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| The Big3 Tourney |
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67 | 22.41% |
| Will Lakers draft Ball |
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| Where will the Pauls go |
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| Will LeBron jump ship to the Spurs or ?? |
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| Will every team in the league just pivot towards tanking |
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https://twitter.com/WindhorstESPN/status/880118990860931072 edit: https://twitter.com/BA_Turner/status/880120889299189760 aww i liked montrezz also more cash https://twitter.com/CVivlamoreAJC/status/880120765844267009
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Jun 28, 2017 18:51
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EvanTH posted:there's no way that thing is the same species as the rest of us. e: My masterpiece is broken. Nevermind this Imagine that I had made a beautiful gif of John Cusack morphing into Gar Forman I remain convinced that Gar Forman is as close to John Cusack as DeMarcus Cousins is to Roseanne's son Cool Buff Man fucked around with this message at 18:54 on Jun 28, 2017 |
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Jun 28, 2017 18:52
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Don't leave, Masai. You're literally the only good exec we've ever had.
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Jun 28, 2017 18:52
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That's definitely a Blake quote lol
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Jun 28, 2017 18:53
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I need Blake to get sign and traded to Portland for junk please.
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Jun 28, 2017 18:55
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WAIT WHAT THE gently caress I HAVE TO ROOT FOR JAMES HARDEN NOW?!
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Jun 28, 2017 18:55
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btw CALLED ITEvanTH posted:Pretty sure the Clippers era is ending and it will be best summarized by that clip of Crisp Haul having a seizure yelling at DJ to put the loving ball in the hoop the game isn't over Dexo posted:His hairline is spectacular. alien doesn't understand where to place the toupee--still convinced it's blending in
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Jun 28, 2017 18:55
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EvanTH posted:True, I guess I'm just rephrasing some stuff Popovich has said about it all. Hah. Yeah, the fans have that outlook, if not using that terminology. I am excited for the team this season. They made some assistant coach hires that I am optimistic about. Boogie looks significantly trimmed down. Davis is working on his handle and off-the-dribble shots. If they can get Jrue back at a reasonable price, I'll be down right happy with the off-season.
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Jun 28, 2017 18:56
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EvanTH posted:I hear there's a former ROTY (who could maybe use a shooting coach) available for cheap, is that good enough
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Jun 28, 2017 18:57
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"Only one basketball" is my favorite argument for a sport with 10 guys playing at once.
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Jun 28, 2017 18:58
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Harrell to the Clips is good for them.
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Jun 28, 2017 18:59
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Dexo posted:https://twitter.com/KevinOConnorNBA/status/880114805209800711 The having hair portion of his head is attempting to flee from his face.
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Jun 28, 2017 19:00
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https://twitter.com/espn_macmahon/status/880123618394374144
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Jun 28, 2017 19:01
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Lol Carmelo maybe
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Jun 28, 2017 19:02
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This isn't very interesting analysis. It's basically like "the good teams are well-managed!" you don't say. I like that the Rockets are grabbing a bunch of random afterthought players for cash piles today that's actually hilarious. I also don't know how a Paul/Harden backcourt will work together, but there's enough talent between the two of them that it doesn't really loving matter they are going to be insanely good.
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Jun 28, 2017 19:02
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Isn't Paul George in the orbit of the banana boat boys ?
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Jun 28, 2017 19:02
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Omg I'm going to get Chris Paul George!!!
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Jun 28, 2017 19:03
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What would they be giving up for one of those guys?
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Jun 28, 2017 19:04
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euphronius posted:Isn't Paul George in the orbit of the banana boat boys ? He's always seemed like a loner to me
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Jun 28, 2017 19:04
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Can the rockets really not, say, trade Beverly to a random team for a protected first or second rounder or something. I know they have to dump salary but why is all of it going to clippers instead of some of it and getting (low) value for other assets being sent to other teams
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Jun 28, 2017 19:04
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Well theres no way in hell they are getting Paul George so that means Melo. lol
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Jun 28, 2017 19:05
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So It Goes posted:Can the rockets really not, say, trade Beverly to a random team for a protected first or second rounder or something. I know they have to dump salary but why is all of it going to clippers instead of some of it and getting (low) value for other assets being sent to other teams Because the Clippers are giving up the most valuable player in the trade, so they get to set the terms. The Clippers also need to match incoming vs outgoing salaries, so they need to take back on salary for the trade to be legal, its not just that the Rockets need to send out salary for them to get CP3
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Jun 28, 2017 19:07
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pubic works project posted:Omg I'm going to get Chris Paul George!!! Your Pacers are going to get fleeced if they have to trade PG to the Rockets
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Jun 28, 2017 19:08
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I mean if they think CP3 and Jimmy the Beard are gonna have trouble sharing the ball, adding Melo to that equation ain't gonna help matters.
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Jun 28, 2017 19:08
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Cool Buff Man posted:Your Pacers are going to get fleeced if they have to trade PG to the Rockets Eh, I can live with it. 
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Jun 28, 2017 19:10
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El Gallinero Gros posted:I mean if they think CP3 and Jimmy the Beard are gonna have trouble sharing the ball, adding Melo to that equation ain't gonna help matters. Melo with other all stars and superstars means he might go full Olympics Melo.
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Jun 28, 2017 19:11
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So It Goes posted:Can the rockets really not, say, trade Beverly to a random team for a protected first or second rounder or something. I know they have to dump salary but why is all of it going to clippers instead of some of it and getting (low) value for other assets being sent to other teams they'd have to clear another 10m to outright sign Paul and from the flurry of deals now they're having a hard enough time getting this much cleared. Basically to sign him as a FA, unless CP3 took a big pay cut, they'd need to trade either Gordon or Anderson. I also think theres an element of striking while the iron is hot and getting it done now.
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Jun 28, 2017 19:11
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Dexo posted:Melo with other all stars and superstars means he might go full Olympics Melo. I actually don't know if that's good or bad
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Jun 28, 2017 19:11
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The Glumslinger posted:Because the Clippers are giving up the most valuable player in the trade, so they get to set the terms. The Clippers also need to match incoming vs outgoing salaries, so they need to take back on salary for the trade to be legal, its not just that the Rockets need to send out salary for them to get CP3 The clippers are trading because cp3 told them he would leave in FA. As a comparison, when lebron signed and trade with Miami Cleveland got back like a protected pick. Miami dumped Beasley to Minnesota, not to Cleveland when clearing up room. Maybe salary matching rules were different back then.
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Jun 28, 2017 19:11
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Mods please change my name to "INCREASING RISK PROFILE"
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Jun 28, 2017 19:12
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Dexo posted:Melo with other all stars and superstars means he might go full Olympics Melo. I totally forgot about International melo
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Jun 28, 2017 19:12
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El Gallinero Gros posted:I actually don't know if that's good or bad It's insanely good
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Jun 28, 2017 19:13
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Would staggering Harden/Paul's minutes so they're playing without one another as much or more often than they're playing together be the optimal way to use them? Will stars teaming up ever accept this arrangement I guess it's more useful as a regular season tactic than it'd be in the playoffs, and you want them to be as comfortable together once the playoffs actually roll around, so it wouldn't be a good idea. But I wanna see a true star just mercilessly wrecking bench lineups on the regular
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Jun 28, 2017 19:16
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euphronius posted:Isn't Paul George in the orbit of the banana boat boys ? He's got his own crew: 
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Jun 28, 2017 19:17
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PG will like your city as long as you have fishing. He seems to have avoided the Indy strippers which is a good thing.
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Jun 28, 2017 19:18
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Lockback posted:Wasn't Deandre Liggins kind of OK? He won the Mavs last game (his only game with the team) causing the Kings to have a one game worse record, move up in the draft, and swap their pick with Philly. Basically he stopped the Mavs from having the third pick. He looked like a potential end of rotation player in that one game.
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Jun 28, 2017 19:18
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xbilkis posted:Would staggering Harden/Paul's minutes so they're playing without one another as much or more often than they're playing together be the optimal way to use them? Will stars teaming up ever accept this arrangement The Warriors do this with Durant and Curry And the Pelicans did this in the beginning with Cousins and AD
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Jun 28, 2017 19:19
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Eltoasto posted:PG will like your city as long as you have fishing. He seems to have avoided the Indy strippers which is a good thing. Yeah cuz they nasty here
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Jun 28, 2017 19:20
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xbilkis posted:Would staggering Harden/Paul's minutes so they're playing without one another as much or more often than they're playing together be the optimal way to use them? Will stars teaming up ever accept this arrangement I'm sure you're going to see minutes staggered. D'Antoni will have one of them on the court at all times outside of garbage time. Stars now a days will happily admit that they need someone else to help carry the offensive load.
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So It Goes posted:The clippers are trading because cp3 told them he would leave in FA. As a comparison, when lebron signed and trade with Miami Cleveland got back like a protected pick. Miami dumped Beasley to Minnesota, not to Cleveland when clearing up room. Maybe salary matching rules were different back then. There were a lot of difference in that case -LeBron was already a free-agent and had decided where he was signing, the Rockets trading for Paul prevents someone else like the Spurs beating them in FA -The Heat had the capspace to sign LeBron outright, the Rockets do not. Becuase of that, the Rockets need to actually match salary, while the Heat just used their capspace. The heat only had to create a little bit of space on top of their already massive capspace. The Rockets would have had to traded away even more salary than they did in this trade to create the cap space to sign Paul outright (you only need to match about 90% of the salary in a trade). -Additionally, Paul's FA max would be more than 10M+ higher than his current contract, so they would have had to clear even more space to sign him as an FA. This way, they can trade less to get him, get their MLE and BAE (you don't get those if you start free agency under the salary cap), and get his bird rights so they can sign him to long term contract after this season
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