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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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Boo https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/882712854771716098
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Jul 5, 2017 22:29
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Bill Simmons just said that the Thunder are a 7-8 seed in the west and would maybe be a three seed in the east lmfao
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Jul 5, 2017 22:32
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cravius posted:Bill Simmons just said that the Thunder are a 7-8 seed in the west and would maybe be a three seed in the east lmfao He's....not wrong? Honestly the west is such a shark tank I wouldn't really be surprised at them being anywhere between 4-8 but I'd err on the lower side of that just because Westbrook is such a powder keg. CRISPYBABY fucked around with this message at 22:42 on Jul 5, 2017 |
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Jul 5, 2017 22:39
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If you assume a top 3 of GSW, Spurs, and Houston (not a guarantee IMO) then that assumes 3-4 teams ahead of OKC. I can't really make a case for ANY of the remaining likely playoff teams being ahead of them, let alone 3-4 of them.
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Jul 5, 2017 22:43
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I guess waiving Ellis means that player option for 18-19 is gone. That would be valuable cap space that I'm sure we'll find some dumb player to fill up instead of saving it.
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Jul 5, 2017 22:45
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Eltoasto posted:I guess waiving Ellis means that player option for 18-19 is gone. That would be valuable cap space that I'm sure we'll find some dumb player to fill up instead of saving it. Kelly Olynyk come on down....!!!
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Jul 5, 2017 22:46
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attackmole posted:He's....not wrong? He probably is though. They were the sixth seed last year (by a comfortable margin) and just added PG, while the two of the five teams above them took heavy hits to their rosters and none of the teams below them made significant upgrades (and in some cases got even worse).
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Jul 5, 2017 22:47
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https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/882717396577943552
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Jul 5, 2017 22:49
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Timber Wolves gonna vault into the 4th seed this season I can feel it. This is the year!!
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Jul 5, 2017 22:50
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leftist heap posted:If you assume a top 3 of GSW, Spurs, and Houston (not a guarantee IMO) then that assumes 3-4 teams ahead of OKC. I guess. Now that I think about it some more yeah, the talent on Utah, Memphis and LAC has went down, Portland is staying pat and who knows if the improvements to Minessota/NO/Denver will actually put them in the mix or not. So yeah, I'll backpedal and admit that on paper I guess they slide into the 4th spot. But I'm still gonna say that I wouldn't be very surprised if they fell lower than that. Maybe I'm just biased but I look at OKC and see a real high variance team. They're good, but volatile.
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Jul 5, 2017 22:56
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OKC improved at PF and the other wing spot. They just need to add a decent back-up PG and they have vastly improved the roster from last season.
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Jul 5, 2017 22:59
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Pacers used the stretch provision on Ellis, so now they are back up to 22mil in cap space to gather some disappointments.
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Jul 5, 2017 23:07
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Eltoasto posted:Pacers used the stretch provision on Ellis, so now they are back up to 22mil in cap space to gather some disappointments. God drat I don't know why they haven't jumped all over Aldrich's contract to get that OKC pick.
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Jul 5, 2017 23:09
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What did gsw use to sign Nick Young? Is 5+ mil the taxpayers MLE? Do they still not have any centers on the roster? Re:OKC They are probably the 4th best team but I think 4-10 is going to be brutal an really not much would surprise me. Hell, I'm trying to convince myself SAS finally drops off but...nahhh
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Jul 5, 2017 23:10
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pubic works project posted:God drat I don't know why they haven't jumped all over Aldrich's contract to get that OKC pick. I have a feeling like your GM may not be very crafty but let's hope that turns out not to be the case
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Jul 5, 2017 23:11
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Pacers should trade for Allan Crabbe. They need a catch-and-shoot wing to pair with their new, young point guard.
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Jul 5, 2017 23:12
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Noctone posted:Kinda sad that next season is already a foregone conclusion (barring injury) unless some bonkers stuff happens at the trade deadline. Next two seasons I'd say. cravius posted:Bill Simmons just said that the Thunder are a 7-8 seed in the west and would maybe be a three seed in the east lmfao 1. GSW (will win title.) 2. Rockets 3. Spurs 4. O! K! C! 5. TWolves unless 3 point shooting hurts them 6-12. some combination of Pels, Mavs, Blazers, Nuggets, Clippers, Jazz, Kings. Too hard to guess the order yet but injuries will likely alter preseason expectations. If you scoff at the Mavs being in this group, I'd remind you they lost a significant amount of games early on where all the team was injured and they were digging through the D-League for guards. With the players they plan to roll out with, they won at a decent clip. If you are a borderline playoff team in the West this year you might as well go for it, West lotto picks won't be that great due to everyone fleeing the East. Amazing how many grown men are scared of LeBron.
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Jul 5, 2017 23:13
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Lockback posted:What did gsw use to sign Nick Young? Is 5+ mil the taxpayers MLE? spurs are going to be about as good as last year but houston and okc got way better
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Jul 5, 2017 23:13
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Cool Buff Man posted:I have a feeling like your GM may not be very crafty but let's hope that turns out not to be the case I have that same feeling too. 
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Jul 5, 2017 23:14
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pubic works project posted:God drat I don't know why they haven't jumped all over Aldrich's contract to get that OKC pick. Not a lot of teams seem to be jumping on that. Between the difficulty in offloading deals and the cooler than expected market, I think teams are going back to valuing their cap space
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Jul 5, 2017 23:17
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Spacebump posted:If you are a borderline playoff team in the West this year you might as well go for it, West lotto picks won't be that great due to everyone fleeing the East. Amazing how many grown men are scared of LeBron. Wouldn't the weakness of the east mean that a bad west team would have a worse record than an equally bad east team because they'll be playing better opponents?
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Jul 5, 2017 23:18
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leftist heap posted:If you assume a top 3 of GSW, Spurs, and Houston (not a guarantee IMO) then that assumes 3-4 teams ahead of OKC. I just got really upset because I can't post the .gif of Ricky slowly looking to the camera and smiling as a response to stuff like this anymore
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Jul 5, 2017 23:19
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Lockback posted:What did gsw use to sign Nick Young? Is 5+ mil the taxpayers MLE? David West already re-signed for vet minimum, they drafted Jordan Bell, and Zaza is expected to come back. It's not like there's a scarcity of centers left in free agency if they're out of options.
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Jul 5, 2017 23:20
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They can find someone on the minimum to play center when they're not going small. They grabbed McGee off the scrap heap for nothing and were fine.
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Jul 5, 2017 23:22
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WhyteRyce posted:Not a lot of teams seem to be jumping on that. Between the difficulty in offloading deals and the cooler than expected market, I think teams are going back to valuing their cap space Yeah, I'd just rather have Aldrich and a 1st at $7 million a year than Olynyk's rear end for $13 million.
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Jul 5, 2017 23:24
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Shear Modulus posted:Wouldn't the weakness of the east mean that a bad west team would have a worse record than an equally bad east team because they'll be playing better opponents? It should because they are playing the West teams more often but a bad West team's equally bad counterpart in the East might be competing for the 4th seed. So most of their games vs the East will lead to wins while the East teams might split wins against each other in addition to losing to the West. I expect the standings to look like a more exaggerated version of the 14 season. Except with less 40 win East teams. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013%9614_NBA_season Of course injuries and breakout seasons could throw this idea out the window.
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Jul 5, 2017 23:25
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Bigass Moth posted:The Warriors need to just take it to the next level and sign some old ballers in their 50s and 60s who never got rings to play a few minutes and take injury settlements. Imagine LaVar Ball joining GSW. Hashtag Banterzone posted:Getting upset about Hayward denying that a decision had been made is seriously the dumbest thing It may be the worst NBA lie since LBJ said he had no clue that David Blatt was getting fired. The biggest lie still might be when Charles Barkley kept saying he was having visions that literal deities came to him and told him he was going to win the 1993 title with the Suns. The Glumslinger posted:LA doesn't have their pick this year, so it would just be screwing over the Celitcs 2018 is looking even stronger to be the GTOAT if they have 100% health.
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Jul 5, 2017 23:30
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Dion gets 4 years/$52m https://twitter.com/KDTrey5/status/882663756978831360
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Jul 5, 2017 23:31
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PantsFreeZone posted:Dion gets 4 years/$52m is there some other Dion i'm unaware of that is worth 13m a year or?
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Jul 5, 2017 23:34
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Zogo posted:Imagine LaVar Ball joining GSW. Any poster in these threads or retired player could be added to GSW's depth chart and they'd still win the title at this point. They should sign one of the following Allen Iverson, TMac, old rear end Shaq, Yao Ming in a wheel chair, Steve Nash on a hover board, Kobe with plastic surgery that alters his face to look like an actual Black Mamba(tongue included), Charles Barkley, or the bones of Wilt Chamberlain.
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Jul 5, 2017 23:35
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attackmole posted:He's....not wrong? Westbrook is finally developing NBA court savvy and knowing that Kevin Durant's departure was somewhat on him that ahahahahaha
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Jul 5, 2017 23:36
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Redgrendel2001 posted:https://twitter.com/Dcorrigan50/status/882605869183242240 It would be good if LaVar replied with some insults at this juncture. Eltoasto posted:Small markets exist to give big markets stars, also c'mon look at em. It appears LBJ really is going to go to the finals for a straight decade. Dexo posted:like Lmao. The Bulls if they wanted to could only have like ~25-30 million(Keeping Zipser, Valentine, Dunn, and Lavine(they have to probably pay him but have his cap hold as comically low))assuming they trade Rolo this year which I am assuming will happen) on the books next year. In the next few years I expect another Ben Wallace kind of signing.
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Jul 5, 2017 23:37
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Spacebump posted:Next two seasons I'd say. You gotta replace Kings with the Grizzlies in that 6-12 tier man Kings belong with the Suns and Lakers in the 'no shot at playoffs' 13-15 tier
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Jul 5, 2017 23:38
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JesusSinfulHands posted:You gotta replace Kings with the Grizzlies in that 6-12 tier man You are 100% right, for some reason I thought I put the Grizz there but forgot to. Kings will be better this year with their signings but Grizz should be the better team.
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Jul 5, 2017 23:39
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So a friend on Facebook seems to think the Pacers should have traded Ellis because the other team could have "cut him after he takes the player option and the team has cleared cap space and roster spot (but still on hook for $)." I don't think that's possible, right?
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Jul 5, 2017 23:40
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Dexo posted:Though they have tons of space to take on lovely contracts and picks for teams looking to shed salary for BronBron. I'd love for them to take on lovely contracts for picks but they've shown no signs they'd actually do that. Either they don't understand the strategy or the more likely scenario they are just lazy.
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Jul 5, 2017 23:47
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pubic works project posted:So a friend on Facebook seems to think the Pacers should have traded Ellis because the other team could have "cut him after he takes the player option and the team has cleared cap space and roster spot (but still on hook for $)." It sounds like he had a Stuckey style contract where he lost the player option when waived, but remember Stuckey had to be waived before the end of the season. So I guess the other team would have to want to pay Ellis 11 mil for 95% of 1 season and not have him for the playoffs, and that's assuming the provision would stay if traded.
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Jul 5, 2017 23:48
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PantsFreeZone posted:Dion gets 4 years/$52m less than I thought he would. I was expecting 4/60
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Jul 5, 2017 23:50
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drat and, I can't believe I'm saying this, I was really hoping the Pelicans could sign Young with their MLE. Could offer more than GSW and really need shooting and guard depth. Oh well, the richest get richer.
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Jul 5, 2017 23:50
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https://twitter.com/ramonashelburne/status/882735482009927680
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