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Dexo posted:Ah yes because there were so many Shaq or Ewing quality players. Lmao loving hell. The dumb Wilt Chamberlain argument getting updated, and set to the golden age of centers no less, is something I'd never thought I'd live to see.
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Rick posted:Lmao loving hell. The dumb Wilt Chamberlain argument getting updated, and set to the golden age of centers no less, is something I'd never thought I'd live to see. Huh? What is the dumb Wilt Chamberlain argument?
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Dexo posted:Huh? I assume that he was good because everyone guarding him was a 5'10" car salesman
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Oh no I reserve that mocking for Bob Cousy highlights. Im not saying every center was trash, I'm saying Shaq, Ewing, Hakeem etc etc were special talents. Also I was mostly being flip when I said center. I was mostly talking stylistically of keeping him in the post like bigs tended to operate back then.
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Dexo posted:Huh? I just find it really hard to give a poo poo about that. Are we supposed to asterisk his 100-point game or something?
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Aren't a lot of "unicorns" very much patterned off of Hakeem? I feel like he could adjust to a modern game better than most. He'd only been playing competitive basketball a few years when he was picked, right? And he still surpassed expectations for bigs; now that stretch bigs are common, it's not hard to fathom him being a reasonably good 3 shooter.
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euphronius posted:No one remembers Ralph Sampson. I do. He played in the 86 finals that my dad got me the DVD box set for. 
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big boi posted:The difference for me is that Durant pretends that it was just a culture decision and that he never discussed the possibility of rings with people when choosing GSW. Therefore people just don't understand and are being super unfair to him. It's the most obnoxious position possible -- at least LeBron was open about wanting to win a billion championships. That and: -KD joined an already completed team that was perhaps the greatest team ever. He didn't form a new core. -KD's former team could have been a Warriors rival for years if he'd stayed. -To me the worst part is to this day KD acts like what he did was the hard path. I HATED LeBron after The Decision (which was dumb of me) but LeBron never insulted my intelligence.
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El Gallinero Gros posted:Aren't a lot of "unicorns" very much patterned off of Hakeem? Hakeem started at 17 and was drafted after 3 years in college . Hakeem and Durant are the most famous 6'9" people who are 7" tall as well
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Moses Malone taught Hakeem how to play NBA ball in Houston.
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KD just wanted a chance to Tell His Story and Syngergize with like-minded Creatives to generate his own Original Content.
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Dexo posted:Oh no I reserve that mocking for Bob Cousy highlights. Those rule, dude barely used his left hand and couldn't look up while he drbbled and racist dudes from Boston still think he was the best ballhandler of all time MourningView fucked around with this message at 18:21 on Mar 9, 2018 |
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MourningView posted:Those rule, dude barely used his left hand and couldn't look up while he drbbled and racist dudes from Boston still think he was the best ballhamdler of all time
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MourningView posted:Those rule, dude barely used his left hand and couldn't look up while he drbbled and racist dudes from Boston still think he was the best ballhamdler of all time https://www.basketball-reference.com/awards/simmons_pyramid.html #21 lol. Over nash and kidd
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MourningView posted:Those rule, dude barely used his left hand and couldn't look up while he drbbled and racist dudes from Boston still think he was the best ballhamdler of all time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHxoClASgKw
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euphronius posted:Hakeem started at 17 and was drafted after 3 years in college . Huh? Hakeem was always listed at 7 feet and was probably actually shorter, that's the opposite of what Durant does. Durant is like KG. He doesn't want to be a center so he's 6'13"
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Boredumb posted:https://www.basketball-reference.com/awards/simmons_pyramid.html #21 lol. Over nash and kidd Havlicek at 14 dear god
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euphronius posted:Havlicek at 14 dear god Robinson at 29 is a crime of some sort
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Cool Buff Man posted:Robinson at 29 is a crime of some sort Didn't know The Secret
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euphronius posted:Havlicek at 14 dear god Why is this on basketball reference? Lol
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Bill Simmons is a very serious basketball thinker. He probably is way more knowledge about football at this point because of gambling.
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euphronius posted:Bill Simmons is a very serious basketball thinker. have you heard him talk about football becuase lol
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Relatively knowledgeable lol. I don't understand how he has any money. He makes the worst bets on zero knowledge.
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My favourite part of reading the Ringer is when you see an article that's some dumb ranking of things based on an arbitrary point system (This is a recurring theme) and you just know Simmons greasy little face was squealing with delight when he saw it.
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CRISPYBABY posted:My favourite part of reading the Ringer is when you see an article that's some dumb ranking of things based on an arbitrary point system (This is a recurring theme) and you just know Simmons greasy little face was squealing with delight when he saw it. I mean to be fair a lot of this is Shea Serrano and he's doing it as a joke
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IcePhoenix posted:Another important thing to consider when deciding between Hakeem and Durant is that Hakeem isn't a bitch Pippen would have slapped Durant across the face, then Rodman would have slapped him across the face, and home to mama he'd have gone the end. What kind of Royce White level dingaling is texting guys on the opposing team with the greatest record of all time when you're in a dogfight series and up 3-1? Specifically Draymond Green got into his soft brain.
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Check out my 12000 word column where I determine which actor is a a Low Key Peak Unicorn. Spoiler, it's which ever one reminds me the most of Tom Brady in 2007
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Cart Mountain posted:i think andrew wiggins is maybe not very good. at basketball. 
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MourningView posted:I mean to be fair a lot of this is Shea Serrano and he's doing it as a joke Yeah he's legit. It's not like an every day thing, but there are unironic attempts where every now and then a writer will come up with TOP NBA UNICORNS RANKED BY ULTIMATE UNICORN METRIC, or BEST BANK ROBBERY SCENES OBJECTIVELY RANKED and I just feel Simmons over my shoulder doing the Birdman hands
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euphronius posted:Pls scout Andrew Wiggins for me. I'm working on a theory that he is actually bad. Celtics were also clearly not afraid of our defense. As soon as the double-team happened on whomever was cutting to the hoop, pass out to a wide-open shot (which went in all the time).
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scuz posted:He took a lot of long twos and missed them Wiggins.txt vvv  vvv
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IcePhoenix posted:Wiggins.txt https://twitter.com/AaronGleeman/status/971972380804268032
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He kept trying to bounce back and forth between "hardest path" and "hey I actually used to change teams all the time when I was younger staying around in one spot is actually unusual for me"
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For those curious, the two players lower than Wiggins (.506 after last night) are Melo (.504) and Dennis Smith Jr. (.473)
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scuz posted:He took a lot of long twos and missed them (6-21 FG) and wasn't what I'd call a threat from beyond the arc (1-8 3pt). Hmmm Thank you for this data. It's being added to the pile.
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Away all Goats posted:Steven Adams is made of steel Ferguson is under NBA concussion protocol as a result of this
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CRISPYBABY posted:Yeah he's legit. It's not like an every day thing, but there are unironic attempts where every now and then a writer will come up with TOP NBA UNICORNS RANKED BY ULTIMATE UNICORN METRIC, or BEST BANK ROBBERY SCENES OBJECTIVELY RANKED and I just feel Simmons over my shoulder doing the Birdman hands Since we’re talking about Shea Serrano, I would like to recommend his recent book Basketball and Other Things. I picked it up a few months ago and it’s a very entertaining coffee table type read with great illustrations.
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