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Kibner posted:Did they actually get him? I know the Celtics are really looking at him, too. I was premature because I read it happened on hoopshype https://www.yahoo.com/news/reports-buyout-greg-monroe-leaning-235549841.html Apparently he's only "strongly leaning" toward New Orleans WhyteRyce posted:The Twin Towers line-up worked in spite of the era of small-ball because Cousins and Davis are some of the best basketball players on the planet. Monroe is significantly less so Monroe + Drummond + Jennings destroyed the NBA for two weeks before jennings achilles tear Monroe is one of the best big passers in the NBA and great at boxing out or rebounding. Just because his last two coaches have had a personal vendetta against him doesn't mean he's not a good player. He's not a guard in a center's body like Cousins, but he's a solid starting center, and will save some wear and tear on Davis. Davis at 5 and Mirotic at 4 should be interesting too
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Kibner posted:He would still be taking minutes that would otherwise be going to Dante Cunningham and Chieck Diallo. He'd be a solid pickup for a team just devastated by an injury and short on talent but I don't think it'll be a "80% of Cousins, so plug-and-play for 80% the production". They are going to have to get a little more creative in their lineups since you can't play him for 40 minutes and expect him to drop 3 point bombs to cover defensive deficiencies.
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Feb 2, 2018 02:37
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https://twitter.com/NBAonTNT/status/959236556899930112 Markkanen being in this instead of the 3PT competition is weird. My money's on Dinwiddie!
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xbilkis posted:
Markkanen is barely shooting over 36%
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WhyteRyce posted:He'd be a solid pickup for a team just devastated by an injury and short on talent but I don't think it'll be a "80% of Cousins, so plug-and-play for 80% the production". They are going to have to get a little more creative in their lineups since you can't play him for 40 minutes and expect him to drop 3 point bombs to cover defensive deficiencies. Oh, definitely. But even when Cousins and Davis are both healthy, the team would like to play them fewer minutes. Not sure he would stick around for that kind of deal after this season, but that would be ok.
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Oh, apparently Malcolm Brogdon suffered a serious non-contact injury a few minutes ago. Bucks people appear to be really worried.
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https://twitter.com/jmcdonald_saen/status/959222049268011008 Now just learn to shoot dude
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morestuff posted:I really would have guessed “whatever team Dwight is on” This was my exact angle, guess I missed Dokmo's followup post like a chump tho
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Feb 2, 2018 03:27
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Shrimp or Shrimps posted:It's just incidental that these end up being smaller players, who then have an advantage over most lumbering bigs in pickle rolls, but not really Anthony Davis who is gazelle-like. NBA February N/V: Pickle Rolls
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Kibner posted:Oh, apparently Malcolm Brogdon suffered a serious non-contact injury a few minutes ago. Bucks people appear to be really worried. It was really weird he went up for a dunk and looked like he blew a spring or something and when he landed he slowly tested his leg out before deciding to go to the floor. Sounded like he said he heard a pop when he jumped. I wasn't paying close attention to the game but I think they said quad injury at some point later in the broadcast.
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Feb 2, 2018 04:05
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i don't think that pels fans are on enough self-loathing irony levels to appreciate niko mirotic
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AggressivelyStupid posted:First Wow. Tough crowd. Contract the Raptors.
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CRISPYBABY posted:Wow. Tough crowd.
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pubic works project posted:Fixed that for you. Last time I checked a few years back his rookie season he kinda sucked, so I'm glad that rectified itself.
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Feb 2, 2018 04:33
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it is sort of amazing how asik and hibbert and all the giant rim protector dudes went from incredibly valuable to fundamentally useless in like three years
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I accidentally followed the GDT instead of this one and I didn't like it. Oladipo is a strong boy. I remember when he first came into the league he was a manic and strange dribbler.
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R.D. Mangles posted:i don't think that pels fans are on enough self-loathing irony levels to appreciate niko mirotic They have a ton of self loathing, just no irony in it.
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Kibner posted:They have a ton of self loathing, just no irony in it. kibner, i want you to tell me what it feels like the first time niko launches a 38-footer for no apparent reason because i need to know what it is like to be alive again
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R.D. Mangles posted:it is sort of amazing how asik and hibbert and all the giant rim protector dudes went from incredibly valuable to fundamentally useless in like three years I think it's mostly cause those guys in particular got hurt and started sucking. Although they've started whistling a bunch of stuff they previously would have allowed under "verticality." But teams still want guys like Capela and I'm sure the Clippers won't have any problem unloading DJ.
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chunkles posted:I think it's mostly cause those guys in particular got hurt and started sucking. Although they've started whistling a bunch of stuff they previously would have allowed under "verticality." But teams still want guys like Capela and I'm sure the Clippers won't have any problem unloading DJ. yeah, i was going to include noah in that as well, although he's an injury casualty. seems to me, though, that there's a lot of big dudes you just can't keep on the floor because they can't guard anyone in small lineups and the rebounding/post-up edge in having a big guy doesn't really seem to matter, especially since those guys had limited offensive skills or are like asik and were born with permanent oven mitts instead of hands
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https://twitter.com/sydneeW_/status/959250422820110336 Bill Russel
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Feb 2, 2018 05:06
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Capella is a good roll guy and finisher. Asik and Hibbert both have stone hands and no post game. You can't really compare them as the same type of player
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loving verticality was the worst and I’m glad it’s dead
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I remember when I used to dream of tim Duncan recruiting Roy Hibbert for the Spurs It's funny how quickly the league changes
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WhyteRyce posted:Capella is a good roll guy and finisher. Asik and Hibbert both have stone hands and no post game. You can't really compare them as the same type of player I guess I feel like there's still room in the rotation for a poo poo offense guy who can defend the P&R at an elite level, just Asik and Hibbert haven't even been good at that recently. But yeah Jordan and Clint "better hook shot than Dwight ever had" Capela are not the example of that. nachos posted:loving verticality was the worst and I’m glad it’s dead 
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R.D. Mangles posted:yeah, i was going to include noah in that as well, although he's an injury casualty. seems to me, though, that there's a lot of big dudes you just can't keep on the floor because they can't guard anyone in small lineups and the rebounding/post-up edge in having a big guy doesn't really seem to matter, especially since those guys had limited offensive skills or are like asik and were born with permanent oven mitts instead of hands A healthy Noah would absolutely still be valuable today, probably still an all-star. Noah guarded out to the perimeter plus was really really good helping on smaller guys driving. Even offensively put-backs are still really efficient and his passing would be more effective with more shooters on the floor. Hibbert was just a weird case of a guy peaking for 18 months and then falling off a cliff, and Asik was probably never as good as we thought. At the end of the day you do need to have more skills than just be big and defend the rim, but it's not like that skill still isn't valuable.
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Asik had offensive value because he was an excellent screen setter even if he wasn't a great roll finisher. Hibbert was never a good PNR player.
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All hail the new savior of the Pistons, Blake Griffin. God Bless Blake
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GobiasIndustries posted:All hail the new savior of the Pistons, Blake Griffin. God Bless Blake https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/959257563849285634
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Feb 2, 2018 05:44
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Drummond is the superior Dre.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ux0Irxb9mDo R.D. Mangles posted:kibner, i want you to tell me what it feels like the first time niko launches a 38-footer for no apparent reason because i need to know what it is like to be alive again It is time to remember the joys of watching Asik struggle to hold onto a basketball like it's greased and exploding. big boi posted:gonna need an example of this Computer monitors, CFLs/LEDs, newer TVS, smart phones, fluorescent lights etc.
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Lockback posted:Hibbert was just a weird case of a guy peaking for 18 months and then falling off a cliff... Hibbert ended up being a big headcase. Footage of him on the bench during that ECF against MIA looked like he was high on PCP or having Vietnam flashbacks. Leah LaBelle had talent and was too young to win the season she was on. Not quite as controversial an elimination as Siobhan Magnus in season nine however. Many quit on the show after that when they realized AI was just about being a ballot stuffing cultist (like the sports leagues too). EMC posted:If Miami win today they will move into third, which means they will play like poo poo and get a Lebron James dicking and lose by 25 Cavs winning by 25 is a tall order these days. They've only done that once the whole season. LBJ is racking up sub-15 GmSc games. Not a good look.
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attn the NBAquote:Marbury plans to stay in shape -- "just in case" an NBA team calls this season http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/22286344/stephon-marbury-tired-retirement-looming-china-basketball-association-season
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Now if LBJ goes to the Warriors just always remember that Wilt went to the Lakers and then right when famous chucker Elgin Baylor got injured they rattled off 33 consecutive wins and the title.KDdidit posted:Congratulations Derrick Rose! That's another HS graduation Rose needs to be able to walk at.
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I'm curious to see what happens with Rose after this season. Never got the impression he loved playing basketball. It feels like the only reason he's still playing is because he's got that giant Adidas contract to honor. But I can't see any team picking him up after this (although him going to China to play would be interesting). I know he gets tossed around in those "what if" scenarios. But I still wonder if he'd really have been that good if he stayed healthy. The game kind of changed and I think he would have struggled regardless.
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