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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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MourningView posted:I don't think he's that much better on defense. Klay is quietly one of the best perimeter defenders in the league You could assign PG to defend LeBron as his only job, and I think PG's versatility when going small would be better. Klay is pretty perfect for that role though.
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Jul 14, 2017 05:50
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So many of their numbers are nearly identical. I'd be worried about needlessly changing the chemistry of the Warriors. Klay Thompson is 11-0 in his NBA career when scoring 40+ points. Nobody else can claim that. He has the eye of the tiger. Klay Thompson also scored sixty points in 29 minutes. It reminds me of the Pippen for Kemp trade that almost happened ~1994.
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Jul 14, 2017 06:14
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In the game of life Kemp was far more productive than Pippen
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Jul 14, 2017 06:15
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MourningView posted:I don't think he's that much better on defense. Klay is quietly one of the best perimeter defenders in the league Klay is one of the most overrated defenders in the league. I don't know where you get quietly from because Warriors fans are constantly screaming that he's the best perimeter defender in the league.
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Jul 14, 2017 06:32
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I was thinking about this earlier, but technically "Warriors offered Thompson for George" is a syntactically correct sentence for what went down.
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Jul 14, 2017 07:17
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Strawberry Panda posted:I was thinking about this earlier, but technically "Warriors offered Thompson for George" is a syntactically correct sentence for what went down. it at least needs "by the pacers" at the end, and doesn't make any sense that way. putting the passive team first in that sentence is stupid. i suppose a reader who is familiar and would know who "George" is and thus where he comes from, but still. i hate that sentence, it sucks e:it sucks!!! ee: im still thinking about it, and getting mad Brolander fucked around with this message at 07:45 on Jul 14, 2017 |
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Jul 14, 2017 07:42
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Brolander posted:it at least needs "by the pacers" at the end, and doesn't make any sense that way. putting the passive team first in that sentence is stupid. i suppose a reader who is familiar and would know who "George" is and thus where he comes from, but still. i hate that sentence, it sucks Eh it makes sense. It would be clearer if you added swap or something at the end of it though... Warriors (were) offered "Thompson for George" R.D. Mangles posted:derrick rose is now wandering the earth in search of an nba team willing to pay him like the mid-level exception, what a world. Bruh. It's so loving depressing. That dude was so loving good, and fun to watch. Man.
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Jul 14, 2017 07:52
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He cartoonishly kept ripping his knees
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Jul 14, 2017 08:03
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E2M2 posted:He cartoonishly kept ripping his knees Chicago AAU kids play too much drat basketball, they play on like every single AAU team for family and friends and never give their body time to rest (see Jabari Parker)
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Jul 14, 2017 08:09
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Strawberry Panda posted:I was thinking about this earlier, but technically "Warriors offered Thompson for George" is a syntactically correct sentence for what went down. Dexo posted:Eh it makes sense. It would be clearer if you added swap or something at the end of it though... This is neat to me. "Offer" is a catenative verb, it can be strung into another verb, like "The Warriors offer-to-take Paul George off your hands," and a lot of the time in spoken English a catenative verb ends up in the passive voice, like "were offered" or "are offering." For example, "go" is a catenative verb ("Go-do whatever"), native English speakers probably wouldn't say "I go", they'll say "I will go" or "I am going" (except they'll abbreviate) so "Warriors offered Thompson for George" while formally correct, feels like a weird, overformal or headline-ish way of saying what would be spoken as what Dexo's got there, "the Warriors were offered Thompson for George"
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Jul 14, 2017 08:30
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EvanTH posted:This is neat to me. "Offer" is a catenative verb, it can be strung into another verb, like "The Warriors offer-to-take Paul George off your hands," and a lot of the time in spoken English a catenative verb ends up in the passive voice, like "were offered" or "are offering." For example, "go" is a catenative verb ("Go-do whatever"), native English speakers probably wouldn't say "I go", they'll say "I will go" or "I am going" (except they'll abbreviate) Yeah in mine I was just displaying the implied "were". Though the way Initially read it, and I'd imagine most would read it as Warriors offered (to the Pacers) "Thompson for George"
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Jul 14, 2017 09:01
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Lockback posted:This sort of owns and using your spotlight to poo poo on Skip Bayless seems just and good. He also got ina media fight with Stephen A Smith that was also hilarious. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpUYhaJKKQQ
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Jul 14, 2017 10:38
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If the sentence is "warriors offered x" and in fact it was an other team that offered x the sentence is misleading to the point of irresponsibility
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Jul 14, 2017 13:49
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ESPN: Ball Great Again! Lonzo Ball summer league 3 point shooting: 7 of 36 (19.4%)
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Jul 14, 2017 13:56
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I realize the most likely option is the Rockets, but how would the Cavs lineup even look with Melo? Seems like a defensive disaster and they need defense more than offense as is.
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Jul 14, 2017 13:57
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You have to assume melo would be motivated to play defense
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Jul 14, 2017 13:59
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ElPedro posted:I realize the most likely option is the Rockets, but how would the Cavs lineup even look with Melo? Seems like a defensive disaster and they need defense more than offense as is. It's been suggested he'd be in when LBJ rests so their offense doesn't crater (see: NBA finals).
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Jul 14, 2017 14:02
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That sounds reasonable. And it's probably true that on a team like that, he'd be more motivated on defense. I seem to remember he's usually more motivated on that end when going up against banana boat crew.
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Jul 14, 2017 14:06
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Rule 341 of the NBA is that players on bad teams often don't try as hard. This is also know as the Boris Diaw Correlary
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Jul 14, 2017 14:10
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Dexo posted:PG played SG at the start of his career If I remember correctly, wasn't he considerably smaller upon getting in the league and then went through a growth spurt in his early 20s? I could be mis remembering
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Jul 14, 2017 14:18
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Motivated Melo is probably still not near a good defender at this point. Maybe passable on ball.
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Jul 14, 2017 14:28
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it makes sense if you think of it like "warriors (were) offered (the trade of) thompson for george"
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Jul 14, 2017 14:40
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Somehow I don't think melo is gonna flip the switch like the Cavs couldn't find the switch I'm the Finals
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Jul 14, 2017 14:42
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E2M2 posted:Somehow I don't think melo is gonna flip the switch like the Cavs couldn't find the switch I'm the Finals I'm also the finals
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Jul 14, 2017 14:44
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same, op
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Jul 14, 2017 14:48
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Time posted:I'm also the finals hahahahaha
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Jul 14, 2017 14:48
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No, I'm the finals.
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Jul 14, 2017 14:49
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tanglewood1420 posted:ESPN: Ball Great Again! Yeah I noticed after he logged a triple double against the Celtics (with like 11/10/11 or something) all the talking heads on the stream were gushing that he got over the hump and figured it out but his shooting was like 4/15 or something.
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Jul 14, 2017 14:50
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Cavs went 12-1 in the playoffs before running into the Warriors, and then took a game from them which no other team was able to do. Cavaliers flipped a switch and were a team that probably wins the Championship in almost any other year but they hit an immovable woodchipper in a peaking Warriors team. Cavaliers were playing like a really, really good team.
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Jul 14, 2017 14:51
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Lonzo Ball is going to be the next Anthony Bennett. He is too slow!
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Jul 14, 2017 14:52
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I'm the Finals and so's my wife
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Jul 14, 2017 15:01
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Paul Zuvella posted:Lonzo Ball is going to be the next Anthony Bennett. He is too slow! No, Lonzo can actually be part of a rotation. He's just not worth building around, imo.
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Jul 14, 2017 15:09
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I love Langston: https://twitter.com/TheNBPA/status/885864739850641409
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Jul 14, 2017 15:18
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Dexo posted:
I remember going to see him during the MVP season when he returned to Memphis and believing with my whole heart that he was the fastest and most controlled human being I'd ever seen on a basketball court
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Jul 14, 2017 15:19
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Kibner posted:I love Langston: Langston Galloway seems like a super cool dude
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Jul 14, 2017 15:21
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It's cool when millionaire athletes give back
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Jul 14, 2017 15:21
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euphronius posted:You have to assume melo would be motivated to play defense hahahaha
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Jul 14, 2017 16:00
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melo's only played defense once in his career, and it was for his wife when he waited for kg outside kg's team bus after kg said lala tasted like honey nut cheerios
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Jul 14, 2017 16:02
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ex post facho posted:melo's only played defense once in his career, and it was for his wife when he waited for kg outside kg's team bus after kg said lala tasted like honey nut cheerios Hahahahahahaha
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Jul 14, 2017 16:02
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Kibner posted:I love Langston: Langston is such a cool dude and I'm glad he finally got paid. Also he's not nearly as bad as people make him out to be.
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