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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 you ain't a lurker you a fake rear end buster RCarr posted:I am very excite to watch my Knicks tonight I am also "excited" to watch my knicks but it's the excitement before a battle where you're probably going to lose and die and your city will be razed by barbarians
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Redgrendel2001 posted:Also, to be fair to Freddette it's not as awkward a statement as it appears to be. Nah "white American kid no matter what race they are" is some George W. Bush level stupid word mashing anyhow I'm sure all the jewishes and white mexicans are proud that they have a AAAA player to look up to
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Oct 25, 2016 16:23
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wandler20 posted:Go Thunder. They should sure be fun to watch this year and I hope Russ does many cool Russ things. Hopefully Dipo also does cool things. If you live anywhere near OKC you can't use league pass to watch Thunder games because USA League Pass is a bad product WESTBROOK MVP https://vine.co/v/56HrnFaMDVQ OLADIPO CO MVP https://vine.co/v/56wgpP5ExT5
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Oct 25, 2016 16:24
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Redgrendel2001 posted:Also, to be fair to Freddette it's not as awkward a statement as it appears to be. Also this article doesn't even have one mention of the important word--puberty. On average black folks tend to hit puberty at a slightly lower age than white folks (and asians hit puberty even later). This has a big effect on recruiting and scouting, which has a knock-on effect on who gets high-level training. Players who show a pro-basketball-potential body earlier will receive more and better training. If you're big enough to start practicing with the really good big kids at a younger age, you'll get moved up to AAU and essentially have an accelerated training program against higher level competition. The European regions producing NBA players have a uniformity of race which means you won't have as much variance in the age they hit puberty so the recruiting and training is going to be a bit more evenly distributed.
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Oct 25, 2016 16:43
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Ty1990 posted:I know their roster is sort of a weird fit but I think Indy is getting overlooked big time in the East. They seem like a lock for the playoffs but a first year head coach is always a big question mark
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Oct 25, 2016 17:01
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RaySmuckles posted:Pau will, in my opinion be an upgrade to Duncan. Yes, I said it. Sure, his defense will not be as good, but the Spurs have plenty of room to spare in that department. Meanwhile, Duncan couldn't score last year, but Pau looks like he'll be able to and he's a good rebounder which the spurs desperately need. I don't think it's too controversial! Pau was playing at an all-star level last few years and Duncan got so bad he was forced to retire
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Oct 25, 2016 17:03
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euphronius posted:Did he really say this https://theringer.com/lebron-is-still-painting-his-masterpiece-bdad85037eb0 quote:Everything peaked with Steph Curry and the gunslinging Warriors, our most popular juggernaut since Jordan’s Bulls … right until the greatest player since Jordan brought Cleveland back from 3–1 to spoil Golden State’s victory party. LeBron had spent 13 years cruising through his career without a signature series or moment, and within the span of three games, he had both. (Long live The Block.) But that Cavs-Warriors rematch stands as our most unforgettable Finals since 1998, one of those rare times when you could feel the league’s history shifting (and then it did). Almost immediately, we pivoted to the NBA draft, then the Durant sweepstakes and a barrage of other signings, and then Team USA and the Olympics. Only in late August did the NBA finally exhale. I could sorta agree that The Block is kind of his first really truly Iconic single moment. Something that'll get replayed for decades. Ray Allen's shot was the biggest moment from his previous finals wins
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Oct 25, 2016 17:07
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IcePhoenix posted:Depends on your qualifiers, he has several iconic moments that have gotten replayed endlessly for the last few years, they're just not from a game. I think the context is LeBron as GOAT, which is a mandatory Jordan comparison so he needs a single moment to compare to Jordan to Kerr, hitting the shot over Ehlo, hitting the shot over Russell type of thing. Basically Simmons has moved completely away from talking basketball and is doing cultural analysis which is more about How Me And My Friends Feel vs. anything factual and arguable. tanglewood1420 posted: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. Best ever PER for a 19 year old - A Davis 21.7 Best ever PER for a 20 year old - A Davis 26.5 Best ever PER for a 21 year old - A Davis 30.8 Anthony Davis' PER last season - 25.0 only possible explanation: Anthony Davis' career is over we should all forget about him completely.
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Oct 25, 2016 17:19
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Sharparoni posted:Davis vs Towns vs Kristaps Porzingis is a better defender Hashtag Banterzone posted:What about Lebron's block on Splitter? Or his game against Detroit (which I assume is what someone linked already)? Or the pic of his alleyoop from Wade? I mean they were good plays but they weren't a superhero sailing out of the deep blue at 90 MPH to save the day and letting all of Cleveland cry tears of joy (if he'd hit that Dunk, Oh My God). Those other things wasn't stopping a go-ahead easy bucket from the returning Finals MVP on the Best Regular Season Team of All Time. The Block is a way bigger moment than anything he had before to the point where it diminishes those accomplishments. Or at least I think so. Also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd2GCwkTd38 EvanTH fucked around with this message at 17:37 on Oct 25, 2016 |
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Oct 26, 2016 00:05
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Kawhi MVP y'all. He's seriously some unearthly platonic ideal of a team player. Lenny Beans has played 324 regular season games, and scored 25 or more points in 26 (about to be 27) of them. The Spurs are 24-2 (about to be 25-2) in the regular season when Kawhi scores 25 or more. (Include playoff games and it's 33-4, statistic carries over as 5-2 into Super Important Games which is still incredible but is less immediately one sided. To put this in a useless context, when Jordan scored 25 or more points in a playoff game his teams went 108-44) (bbr says I should source them when I look stuff up so I considered this while watching the game and then looked it up on basketball-reference. use basketball reference dot com to look up stupid stuff thanks)
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Oct 26, 2016 05:54
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https://twitter.com/NBA/status/791129050286854146 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Niwrad posted:How did Rose and Noah look? Noah seemed really useful and good and was always doing great stuff off-ball and setting up good plays and Rose was pure garbage. Started hitting a lot of shots then kept taking idiotic looks and finished the game on like a 1-9 run and his passes weren't really where they should have been
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Oct 26, 2016 06:07
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quoting from gdt cause lol: Ghost Dog posted:lightyears ahead of traffic
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Oct 26, 2016 06:08
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He was kinda doing that sorta stuff all last year you guys should watch Spurs games. They turned into a dunking team.
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Oct 26, 2016 06:10
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Ramadu posted:ummmmm That happened this year! It's not a contradiction!
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Oct 26, 2016 17:43
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Hey remember when people were thinking Towns is already better than Davis ugh
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Oct 27, 2016 04:20
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Jack's Flow posted:Wade Baldwin IV. What a solid name. I picture bespoke tailoring and cuban cigars. sounds like a snitch name to me
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Oct 27, 2016 14:27
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Cool Buff Man posted:I'm sure russell "my brother is the fattest man in the world" westbrook just spends all of his time taunting fat people on camera much lessbrook seems like a nice man
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Oct 28, 2016 02:25
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OH so we're posting the all-time greatest not-actual-basketball NBA clips are we!? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56GL0ayF9Fs
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Oct 28, 2016 20:38
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I was thinking about how monumentally lame those "win one for the 'Land" commercials would've been if he hadn't gone and done just that. He's so good that it was merely kinda forgettable and forgivable.
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Oct 29, 2016 02:17
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at least we'll always have that video clip of anthony davis naked on the locker room floor giggling as his teammates spank him
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Oct 29, 2016 20:48
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I love opening week chaos when the bad teams win a few and all expectations are wrong
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Oct 30, 2016 06:08
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Dejan Bimble posted:What confused me is is that 3 years ago, Thad Young was an exciting trade chip, like, we've gotta get a good first or someone good for him. Thad Young. And then for 2 years everyone's opinion of him was, can't shoot threes so he sucks. Then he signed with the Pacers and somehow Thad Young became a good player who can do all sorts of things again. Perception baby Went from being an NBA player to a member of the Brooklyn Nets and back
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Oct 30, 2016 06:11
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Hashtag Banterzone posted:https://twitter.com/BedgeTimmay/status/792553843179393024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw I think I might be cynical my first thought watching was "wow mudiay sucks" btw bryon russell couldn't have been pushed if he hadn't dove the wrong way in the first place edit: Shear Modulus posted:The drawn-up play on the second video was nice. agreedo
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Oct 30, 2016 07:07
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Tae posted:Uh why was Faried guarding Lilard because of strong precedent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbMS1rcaNR0
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Oct 30, 2016 07:11
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Does anyone remember what team it was ran a play with their two bigs basically holding hands down the court into an elevator doorsish screen? I have no idea how to search for the video
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Oct 30, 2016 23:14
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chunkles posted:p sure it was the Warriors who started doing it a bunch back before they were even a playoff team, then it spread like wildfire no I'm talking about something that was like a joke play on the opening possession with two bigs basically linking arms and skipping down the court and it turned into a screen on a designed play
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Oct 30, 2016 23:31
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crazycello posted:Raptors fans need to step up. That was Amir and Jonas. That's the one haha what a great play friendship is the most powerful move of all
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Oct 31, 2016 03:41
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Carlosologist posted:Shook meme aside, Curry did play the Finals on pretty much one leg coming off a hard fought comeback against OKC. he was getting wrapped up on defense in some crazy physical ways too. so it's not surprising that he didn't play as well against a relatively fresh and healthy Kyrie Irving DANG OL' INJURED LEG https://i.imgur.com/y5bQ6EZ.gifv
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Oct 31, 2016 03:45
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does my boy have braces he's going to be the most confident player alive in a year or two him and drummond doing the smart work dang
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I just want to say that Steph Curry definitely had an all time great season last year, right up there with some great seasons from Alex English and Karl Malone and Bernard KingMourningView posted:Stockton would also be a better Steph Curry if he played now, I demand he be acknowledged as the brave iconoclast ahead of his time that he was John Stockton was a hero to regulation sized white men who love basketball and/but/especially the part where he played hard like he was supposed to for his whole career and never won poo poo and was ultimately defeated by a narcissist preacher out for his own glory EvanTH fucked around with this message at 22:53 on Nov 1, 2016 |
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Nov 1, 2016 22:49
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WhyteRyce posted:I thought this was the good Grant He is the good one! But the other is really bad so it doesn't mean much. Anyhow I like him some and I think he'll be good on OKC
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Nov 1, 2016 23:03
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Cool Buff Man posted:MCW out for 4-6 weeks. ugh how lucky can this stupid bulls squad get
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Nov 1, 2016 23:04
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lol lebron's all "u mad" GSW is all "yes of course!"
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Nov 2, 2016 00:32
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Stevie Lee posted:lmao the coward marc gasol elbowed him in the ear
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Nov 2, 2016 05:45
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Redgrendel2001 posted:Can we all agree that Evan Turner is not a very good basketball player and that it was silly to think otherwise. I thought we all agreed on that years ago
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Nov 2, 2016 16:15
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knicks still suck and derrick rose sucks sort of like melo does, in a way that's not immediately obvious but is hugely detrimental
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Nov 3, 2016 02:15
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Declan MacManus posted:Melo Da Gawd is fine and ooh poo poo he has an ORTG of 98 and a DRTG of 110 it's personally weird to me that it's difficult for some people to see that Melo and Rose are bad
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Nov 3, 2016 02:36
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Boston, Portland and Houston are bad, yeah. Just straight up whining about calls all day long. I feel like Sacramento had some similar problems. Any time your broadcasters call the home team "the good guys" there's probably an issue. Knicks Stink yet again ugh gonna be a poo poo year
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Please Eat A Vegetable posted:But really, does anyone expect a truly objective home announcer anywhere? The broadcast team is year round one the best and sometimes only good thing about the Knicks. A lot of the credit for the Linsanity phenomenon should go to Mike Breen because he can make regular season games feel like the dang playffs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPs3LejANx4 He's mostly neutral and just goes with the excitement of the game because he's used to calling national events. And he's always pointing out ex-Knicks when he's doing national broadcasts  the best Knicks were when Melo was out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6YDX1YwuQI
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