NBA Offseason G/V: Let Me Hear You Post It

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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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scuz: Aug 29, 2003; You can't be angry ALL the time!; Fun Shoe

Wiggins also loves the poo poo out of his dog, Cassie.

# ¿ Sep 21, 2017 18:02

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# ¿ May 21, 2024 13:15

scuz: Aug 29, 2003; You can't be angry ALL the time!; Fun Shoe

PantsFreeZone posted:

gently caress Gregg Popovich. I hope he gets Super AIDS.

Laziest troll, 1/10.

# ¿ Sep 26, 2017 18:52

scuz: Aug 29, 2003; You can't be angry ALL the time!; Fun Shoe

Cool Buff Man posted:

Good. Do not rush my mans

Take good care of that mans :ohdear:

# ¿ Sep 26, 2017 19:49

scuz: Aug 29, 2003; You can't be angry ALL the time!; Fun Shoe

Disclaimer: I'm clearly no expert on any of this and had been a casual fan last season.

kingcobweb posted:

I have a $100 bet with a friend on Minnesota: I have over 48.5 games, he has under

He thinks it's absolutely comical that Butler will change the team that much, I think that the other players will continue improving and the team wasn't actually as bad as their 31 wins, thoughts??

We lost 9 games that were decided by 3 or fewer points last season. I think we're gonna win all of those games this year cuz:

Our bench has improved (it was impossible for it to get worse)
Just by adding J. Buckets to the roster, the defense will get better cuz he speaks Thibsian (so does Taj)
Brandon Rush won't be starting any basketball games for Minnesota this year
The chances of us tanking are 0% (we lost 13 of our last 16 )

Just that alone gets us to 40 wins and we're gonna pick up a lot more if we've got things like "playoff push" floating around (see: Minnesota Twins).

I'm still lukewarm on Wiggins just from his interviews, although I still think he's Good At Basketball. Maybe he'll care more this season, maybe he just wants to get back to his dog and Overwatch :shrug:

IcePhoenix posted:

https://streamable.com/azkxh

lmfao

# ¿ Sep 27, 2017 21:16

scuz: Aug 29, 2003; You can't be angry ALL the time!; Fun Shoe

euphronius posted:

You didn't even mention adding Teague

Post-Rubio Depression :smith:

# ¿ Sep 27, 2017 21:27

scuz: Aug 29, 2003; You can't be angry ALL the time!; Fun Shoe

Honestly I didn't mention Teague cuz I wasn't sure whether he was gonna do a whole lot more for the team than Rubio did.

Thought about it a little more and looked at some stats.

Rubio's NBA career: 6 years
Teague's: 8

Teague brings a lot of playoff experience (never missed the playoffs), has twice the number of career points as Ricky, and has just a few more assists. Teague's assists per game will likely move slightly up considering all the scoring around him, he's obviously a stronger 3-threat than Rubio ever was (or perhaps will be) which has all kinds of implications, but he's gonna be a net positive, for sure.

Oh poo poo, I forgot about Muhammed. That dude coming back (and saving us $40ish million in the process) is fun for me cuz he's slimmed down a bit and according the first-day-back reports, he's putting in a lot more effort than he ever has.

AND we have a freshly-renovated home court!

Gonna be a fun season, I'm thinking 50 wins. :smug:

# ¿ Sep 27, 2017 21:48

scuz: Aug 29, 2003; You can't be angry ALL the time!; Fun Shoe

Lockback posted:

Go Lynx!

LYNX FOREVER.

Single-handedly redeeming all of Minnesota sports since 1999

# ¿ Oct 5, 2017 03:34

scuz: Aug 29, 2003; You can't be angry ALL the time!; Fun Shoe

Paperback Writer posted:

https://twitter.com/bleacherreport/status/918178423230545920

This is baloney cuz they didn't release the terms of the deal per team policy http://www.nba.com/article/2017/10/11/minnesota-timberwolves-andrew-wiggins-agree-extension#/

euphronius posted:

Are the reddit NBA streams generally reliable

I need to watch one for the sixers nets game tonight .

I've had nothing but luck with them using chrome and ublock origin. HD all the way depending on my internet speed.

# ¿ Oct 11, 2017 20:06

scuz: Aug 29, 2003; You can't be angry ALL the time!; Fun Shoe

MaxWiggy confirmed-ish:

https://twitter.com/shamscharania/status/918199708488753158

# ¿ Oct 11, 2017 21:50

scuz: Aug 29, 2003; You can't be angry ALL the time!; Fun Shoe

T-wolves sub is cool and good, I F5 /r/nba all day every day, /r/nbastreams is the greatest gift to mankind second only to the discovery of fire.

# ¿ Oct 12, 2017 15:25

scuz: Aug 29, 2003; You can't be angry ALL the time!; Fun Shoe

dangerdoom volvo posted:

Is there a YouTube or something that explains how the NBA works? I've decided to like basketball but I'm a Euro and I don't know anything. I know Steph Curry is good

"By Any Means Basketball" is a really fun channel that I like a lot. edited to make the damned link work :argh:

scuz fucked around with this message at 16:44 on Oct 12, 2017

# ¿ Oct 12, 2017 16:31

scuz: Aug 29, 2003; You can't be angry ALL the time!; Fun Shoe

Kibner posted:

I encourage more critiques or additions to my original post like this. Maybe we can get someone to kind of gather it all together into a single "so, you just started watching basketball and want to learn more about it?" kind of post that we can put in the OP of the N/V thread.

Could we include what N/V and G/V mean?

# ¿ Oct 12, 2017 17:55

scuz: Aug 29, 2003; You can't be angry ALL the time!; Fun Shoe

Lockback posted:

Everyone should fill this out.

*rubs hands together*
time to skew some data...

# ¿ Oct 13, 2017 15:43

scuz: Aug 29, 2003; You can't be angry ALL the time!; Fun Shoe

My name's on a short list of people who, once available, will be used as a human tester for 1:1 coffee:blood replacement therapy.

# ¿ Oct 13, 2017 18:58

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# ¿ May 21, 2024 13:15

scuz: Aug 29, 2003; You can't be angry ALL the time!; Fun Shoe

Hashtag Banterzone posted:

People who handle more balls than LeBron:
CP3
Batum
Harden
Reggie Evans

Forgot Sam Cassell.

# ¿ Oct 16, 2017 16:51

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