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Pron on VHS
Nov 14, 2005

Blood Clots
Sweat Dries
Bones Heal
Suck it Up and Keep Wrestling
Opening night......opening night....OPENING NIGHT

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Punkin Spunkin
Jan 1, 2010
how is Kawhi winning MVP a "CRAZY" prediction, zach. at least he's on record saying the safe bet for 2nd is the Spurs.

Metapod
Mar 18, 2012
Pj dozier signed with okc on a two way deal

Salvor_Hardin
Sep 13, 2005

I want to go protest.
Nap Ghost

This was fun but Atlanta should be Quavo. Or even the entire Migos since the Hawks play such a team oriented game.

scuz
Aug 29, 2003

You can't be angry ALL the time!




Fun Shoe
Here's the 2017-2018 NBA Almanac made by a redditor.

Wolves don't play till tomorrow but I'm gluing myself to the TV all night cuz BASKETBALL IS BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK

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.

scuz posted:

Here's the 2017-2018 NBA Almanac made by a redditor.

Wolves don't play till tomorrow but I'm gluing myself to the TV all night cuz BASKETBALL IS BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK

This almanac is an absolute must read if you are new to basketball.

Shear Modulus
Jun 9, 2010



My ultimate hot take prediction is that this will be the year that Derrick Rose becomes
Back.

scuz
Aug 29, 2003

You can't be angry ALL the time!




Fun Shoe

Redgrendel2001 posted:

This almanac is an absolute must read if you are new to basketball.
The advanced stats glossary has been printed and pinned to my wall. Also had no idea how salary caps and team economics worked. A Good Read.

Carlosologist
Oct 13, 2013

Revelry in the Dark

My hottest take is that the Nets end up looking super competent and the 18 draft pick tanks in value

dokmo
Aug 27, 2006

:stat:man

NickRoweFillea posted:

Everyone reply to this with your most absolutely thermonuclear spicy take for the season. It can be anything.

Simmons and Saric will combine for 500 turnovers.

Brolander
Oct 20, 2008

i am but a vessel
First night of the nba season and i WONT BE HOME

prediction: kyrie will win Least Valuable Player

Shear Modulus
Jun 9, 2010



Brolander posted:

First night of the nba season and i WONT BE HOME

prediction: kyrie will win Least Valuable Player

It's entirely possible that if the Celtics lose badly enough tonight he may come down with a crippling case of shook.

BWV
Feb 24, 2005


i really want Lebron to play but I think he's such a basketball genius he's going to sit so the Cavs can win without him, increasing their confidence and demoralizing Boston.

G-Hawk
Dec 15, 2003

i am excited to watch james harden and chris paul pass the ball to each other in exciting and interesting ways

euphronius
Feb 18, 2009

NickRoweFillea posted:

Everyone reply to this with your most absolutely thermonuclear spicy take for the season. It can be anything.

Prediction: Lebron and President Deals go after each other again when Lebron suffers a huge unseen loss

Jahlil Okafor will not finish the season on an NBA roster

Denver does not make the playoffs

Dwade puts up a 10 win share season

Anthony Davis is traded to Golden state for klay

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


folks, it's finally time for the Washington Wizards to claim their rightful place as NBA Champions

Cool Buff Man
Jul 30, 2006

bitch

euphronius posted:

Dwade puts up a 10 win share season

He hasn't had double digit winshares in like 7 years so this may be the spiciest take of them all

morestuff
Aug 2, 2008

You can't stop what's coming

Jackie D posted:

folks, it's finally time for the Washington Wizards to claim their rightful place as NBA Champions

Hot take: Wizards +2000 to win the East feels like an ok bet

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

whaaat they couldn't be more wrong about the Nets and the Knicks. Jay-Z is Manhattan since forever. Wu-Tang were the gatekeepers and they barely let BIG through, Jay-Z ain't poo poo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ePQKD9iBfU

maybe pick somebody that seemed promising once and might be back soon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJwKKKd2ZYE

Or maybe actor turned rapper Joey Bada$$ for continuing the long NYC tradition of gently caress You responses
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USdUm8lVgB4&t=194s
a freestyle that may have ended a career, gently caress Troy Ave

terrible article

Punkin Spunkin posted:

how is Kawhi winning MVP a "CRAZY" prediction, zach. at least he's on record saying the safe bet for 2nd is the Spurs.

The betting sites almost all have Kawhi as top MVP choice, it's not even slightly crazy

EvanTH fucked around with this message at 19:18 on Oct 17, 2017

euphronius
Feb 18, 2009

Cool Buff Man posted:

He hasn't had double digit winshares in like 7 years so this may be the spiciest take of them all

He didn't even with lebron?

Hohoho

Maybe I should have looked that one up first

Punkin Spunkin
Jan 1, 2010

morestuff posted:

Hot take: Wizards +2000 to win the East feels like an ok bet
I could back this. The East is all either tire fires or "good teams with a lot of new pieces"

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

Take me to your Shida

euphronius posted:

He didn't even with lebron?

Hohoho

Maybe I should have looked that one up first

He did in their first year, wasn't on the court enough the other three

Jack's Flow
Jun 6, 2003

Life, friends, is boring
I like basketball and this will tide me over until the WNBA comes back.

ThePariah
Feb 10, 2014

NickRoweFillea posted:

Everyone reply to this with your most absolutely thermonuclear spicy take for the season. It can be anything.

Wizards win 50 games.

Sixers miss the playoffs.

Kyrie Irving, MVP.

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


NickRoweFillea posted:

Everyone reply to this with your most absolutely thermonuclear spicy take for the season. It can be anything.


Celtics finish under .500

Cash Monet
Apr 5, 2009

ThePariah posted:

Wizards win 50 games.

Woah there

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.
Wut. Jay Z is from Brooklyn.

Like his entire thing is being from the Marcy projects in Bed Stuy

scuz
Aug 29, 2003

You can't be angry ALL the time!




Fun Shoe
Hot Takes From A Noob-Cake™:

Wiggins will be named to the 1st team all-defense

Rubio's 3pt% by all-star break is above .7%

Rose wins 6th Man Award

Jamal Crawford breaks his own ankle

CRISPYBABY
Dec 15, 2007

by Reene

Redgrendel2001 posted:

This almanac is an absolute must read if you are new to basketball.

If you are new to basketball, I suggest that you might learn more about the sport by watching the Carter on Weiss dunk 50 times versus reading a 260 book of transactions and minutiae (although it does look like a very good reference).

CRISPYBABY
Dec 15, 2007

by Reene

morestuff posted:

Hot take: Wizards +2000 to win the East feels like an ok bet

I put 5 bucks on the raptors at those odds to win the east last year because I"m a degenerate.

xbilkis
Apr 11, 2005

god qb
me
jay hova

NickRoweFillea posted:

Everyone reply to this with your most absolutely thermonuclear spicy take for the season. It can be anything.

Prediction: Lebron and President Deals go after each other again when Lebron suffers a huge unseen loss

People are way overcorrecting for previous Timberwolves hype letdowns, and Minnesota is the #2 seed in the West this year

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

EvanTH posted:

Or maybe actor turned rapper Joey Bada$$ for continuing the long NYC tradition of gently caress You responses
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USdUm8lVgB4&t=194s
a freestyle that may have ended a career, gently caress Troy Ave

Backstory:
Capital STEEZ was more talented than everyone else:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDWAk8-leVA
He'd be as big as anyone in A$AP by now, but near the end of 2012 he jumped off a building. Last year Troy Ave thought it would be okay to make a diss track (directed vaguely towards Joey) about that. He was wrong.

Papercut
Aug 24, 2005
Is there a better/more convenient blackmarket streaming option than Reborn4HDLive?

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.

Papercut posted:

Is there a better/more convenient blackmarket streaming option than Reborn4HDLive?

Nbastreams on Reddit

BWV
Feb 24, 2005


I've always hated Derrick Rose but I'd be very happy if he got back to throwing down sweet 2 hand jams.

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

Dexo posted:

Wut. Jay Z is from Brooklyn.

Like his entire thing is being from the Marcy projects in Bed Stuy

Maybe like 15 years ago, sure.

Papercut posted:

Is there a better/more convenient blackmarket streaming option than Reborn4HDLive?

/nbastreams on reddit is probably the best and easiest spot. Get the ACE stream player working and it's occasionally better than the free-ish streams (with accompanying cable package) provided by the networks

schweens
Jan 14, 2011

kakarot ain't got shit on me
Pistons gonna get that 8 seed. I can feel it

Bonus JR
https://twitter.com/TheRealJRSmith/status/920124918339112962
https://twitter.com/Isaiah_Thomas/status/920126051593973761

Paul Zuvella
Dec 7, 2011

scuz posted:

Wiggins will be named to the 1st team all-defense

That's not a hottake. That's just dumb

aBagorn
Aug 26, 2004

Shear Modulus posted:

My ultimate hot take prediction is that this will be the year that Derrick Rose becomes
Back.

This was going to be mine. I'm so ready for DR to be 'back'

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AggressivelyStupid
Jan 9, 2012

https://twitter.com/bomani_jones/status/920357577229328385

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