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Hand Knit
Oct 24, 2005

Beer Loses more than a game Sunday ...
We lost our Captain, our Teammate, our Friend Kelly Calabro...
Rest in Peace my friend you will be greatly missed..

Chairchucker posted:

Hmmm it seems to me like maybe Lowry owns. Thoughts?

I think you're on to something.

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Spring Break My Heart
Feb 15, 2012

EvanTH posted:

nm i found it it's the fast shy brown butterfly
https://gfycat.com/FastShyBrownbutterfly

MOVIE MAJICK
Jan 4, 2012

by Pragmatica
Here's some players that are better than Steph Curry

Doltos
Dec 28, 2005

🤌🤌🤌

MOVIE MAJICK posted:

Here's some players that are better than Steph Curry



Hot take: Stephs not the best player on the Warriors in their current set up

Second hot take: They really gotta ship Klay Thompson out of there and get a better center if they want Durant to play like he does

Metapod
Mar 18, 2012
Abrines made 5 threes yesterday which makes me very happy because it might mean it is starting to click

Punkin Spunkin
Jan 1, 2010
Who's steph curry?

tanglewood1420
Oct 28, 2010

The importance of this mission cannot be overemphasized

Doltos posted:

Hot take: Stephs not the best player on the Warriors in their current set up

Second hot take: They really gotta ship Klay Thompson out of there and get a better center if they want Durant to play like he does

I almost feel that saying Steph is better than Durant is the hot take now. Hasn't the consensus moved pretty firmly to the side of KD being better?

BWV
Feb 24, 2005


MOVIE MAJICK posted:

Here's some players that are better than Steph Curry



Data don't lie.

dokmo
Aug 27, 2006

:stat:man
I don't know what hot takes are but Durant has always been better, I don't know many who would dispute that.

morestuff
Aug 2, 2008

You can't stop what's coming
Oof

https://twitter.com/JHolasHoops/status/811961888703512577

Doltos
Dec 28, 2005

🤌🤌🤌

tanglewood1420 posted:

I almost feel that saying Steph is better than Durant is the hot take now. Hasn't the consensus moved pretty firmly to the side of KD being better?

It's an argument of who has more haters. I just think Durant's skillset is vastly superior to Steph's and pretty much always has been. Hell they pretty much have identical games too, look at these shot charts:

Durant:


Steph:


The only way I can tell the difference is amount of shots beyond the arc but the areas are pretty much the same. They both shoot 3's at about the same efficiency and Durant gets into the paint on cuts and drives better. Durant's mid-range pick and pop is better too, I think.

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

Take me to your Shida

Punkin Spunkin posted:

Who's steph curry?

The first Unanimous MVP in league history to lose a 3-1 lead in the NBA finals

euphronius
Feb 18, 2009


God drat

Ouch

EvanTH
Apr 24, 2004

i like to express my inner pain by being really boring on the phone
or just when i'm kickin it
that's me though
i'm kind of oddddddd


dokmo posted:

I don't know what hot takes are but Durant has always been better, I don't know many who would dispute that.

Steph Curry hype was out of control last year and it took strong pushback from incredibly brave posters like myself to diminish it. Everyone reasonable recognized Steph wasn't even the best player on his team and Durant's addition made him maybe third best.

euphronius
Feb 18, 2009

Well bogut is gone so he's still second best.

Metapod
Mar 18, 2012

Doltos posted:

It's an argument of who has more haters. I just think Durant's skillset is vastly superior to Steph's and pretty much always has been. Hell they pretty much have identical games too, look at these shot charts:

Durant:


Steph:


The only way I can tell the difference is amount of shots beyond the arc but the areas are pretty much the same. They both shoot 3's at about the same efficiency and Durant gets into the paint on cuts and drives better. Durant's mid-range pick and pop is better too, I think.

please don't make me go on a long post about how absolutely wrong it is to say durant and steph have identical games

Halfling Wizard Bear
Oct 12, 2003

I have a competition in me. I want no one else to succeed. I hate most people.

euphronius posted:

God drat

Ouch

quote:

Karl also took aim in “Furious George’’ at former Nuggets, and ex-Knicks, J.R. Smith and Kenyon Martin. He branded the trio of Anthony, Smith and Martin as “AAU babies’’ — akin to “the spoiled brats you see in junior golf and junior tennis.’’ Karl also referred to Smith’s entourage as “a posse’’ — a phrase that got Knicks president Phil Jackson in hot water when he used it regarding LeBron James’ managers.

Sounds like a few hundred pages of Old Man Yells At Cloud

Pungry
Feb 26, 2011

JUST PICK ONE. ANY ONE.

Halfling Wizard Bear posted:

Sounds like a few hundred pages of Old Man Yells At Cloud

Sounds like a man trying to manufacture drama to sell a book.

RCarr
Dec 24, 2007

The spoiled brats thing sounds pretty spot on IMO.

Niwrad
Jul 1, 2008

On one hand Karl is a dick, on the other he is right about Carmelo caring more about the spotlight than winning.

Papercut
Aug 24, 2005

Niwrad posted:

On one hand Karl is a dick, on the other he is right about Carmelo caring more about the spotlight than winning.

Yeah but that's true of Karl too so....

Niwrad
Jul 1, 2008

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/18325504/zach-lowe-los-angeles-lakers-dangelo-russell-luke-walton-nba

quote:

The disastrous deals for Timofey Mozgov and Luol Deng will make it hard for the Lakers to fit even one max-level deal signed after 2017, and almost impossible to absorb two. (The Lakers badly overpaid for Deng; Washington had traction with Deng on a three-year deal worth $20 million less overall than L.A. ended up paying, and was stunned to learn of L.A.'s offer, according to several league sources.)

I didn't realize Luol Deng got paid that much. Holy poo poo! Is there an amnesty in the new CBA?

Artic Puma
Jun 22, 2007

Chef Curry with the pot, boy!
The warriors shouldn't get rid of Klay, they should get rid of Durant. http://www.espn.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=jdg9257



I'm only like 95% joking

morestuff
Aug 2, 2008

You can't stop what's coming

Niwrad posted:

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/18325504/zach-lowe-los-angeles-lakers-dangelo-russell-luke-walton-nba


I didn't realize Luol Deng got paid that much. Holy poo poo! Is there an amnesty in the new CBA?

Nope

Dexo
Aug 15, 2009

A city that was to live by night after the wilderness had passed. A city that was to forge out of steel and blood-red neon its own peculiar wilderness.
Like sure, Carmelo is probably a bit of a glory hound. But George Karl shouldn't throw stones at glass houses.
*insert snake emoji here* *insert grass emoji here*

Also don't loving use racist codewords.

NickRoweFillea
Sep 27, 2012

doin thangs

euphronius posted:

God drat

Ouch

Wow George Karl is retarded

EvanTH
Apr 24, 2004

i like to express my inner pain by being really boring on the phone
or just when i'm kickin it
that's me though
i'm kind of oddddddd
Here's Melo teaching his son not to play defense:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BONm-_uBTgE/

Here's an excerpt of something Kyle O'Quinn's been doing since at least early November:

No I do not have an explanation.

Dexo
Aug 15, 2009

A city that was to live by night after the wilderness had passed. A city that was to forge out of steel and blood-red neon its own peculiar wilderness.

EvanTH posted:

Here's Melo teaching his son not to play defense:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BONm-_uBTgE/


Look at noted bad person and fatherless Carmelo Anthony not knowing how to be a man....


gently caress off George Karl.

Cool Buff Man
Jul 30, 2006

bitch

Dexo posted:

But George Karl shouldn't throw stones at glass houses.

hahah what the hell

Edit: This is mainly for Evan https://www.google.com/trends/explore?q=stephen%20curry

Dejan Bimble
Mar 24, 2008

we're all black friends
Plaster Town Cop
Carmelo has a posse, I have pictures





Niwrad posted:

I know people joke about Bitcoin but it's easy to use nowadays. Just setup an account at Circle and it's just like Paypal. Everyone in the US who uses a sportsbook overseas uses it with ease.

But use a bitcoin tumbler if you're going to buy legal goods with bitcoin but dont want them traced back to you

Dejan Bimble fucked around with this message at 18:30 on Dec 22, 2016

Dexo
Aug 15, 2009

A city that was to live by night after the wilderness had passed. A city that was to forge out of steel and blood-red neon its own peculiar wilderness.

Cool Buff Man posted:

hahah what the hell

Edit: This is mainly for Evan https://www.google.com/trends/explore?q=stephen%20curry

It's fairly common knowledge that George Karl is a self preserving piece glory hound piece of poo poo.

EvanTH
Apr 24, 2004

i like to express my inner pain by being really boring on the phone
or just when i'm kickin it
that's me though
i'm kind of oddddddd

Dexo posted:

Look at noted bad person and fatherless Carmelo Anthony not knowing how to be a man....


gently caress off George Karl.

George Karl, age 54, circa 2005: If only this 20 year old kid's Dad hadn't died of cancer when he was 2 then I might be able to teach him to play defense. Oh well that's the youth these days with their BET and gang-banging. Really nothing I can do.

Niwrad
Jul 1, 2008

Bulls should blow it up in my opinion. They've only got Jimmy for two more years after this and it's highly unlikely the team will improve by then. His value is probably as high as it will ever get and there are teams like Boston and the Lakers who could probably give up a lot for him.

Also trade Taj. Toronto could really use him and could give up one of the draft picks they have next year (Clippers or their own). Delon Wright, Jared Sullinger, and the Clippers pick for him.

Cool Buff Man
Jul 30, 2006

bitch

Dexo posted:

It's fairly common knowledge that George Karl is a self preserving piece glory hound piece of poo poo.

I was laughing at your attempt at the glass house phrase, George Karl sucks

e: made this sound nicer cuz i wasn't trying to be mean

Cool Buff Man fucked around with this message at 18:42 on Dec 22, 2016

Cool Buff Man
Jul 30, 2006

bitch
I get his hunger but man Chris Bosh needs to stop trying at this point http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2683133-stuck-in-standoff-over-chris-bosh-future-nba-to-create-new-medical-panels

I don't want him dead on the court

Intruder
Mar 5, 2003

I got a taste for blown saves

Niwrad posted:

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/18325504/zach-lowe-los-angeles-lakers-dangelo-russell-luke-walton-nba


I didn't realize Luol Deng got paid that much. Holy poo poo! Is there an amnesty in the new CBA?

Let me see how mu- :stare:

Dejan Bimble
Mar 24, 2008

we're all black friends
Plaster Town Cop

Cool Buff Man posted:

I get his hunger but man Chris Bosh needs to stop trying at this point http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2683133-stuck-in-standoff-over-chris-bosh-future-nba-to-create-new-medical-panels

I don't want him dead on the court

No disrespect to you or Chris Bosh's family, but seeing him dead would be the only thing that would turn my frown upside down, that's because I'm truly :twisted: I like violence, I put nine inch nails under my eye lids

tanglewood1420
Oct 28, 2010

The importance of this mission cannot be overemphasized
Bosh getting released from the Heat, signing for the vet minimum with the Cavs then playing key minutes off the bench in the playoffs, culminating in him hitting the game winning three as time expires in the finals game 7 over Kevin Durant, only for him to have an artery explode in his lung just after release and die as he hits the floor, seeing the ball go in the hoop and know he died as champion, would be pretty awesome.

But on balance, probably not something I will be actively rooting for.

Actively.

DeimosRising
Oct 17, 2005

¡Hola SEA!


Dexo posted:

It's fairly common knowledge that George Karl is a self preserving piece glory hound piece of poo poo.

100% with you on gently caress George Karl but your phone has betrayed you and your attempts at being coherent.

Niwrad posted:

Bulls should blow it up in my opinion. They've only got Jimmy for two more years after this and it's highly unlikely the team will improve by then. His value is probably as high as it will ever get and there are teams like Boston and the Lakers who could probably give up a lot for him.

Also trade Taj. Toronto could really use him and could give up one of the draft picks they have next year (Clippers or their own). Delon Wright, Jared Sullinger, and the Clippers pick for him.

They won't of course, but I kind of agree? Jimmy is good but kind of hard to build around since he's a poor shooter and already in his late 20s. He needs a DeRozen type situation where he has guys who are solar from 3 around him, but Lowry don't grow on trees. It would be too much of a gently caress you to Wade, Rondo, and their agents anyway, unless they could work out a truly apocalyptic mega trade and send them to contenders too (no one wants Rondo).

tanglewood1420 posted:

Bosh getting released from the Heat, signing for the vet minimum with the Cavs then playing key minutes off the bench in the playoffs, culminating in him hitting the game winning three as time expires in the finals game 7 over Kevin Durant, only for him to have an artery explode in his lung just after release and die as he hits the floor, seeing the ball go in the hoop and know he died as champion, would be pretty awesome.

But on balance, probably not something I will be actively rooting for.

Actively.

Same but for Toronto and hell yeah I'm rooting for Chris Bosh, basketball Martyr.

DeimosRising fucked around with this message at 19:16 on Dec 22, 2016

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Dexo
Aug 15, 2009

A city that was to live by night after the wilderness had passed. A city that was to forge out of steel and blood-red neon its own peculiar wilderness.

DeimosRising posted:

100% with you on gently caress George Karl but your phone has betrayed you and your attempts at being coherent.


They won't of course, but I kind of agree? Jimmy is good but kind of hard to build around since he's a poor shooter and already in his late 20s. He needs a DeRozen type situation where he has guys who are solar from 3 around him, but Lowry don't grow on trees. It would be too much of a gently caress you to Wade, Rondo, and their agents anyway, unless they could work out a truly apocalyptic mega trade and send them to contenders too (no one wants Rondo).


Bulls won't blow it up Reinsdorf's are cool as long as games keep selling out.

Paxson doesn't care because he knows he's not getting fired. And Gar is going to do everything in his power to keep his job. Blowing up the team would cause the Reinsdorfs to lose money which would put pressure on Paxson to do something.

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