NBA Offseason G/V: Let Me Hear You Post It

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What is going to be your favorite offseason storyline? This poll is closed.
The Big3 Tourney	67	22.41%
Will Lakers draft Ball	40	13.38%
Where will the Pauls go	54	18.06%
Will LeBron jump ship to the Spurs or ??	41	13.71%
Will every team in the league just pivot towards tanking	97	32.44%
Total:	210 votes

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Time: Aug 1, 2011; It Was All A Dream

# ? Aug 2, 2017 11:18

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# ? May 16, 2024 01:19

Jack's Flow: Jun 6, 2003; Life, friends, is boring

I'm watching yesterday's Germany v Russia game from the FIBA U18 European Championship. Russia is leading 5-0 nearly five minutes into the first quarter, and now they're playing loving Baby Bash during the timeout.

August is the cruellest month.

Jack's Flow fucked around with this message at 11:36 on Aug 2, 2017

# ? Aug 2, 2017 11:33

Chairchucker: Nov 14, 2006; to ride eternal, shiny and chrome

THUNDERDOME LOSER 2022

Hmmm another move for our boy Ricky.

https://twitter.com/rickyrubio9/status/892468389775650818

# ? Aug 2, 2017 12:27

Shrimp or Shrimps: Feb 14, 2012

Let''s be brutally honest, the 2013~14 Spurs are the most feel-good winners of basically ever in any sport ever.

No, I haven't just been watching Youtube tributes to that team while my eyes water because I accidentally rubbed, um, chili, yeah, chili into them. Why do you ask?

As a staunch KG fan growing up, I'm constantly surprised at how much I wish I could watch Duncan in his prime all over again more than KG.

Shrimp or Shrimps fucked around with this message at 12:40 on Aug 2, 2017

# ? Aug 2, 2017 12:33

Chairchucker: Nov 14, 2006; to ride eternal, shiny and chrome

THUNDERDOME LOSER 2022

Actually it was the Bulldogs in the AFL last year, probably.

# ? Aug 2, 2017 12:34

Away all Goats: Jul 5, 2005; Goose's rebellion

Shrimp or Shrimps posted:

Let''s be brutally honest, the 2013~14 Spurs are the most feel-good winners of basically ever in any sport ever.

2011 Mavericks

# ? Aug 2, 2017 12:43

Lugnut Seatcushion: May 4, 2013; Lipstick Apathy

Shrimp or Shrimps posted:

Let''s be brutally honest, the 2013~14 Spurs are the most feel-good winners of basically ever in any sport ever.

No, I haven't just been watching Youtube tributes to that team while my eyes water because I accidentally rubbed, um, chili, yeah, chili into them. Why do you ask?

As a staunch KG fan growing up, I'm constantly surprised at how much I wish I could watch Duncan in his prime all over again more than KG.

Cubs

# ? Aug 2, 2017 13:15

Cool Buff Man: Jul 30, 2006; bitch

Shrimp or Shrimps posted:

Let''s be brutally honest, the 2013~14 Spurs are the most feel-good winners of basically ever in any sport ever.

Not even close, mostly nobody but Spurs fans "felt good" about them winning their thirtieth championship of the new millennium

# ? Aug 2, 2017 13:17

euphronius: Feb 18, 2009

Thats when Leborn was evil tho. Tough to remember he was evil once now that he is a God King.

# ? Aug 2, 2017 13:21

IcePhoenix: Sep 18, 2005; Take me to your Shida

Shrimp or Shrimps posted:

Let''s be brutally honest, the 2013~14 Spurs are the most feel-good winners of basically ever in any sport ever.

No, I haven't just been watching Youtube tributes to that team while my eyes water because I accidentally rubbed, um, chili, yeah, chili into them. Why do you ask?

As a staunch KG fan growing up, I'm constantly surprised at how much I wish I could watch Duncan in his prime all over again more than KG.

I'd rather have seen what KG could have done with competent management around him.

Also re: Asik, bacterial infections suck. I got one a month ago and treatment is just doctors throwing antibiotics at it until something works. Mine is supposedly gone but some of the effects are still lingering.

# ? Aug 2, 2017 13:24

Cool Buff Man: Jul 30, 2006; bitch

euphronius posted:

Thats when Leborn was evil tho. Tough to remember he was evil once now that he is a God King.

I don't really think people cared 3+ years into his Miami jaunt. I certainly didn't. Even if they did it's really not even close to topping the Cubs or something similar for "feel good" championships

I wouldn't describe being happy that someone specific lost as "feel good" in an authentic sense anyways

# ? Aug 2, 2017 13:27

Paul Zuvella: Dec 7, 2011

Shrimp or Shrimps posted:

Let''s be brutally honest, the 2013~14 Spurs are the most feel-good winners of basically ever in any sport ever.

loving what? It was their 5th championship in 15 years lmao.

# ? Aug 2, 2017 13:28

Ramadu: Aug 25, 2004; 2015 NFL MVP

The cubs winning gave us trump because the universe couldn't handle that much impossibility so it couldn't course correct in time

# ? Aug 2, 2017 14:16

Metapod: Mar 18, 2012

The most feel good championship was either the mavs or royals

# ? Aug 2, 2017 14:17

IcePhoenix: Sep 18, 2005; Take me to your Shida

Ramadu posted:

The cubs winning gave us trump because the universe couldn't handle that much impossibility so it couldn't course correct in time

it's actually because that's the deal Kevlar made in the n/v thread

# ? Aug 2, 2017 14:21

Panzeh: Nov 27, 2006; "..The high ground"

Metapod posted:

The most feel good championship was either the mavs or royals

Nah its 2017 warriors.

# ? Aug 2, 2017 14:25

Lockback: Sep 3, 2006; All days are nights to see till I see thee; and nights bright days when dreams do show me thee.

lol 2K sports rated Lonzo Ball an 80 overall.

https://twitter.com/NBA2K/status/892536095371481088/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2Fr%2Fnba%2F

Even giving Fultz that rating is pretty bad.

# ? Aug 2, 2017 14:39

RCarr: Dec 24, 2007

They gave him an 80 rating so they didn't have to deal with his idiot father waddling around and yelling about how he was wronged.

# ? Aug 2, 2017 14:41

Dexo: Aug 15, 2009; A city that was to live by night after the wilderness had passed. A city that was to forge out of steel and blood-red neon its own peculiar wilderness.

eh. the smart move in that case would have been to give him a lower rating.

He would promote the poo poo out of the game for free

mostly 2k overall ratings don't really mean poo poo.

# ? Aug 2, 2017 14:45

morestuff: Aug 2, 2008; You can't stop what's coming

They also generally seem to give small bumps to the best players on dogshit teams so they aren't completely boring to play as

# ? Aug 2, 2017 14:45

Kibner: Oct 21, 2008; Acguy Supremacy

Shrimp or Shrimps posted:

Let''s be brutally honest, the 2013~14 Spurs are the most feel-good winners of basically ever in any sport ever.

What about that one soccer team that was basically the equivalent of the Sixers from two seasons ago winning the Finals?

# ? Aug 2, 2017 14:46

AggressivelyStupid: Jan 9, 2012

Lockback posted:

lol 2K sports rated Lonzo Ball an 80 overall.

https://twitter.com/NBA2K/status/892536095371481088/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2Fr%2Fnba%2F

Even giving Fultz that rating is pretty bad.

The sf the Lakers drafted last year started at 79.

The way 2k overall works though is that their is an intangibles stat that only exists to raise or lower the overall for a player.

# ? Aug 2, 2017 14:46

Dexo: Aug 15, 2009; A city that was to live by night after the wilderness had passed. A city that was to forge out of steel and blood-red neon its own peculiar wilderness.

morestuff posted:

They also generally seem to give small bumps to the best players on dogshit teams so they aren't completely boring to play as

Devin Booker is a 2k legend. Trade for him in almost every single franchise/mygm mode.

# ? Aug 2, 2017 14:47

Dexo: Aug 15, 2009; A city that was to live by night after the wilderness had passed. A city that was to forge out of steel and blood-red neon its own peculiar wilderness.

AggressivelyStupid posted:

The sf the Lakers drafted last year started at 79.

The way 2k overall works though is that their is an intangibles stat that only exists to raise or lower the overall for a player.

I once rode like a 68 OVR with A 3pt shooting and A- Athleticism to an NBA finals in like 2k15 or 2k16

But dear god was he trash if I ever simmed a game with him.

# ? Aug 2, 2017 14:50

AggressivelyStupid: Jan 9, 2012

Dexo posted:

I once rode like a 68 OVR with A 3pt shooting and A- Athleticism to an NBA finals in like 2k15 or 2k16

But dear god was he trash if I ever simmed a game with him.

The best kind of players. I wish they would give some kind of way to fix tendencies for them. I need this guy who is wide open at the 3pt line during a fast break to not drive into the clogged rear end lane the instant I pass it to him or I'm going to explode

# ? Aug 2, 2017 14:55

Kibner: Oct 21, 2008; Acguy Supremacy

I only do MyPlayer and I probably won't pick up next season's due to the perceived latency being so bad in those online modes. It's not rare that pressing a button or moving a stick has a delay of over a half second before the animation starts. Play Now online mode is supposedly fine, but not the ones involved with MyPlayer characters.

Even if the latency issues were fixed, it wouldn't stop me from being bad but I would be frustrated at myself instead of the game.

# ? Aug 2, 2017 14:59

morestuff: Aug 2, 2008; You can't stop what's coming

Dexo posted:

Devin Booker is a 2k legend. Trade for him in almost every single franchise/mygm mode.

In Charlotte's dark days Tyrus Thomas became the greatest defensive player of all time if you fed him any minutes

# ? Aug 2, 2017 14:59

Henchman of Santa: Aug 21, 2010

Doesn't 2K update ratings over the course of a season? Lonzo will be an 80 until November

# ? Aug 2, 2017 15:05

Canned Sunshine: Nov 20, 2005; CAUTION: POST QUALITY UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Ramadu posted:

The cubs winning gave us trump because the universe couldn't handle that much impossibility so it couldn't course correct in time

Yeah, while I"m still happy/ecstatic that they won it last year, every day a part of me thinks that if I could trade that for a non-Trump presidency, I would.

# ? Aug 2, 2017 15:08

AggressivelyStupid: Jan 9, 2012

Henchman of Santa posted:

Doesn't 2K update ratings over the course of a season? Lonzo will be an 80 until November

yeah, Brandon Ingram went from like a 79 to a 70 overall over the course of the season I think.

# ? Aug 2, 2017 15:15

Metapod: Mar 18, 2012

Dexo posted:

I once rode like a 68 OVR with A 3pt shooting and A- Athleticism to an NBA finals in like 2k15 or 2k16

But dear god was he trash if I ever simmed a game with him.

God bless Shannon Brown

# ? Aug 2, 2017 15:24

Time: Aug 1, 2011; It Was All A Dream

Metapod posted:

God bless Shannon Brown

Please use his full name "Goddammit Shannon Brown"

# ? Aug 2, 2017 15:25

zoux: Apr 28, 2006

Kibner posted:

I only do MyPlayer and I probably won't pick up next season's due to the perceived latency being so bad in those online modes. It's not rare that pressing a button or moving a stick has a delay of over a half second before the animation starts. Play Now online mode is supposedly fine, but not the ones involved with MyPlayer characters.

Even if the latency issues were fixed, it wouldn't stop me from being bad but I would be frustrated at myself instead of the game.

What's this years MyPlayer Intolerable Gimmick, do we know?

# ? Aug 2, 2017 15:26

Brolander: Oct 20, 2008; i am but a vessel

Dexo posted:

Devin Booker is a legend. Trade for him

# ? Aug 2, 2017 15:34

TheBizzness: Oct 5, 2004; Reign on me.

The Cavs coming back from down 3-1 against the best regular season team of all time on the back of Richard Jefferson was a much better feel good win than the Spurs.

What the heck?

# ? Aug 2, 2017 15:39

Brolander: Oct 20, 2008; i am but a vessel

i felt pretty good every time the heat lost, and bad when they beat the spurs

i don't know if it's "of all time" though

# ? Aug 2, 2017 15:47

Dexo: Aug 15, 2009; A city that was to live by night after the wilderness had passed. A city that was to forge out of steel and blood-red neon its own peculiar wilderness.

https://twitter.com/chicagobulls/status/892754403463225344

They would use Wade huh.

Dexo fucked around with this message at 15:51 on Aug 2, 2017

# ? Aug 2, 2017 15:48

Dexo: Aug 15, 2009; A city that was to live by night after the wilderness had passed. A city that was to forge out of steel and blood-red neon its own peculiar wilderness.

Quote not edit

# ? Aug 2, 2017 15:49