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Dejan Bimble posted:I think anyone who stayed on the Harrions Barnes will be good bandwagon deserves plaudits. He looked like a loving useless awful player in the last two sets of playoffs. He's also basically playing 4, which was always his best position. If he starts getting guarded by quick dudes he's going to have trouble. He really has trouble with quick double teams and can't create for others so I think people will catch on to that. He's also shooting like 60% on long 2s which probably isn't sustainable. I want him to be good, and he works really hard. Rick C is a good coach. I'm curious to see how he does if/when Dirk returns.
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Dejan Bimble posted:I think anyone who stayed on the Harrions Barnes will be good bandwagon deserves plaudits. He looked like a loving useless awful player in the last two sets of playoffs.
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humpthewind posted:Ah yes thanks. I remember reading that earlier in the thread. I'll continue lurking. It's cool, we don't actually talk about RC% on the reg, advance stats are Zogo's thing.
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chunkles posted:Calvin Murphy: get off my dang lawn you hip hoppers Is Calvin loving Murphy really talking about clothes making other people look ridiculous
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straight up brolic posted:Week 3 Power Rankings a couple days late. I think I end up doing them a day too early, I mean Sunday is the technical start of the week, but there almost always is a big game monday that undercuts my rankings. I don't mind the Jazz's losses, they're playing for the 8th seed so getting beat by equal or better teams is fine. Also, I think the Blazers are secretly bad. I ranked them well in preseason and week 1 so I watched them a lot and I think the three point shot is covering up a bad team.
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MourningView posted:For the record I think the Toxx clause is dumb and I don't enforce it if I think the person is a worthwhile poster Oh poo poo and here I've been enforcing a toxx on Parm
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From the Blazers games I've watched it looks like they are good (on offense) when Aminu is hitting 3's. I don't know how they fix their defense though. I feel like the Jazz should be better, but Hayward is really important to them. Their spacing may be too hosed to be really scary though.
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Spite posted:From the Blazers games I've watched it looks like they are good (on offense) when Aminu is hitting 3's. I don't know how they fix their defense though. It's more about just getting any reliable 3rd contributor. They know they're going to get 40-50 points each night from Lillard and McCollum, but after that ????. Harkless has shown flashes, Aminu and Turner and Crabbe all have their nights, but they don't have anyone to pick up the slack if either of their main guards are struggling. Ezeli should improve their defense when he gets back since they currently have basically zero rim protection. But it's never gonna be good.
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Hey Calvin what do you think of Russell Westbrook's clothes? "I think they make him look ridiculous" _______________________\ 
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Sometimes Calvin's clothes make sense to me, other times they are like leopard print and poo poo
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I actually love the way Calvin dresses in the same way I love how Craig Sager dresses I just find it insane that he dresses in these suits and then rants about clothes
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Spite posted:I feel like the Jazz should be better, but Hayward is really important to them. Good thing he returned a week ago or so. Rodney Hood can only do so much
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Jazz don't have george hill for a few games. They haven't had their ideal starting 5 for like more than 1 game.
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Here's the whole Inside The NBA Talks Election segment if anyone wanna see it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfEIg6yIUmQ Highlight for me: -Shaq getting his own age wrong. "I'm 45 years old." (He's 44)
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Tae posted:Jazz don't have george hill for a few games. They haven't had their ideal starting 5 for like more than 1 game. I hereby declare this the Pelican Conundrum.
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Chris Mannix posted:He studied the work ethic of Kevin Durant, absorbed the confidence of Klay Thompson and Draymond Green, and took note of how hard Kyrie Irving works at getting better at finishing at the rim. He learned leadership, something he says he and Lowry strive to be better at every day. Well, that explains why DeRozan is setting the world on fire: he's a Monstar!
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Last year I was like whoa some of these advanced stats on Julius Randle are kinda eye-popping, he might be low-key very very good or could be bad team anomaly stats but I didn't get to see him play much because I didn't want to watch the Lakers because Byron Scott teams suck to watch. Lakers fans were sounding restrained-hopeful about him, is that outlook improving under Luke Walton? What's his ceiling? All-star? Borderline all-star?
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EvanTH posted:Last year I was like whoa some of these advanced stats on Julius Randle are kinda eye-popping, he might be low-key very very good or could be bad team anomaly stats but I didn't get to see him play much because I didn't want to watch the Lakers because Byron Scott teams suck to watch. Lakers fans were sounding restrained-hopeful about him, is that outlook improving under Luke Walton? What's his ceiling? All-star? Borderline all-star? e: if his jumper ever develops more
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Tae posted:Jazz don't have george hill for a few games. They haven't had their ideal starting 5 for like more than 1 game. Yeah. Favors missed a couple games to start the season, Heyward just got back, and Hill (who'd been playing like an all star) is out now. It's probably too early to say what they're going to be, assuming they can ever stay healthy (they couldn't last year). straight up brolic posted:His ceiling is a Paul Millsap (who is very good) that can run the floor a bit better Offensively maybe, but I don't see him becoming the kind of defensive player Millsap has been.
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Intruder posted:Oh poo poo and here I've been enforcing a toxx on Parm Good to see the mods are consistent with each other 
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Jack's Flow posted:Well, that explains why DeRozan is setting the world on fire: he's a Monstar! Demar's gotta have the best learning tool in recent NBA history. We reached "this is the best he's gonna be" with him like four to five years ago, but he's found a way to get better every year since then.
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Why is Tim Hardaway not terrible dogshit? I am not comfortable.
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HOTLANTA MAN posted:Why is Tim Hardaway not terrible dogshit? I am not comfortable. He went from being Real Bad (BPM -4.1 with the Knicks) to being a replacement-level player, VORP of 0.1 and positive offensive contribution. Good coaching I guess?
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straight up brolic posted:His ceiling is a Paul Millsap (who is very good) that can run the floor a bit better MourningView posted:Offensively maybe, but I don't see him becoming the kind of defensive player Millsap has been. My comp for him always was David Lee pre-injuries, but probably somewhat better defensively. I am committing the sin of comparing players across race.
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Wasn't Millsap not a good defender, but a good rebounder his first few years? Maybe I'm misremembering, but Randle is definitely bad on that end right now
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Julius is logging a lot of points in the "square up" category so far this season, and I love that poo poo
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straight up brolic posted:Wasn't Millsap not a good defender, but a good rebounder his first few years? Maybe I'm misremembering, but Randle is definitely bad on that end right now Not right away but he got good fairly soon. The fact that he tended to share a front court with Okur or Boozer did not help.
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Randle has the dreaded short arms and is doomed to wander the earth as Anthony Davis drives past him for an easy 2 and a trip to the line
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King James announces he might not go back to the White House if he wins another title. http://www.si.com/nba/2016/11/11/lebron-james-white-house-visit-president-donald-trump?xid=socialflow_facebook_si LeBron is better than Jordan.
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Spacebump posted:King James announces he might not go back to the White House if he wins another title. Republicans also buy sneakers; however, they are overwhelmingly 608s
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Spacebump posted:King James announces he might not go back to the White House if he wins another title. I'm always amazed how well Bron handles these kind of things. Perfect answers to the obvious bait questions
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Declan MacManus posted:Randle has the dreaded short arms and is doomed to wander the earth as Anthony Davis drives past him for an easy 2 and a trip to the line He got baptized by Lance Stephenson and it got me out of my chair
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The Duggler posted:I'm always amazed how well Bron handles these kind of things. Perfect answers to the obvious bait questions I mean he's been giving press conferences and talking to reporters since he was like 16. But anyway yes LeBron continues to rule.
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Randle's still a bad defender but he was a much worse defender last year, so the fact that he's improved to the point he is at least in OK position makes me think it's not a lost cause.Declan MacManus posted:Randle has the dreaded short arms and is doomed to wander the earth as Anthony Davis drives past him for an easy 2 and a trip to the line Short arms just mean he can never be great, but one still plays defense with their legs and positioning, and he could get to average or slightly good (or great after all if the refs decide to just let him hit people at some point). Rick fucked around with this message at 20:23 on Nov 11, 2016 |
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Glen Taylor is apparently fighting to remove the limit on how many max rookie contract extensions you can hand out in the next CBA. Can't imagine why.
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Kobe revealed that he had to learn the Iliad inLatin at age 10
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Henchman of Santa posted:Kobe revealed that he had to learn the Iliad inLatin at age 10 quote:And not from merely a documentary perspective, but from a fantasy perspective, from a mythology perspective. What are those stories that we can use to teach the next generation of athletes? After retirement, Kobe stops trying to surpass Michael Jordan and takes on his next greatest idol: J.R.R. Tolkien. e: and having Smush Parker as his point guard was his Battle of the Somme
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