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| The Big3 Tourney |
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67 | 22.41% |
| Will Lakers draft Ball |
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40 | 13.38% |
| Where will the Pauls go |
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54 | 18.06% |
| Will LeBron jump ship to the Spurs or ?? |
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41 | 13.71% |
| Will every team in the league just pivot towards tanking |
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97 | 32.44% |
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the current long odds against non cavs/warriors teams winning is gonna make the grit and grind dynasty even better
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Jun 15, 2017 20:11
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ex post facho posted:
The Warriors would absolutely have been on that list 5 years ago. No way you would have included OKC as early as last year. You don't list the Clippers on there because of the recency bias. This list would be way different every year, which means it makes sense to have more teams to go through these cycles. Plus, if you had less teams, you'd have less opportunities for guys to develop and end up with less talent.
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Jun 15, 2017 20:12
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Paul Zuvella posted:THEN YOU SHOULD LOVE THE NBA RIGHT NOW WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU. mostly just that there'd be definite years where neither of those teams were in/made the conferencef/finals simply because they were facing more difficult competition
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Jun 15, 2017 20:12
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ex post facho posted:i meant in terms of relegation of clearly less competitive teams to their own "G league", i mean as everyone's talking about why waste everyone's time with the facade of a competitive league when (apparently) parity isn't important in the NBA? Who's time is being wasted? Basketball is apart of the entertainment industry. When I watch it I am entertained. I have loyalty to a team that I hope wins every single game no matter. Are there better teams? Yeah. Do I give a poo poo? No. Should you? No. Why? Because in the game of basketball poo poo happens that is completely unexpected and one injury can change everything The NBA where amazing happens
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Jun 15, 2017 20:14
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ex post facho posted:i don't think it's really shortsighted to think that wahtever team lebron and curry are on are favorites to make it to the finals for the next 5 years, or i guess until lebron finally starts breaking down, which will admittedly probably happen in the next 3 years They should eliminate all teams West of the Mississippuh like God intended when he created the NBA on the 7th day (no rest for him because God is a big baller), furthermore
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Jun 15, 2017 20:16
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less teams=less players=less games=less dunks
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Jun 15, 2017 20:16
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Metapod posted:Who's time is being wasted? Basketball is apart of the entertainment industry. When I watch it I am entertained. I have loyalty to a team that I hope wins every single game no matter. Are there better teams? Yeah. Do I give a poo poo? No. Should you? No. Why? Because in the game of basketball poo poo happens that is completely unexpected and one injury can change everything i just wish i didn't have to pin my hopes on who appears at the highest level of competiton on another team's player(s) getting injured or their body breaking down i guess
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Jun 15, 2017 20:17
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ex post facho posted:drat i'd watch the poo poo out of that series It would be like watching an American Olympic team except their opponent also belongs on the floor.
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Jun 15, 2017 20:19
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BWV posted:less teams=less players=less games=less dunks this is certainly true, but can you imagine the jokic-lebron connection
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Jun 15, 2017 20:19
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ex post facho posted:i just wish i didn't have to pin my hopes on who appears at the highest level of competiton on another team's player(s) getting injured or their body breaking down i guess You don't!!! E: ex post facho posted:this is certainly true, but can you imagine the jokic-lebron connection Jokic wouldn't even gotten a chance in your scenario
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Jun 15, 2017 20:21
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meta of all posters i think ud feel me the most on this one esp. being kindred NW division fans i want to believe the nuggets and the thunder have some shot and gently caress jokic and westbrook are cool and good to watch but man im alllllll outta hope that either FO can construct a team that's got any hope i wanna be content with reg season basketball but after 48 seasons of mostly that you wanna see more than the bottom of the conference
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Jun 15, 2017 20:24
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steph curry has AIDS An Ixtremely Deadly Shot!
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Jun 15, 2017 20:28
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Things change. Teams develop and regress. Players unexpectedly develop into superstars from nowhere. Injuries are a massive wildcard. At the start of the 2014 season, the Warriors were a sixth seed who had been knocked out in the first round of the previous playoffs. They were led by Curry (whose ankles splintered every other game), Klay, (who was completely one-dimensional and literally could not make a lay-up), David Lee (the classic "mediocre guy who gets 20-10 because no one else on the team fills that role") and Andre Igoudala whose best years seemed to be behind him. Draymond Green was a chubby second round pic who got 20 minutes a game and averaged 6 points, 5 rebounds and 1.9 assists. The Warriors had just fired their coach and replaced him with a former TV analyst and front office failure who never had coached at any level. They were at essentially the same level as the Jazz or Raptors are now, and no one had any idea that team was about to go super saiyan. The Warriors may be a dynasty for the next few years or it may all go to poo poo for them and we will all wonder what happened.
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Jun 15, 2017 20:29
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if the warriors fall apart ill know its cause i was rude to them on these forums
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Jun 15, 2017 20:31
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If you cut the league in half Draymond Green wouldn't even have been drafted 
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Jun 15, 2017 20:32
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Reduce the number of NBA teams while increasing D-league teams. This improves both the quality of pro play, increases the development of players, and gives more stratas of income an opportunity to see basketball. Half of the teams of ex post facho's list could be development-level teams already. Stop wasting taxpayer money on stadiums for lovely teams (looking directly at the Sacramento Kings) too.
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Jun 15, 2017 20:33
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predicto posted:Things change. Teams develop and regress. Players unexpectedly develop into superstars from nowhere. Injuries are a massive wildcard. Yeah, I mean if you went based on recent record, the Lakers would get cut I mean, teams get good and teams get bad. I'd say the best thing for the league would be force bad ownership groups to sell, but the NBA would never do that
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Jun 15, 2017 20:34
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ex post facho posted:i meant in terms of relegation of clearly less competitive teams to their own "G league", i mean as everyone's talking about why waste everyone's time with the facade of a competitive league when (apparently) parity isn't important in the NBA? how does that make things better, if the problem is only a few teams have a chance? relegation hasn't kept four teams from winning literally 90% of premier league championships. like the sixers get relegated for the st. paul bazookas, and then the warriors still win the finals. and then the sixers players all opt out and go sign with the warriors cuz they don't want to play in the d-league. i don't even mind the idea of a relegation system per se but it doesn't address the top-heavy nature of the sport at all. nothing really will, it's a low-variance sport with a heavy amount of star influence on team results. we're in a particularly extreme stretch for that b/c of curry's contract etc. but it tends to overturn every couple of years and it will again. Dejan Bimble posted:despite Ben Wallace leaving for Chicago where he would again dominate Shaquille O'neal in the playoffs, the marble mouth who accused an innocent person of pedophilia to the police and who ruined TNT's NBA coverage, Shaq was again stymied by a better player who would, without Detroit's training staff, soon succumb to injuries. i love you
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Jun 15, 2017 20:34
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If you could threaten Andre Drummond with being sent to a D-league team unless he shoots his free throws underhand, do you think he would?
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Jun 15, 2017 20:35
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https://www.instagram.com/p/BVXx2ddh_kA/?taken-by=kingjames LeBron a legend.
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Jun 15, 2017 20:39
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ex post facho posted:meta of all posters i think ud feel me the most on this one esp. being kindred NW division fans I don't give a gently caress about the NW division. Every team that I would consider even close to a rival is in the SW division. There's your issue you aren't a fan enough. It don't matter if your team wins 20 games or 70 games cause you know once the game starts your team is better and will win but if they lose it was bullshit and the other team got lucky. The nuggets have had good teams and have made it to the wcf in the last 10 years so what are you talking about
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Jun 15, 2017 20:40
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I don't think the entire league needs to be rewired because my team is currently poo poo. Saying the NBA lacks parity because of superteams then wanting to solve it by making it more like FIFA means your thinking is very confused. predicto posted:To be fair, people were genuinely terrified. HIV transmission was not yet understood by the public, and it was viewed as a virtual death sentence. This wasn't simple prejudice - this was actual fear. Fear borne of ignorance, but sincere fear nonetheless. Certainly, but there's a very compelling argument to be made that it was allowed to become a massive public health crisis in the first place due to simple prejudice ("the population brought it upon themselves through their immoral actions"-type thinking) thoroughly compounded by greed (pharma companies ignoring their own research and continuing to sell infected blood products + refusing to devote resources to the health issues of a politically unpalatable group). Eh it's a moot point by the early 90s I guess
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Jun 15, 2017 20:44
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So realistically Durant is either opting in or resigning with non-Bird rights, yeah?
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Jun 15, 2017 20:46
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Spite posted:https://www.instagram.com/p/BVXx2ddh_kA/?taken-by=kingjames I literally cannot tell if that shirt says Quickie or Quicide
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Jun 15, 2017 20:46
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Also the Warriors are losing in the WCF against Paul Chris and Kawaii Desu Ka without the treacherous borderline all-star Patches to unrail them In short, Spurs in 5
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Jun 15, 2017 20:49
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How good were Rik Smits and Zyldraunus Ilgauskus, I remember them both being way too good in a way that seemed unfair, because they were tall and made jumpshots during my chyldhode
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Jun 15, 2017 20:50
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https://twitter.com/SimonMaloy/status/875436762432028672
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Jun 15, 2017 20:50
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Spite posted:https://www.instagram.com/p/BVXx2ddh_kA/?taken-by=kingjames wwwwwwwwwwwwwww
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Jun 15, 2017 20:51
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The NBA is incredibly entertaining and there is at least one reason to watch every single team, every single night. Except the Magic. But, like, the Magic are going to be playing an interesting team every night! So even the Magic.
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Jun 15, 2017 20:52
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OzFactor posted:The NBA is incredibly entertaining and there is at least one reason to watch every single team, every single night. Except the Magic. But, like, the Magic are going to be playing an interesting team every night! So even the Magic. What happens when Orlando plays Brooklyn? Dejan Bimble posted:How good were Rik Smits and Zyldraunus Ilgauskus, I remember them both being way too good in a way that seemed unfair, because they were tall and made jumpshots during my chyldhode I remember Smits playing big in the 00 Finals for some reason. And also being a terrible rebounder for being like 7'2"
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Jun 15, 2017 20:55
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Dejan Bimble posted:How good were Rik Smits and Zyldraunus Ilgauskus, I remember them both being way too good in a way that seemed unfair, because they were tall and made jumpshots during my chyldhode Smits was better, but neither was anything special. They were classic big and very slow dudes with one offensive skill who were useful because the defensive rules and deliberate style of play back then allowed them to use bulk and height to defend without having to move their feet. Both would be exposed in the modern game.
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Jun 15, 2017 20:58
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Spite posted:What happens when Orlando plays Brooklyn? Hopefully you get the Red Panda
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Jun 15, 2017 20:58
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Dejan Bimble posted:How good were Rik Smits and Zyldraunus Ilgauskus, I remember them both being way too good in a way that seemed unfair, because they were tall and made jumpshots during my chyldhode This is your annual reminder that Sabonis' NBA stats were comparable to Hakeem and Shaq's at the same age
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Jun 15, 2017 21:06
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Spite posted:What happens when Orlando plays Brooklyn? Luis Scola turns into olympic Scola you start mean mugging as you witness the impossible
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Jun 15, 2017 21:06
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Spite posted:What happens when Orlando plays Brooklyn? Lin/Lopez pickNroll was fun when Lin wasn't in the hospital.
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Jun 15, 2017 21:07
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Contraction of a few teams would be good for the game, but it is never going to happen while the NBA is printing money and would suck for the fans losing their teams. It would have to be like when companies do stock buybacks, bad franchises that lose money would be sold to/bought out by the league. Any team up for sale the league would look to buy, but still could be outbid by a private party so whatever, poo poo ain't happening.
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Jun 15, 2017 21:25
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ex post facho posted:i don't think it's really shortsighted to think that wahtever team lebron and curry are on are favorites to make it to the finals for the next 5 years, or i guess until lebron finally starts breaking down, which will admittedly probably happen in the next 3 years Um actually the Timberwolves are going to become the best very soon when KAT and Wiggins and Lavine become even better and they're gonna get my dude Ricky a ring.
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Jun 15, 2017 21:26
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Spite posted:What happens when Orlando plays Brooklyn? If y ou pretend that Brooklyn is going to get Capri Sun and orange slices after the game regardless, and a pizza party if they win, it makes watching them a lot more fun.
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Jun 15, 2017 21:29
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If the NBA contracted the Grizzlies I would kill the NBA. This is an explicit threat on the life of the NBA. I am not joking. You will need to be lucky for the rest of your life, I will only need to be lucky once.
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Jun 15, 2017 21:29
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I guess Lebron finally shaved his head huh
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