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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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https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/919974467346075648 I guess it's better than letting him walk for nothing
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# ? Oct 16, 2017 18:13 |
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# ? May 21, 2024 18:57 |
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https://twitter.com/WFNYScott/status/919973852431749121
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# ? Oct 16, 2017 18:32 |
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aBagorn posted:It's funny, he's listed as PF on the official Sixers site, but on more than one occasion (including the last preseason game) I've heard the announcer introduce the team like: It could be an ego thing, or maybe he thinks the path to the All-Star game is easier as a guard? Or maybe it has something to do with his Nike contract? But if it is just an ego thing, I can sympathize with that. He plays point guard. So if every time you tell someone what your role is, you get a "yeah, but not really..." response , I can see how that would be very annoying. tanglewood1420 posted:As an experiment the Sixers actually tried him guarding Kyrie for a four minutes stretch in one preseason game and whilst not great by any means he was surprisingly not terrible at it. On ball he was athletic enough to stay with Kyrie mostly, but he couldn't stick with him well enough when Iriving was off-ball and having screens set for him. I think this was a good observation. With his speed and length, I doubt Simmons will have trouble defending most point guards one on one. But following a guard who plays mostly off the ball through screens will probably be an issue. Lockback posted:My defining term will be how often he shares the floor with two guards, one of which is almost always otherwise playing PG. Simmons will frequently be sharing the floor with Bayless and Fultz, guys who otherwise will be playing point. To me there is a difference between a point guard, and a guy who always shares the floor with a point guard. I think that the Sixers thought they would need to pair Simmons with another guard who can also play point. That's why they acquired Bayless, who played that role with the Greek Freak. And that's one of the reasons Fultz was considered such a perfect fit alongside Simmons. But while it's still early, from what I've seen so far this was completely unnecessary. Simmons does not need any help with the ball handling and neither Bayless nor Fultz shared that role with him while they were on the floor together. NotWearingPants fucked around with this message at 18:42 on Oct 16, 2017 |
# ? Oct 16, 2017 18:36 |
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Hornets going into the season with Nic Batum, Jeremy Lamb, Treveon Graham, Michael Carter-Williams and Julyan Stone either sidelined or limited by injury. Michael Kidd-Gilchrist has mysteriously disappeared for the last few weeks tending to an "excused personal issue" and will miss the opener. A dude named Dwayne Bacon is probably going to be starting at shooting guard and Malik Monk is going to average 52 shots a game
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# ? Oct 16, 2017 18:50 |
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Jeremy Lamb practised yesterday and said that he's good. I mean maybe he aggravates it but it sounds like he's ready to roll. As for the others....good luck.
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# ? Oct 16, 2017 19:06 |
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I'm Dwayne Bacon
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# ? Oct 16, 2017 19:10 |
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If Ben Simmons thinks point guard is easier to be an all-star in NBA 2017, lol The east is garbage, but they still have like a billion good guards alive
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# ? Oct 16, 2017 19:16 |
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NickRoweFillea posted:https://twitter.com/bbanimals/status/919563839154393088 pictured: memphis approaching the modern style of NBA play My friend, the Pelicans are here if you need a modern take on grit & grind.
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# ? Oct 16, 2017 19:21 |
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Pelicans are running an offense consisting of just Centers and Point Guards and I couldn't be more excited for it.
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# ? Oct 16, 2017 19:28 |
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NotWearingPants posted:Simmons does not need any help with the ball handling and neither Bayless nor Fultz shared that role with him while they were on the floor together. Should have taken Monk.
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# ? Oct 16, 2017 19:45 |
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steph doesnt wear the ring because it makes his hand look small
Brolander fucked around with this message at 19:49 on Oct 16, 2017 |
# ? Oct 16, 2017 19:47 |
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LOL I've got pretty much the same phone.
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# ? Oct 16, 2017 20:38 |
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https://twitter.com/HPbasketball/status/920009985391595520
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# ? Oct 16, 2017 20:45 |
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Lol disgusting Should have used Lin Cool Buff Man fucked around with this message at 20:48 on Oct 16, 2017 |
# ? Oct 16, 2017 20:46 |
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Did I miss someone posting this already? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcdgAcSSigw
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# ? Oct 16, 2017 21:00 |
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NotWearingPants posted:It could be an ego thing, or maybe he thinks the path to the All-Star game is easier as a guard? Or maybe it has something to do with his Nike contract?
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# ? Oct 16, 2017 21:17 |
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In terms of forwards, I would trust Kawaii Leonard and playoff LeBron to guard a point guard for more than the odd switch. And also concussed Kevin Love
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# ? Oct 16, 2017 21:20 |
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What on earth That's one of the worst brand names I've ever seen
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# ? Oct 16, 2017 21:23 |
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AggressivelyStupid posted:And also concussed Kevin Love We didn't realize it at the time but that concussion allowed Love to unlock Ultra Instinct by removing his ability to think about what he was doing.
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# ? Oct 16, 2017 21:24 |
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I would honestly find that believable
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# ? Oct 16, 2017 21:27 |
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Simmons was listed as F the last three games
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# ? Oct 16, 2017 21:31 |
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3 years $72.3 mil extension for Lamarcus. Partial guarantee on last year. Good deal for Spurs I think
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# ? Oct 16, 2017 21:34 |
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That might be step 1 to a trade. I can't see any of the few teams that have cap space wanting to spend it on LMA.
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# ? Oct 16, 2017 21:37 |
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I mean in the two games Simmons was listed as guard JJ Redick was listed as a F which is the lost ridiculous thing
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# ? Oct 16, 2017 21:39 |
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illcendiary posted:3 years $72.3 mil extension for Lamarcus. Partial guarantee on last year. Good deal for Spurs I think https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/920025039004676096 I have a bad feeling about this.
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# ? Oct 16, 2017 21:39 |
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euphronius posted:I mean in the two games Simmons was listed as guard JJ Redick was listed as a F which is the lost ridiculous thing I saw the listings as G-G-G-F-C, but I am not sure where official listing come from for pre-season games. They have JJ listed on the official website as a guard (Simmons as a G-F). Again, I'd just look at who they put around him.
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# ? Oct 16, 2017 21:41 |
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gently caress, 40 million a year for Pau and LMA. I don't like this at all.
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# ? Oct 16, 2017 21:46 |
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Pop's retiring in the next couple years, that's basically my guess from these signings.
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# ? Oct 16, 2017 21:48 |
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i think that's a good deal for the spurs and lamarcus he stays in the low to mid 20 million range and earns decent money, and the spurs stay around their current costs much more argreeable than pau's contract, for sure
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# ? Oct 16, 2017 21:49 |
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Tae posted:Pop's retiring in the next couple years, that's basically my guess from these signings. I like LMA, I think he gets underrated and a lot of hate, sure you can't always depend on him if Kawhi goes down but he's great as a "second star" to have. would've rather gotten Marc Gasol but you can't win em all
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# ? Oct 16, 2017 21:50 |
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https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/919993778655526914 wowza
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# ? Oct 16, 2017 21:51 |
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Rastaclat sounds like a Jamaican swear word. Like bombaclot.
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# ? Oct 16, 2017 21:51 |
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Tae posted:Pop's retiring in the next couple years, that's basically my guess from these signings. he's around until at least 2020 since he's coaching the olympics. very likely he'll retire after that. if he doesn't that's cool too. etore messina reupped he contract recently. surely he won't just stick around as pop's number 2 forever, but you never know Punkin Spunkin posted:would've rather gotten Marc Gasol but you can't win em all still might! people are thinking that if the grizz go into rebuild mode there are some viable trades for him, like sending pau back to finish his career where he started it, among other things
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# ? Oct 16, 2017 21:53 |
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Do any of you guys share League Pass with people who don't live with you? My friend and I want to do that but we're worried the NBA would just ban us or something.
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# ? Oct 16, 2017 21:56 |
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Salvor_Hardin posted:Rastaclat sounds like a Jamaican swear word. Like bombaclot. That's exactly what I was getting at. Why would you name your positive vibe bracelet company after a cuss word?
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# ? Oct 16, 2017 21:58 |
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3 DONG HORSE posted:Do any of you guys share League Pass with people who don't live with you? My friend and I want to do that but we're worried the NBA would just ban us or something. I think only one person can be logged in at a time.
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# ? Oct 16, 2017 22:00 |
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RaySmuckles posted:like sending pau back to finish his career where he started it, among other things RaySmuckles posted:he's around until at least 2020 since he's coaching the olympics. very likely he'll retire after that. if he doesn't that's cool too.
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# ? Oct 16, 2017 22:00 |
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3 DONG HORSE posted:Do any of you guys share League Pass with people who don't live with you? My friend and I want to do that but we're worried the NBA would just ban us or something. Me and 2 friends share it and it's totally fine. You can only watch on one screen at a time however.
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# ? Oct 16, 2017 22:02 |
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Punkin Spunkin posted:I'm still hoping that Pop's Successor is either a returning Bud/Brett Brown, or dark horse candidate HEAD COACH TIM DUNCAN nah, MANU! we're going to wring out every bit of basketball the man has in his body and mind either way, let's not put the cart before the horse. there are still (almost certainly) 3 full seasons of pop left
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# ? Oct 16, 2017 22:07 |
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https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/920035443579736064 Suddenly, A New Point Guard of the future appears.
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# ? Oct 16, 2017 22:21 |