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| The Big3 Tourney |
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67 | 22.41% |
| Will Lakers draft Ball |
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| Where will the Pauls go |
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| 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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Niwrad posted:I officially did not renew my Bulls tickets today. The sales person sounded pretty desperate so I'm guessing season ticket sales are way down. I did say I would renew if they fired GarPax which she thought was me making a joke. Rumour of the day https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/6h5n03/just_a_reminder_tom_thibodeau_wanted_to_draft/
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Jun 14, 2017 22:11
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Lockback posted:You really could do this kind of stuff with any team in the league, whether or not there is any truth to it. There are always going to be opinions, and you never hear when a guy has a bad opinion and is overruled. Draymond Green was a 6'6 PF. It is not a stretch at all to pass up on him, in fact since he was drafted in the 2nd round every team in the league passed on him! Oh totally, I just have fun with hindsight even when it's not fair.
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Jun 14, 2017 22:29
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Almost every single idea related to shrinking the number of teams or lessening the number of games would never ever be approved because of the revenue loss. I mean a 70 game season would almost assuredly be a better product to watch but at no point in time in the world will the rich dickheads who own the teams let that 100 million dollars walk away from them so that sports nerds on the internet complain slightly less.
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Jun 15, 2017 20:07
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Dejan Bimble posted:How good were Rik Smits and Zyldraunus Ilgauskus, I remember them both being way too good in a way that seemed unfair, because they were tall and made jumpshots during my chyldhode I can tell you that Rik Smits/Reggie Miller was my NBA Jam team because I was 'that kid'.
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Jun 15, 2017 22:26
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So how do you split up minutes between Saric and Simmons? Do you run Saric off the bench as a sparkplug or can one of them slide to SF? Neither seems ideal to me.
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Jun 17, 2017 19:32
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Marbury is Ezra Pound. Machivellian and potent. Misunderstood. Used their powers to work with enemies of America after falling out with the homeland. .
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Jun 19, 2017 09:09
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WhyteRyce posted:Papa John dropped 20lbs!!! But did he gain 20 lbs of muscle?
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Jun 19, 2017 19:41
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RaySmuckles posted:
Sunk cost fallacy and all but paying to dump a contract that you literally signed less than a year ago that was immediately mocked is one of the sadder things I've seen a team do. russell is a keeper on my fantasy team he better not get stuck behind caris lavert or some dumb poo poo
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Jun 20, 2017 23:32
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brookyln doing a prokhorov and trying to buy paul george right when everyone thought they were finally rebuilding.
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Jun 20, 2017 23:34
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russell gonna be just fine i think https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ48dMwVqPg
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Jun 20, 2017 23:47
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euphronius posted:That's a pretty good offer for pg idk. You're not wrong, but you're looking at a team trading away two promising rookies and picks for one year of Brook Lopez and Paul George (who might be desperate to resign with them but still). Even with PG and Lopez I don't think that's a playoff team. It's uh, feels real dumb. So I'm sitting here with popcorn, obviously.
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Jun 20, 2017 23:54
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https://twitter.com/TMZ/status/877612370868051968 Dang. I guess that probably is a better career move.
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Jun 21, 2017 22:35
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predicto posted:wait what? Probably some combination of waiting for current holders to resign before letting people on the list buy in and maybe they just have a smaller number of seats allocated for season ticket holders (more likely to be the first thing though). That'll skew around the numbers a little bit.
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Jun 22, 2017 01:28
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I know there point guard rotation has been a shitshow ever since Kidd left but I think Carlisle kinda hates young point guards so that might have had something to do with it also. See: starting point guard Mike James in 2012-2013
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Jun 22, 2017 02:04
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It uh, seems like an OK deal to me? Chicago gets a high draft pick and two promising young players. Unless you're convinced that Dunn will always suck poo poo. E: oh, just saw that it was for Butler and the sixteenth pick. I still don't think it's lopsided but that makes it a lil worse for sure. CRISPYBABY fucked around with this message at 01:05 on Jun 23, 2017 |
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Jun 23, 2017 01:03
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Wolves own and off-season owns tho
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Jun 23, 2017 01:03
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Space Camp fuckup posted:Dragan Bender has a Hitler mustache now Oh noooooo
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Jun 23, 2017 03:49
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Shear Modulus posted:i mean that's about the same distribution as the actual talent disparity Lebron should probably be on it tbh but the narrative of him coasting during the regular season is too strong. (Yes, he does coast a little, but Lebron coasting is still a top 10 defender IMO)
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Jun 26, 2017 18:57
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Intruder posted:Lavar just said "beat that n****'s rear end" on live TV LaVar Ball is.... Good?
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Jun 27, 2017 02:08
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honestly, same.
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Jun 27, 2017 03:12
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MourningView posted:I don't really have a strong opinion on Lavar one way or the other but Lonzo consistently looks embarrassed by the whole circus around his dad and I feel kinda bad for him. Normally I agree with this but I think professional wrestling and Lavar were made for each other.
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Jun 27, 2017 06:37
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goddamn that is a lot of guys moving for one dude I mean it's worth it, but gently caress.
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Jun 28, 2017 20:54
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G-Hawk posted:Current Rockets roster: real excited for onuaku to get real minutes. I wanna see as many underhand free throws as possible.
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Jun 28, 2017 21:05
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pubic works project posted:https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/880194210917437440 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHZ48AE3TOI
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Jun 28, 2017 23:56
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Hot take: Iggy also earned the last two 6MOY awards but we gotta give it to another chucker cause points rule right.
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Jun 30, 2017 19:36
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Apparently he was real good with the Bull's rookies but I still like to imagine Rondo hitting him with the MJ Kwame Brown treatment.
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Jul 3, 2017 02:05
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Maaaan, the east is bad. Like, I know it's been Lebron's conference for the last 8 years, but for the last two years the bottom end climbed out of the slums and it wasn't quite as embarrassing as the 8 seed Jennings/Ellis Bucks....but now we're right back there, aren't we. Goddamn. I wonder if we can have the 6-8 seeds all make playoffs with losing records. That would be great.
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Jul 3, 2017 08:08
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BWV posted:im a big time honky and I dont really hoop but I understood what he meant but you see, these nerds don't know poo poo about basketball!!!!
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Jul 4, 2017 02:29
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can the east please get at least one all star moving over? c'mon, gord. please I don't even have any stake in the Celtics I'm just asking for a little balancing.
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Jul 4, 2017 19:38
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I wanna hear Gordon Hayward and Jeremy Lin argue whether LoL or DOTA is better.
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Jul 4, 2017 19:39
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Chairchucker posted:Also, Didn't know this was a thing. Looked it up and they played on FC Barcelona together in 2010-11. OLD SCHOOL.
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Jul 4, 2017 20:38
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omg
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Jul 4, 2017 21:34
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Yeah he was the defensive glue. Also, as much as his offense disappeared on us and was frustrating, he still shot 37% on his threes. Now, here's a list of the current people on the Raptor's bench that can hit a three pointer at or above a league average rate: Fred Van Vleet. I'm gonna miss him. Start of the season's gonna be real ugly. Masai has too much pride to fire Casey after getting knocked out by the Cavs, but maybe he'll do it if we suck poo poo to start the year (ahhaha no he won't). Also honestly the East is looking so bad this year that it's gonna be incredibly hard to go under .500 tbh. But who knows, maybe they can do it. I also wish he could stay around, but I'm gonna pull an I told you so and mention that I made an effort post months ago that ran the numbers and figured that the Ibaka/Lowry signings alone would put TO over the luxury tax line and that barring a miracle playoff run (that didn't happen), MLSE wouldn't be willing to pay for either of Tucker or Patterson to be renewed because it would put them solidly in the 10 million over the tax line bracket (where the tax jumps up sharply). For reference, the current team salary is 130 million (hoopshype hasn't added the Ibaka and Lowry contracts in yet), and the tax line is 119 million. This team is so expensive that I'm not even sure that it would look to add any veteran contracts on top of that. The only way we'll have room to move is Carroll gets unloaded and/or JV gets traded. Capped out and deep in the tax isn't a great look for a team as flawed as the Raptors. But hey, at least we're not Portland. CRISPYBABY fucked around with this message at 09:24 on Jul 5, 2017 |
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Jul 5, 2017 09:04
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Cool Buff Man posted:Nick, thank you very much for making me look up this babyman, he's made my morning I wanna dress him like the king cake baby and make him dance around
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Jul 5, 2017 16:45
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cravius posted:Bill Simmons just said that the Thunder are a 7-8 seed in the west and would maybe be a three seed in the east lmfao He's....not wrong? Honestly the west is such a shark tank I wouldn't really be surprised at them being anywhere between 4-8 but I'd err on the lower side of that just because Westbrook is such a powder keg. CRISPYBABY fucked around with this message at 22:42 on Jul 5, 2017 |
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Jul 5, 2017 22:39
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leftist heap posted:If you assume a top 3 of GSW, Spurs, and Houston (not a guarantee IMO) then that assumes 3-4 teams ahead of OKC. I guess. Now that I think about it some more yeah, the talent on Utah, Memphis and LAC has went down, Portland is staying pat and who knows if the improvements to Minessota/NO/Denver will actually put them in the mix or not. So yeah, I'll backpedal and admit that on paper I guess they slide into the 4th spot. But I'm still gonna say that I wouldn't be very surprised if they fell lower than that. Maybe I'm just biased but I look at OKC and see a real high variance team. They're good, but volatile.
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Jul 5, 2017 22:56
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People should seriously stop wearing the number 23 if they're not MJ or Lebron though. Not out of respect or retirement or whatever but just cause it makes you look like a desperate dweeb. Like c'mon Draymond/Anthony Davis/everyone else on this list http://www.basketball-reference.com/friv/numbers.fcgi?number=23&year=2017 . And it just gets lower tier from there. Fred Van Vleet, who are you kidding?
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Jul 6, 2017 21:30
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It's not a retirement but Raptors arena has a loving banner for Bon Jovi hanging from the rafters for god knows what reason.
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Jul 6, 2017 21:40
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Man that's jumping the fence from imitation to cosplay. Goddang.
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Jul 6, 2017 21:51
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dokmo posted:The Spurs are the only team in the league that would not only tolerate Gay's midrange jumpers, but encourage them. Also the Raptors. Remember the Gay era? Feels like a loving fever dream but I bet you if he got put back on the team he'd do the exact same poo poo all over again and Casey would nod approvingly, just like four years ago.
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