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Igor Strelkov posted:Add someone from the top five of the next two drafts and they could be even better. As long as Flip doesn't blow it. Flip's drafted pretty well. He traded Trey Burke for Shabazz and Dieng, which is looking like a brilliant deal right now. LaVine isn't setting the world on fire, but he does look like he could become a decent rotation piece and I think I like him more than any of the guys taken in the next 5 or so (I guess Nurkic looks better, but at the time of drafting he wouldn't have seen the floor). The only bad move Flip's made is getting Thad Young, but that was completely the ownership with their stupid goal of winning the same number of games post Love to prove some stupid point. In a vacuum that trade wasn't that bad, Thad Young is a better player than the late pick they'd expect from the Heat, but it just made no sense for the Wolves. Death By The Blues posted:Okafor would be a great fit for them. They have good perimeter/individual defenders in Rubio and Wiggins so Okafor doesn't need to be a rim protector or have defenses heavily rely on him. They need some rim protection right now, every team in the league does with today's PGs, though Dieng looks like he might become a plus in that area soon. If Thad leaves, Wolves need a PF or a defensive big. Obviously, you get #1 you probably take Okafor regardless. Lockback fucked around with this message at 15:16 on Jan 2, 2015 |
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Blinkman987 posted:India and the Middle East are a few thousand km apart, so that's cool. Someone once told me naan and pitas were the same thing
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WhyteRyce posted:Someone once told me naan and pitas were the same thing You punched that cracker right in his lilly white face, right?
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Lockback posted:You punched that cracker right in his lilly white face, right? Was a super Chinese dude. Or Japanese. Same poo poo.
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The AJC is reporting the Hawks are about to be sold. It'll be interesting to see if it's to a local group, they seem like the most likely candidate for relocation right now. Still tricky, though:quote:[U]nder the terms of the new bond agreement, the Hawks cannot leave Philips Arena for at least seven years even if they pay off the bonds in their entirety. If the Hawks do leave, there's a $75 million "early termination penalty" that the Spirit or the new owners that want a team elsewhere would be socked with. [...] morestuff fucked around with this message at 17:40 on Jan 2, 2015 |
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If the franchise was gunna move you'd think they'd float out rumors first to dampen any blowback, but maybe not with the Hawks... Other news, Kevin Martin may be close to returning, get the NBA Trade Machine fired up! http://www.startribune.com/sports/blogs/287302981.html
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Lockback posted:If the franchise was gunna move you'd think they'd float out rumors first to dampen any blowback, but maybe not with the Hawks... kevin martin for carl landry and maybe some picks involved. it will happen
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Niwrad posted:Why is Nate Robinson so bad now? He's always been pretty bad
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Does the selling of the Hawks make them a likely candidate to be moved? Their support is weak, but it's still a huge market and a good basketball team.
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they and the Bucks are the only teams I can envision moving now that Ranadive bought the Kings and Seattle still really wants (and should have) a team, so yeah it's definitely possible.
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Wouldn't you react the same way if you had a coach you finally liked and respected, the team was winning, you got meningitis and then everything was ripped away from you and replaced with Tyrone Corbin. I don't blame Boogie, the Malone firing was baffling and no good answer was really given.
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crazycello posted:Does the selling of the Hawks make them a likely candidate to be moved? Their support is weak, but it's still a huge market and a good basketball team. The city is big but it's generally a pretty bad pro-sports market. A bigger problem would be how to manage the "East to West" move. You could slide Minnesota, NO, or Memphis east. NO and Memphis are further east, but MN would make more sense in a division with Milwaukee and Chicago.
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Spoeank posted:I don't blame Boogie, the Malone firing was baffling and no good answer was really given. The Stauskus video is all the answer you need. Ranadive is surrounded by sycophantic yes men which doesn't work if you think you know how to run a basketball team. Same issue with Dolan. Ranadive probably got it in his head that the Kings are a top 3 team in the West, his team wasn't lighting the world on fire, and so he convinced himself it must be the coaches fault, not the eh roster he was building. Shame too because the Kings looked like they were finally trending up.
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Lockback posted:The city is big but it's generally a pretty bad pro-sports market. A bigger problem would be how to manage the "East to West" move. You could slide Minnesota, NO, or Memphis east. Memphis probably makes the most sense if you want to do as little realignment as possible, though
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Ranadive seems like he is trying to follow the Warriors plan. Even taking Malone and Mullin away from them. Then he saw that the Warriors were one of the highest paced teams and thought it would be a good fit with the Kings
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IcePhoenix posted:Memphis probably makes the most sense if you want to do as little realignment as possible, though I wish that New Orleans was in the Southeast instead of Washington. In this situation I don't know what team would go West but it'd be fun to see New Orleans try to make rivalries with Charlotte and Atlanta. Edit: The only way I could imagine this happening is two expansion teams added to the West, New Orleans moving to the East, OKC joining the best division, and one of the new West teams being Seattle. Spacebump fucked around with this message at 21:41 on Jan 2, 2015 |
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Lockback posted:The city is big but it's generally a pretty bad pro-sports market. A bigger problem would be how to manage the "East to West" move. You could slide Minnesota, NO, or Memphis east.
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Anthony Davis running the East for the next decade would be cool, too.
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Lockback posted:If the franchise was gunna move you'd think they'd float out rumors first to dampen any blowback, but maybe not with the Hawks... I wonder if he'll be scoring 20 points per game like he was before the injury
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Igor Strelkov posted:I wonder if he'll be scoring 20 points per game like he was before the injury Shabazz and Wiggins are getting more touches, so probably not, but that team needs anyone who can play competently so I think he'll still look good.
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http://www.nba.com/raptors/derozan-practices-raptors-nears-return-lineupquote:The Toronto Raptors kicked off their first practice of 2015 with a welcome addition to the fray. DeMar DeRozan went through his first full session since sustaining a torn left adductor longus tendon in a loss against the Dallas Mavericks on November 28th.
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Spoeank posted:Wouldn't you react the same way if you had a coach you finally liked and respected, the team was winning, you got meningitis and then everything was ripped away from you and replaced with Tyrone Corbin. Remember that the FO isn't talking to anyone. The players found out about Malone from Twitter and found out that Corbin was locked in for the year from Twitter. No players have any idea what is going on.
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Vertical Lime posted:they've rightfully given up Why even have the game
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Man I am excited to see that box score. JR Smith gonna shoot 40 times.
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Vertical Lime posted:they've rightfully given up Just pick 5 guys from the stands, they can't be any worse at not running the magical triangle.
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Why do the Knicks even exist? Even the Post has given up on making fun of them. They'd rather talk about the Jets. That has to be the final straw.
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Clutch is running a half marathon in the mascot gear again to support the cause of organ donation. Dude is nuts, and that's why he is the best.
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Vertical Lime posted:they've rightfully given up Lookin forward to see them just lay down and die on the battlefield like real warriors.
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hitze posted:Fancy ways to look at shooting This is awesome. Also Chris Paul is really good.
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Larry Sanders is out indefinitely for "personal reasons," according to Jason Kidd. cfgardner @cf_gardner · 11 minutes ago I asked for details: Kidd said, "It's just personal. There's nothing I can give you more. That's the way the question will be answered." Zach Lowe @ZachLowe_NBA · 6 minutes ago Kidd used this same language re "personal reasons" last season w/ Blatche, and it was code for Kidd telling him to stay away from the team.
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hitze posted:Fancy ways to look at shooting Dope Curry and Wes Matthews are the only all red ones
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