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Zogo posted:We're in uncharted waters as KD to the 2017 Warriors is like putting David Robinson or Shaq on the 1997 Bulls but these are close: Moses is probably the closest comparison, as he was a two time MVP in '79 and '82. In 68 the league was a lot smaller and teams were stacked. In the age of "parity" you don't see teams with no weaknesses 1-5 but those Sixers came very close.
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Bashez posted:I keep randomly smiling.
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Oct 26, 2016 14:23
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Steph - washed Klay - washed KD - permawashed, preborn washed, has the genetic memories of a thousand washed dudes in his bloodline (but was good last night) Pau - washed LMA - washed D. Rose - Not Back
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Oct 26, 2016 14:27
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RCarr posted:LeBron blocked a finger roll from the front of the rim that was probably going in last night. Seemed like it should have definitely been a goaltend. On the other hand finger rolls are for softboys
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Oct 26, 2016 14:30
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Of the four, I guess Klay would be the one most easily moved to the bench but KD would be the best fit there. They didn't have the three falling and rebounding is going to be a struggle all year long so I assume they'll focus on that moreso than lineup tweaks. Then again Steph Curry is just the rich man's Crawford so
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Oct 26, 2016 15:07
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Now I gotta cop the 0.2s out of principle
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Oct 27, 2016 01:15
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I am excited for Embiid to be the Super Cool Beas/young Sabonis hybrid we all knew he could be but I've also been burned too many times by Anthony Randolph to trust anything cool or goodGlamorama26 posted:No he's not. rip yinka ~$~like whoa~$~
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Oct 27, 2016 11:32
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Julius Randle put up 18/7/6, that's pretty outstanding especially considering how ordinary of a passer he was at UK and last yearJota posted:He was getting roasted on defense by loving Nik Stauskas. I do not have faith in Dipo. Sauce Castillo is just turning the corner free from the specter of Sacramento
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Oct 27, 2016 14:31
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Much like flopping, illegal screens are an art. You don't have to be a Laimbeer-esque shithead about it but catching your dude by shuffling your feet helps open the offense up.
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Oct 28, 2016 00:58
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Papercut posted:It was and his strategy was perfectly legitimate. Philly has a much better chance of being a top-4 seed in the next few years than bad teams who chased mediocre trade and free agency targets and are still just bad, like Sacramento or Phoenix. It's still really brutal to see a team flatline for four years, it's cool that his minmax twink one weird trick worked out for the Sixers but it's hard on the fans, especially when you have setbacks
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Oct 28, 2016 01:38
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MourningView posted:Looking the other way on illegal screens was a not insignificant part of opening the game back up and moving away from the terrible slog that was 90s and early 00s basketball so illegal screens are good imo In 2k16 they called illegal screens in MyCareerPlayer and it was the worst
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Oct 28, 2016 01:39
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MourningView posted:The Spurs are like the defining example of tanking working It's all well and good if you can pull rotation worthy fringe all stars out of nothing but it helps to have generational big men to build around
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Oct 28, 2016 02:17
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Spring Break My Heart posted:Duncan is retired and the Spurs are still some level of contender, and while he was still good last year, he wasn't the reason they won 67 games. Curry was the 7th pick. The Warriors didn't win a lottery, which to me is what the guy was talking about. None of the other guys mentioned required that high of a draft pick to get. it's been one game my guy
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Oct 28, 2016 02:23
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Metapod posted:I think tanking is a legitimate and good strategy; I like hinkie but I think he took it to an extreme that wasn't good. You need some vets to help get the young player adjusted to the NBA lifestyle. exaclty, this is why Embiid suffers from basketbautism
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Oct 28, 2016 02:56
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Kevin Durant reads almost everything he can that's posted about him on the internet; it feeds into his perpetual shooknesseuphronius posted:Whether or not Simmons actually is a star is irrelevant to whether the process worked. The point was to get players like Simmons (consensus 1.1s). Process is over. It worked. The process is to create a winning team so no, hasn't worked yet
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Oct 28, 2016 13:31
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euphronius posted:The goal of every team is to win . They were a normal team before they Kafka'd themseves into a joke for four seasons. It doesn't take that long to rebuild
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Oct 28, 2016 17:33
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The Sixers are in about the same place as the Lakers are except the Lakers have the advantage of having gotten their young guys a year of playing time (which is not necessarily the Sixers' fault of course but the Lakers also started rebuilding like two years after the Sixers)
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Oct 28, 2016 18:22
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straight up brolic posted:Steven Adams isn't terrible though Physically he's the kind of guy that could body Embiid However, as Joel noted, he can't guard him
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Oct 29, 2016 22:40
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That Portland inbounds play is real slick, too bad you have to set a moving screen to get it off reliably (and as such is at the whims of the refs) I think if you have both arms in and at least one foot on the ground it should be considered a legal screen but idk Dale Ouise posted:Should I pick up NBA 2k17 if I want to try to understand the sport better? Probably, yeah. You can learn how set plays work, pick and rolls, and how defenses should work in theory
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Oct 30, 2016 22:12
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chunkles posted:prepare the declan signal *shines an image of larry bird lying on his back during the olympics into the sky* LARRY BIRD IS A GOOD DEFENDER IF WE ONLY COUNT STEALS, REBOUNDS, AND ABANDONED CHILDREN AS OUR METRICS
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Oct 31, 2016 23:15
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WhyteRyce posted:I feel like "top 5" or "top 10" center in the NBA is a label that is tossed around without anyone attempting to count. Kind of like how people throw out "one of the best passing big men" label without attempting to compare to anyone else. Only like ten big men are good at passing and none of them except for Diaw and Gasol compare to the gold standard of Chris Webber/KG so idk man
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Oct 31, 2016 23:46
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straight up brolic posted:well he isn't one already i can tell you that much I always forget how good he is at passing, why doesn't anyone talk about it like they did Kevin Love's ~*~*~*outlet passes~*~*~*~*~
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Oct 31, 2016 23:52
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MourningView posted:There was always talk about him having guard like skills but it felt like bullshit because all he did in college was score off lobs and putbacks. Then he got to the NBA and somehow it was actually true Every basketball prospect is like a flower waiting to blossom, imo Paulocaust posted:You guys really need to watch Jonas Valancunias. He's way better than all but 2 of these guys. No, Drummond is probably better from a straight value standpoint I don't even know that JV is that much better than Vucevic
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Nov 1, 2016 17:43
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Paulocaust posted:JV has made Drunmond his bitch every time they faced off. JV just dropped him off for a career high 32 like 6 days ago. head2head don't matter otherwise we would think Deron is better than Chris Paul JV could be good someday whereas Drummond is actually good right now Dexo posted:Desus and Mero are great. Also they aren't being entirely serious. gently caress WIZ KHALIFA *airhorn* Spite posted:There's no guard currently playing anywhere near as dirty as Stockton. Except maybe CP3. rip lance
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Nov 1, 2016 22:49
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I think you'll see point guards facillitating from the pivot as opposed to strict face up isos and pick and rolls I also think you'll see more big men initiating the offense especially as the size gap between positions decreases Finally I think as a whole you'll see more off ball movement as players will be expected to hit shots on the move as well as with their feet set This is in like two or three bball generations though and you'll always hve some people running the ball through goliaths
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Nov 2, 2016 05:30
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Dejan Bimble posted:If you go by identical body type (6'2 with 6'10 wingspan) and athleticism, Reggie Jackson and George Hill are the Goofus and Gallant of the NBA George Hill is a handsome boy and I miss him so Patty Mills is cool and good though
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Nov 2, 2016 22:40
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MourningView posted:The Process is good because it works sincerely if he winds up being really good and Philly turns things around and sarcastically if the foot issues become a recurring thing and Philly continues to be trash omg how could you sayyyyy thaaaaaaaaat philly's turning it around definitely even if it hasn't won a game and its two credible stars haven't even played together yet
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Nov 3, 2016 02:16
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EvanTH posted:knicks still suck and derrick rose sucks sort of like melo does, in a way that's not immediately obvious but is hugely detrimental Melo Da Gawd is fine and ooh poo poo he has an ORTG of 98 and a DRTG of 110
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Nov 3, 2016 02:18
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DeRozan is probably not gonna hit 55% or w/e of his midrange jumpers all season those are not sustainable numbers buuuuuut even if he settles around 40 or 45% he might still be a 25 PPG scorer which is still drat fine Athanatos posted:Westbrook is dropping 60 points tonight right? He's going to drop 15 in the first and tear his ACL early in the second trying way too hard to show up KD
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Nov 3, 2016 23:20
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Philthy posted:I haven't had much time to get into NBA this season yet. Watched the Bucks a little of last night, but I missed Thon Makers HOME debut. A pedestrian 108 points per 36 minutes troofs posted:He definitely wanted to go to the knicks, especially once it was clear that the nuggets really wanted to trade him. He was fairly vocal about it. He even talked about going to NY in free agency before trade talks began. Bird rights and such. If you don't think Gallo and Wilson Chandler are central pieces to your championship contender (and with the advantage of hindsight we can see that they wouldn't be) then it makes more sense to be able to go over the cap to resign Melo and also attract top flight free agents. In theory, anyways.
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Nov 4, 2016 15:23
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troofs posted:I don't really have to value RoLo especially highly to say he's way better than Rose, because Rose is pretty awful. You're right about the Noah signing being bad, but they wouldn't have had to do that if they had just kept RoLo, although it certainly wouldn't stop them from doing another stupid thing with that money somewhere else. I don't think committing that much money to Noah makes sense if you want to sign Griffin unless you want Noah as your sixth man
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Nov 4, 2016 15:43
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The Warriors defense is really really fuckin terrible, according to both THE EYE TEST and the fact that they're giving up 110 points a game (which is still only third worst in the NBA)
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Nov 5, 2016 14:33
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I think Mike D'antoni is a fine coach as long as you give him a lineup that vaguely resembles the 04-06 Phoenix Suns. Slap a Joe Johnson jersey on Harden and let Pringles cooktriple sulk posted:I watched the Embiid highlights from tonights game and holy moley he's so loving good Would not be shocked if the Sixers ended up beating the Warriors on the back of Embiid Pippen status
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Nov 6, 2016 14:46
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Henchman of Santa posted:There's been a lot of chatter about how George Hill and Jeff Teague are working out, but how are the Hawks doing with a point guard rotation of Schroder and something called Malcolm Delaney? Schroeder is decent. 15/7 on okayish shooting numbers please ignore three pointers. ORTG of 106. Not as good as Teague but five years younger and honestly about equal on D
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Nov 7, 2016 15:37
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Lockback posted:This is true, but its hardly always negative. I guess I can see it being annoying always having the spotlight, but it seems easier to block that out than trying to follow a team that doesn't get any attention whatsoever. Teague playbook: 1. Pick and Roll 2. Drive and Kick 3. Give and Go 4. Stand and Wait He hit some threes last year but otherwise reminds me of Devin Harris in his prime which isn't necessarily bad but really goes downhill quickly Schroder (which is pronounced Shroo-der; I thought it was Shray-der and everyone else pronounces it like the Peanuts dude) gives you about the same production but is still young enough to expand his skillset significantly, provided he is given enough burn to do so. It's still early but it looks like the Hawks made a really smart decision
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Nov 7, 2016 16:35
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Lockback posted:I had season tickets for the Timberwolves when Kevin Love became a superstar. It was excruciating having to hear my team talked about like a AA farm team. My condolences to fans of Anthony Davis and Cousins. The Warriors have a lovely defense and unless Durant decides to devote himself to protecting the rim and pulling down boards I don't think there's a "groove" they can get into
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Nov 7, 2016 16:39
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Kibner posted:In my defense, I've gone through this with AD, CP3, and NOLA having an NBA team, in general. And the Wolves have had KG, Love, Starbury, and pre draft Rubio
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Nov 7, 2016 16:48
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Offense isn't really the problem with the Warriors. They're fifth in the league with both Steph and Klay in slumps. They'll probably be tops in the league by the end of the season. They only have two players playing above average defense right now.
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Nov 7, 2016 20:18
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Also as fun as the shook jokes are Durant is far and away the best player on the Warriors right now
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Dumping Green would be so loving stupid hth Klay is way way way more replaceable
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