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Feels Villeneuve posted:I don't know a lot about basketball but it seems like it doesn't really have to do with stats and numbers, and it's more about The Secret. The Secret means nothing if you don't have The Look
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Thread: who do you got? I have Warriors in 7, a safe bet bc I don't want to be bold when both squads are gonna be in top form
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May 28, 2017 20:58
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Speaking of food and BBQ and such, I just had smoked catfish for the first time and it was just plain awesome. I've had a large variety of catfish at many places in my life and this was easily top 3. It was a place in Counce, TN called Pickwick Catfish Farm.
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May 28, 2017 21:05
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Dejan Bimble posted:Oh man Zhou looks like he needs 4000 more kc a day Yes I agree. I'm not so much worried about the NBA players who can afford to do it correctly. It's more about the college and Hs students competing to be drafted onto an NBA team and will sacrifice everything for any sort of edge. Do you think the general public realizes how prevalent doping is in the NBA? I don't think so and could see things blowing up where it's 2006 MLB all over again.
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May 28, 2017 21:13
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Carlosologist posted:Thread: who do you got? I am pretty nervous about it being one sided. Hoping for a 7 game series no matter what.
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May 28, 2017 21:13
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A major starter will be injured and it will be a sweep, just like every other playoff series this year
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May 28, 2017 21:15
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The Cavs will win in 6 and defend the land
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May 28, 2017 21:17
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Carlosologist posted:Thread: who do you got? Cavs in 3 Seriously tho, probably Warriors in 6. Durant will get the Finals MVP, even tho Lebron will deserve it.
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ChickenMedium posted:The Secret means nothing if you don't have The Look The Look means nothing if you don't have The Drive
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TBeats posted:The Look means nothing if you don't have The Drive Above all, you have to make The Decision.
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May 28, 2017 21:23
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chunkles posted:The Rockets have a good record of getting twig men to beef up (Yao, Donatas). The problem is what happens after that. Was going to go with something like Carolina vs Korea or Kansas City vs Korea but I figured people would take offense to being left out so I just made it inclusive. The good BBQ place down the street from me closed but at least the Dickie's is still going strong 
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May 28, 2017 21:35
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My mortal lock prediction for the series is: the most irritating outcome will happen. Also lol: https://twitter.com/nballaccess/status/868883321308274689 zoux fucked around with this message at 22:09 on May 28, 2017 |
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May 28, 2017 21:39
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zoux posted:My mortal lock prediction for the series is: the most irritating outcome will happen. The absolute most irritating outcome would be Cleveland on the verge of a dramatic game 7 victory and Zaza or Dray injuring LeBron and the Warriors winning. I think Cleveland would riot.
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May 28, 2017 22:10
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how could cleveland riot when theres Dozens of clips of someone doing something nothing like what injured lebron. Checkmate atheists
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May 28, 2017 22:42
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Metapod posted:The Cavs will win in 6 and defend the land what land
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cleavon little's land
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May 28, 2017 22:47
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zoux posted:My mortal lock prediction for the series is: the most irritating outcome will happen. i'm too old to laugh at lowlight vids of a 15 year old
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May 28, 2017 22:48
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Redgrendel2001 posted:Best barbecue I've ever had was Uruguayan. this dude has the PBS How-To Show Problem where step one is to put the whatever into your $16,000 piece of custom equipment and flip the On switch
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EvanTH posted:what land America
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May 28, 2017 22:51
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Maybe he could do the father/son coach thing in the NBA like Doc and Austin. Rick posted:This doesn't fit the timeline at all. Stern is revising history. Kind of like ESPN scrubs all the prediction data off the site when it's embarrassingly wrong. League tampering that's wide out in the open. If it was more out in the open we'd just have the commissioner decreeing which players went to what teams. Dexo posted:Put all small kids in a torture rack. To make them taller. The like to dislike ratio is impressive.
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May 28, 2017 22:57
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DeimosRising posted:This year I can't see any hypothetical that pushes a non GSW/SAS/Cleveland team over the edge. It would take injuries. KD/Curry/LBJ all go down with injuries at various points of the season and then it's more open. Spring Break My Heart posted:So is that just for 95 Houston? That seems like excessive qualification. And the 1969 Celtics were the 4 seed. The oddity of a six seed winning the title becomes more intriguing when you realize the Houston Drexler/Olajuwon NCAA history. The referees fixing games to redeem two Houston legends etc. Only twice in 70+ years.
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What does it mean for Memphis that they drafted a guy named after the leper king of Jerusalem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wade_Baldwin_IV https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin_IV_of_Jerusalem Does it mean early glory followed by utter defeat? Can the son of two cops overcome his cursed parentage? Where's JD What's the meaning of this When will the first NBA player born in Outrejordan reach the All-NBA third team Dejan Bimble fucked around with this message at 23:23 on May 28, 2017 |
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May 28, 2017 23:13
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Cool Buff Man posted:He gave Cleveland no chance to win last year either so it's not like it really matters I have never said any LBJ team had no chance of winning a title. Two years ago the 2015 Cavaliers winning the title would've been unprecedented (even with full health) due to a variety of shortcomings. That doesn't mean they had a 0% title shot. Last year the Cavaliers improved their defense and were eligible to win the title and they did. I never excluded them. This year the Spurs could've defeated the Warriors had Kawhi not been injured. The Cavaliers could win the title this year due to an insane amount of coasting in the regular season. Fast Luck posted:Are you looking at regular season Cavs numbers though? LeBron and the boys were doing the rope a dope in the regular season so those numbers will mislead you. 538 kept predicting them to lose to the Celtics Yes, even taking into account Cavaliers coasting there's a big gap. It's more about GSWs numbers. They're playing at their highest level yet. Highest ORtg ever, fourth highest SRS ever (and they had a significant injury). I did not have the Celtics defeating the Cavaliers.
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Zogo posted:I have never said any LBJ team had no chance of winning a title. Two years ago the 2015 Cavaliers winning the title would've been unprecedented (even with full health) due to a variety of shortcomings. That doesn't mean they had a 0% title shot. Last year the Cavaliers improved their defense and were eligible to win the title and they did. I never excluded them. i think cool buff man was saying 538/Nate Silver gave the Cavs no shot last year, not you
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It pains me to say it but I'll reiterate my opinion that the Cavs will do well just to make it a gentlemen's sweep. Maybe they steal a second game somewhere and take it to six. Barring an unexpected injury, of course. Or Golden State coming down with an historic case of the shookness.
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Shear Modulus posted:i think cool buff man was saying 538/Nate Silver gave the Cavs no shot last year, not you Yeah I should have phrased it better and probably should have just said that nothing 538 says matters.
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May 28, 2017 23:32
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The best three point shooting team in history with by far the highest ortg in the playoffs and the second lowest drtg this year is getting no respect I tell yah!
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May 28, 2017 23:32
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zoux posted:My mortal lock prediction for the series is: the most irritating outcome will happen. I still can't believe this isn't JV basketball.
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May 28, 2017 23:33
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May 28, 2017 23:33
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If you pick the Cavaliers to win, I want to see some money on it, otherwise it's just contrarianism
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Dejan Bimble posted:If you pick the Cavaliers to win, I want to see some money on it, otherwise it's just contrarianism I still think the Celtics will win. That's true love.
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May 28, 2017 23:38
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Dejan Bimble posted:If you pick the Cavaliers to win, I want to see some money on it, otherwise it's just contrarianism GS has already swept two teams that would have won the east imo, and even with the serious injuries they suffered I think Utah and SAS would have been in the ECF
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milk milk lemonade posted:Also 538's basketball analysis is contextless drivel I think Nate Silver/some other dude at 538 has specifically said that playoff vs. regular season LeBron breaks their model
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May 28, 2017 23:40
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zoux posted:My mortal lock prediction for the series is: the most irritating outcome will happen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV84ha3uEGg
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Dejan Bimble posted:If you pick the Cavaliers to win, I want to see some money on it, otherwise it's just contrarianism I'll put 20 on the Cavs towards a charity of your choice if they lose
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Adun posted:I think Nate Silver/some other dude at 538 has specifically said that playoff vs. regular season LeBron breaks their model Their elo ratings are just dumb. Their player comparison models are horrific. I've never seen a single piece of basketball anything on that site that wasn't a waste of time to read. All their stuff is like cut rate Goldsberry or Lowe because they don't even really understand what they're measuring.
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Metapod posted:I'll put 20 on the Cavs towards a charity of your choice if they lose I'd prefer you just give me the money
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Dejan Bimble posted:If you pick the Cavaliers to win, I want to see some money on it, otherwise it's just contrarianism I put 10k on cavs to win at the beginning of the year @+400 I also put 1k on the cavs sweeping at +2500 (even though it will never happen those odds are worth it). Cavs will win this series in 6.
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Noctone posted:It pains me to say it but I'll reiterate my opinion that the Cavs will do well just to make it a gentlemen's sweep. Maybe they steal a second game somewhere and take it to six. Barring an unexpected injury, of course. Or Golden State coming down with an historic case of the shookness. Last year's collapse in the Finals was a level of shookness an order of magnitude higher than what would be required for them to lose this year. Them losing this year is a big upset, last year was an historic collapse. By my estimation, the Cavs have the best player in the series, and the 5th and 6th best (maybe the 4th and 6th best, Kyrie is playing real good), so the talent level is closer than you might think.
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Dejan Bimble posted:I'd prefer you just give me the money if you want to do a 20 dollar straight up bet we can do that too
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