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| The Big3 Tourney |
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67 | 22.41% |
| Will Lakers draft Ball |
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40 | 13.38% |
| Where will the Pauls go |
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54 | 18.06% |
| Will LeBron jump ship to the Spurs or ?? |
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41 | 13.71% |
| Will every team in the league just pivot towards tanking |
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97 | 32.44% |
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Jun 16, 2017 23:57
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I'm glad the NBA general public knows and can enjoy this now because OKC fans had to bury this poo poo for years
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Jun 20, 2017 06:20
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I really don't get the media's love affair with Ainge outside of all the usual Boston media connections
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Jun 28, 2017 21:12
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Mr. Mambold posted:Idk, unless there were chemistry issues (which I doubt) I think someone is over micro-managing this poo poo. They need to keep a somewhat same roster for a year or 3 ffs. I admit I don't get the nuances of the finances, but letting Gibson go and going after Rudy Gay with his injury don't make no sense to me. We're literally deep in the tax and up against the hard cap right now with Roberson still to re-sign and figuring how to fit Gay in with the MLE. Team construction goals aside, if that's the deal Taj was looking for money-wise we literally couldn't pay that without abandoning Gay AND Roberson. He was always a rental, not a long-term core piece.
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Jul 2, 2017 19:28
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Metapod posted:We are neither in the tax nor in a hard cap I meant after those signings that's the area you're in. We're going to be in the luxury after the Roberson signing (presumably) and then you've still got to get Gay somehow with like 8-10ish million. I don't know if there's a reason we don't stretch Singler if we can't dump him, but I'm not sure how much that frees up. And there's still no backup PG. http://www.spotrac.com/nba/oklahoma-city-thunder/cap/ Edit: re-reading my original post I worded that pretty poorly so womp Mandrel fucked around with this message at 20:27 on Jul 2, 2017 |
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Jul 2, 2017 20:13
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If Ainge costs the Celtics Hayward I will lmfao
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Jul 4, 2017 20:21
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Green is very good but to me a top 10 player is one who can at least be the main guy on a bad playoff team, and a team where Draymond Green was the star surrounded by scrubs wouldn't come close to the playoffs. He's a really good defender and passer and a mediocre offensive player on a team where you have to be mentally handicapped to not look good on offense. He's real good and an All-Star but start listing guys and if he's higher than 10 just come on I mean seriously
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Jul 30, 2017 04:56
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BobHoward posted:Speaking of stats, these hot takes about Green are amusing in light of the fact that he averaged 7.0 apg in the 2016-17 season, the 9th highest mark in the league, the only PF in the top 30, the best passing forward not named LeBron James (and a better assist-turnover ratio than James), the only Warrior in the top 10, almost half an assist per game better than Wardell Stephen Curry Those are all true statements I guess. He's still not a top 10 player. Nobody in this thread is saying Draymond Green sucks. The hottest take anybody has made is that he's not better than Paul Millsap.
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Jul 30, 2017 20:14
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TheKevman posted:Even though it's unpopular because everyone hates the Warriors right now, they basically play basketball porn and are in the midst of one of the greatest runs in the history of the sport. Counterpoint: if you root for the Warriors you are A Chode and everyone will know it especially after you post something like this
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Aug 6, 2017 05:20
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I literally can't understand the mindset of just being cool with the jersey ads. I mean I'm not losing sleep over it but everything about it is just crass, gross, and cheap and it does actually detrimentally affect the product, which is entertainment you consume with your eyeballs. Like, at best you're indifferent and the lovely ads cluttering up the jerseys doesn't affect your enjoyment of the game, but unless you're an insane person who actually thinks they improve it, you're a consumer and they in no way benefit you or the product. Grow a pair and Be Mad About The Ads. It's ok
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Aug 9, 2017 09:00
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DeimosRising posted:Butler, Hayward, Jordan for sure, Thomas, Lowry, Towns, Lillard, Walker and Millsap maybe. Woof
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Aug 22, 2017 06:33
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I hope Oladipo does well because he seems like a really good dude and seemed bummed about how his OKC time ended. Dude has all the tools if he could just get out of his head and stop being so terrified of contact he could be great
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Sep 5, 2017 19:12
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Cool Buff Man posted:
This might actually be a good thing. He was good his rookie season before the foot injury, then refused to get surgery and opted to go the non-surgical recovery route which I'm pretty sure has worked out for exactly 0 NBA players with that injury and has led to it breaking again twice now if it ever even healed right in the first place (it didn't, it never does, if you get a Jones fracture and won't get surgery you're a loving dumbass) Realistically he probably will never be good again because he's an undersized point guard of average athleticism but you know, there's a chance now
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Sep 9, 2017 00:05
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Dunking on Trump while good is the lowest of low-hanging fruits and given KD's demonstrable lack of conviction on like every single thing ever I'm skeptical he gives much of a poo poo about Trump
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Sep 9, 2017 01:21
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Dexo posted:oh gently caress off. Like KD is a tryhard, but you really think a loving black dude from DC doesn't have convictions on Trump's racist bullshit? it's not really. derrick rose despite being kind of a dummy and maybe rapist? is undoubtedly engaged in social causes and in his community, as reflected by his actions and words throughout his career. and he was obviously engaged in the Eric Garner tragedy as evidenced by him wearing the shirt. that's putting yourself out there. which is the whole point; having an opinion is not the same thing as actually giving a poo poo. I don't doubt Kevin Durant dislikes both racism or Donald Trump because so does everybody who's not human garbage, it's kind of the bare minimum. but notably, while LeBron and derrick rose and everybody else under the sun was comfortable wearing the I can't breathe shirts and speaking out, Durant didn't wear the shirt, and had this to say at the time explaining why and what his feelings were on it: "Those guys stood up for what they believe in. I felt as a citizen first, I was a little confused about the whole deal. Obviously I didn’t know the facts about everything. I just want what’s right for our whole country. That’s what I’m about : helping everybody uniting. So I’m gonna try to do my part here individually every single day as a man and go from there." that's pretty much been his position on every remotely controversial subject his whole career, even something as easy as Eric Garner. luckily taking A Stand on Trump isn't controversial, it's pretty much expected. if Durant's publicist thought visiting the White House was a good idea and not a loving PR nightmare, he'd be at the White House talking about unity. it doesn't mean Durant is A Bad Person who secretly likes Trump and racism; it's pointing out the obvious which is that he hasn't been willing to stick his neck out on a single social issue that wasn't an absolute layup his whole career. it's fine, not everybody is obligated to be Charles Barkley or whatever. some dudes just want to sell shoes.
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Sep 9, 2017 09:11
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Spite posted:It means Durant was in OKC and knew he couldn't say poo poo without the city going crazy. being in OKC hasn't stopped Westbrook and other Thunder players past/present from being public with their feelings to at least some extent about race and police violence. there's never been anything preventing Durant using his platform to advocate if he wanted to, he's just always chosen not to can't disagree with the second part though
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Sep 9, 2017 10:53
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Cool Buff Man posted:I'm sure he'll have no problem finding clan members in OKC alright that's pretty good
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Sep 15, 2017 02:57
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vaginal facsimile posted:Are there any players who play Japanese rpgs? Joakim noah may haps? steven adams probably. he's a gamer and a huge weeb and i think i remember him mentioning persona or something once
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Sep 15, 2017 03:25
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Adam Silver loving sucks
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Sep 29, 2017 02:02
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edit: wrong thread i am a chowderhead
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Oct 4, 2017 02:03
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proctorbot posted:Question for the stats nerds in here: what team-level statistics show the most correlation with winning basketball games? My gut tells me it'd be something like team true shooting percentage or opponents' true shooting percentage. Maybe something having to do with win shares, which I don't completely understand? Point differential Basketball reference for basics
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Oct 12, 2017 06:54
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EvanTH posted:Who's the strongest man in the NBA? I think it might be one of the Lopez brothers. but there are also some squat non-jumping PFs that seem like reasonable candidates, your Zach Randolphs and David Wests. I'm not talking P4P here because comparing relative strength is meaningless, only the absolute is important. Neat or whatever that an insect can carry many times its body weight, but any normal human can still walk around despite being covered head to to in many thousands of bugs. Adams
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Oct 14, 2017 07:33
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