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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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| 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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Rick posted:If they're making a push for Lebron, having Chris Paul would have to make them the non-Cavs favorites. They have no way of getting to a max at all without one of those guys leaving. Hahaha what a dickhead.
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Jun 24, 2017 03:14
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Mr. Mambold posted:How's that going to work exactly? Gingerly
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Jun 24, 2017 03:15
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Rick posted:If they're making a push for Lebron, having Chris Paul would have to make them the non-Cavs favorites. They have no way of getting to a max at all without one of those guys leaving. It is a real trip to realize it was extremely possible for the Lakers to have had Shaq and Magic on the team at the same time
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Jun 24, 2017 03:15
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Metapod posted:I don't know who this is nor do I care cause it's speculation season baby!
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Jun 24, 2017 03:34
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The Glumslinger posted:It is a real trip to realize it was extremely possible for the Lakers to have had Shaq and Magic on the team at the same time And baby Kobe. The biggest trip for me with the Lakers is Wilt could have been a bench player for Showtime.
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Jun 24, 2017 03:40
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Away all Goats posted:Signing derrick rose is like step 2 of the downfall of a franchise. Step 1 was signing LMA fuckin a
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Jun 24, 2017 03:45
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I feel bad for the Spurs, because their plan to destroy GSW with size and midrange jumpers was revealed, and then Kawhi was injured by warriors' mole David Lee. They're going to bring in Derrick Rose to mentor Derrick White, trade for Derrick Williams, Derrick Favors, and to complete the all Derrick squad:
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Jun 24, 2017 03:56
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Da Rick Squad
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Jun 24, 2017 03:58
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Also LMA deleted a tweet that said he was happy to join the spurs https://twitter.com/caseykeirnan/status/878364807270985728 dude is salty af when he has no one to blame but himself
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Jun 24, 2017 04:00
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shea's gonna be so happy
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Jun 24, 2017 04:01
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hmm, i just had a thought about all the danny green/lma trade rumors cp3 and blake opted out of their contracts and people are saying the clippers won't want to pay redick. my guess is cp3 resigns for the SUPERmax but griffin might be outta there along with jj that leaves a big hole in the PF and SG positions and the cap space to absorb danny and lma and not have to go full rebuild which might scare off cp3 does this all make sense and can it work? edit: maybe a sign and trade with cp3? but that goes against the whole "no rebuild" argument and the spurs need big men, especially if aldridge leaves RaySmuckles fucked around with this message at 04:05 on Jun 24, 2017 |
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Jun 24, 2017 04:02
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Away all Goats posted:Also LMA deleted a tweet that said he was happy to join the spurs He's done this everywhere he's been from high school on. I think he's got a problem.
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Jun 24, 2017 04:02
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Redgrendel2001 posted:He's done this everywhere he's been from high school on. I think he's got a problem. yeah, he's a total bitch i'm fine with him staying since he'll have to put up numbers anyway considering its a contract year for him, but i'd be happier with him leaving
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Jun 24, 2017 04:04
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The Spurs fans insistence on blowing up a real good team for no reason is perplexing.
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Jun 24, 2017 04:06
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CharlestheHammer posted:The Spurs fans insistence on blowing up a real good team for no reason is perplexing. no one deletes a tweet about the spurs he drew first blood
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Jun 24, 2017 04:07
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The Glumslinger posted:It is a real trip to realize it was extremely possible for the Lakers to have had Shaq and Magic on the team at the same time I do wonder about that team-that-never-was. In another world where Magic clicks with the young Lakers, add Shaq and maybe he's the veteran leadership that actually makes that team work and not kind of be pretty good but not great until Phil Jackson arrives.
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Jun 24, 2017 04:15
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Ahh I'm pages behind I wonder if PG or Hayyyyyyward got moved yet but I just gotta post first My opinion: Selling a pick is a mistake. It might be an almost-unavoidable mistake, but it's always a mistake. It's giving up an asset to your opponents for no gain, which is a loss. Acquiring a random dude you know nothing about who you can try out on your G-League team is better than selling a pick. Trading it for a future second rounder to some team that wants a pick right now is better. If you can't find a single person in the world worth drafting for a tryout it's a failure of your scouts. If you can't trade a 2nd round pick for even a heavily-protected 2nd round pick it's a failure of your front office (If you collect enough of those you'll eventually be able to 2-for1 them to move up a few slots). Teams print money, and winning accelerates their printing speed. Short-term financial gain is extremely dumb for an NBA team. There is no way in which selling a pick is not an error. R.D. Mangles posted:Jae Chowdah is now SAS canon thought it would be the status quo after he was traded to ol beantown but it didn't work then it probably won't stick now eh RCarr posted:French Frank and Kris Taps are gonna be a fearsome duo, I tell you what. HELL YEAH
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Jun 24, 2017 04:27
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CharlestheHammer posted:The Spurs fans insistence on blowing up a real good team for no reason is perplexing. The team has pretty significant holes, not sure there's that much to blow up
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Jun 24, 2017 04:32
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Ammanas posted:The team has pretty significant holes, not sure there's that much to blow up They were probably the second best team in the West. Possibly could have won it all if not for some bad luck.
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Jun 24, 2017 04:34
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They were not going to beat the Warriors, that's a preposterous fantasy, and they wouldn't have beat the Cavs either Also that wasn't bad luck, pachulia did that poo poo on purpose
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Jun 24, 2017 04:38
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He also deleted a tweet where he says Subway is better than Five Guys
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Jun 24, 2017 04:39
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Ammanas posted:They were not going to beat the Warriors, that's a preposterous fantasy, and they wouldn't have beat the Cavs either Nah they could have beaten the Warriors. Would they have? Who knows but either way you don't blow up a team that good for no reason. As they are at worst the third best team in the league
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Jun 24, 2017 04:42
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vaginal facsimile posted:He also deleted a tweet where he says Subway is better than Five Guys Well he's finally come to his senses.
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Jun 24, 2017 04:43
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EvanTH posted:There is no way in which selling a pick is not an error. There taking the money and donating it to help cure malaria in sub-Sahara Africa
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Jun 24, 2017 04:47
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athletes doing twitter stuff like that is perplexing to me because one of my first expenditures after getting a contract would be paying some nerd $500/month to retweet inspirational crap and put the whole drat thing on autopilot. what's the point of being rich if you still have to use social media with the serfs
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Jun 24, 2017 04:48
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without the injuries to parker and kawhi the spurs were way better than the cavs last year and could have beaten the warriors.
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Jun 24, 2017 04:48
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chunkles posted:athletes doing twitter stuff like that is perplexing to me because one of my first expenditures after getting a contract would be paying some nerd $500/month to retweet inspirational crap and put the whole drat thing on autopilot. what if you were president of the united states
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Jun 24, 2017 04:49
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Shear Modulus posted:without the injuries to parker and kawhi the spurs were way better than the cavs last year and could have beaten the warriors. They would have won game 1 but they were not winning 4 games
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Jun 24, 2017 04:49
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Metapod posted:They would have won game 1 but they were not winning 4 games Maybe not. I am 100% confident they do better than the Cavs and if they did make the finals would have been probably 70/30 favorites. I do not think the Cavs would have made the WCF were they in that conference.
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Jun 24, 2017 04:52
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Metapod posted:They would have won game 1 but they were not winning 4 games They were dominating game 1 so I don't think it's fair to discount them based on the info we have.
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Jun 24, 2017 04:52
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As a Spurs fan the Cavs and the east aren't even a calculation. Real finals run through the WCF unless draymond gets suspended
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Jun 24, 2017 04:56
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ZogoPostin' Niwrad posted:I hope this becomes the new 20 pounds of muscle in the offseason. lol I yearn for the day when players can jump so high that the resulting plunge is guaranteed death, like Derrick Rose's career but in one play, NBA Jam style MourningView posted: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" Ring Ding Ding that's a YUP right there. This guy right here, he watches basketball For example, Antetokounmpo has been playing at an MVP level for 5 years now and this coming season might be the first chance the Bucks have to make it into the second round. Jack's Flow posted:I hope Hawks fans are ready for the Dennis Schröder era.* I'm going on maybe three years saying this is the season Schroder is going to really show the league what he can do, but I think this is going to be the season where Schroder really shows the league what he can do. He still has all-star potential in my dumb book, aka THE HOLY BIBLE don't knock it Cool Buff Man posted:Now you've done it Metapod posted:scotty is actually quite good lol DeimosRising posted:All the players and coaches should be mummified and buried beneath the obelisk Bury LeBron like a Pharaoh--along with his essential roleplayers, regardless of whether or not they still live Dejan Bimble posted:Look at that smooth skin and that nice part Cool Buff Man posted:He does have really nice skin compared to the jokers you see coming up nowadays One of the many advantages of entering the league at age 25 instead of age 19! Also apparently the bad GMs mistakenly think you're a good young prospect
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Jun 24, 2017 04:57
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Metapod posted:Gingerly haha, nice
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Jun 24, 2017 05:00
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Why must you crush my dreams Feldman! https://sports.yahoo.com/paul-george-gordon-hayward-celtics-185024671.html quote:Paul George-Gordon Hayward-Celtics rumor doesn’t add up 
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Jun 24, 2017 05:03
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zoux posted:https://mobile.twitter.com/poundingtherock/status/878337960785186816 Just when you think the lord god has abandoned us to 4 years of darkness, just when hope was all but extinguished. God sends you a sign that lets you know "Everything's gonna be alright". Praise Be!
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Jun 24, 2017 05:06
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https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/878460045666779136
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Jun 24, 2017 05:08
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^^^ that's a fine throw, he used the Pac-Man screen recursion trick to get it right back into the strike zoneNiwrad posted:Luol Deng spent his offseasons bringing clean water to poor people in Africa and this is how the Bulls treated him. From the Hawk's scouting report: "Deng's a good guy overall, but he's not perfect. He's got some African in him. And I don't say that in a bad way, but it's highly likely he'll die from a treatable disease."
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Jun 24, 2017 05:10
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Danny Ainge right now " I KNEW IT"
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Jun 24, 2017 05:12
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Derrick Rose made actual real concrete improvement in his play at the end of last season. He could be useful if that's real. I have my doubts though.
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vaginal facsimile posted:There taking the money and donating it to help cure malaria in sub-Sahara Africa hahah I can't even imagine that obese fish of a human doing something positive for his fellow man
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