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leftist heap
Feb 28, 2013

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hello friends i'm back to enjoy basketball games. let's all have a good time.

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leftist heap
Feb 28, 2013

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Paul Zuvella posted:

The Warriors getting blown out made me so loving ready for this season. I can't wait for them to win 60 games, come in 2nd in the conference and be lambasted by literally everyone as a complete failure.

Also for KD to be shook af and leave in free agency

if anything imo KD will be the best player on the team by far this year and that will shake the rest of the team to their very cores continuing the good work of LeBron James.

leftist heap
Feb 28, 2013

Fun Shoe
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.

leftist heap
Feb 28, 2013

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that chasedown block by embiid was very nice.

leftist heap
Feb 28, 2013

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i know it's probably been said before, but holy poo poo the new NBA website is seriously impressively bad.

leftist heap
Feb 28, 2013

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Embiid is a gift.

leftist heap
Feb 28, 2013

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Metapod posted:

It has been 2 games and Singler has been a positive player for the Thunder. Durant was holding him back

E: just for clarity by positive I mean not cringe worthy

his hair is still cringe worthy tho

leftist heap
Feb 28, 2013

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Plumlee was passing really well in the playoffs.

leftist heap
Feb 28, 2013

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Cool Buff Man posted:

How can you even pretend to be excited about that

Could have been Dion Waiters I guess.

leftist heap
Feb 28, 2013

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Westbrook is averaging a triple double per game since Oladipo joined the team.

leftist heap
Feb 28, 2013

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The Three Alphas blueprint. 30x15 Alphas.

leftist heap
Feb 28, 2013

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I can't believe we're just glossing over the fact that Steven Adams uses a complete clown phone.

leftist heap
Feb 28, 2013

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I respect this more than a Samsung Galaxy Edge.

leftist heap
Feb 28, 2013

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OKC is going to be really bad at 3pt this year.

leftist heap
Feb 28, 2013

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chunkles posted:

impressionable young men will see that and think it's okay to go around being rick james

or get rick james tattooed on their legs

leftist heap
Feb 28, 2013

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Turner looked pretty good at points last night. He looked better than pretty much the rest of the Blazers bench.

leftist heap
Feb 28, 2013

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If first 12 minutes OKC can show up more than once a game that'd be cool. That was a good run of friendship basketball but it all ended when Russ left the floor and it never really came back.

Oladipo is not good.

leftist heap
Feb 28, 2013

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Shear Modulus posted:

So what do we think of the Oladipo contract a few days out?

Bad so far, but most of the team has been bad.

Should the Thunder stop starting Andre Roberson? It's tough to justify having an offensive black hole like him starting now that KD is gone.

leftist heap
Feb 28, 2013

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Metapod posted:

Who are you going to start in front of him?

Singler? Grant? I'm not sure OKC has the luxury of starting a guy who is literally a 100% defensive specialist at this point.

leftist heap
Feb 28, 2013

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Sabonis *and* Kanter had double doubles I'm so proud of my two sons.

leftist heap
Feb 28, 2013

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Kemba Walker is another guy I always think is way older than he is like Mo Speights except in this case it's because Kemba Walker is definitely the name of someone in their 30s.

leftist heap
Feb 28, 2013

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lmbo

leftist heap
Feb 28, 2013

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this is like a 1 on the 1 to 10 crotchety old man scale tho

leftist heap
Feb 28, 2013

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Who has thinner skin Zach Lowe or Coach Nick? 8 games into the season and he is telling us about he was right about Harrison Barnes all along.

leftist heap
Feb 28, 2013

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lol, I thought NBA.com was unusable before, but now it's literally unusable. I get a splash page for League Pass international that redirects to NBA.com that redirect back to the same splash page, even trying in an incognito window.

leftist heap
Feb 28, 2013

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Dimebag posted:

I've seen this problem when I was running a VPN. But haven't had the issue since I switched it off.

Yeah I have it now with VPN definitely turned off and on multiple computers, it's great. I'm probably better off because NBA.com is legit 100% useless at this point. It's babby's first responsive site.


Metapod posted:

Sabonis magically having 3 pt range has been a nice surprise

Yeah it's really great and Sabonis is cool. I like this Thunder team and I take back what I said about Andre Roberson, he's playing pretty well I just wish he could make free throws.

leftist heap
Feb 28, 2013

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Making fun of broadcasters and mentoring Embiid all via text message is one hell of a retirement IMO.

leftist heap
Feb 28, 2013

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I don't know if this was posted but Stan still is very good:

https://twitter.com/Mike_Vorkunov/status/799049443177852928

leftist heap
Feb 28, 2013

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Oladipo was budget Westbrook before they gave him 20 million a year

leftist heap
Feb 28, 2013

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lmao, according to Headlines & Global News Dot Com via nba-trade-rumors.com there are :airquote: rumors :airquote: that the Thunder are going to trade Steven Adams and Oladipo for Klay Thompson and Pachulia. Thanks Google News for the very real news from a very legitimate source of news

http://www.hngn.com/articles/217025/20161115/nba-trade-rumors-klay-thompson-zaza-pachulia-oklahoma-city-thunder.htm

leftist heap
Feb 28, 2013

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I'm adopting Evan Turner and sending him to school with a note excusing him from gym class indefinitely

leftist heap
Feb 28, 2013

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ban this sick filth

leftist heap
Feb 28, 2013

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Evan Turner is tearing the Blazers apart. I'm sure he's somehow sabotaging Ezeli's rehab to boot.

leftist heap
Feb 28, 2013

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Bashez posted:

I'm really surprised there's such a hubbub about this.

It's the right call and it was the right call last night I do not understand why so many people seem to have a problem with it.

Canadian sports fans are salty babies.

leftist heap
Feb 28, 2013

Fun Shoe
GET THAT GABAGE OUTTA HERE

leftist heap
Feb 28, 2013

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ET's eyes are far apart, almost on the sides of his head, like a prey animal, which is why he will never be good at basketball. He lacks the predator instinct that you need in the game of basketball. You'd think a larger peripheral vision would make him a better defender, but his prey instincts also make him flighty and anxious.

leftist heap
Feb 28, 2013

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Portland's defense probably would have been a lot better if Festus Ezeli hadn't died.

leftist heap
Feb 28, 2013

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It seems like a really bad omen that a young guy like Russell is getting a treatment generally attached to old guys trying to eke out a few more years or Brandon Roy.

leftist heap
Feb 28, 2013

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Am I stupid or is OKC trading for Rudy Gay an extremely dumb idea? Even if they somehow make a trade that works out for them, then what? They make the... 4th seed? Maybe? But probably not? And even then potentially don't make it out of the first round. Not that I think OKC should be particularly attached to someone like Cam Payne or whatever, but I don't really get the point of making a rental trade that will most likely do absolutely nothing for the course of your season. I guess it might make the Thunder marginally less painful to watch.

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leftist heap
Feb 28, 2013

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Lockback posted:

VS doing what? I think they'd be able to hold on to Gay if they get him, and if you think you have a shot at improving your playoff position you do that and hope something breaks the right way to make you a contender. They won't have the cap space to sign a max guy, and it'll be a tough sell in OKC next to Westbrook anyway.

At this point OKC is going to try to improve as much as they can every year. There really isn't another realistic route, and 4th seed in the West is really good!

I think 4th seed in the west is really good too. I'm not sure Rudy Gay gets them there. You're right that they don't really have many options going forward. It just feels like such a coin flip trade and that makes me lean towards not doing it.

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