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| The Big3 Tourney |
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67 | 22.41% |
| Will Lakers draft Ball |
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40 | 13.38% |
| Where will the Pauls go |
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54 | 18.06% |
| Will LeBron jump ship to the Spurs or ?? |
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41 | 13.71% |
| Will every team in the league just pivot towards tanking |
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97 | 32.44% |
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The off-season is my regular season
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Jun 13, 2017 14:37
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mastershakeman posted:Has any player besides Durant won a finals MVP immediately after switching teams, either via free agency or trade? Moses Malone in 1983.
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Jun 13, 2017 14:37
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It'd be funny if the Warriors just sent like, Matt Barnes to the White House.
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Jun 13, 2017 14:39
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Didn't Iguodala do it too?
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Jun 13, 2017 14:42
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Henchman of Santa posted:It'd be funny if the Warriors just sent like, Matt Barnes to the White House. To fight Jared. Also so far the only source of that WH snub rumor is the tweet saying it.
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Jun 13, 2017 14:42
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mastershakeman posted:Has any player besides Durant won a finals MVP immediately after switching teams, either via free agency or trade? Im almost positive Moses Malone did
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Jun 13, 2017 14:43
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It's insane how many teams Moses Malone played on considering how great he was. Was he just a mercenary?
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Jun 13, 2017 14:45
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Good. Can't wait for the think pieces on this one!
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Jun 13, 2017 14:45
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mastershakeman posted:Has any player besides Durant won a finals MVP immediately after switching teams, either via free agency or trade? Pau but only in my heart
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Jun 13, 2017 14:46
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Redgrendel2001 posted:That's too bad. Draymond could have dick kicked Trump and become an American folk hero. "It's my natural handshake motion!" (everyone believes him this time)
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Jun 13, 2017 14:47
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Salvor_Hardin posted:Didn't Iguodala do it too? he was already on the warriors for the last year of mark jackson
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Jun 13, 2017 14:50
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only 33 percent of NBA teams have won a finals compared to 50 percent in the NFL and 63 percent in the MLB? yikes contract the league by 66%
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Jun 13, 2017 14:51
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ex post facho posted:only 33 percent of NBA teams have won a finals compared to 50 percent in the NFL and 63 percent in the MLB? yikes Yes, there is no need to keep bad teams around, not when teams that have been good for their entire histories i.e. the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers are dominating the game. Seriously, the fact the two dominant teams right now and Cleveland and Golden State are like, some of the biggest arguments against contraction ever.
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Jun 13, 2017 14:55
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toggle posted:I don't want this Big Ball family near my favourite sports team, thanks  Give me Jackson, we can probably teach him to shoot
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Jun 13, 2017 14:56
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Henchman of Santa posted:It's insane how many teams Moses Malone played on considering how great he was. Was he just a mercenary? Only two real moves were him leaving a team in FA - Houston to Philly when he was a superstar top 5 player in the league, and then Washington to Atlanta when he was post-prime but still a good starter. All the other moves in his early career were trades or the team folding. Everything after Atlanta was just a broken down vet signing for whomever would have him. Malone leaving Houston to sign for Philly was a huge deal. The Rockets went to the Finals in 1981, but then lost in the first round in 1982 even though Malone was the MVP. He teamed up with Dr. J in Philly. who lost to the Magic and Kareem's Lakers in the 82 finals. It'd be like Westbrook leaving OKC as a free agent this summer to sign for the Cavs. tanglewood1420 fucked around with this message at 15:02 on Jun 13, 2017 |
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Jun 13, 2017 14:57
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mastershakeman posted:Has any player besides Durant won a finals MVP immediately after switching teams, either via free agency or trade? I believe my man Moses Malone did it for the Sixers in 83.
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Jun 13, 2017 14:57
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ex post facho posted:only 33 percent of NBA teams have won a finals compared to 50 percent in the NFL and 63 percent in the MLB? yikes Football has a lot of variance and baseball is worthless for anything other than putting on the radio while drinking beer with your old man and explaining why baking makes you happy even if you'll never get rich doing it, imo
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Jun 13, 2017 15:09
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Actually baseball is good
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Jun 13, 2017 15:14
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Who will win MVP in two weeks?
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Jun 13, 2017 15:15
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Declan MacManus posted:Football has a lot of variance and baseball is worthless for anything other than putting on the radio while drinking beer with your old man and explaining why baking makes you happy even if you'll never get rich doing it, imo good points, op
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Jun 13, 2017 15:20
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i kinda think im a spurs fan now. theyre one of the only franchises that has maintained constancy through great FO work without scraping the shook barrel. most of their talent is organic and in house and pop is still the best HC in thr league. i love the nuggets but man it is exhausting knowing your team will never make the finals ever
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Jun 13, 2017 15:24
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i will always hate manu tho. 
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Jun 13, 2017 15:26
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TBeats posted:Who will win MVP in two weeks? It will be the greatest player of all time, and King of not being shook, NBA Champion Kevin Durant.
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Jun 13, 2017 15:33
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of all the times to get off the nuggets bandwagon, why now, a time where you guys have an incredibly exciting and unique young player with star potential.
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Jun 13, 2017 15:39
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mastershakeman posted:Has any player besides Durant won a finals MVP immediately after switching teams, either via free agency or trade? Iggy, maybe? E; proven wrong Kibner fucked around with this message at 15:42 on Jun 13, 2017 |
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Jun 13, 2017 15:40
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Paul Zuvella posted:of all the times to get off the nuggets bandwagon, why now, a time where you guys have an incredibly exciting and unique young player with star potential. He's shook
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Jun 13, 2017 15:42
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Metapod posted:He's shook Like, if I'm a fan of a bad and/or small market team I look at the Golden State Warriors and go "Hey, this means this could happen to my team!" They drafted 3/4 of their stars and got a 4th despite historically being a huge loving joke of a franchise.
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Jun 13, 2017 15:43
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Paul Zuvella posted:Like, if I'm a fan of a bad and/or small market team I look at the Golden State Warriors and go "Hey, this means this could happen to my team!" They drafted 3/4 of their stars and got a 4th despite historically being a huge loving joke of a franchise. They have five titles.
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Jun 13, 2017 15:44
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Congratulations to the good Golden State Warrior! https://twitter.com/JaValeMcGee34/status/874498236613926912
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Jun 13, 2017 15:48
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The Warriors are just coming in from a hard negotiation stance initially because they know they have to make a deal with The Don. If he wants to shake hands with them in the White House they are going to need Sessions to relax his draconian attempts to implement harsher penalties for smoking the devil's lettuce.
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Jun 13, 2017 15:49
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TBeats posted:They have five titles. From 1980- 2013 they had two 50 win seasons.
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Jun 13, 2017 15:51
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Paul Zuvella posted:Like, if I'm a fan of a bad and/or small market team I look at the Golden State Warriors and go "Hey, this means this could happen to my team!" They drafted 3/4 of their stars and got a 4th despite historically being a huge loving joke of a franchise. yo the nuggets have never even made a finals lol oh and they're owned by the kroenkes
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Jun 13, 2017 16:01
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sides i fully reserve the right to reassert my fandom its just kinda gonna be a cicada-like dormancy until lebron and curry retire cause what's the point for the next 3-5 years?
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Jun 13, 2017 16:02
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Fast Luck posted:Congratulations to the good Golden State Warrior! Javale being an NBA champ makes this all all right imo
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Jun 13, 2017 16:12
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What NBA teams came close to the Warriors in terms of accumulating star power in a single season? It feels like there have been a ton of "great" teams that had 2-3 stars of varying levels and then some guys, but I can't really think of another example where a team was seen as such a blatant cheat code in the last 30 years.
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Jun 13, 2017 16:13
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sean10mm posted:What NBA teams came close to the Warriors in terms of accumulating star power in a single season? It feels like there have been a ton of "great" teams that had 2-3 stars of varying levels and then some guys, but I can't really think of another example where a team was seen as such a blatant cheat code in the last 30 years. The Heat acquired Bosh and Lebron, which is better than 1 Durant
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Jun 13, 2017 16:14
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Warriors won 73 games last year with the unanimous MVP and they had to go out and get a loving ringer,  But seriously it's insane that LeBron averaged a Russell Westbrook in the Finals and got handily gentlemen-swept.
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Jun 13, 2017 16:15
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sean10mm posted:What NBA teams came close to the Warriors in terms of accumulating star power in a single season? It feels like there have been a ton of "great" teams that had 2-3 stars of varying levels and then some guys, but I can't really think of another example where a team was seen as such a blatant cheat code in the last 30 years. I don't even feel like they cheated. They made wise pickups with vets, developed their own elite talent, and then finally added a piece because the first two steps allowed them a lot of cap space. It's no different than the Heat except it took them two years of the big 3 to add the vets. I see no difference between the Heat signing Lebron/Bosh while already having Wade and the Warriors picking up Durant.
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Jun 13, 2017 16:17
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sean10mm posted:What NBA teams came close to the Warriors in terms of accumulating star power in a single season? It feels like there have been a ton of "great" teams that had 2-3 stars of varying levels and then some guys, but I can't really think of another example where a team was seen as such a blatant cheat code in the last 30 years. Maybe the way the Celtics and Lakers stockpiled assets in the 80s? The Lakers getting Worthy was pretty crazy considering how good they were already. Walton to the Celtics was pretty cool too but he was more like Malone going to the 2000s Lakers. Had Bias not died maybe that Celtic team? But in all those cases it was just adding one guy to an already HoF team, which I guess is the same as the Warriors unless your counting Durant as well as Javale.
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Jun 13, 2017 16:17
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Doltos posted:I don't even feel like they cheated. They made wise pickups with vets, developed their own elite talent, and then finally added a piece because the first two steps allowed them a lot of cap space. It's no different than the Heat except it took them two years of the big 3 to add the vets. I see no difference between the Heat signing Lebron/Bosh while already having Wade and the Warriors picking up Durant. To be clear, I don't mean they literally cheated. I don't hate them for accumulating talent like they did. I just mean in terms of how subjectively unfair the roster was vs. everybody else in the league.
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Jun 13, 2017 16:18
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