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| The Big3 Tourney |
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67 | 22.41% |
| Will Lakers draft Ball |
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40 | 13.38% |
| Where will the Pauls go |
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54 | 18.06% |
| 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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euphronius posted:I thought he signed with Indiana ?? That's Darren Collison
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Jul 14, 2017 17:11
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I always pictured Dwight fighting by doing that arm swinging thing that little kids do
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Jul 14, 2017 17:11
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pubic works project posted:https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/885893348585873408 Metapod is never truly happy
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Jul 14, 2017 17:12
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pubic works project posted:https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/885893348585873408 Probably sad, actually. Collison is the Thunderest Thunder who ever Thundered.
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Jul 14, 2017 17:19
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Kibner posted:Probably sad, actually. Collison is the Thunderest Thunder who ever Thundered. I meant happy that he's coming back for one more year. Not happy that he's retiring after this year.
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Jul 14, 2017 17:22
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Collison will go down in history as the longest tenured Thunder.
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Jul 14, 2017 17:22
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Also I don't really like Melo, but the guy has been at 30 USG% his entire career, of course he's gonna be mediocre on defense. He will be fine once his usage goes down and he's on a good team. I was curious and searched for 30+ USG% and DPBM>0 seasons. Turns out that there have been 95 seasons in NBA history that meet that requirement. Jordan, LBJ, Shaq and Malone account for about half of those. Wade, Westbrook, McGrady, Durant, and Cousins account for another 25 or so. Not an easy feat. https://www.basketball-reference.co...l=0&order_by=ws
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Jul 14, 2017 17:23
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Hashtag Banterzone posted:Also I don't really like Melo, but the guy has been at 30 USG% his entire career, of course he's gonna be mediocre on defense. He will be fine once his usage goes down and he's on a good team. But the Knicks are keeping him
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Jul 14, 2017 17:25
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pubic works project posted:https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/885893348585873408 LET'S loving GO
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Jul 14, 2017 17:25
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Like Seriously. Ive watched Jimmy Butler turn into a mediocre defender most times and then literally die at the end of years because he's had to carry the offensive load while also guarding the best wing.
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Jul 14, 2017 17:28
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Too late now, Melo's old.
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Jul 14, 2017 17:32
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Boosh! posted:Too late now, Melo's old. Age ain't nothing but a number. Ask Dwight.
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Jul 14, 2017 17:36
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https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/885907125985083393
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Jul 14, 2017 18:02
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5 years is pretty significant, because when Dolan fires him in 2, he still gets paid for 3 more.
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Jul 14, 2017 18:03
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I looked him up and it seems like he's been involved in good decisions and has yet to be fired from anything. Have fun getting tarred and feathered by the NYC media.
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Jul 14, 2017 18:07
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Congressmen Scott Perry is an extremely Trump-leaning republican congressmen, not sure how that will affect him ability to be a GM
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Jul 14, 2017 18:11
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Intruder posted:In the game of life Kemp was far more productive than Pippen No he wasn't.
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Jul 14, 2017 18:14
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Paul Zuvella posted:Congressmen Scott Perry is an extremely Trump-leaning republican congressmen, not sure how that will affect him ability to be a GM It means Prokhorov got him hired
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Jul 14, 2017 18:14
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pubic works project posted:https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/885893348585873408 Collison hasn't been worth a poo poo for years, but his wisdom and lockerroom presence are priceless much like my posting
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Jul 14, 2017 18:17
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Mr. Mambold posted:No he wasn't. Holy poo poo I had no idea Pippen had so many kids
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Jul 14, 2017 18:28
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https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/885913493584707584 Hey cool
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Jul 14, 2017 18:28
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Intruder posted:Holy poo poo I had no idea Pippen had so many kids Pippen was notoriously high-libido. Dude was Fuckin' constantly
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Jul 14, 2017 18:34
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Hashtag Banterzone posted:Also I don't really like Melo, but the guy has been at 30 USG% his entire career, of course he's gonna be mediocre on defense. He will be fine once his usage goes down and he's on a good team. The problem with that is it's not just a lack of effort that makes Melo bad on D. Melo is CONSTANTLY blowing up schemes because he apparently has no idea where he should be. He doesn't understand switching. Increased effort won't solve having no idea what to do, and a career's worth of never doing it correctly isn't going to be resolved because he tries harder (practice makes perfect, but practice also makes permanent--if you're practicing wrong, you only know how to do it wrong). His best-ever defensive season, age 27, his DBPM was 0.0. The rest of the time he's been worse than that. He also refuses to take a foul, (can't risk going off the court!), and he leaps out of the way when he might conceivably contest a shot. He has some of the fastest hands in the league, but since everyone knows he doesn't play defense he'll frequently get fouls called on him for clean strips, then he'll not-try for the rest of the game. Also: Intruder posted:But the Knicks are keeping him  trueFast Luck posted:I don't think I'd consider that an insult against Lala
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Jul 14, 2017 18:54
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leftist heap posted:Collison will go down in history as the longest tenured Thunder. Myles Turner is currently the longest tenured roster player on the Pacers. 2 Years.
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Jul 14, 2017 18:54
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I love Presti https://www.si.com/nba/2017/07/14/paul-george-oklahoma-city-thunder-russell-westbrook-sam-presti quote:When Oklahoma City was eliminated by Houston in the first round of the playoffs, Presti handed all his top lieutenants notecards with a picture of Richard Dean Anderson, the actor best known as MacGyver. The implication was obvious, at least to elders in the building. “We’ll have to use some tools we don’t have yet or some tools we haven’t had,” says director of basketball operations Paul Rivers, “and look from a perspective we haven’t had to look from before.”
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Jul 14, 2017 19:01
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Metapod posted:I love Presti Macgyver has made acid-throwing catapults out of twigs and leaves and that's still less ridiculous than turning Oladipo into Paul George.
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Jul 14, 2017 19:06
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Lockback posted:Macgyver has made acid-throwing catapults out of twigs and leaves and that's still less ridiculous than turning Oladipo into Paul George. Lol. Tbf I think Sabonis was a good get for Indy. He started a lot of games last year as a rookie before he faded Damned autocorrect
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Jul 14, 2017 19:16
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Mr. Mambold posted:Lol. Tbf I think Sabonis was a good get for Indy. He started a lot of games last year as a rookie before he faded I talk myself more and more into it each day. Especially if the plan is to get real young and try not to shoot for that 8 seed for a couple of years. Sabonis might be a great player to pair with Turner. And Oladipo will put people in seats, which gets money for Simon and that's all he really cares about.
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Jul 14, 2017 19:19
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I'm definitely rooting for the Pacers as my eastern team. Arvydas was part of some of my favorite Portland teams. His son and Myles Turner should make for a cool combo.
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Jul 14, 2017 19:25
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My chemistry teacher in high school had themed tests that were multiple choice. One of them was a MacGyver test. There is one question that I remember from it. Paraphrased from a 15 year-old memory:quote:A person is stuck inside an armored vehicle and MacGyver needs to free them ASAP. The specific heat required to melt the door is <x>. How many bikers does Mac need to kidnap if each bike contains <y> mg of MG? The "true" answer was not one of the choices. Instead, we were to double the number of bikers MacGyver had to kidnap because half of all kidnappings fail. t_t Thankfully, if you showed your work to arrive at a correct answer, you got full credit on that problem.
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Jul 14, 2017 19:28
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Kibner posted:My chemistry teacher in high school had themed tests that were multiple choice. One of them was a MacGyver test. There is one question that I remember from it. Paraphrased from a 15 year-old memory: Your teacher ruled
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Jul 14, 2017 19:28
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If turner can be the anchor to the defense then sabonis is going to be an excellent player next to him for the future. It does come down to if his 3s start falling and he gets decent finishing with his off hand E: lol at kibners chemistry test question
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Jul 14, 2017 19:30
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Lmao I'm arguing with a person on Twitter about GS' future tax bill and the implications. She seems to think that Lacob will keep everyone together forever, especially after Draymond and Klay get their maxes. It's hilarious.
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Jul 14, 2017 19:33
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Intruder posted:Your teacher ruled He was pretty awesome. We also had an Indiana Jones test and a Star Wars test. In a previous year, he had a Deliverance test and had a stuffed animal that played the main theme song going the whole time people were taking it. Our final was a murder mystery. I don't remember exactly how chemistry was involved, but it was, in addition to questioning witnesses (him) and reviewing all other available evidence. He changes it up every year, but in our case, it was a professional of some kind that died inside a closet, ostensibly due to 17 stab wounds. So, we spent like two weeks on this drat thing coming up with all plausible causes of death and identifying who dunnit, but it was all for naught. The guy died by falling on a knife 17 times. ... Despite his wacky tests, he was actually an incredible teacher and we learned a lot of material and how to apply it in various ways. We also watched the SNL Celebrity Jeopardy skits with him on his PC after class ended but school hadn't been let out for the day.
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Jul 14, 2017 19:34
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Maybe Indiana thinks Sabonis can Highlander his dad's skills
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Jul 14, 2017 19:49
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Some high schoolers trying to get a new ice skating rink funded discovered Boston Garden has been screwing the city out of free charity events they were supposed to host for 24 years. http://deadspin.com/teens-discover-the-boston-garden-has-ignored-law-for-de-1796921301 Another article on Dennis Smith Jr owning. http://deadspin.com/dennis-smith-jr-is-an-athletic-marvel-1796924407
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Jul 14, 2017 19:51
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"dos manos" Dexo posted:
See Jabari dunk Dunk, Jabari! Du- Ohh....again???? gently caress me I'm still mad about that passive headline, i'm not grammarated enough to define in specific terms why it bothers me, thanks Evan
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Jul 14, 2017 19:55
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Dexo posted:Man. Now whenever I look at Derrick Rose highlights I only see how he lands poorly like every single time. Of course George is better than Klay. But right now Klay fits the Warriors just as well and is cheaper. Replacing him with George about to hit free agency would make it impossible to hold the team together - plus he might just bolt to LA anyway. Don't want to give up Klay for a one year rental when you already are the dominant team.
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Jul 14, 2017 19:56
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Well at least we get a pick out of it https://twitter.com/sam_amick/status/885904473075310592
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Jul 14, 2017 20:01
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euphronius posted:If the sentence is "warriors offered x" and in fact it was an other team that offered x the sentence is misleading to the point of irresponsibility Imagine it as a headline about WW2 and it makes sense though "Japs Offered Generous Peace Terms" and you'd never read it as past tense the Japanese offered the terms to someone else. Mr. Mambold posted:Lol. Tbf I think Sabonis was a good get for Indy. He started a lot of games last year as a rookie before he faded If Sabonis can muscle up and take the tiring post d jobs so Turner can focus on cutting lanes and helping, the D may at least be very good in a couple of years. Dejan's moment with pronouncing Nader's name plus Kibner's story reminded me of this time in high school when I corrected someone's pronunciation of the last name "Wang" (they said it like it rhymed with bang when it rhymes with long) and the person whose name was at issue said she now pronounced it that way herself because growing up everyone did and she got tired of correcting them. Anglicizing stuff is weird
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