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What is going to be your favorite offseason storyline?
This poll is closed.
The Big3 Tourney 67 22.41%
Will Lakers draft Ball 40 13.38%
Where will the Pauls go 54 18.06%
Will LeBron jump ship to the Spurs or ?? 41 13.71%
Will every team in the league just pivot towards tanking 97 32.44%
Total: 210 votes
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Metapod
Mar 18, 2012

Paul Zuvella posted:

of all the times to get off the nuggets bandwagon, why now, a time where you guys have an incredibly exciting and unique young player with star potential.

He's shook

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Metapod
Mar 18, 2012

Nissin Cup Nudist posted:

Steph was a 7
Klay a 11
Draymond was a second rounder
poo poo, even Barnes was a 7?

Good luck getting close to that level of talent at those picks anytime soon

Giannis and kawhi were both 15
Jokic was in the second round
Jimmy Butler was late 20s
Gobert was late 20s
The talent is always there teams just have to identify who is it and develop it (which is hard)

Metapod
Mar 18, 2012

evil_cheese posted:

I still don't get how the celtics fans got a rep of being horrible racists more they any other team. Are there horrible celtic fans? Hell yes there are, but every team has some those same people hanging out. Atlanta had their GM talking about how Deng had some African in him. It feels like racism is a problem everywhere but no one is talking about it unless they want to dump on the celtic fans.

Ask bill russell

Metapod
Mar 18, 2012
Never forget https://twitter.com/KDTrey5/status/18688294600

Metapod
Mar 18, 2012

lmao

Metapod
Mar 18, 2012
I'm not sure what Boston's cap situation is so let's say they get Hayward on a max deal obviously would they be able to get Dedmon?

Metapod
Mar 18, 2012
why cant we get a fun lebron rumor like he's likely to join the hornets instead of generic star to LA rumor

Metapod
Mar 18, 2012
https://twitter.com/BA_Turner/status/875134050922516480

Good poo poo

Metapod
Mar 18, 2012

Time posted:

Ballmer gave a private talk at the sun valley conference a while back that roasted public finance mechanisms and actually named names of other sports league owners in the room for being idiots. Private talk when he was trying to buy the clippers tried to block him as a bidder which is why he came in Hot with the 2bil term sheet. It was a cool moment in what is normally a masturbatory celebration

That loving owns

Metapod
Mar 18, 2012

SpiritOfSanDimas posted:

If he's building a whole new arena why doesn't he move the team to Seattle? Was there something in the contract about not moving it when he bought the team?

Also I agree with the Clippers feeling like the most soulless corporate team in the league w/r/t design and overall presentation

A team left Seattle to be in Oklahoma ain't no one leaving LA for that poo poo market

Metapod
Mar 18, 2012

Redgrendel2001 posted:

I was wrong. This is actually the dumbest thing that I've read this morning.

Just wait he's about to say Californians don't have accents and there's no racism in San Francisco

Metapod
Mar 18, 2012

ex post facho posted:

yea i agree. so do you think the next 5 finals winners will be warriors warriors warriors warriors cavs, or warriors cavs warriors warriors cavs

IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE PRODUCT DON'T WATCH IT

The NBA is in a good place right filled with lots a young talent. No one knows how the NBA will look in 2 years. If parity is what you desire then basketball is not the game for you

Metapod
Mar 18, 2012

BWV posted:

basketball is already good you jabronis

Metapod
Mar 18, 2012
Let's take half the teams out and destroy all opportunities for youth to grow and the league itself. Yes this is s good idea

Metapod
Mar 18, 2012

ex post facho posted:

i meant in terms of relegation of clearly less competitive teams to their own "G league", i mean as everyone's talking about why waste everyone's time with the facade of a competitive league when (apparently) parity isn't important in the NBA?

Who's time is being wasted? Basketball is apart of the entertainment industry. When I watch it I am entertained. I have loyalty to a team that I hope wins every single game no matter. Are there better teams? Yeah. Do I give a poo poo? No. Should you? No. Why? Because in the game of basketball poo poo happens that is completely unexpected and one injury can change everything

The NBA where amazing happens

Metapod
Mar 18, 2012

ex post facho posted:

i just wish i didn't have to pin my hopes on who appears at the highest level of competiton on another team's player(s) getting injured or their body breaking down i guess

You don't!!!

E:

ex post facho posted:

this is certainly true, but can you imagine the jokic-lebron connection

Jokic wouldn't even gotten a chance in your scenario

Metapod
Mar 18, 2012

ex post facho posted:

meta of all posters i think ud feel me the most on this one esp. being kindred NW division fans

i want to believe the nuggets and the thunder have some shot and gently caress jokic and westbrook are cool and good to watch but man im alllllll outta hope that either FO can construct a team that's got any hope

i wanna be content with reg season basketball but after 48 seasons of mostly that you wanna see more than the bottom of the conference

I don't give a gently caress about the NW division. Every team that I would consider even close to a rival is in the SW division.

There's your issue you aren't a fan enough. It don't matter if your team wins 20 games or 70 games cause you know once the game starts your team is better and will win but if they lose it was bullshit and the other team got lucky.

The nuggets have had good teams and have made it to the wcf in the last 10 years so what are you talking about

Metapod
Mar 18, 2012

Spite posted:

What happens when Orlando plays Brooklyn?

Luis Scola turns into olympic Scola you start mean mugging as you witness the impossible

Metapod
Mar 18, 2012
He gone

https://twitter.com/ByNateTaylor/status/875475228981415936

Metapod
Mar 18, 2012
Lmfao

https://twitter.com/KDTrey5/status/875478266697572352

KD wins a title and is back to his prime Twitter days. Hell I'm for that

Metapod
Mar 18, 2012

ChickenMedium posted:

Jesus hated getting posted up.

:TimDuncanEyePop:

Metapod
Mar 18, 2012
https://twitter.com/And_Porter/status/875838933711466496

If this is somehow true just wow

Metapod
Mar 18, 2012
I still believe in jah :colbert:

Metapod
Mar 18, 2012
I'm very much hoping this sandcastle phili built on the shoreline holds up and becomes a new standard of excellence

Metapod
Mar 18, 2012
Fultz is good and if phili gets him they should be happy and so should the fans

Metapod
Mar 18, 2012
Buddy is leading the kings to the playoffs in 2019 so great value for phili

Metapod
Mar 18, 2012

xbilkis posted:

Forget how this changes the balance of the deal - what does it mean if Woj was wrong

It means espn has already corrupted him

Metapod
Mar 18, 2012
Omg phili I love you

Metapod
Mar 18, 2012

Lmfao this is the most specific protection I've ever seen

Metapod
Mar 18, 2012
Lol

https://twitter.com/AdamHimmelsbach/status/876284322147389440

Metapod
Mar 18, 2012
https://twitter.com/KeithSmithNBA/status/876298609574256640

Incredible

Metapod
Mar 18, 2012

https://twitter.com/MagicJohnson/status/876525634775793664

Metapod
Mar 18, 2012

pubic works project posted:

What's the worst place to trade him? Just send him there so he has to suffer for a year.

its okay you are going to get a star in the trade http://www.espn.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=hooqlpe

Metapod
Mar 18, 2012
Lmfao https://twitter.com/WeAreTitleTown/status/876459939430105089

Metapod
Mar 18, 2012
Presti gonna go all in on kanter for pg

Metapod
Mar 18, 2012

chunkles posted:

Could you make your heckling of Zhou Qi constructive, like maybe try and convince him to eat a sandwich??

He does eat a sandwich but it's asian style so it's light fresh and healthy

Metapod
Mar 18, 2012

Cool Buff Man posted:

All we need is for KD to wind it back from 2010 twitter to 2009 twitter and Metapod can get his smile back https://twitter.com/kdtrey5/status/1643535530

my smile never left

e: https://twitter.com/AmicoHoops/status/876639848647577606

this offseason owns

Metapod
Mar 18, 2012

The Glumslinger posted:

What the gently caress is going on in the NBA?

the offseason is happening

Metapod
Mar 18, 2012
this is me reading all these rumors

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Metapod
Mar 18, 2012
also lol if the lakers trade for george thus taking the Lakers out of the top 5

pubic works project posted:

I thought that was you

i am a young soul

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