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Calling that fan fic is just sour grapes. Let a guy attempt some style. Current sports writing paradigm is extremely dull and anodyne
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Paracaidas posted:The Ringer is out with their top 125 NBA player list. Due to forum rules on encouraging selfharm, I'm not linking it. smh not having Kyle Anderson in the top 100
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Mar 14, 2023 19:34
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Dejan Bimble posted:Calling that fan fic is just sour grapes. Let a guy attempt some style. Current sports writing paradigm is extremely dull and anodyne quote:No player has broken out this season quite like Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, whose barrage of floaters, layups, and difficult pull-up jumpers are as idiosyncratic as they are unstoppable. Leading a small-market rebuild as their 24-year-old veteran, SGA’s per-game numbers are across-the-board silly, from the first quarter through crunch time.
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Mar 14, 2023 19:36
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Dejan Bimble posted:Calling that fan fic is just sour grapes. Let a guy attempt some style. Current sports writing paradigm is extremely dull and anodyne It's extremely well-written it just is so effusive it feels like I'm being sold an MLM product.
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Mar 14, 2023 19:37
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Rick posted:It's extremely well-written it just is so effusive it feels like I'm being sold an MLM product. Yeah denver is a mid level market so it makes sense
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Mar 14, 2023 19:40
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Being hyperbolic about the highest level of players seems fine. I don't think it's necessarily that different than what you would've written about the #1 ranked player in any given year.
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Mar 14, 2023 20:14
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I hope Ja gets the help he needs and figures poo poo out. He seems to be moving into the right direction at least.
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Mar 14, 2023 20:16
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Ammanas posted:he is dumb but that doesnt mean he's wrong. fwiw he called the Kings a playoff (not play-in) team early in the season, about the only good call I've seen him make in a while Whether he's dumb or not, he said that on the Windhorst podcast a full week ago, so it's dumb that it's getting re-aggregated.
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Mar 14, 2023 20:17
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So I'm starting to look at matchups because I always get so excited by the first couple rounds of the NBA playoffs. For the West I think the top-3 are probably the top-3, though I think the Kings will overtake the Grizz for the 2 spot. I'd still put money on the Suns at #3 as the Warriors have 8 of the last 13 away. Watching the Wolves the most, I'm assuming they'll be somewhere in the 6-8 group(shot at #5 but a lot has to go right) and I am kinda assuming they get through the play-in regardless. I'd like to avoid Denver completely (that might be a sweep), I feel like Sac is a really good team but the Wolves match up well against them, so if the Wolves end up #7 that might be ok. Grizzlies I feel like I'd like to avoid but last year's series was amazing and no JJJ will be huge if KAT is actually on the floor. I don't want to play the Suns but wouldn't mind at all facing the Warriors. At the East I don't see how the top 4 don't all get to the 2nd round, with the POSSIBLE exception of a Knicks/Cavs 4-5 round but I think the Cavs are just the better team overall, even if the Knicks are heating up. I think the first round for the West is going to be great and the East might be a little boring.
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Mar 14, 2023 21:34
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Dejan Bimble posted:Yeah denver is a mid level market so it makes sense
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Mar 14, 2023 21:36
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Hot or mild take, Ja wasn't making all-nba even if this never happened. At best he'd make third team, and even that's a maybe.
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Mar 14, 2023 23:28
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Tae posted:Hot or mild take, Ja wasn't making all-nba even if this never happened. At best he'd make third team, and even that's a maybe. I'd say Luca, Steph, Donovan, Devin, Ja The gun stuff/not playing could put Shae, Jalen or even Kyrie above him
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Mar 15, 2023 00:01
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I know his team is going nowhere, but Dame has to be in there somewhere.
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Mar 15, 2023 00:09
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I’m really pulling for the Kings this year, what a great story. Which means of course they will get absolutely destroyed. Sorry about that.
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Mar 15, 2023 00:15
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Bip Roberts posted:I'd say Luca, Steph, Donovan, Devin, Ja I'd put Shae above him regardless. Kyrie has a really good argument too. Ja started the season red hot but cooled a lot down the stretch. Jack's Flow posted:I know his team is going nowhere, but Dame has to be in there somewhere. Yeah Dame too, again even without Ja ending his season Dame is playing better. Portland isn't even that bad of a team, there's just a glut of teams that are a little bit better.
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Mar 15, 2023 00:19
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I wouldve put shae above ja a month ago
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Mar 15, 2023 00:20
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I looked up Booker & Curry and they’ve only played 41 and 43 games…they should not be all-nba
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Mar 15, 2023 00:23
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de curry GOAT posted:I looked up Booker & Curry and they’ve only played 41 and 43 games…they should not be all-nba It’s okay I’ve been repeatedly informed this never happens
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Mar 15, 2023 00:26
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Both those teams have 13-14 games left
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Mar 15, 2023 00:30
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Was Dirk the last player to make an all-NBA team but not the All Star team? (2001 season) I feel like there might have been two other players since but have forgotten.
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Mar 15, 2023 00:35
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Spacebump posted:Was Dirk the last player to make an all-NBA team but not the All Star team? (2001 season) I feel like there might have been two other players since but have forgotten. Siakam last year.
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Mar 15, 2023 00:36
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Lockback posted:Both those teams have 13-14 games left 55 games??? please deaaron fox is at 60 games right now and his club is above both
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Eratik posted:Siakam last year. Thank you. I can't believe I forgot that happened last year. I just remembered it happened to Marc Gasol in 2013.
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Mar 15, 2023 00:39
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Andrew Bogut and I believe DeAndre Jordan have also pulled the all-NBA but no all-star feat. Speaks a lot to the death of the traditional center position.
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Mar 15, 2023 00:57
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de curry GOAT posted:I looked up Booker & Curry and they’ve only played 41 and 43 games…they should not be all-nba Take it to the cspam thread
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Mar 15, 2023 02:02
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de curry GOAT posted:55 games??? please Thank you. I’ll allow Dame and Shai, but absolutely not Kyrie or whichever Jalen is being referred to over Fox
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Tae posted:Hot or mild take, Ja wasn't making all-nba even if this never happened. At best he'd make third team, and even that's a maybe. You get the contract kicker Stuff even for third team, ask Bradley Beal
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Mar 15, 2023 02:31
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hifi posted:Take it to the cspam thread wow thats still a thing. does euphronius agree with me? hmm well, it seems he knows ball
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Mar 15, 2023 02:31
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Bally Sports declared bankruptcy today, doesn't seem like it will have any short-term impact on airing games but a good chunk of the league has their local broadcast on one Bally channel or another. https://cordcuttersnews.com/bally-sports-just-declared-bankruptcy-the-death-of-rsns/ Porfiriato fucked around with this message at 02:54 on Mar 15, 2023 |
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Mar 15, 2023 02:51
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It’s so nice of the Nuggets to see that everyone else in their conference is going through it right now and saying “you know what, we’re gonna suck now too, out of solidarity”
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Mar 15, 2023 03:06
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It's like it's 2018 again, AD put up 35&17 and the Pelicans still lost
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the pelicans dont seem very good without zion. it seems they've been in freefall since his injury.
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Seams posted:the pelicans dont seem very good without zion. it seems they've been in freefall since his injury. Kibner can tell you better but they're also without many other guys. And they were doing well without zion earlier this year when the rest o the roster was still healthy. But yeah season Outta hell
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Seams posted:the pelicans dont seem very good without zion. it seems they've been in freefall since his injury. They were really good last year without Zion and basically the same team but this year there's a lot of other things that also have gone wrong and othe rplayers who have got hurt since Zion went down.
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Double post ? by two separate posters
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lmao
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33-36 also isn't putrid. I think people were expecting too much out of them even with Zion, but its extra tough without your main engine. I also think the NBA is just tougher this season vs last.
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Dejan Bimble posted:Kibner can tell you better but they're also without many other guys. And they were doing well without zion earlier this year when the rest o the roster was still healthy. But yeah season Outta hell Rick posted:They were really good last year without Zion and basically the same team but this year there's a lot of other things that also have gone wrong and othe rplayers who have got hurt since Zion went down.  Yeah, it's been a whole bunch of things. CJ playing through a finger injury on his shooting hand, Nance being in and out of injury reports, Jose in and out because of injury, Herb in and out because of injury, Dyson in and out because of injury (has been positively impactful as a rookie!), Ingram in and out because of injury, everybody on the roster going through shooting slumps at the same time, and coach Green not really getting the team to run a quality offense which has been leading to lots of bad iso's which has lead to some poor defense. And, yeah, they were holding their own without Zion for like 10+ games. And then everyone started getting injured, leading to more usage on other guys who weren't quite ready for the increased workload, leading to more usage on other guys who weren't ready for the increased workload to a larger degree, etc. Just a whole bunch of unfortunate poo poo other than the offense being stuck in the mud because either the scheme sucks or the players suck at consistently moving without the ball and then receiving the ball on the move/open.
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It’s a bummer cause I liked watching them in the few matches I saw early on in the season. Plus I like them simply because it’s funny they’re called the Pelicans
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