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As someone who defended Zaza's play as plausibly unintentional, I am pretty amazed that some dude could spend the time editing and uploading that video and think "this will show them! This is conclusive proof Zaza didn't do anything wrong!" Zaza comes up way further on a dude that was fading away; Aldridge scoots forward a little bit on a guy who is landing in front of where he lifted up. Also Zaza has a history etc
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May 17, 2017 07:32
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^ lolThe Biggest Jerk posted:Everyone else is up in arms but honestly I think somethings wrong with me because I don't see LMA and Zaza's as an intentional dirty play. Your body is always shifting. poo poo if everything I did was put under a microscope in pick-up games I would be afraid to even contest a shot. GET OUTRAGED! Kind of doesn't matter about intent the other night, at the very least, Zaza was reckless and deserves most of the scorn he's received. Because he has a history of being dirty, he doesn't get the benefit of the doubt and I have no problem with that. I'd also have no problem if this was made a flagrant.
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May 17, 2017 07:34
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warcrimes posted:^ lol It speaks to a larger issue in the NBA. In a closeout you won't have full control cause you gotta be contesting a shot as fast as you can as well as adjust at the last moment. https://streamable.com/k0swu It happens again up there against Livingston, practically the same as the Zaza/Kawhi incident. If they start calling fouls on all of these there's almost no way to stop fadeaways or lots of 3-pointers. Shooters know they'll get all the space they want. Plus you'll get the inevitable abuse ala Harden. All in all, a hard issue to regulate. Be too lenient, you get injuries but be too harsh and shooters will have a field day and further diminish the impact of non-shooting bigs. The Biggest Jerk fucked around with this message at 07:59 on May 17, 2017 |
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May 17, 2017 07:45
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xbilkis posted:As someone who defended Zaza's play as plausibly unintentional, I am pretty amazed that some dude could spend the time editing and uploading that video and think "this will show them! This is conclusive proof Zaza didn't do anything wrong!" also steph didn't have a well known recent ankle injury. it definitely looks like zaza targets that foot
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May 17, 2017 07:52
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Brolander posted:it definitely looks like zaza targets that foot This part I don't agree with because he never even looks down but he could have been fishing, no doubt. Good luck with Boston.
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May 17, 2017 07:54
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The Biggest Jerk posted:https://streamable.com/k0swu If they emphasized giving shooters room to land but stopped letting offensive players hook defenders on the perimeter, I wonder which would have the bigger effect We just need to accelerate the development of insanely graceful 7 footers that can switch seamlessly and have no need to panic while closing out
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May 17, 2017 08:02
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Dubs deserve the ship gently caress boston thanks in advance
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May 17, 2017 08:16
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warcrimes posted:This part I don't agree with because he never even looks down but he could have been fishing, no doubt. i guess definitely is the wrong word. im looking for it and want it to be true so thanks, i think we'll need it more than people think. celts are scary if they are hitting shots like the beginning of game 3(?) of the wiz series. Brolander fucked around with this message at 08:25 on May 17, 2017 |
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May 17, 2017 08:17
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Rabid Snake posted:Dubs deserve the ship gently caress boston thanks in advance Not that I don't want dubs to win but aren't you forgetting about a certain other ECF team.
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May 17, 2017 08:20
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Go Cavs go Spurs
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May 17, 2017 09:23
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The Biggest Jerk posted:It speaks to a larger issue in the NBA. In a closeout you won't have full control cause you gotta be contesting a shot as fast as you can as well as adjust at the last moment. This is actually a great point and although it would help the dubs, the cure might be worse than the poison
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May 17, 2017 09:33
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xbilkis posted:If they emphasized giving shooters room to land but stopped letting offensive players hook defenders on the perimeter, I wonder which would have the bigger effect The hooking is basically the result of defenders being retarded and trying to stick their arms out to prevent getting blown by.
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May 17, 2017 11:02
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Brolander posted:also steph didn't have a well known recent ankle injury. it definitely looks like zaza targets that foot
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May 17, 2017 11:13
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Redgrendel2001 posted:Draft update for the G/V thread. Sorry Rick Hopefully Lonzo will learn to deal with NBA athletes and his jumper won't completely fail At least the rest of the team will like him more than Deangelo It puts the sixers in a tough spot. They could try moving Covington to 2 and playing Jackson at 3, but Covington sucks at 2 and is really good at 3/4. Maybe they'll draft Potatum since he can shoot and is comfortably a 3. I feel like potatum is rising because his position is clear and people feel like they know exactly what he is. That's a dangerous thing. I'll have to watch more videos to see if that's an unfounded speculation Dejan Bimble fucked around with this message at 11:35 on May 17, 2017 |
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May 17, 2017 11:33
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Dejan Bimble posted:Sorry Rick Play Jackson at 2/3 and Covington at 3/4 Hope Waiters opts out and sign him.
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May 17, 2017 11:45
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Covington is a nice player who I like a lot, he could be a starter on a good playoff team if other guys in the line up provided the offence to balance him. However he is not, and will never be, a franchise guy you build around. I have no idea really about Jackson or Tatum outside like three draft articles I've read in the last week, but it sounds like they have the potential (how much is debatable) to be All-Star level scorers, which the Sixers badly need. In which case you take one of them and if they develop well then you just figure out how to best use Covington later.
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May 17, 2017 11:48
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Covington is an elite defender that can play spot up 4 and space the floor. Literally everly team wants that.
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May 17, 2017 11:55
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i hope the celtics draft lonzo ball and trade him to philly for embiid or something just to gently caress with the lakers and to gently caress with lonzo and his annoying dad. i don't care how dumb of a trade it is. i want it to happen and i want it to be funny.
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TBeats posted:i hope the celtics draft lonzo ball and trade him to philly for embiid or something just to gently caress with the lakers and to gently caress with lonzo and his annoying dad. maybe for Okafor
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May 17, 2017 14:20
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I really enjoyed the Lowe/Burke podcast. She's the best.
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May 17, 2017 14:33
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May 17, 2017 14:37
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gently caress every remaining playoff team.
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May 17, 2017 14:39
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Kibner posted:gently caress every remaining playoff team.  I just want KD to get a ring
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tanglewood1420 posted:Covington is a nice player who I like a lot, he could be a starter on a good playoff team if other guys in the line up provided the offence to balance him. However he is not, and will never be, a franchise guy you build around. I have no idea really about Jackson or Tatum outside like three draft articles I've read in the last week, but it sounds like they have the potential (how much is debatable) to be All-Star level scorers, which the Sixers badly need. In which case you take one of them and if they develop well then you just figure out how to best use Covington later. Well, I don't think anyone is saying Convington is a franchise player. But he is one of the elite perimeter defenders in the league and league average from 3pt. On a team with potential superstars that can score (embiid/jackson) and distribute (simmons) he is an invaluable piece
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May 17, 2017 14:44
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How is Jackson scoring at a superstar level ? Hypothetically if he were on the Sixers.
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May 17, 2017 14:45
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Rabid Snake posted:Dubs deserve the ship gently caress boston thanks in advance Lol didn't you just claim that you don't root for any team before dropping the little fact that you're from the bay area? It's not bad to admit that you root for a team, buddy. The last way most would describe the Warriors is "deserves a championship" so you're not fooling anyone
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May 17, 2017 14:54
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RisqueBarber posted:I just want KD to get a ring Do you not like laughing?
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May 17, 2017 15:01
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gently caress Boston. gently caress the Warriors. Gooo Cleveland Lebrons.
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May 17, 2017 15:06
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Folks the series isn't over yet. https://twitter.com/rfelliott/status/864843804477722624
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spicy take: the league should contract by about 16 teams, their talent dispersed, change the first two rounds of the playoffs to best of three elimination, and shorten the season by about ~22 games. either that, or start a 16 team "A league" and a 16 team "G league" (  ), with the G league teams moving up to the A league based on wins and performance from that season.i'm kinda realizing the nba is fairly pointless to watch in its current form until at least the playoff semis in most years, especially with the way talent is concentrated in both conferences and its killing my interest after watching the last 14 years or so pretty regularly. i'm a nuggets fan and think the league would probably be better off with jokic and gallinari on the lakers, knicks, boston, or houston. they'll never be fortunate enough to get another top-3 pick without intentionally tanking, and no free agents are interested in coming to denver. this is the same story all over the league if you're not a major media market or have the best coach/FO in the league in the spurs. you're also definitely not going to beat the cavs or the warriors 4 times in seven games. why does the team need multiple nuggets, suns, bucks, hornets, grizzlies, magic, jazz, and bucks organizations? expansion's great and all but when individual talent is so critical to success in the nba it essentially locks 3/4ths of the league out of real competition unless they're incredibly lucky most years (narrator voice: they aren't) or you count on lebron/curry/durant injuring themselves (narrator voice: they won't). ex post facho fucked around with this message at 15:13 on May 17, 2017 |
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May 17, 2017 15:10
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el bron hubbard will deliver us from the warrior menace if the spurs blandness cannot
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ex post facho posted:spicy take: the league should contract by about 16 teams, their talent dispersed, change the first two rounds of the playoffs to best of three elimination, and shorten the season by about ~22 games. Counterpoint — it's fine
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ex post facho posted:spicy take: the league should contract by about 16 teams, their talent dispersed, change the first two rounds of the playoffs to best of three elimination, and shorten the season by about ~22 games. Yes, I too hate watching basketball and want to watch way less of it.
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the regular season should be shortened, that parts very true
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ex post facho posted:spicy take: the league should contract by about 16 teams, their talent dispersed, change the first two rounds of the playoffs to best of three elimination, and shorten the season by about ~22 games. Golden State was a laughingstock franchise for decades, and even just a few years ago they appeared stuck in that 25-35 win rut and Curry couldn't stay healthy enough to move the needle. Dallas was a "good but will never win a championship" until they did. Even Boston looked like they were on route to a long, ugly rebuild and then they got an all-NBA player for $6 million a year and multiple great lottery picks in a row. Everything seems pre-ordained and inevitable until it isn't. Your reference the fact that bad franchises should be culled because they can't keep up with the juggernaut Cleveland Cavaliers. 5 or 6 years someone will post that the Timberwolves or Hornets or whatever are this monster and other teams should fold. There isn't as much variance in the NBA as the NFL or MLB, but that doesn't mean if you extend your scope a few years there still isn't variance between the teams. Ghost Dog posted:the regular season should be shortened, that parts very true Yeah, the 66 game season was awesome for # of games (sucked for game density). That was a perfect number for balancing games being important while still giving enough games for stuff to even out.
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euphronius posted:How is Jackson scoring at a superstar level ? hot take: a 55% foul shooter is not an elite scorer
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Earlier in this post-season, I think in a game 2, somebody, (maybe Marv or Kenny Albert?) happily cited the team's "impressive" Ortng a single game, the first game of the series and I am still thinking about it trying to come up with a less useful way to use advanced stats. Thank you for telling me their [(final score) x (number of possessions in the game/number of possessions that are usually in a game)] as if this is useful in any way whatsoever. It provides less information than just telling the final score of the game. smdhing forever about this
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I think Jackson will be elite at finishing around the rim. I am being a bit hyperbolic with the superstar label.
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