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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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Kibner
Oct 21, 2008

Acguy Supremacy

i don't get it

e: oh, that tabloid link cleared it up

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Spacebump
Dec 24, 2003

Dallas Mavericks: Generations

Nissin Cup Nudist posted:

Rondo was bailed out by having three HoFers around him and teams being fooled by his passing stats

Don't most championship teams have multiple hall of famers?

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.

Nissin Cup Nudist posted:

Rondo was bailed out by having three HoFers around him and teams being fooled by his passing stats

Rondo was the entire reason that team worked so well.


Like Rondo was real loving good. until he got injured and then lost his ability to finish at the rim.

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

Take me to your Shida

The Wolves play the Warriors in a little under 5 hours if any of you crazy people want to try watching it (I might be one of those crazy people)

xbilkis
Apr 11, 2005

god qb
me
jay hova

I clicked through to the 2007 Tribune article about high school Derrick Rose and was dumbstruck by this fact

Paul Zuvella
Dec 7, 2011

Yeah pretending that Rondo was never good is some next level dumbass poo poo. Rondo was an elite passer and defender, and for like 4 years could finish at the rim at a good clip.

Then Wade ripped his shoulder out and rondo died.

RaySmuckles
Oct 14, 2009


:vapes:
Grimey Drawer
i'm buttmad as heck about how good the warriors are

why on earth did PATFO pass on jordan bell?

Dejan Bimble
Mar 24, 2008

we're all black friends
Plaster Town Cop

RaySmuckles posted:

i'm buttmad as heck about how good the warriors are

why on earth did PATFO pass on jordan bell?

He is who he was, a small forward sized center who plays really hard and is a very good rebounder. He's useful for their same size all same size team but wouldn't change a random mediocre team. There's a strong possibility he'll have a decent career as a role player, unless he becomes a great switchy defender, then he'll have a better career. All the NV draft men agreed he's a solid feller.

I suppose it comes down to team need, desire for boom bust prospects over solid known quantities, and the standard loathing of undersized guys and demand for shooting shooting shooting

Also, he's a guy who blew up in the tournament, which is usually a red flag. Howmever, he did mostly the same thing during the year, but nobody stays up to watch west coast college basketball.



Jahlil Okafor is popping champagne, because he'll actually get to play

Dejan Bimble fucked around with this message at 17:15 on Oct 8, 2017

Redgrendel2001
Sep 1, 2006

you literally think a person saying their NBA team of choice being better than the fucking 76ers is a 'schtick'

a literal thing you think.

https://twitter.com/CrossingBroad/status/917054473423474688

dokmo
Aug 27, 2006

:stat:man

RaySmuckles posted:



why on earth did PATFO pass on jordan bell?

Undersized defensive player who can't shoot.

what is pafto?

Cool Buff Man
Jul 30, 2006

bitch

Oh that stinks. Way too many injuries so far

dokmo posted:

Undersized defensive player who can't shoot.

what is pafto?

"Pop and the Front Office"

Dejan Bimble
Mar 24, 2008

we're all black friends
Plaster Town Cop

chunkles posted:

harden generally talks like a PR robot so he must have been pretty pissed off to say mchale was a clown.

Remember my deranged posts about pre invisalign harden being a sullen and surly player and covering his insecurities and downcast gaze with a bushy beard? NBA Hall of Famer Kevin McHale confirmed my suspicion. I would not be surprised if he's changed a lot, now that his teeth are mostly fixed.

big boi
Jun 11, 2007

Cool Buff Man posted:

"Pop and the Front Office"

Oh god can we not use homer acronyms like that

E2M2
Mar 2, 2007

Ain't No Thang.
Jordan Bell for ROTY

Jota
May 6, 2003

uga-booga uga-booga

Richaun Holmes is good and I like him but if he had to be our sacrificial lamb to the Injury Gods to keep the rest of our team safe through the preseason then I am okay with it


Also that means Vegan Jah time!

dokmo
Aug 27, 2006

:stat:man

Cool Buff Man posted:

"Pop and the Front Office"

jesus christ

MOVIE MAJICK
Jan 4, 2012

by Pragmatica
Whats worse.. a point guard that cant shoot or a shooting guard who cant pass?

tanglewood1420
Oct 28, 2010

The importance of this mission cannot be overemphasized

MOVIE MAJICK posted:

Whats worse.. a point guard that cant shoot or a shooting guard who cant pass?

Ricky Rubio is better than Andrew Wiggins

VVV

quote:

patfo is pretty commonly used. get over it.
Literally the first time I've ever seen it. It's dumb.

tanglewood1420 fucked around with this message at 17:49 on Oct 8, 2017

RaySmuckles
Oct 14, 2009


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Grimey Drawer
the spurs don't need more shooters. they need slashers and people who can finish at the rim. to make space for their shooters

patfo is pretty commonly used. get over it.

RaySmuckles fucked around with this message at 17:49 on Oct 8, 2017

Tae
Oct 24, 2010

Hello? Can you hear me? ...Perhaps if I shout? AAAAAAAAAH!
Spurs being defensive of their dumb team terms, no surprise

BWV
Feb 24, 2005


that's terrible. just say Pop who the gently caress cares about the "front office"

Cool Buff Man
Jul 30, 2006

bitch
Just say RC Cola instead

Punkin Spunkin
Jan 1, 2010
gsg cky patfo a$ap segababa
https://www.poundingtherock.com/pages/ptr-lexicon

AggressivelyStupid
Jan 9, 2012

Cool Buff Man posted:

Just say RC Cola instead

mods ???

WhyteRyce
Dec 30, 2001

PATFO is loving stupid. Just call him G-Pop like normal people

Mr. Mambold
Feb 13, 2011

Aha. Nice post.



just say G-Pop and the Vandellas

RaySmuckles posted:

the spurs don't need more shooters. they need slashers and people who can finish at the rim. to make space for their shooters

patfo is pretty commonly used. get over it.


mods rename this bitch Patty Patfo

NotWearingPants
Jan 3, 2006

by Nyc_Tattoo
Nap Ghost

Jota posted:

Richaun Holmes is good and I like him but if he had to be our sacrificial lamb to the Injury Gods to keep the rest of our team safe through the preseason then I am okay with it


Also that means Vegan Jah time!

I also like Richaun Holmes, but wouldn't Amir Johnson get the minutes before Jahlil?

big boi
Jun 11, 2007

What if people just said..."the Spurs"

Brolander
Oct 20, 2008

i am but a vessel

big boi posted:

What if people just said..."the Spurs"

Punkin Spunkin
Jan 1, 2010

big boi posted:

What if people just said..."the Spurs"
it'd be a moment of sunlight in the collective crusade on the part of the MEDIA AND THIS THREAD to ignore the Spurs and NEVER TALK ABOUT THE SPURS

I can't even get the NBA team preview on NBA TV. WHERE'S THE SPURS?

Redgrendel2001
Sep 1, 2006

you literally think a person saying their NBA team of choice being better than the fucking 76ers is a 'schtick'

a literal thing you think.

NotWearingPants posted:

I also like Richaun Holmes, but wouldn't Amir Johnson get the minutes before Jahlil?

Probably, but they're certainly going to showcase Jah as much as possible before January.

WhyteRyce
Dec 30, 2001

Yeah guys PATFO is commonly used among Spurs fans so just deal with it.

It's hella annoying when people don't accept your local slang

NickRoweFillea
Sep 27, 2012

doin thangs

big boi posted:

What if people just said..."the Spurs"

*the aristocrats voice* The Spurs!

the_american_dream
Apr 12, 2008

GAHDAMN

WhyteRyce posted:

PATFO is loving stupid. Just call him Sports Dad like normal people

Punkin Spunkin
Jan 1, 2010
please under no circumstances refer to mister popo as a "sports dad", that's a slur unfitting of a man who enjoys fine wine and soviet studies
google provides

sports dads support lottery reform, personally fired hinkie, were three seasons late on calling kawhi a superstar, actually enjoy college basketball, and think the dress code is a good thing

Redgrendel2001
Sep 1, 2006

you literally think a person saying their NBA team of choice being better than the fucking 76ers is a 'schtick'

a literal thing you think.

The appropriate title is President Poppovich.

Cool Buff Man
Jul 30, 2006

bitch
The Beangrinder

DeimosRising
Oct 17, 2005

¡Hola SEA!


Tae posted:

10 years is a lot

Also magic would start at pf in today's nba.

He primarily guarded PFs in the 80s too. He basically just got the worst offensive player who wasn't fast, usually the PF or SF. On offense he'd had the ball all the time regardless so you can call him whatever you want and it wouldn't change anything.

Redgrendel2001 posted:

Probably, but they're certainly going to showcase Jah as much as possible before January.

We thought so last year too but it wasn't so. Guy couldn't get on the court sometimes even when Embiid was in his cryogenic bubble wrap pod

RaySmuckles
Oct 14, 2009


:vapes:
Grimey Drawer
that is a lot of posting about lingo

some good basketball games today! cleveland v dc, portland v la, denver v san an

should be a good afternoon

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euphronius
Feb 18, 2009

NotWearingPants posted:

I also like Richaun Holmes, but wouldn't Amir Johnson get the minutes before Jahlil?

Probably but also embiid won't be playing tons this first month or so so there will be lots of back up 5 time

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