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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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41 | 13.71% |
| Will every team in the league just pivot towards tanking |
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97 | 32.44% |
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godbless the offseason
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Aug 18, 2017 06:17
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AggressivelyStupid posted:Looney Tunes basketball was the best basketball video game, hope this helps I enjoyed the PS1 Space Jam game way more than I should have as a child...me and my brother would team up and comp stomp the Monstars all day.
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Aug 18, 2017 13:29
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attackmole posted:As a person who didn't get seriously into basketball until I was older, NBA Street was my first experience with most of the legends and goddamn was it a good way to learn about them. It's kind of funny to learn them through that game and then discover that Darryl Dawkins was a mediocre player
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Aug 18, 2017 13:47
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BOOOOOOOOGIEEEE https://twitter.com/SLAMonline/status/898553826982195200 miss u friend
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Aug 18, 2017 15:42
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https://twitter.com/TheNBPA/status/898566418861400065 Wonder who kyrie voted for
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Aug 18, 2017 16:29
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Boogie not big on betrayers
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Aug 18, 2017 16:30
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Will always love Boogie
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Aug 18, 2017 16:31
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Dwight Howard saying all the right things this offseasonquote:"In Orlando, I was getting 13-15 shots a game. Last season, in Atlanta, it was six shot attempts. It looks like I'm not involved in the game. And if I miss a shot, it sticks out because I am not getting very many of them. But I think it's all opportunity, the system. I haven't had a system where I can be who I am since I was in Orlando." On the plus side expiring contracts are probably going to be a commodity again
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Aug 18, 2017 17:19
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morestuff posted:Dwight Howard saying all the right things this offseason Dwight gets like .84 points per possession on posts ups now, slightly fewer than Frank Kaminsky (compare that to someone on the top end like Jokic, who gets 1.12 ppp on post-ups.) Better hope he doesn't start demanding them all of the time
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Aug 18, 2017 17:26
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Not surprising Dwight is bad at math, although you'd think he could get a tutor really easily
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Aug 18, 2017 17:36
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Dwight can't even count to 18
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Aug 18, 2017 17:39
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Howard had a 63% True-shooting percentage last season so, yeah, it makes sense to let him score more.
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Aug 18, 2017 17:45
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Lockback posted:Howard had a 63% True-shooting percentage last season so, yeah, it makes sense to let him score more. Wouldn't it just get worse with more attempts, like the other years he shot more? I don't know where to find that stat but my 5 seconds of research on my poo poo phone indicates his 2pt is pretty good (high 50s when he has more attempts) and his FTs are always trash, which probably helps the other team more. Idk, I was making a pedo joke and you got all Data on me. But now I'm genuinely curious but not sure where to start.
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Aug 18, 2017 17:59
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Lockback posted:Howard had a 63% True-shooting percentage last season so, yeah, it makes sense to let him score more. His usage could tick up a bit but ideally he'd play even less than he did in Atlanta. Being able to toggle between him and Zeller depending on matchups would be great. I was hoping for a small amount of self-awareness but that's probably too much to ask for at this point. I didn't post the part of the article about him practicing three-pointers all offseason. 3 DONG HORSE posted:Wouldn't it just get worse with more attempts, like the other years he shot more? I don't know where to find that stat but my 5 seconds of research on my poo poo phone indicates his 2pt is pretty good (high 50s when he has more attempts) and his FTs are always trash, which probably helps the other team more. Yeah, it'd likely go down with higher usage but as long as it's hovering around 60% that's still fine
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Aug 18, 2017 18:04
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Henchman of Santa posted:It's kind of funny to learn them through that game and then discover that Darryl Dawkins was a mediocre player Ultimately proving that having a good nickname is the key to a long legacy. RIP.
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Aug 18, 2017 18:16
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3 DONG HORSE posted:Wouldn't it just get worse with more attempts, like the other years he shot more? I don't know where to find that stat but my 5 seconds of research on my poo poo phone indicates his 2pt is pretty good (high 50s when he has more attempts) and his FTs are always trash, which probably helps the other team more. TS% includes Free Throws already. Efficiency usually goes down the more you shoot, but you want your high efficiency guys shooting more. morestuff posted:
60% is much better than fine, only 25 guys who played real minutes hit that mark this past season: https://www.basketball-reference.co...=60&order_by=ws There's only 15 guys who hit at least 60% TS with Dwight's usage or higher. The only players who had a higher True Shooting AND a higher usage were Jokic and Durant. Dwight was really efficient scoring. It's not like Dwight have been inefficient in his career before, he still can score efficiently with a usage a step or two up.
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Aug 18, 2017 18:32
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Man, why the hell was I thinking Dwight was so much worse than he actually is? Maybe it's my Lakers bias showing. Thank you for explaining that.
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Aug 18, 2017 18:37
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https://twitter.com/suntimes_hoops/status/898600889342074880
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Aug 18, 2017 18:47
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3 DONG HORSE posted:Man, why the hell was I thinking Dwight was so much worse than he actually is? Maybe it's my Lakers bias showing. Thank you for explaining that. He's super unlikable and fell from being one of the two or three best players in the world to just a good starting center so people think he's a lot worse than he actually is. His offensive game is also pretty limited even if what he does is effective and those guys tend to be kinda underrated.
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Aug 18, 2017 19:33
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Did anyone ever save the quote from, I think RD Mangles, about how big of a chump you have to be to buy a Dwight Howard jersey?
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Aug 18, 2017 19:43
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3 DONG HORSE posted:Man, why the hell was I thinking Dwight was so much worse than he actually is? Maybe it's my Lakers bias showing. Thank you for explaining that. MourningView posted:He's super unlikable and fell from being one of the two or three best players in the world to just a good starting center so people think he's a lot worse than he actually is. His offensive game is also pretty limited even if what he does is effective and those guys tend to be kinda underrated. Basically, yeah. I am not making the argument he is really good offensively, his post-ups aren't great (though the average non-transition, non-putback play is around .93 so .84 isn't as bad as it looks). He is limited in general, and can be tough to weave into an offense, but he does what he does really well. He plays the post where he can be around for putback plays (which are super efficient) and where he can do his follow-up cut after penetration, which is also super efficient. His numbers seem to indicate getting him more involved would be more valuable to the team.
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Aug 18, 2017 19:57
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Spoeank posted:BOOOOOOOOGIEEEE I love that dude
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Aug 18, 2017 20:01
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What I always heard people complain about with Dwight in Houston was him wanting to post up because that's what star big men do like Duncan or Shaq or Hakeem do, but over the course of his career basically everyone stopped doing big-man postups and he wanted to keep doing them even when the team did much better when he was doing PnR.
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Aug 18, 2017 20:28
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Spoeank posted:BOOOOOOOOGIEEEE you motherfuckers elected a reality tv show host for president. c'mon. Never heard of Bill Bradley or something?
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Aug 18, 2017 20:41
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Punkin Spunkin posted:of course the immediate "ATHLETES SHOULDN'T TALK POLITICS" come in It's (black) ATHLETES SHOULDN'T DARE TO SAY THINGS I DISAGREE WITH!1!1 None of them are complaining about Schilling or Rick Barry talking nonsense.
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Aug 18, 2017 20:42
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the alt right WILL ban the slam dunk again like once upon a time in college basketball. white men jumping tech has evolved to the point of Dunk Kings and Birdman but they'd still prefer to "equalize" the playing field. there's no room to stand on the sidelines. fascism is a flagrant foul.
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Aug 18, 2017 20:46
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Pierce's number will be retired next year on Feb 11th
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Aug 18, 2017 21:02
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Shear Modulus posted:What I always heard people complain about with Dwight in Houston was him wanting to post up because that's what star big men do like Duncan or Shaq or Hakeem do, but over the course of his career basically everyone stopped doing big-man postups and he wanted to keep doing them even when the team did much better when he was doing PnR. He was at one point as good as a PnR finisher as anyone has every been and he's still pretty drat good. But yes he's a dumbass and has a huge ego so he wants post up isolations constantly. He's basically the center version of Carmelo, except he's still an elite to second tier defensive center.
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Aug 18, 2017 22:00
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Spite posted:It's (black) ATHLETES SHOULDN'T DARE TO SAY THINGS I DISAGREE WITH!1!1 I saw some complaining about Chris (?) Long today or yesterday on twitter.
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Aug 18, 2017 22:59
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Even the lovely last year in Houston Harden would get him 2-3 easy dunks a game in the PnR. Then he'd go back to posting up because gently caress. And he makes his teams offensively unwatchable regardless of how efficient he actually is. e: I've basically blocked all his play out of my memory. There's the fun Parsons+Lin+Asik team, then Josh Smith and Corey Brewer beating the Clippers somehow, and then the long and prosperous D'Antoni era chunkles fucked around with this message at 23:26 on Aug 18, 2017 |
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Aug 18, 2017 23:21
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Yeah and the back injuries just obliterated all of what effectiveness at post ups he had back in Orlando, it was painful to watch in Houston.
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Aug 18, 2017 23:41
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Finally an article that's basically what I've tried to tell this thread multiple times concerning the 17/18 Mavs. https://sports.vice.com/en_us/article/kzz85y/the-dallas-mavericks-are-built-to-exceed-expectations Spacebump fucked around with this message at 02:00 on Aug 19, 2017 |
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Aug 19, 2017 01:57
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morestuff posted:Dwight Howard saying all the right things this offseason siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh
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Aug 19, 2017 02:45
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This is cool https://twitter.com/World_Wide_Wob/status/898697864511094785
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Aug 19, 2017 03:33
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Spacebump posted:Finally an article that's basically what I've tried to tell this thread multiple times concerning the 17/18 Mavs. I love the Mavs but that article even says Dirk had a negative net rating last year.
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Aug 19, 2017 03:48
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Hashtag Banterzone posted:I love the Mavs but that article even says Dirk had a negative net rating last year. Dirk's overall numbers this season will be better this year simply because he won't be coming back from an injury midseason (hopefully). It's not unrealistic to think he could pass Duncan in overall winshares. Dirk will also look better because the point guard rotation won't be a rotating cast of old guys with injuries for most of the season. He won't be anywhere near prime Dirk but he realistically could be a more effective player compared to last season. Spacebump fucked around with this message at 03:52 on Aug 19, 2017 |
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Aug 19, 2017 03:49
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This is like some sorta....BASEketball
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Aug 19, 2017 04:01
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https://twitter.com/SBNationNBA/status/898731049726779393
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Aug 19, 2017 04:11
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 These would be good bet avatars if the Raptors ever start winning stuff.
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Aug 19, 2017 04:54
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kings so irrelevant they use the old logo 
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