'd open up more discussion for giving it to players not on the title team. 2014 LBJ was without a doubt the MVP of the playoffs as one example. 1989 Jordan, 1964 Wilt as well. Lockback posted:...why is it so surprising they lost in 6? It shouldn't be surprising at all. Rockets have a trash D, wildly fluctuating 3P production and are led by a hobo who just set the all-time TOV record in NBA/ABA history. EvanTH posted:Last few playoffs a bunch of cranky old men (notably Charles Barkley and NYKnicks GM Philliam Jackson) have been complaining about the three point shooting like it was some kinda gimmick. They're obviously wrong when they're talking about the Warriors, who can score from anywhere on the court, but I think maybe they'd be right if they were talking about the Rockets. The 2017 Rockets are an excellent case study in the futility of 3P chucking. Especially going out with single-digit 2P makes. You actually have to make the 3P baskets. See: Cavaliers, Spurs, Warriors. Going by 3P makes vs. attempts the three teams in the final four are the best three in the league this season.
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Lockback posted:Hey Remember when Westbrook started playing poorly in the 4th quarter and kept playing through it and got roasted? Now Harden started playing poorly and stopped shooting and is getting roasted. The verdict? If you are a good player don't ever have a bad game. Or just be on the best team like 2010 Kobe. Get the MVP chants while going 6for24 from the field (0for6 from 3P range) and win Finals MVP. If you win nobody cares. zoux posted:How much arguing about MVPs would go away if they just called it "Best Player Award" and we didn't have to endure endless semantic arguments about what "valuable" means. Not too much in the short-term probably. Yea, I believe it should be a playoffs MVP award rather than a finals MVP award. Combining playoffs/regular-season into one award could work some years but in some years you'd have a great guy on a team that missed the playoffs vs. another guy who played nearly thirty more games. Too much of a gap IMO. Ghost Dog posted:i mean a 55 win team should not get blown out at home in an elimination game vs a team missing two starters one of which is an mvp candidate. thats slightly different than cant have a bad game Always remember that anything can happen in a single game. Even in a 10-15 game stretch anomalies can be observed. The Spurs are notorious for overachieving while resting elite players too. It's a running joke that the Spurs could sit Duncan/Parker/Ginobili and still be competitive against any team in the league. I'm not shocked by the blowout but making nine 2P shots the entire game is remarkable.
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*ponders the curious case of Ol' Sleepy Eyed Dick Touching Jim Harden* **takes a sip of chocolate milk to stimulate thought** Jim didn't play well because the dwightmare doesn't stop just because you get rid of him. The energy remains ready to pounce. It's why the magic signed Bismack after trading for serge; it's why the Lakers hired magic. Game 6 the dwightmare struck
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Metapod posted:Lonzo Ball is not a bad rapper Those BBB t-shirts cost 60+ dollars.  Paul Zuvella posted:who the gently caress is red panda Tae's favorite porn star. Shear Modulus posted:...maybe D'antoni will get around to coaching defense. Seems like a bet on par with Rose winning that second MVP award. illcendiary posted:I know one-game ORtg stats are pointless but Ryan Anderson put up an ORtg of 7 in 25 minutes last night, gotta be some sort of single game record for a guy getting decent minutes Ryan Anderson was ready for vacation along with Harden. Here's the worst shooting in the playoffs since 1984: code:
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Lockback posted:Wouldn't Playoffs MVP be identical to Finals MVP? I don't see that award going to anyone who got knocked out in the conference finals, much less the 2nd round.
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Zogo posted:Those BBB t-shirts cost 60+ dollars. I mean 60 bucks for a t-shirt isn't really expensive compared to other mid to top end brands of t-shirts. Now it depends on if you want to consider BBB a mid to top end brand(It's not)
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Lockback posted:I know Parker was playing well, but I think they will be better this playoffs as a whole with Mills and Murray. I kinda think so too. It really comes down to the difference between say 0.5 and 1 wins in the series, but I'm all for Murray getting minutes against the highest possible tier opponent.
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DeimosRising posted:One of those teams won the series and two of them won the finals the next year, both of the finals winning teams went on to later beat the team that crushed them in a finals rematch. One game means nothing. Their defense must be upgraded to win a title. Redgrendel2001 posted:His rep probably suffers from :0 rings:, but, echoing other posters, he's probably just a little bit below Shaq/Olajuwon/Robinson. He's not too far from Olajuwon but he's way below Shaq/Robinson. Some other big men and how many times they ranked in the top 10 of WS/48 in a season: code:predicto posted:All jokes aside, how did that team win 55 games? Was it because regular season games don't give you enough time to prep for the Rockets' Moreyball style? Harden is a great scorer who ran out of gas. Every so often some of the greats end their playoff seasons with junk games and it's no mystery. Just like Curry last year after his amazing season. This is why LBJ coasts in the regular season. If LBJ gave 100% all year he'd be the NO DOUBT MVP in everyone's mind but he'd also be much more likely to fizzle out in May/June. Dexo posted:I mean 60 bucks for a t-shirt isn't really expensive compared to other mid to top end brands of t-shirts. Yea, all these companies are committing robbery.
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https://twitter.com/JaValeMcGee34/status/863145286188675072 Javale McGee is hosting a celebrity softball game to raise hydration awareness #juglife
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May 12, 2017 23:01
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Zogo posted:
Did i miss something
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Spring Break My Heart posted:The difference would be a guy having a better 4 series instead of just in the finals. Like I think Garnett would win it in 2008 instead of Pierce, Duncan in 2007 instead of Parker, Magic in 88 insead of Worthy... Parker winning it in 2007 was odd. Even Michael Finley had more playoff WS than him. Not to mention Duncan/Ginobili having more WS than anyone outside of LBJ. Kibner posted:Machine learning says I've noticed this. I believe many players are lazy and don't want to dunk.  Kareem looks at this chart and shakes his head that nobody has copied and improved his hook shot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTL8dW6PqPE Kareem's shot was so unstoppable. Look at the people trying to block it. If only they were three or four feet taller they could block him. The shot that led to the highest team SRS ever. Tae posted:Did i miss something Yes, back like fifteen pages or something people were making porn jokes about you. IDK why.
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May 12, 2017 23:10
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It's a secret effort by the powerful discord illuminati to discredit and bully tae out of the thread. Stay strong!
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Vanilla Mint Ice posted:It's a secret effort by the powerful discord illuminati to discredit and bully tae out of the thread. Stay strong! There is no discord illuminati because of the lack nba goons in the cord help form a discord illuminati https://discord.gg/BYmCH
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turn left metapod
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Ghost Dog posted:turn left metapod Okay I've turned left and am facing the sun room what now
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