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Who will win it all next year? This poll is closed. |
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| Spurs |
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165 | 32.93% |
| Thunder |
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76 | 15.17% |
| Clippers |
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54 | 10.78% |
| Warriors |
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50 | 9.98% |
| Rockets |
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23 | 4.59% |
| Lakers |
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133 | 26.55% |
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 New dynasties are formed when the old one is unmade. There are many questions coming into this year's offseason but will any get a satisfying answer?  First is the free agency with some big names and some no names. And for them there are quite a few teams with plenty of cap space this off season with notably the Lakers, Cleveland, Mavericks and potentially the Heat. Will the Miami Big 3 stay put or disband? Will Love get traded before the season starts and to where? Will any team take on Lance Stephenson? Which city does LaLa want to live in? Will Kobe have any teammates to not share the lunch table with or a coach to not listen to? Can the Bulls grab someone to teach Derrick Rose how to play basketball again? Notable big free agents: Lebron James (early temination) Carmelo Anthony (player option) Kyle Lowry Eric Bledsoe (restricted) Luol Deng Lance Stephenson Isaiah Thomas (restricted) Boris Diaw 2 times NBA Champion starting point guard Mario Chalmers Jodie Meeks Royce White Full list here: http://hoopshype.com/free_agency_2014.htm Cap situation of teams here: http://hoopshype.com/salaries.htm In addition to the Lakers the Cavaliers currently do not have a head coach.  The second big thing of the offseason is of course the draft and this year's is to be a very hyped up one. There are better minds and a whole thread to talk about it here so I don't have much to add; because you see the Knicks dislike the general concept of having draft picks. Top 7 picks: 1. Cleveland Cavaliers 2. Milwaukee Bucks 3. Philadelphia 76ers 4. Orlando Magic 5. Utah Jazz 6. Boston Celtics 7. Los Angeles Lakers Draft thread: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3632641  Finally there is the saga of Donald Sterling who has hired a crack team of investigators to unearth the league's dirtiest secrets. Where are the bodies? Is there really a fix? We will find out, or maybe we won't whatever. Important offseason dates: June 16 -- Offseason begins June 23 -- Melo's player option decision deadline June 26 -- The NBA Draft June 30 -- Player option deadline July 1 -- Free Agency begins July 5-11 -- Orlando Summer League July 10 -- Free agents signings start July 11-21 -- Las Vegas Summer League July 18 -- Amnesty provision deadline (notably Carlos Boozer and Kendrick Perkins) August 30-September 14 -- FIBA World Cup of Basketball October 4-24 -- NBA Preseason October 28 -- Offseason ends Remember,  It's y before the a
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Jun 16, 2014 21:04
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I hate the Spurs.
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Jun 16, 2014 21:06
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Weird there's no option for the Wizards in the poll
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Jun 16, 2014 21:07
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What a glorious finals that was
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Jun 16, 2014 21:19
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the_american_dream posted:What a glorious finals that was Woulda been glorious if the Spurs won game 2
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Jun 16, 2014 21:22
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It would have been glorious if weren't a series of blowouts between teams that have already won a billion times now, IMO.
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Jun 16, 2014 21:30
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It's gonna be a sad day when Timmy, Tony, and Manu are no longer teammates. I hope they all retire together and then have a big rear end Starcraft tournament.
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Jun 16, 2014 21:36
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N: Birdman most likely not coming back with the Heat next season. http://sports.yahoo.com/news/report-heats-andersen-decline-option-152030625--nba.html V: I liked Birdman a lot but he's getting on in age and probably not going to be as effective anyways.
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Jun 16, 2014 21:42
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RCarr posted:It's gonna be a sad day when Timmy, Tony, and Manu are no longer teammates. I hope they all retire together and then have a big rear end Starcraft tournament. Tim moves on to his second career as host of Lone Star Clash. Parker becomes a jet pack salesman.
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Jun 16, 2014 21:43
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RCarr posted:It's gonna be a sad day when Timmy, Tony, and Manu are no longer teammates. I hope they all retire together and then have a big rear end Starcraft tournament.
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Jun 16, 2014 21:44
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The Heat need Jodie Meeks.
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Jun 16, 2014 21:45
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I hope the Heat sign Mo Williams.
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Jun 16, 2014 22:06
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the_american_dream posted:What a glorious finals that was Dirk got to play seven games of playoff basketball. Mark Jackson was fired. Boris Diaw did magical things. Great playoffs. I'm pleased.
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Jun 16, 2014 22:10
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Other teams please stay away from Boris and Patty, find your own people to coach up, turn into great role players and leave our team alone. Thanks. Also gently caress off Steve Kerr you cant have Chip.
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Jun 16, 2014 22:10
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Someone in the last thread said this Spurs team will change how nba teams are built. But aren't they super traditional in terms of how they were built. Take an all world big man with 1 1 and build around him with talented perimeter dudes.
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Jun 16, 2014 22:11
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I think the Spurs have already changed how teams are built in that you are probably not going to draft international all-stars at the end of the first or in the second round because everybody has stepped up their international scouting.
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Jun 16, 2014 22:12
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Papercut posted:I hope the Heat sign Mo Williams. I hope the Heat fire Spoelstra and hire Mike Brown.
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Jun 16, 2014 22:13
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Errant Gin Monks posted:Other teams please stay away from Boris and Patty, find your own people to coach up, turn into great role players and leave our team alone. The Spurs don't have much to do with Diaw being good.
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Jun 16, 2014 22:19
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_0wjFP3YsQ Haha, Nate Robinson and Steph Curry. Also Shots Fired(He's right though  ).
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Jun 16, 2014 22:19
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chunkles posted:I think the Spurs have already changed how teams are built in that you are probably not going to draft international all-stars at the end of the first or in the second round because everybody has stepped up their international scouting. While true, Boris Diaw didn't blossom in the NBA until the Spurs picked him up and Patty Mills would've been a wild card on another team before he developed this year. Nobody looked at Splitter twice before this year either. The success of the Spurs is finding great fits into their system and maximizing player potential. What is more worrisome for the Spurs is the poaching of all of the assistant coaches to the other NBA teams. They will be trying to implement the same system elsewhere, picking off players that would fit into that Spurs philosophy. This will probably make it harder for the Spurs to find inherently unselfish players; however, the Spurs are also good at teaching players to be unselfish, so they should come out okay.
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Jun 16, 2014 22:29
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danucleus posted:While true, Boris Diaw didn't blossom in the NBA until the Spurs picked him up and Patty Mills would've been a wild card on another team before he developed this year. Nobody looked at Splitter twice before this year either. The success of the Spurs is finding great fits into their system and maximizing player potential. So Michael Beasley should have been a Spur.
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Jun 16, 2014 22:32
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danucleus posted:While true, Boris Diaw didn't blossom in the NBA until the Spurs picked him up Again, though, this is bullshit. Diaw's been a good player since he won Most Improved in Phoenix. He was bad his final year in Charlotte because he came back fat from the lockout and didn't want to be there, but that's about it.
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Jun 16, 2014 22:35
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I remember the forums making GBS threads themselves because the Spurs got another late steal with Splitter, which they did. Like it was the most predictable god drat thing ever that they would stash a talented overseas player who would later become a major contributor.
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Jun 16, 2014 22:36
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Strawberry Panda posted:So Michael Beasley should have been a Spur. If the Spurs found Beasley to fit somehow, then that might've been the best thing to happen to him; but than again, the Spurs shipped out Stephen Jackson due to his behavior issues so who knows how Beasley would have done?
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Jun 16, 2014 22:38
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morestuff posted:Again, though, this is bullshit. Diaw's been a good player since he won Most Improved in Phoenix. He was bad his final year in Charlotte because he came back fat from the lockout and didn't want to be there, but that's about it. Admittedly I don't know much about Diaw before the lockout season, but I think the point still stands in that the Spurs' strong point is discipline and maximizing player potential. The lockout season Bobcats were probably the anti-thesis to that.
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Jun 16, 2014 22:41
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danucleus posted:If the Spurs found Beasley to fit somehow, then that might've been the best thing to happen to him; but than again, the Spurs shipped out Stephen Jackson due to his behavior issues so who knows how Beasley would have done? Keep in mind that Jackson had a fantastic playoffs the year before the Spurs lost the finals to the Heat.
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Jun 16, 2014 22:43
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Dexo posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_0wjFP3YsQ They should've forwarded that tweet to Paul Pierce, the father of pubey facial hair.
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Jun 16, 2014 22:50
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Dexo posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_0wjFP3YsQ It looks so weird to see Dwyane written like that
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Jun 16, 2014 23:03
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Strawberry Panda posted:The Heat need Jodie Meeks. He was really the Lakers' best player when Pau was in 2013 or suffereing from vertigo but more flashier players got all the attention.
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Jun 16, 2014 23:33
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Internet keeps talking about Melo to the Heat, but what about LeBron opting out? Put LeBron on any other Eastern Conference team and that team makes the Finals. Why wouldn't he go somewhere else where he would actually get paid max money instead of taking a discount to play with the corpse of Dwyane Wade? At the very least he should opt-out so that Miami re-signs him to a max deal.
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Jun 16, 2014 23:41
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ChickenMedium posted:Internet keeps talking about Melo to the Heat, but what about LeBron opting out? Put LeBron on any other Eastern Conference team and that team makes the Finals. Why wouldn't he go somewhere else where he would actually get paid max money instead of taking a discount to play with the corpse of Dwyane Wade? At the very least he should opt-out so that Miami re-signs him to a max deal.
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Jun 16, 2014 23:44
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Lebron doesn't need to take a paycut to get the max with Miami, they have his bird rights.
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Jun 16, 2014 23:49
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Dexo posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_0wjFP3YsQ Watching this made me realise 1) I'd never before seen Cousins smile and 2) he looks really friendly when he smiles 
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Jun 17, 2014 00:02
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Rick posted:He was really the Lakers' best player when Pau was in 2013 or suffereing from vertigo but more flashier players got all the attention. I know he's one of those players that I inexplicably really like and follow.
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Jun 17, 2014 00:08
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nachos posted:I remember the forums making GBS threads themselves because the Spurs got another late steal with Splitter, which they did. Like it was the most predictable god drat thing ever that they would stash a talented overseas player who would later become a major contributor. Maybe if I time it right...
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Jun 17, 2014 00:13
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From some twitter: In ESPN interview, Kobe also brought up unprompted about Tim Duncan possibly getting 6th ring before him: "I'm not okay with that."
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Jun 17, 2014 00:15
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OP you forgot reigning Olympic Scoring Champion and NBA Champ Patty Mills in your list of big free agents. He could very well dupe some team into giving him Gary Neal Money or more.
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Jun 17, 2014 00:18
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Blazer fans were nuts about Patty Mills long before he sniffed a Spurs uniform San Antonio didn't discover Diaw. He was pretty drat key for Phoenix, especially the year Amare was out. They did reinvigorate his career after his stint in Charlotte were he got fat(ter) and gave zero fucks People knew about Splitter. He wasn't some unknown. What other teams didn't want to deal with was his buyout/contract situation. The Spurs made a shrewd decision that paid off really well but it wasn't like they took some guy from Qatar that no one ever heard of who turned out to be great
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Jun 17, 2014 00:20
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WhyteRyce posted:San Antonio didn't discover Diaw. He was pretty drat key for Phoenix, especially the year Amare was out. They did reinvigorate his career after his stint in Charlotte were he got fat(ter) and gave zero fucks He was actually pretty good in Charlotte, too, the lockout just ruined him. 
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Jun 17, 2014 00:23
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WhyteRyce posted:but it wasn't like they took some guy from Qatar that no one ever heard of who turned out to be great That would be Danny Green.
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