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When will whoever it was that ran the preseason survey (sorry, can't remember which wonderful poster it was) release the results?
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Anyone else feel like all the insatiable Towns hype means Anthony Davis is being hugely overlooked? Sure KAT put up one of the best ever rookie seasons, but Davis' 14/15 regular season was HOF caliber - not just awesome for a young guy, but awesome for anyone, ever. If he stays healthy for 70+ plus games (lol) then surely the Pelicans will be at least the eight seed. It's just really hard to lose a lot of games when you have one of the best seven or eight guys in the league starting for you, regardless of how garbage the surrounding cast is. Look at how Houston were a total shitshow last year but still won 41 games and took the eight seed purely because they have Harden. This time last year people were talking up New Orleans as a possible four or five seed, Davis as an outside MVP candidate and how he's going to win multiple MVPs and be the face of the league for the next decade. And now it's like he's all of a sudden an afterthought. tanglewood1420 fucked around with this message at 17:17 on Oct 25, 2016 |
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Oct 25, 2016 17:13
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Yesssss BT Sport here in the UK are replaying game 7 of the finals before tip off tonight. GSW currently up 21-18 in the first quarter, Draymond with a nice driving layup. Will let you all know how it turns out.
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Oct 25, 2016 22:47
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Wait, Giannis had 31/9/5 tonight? Why has no-one alerted the thread this? brb watching highlights on league pass
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Oct 27, 2016 05:35
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Jota posted:He looked so good at things that he could obviously just drill over and over. You could tell that he didn't have a very great feel for things you are going to pick up from just playing 5 on 5 games, like feeling the double coming and passing out of it or how the defense rotates, but he seems like he learns incredibly quickly. His timing for blocking shots looked good though and so did his footwork. A lot to be insanely excited about. He gives me hope that if I only I could practice my post moves against 5'9" white guys six hours a day everyday for two years, maybe I too could be a NBA player.
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Oct 27, 2016 18:49
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At least half the time illegal screens are called it's the guard's fault anyway for making the cut before the screener is set.
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Oct 27, 2016 21:58
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Philly is definitely going to get something of value for Noel in February, unless his surgery rehab goes seriously wrong and he isn't healthy. Okafor would have teams interested in him for sure but unless someone offers a high lottery pick there's really no point in Philly moving him yet, he could still be really good. If Philly took Porzingis instead of Okafor in 2015 draft then Hinke probably still has his job.
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Oct 28, 2016 02:31
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a new study bible! posted:Unless you are banking on Simmons being a top 5 player, which is possible, but counting on it seems silly. Uhh... isn't that exactly the idea? Get lottery picks, draft well and hopefully one of them is a franchise piece to build around?
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Oct 28, 2016 02:36
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dokmo posted:Who would have thought a non rim protecting midrange shooting PF would turn out to be useless. But enough about the Spurs signing Pau... Henchman of Santa posted:You have to 5 reps for every team Ish Smith has played on as punishment for journeyman misidentification. I'd have thought NBA posters would be anti capital punishment.
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Oct 29, 2016 23:58
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Tae posted:Uh why was Faried guarding Lilard It came in transition off a rebound at the other end and when they saw Farieed picked up Lillard they iso'd up top and didn't give the defense a chance to switch it. I guess it's possible that it was a deliberate strategy from Malone rather than have Emmanuel 'The Revolving Door' Mudiay pick him up on the game deciding possession. tanglewood1420 fucked around with this message at 07:41 on Oct 30, 2016 |
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Oct 30, 2016 07:22
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Having a discussion with someone who said Rubio isn't a top 10 PG. A defensible position I guess though I disagree, but then he named Jrue Holiday, old man Tony Parker and Rondo as players all better than him. Help me SAS, you're my only hope.
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Oct 31, 2016 00:56
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He'd made 12 threes in his first 571 games, six makes in the last three games.
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Oct 31, 2016 03:50
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Sharparoni posted:Sorry, no, this is the NBA thread: No Bjokes Allowed. You are correct, just with an open J at the start rather than a hard one. It should be pronounced Yok-itch (with a short hard 'o' sound), but he's probably gotten used to it being Americanised with a long vowel sound. Novak Djokovic has long given up trying to correct US commentators on pronouncing his name correctly. tanglewood1420 fucked around with this message at 16:00 on Oct 31, 2016 |
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Oct 31, 2016 14:45
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I think in years down the line Lebron going to Miami will be seen as the start of new era basketball. The Celtics and Lakers champions 2008-10 feel closer in spirit to the 90s blueprint than they do to basketball in 2016*. LeBron's Miami team and the Spurs around the same time kickstarted the trend to a motion based, 4 out offense paired with high intensity defence and switching that dominates league thinking now. Of course the Suns were playing that way on offense in like 2005, but I feel it was that 11/12 Miami team that truly mainstreamed it and started people copying it rather than just writing off the Nash Suns as an anomaly you couldn't replicate. * that's probably not analytically true as I'm sure someone will prove shortly, but it feels that way to me, whatever that's worth. tanglewood1420 fucked around with this message at 17:55 on Oct 31, 2016 |
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Oct 31, 2016 17:53
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$21m a year for Oladipo is just the Thunder's strategy to make $17m a year for Kanter seem reasonable.
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tatankatonk posted:So the Thunder's locked up core is: Westbrook, Adams, Oladipo, Kanter? That, uh, doesn't seem like a contender Plus Payne, Huestis and Sabonis on rookie contracts and Alex Abrines. Kanter though will probably opt out in summer 2018 as some team will pay him max/near-max to be their starter. 
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Nov 1, 2016 00:44
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Nov 1, 2016 02:07
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Even if the Knicks renounce everyone in the summer they still won't have enough room to sign a max player unless they trade one of Melo or Noah. Their best shot could be something like a sign and trade with the Clippers for Blake with Melo going the other way. But how they hell they'd be able to convince Blake to come I have no idea. VVV The new contract for Dieng means the TWolves won't have room for a max player either unless they can trade both Rubio and Pekovic. tanglewood1420 fucked around with this message at 17:41 on Nov 4, 2016 |
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Nov 4, 2016 17:33
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MourningView posted:His anti-NFL deal is like 100% rooted in him being pissy about deflategate though, it doesn't feel like any sort of genuine moral concern for player safety or with domestic violence. He didn't start going after the league or Goodell until after Brady got suspended, and then turned it up after said criticism got him in trouble at ESPN. Like he isn't wrong about the league being lovely but it's more an example of him being super duper petty than him being some sort of crusader for justice I think he was low key anti-Goodell for a while (like anyone sensible) but it was the whole Ray Rice thing that really amped it up for him and got him suspended at ESPN. That was before Deflategate. For what it's worth I find Simmons interesting to listen to depending on the guest. He's a good interviewer if given someone interesting to talk to, I have no interest in listening to him being uninformed on sports with his friends.
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straight up brolic posted:Warriors need rebounding you say.... GSW says no. They wouldn't want to destroy Curry's confidence by have him be dominated in 1on1s in practice everyday.
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Nov 5, 2016 06:17
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What makes you say that Noel for Joseph thing is fake? It is known that Toronto has interest in Noel, that's been reported by several different guys over the last couple of months. It makes sense for Toronto to trade for him mid season too, since with Lowry opting out and certain to get the max and Pattterson and Sullinger both UFAs the only way they are going to be able to add bigman depth is if they're on the team and can be resigned. They won't be signing anyone in FA outside the midlevel.
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Nov 5, 2016 23:23
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OKC strategy - get a bunch of guys from losing teams who are so glad to win every now and then that they don't mind Russ shooting 65 times a game.
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Nov 6, 2016 02:45
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I put Kemba Walker down as the most underrated player in the pre-season poll. He is really good but unless Charlotte makes the second round no-one will ever know because who cares about Charlotte.
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Nov 8, 2016 18:19
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Spacebump posted:Dirk is still out and the Mavs got killed by the Young Dirk aka King Zing aka Porzingod. https://twitter.com/KennyDucey/status/798354865852477444 https://twitter.com/EarlKSneed/status/798372811467329538?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
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Maverick Carter got Lebron the cameo in Trainwreck so he's alright by me.
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Nov 16, 2016 01:18
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Dejan Bimble posted:The d league should be renamed the pgs who can't shoot threes, wings who either can shoot and cant dribble or can dribble but can't shoot league, the hustling athletic 6'8-10 bigs who can't shoot who have no idea what's going on on any defensive possession league.
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Nov 16, 2016 23:39
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Here are some twitter gifs/vines that people in this thread will like watching https://twitter.com/ESPNNBA/status/799070577986256897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/JohnnyNBA/status/799058692155052032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/KennyDucey/status/799080951586426880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
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Nov 17, 2016 18:08
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Thibs playing Wiggins and KAT 38 minutes each in a game they led by 25+ points for the whole second half.
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Nov 18, 2016 04:43
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Tae posted:When I commented yesterday on thibs, I was talking about him playing his starters heavy minutes in blowouts Yeah that was my (admittedly somewhat flippant) point in posting it. 38 mins a game is fine, but playing that many in a huge blowout seemed a bit odd.
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Nov 18, 2016 18:28
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Sixers 4-10, last season they didn't get their fourth win until January 4 to go 4-33.
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Nov 22, 2016 03:53
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Metapod posted:Catch phrases are cool and good Posting and Toasting Dishing and Swishing Bounding and Astounding Swooping and Hooping Percolating, Devastating
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Nov 23, 2016 04:29
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Timberwolves are a good bad team. Grizzlies are a bad good team. Which one is the Thunder?
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Nov 24, 2016 07:16
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R.D. Mangles posted:these must be western conference fans because there's literally no point to the eastern conference playoffs until lebron retires You say that, but if Lebron were to get injured (humour me here) then Toronto, Boston, Atlanta, Charlotte could all win a series against the Cavs and it'd be a real dogfight to get to the finals for the honour to be dismantled by the Warriors in 5. It's hard to win a championship and it often has a lot of luck involved even if you are a really really good team, so if you have even a slim shot you have to be ready to take it when it arrives.
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nachos posted:Lebron's the GOAT and Jordan will be remembered more as meme than basketball player hail satan After the Mavs game, a reporter asked Lebron about him making so many assists this season (9.5 per game) and he casually mentioned that he knows how every player on the team likes the seams of the basketball in their hand before they shoot so he makes sure when passing he has the ball in the correct position and puts the correct spin on the ball so the player doesn't have to adjust it when they catch. Who the hell even thinks about this and then has the skill to actually go out and do it? 
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Nov 26, 2016 21:03
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Tokyo Sex Whale posted:All time draft, no knowledge of post-draft career 1. Lew Alcindor If they have to change the rules to try and stop you, and you still totally dominate, then you're pretty good.
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Nov 28, 2016 18:31
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Libertine posted:Does Giannis have outside shooting? I know he's crazy this year but I don't really see the Dirk comp. Not really, but if he ever develops a good jumper you may as well put him in the hall right now.
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Dec 7, 2016 01:10
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Vucevic should be in the Also category, if not the don't look at this one. He is an offense only center that is below average on offense. He only has decent counting stats because he gets an inexplicably high number of minutes either because Orlando is showcasing him for a midseason trade, or Vogel is dumber than we thought.
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Dec 9, 2016 00:08
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The Knicks are fighting for the 6-8th seed, if they didn't have Melo they are no way a playoff team. Whether that is a good thing or a bad thing is debatable I guess, but for now I'd have thought that New York fans would just be happy to have a team that will win some games this year.
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Dec 9, 2016 23:13
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Lillard wears #0 because he says it's the number of players on the other team that can guard him. Same reason Kyle Singler wears #15.
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Henchman of Santa posted:This is the most Grizz play ever That's called a Grizz Oop
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