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Nov 3, 2014 19:09
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Tae posted:
Onions is kind of a weird choice. One day I hope a player buys a bunch of court side seats and gives them to fans/friends that know choreographed celebrations for when the player does cool things.
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Nov 3, 2014 19:13
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Tae posted:
This is a really common euphemism, especially in basketball since it's one of Bill Raftery's catchphrases.
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Nov 3, 2014 19:20
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It was kind of funny because he was holding his hands up by his abdomen while doing it. I wanted to .gif it but they never showed a good angle 
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Nov 3, 2014 19:22
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I always assumed the thought behind 'onions!' was that your shot made the other team cry. It's a testicle euphemism??
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Nov 3, 2014 19:24
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Libertine posted:I feel like it's a given that Shabazz will take over the starting PG job by the end of the season just because of how underwhelming Cole and Chalmers are, but they could both linger on for quite some time, and Shabazz might also suck. Shabazz has been alright so far but he'll hit the rookie wall at some point. I think his ceiling this year is settling into the primary backup PG role as it looks more and more like Chalmers is going to play a lot of shooting guard this year.
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Nov 3, 2014 19:27
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Props Department posted:I always assumed the thought behind 'onions!' was that your shot made the other team cry. It's a testicle euphemism?? I assumed it was because onions are round.
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Nov 3, 2014 19:28
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Props Department posted:I always assumed the thought behind 'onions!' was that your shot made the other team cry. It's a testicle euphemism?? He says "giant onions!" and stuff like that all the time.
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Nov 3, 2014 19:36
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Props Department posted:I always assumed the thought behind 'onions!' was that your shot made the other team cry. It's a testicle euphemism?? “I remember it vividly. It was my first year and the Nets were playing a game down in Miami. And Kevin Edwards hit a big three from the corner to give the Nets a one-point lead late in the game. I had the call: ‘Edwards from the corner, three is GOOD.’ And Raf goes, ‘OOOOH, ONIONS!!!!’ And I turn to him, and I knew Raf’s Raf-to-English translation like the back of my hand. I was able to provide listeners with the track that they needed to follow along. But I had no idea what he was talking about. So I turn to him during the break and say, ‘Bill, Raf, I don’t get that, what is that? Onions? What, it was so good that you cried?’ He said, ‘Hey Bird (Raf’s nickname for Eagle) ... BIG BALLS.’ And that was it. That’s when ONIONS was born.” http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/blog/the_dagger/post/Ian-Eagle-shares-the-origin-story-of-Bill-Rafter?urn=ncaab,133366
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Nov 3, 2014 19:39
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nba n/v november: it's a testicle euphemism??
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Nov 3, 2014 19:39
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IcePhoenix posted:I'm pretty sure it's still travelling if you jump. You can do what you want with your feet while you're dribbling except go out of bounds, even if keeping the ball in bounds and not touching it while out of bounds. You may not start your dribble after you've lifted your pivot foot, you must shoot or pass, which is why you cannot fake a shot and then start dribbling. The Spurs may have the least amount of wins in the west come wednesday. Well, tied with the Lakers anyway. Currently a 9 seed!
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Nov 3, 2014 19:42
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Strawberry Panda posted:Is there any team that hasn't extended their young PGs yet? In one of the more promising developments of the Jackson Era, the New York Knicks aren't racing to re-sign their guards just because they're young+on the court. Shane Larkin and Shumpert both didn't get extensions http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/knicks/post/_/id/59477/knicks-decline-larkin-no-shumpert-deal?ex_cid=espnapi_public
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Nov 3, 2014 19:49
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Has anyone watched the Hawks' two games? Will Schroeder ever see the floor?
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Nov 3, 2014 20:18
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Libertine posted:I feel like it's a given that Shabazz will take over the starting PG job by the end of the season just because of how underwhelming Cole and Chalmers are, but they could both linger on for quite some time, and Shabazz might also suck. Cole has been sorta really good so far though, unless you mean when he inevitably flies too close to the sun. Chalmers is playing ok too this year. Honestly, for all the jokes about talent vampire I do think it's a challenge for a ball-dominant player to get in any sort of rythym next to Lebron. If your not a Wade/Kyrie talent it seems like you'll always take a dip.
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Nov 3, 2014 20:19
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Jack's Flow posted:Has anyone watched the Hawks' two games? Will Schroeder ever see the floor? 
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Nov 3, 2014 20:23
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straight up brolic posted:is it worth getting up at 5:10 in the morning to watch Dante Exum Just wait for him to go to the d league and catch him on youtube
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Nov 3, 2014 20:33
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'Big Balls Dance' should become the base unit of fines in the NBA. ei Marc Cuban was fined 5 big balls dances yesterday for whining
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Nov 3, 2014 20:34
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Jack's Flow posted:Has anyone watched the Hawks' two games? Will Schroeder ever see the floor? Saw the floor as a backup against the Raptors. Was nothing special sadly. I expect him to get playing time this season with ATL running a lot of 2-3 guard lineups with Millsap and Horford as the bigs.
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Nov 3, 2014 20:36
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is the guy who played Pedro Cerrano (voodoo slugger who does the balls dance in Major League) and The President still doing those insurance commercials where he stops time and steals people's chinese food
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Nov 3, 2014 20:38
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dokmo posted:Just wait for him to go to the d league and catch him on youtube
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Nov 3, 2014 20:39
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straight up brolic posted:i believe in dante So do I. D League is not punishment for being poo poo.
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Nov 3, 2014 20:40
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dokmo posted:So do I. D League is not punishment for being poo poo.
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Nov 3, 2014 20:42
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Jack's Flow posted:Has anyone watched the Hawks' two games? Will Schroeder ever see the floor? Here's the highlights from all the Hawks games http://on.nba.com/1xTGFQc
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Nov 3, 2014 20:46
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straight up brolic posted:has any player made it back from the morass of the d-league and become a good player? serious question Jeremy Lamb is alright and spent a whole year playing in the D-League. Chris Andersen came from the D-League. A bunch of other decent dudes have spent a little time there. I think mostly coaches and FO aren't using it right and need to let some guys get some playing time dominating rather than languish on the bench.
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Nov 3, 2014 20:52
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straight up brolic posted:has any player made it back from the morass of the d-league and become a good player? serious question Here is a list of NBA players with D-League experience. http://www.nba.com/dleague/tracker/ Lot's of useful players have played a few games in the D-League.
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Nov 3, 2014 20:55
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Spacebump posted:Here is a list of NBA players with D-League experience. e: v  i dumb
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Nov 3, 2014 20:57
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straight up brolic posted:Why does the list top out at 4 games? is that really the upper bound or is the script hosed up? I don't know much about the d-league other than that no one plays defense and that 5'8 guy who's in Turkey or something dropped 75 on a team. That's their production from the 2014-15 season.
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Nov 3, 2014 20:58
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^^^ Ahh, I seeSpacebump posted:Here is a list of NBA players with D-League experience. Yeah Lamb played like 20+ games in the D-League. This list is messed up.
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Nov 3, 2014 21:01
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straight up brolic posted:has any player made it back from the morass of the d-league and become a good player? serious question Lots of Rockets players. Aaron Brooks, Patrick Patterson, Terrence Jones. James Johnson was there last year.
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Nov 3, 2014 21:02
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straight up brolic posted:has any player made it back from the morass of the d-league and become a good player? serious question Nobody becomes a good player in the d league, they are good players who need playing time. Terrence Jones, Chris Andersen, Ed Davis, half of the OKC Thunder, Avery Bradley have all spent time there.
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Nov 3, 2014 21:05
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Chris Bosh and Klay Thompson were the Players of the Week.
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Nov 3, 2014 21:05
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PantsFreeZone posted:Chris Bosh and Klay Thompson were the Players of the Week. I'd give it to AD over Klay but those are good choices.
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Nov 3, 2014 21:06
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PantsFreeZone posted:Chris Bosh and Klay Thompson were the Players of the Week. I see Bosh is transitioning from full-on velociraptor to dilophosaurus
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Nov 3, 2014 21:10
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Chris Bosh: Onion Knight
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Nov 3, 2014 21:20
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@danmccarneysaen · 34m 34 minutes ago Pop on how Splitter looked today in practice: "On a scale of 1-10, he looked fine. Handsome kid." https://twitter.com/danmccarneysaen/status/529360108879626240
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Nov 3, 2014 21:25
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People are saying good things about the Kings I don't understand it I can't handle it.
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Nov 3, 2014 21:31
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dokmo posted:Nobody becomes a good player in the d league, they are good players who need playing time. Terrence Jones, Chris Andersen, Ed Davis, half of the OKC Thunder, Avery Bradley have all spent time there. I think it's especially good for guards because although the quality of defender running the defense is less, the sets are fairly similar and it seems that if you can score there you can score in the NBA (at least over the past few years).
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Nov 3, 2014 22:11
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Spoeank posted:People are saying good things about the Kings I don't understand it I can't handle it. Rudy Gay is good at basketball again. I don't know if I'd pencil Sac in for the playoffs yet though, this just screams "Hot start, end with 42 wins" to me.
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Nov 3, 2014 22:15
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Lockback posted:Rudy Gay is good at basketball again. I don't know if I'd pencil Sac in for the playoffs yet though, this just screams "Hot start, end with 42 wins" to me.
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Nov 3, 2014 22:18
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Spacebump posted:Onions is kind of a weird choice. Wasn't there a poster who had an avatar of a raptors player with "Onions baby...onions" written below it? Edit: Also, I'm pretty sure Gerald Green spent time in D-league and came out OK.
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