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Hello fellow posters I love you and just to piggy back on Metapod it would be great if some lurkers could inject some fresh blood into the thread. You all have unique viewpoints and we will love you too.
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# ¿ Oct 25, 2016 14:07 |
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# ¿ Apr 29, 2024 05:36 |
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Being nice to people is so so so important https://twitter.com/yaphilme/status/790688794987139072
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# ¿ Oct 25, 2016 14:51 |
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Vanilla Mint Ice posted:My lurker opinion is that Durant will have a MVP level performance but not win MVP due to narrative reasons
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# ¿ Oct 25, 2016 15:21 |
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The Clippers hashtag is so loving dumb
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# ¿ Oct 25, 2016 18:25 |
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The problem is that Jordan's shot over Russell is literally the only truly "iconic" moment in NBA history. Everything else pales in comparison including this block which was amazing and incredible
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# ¿ Oct 25, 2016 18:42 |
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can't say that I disagree
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# ¿ Oct 25, 2016 19:56 |
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Dead Kelly posted:The Raptors aren't disappointing, they're just interminably frustrating. They play basketball like it was 20 years ago, but somehow still win.
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# ¿ Oct 25, 2016 20:11 |
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We sound like we're NPR having a posting drive, but that's just because this is pretty much the least dead and dumb thread on these dead and dumb forums and I want it to last forever ever ever ever *echoes into eternity*
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# ¿ Oct 25, 2016 20:18 |
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Kibner posted:I try to convince people who aren't SA members to get an account and post here, but they won't because reddit is free and they think it's just as good.
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# ¿ Oct 25, 2016 20:31 |
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chunkles posted:i feel like girth should be incorporated into the dong graph. i feel like the rockets are a short, but girthy team, not sure why that's just what is in my heart
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# ¿ Oct 25, 2016 20:49 |
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Shear Modulus posted:If you think about it dribbling is also a kind of ball movement except up and down
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# ¿ Oct 25, 2016 21:15 |
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IcePhoenix posted:This gives me the mental image getting onto an empty broken down bus that hasn't been cleaned in weeks and seeing a creepy old dude smile at me with crooked yellow teeth and patting the seat next to him.
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# ¿ Oct 25, 2016 21:53 |
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Shear Modulus posted:The floor needs to man up and take the shot once in a while. straight up brolic fucked around with this message at 22:38 on Oct 25, 2016 |
# ¿ Oct 25, 2016 22:36 |
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Metapod posted:Hmmm ever think okc
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# ¿ Oct 25, 2016 23:47 |
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Zogo posted:Bird and Havlicek famously stole balls for Boston in the playoffs. Or are you writing those off as undue Boston homerism?
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# ¿ Oct 26, 2016 00:13 |
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Rick posted:Zogo can I change my vote for rookie PER leader to Jamal Murray?
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# ¿ Oct 26, 2016 00:14 |
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Dejan Bimble posted:You only get one team sport
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# ¿ Oct 26, 2016 00:21 |
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Dejan Bimble posted:I don't think a media person can effectively cover more than one sport
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# ¿ Oct 26, 2016 00:27 |
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then again, PER is biased against rookie guards and strongly in favor of bigs.
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# ¿ Oct 26, 2016 00:33 |
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Smellyhead posted:Back to those hashtags, what does #MFFL even mean?
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# ¿ Oct 26, 2016 02:58 |
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chunkles posted:Jonathan Simmons. please look at this dunk he made on javale mcgee
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# ¿ Oct 26, 2016 06:08 |
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https://twitter.com/kdtrey5/status/78150326854754305MourningView posted:I am v excited about Joe Johnson and George Hill. I am very not excited about what appears to be the Bobcat version of Diaw George Hill will be the actual factual point guard you have been waiting for.
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# ¿ Oct 26, 2016 06:11 |
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dang man it's too bad there's not any warriors posters in SAS these days
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# ¿ Oct 26, 2016 06:24 |
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the warriors are literally saying that losing this game is good because it's a "refreshing slap in the face" as though losing in the finals when you were up 3-1 and then getting poo poo on by anyone with a pulse all summer wasn't enough of a "slap in the face". Just say you sucked and move on you idiots.
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# ¿ Oct 26, 2016 12:17 |
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What's the grey market service we're using this year? New league pass is loving terrible.
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# ¿ Oct 26, 2016 13:27 |
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Cool Buff Man posted:KD played well last night and he's really good on defense and I wish he was on my team even if I don't like him very much David Lee loving grabbed a jump ball rebound over him which should never happen. So that matters if you're in the rebounding = defense crowd (last night was a pretty good case for that). He is generally pretty good though and there's few teams that will put him in the annoying positions that the Spurs did. If he has to keep guarding centers/pfs off the bench, though, this could become more of an issue.
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# ¿ Oct 26, 2016 13:57 |
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Lasagna Pilot posted:How legit are these Nerlens Noel to Warriors rumors?
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# ¿ Oct 26, 2016 14:06 |
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ElPedro posted:Since you want us lurkers to reply.. well why not!
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# ¿ Oct 26, 2016 14:11 |
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RCarr posted:I still hate LeBron, but god drat is he good at basketball.
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# ¿ Oct 26, 2016 14:25 |
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GZA Genius posted:N: Warriors lose to the spurs at home. V: Nothing to see here, business as usual whenever the spurs play us at home David West is not a good fit for this team and probably not that good in general. Pachulia was in mid-season form (not the first half where he pretends to be good) Javale might actually be their best traditional big from a fit standpoint but he got baptized last night and will almost certainly get injured.
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# ¿ Oct 26, 2016 15:31 |
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Finger rolls should be goaltendable so you have to do the shot in office basketball where you loft it way over the guy standing over the basket
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# ¿ Oct 26, 2016 15:51 |
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Lockback, just looping back to earlier: Kevin Durant had 0 contested rebounds last night. Only pulled down 1.5 a game last season. He's not a good rebounder.
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# ¿ Oct 26, 2016 16:05 |
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Lockback posted:I always hate the "contested Rebound" stat. Durant has rebounded well his entire career. If you think it's complete luck that he has always gotten around 7-8 boards a game from the 3 position, I am not sure what to say but at some point I think you have to admit he is good at getting in position and not needing to contest his boards.
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# ¿ Oct 26, 2016 16:24 |
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Paul Zuvella posted:Still, there is value to being 7 feet tall with long arms at SF. To say Durant is a bad rebounder is a bit disingenuous. His physical tools make him an asset on the boards even if he isn't doing dirty work down low.
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# ¿ Oct 26, 2016 16:29 |
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Lockback posted:
I recorded these statistics last season and it's pretty clear that there's a good correlation between being qualitatively good at rebounding and pulling down contested rebounds. It's not like the best guys get less contested boards. The stats and the eye test match up pretty darn well. All of the other good guys grab a lot. Giannis and MKG were the best SFs last season. Rudy Gay and LeBron shortly after. The best SG was PJ Tucker by a mile.
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# ¿ Oct 26, 2016 16:41 |
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iamsosmrt posted:Evan Turner.. good rebounder or elite rebounder?
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# ¿ Oct 26, 2016 16:51 |
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leftist heap posted:are box scores anywhere to be found on the new nba site? when i click on the game it just takes me to the league pass replay.
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# ¿ Oct 26, 2016 16:57 |
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Lockback posted:So I guess what is your explanation as to why he consistently rebounds near the top of his position? Luck, there are rebounds other players don't care about? I can see pointing to those stats over a short amount of time to say someone is just having the ball bounce his way, but at some point it stops becoming luck. E: RWB is still ridiculous for his position
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# ¿ Oct 26, 2016 17:09 |
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Alain Post posted:I'm watching basketball this year IMO. Go the Blazers
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# ¿ Oct 26, 2016 17:14 |
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# ¿ Apr 29, 2024 05:36 |
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I mean I think Adams and Ibaka's numbers really suffered last season because they were doing a lot of the dirty work for RWB and Durant to grab the ball and start the break (which makes sense) but I didn't watch enough Thunder to know if that's accurate.
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# ¿ Oct 26, 2016 17:21 |