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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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zoux posted:Was Jordan that skinny coming out of school? And also, is Jarrett terrible at shooting free throws?
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Jun 23, 2017 20:03
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Dexo posted:Bernstein is really outchea carrying water for this deal. I'm not even tuning into their show today because I know it will just annoy me. Edit: And I say that as someone who has a higher tolerance for Bernstein than most.
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Jun 23, 2017 20:03
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iamsosmrt posted:I could be a homer about this, but I don't even know if it should be considered "outside" at this point. They have a reasonable shot at the playoffs pending health, largely due to the East going from being a dumpster fire to a disaster this offseason (Bulls and Pacers set to take huge steps backwards, other teams not in position to make much noise). Anyway, they won 28 games last year, it wouldn't be insane if they won 35-40 this year, especially if they do sign a decent veteran. Ask Wolves fans about this
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Jun 23, 2017 20:07
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fishing with the fam posted:I'm not even tuning into their show today because I know it will just annoy me. I like Bernstein when he's just shooting the poo poo and having fun, or clowning on Penn State crazies but whoo boy can he get annoying real quick. Goff has done wonders to keep him in the funny fun having part of his personality
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Jun 23, 2017 20:08
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pubic works project posted:And also, is Jarrett terrible at shooting free throws? I think brolic is referring to his ability to act in bad insurance commercials
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Jun 23, 2017 20:09
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morestuff posted:Ask Wolves fans about this Sixers play in the East, tho.
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Jun 23, 2017 20:09
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ChickenMedium posted:Sixers play in the East, tho. 41 wins got you the 8 seed in both conferences.
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Jun 23, 2017 20:10
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https://twitter.com/lukebornn/status/878138590517014528 Our stat nerd is happy so I guess he liked our draft
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Jun 23, 2017 20:13
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I'm actually kind of hoping the Celtics don't get Paul George or Hayward, not out of malice, just cuz I think it'd be funnier if the West just kept getting stronger and stronger until it became an even more insane deathmatch on one side. Can you imagine the balance if Jimmy and PG both go west. even funnier if Houston gets Lowry back. p.s. I'd totally do coke with Quinn Snyder
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Jun 23, 2017 20:14
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morestuff posted:Ask Wolves fans about this Please don't, I'd rather not talk about it
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Jun 23, 2017 20:14
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straight up brolic posted:Jarrett Allen is the player that gives off the most DeAndre Jordan vibes in the draft. I thought the Nets getting him at 22 was really good. If he can get more aggressive I think he is going to be very good pubic works project posted:And also, is Jarrett terrible at shooting free throws? lmao your new av and text
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Jun 23, 2017 20:17
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I just mean Allen is VERY lovely right now but super athletic and long and runs the court well and he is a good dude. He actually has much more offensive upside than DJ, which is why he was late first instead of second. I think he'll figure it out
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Jun 23, 2017 20:23
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trey lyles lol
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Jun 23, 2017 20:23
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DeimosRising posted:Teams are always trying to repeat their own pasts, for better or (usually) worse. The Magic had a successful period where they played 2 PFs and that's probably what they're trying to emulate. When?
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Jun 23, 2017 20:30
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morestuff posted:Ask Wolves fans about this To be fair, the Sixers were already touted for playing pretty solid defense last year.
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Jun 23, 2017 20:34
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somebody tell me about BAM in two paragraphs or less please
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Jun 23, 2017 20:47
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Oh I didn't see this posted yet but the Spurs made a qualifying offer to Jonathan Simmons yesterday ($1.6m) so they're going to at least take a shot at keeping him.
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Jun 23, 2017 20:47
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iamsosmrt posted:To be fair, the Sixers were already touted for playing pretty solid defense last year. Playing two rookies big minutes probably won't help that. Philly should be a lot of fun to watch next year but expecting to completely revamp the team with a bunch of 20-year-olds and a 31-game superstar and win 41 feels a bit much. Indiana and Chicago probably take a step back but Miami, Charlotte and Detroit are all there waiting
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Jun 23, 2017 20:48
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Dejan Bimble posted:I like the Lakers' draft aside from Lonzo, Kuzma and Hart both measure well and are skilled and multipositional. Bryant is a whatever swing at someone who might absorb some of those center minutes that right now all belong to Zubac and Tarik Black I assume Lopez is gonna take up most of the minutes at center
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Jun 23, 2017 20:58
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like what the gently caress is connelly even doing, this front office's only strength is scouting why wouldn't you have traded chandler and gallo before the trade deadline since it's obvious this team is nowhere close to competing, and instead trade nurk instead it's trey lyles and and the fuckin' 24th pick, and now we have like 35 power forwards and 22 shooting guards wooo can't wait for another 36-40 win season 
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Jun 23, 2017 20:59
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PantsFreeZone posted:somebody tell me about BAM in two paragraphs or less please Big and strong and defensive minded but not great at shot blocking His name should be Bam
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Jun 23, 2017 21:02
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morestuff posted:Playing two rookies big minutes probably won't help that. I'm being an optimist here. It's not unprecedented though, but that's how some of the greatest players came into the league. Obviously, if these two could come in and lead them to a playoff, the city would go apeshit and we'd have a real potential contender on our hands.
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Jun 23, 2017 21:03
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straight up brolic posted:Jarrett Allen is the player that gives off the most DeAndre Jordan vibes in the draft. I thought the Nets getting him at 22 was really good. If you're gonna take a flier on someone as a developmental prospect a raw tall dude who blocks tons of shots is a pretty good place to invest, yeah
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Jun 23, 2017 21:06
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MourningView posted:If you're gonna take a flier on someone as a developmental prospect a raw tall dude who blocks tons of shots is a pretty good place to invest, yeah can't teach height can't teach hops can't teach wingspan
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Jun 23, 2017 21:11
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morestuff posted:Playing two rookies big minutes probably won't help that. If Embiid plays 1600+ minutes next year I think they will be .500, which is a playoff berth. If he doesn't, I don't think they get there, I just don't expect Simmons and Fultz to be that big of positive players at first. You never know though.
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Jun 23, 2017 21:14
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The Glumslinger posted:I assume Lopez is gonna take up most of the minutes at center Oh man, I completely forgot about Brook Lopez. That team is going to be as weird as a beard. Zach Lowe said, in podcast form, that the Celtics didn't want Jimmy Butler and intuited that all rumors about it were Danny Ainge bullshit. They're always on the cusp of getting somebody. Just wait, he's going to do it People are murmuring that Millsap isn't coming back to Atlanta. I wonder where he's going, if that's the case.
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Jun 23, 2017 21:14
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ex post facho posted:like what the gently caress is connelly even doing, this front office's only strength is scouting Sounds like they struck out trading for Butler, struck out trading for Bledsoe.
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Jun 23, 2017 21:15
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Ramadu posted:the one off of I-19 from nogaes to tucson? that poo poo is nuts. I'm a fat white guy and i got yanked out of the car and they basically stripped my car looking for weed cause a dog thought it was there. I aso saw a bunch of other times when going through there when they were yanking mexicans out at gunpoint and poo poo, it was horrifying. I was aways unhappy when my job had me going through there because of how miserable that poo poo is. Yeah,that's the one. I was really nervous going through it because sometimes they get really pushy about what you're doing and I was really nervous they weren't going to like "listening to podcasts" at 2:00 AM. Dejan Bimble posted:I like the Lakers' draft aside from Lonzo, Kuzma and Hart both measure well and are skilled and multipositional. Bryant is a whatever swing at someone who might absorb some of those center minutes that right now all belong to Zubac and Tarik Black The only person the Lakers kept from the last front office was Ryan West and other than Lonzo those were all very much the style of picks he made (which isn't surprising, I doubt Johnson had the time to dive into game footage of Kyle Kuzma, I mean I didn't and I barely have anything to do at all in life). The Blazers draft was the hardest for me to understand. The Glumslinger posted:I assume Lopez is gonna take up most of the minutes at center I guess there really isn't a reason to shut him down in February this year when the Lakers are already mathematically eliminated from the playoffs.
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Jun 23, 2017 21:16
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Metapod posted:lmao your new av and text hahaha I'm glad you like it!
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Jun 23, 2017 21:16
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paternity suitor posted:Selling 2nd rounders happens enough that I'm willing to accept that there are reasons it makes sense that fans can't understand. It's not a video game. It could be as simple as the team doesn't feel like they can appropriately handle that many young players and they couldn't trade them for more picks so they sold them. It could be a lot of things that we don't know about so really who cares? Mostly tho Hinkie did it so it is Hinkie Approved Bulls make like $80 million a year in PROFIT. Their franchise value has shot up to over $2 billion in the last decade. Now if this was a team that was deep in the luxury tax and needed some relief, I can understand. If it was a really late 2nd round pick, I can maybe get that too. But this was a relatively valuable 2nd round pick. Valuable enough that the World Champs paid $3.5 million for it for a player they wanted. If the Bulls didn't like anyone in that spot, trade it. Memphis was able to trade 35. Houston traded 45. Considering the Bulls have no 2nd round pick in 2018 or 2019, trading for a future one might not have been a bad idea. The selling of that pick actually makes me angrier than the poo poo sandwich they got from Minnesota for Butler.
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Jun 23, 2017 21:23
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The Bulls should have realized that if the best team in the league wants one of your draft picks you should probably keep it
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Jun 23, 2017 21:25
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Looks like Fultz is more optimistic than I am. http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/19719422/markelle-fultz-says-philadelphia-76ers-playoff-team I'll reserve a real prediction until free agency though. As things look today, I like their outlook, but plenty of crazy things can happen between now and November.
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Jun 23, 2017 21:26
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I hope this becomes the new 20 pounds of muscle in the offseason. https://twitter.com/EarlKSneed/status/878342645252321280
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Jun 23, 2017 21:27
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tanglewood1420 posted:Philly can't really take any more rookies reasonably Not that it makes a huge difference, but Henderson's contract is not guaranteed.
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Jun 23, 2017 21:30
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Fultz's best case scenario next season is to be dead level BPM player I think. His offence could be above average but he will need to adjust to the NBA 3-pt line and his defence is going to absolutely suck in his rookie season. He has potential to be a good defender eventually, but displayed a lot of bad habits in college that will take a while to iron out even if he does commit and put the effort it. Simmons I have no idea, he's such a unique player. I could see his passing, transition game and rebounding translate immediately and I think he's more likely to be merely below average defensively as opposed to my flat out terrible expectation for Fultz. However, if his jump shot hasn't improved whilst sitting out (as it magically did somehow with Embiid) and he can't get to the rim (though I think he will be able to decently, especially in switches) then he will suck badly as a rookie.
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Jun 23, 2017 21:31
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Dexo posted:Lmao Nirwad. KC Johnson is on the radio giving GarPax the wild dickflute solo. Dexo posted:Bernstein is really outchea carrying water for this deal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zLfCnGVeL4 
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Jun 23, 2017 21:32
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https://twitter.com/670TheScore/status/878310309236060160 what is scouting
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Jun 23, 2017 21:36
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Dejan Bimble posted:
I wish Milsap was a little younger and a free agent next summer. Niwrad posted:I hope this becomes the new 20 pounds of muscle in the offseason. 48 inch vert according to his Lakers workout. Next season's Mavs are probably going to have more dunks than any Dirk era team. The only position they won't have someone who can do cool dunks is the 2 guard.
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Jun 23, 2017 21:38
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iamsosmrt posted:Looks like Fultz is more optimistic than I am. The players are obviously going to say this so I'm not gonna get on Fultz, but it'll be really funny when people actually predict this. They're gonna be bad. The three centerpieces of the team are a rookie they just drafted, another rookie who just missed the entire season with an injury and is potentially playing a brand new position (they may rethink that with Fultz, I dunno), and a center with a long injury history who has played like 30 games in 3 years. People always want these super young teams to be good before they are. Look at Minnesota last year, when everyone had them as a playoff team. Don't confuse "promising" with "actually good"
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Jun 23, 2017 21:39
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They ran out of players Paxson saw do well in the tournament. Couldn't stay up for the Oregon west coast games, so no interest in Bell
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