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The NBA playoffs are considered one of the premiere playoffs in all of professional sports. As long as the team you cheer for is still competing, there's still a chance that they will have some say in who ultimately wins the NBA championship. This thread is not for those teams. This is the thread for teams that have been eliminated from the playoffs and are now booking their flights to Cancun, Nova Scotia, Belize, Key West, Panama, Bermuda or one of the many other great fishing spots across the world to begin the time honored tradition of having "gone fishin'" after the burden of their NBA season has been lain down. I'll post the video of him explaining it if I ever find it, but as the legend goes, during a Houston Rockets playoff run, there was a close game and in the team huddle, Kenny said "let's send them fishin'" regarding his opponents and since then that has been synonymous with being eliminated from the playoffs. Check Out This Web 1.0 Website I Found While Looking for the story of "Gone Fishin'" A Story About the Person Who Does the Photoshops Teams Fishin' [Pics of this year's teams Fishin' will be posted as they come in] Miami Heat Denver Nuggets Detroit Pistons Charlotte Hornets New Orleans Pelicans Dallas Mavericks New York Knicks  Minnesota Timberwolves Orlando Magic Philadelphia 76ers Los Angeles Lakers  Phoenix Suns Brooklyn Nets Sacramento Kings --- In this thread you can talk about the news surrounding your eliminated team that will likely get glossed over in the main thread as the fans of still active teams revel in the hedonism of their competitiveness. Mundane things like exit interviews, GM fires, assistant GM hires and lame owner drama are all welcome here. Or, you can talk about fishing. Ocean fishing, lake fishing, ice fishing, pier fishing, whatever. I know very little about fishing and it seems relaxing and I bet I would like it. You can also post pictures of yourself fishing, if you'd like (but it's the internet so maybe someone will say something rude). Fans of all no-longer-contending teams are welcome, and in the end all but one fan base will be here. Rick fucked around with this message at 21:07 on Apr 17, 2017 |
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Fire Alex Martins.
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Apr 13, 2017 19:29
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Bold prediction: The Suns will let Alex Len walk and give Alan Williams a new contract
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Apr 13, 2017 19:35
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you forgot the sacramento kings, which I mean, I don't blame you for as a Kings fan. Buddy gonna get up next season
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Apr 13, 2017 19:34
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Ben Simmons is 100% healthy and participating fully in practice Oh it's April 13th.
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Apr 13, 2017 19:40
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Obviously I wished the Pelicans could have gone to the playoffs, but with them getting Boogie I am pretty pumped for next year. There are some big questions though such as if they will keep Demps and Gentry along with what will they pay Jrue Holiday if they keep him. I think with the trade and the team getting better, both of them will be back. I just don't know what the right price is for Jrue, I would be ok with 14-16 million a year but anything more than that I would not be thrilled with.
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Apr 13, 2017 19:42
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Jrue will be minimum like 4/90 IMHO.
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Apr 13, 2017 19:44
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euphronius posted:Jrue will be minimum like 4/90 I am fully expecting that, the stats just don't show him worth that especially with AD/Boogie at the same time which is what will happen in crunch time. But on the flip side, if you let him walk, then you're finding 2 starters and not just one which makes me believe they will pay whatever it takes to keep him. They also are going to have to figure out the backup bigs. Cunningham should decline his player option as he should get more than 3.1 million. Montejunas was bad but also came in late and is a free agent. I've read Ajinca isn't happy and wants to go somewhere to play but is under contract though, I say good riddance though as it is hard to watch him "play" basketball. Asik is owed a bunch of money still and wasn't playing already but then got sick in Mexico and lost a bunch of weight. There was talk beforehand of them stretch waiving him just to lessen the cap hit. Diallo is raw and needs to put some weight on him but is good enough for a rookie.
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Apr 13, 2017 20:19
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The Heat have a big decision to make on whether they want to pay James Johnson a lot of money I'm not sure how much Dion will get offered by other teams, it would be nice to have him back at a home town discount I really want Wayne Ellington back and the Heat have a 6.3 million team option for him Willie Reed is going to make a lot of money this offseason probably on another team One day Bosh's contract will be off the books. Maybe that happens this offseason? welp thats my Miami Heat update
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Apr 13, 2017 20:53
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Big Dumb Timberwolf opinions: I didn't get to watch as much of them as I have in the past, but I probably got to see about a third of their games or so. By record they improved by 2 games, but if you dig into the numbers, there's some real improvements going on. Their SRS went from 24th in the league, to the 18th. Their expected W-L was 38-44. Now the point of playing is to get Wins, but I think Thibs was trying to build things during the season that hurt their record. KAT got better. Wiggins treaded water, but I think he is playing smarter. LaVine got better then got hurt. Rubio started off the season awful but ended it really strong. Dieng's defense got better and he signed a very nice contract. I have no idea what happens with Shabazz. He's a really effective offensive sparkplug who plays awful defense and has no real position. He could land somewhere for the minimum, or someone could give him a 4/35 contract. I have no idea. I'd like the Wolves to offer him the QO, and then either have him for 1 more season or try to sign him to a 3/18 or something. Dunn is a weird player and I don't think he'll be an NBA-Starter-Level guy. Too many holes in his game. Bjelica is a poor man's Mirotic and he'll be 29 next year. Rotation guy. Tyus Jones is underrated. For needs, they need a SF who can shoot and defend, and a real PF (ideally who has some range). I wouldn't mind slotting someone else as the starting SF, putting Wiggins as SG, and bringing LaVine in the split time with the 2nd unit. They should also stop trying to trade Rubio. Really, keep Ricky.
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Apr 13, 2017 21:24
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Lakers opinions Man, this is a weird team. They have a ton of guys with a ton of skills, but none of them are consistent.
I'm not gonna really discuss the other guys since they're not really important to the team's future, but I do want to shout out to Nick Young for having a great come back season
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Apr 13, 2017 21:43
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Rick posted:The NBA playoffs are considered one of the premiere playoffs in all of professional sports. As long as the team you cheer for is still competing, there's still a chance that they will have some say in who ultimately wins the NBA championship. Yeah, I guess in the sense that your team might have Patrick Beverly or Kelly Olynyk and he might injure an actual contender's star player. Otherwise the NBA playoffs are relatively predictable.
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Apr 13, 2017 21:44
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Lockback posted:They should also stop trying to trade Rubio. For real. I feel like pretty much all of the fanbase loves this guy, too. I want him to retire a Timberwolf. (A Timberwolf with three rings.)
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Apr 13, 2017 21:45
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Sixers wrap-up Draft a guard Poach the Suns doctors
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Apr 13, 2017 21:50
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The Glumslinger posted:
Anyone trying to grade Ingram on just one season is really doing a disservice. When he was drafted he was a guy that was going to take a couple years to fill out and build the right NBA skills. The fact that he got better as the year went on is encouraging. I don't think anyone will know anything about him until the end of next season.
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Apr 13, 2017 22:04
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Lockback posted:Anyone trying to grade Ingram on just one season is really doing a disservice. When he was drafted he was a guy that was going to take a couple years to fill out and build the right NBA skills. The fact that he got better as the year went on is encouraging. I don't think anyone will know anything about him until the end of next season. Yeah, I agree that he had a pretty good rookie year for where he was. He had very noticeable improvement and really started to use his length smartly as the season went on
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Apr 13, 2017 22:08
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big boi posted:Yeah, I guess in the sense that your team might have Patrick Beverly or Kelly Olynyk and he might injure an actual contender's star player. Otherwise the NBA playoffs are relatively predictable. Man you say that but as someone who has run several playoff prediction contests and played in other ones, they aren't as predictable as people think. (Also, really I was just trying to set up "these are not those teams.") TheShazbot posted:you forgot the sacramento kings, which I mean, I don't blame you for as a Kings fan. Whoops.
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Apr 14, 2017 00:45
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Henry Ellenson may not be horrible, Reggie Bulluck shot the lights out in the small sample of the last week, and the entire Pistons roster is still really poorly assembled. Stanley Johnson is going to be a great sixth man for the Spurs some day.
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Apr 14, 2017 00:55
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So one thing I like about the Heat, they always have fun cap things going on year after year. Not accounting for Freon Dion, they have somewhere in the $38 million range next year, enough for a max contract but probably not a ton else. Or they could re-sign Dion for, let's say, 12 million and have another for a mini-max level contract. What does Miami try to do? Lure Hayward? Swing for Blake Griffin? Blow it all on Derrick Rose?
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Apr 14, 2017 13:36
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Pelicans survive by going fishing, so really, this is their natural and healthy state.
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Apr 14, 2017 13:45
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Lockback posted:Really, keep Ricky. This is something I am 100% in agreement with. The guy is a lot of fun
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Apr 14, 2017 14:25
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:Sixers wrap-up Trade Okafor at the draft
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Apr 14, 2017 18:17
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rabidsquid posted:Henry Ellenson may not be horrible, Reggie Bulluck shot the lights out in the small sample of the last week, and the entire Pistons roster is still really poorly assembled. Reggie Bullock disappears the second he makes it to the opposing team's scouting report Johnson, haircut They're stuck. If they want to blow things up they'd have to hope to start off welll next season to get value for players. Jackson's knees might be permanently wrecked and Ish Smith is not an NBA starter. The only real offseason decisions are the draft picks and KCP's offer sheet. If Kent Bazemore gets the max, then Pope gets the max
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Apr 14, 2017 18:47
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I'm still realll god damned annoyed about Maurice god damned N'Dour, a borderline d-leaguer with a career eFG of .465, who had hit 0 threes in his NBA career, hitting a step-back game-winning three to drop the Knicks out of the lottery back onto the perpetual mediocrity treadmill but I might post about them later
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Apr 14, 2017 21:07
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EvanTH posted:I'm still realll god damned annoyed about Maurice god damned N'Dour, a borderline d-leaguer with a career eFG of .465, who had hit 0 threes in his NBA career, hitting a step-back game-winning three to drop the Knicks out of the lottery back onto the perpetual mediocrity treadmill but I might post about them later Phil just straight up said Carmelo is probably not going to be with the team next year. It's going to be an interesting offseason in NYC. https://twitter.com/Mike_Vorkunov/status/852954591700410369 Redgrendel2001 fucked around with this message at 21:52 on Apr 14, 2017 |
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Apr 14, 2017 21:27
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 About a half mile from the Blazers stadium is the Kevin Duckworth memorial dock, so they can always go fishing pretty easily! (Kevin Duckworth made the playoffs for all of his seasons as a Trailblazer) The stadium, and the docks, are located right next to a dock used to load wheat (which I believe is owned by Julia Louis Dreyfuss), and they spill lots and lots of wheat in the Willamette, leading to easy meals for bottom dwelling sturgeon.
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Apr 14, 2017 22:51
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Redgrendel2001 posted:Phil just straight up said Carmelo is probably not going to be with the team next year. It's going to be an interesting offseason in NYC. How many teams a) want to trade for Carmelo at his salary b) have the assets to do it c) convince the Digital Athlete to waive his NTC d) is actually a good idea to do the above
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Apr 14, 2017 23:03
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Wolves going fishing:
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Apr 14, 2017 23:13
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glowing-fish posted:
Julia Louis Dreyfus owning a wheat factory is really funny to me for some reason.
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Apr 14, 2017 23:58
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Rick posted:Julia Louis Dreyfus owning a wheat factory is really funny to me for some reason. Can you explain to me how you think wheat is assembled?
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Apr 15, 2017 00:00
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Rick posted:Julia Louis Dreyfus owning a wheat factory is really funny to me for some reason. What better place than the Gone Fishing thread to talk about this?  This picture shows the Rose Garden (aka Moda Center or whatever else its been branded as recently) and the older Memorial Coliseum, as well as other buildings in the complex. The docks with the ship next to it is the Louis-Dreyfuss grain elevator (William Louis-Dreyfuss died two months ago, so Julia and her sisters are now the majority stock owners). Next to that is the Steel Bridge, and right below that would be the Duckworth Memorial dock. For all its reputation as a city whose twin industries are craft beer and handmade jewelry, Portland is still a port town, and the Blazers play in an area that still has a lot of industrial characteristics. Rick posted:Julia Louis Dreyfus owning a wheat factory is really funny to me for some reason. Julia Louis Dreyfus' company owns food processing facilities and transportation facilities in six continents. http://www.ldcom.com/global/en/about-us/locations1/ Kevin Duckworth owned a restaurant too. In some alternative world, after a defeat, Kevin Duckworth went walking down by the waterfront, and ran into Julia Louis-Dreyfuss, and they decided to combine their food service interests into a global restaurant chain. glowing-fish fucked around with this message at 00:25 on Apr 15, 2017 |
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Apr 15, 2017 00:15
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Lockback posted:Can you explain to me how you think wheat is assembled? They mix a bunch of gluten and flour?  (I totally meant like, a processing plant, or a mill!) glowing-fish posted:What better place than the Gone Fishing thread to talk about this? I guess this shouldn't blow my mind since somewhere along the line someone mentioned to me that she was independently wealthy without Seinfeld Money, but it totally does. Oh wow, is the Oh Henry! subplot one of these Seinfeld subplots that ends up being slightly based in reality? Did a young Julia Louise-Dryfus grow up envying a braless candy heir she knew in her real life and pitch this subplot? Rick fucked around with this message at 07:46 on Apr 15, 2017 |
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Apr 15, 2017 07:43
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Redgrendel2001 posted:Phil just straight up said Carmelo is probably not going to be with the team next year. It's going to be an interesting offseason in NYC. Good. The dude's a joke, his game is bad and he hasn't looked like he's enjoyed playing for the Knicks in years. 
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Apr 15, 2017 13:53
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EvanTH posted:Good. The dude's a joke, his game is bad and he hasn't looked like he's enjoyed playing for the Knicks in years. "Sheriff Carmelo come quickly! There is a fight down at the saloon!"
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Apr 15, 2017 16:13
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Lockback posted:So one thing I like about the Heat, they always have fun cap things going on year after year. Lure Hayward, and if that doesn't work, trade for Melo. I think they sign Dion over Johnson because Dion is younger and will be cheaper. Johnson will get like 20 mill a year on the open market.
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Apr 15, 2017 23:04
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Melo will be reinvigorated when he joins the Lakers next year until it's December and they lose 10 in a row and Byron Scott is named coach.
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Apr 15, 2017 23:21
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Buzz City Beat: Charlotte Hornets’ Stuck in Mediocrity, Limited Options This Offseason MMmmmmm this is the poo poo I love to see right at the start of our offseason 
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Apr 17, 2017 00:46
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boxcarhobo posted:Buzz City Beat: Charlotte Hornets’ Stuck in Mediocrity, Limited Options This Offseason Charlotte is in the same place as Detroit with a core locked into mediocrity. Maybe they should roll some dice and swap random players
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Apr 17, 2017 06:23
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I can't wait for the Mavs to make the playoffs next season with the help of draft pick, mid tier free agent, Dirk having a healthy season, continued development of Yogi, Noel, Barnes, Curry, Finney-Smith, and Brussino. It wouldn't shock me if Powell and Matthews are traded late next season to create room to resign Curry.
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Dejan Bimble posted:Charlotte is in the same place as Detroit with a core locked into mediocrity. Maybe they should roll some dice and swap random players Yeah I'm pretty much down with getting rid of anyone that isn't Kemba, but I don't know why anyone good at basketball would want to come to this lame state and have MJ as their boss.
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Apr 17, 2017 14:33
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