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

I'm thinking of making a preseason prediction thread and that's a great question. Something like, "Will Dwyane Wade have a higher WS than (whoever was like 6th highest for the Cavs last year)?"

I'll probably post it a bit closer to the season. Give us a couple preseason games to overrate Darren Collison.

# ? Sep 28, 2017 04:22

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# ? May 21, 2024 02:31

Cool Buff Man: Jul 30, 2006; bitch

Tae posted:

Well they're going from Rajon Rondo to Lebron as point guard so probably

Wait did I miss something

# ? Sep 28, 2017 04:33

Bobby Digital: Sep 4, 2009

Carlosologist posted:

Blake Griffin is actually kinda funny

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZOMLKaxf4M

He was pretty good on the Sklar brothers' podcast

# ? Sep 28, 2017 05:00

Spacebump: Dec 24, 2003; Dallas Mavericks: Generations

Lockback posted:

I'm thinking of making a preseason prediction thread and that's a great question. Something like, "Will Dwyane Wade have a higher WS than (whoever was like 6th highest for the Cavs last year)?"

I'll probably post it a bit closer to the season. Give us a couple preseason games to overrate Darren Collison.

Willing to bet Seth Curry will have higher WS than Wade. (again)

# ? Sep 28, 2017 05:03

Zogo: Jul 29, 2003

zoux posted:

https://mobile.twitter.com/KofieYeboah/status/913236296872710145

Me sitting next to Wade and LBJ while they're clinking wine glasses:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_NfCmTkLPQ&t=67s

# ? Sep 28, 2017 05:20

Punkin Spunkin: Jan 1, 2010

The Warriors totally ruined the Spurs meeting Wade and LeBron in the finals again
or did they

# ? Sep 28, 2017 05:39

Metapod: Mar 18, 2012

Punkin Spunkin posted:

The Warriors totally ruined the Spurs meeting Wade and LeBron in the finals again
or did they

Nope Aldridge did that

# ? Sep 28, 2017 05:40

Punkin Spunkin: Jan 1, 2010

Metapod posted:

Nope Aldridge did that

hey kudos for not saying "nah the Thunder/Rockets did that" since we both know that aint true :twisted:

# ? Sep 28, 2017 05:44

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

Punkin Spunkin posted:

hey kudos for not saying "nah the Thunder/Rockets did that" since we both know that aint true

The rockets did that 😬

# ? Sep 28, 2017 13:03

zoux: Apr 28, 2006

quote:

Lowe: I don�t know what it is. No one has kind of gotten to the bottom of why. It can�t just be the corny jokes�and my god, does he tell the corniest jokes�but I�ve heard multiple stories of Hawks players learning about the trade and screaming with jubilation into their phones.

Arnovitz: Yes.

Lowe: You ask why, and one account was, like, Dwight would give these speeches before the game about how everyone is playing hard, we want unity, we�re going to � and then go out and play like a blah game where he demands post touches and doesn�t rotate as hard as he could. And everyone is like, �Why are you speaking in the locker room?� But that�s all anecdotal. It�s just crazy how these stories come out after every stop in his career.

Arnovitz: As one person inside the locker room told me, �Do you know how hard it is to make Dennis Schr�eder the good guy in an internecine warfare between players?� Do you know how hard it is to have a locker room pro-Dennis in terms of just mood and personality? And, you know, that lasted two or three good weeks and then Dwight was just kvetching about not getting the ball.

[...]

Everyone has this impression of �Oh, it�s the goofiness and the fart jokes and everything else,� and actually, no, I think�he�s a downer.

# ? Sep 28, 2017 14:22

Metapod: Mar 18, 2012

Punkin Spunkin posted:

hey kudos for not saying "nah the Thunder/Rockets did that" since we both know that aint true

Can't really say the thunder or the rockets will be responsible for the spurs postseason failure because it's not their fault no one wants to play with kawhi and aldridge

# ? Sep 28, 2017 14:26

Kibner: Oct 21, 2008; Acguy Supremacy

zoux posted:

What's weird about that is Dwight was voted best teammate this year for the Hawks, right?

# ? Sep 28, 2017 14:41

Count Mippipopolous: Apr 10, 2008

Kenneth Faried talk early got me wondering what the best situation would be for him around the league. The best I could think of was the Grizzlies maybe? Playing next to Marc, who can play further from the basket and also make up for him on defense somewhat.

# ? Sep 28, 2017 14:46

Salvor_Hardin: Sep 13, 2005; I want to go protest.; Nap Ghost

Count Mippipopolous posted:

Kenneth Faried talk early got me wondering what the best situation would be for him around the league. The best I could think of was the Grizzlies maybe? Playing next to Marc, who can play further from the basket and also make up for him on defense somewhat.

That sounds like a good fit if they keep the grit & grind identity. I could also see him as a very small 5 on a run and gun system.

# ? Sep 28, 2017 14:48

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

I'm already tired of hearing Dwight talk but he's fortunately just going to be in Charlotte for around a year and a half before he gets flipped for different overpaid talent

# ? Sep 28, 2017 14:48

zoux: Apr 28, 2006

Kibner posted:

What's weird about that is Dwight was voted best teammate this year for the Hawks, right?

https://twitter.com/TheFuzzNBA/status/912790472740835328

# ? Sep 28, 2017 14:54

EvanTH: Apr 24, 2004; i like to express my inner pain by being really boring on the phone
or just when i'm kickin it
that's me though
i'm kind of oddddddd

Can I still use stats.nba to find all play-by-play examples of a certain type? I'm extremely skeptical of Lance Thomas' claim that Melo involved him in the offense and I'd like to see some examples

# ? Sep 28, 2017 14:58

Paul Zuvella: Dec 7, 2011

Tae posted:

Define "good," because they're basically replacing bench corpses from last year and their real effectiveness only matters in the finals.

For wade to be worth it, literally all he has to do is be better than Iman Shumpert is, which is maybe the biggest no brainer ever.

Rose sucks but he is gonna play like 15 minutes a game unless IT is dead so who cares.

# ? Sep 28, 2017 15:10

Shrimp or Shrimps: Feb 14, 2012

lol I can't believe that teammates actually celebrated Dwight was traded. At least formally. Maybe it was like a "Welcome, Miles and Marco!" kind of shindig.

# ? Sep 28, 2017 15:15

Libertine: Jun 21, 2004; When I die, I hope they say I made the eSports industry a better place than I made millions of dollars.

Shrimp or Shrimps posted:

lol I can't believe that teammates actually celebrated Dwight was traded. At least formally.

I can. He seems like a total dickhead.

# ? Sep 28, 2017 15:17

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

Dexo posted:

https://twitter.com/HopToonPodcast/status/912775345060945925

I'm here for this Kyrie.

Alright, I'm back on board. Ice cold.

zoux posted:

https://twitter.com/TheFuzzNBA/status/912790472740835328

I hope this story keeps on growing. First they cheered, then they had dinner, then they chartered a plane, flew to Vegas, and re-enacted The Hangover.

# ? Sep 28, 2017 15:17

EvanTH: Apr 24, 2004; i like to express my inner pain by being really boring on the phone
or just when i'm kickin it
that's me though
i'm kind of oddddddd

He's a dumb unfunny idiot who thinks he's a respected senior veteran with a lot to teach. Pretty easy to imagine him being a nightmare to work with every day

# ? Sep 28, 2017 15:20

dokmo: Aug 27, 2006; man

EvanTH posted:

I'm extremely skeptical of Lance Thomas' claim that Melo involved him in the offense and I'd like to see some examples

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb977CgIb_M

# ? Sep 28, 2017 15:24

WhyteRyce: Dec 30, 2001

I miss the days when we thought Dwight would be fined a trillion dollars for Stick-Em

# ? Sep 28, 2017 15:31

zoux: Apr 28, 2006

https://streamable.com/rttos

lol this is the opposite of that Sixers practice

# ? Sep 28, 2017 15:35

Kibner: Oct 21, 2008; Acguy Supremacy

zoux posted:

https://twitter.com/TheFuzzNBA/status/912790472740835328

# ? Sep 28, 2017 15:36

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

zoux posted:

https://streamable.com/rttos

lol this is the opposite of that Sixers practice

Steph hit the rim once and the cameraman immediately fainted.

# ? Sep 28, 2017 15:42

Jota: May 6, 2003; uga-booga uga-booga

20 days until the Sixers first regular season game.

Please put everyone in bubble wrap until then tyia

# ? Sep 28, 2017 15:48

EvanTH: Apr 24, 2004; i like to express my inner pain by being really boring on the phone
or just when i'm kickin it
that's me though
i'm kind of oddddddd

dokmo posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb977CgIb_M

(Shirley Ellis - The Clapping Song [1965])
Ahah thank you. I assume that's every example.

all those frustrating memories watching Melo throw a beautiful pass once every ten times he touched the ball.

He's the most predictable player in the god damned league with his ISOs. He must be super easy to strategize against, despite half the league calling him the toughest individual cover for a good 4-5 year stretch that ended two or three years ago.

zoux posted:

https://streamable.com/rttos

lol this is the opposite of that Sixers practice

dudes in the background only go 5/7, so concerns about sacrificing depth are true

# ? Sep 28, 2017 15:52

Cool Buff Man: Jul 30, 2006; bitch

https://mobile.twitter.com/FisolaNYDN/status/913399823872733184

Some reason

# ? Sep 28, 2017 16:18

Kibner: Oct 21, 2008; Acguy Supremacy

This was an interesting read: https://www.fanragsports.com/how-an-nba-video-coordinator-reconciles-stats-and-the-eye-test/

# ? Sep 28, 2017 16:47

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

Kibner posted:

This was an interesting read: https://www.fanragsports.com/how-an-nba-video-coordinator-reconciles-stats-and-the-eye-test/

pro as heck click

# ? Sep 28, 2017 16:55

dokmo: Aug 27, 2006; man

Kibner posted:

This was an interesting read: https://www.fanragsports.com/how-an-nba-video-coordinator-reconciles-stats-and-the-eye-test/

quote:

We would provide players with stats and let them know, back to that point of, Hey in the last 5 games, this dude’s hitting 57 percent from 3. We got to get to him early, we can’t let him get those shots off. Force him to drive more

The hot hand is alive and well in the video room.

# ? Sep 28, 2017 16:56

zoux: Apr 28, 2006

https://mobile.twitter.com/HoopsReportNBA/status/913451479926796288

# ? Sep 28, 2017 18:19

Cool Buff Man: Jul 30, 2006; bitch

Why is Carmelo morphing into Danny Ainge

# ? Sep 28, 2017 18:21

AggressivelyStupid: Jan 9, 2012

I'm now imagining a world with Dwade and Melo on the Cavs. Nearly the full Banana Boat!!!

# ? Sep 28, 2017 18:21

AggressivelyStupid: Jan 9, 2012

Cool Buff Man posted:

Why is Carmelo morphing into Danny Ainge

# ? Sep 28, 2017 18:21

Carlosologist: Oct 13, 2013; Revelry in the Dark

am I crazy in thinking that Blake Griffin is actually kind of underrated at this point? my buddy said he was like a proto-Jokic and I found myself largely agreeing

# ? Sep 28, 2017 18:32

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

zoux posted:

https://streamable.com/rttos

lol this is the opposite of that Sixers practice

knew it was gsw before i clicked. because of their famous net-tickling

# ? Sep 28, 2017 18:33

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# ? May 21, 2024 02:31

de curry GOAT: Oct 23, 2005

arsenal will gently caress this up and i will do a big lol

# ? Sep 28, 2017 18:36

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