NBA January N/V: Chris Paul SpecOps

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The Glumslinger: Sep 24, 2008; Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?; Hair Elf

Lockback posted:

This is false

David Lee had a jumper

# ¿ Jan 2, 2018 19:34

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# ¿ Apr 20, 2024 07:13

The Glumslinger: Sep 24, 2008; Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?; Hair Elf

If the Lakers continue to play as they have, they will be the fastest paced the league has seen in over 25 years

# ¿ Jan 4, 2018 04:55

The Glumslinger: Sep 24, 2008; Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?; Hair Elf

Dutchy posted:

Caloric intake is probably the big thing when you're huge and your job is professional exercise

Wasn't Micheal Phelps eating like 20K calories a day during the Olympics?

# ¿ Jan 4, 2018 05:04

The Glumslinger: Sep 24, 2008; Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?; Hair Elf

Rick posted:

And it's still too slow to do what they want.

They're the fastest team in 25 years and slower than league average 30 years ago

# ¿ Jan 4, 2018 05:33

The Glumslinger: Sep 24, 2008; Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?; Hair Elf

First ASG voting results are in

http://www.nba.com/article/2018/01/04/2018-nba-all-star-voting-first-returns-revealed#/

Current leaders:
PF: Giannis
SF: LeBron
C: Embiid
PG: Kyrie
SG: Derozan

Western Conference:
SF: KD
PF: Anthony Davis
C: Boogie
PG: Curry
SG: Harden

(Yes, I know that it doesn't work like that anymore, but the votes worked out nicely by position)

Eastern Conference

Frontcourt

1. Giannis Antetokounmpo (MIL) 863,416
2. LeBron James (CLE) 856,080
3. Joel Embiid (PHI) 433,161
4. Kristaps Porzingis (NYK) 359,459
5. Kevin Love (CLE) 221,969
6. Al Horford (BOS) 120,016
7. Jayson Tatum (BOS) 98,586
8. Andre Drummond (DET) 85,374
9. Enes Kanter (NYK) 83,102
10. Dwight Howard (CHA) 57,730

Guards

1. Kyrie Irving (BOS) 802,834
2. DeMar DeRozan (TOR) 259,368
3. Victor Oladipo (IND) 251,886
4. Ben Simmons (PHI) 210,085
5. John Wall (WAS) 175,990
6. Dwyane Wade (CLE) 165,163
7. Isaiah Thomas (CLE) 87,680
8. Kyle Lowry (TOR) 85,070
9. Bradley Beal (WAS) 71,079
10. Jaylen Brown (BOS) 51,562

Western Conference

Frontcourt

1. Kevin Durant (GSW) 767,402
2. Anthony Davis (NOP) 393,000
3. DeMarcus Cousins (NOP) 356,340
4. Draymond Green (GSW) 325,612
5. Paul George (OKC) 291,495
6. Kawhi Leonard (SAS) 212,650
7. Carmelo Anthony (OKC) 194,239
8. Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) 188,240
9. Kyle Kuzma (LAL) 184,338
10. LaMarcus Aldridge (SAS) 153,599

Guards

1. Stephen Curry (GSW) 735,115
2. James Harden (HOU) 602,040
3. Russell Westbrook (OKC) 438,469
4. Klay Thompson (GSW) 359,442
5. Manu Ginobili (SAS) 231,460
6. Chris Paul (HOU) 174,343
7. Damian Lillard (POR) 148,622
8. Lonzo Ball (LAL) 120,817
9. Devin Booker (PHO) 91,562
10. Jimmy Butler (MIN) 88,009

The Glumslinger fucked around with this message at 01:23 on Jan 5, 2018

# ¿ Jan 5, 2018 01:20

The Glumslinger: Sep 24, 2008; Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?; Hair Elf

Ghost Dog posted:

the lumps on his head spell out Cupcake in braille

What does Lonzo's acne spell?

# ¿ Jan 5, 2018 04:40

The Glumslinger: Sep 24, 2008; Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?; Hair Elf

Chairchucker posted:

I feel like for Bogut to be truly effective, he needs to be signed to a team that has access to cheap cybernetic limbs.

He was pretty good in limited minutes, should be a good defensive center off the bench for some contender

# ¿ Jan 6, 2018 21:09

The Glumslinger: Sep 24, 2008; Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?; Hair Elf

https://twitter.com/ramonashelburne/status/950233439021670400

# ¿ Jan 8, 2018 06:17

The Glumslinger: Sep 24, 2008; Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?; Hair Elf

Redgrendel2001 posted:

Sam Hinkie still doesn't Hhahsshhahzzuzid

ihigvehsshggpabxkrozidihihssuwzua

It's loving ridiculous.

How drunk are you?

# ¿ Jan 8, 2018 06:18

The Glumslinger: Sep 24, 2008; Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?; Hair Elf

IcePhoenix posted:

only the second best oop from last night though

https://streamable.com/8ddo1

# ¿ Jan 8, 2018 20:38

The Glumslinger: Sep 24, 2008; Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?; Hair Elf

Ghost Dog posted:

im responding to this sentiment i see expressed all the time, like espn is at the whims of some weird Public Opinion Gauge that hamstrings these otherwise noble journalists. their coverage has been poo poo for so long, the people they hire mostly loving suck, they are terrible at making any decent programming and i don't think they 1. are as helpless as people want to claim they are and 2. actually have any real ability to say what the public wants.

espn is a massive media corporation and a part of a huge media conglomerate. you cannot say they just reflect the society they are in, they have an obscenely outsized impact on the things they report on. even in this forum espn dominates what we talk about. the only thing that can really compete with it is something like twitter.

all that said, yeah lavar is news. the luke walton thing would be news with any famous dad, when lebrons commissioner-emperor-president and his son is mvp, lebrons opinions will be news too

Yeah, like we watch ESPN becuase its decent to have on in the background even if it is lovely. I leave sportscenter on in the background muted, then unmute it for good segments. But there are a lot less of those than there used to be. Same with their website, I'm giving it hits, but I'm not reading articles anymore, just checking scores and looking at headlines. I'd engage way more way if they started doing good coverage again.

Anyone remember the Daily Dime? Think about how awesome it would be to have that back, but with condensed highlights and poo poo? I'd read that poo poo every day. But they don't have anything good anymore, besides Lowe's weekly column. Woj breaks news, but his articles tend to be mediocre hit pieces. They brought in the draft express guys, but I haven't seen poo poo from them. Like they put out lovely content, and wonder why people don't read them anymore.

They decided that it was a better use of their time to cover guys like Lavar instead of doing better pieces, things about basketball. Like, there are tons of dudes on youtube who break down film for patreon money, and they provide way better content than ESPN has in ages. These guys could be part of an ESPN effort to rebrand as a more detail oriented brand, that actually tries to get into the mechanics of the sports they show, but they'd rather just go with easy coverage. And they get away with it becuase ESPN is on in public everywhere that doesn't want to deal with people arguing about which cable news channel should be on.

I'm kind of ranting, but ESPN is 100% wasted potential at this point, and as Disney continues to tighten the screws, its gonna get worse.

The Glumslinger fucked around with this message at 05:08 on Jan 9, 2018

# ¿ Jan 9, 2018 05:04

The Glumslinger: Sep 24, 2008; Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?; Hair Elf

If ESPN wanted to be relevant today, they need to loving fix their streaming service, its gone like a decade back in terms of usability this year. Like, you're a live media company, how are you not putting your energy into creating a good digital delivery service? Sketchy cam girl sites can get it right, how the gently caress can Disney be this poo poo at it?

# ¿ Jan 9, 2018 05:24

The Glumslinger: Sep 24, 2008; Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?; Hair Elf

Rick posted:

Speaking of the Lakers, man the team is so much fun when Julius Randle and Ingram are playing well at the same time. I know a team with Randle as their second best player probably isn't a title, or even a playoff team but it's a fun experience overall and I"m going to be sad when it's over.

Yeah, when he post moves are working, he is really fun to watch, but Randle is just so terrible to watch when he tries to score through a crowd.

I'm also still not convinced he has learned to set a legal screen yet, but he seems be enough of a vet that he can get away with it

# ¿ Jan 10, 2018 23:41

The Glumslinger: Sep 24, 2008; Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?; Hair Elf

Ben Simmons is the #3 vote getter for EC guards

https://twitter.com/Rachel__Nichols/status/951529889299021824

# ¿ Jan 12, 2018 01:11

The Glumslinger: Sep 24, 2008; Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?; Hair Elf

https://twitter.com/Lakers/status/951689237262303232

# ¿ Jan 12, 2018 06:38

The Glumslinger: Sep 24, 2008; Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?; Hair Elf

https://twitter.com/SBNationNBA/status/951942855676911616

# ¿ Jan 12, 2018 23:27

The Glumslinger: Sep 24, 2008; Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?; Hair Elf

Brandon Ingram sprains his ankle when he gets tripped by a flopping Devin Harris

https://streamable.com/cl8m0

# ¿ Jan 13, 2018 22:43

The Glumslinger: Sep 24, 2008; Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?; Hair Elf

R.D. Mangles posted:

after thinking about it for 35 seconds, "Matrix" is by far the dumbest basketball nickname that a player actually got people to call him

I feel like Black Mamba still takes the title, I mean I think Kobe started using before the second movie even came out.

Also, when was the last time you thought about Kill Bill, man did that second movie kill all the hype

Also, we should all be glad that none of KD's terrible nicknames ever caught on. Remember The Servant?

# ¿ Jan 15, 2018 05:14

The Glumslinger: Sep 24, 2008; Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?; Hair Elf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbsuAbTTsV8

Official theme song of the thread tonight

# ¿ Jan 16, 2018 08:52

The Glumslinger: Sep 24, 2008; Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?; Hair Elf

https://twitter.com/SBNationNBA/status/953432460708237312

edit: new link, old one was taken down

The Glumslinger fucked around with this message at 02:09 on Jan 17, 2018

# ¿ Jan 17, 2018 02:00

The Glumslinger: Sep 24, 2008; Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?; Hair Elf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhy-w4o0P70

Man, that movie had so many great basketball moments

# ¿ Jan 17, 2018 02:19

The Glumslinger: Sep 24, 2008; Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?; Hair Elf

https://twitter.com/SBNation/status/953437016359829504

# ¿ Jan 17, 2018 02:24

The Glumslinger: Sep 24, 2008; Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?; Hair Elf

EvanTH posted:

I was watching that movie recent thinking "this is based on Loose Balls"

so I searched it up and yeah Ferrell loved Loose Balls and used it as a reference

it's possible that it detracts somewhat from consistency the movie because there's a lot of "this absurd story actually happened" right next to normal absurdist humor.

it's kinda in a weird place, like it might have been funnier if it'd been done as more of a straight film

I think it might have been a classic if they played it more seriously, but I still loving love it. I'm now considering inflicting it on my coworkers at my next movie night.

Though in retrospect, the entire cuck plotline was just ahead of its time

# ¿ Jan 17, 2018 04:35

The Glumslinger: Sep 24, 2008; Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?; Hair Elf

Redgrendel2001 posted:

https://twitter.com/HowardBeck/status/954136261253586944

My guess is vote swapping, players used to do it all the time back in the 60s and 70s

# ¿ Jan 19, 2018 01:21

The Glumslinger: Sep 24, 2008; Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?; Hair Elf

Salvor_Hardin posted:

Just looking at this page, the majority of us registered in the aughts so it seems pretty likely that we'll be here. And there's one dude that registered in *squints* 1988?

Its more of a question of whether Lowtax keeps the lights on for another 5 years

# ¿ Jan 20, 2018 03:07

The Glumslinger: Sep 24, 2008; Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?; Hair Elf

We should probably atleast make a fallback Discord

Or find the existing SAS one

# ¿ Jan 20, 2018 05:39

The Glumslinger: Sep 24, 2008; Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?; Hair Elf

Boogie will eventually end up on the Spurs and we're gonna loving hate life for a decade

# ¿ Jan 20, 2018 22:45

The Glumslinger: Sep 24, 2008; Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?; Hair Elf

Lmao

Also, most players are devastated when a coach they've been with most of their career gets fired, even if it helps the team. There were a ton of people worried that the Warriors chemistry would implode when the fired Mark Jackson.

# ¿ Jan 22, 2018 22:11

The Glumslinger: Sep 24, 2008; Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?; Hair Elf

I'm just glad Luke managed to get the Lakers playing well again, so everyone has shut up about firing him

We've gone 6-2 over our last 8 games despite tons of injured starters

# ¿ Jan 22, 2018 22:22

The Glumslinger: Sep 24, 2008; Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?; Hair Elf

AggressivelyStupid posted:

We do this every year

You used to have Kyrie looking for glory to dig through the doldrums of the year

# ¿ Jan 23, 2018 05:26

The Glumslinger: Sep 24, 2008; Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?; Hair Elf

Dejan Bimble posted:

I know it's time for me to stop watching the NBA because I've entered the Bill Simmons phase where I strongly believe that I could be a better GM than many GMs despite only knowing elementary basketball concepts such as one would need to coach very young children

What do you think has fueled these threads for the past decade+?

# ¿ Jan 23, 2018 19:28

The Glumslinger: Sep 24, 2008; Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?; Hair Elf

scuz posted:

https://clutchpoints.com/nba-news-aaron-gordon-victor-oladipo-larry-nance-jr-accept-invite-2018-slam-dunk-contest/

Dunk contest contestants:

Aaron Gordon, Victor Oladipo, Larry Nance Jr., Dennis Smith Jr.

Go Larry

# ¿ Jan 23, 2018 20:40

The Glumslinger: Sep 24, 2008; Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?; Hair Elf

Ghetto SuperCzar posted:

https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/955941658000060417

Lillard has been dragging a terrible team to the playoffs for 3 years in a row and he deserves it even if he gets salty when passed up

Yeah, but its really funny when he gets salty

# ¿ Jan 24, 2018 00:23

The Glumslinger: Sep 24, 2008; Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?; Hair Elf

https://twitter.com/sam_amick/status/955948674105790465

# ¿ Jan 24, 2018 00:51

The Glumslinger: Sep 24, 2008; Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?; Hair Elf

Free throws aren't free

# ¿ Jan 24, 2018 06:56

The Glumslinger: Sep 24, 2008; Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?; Hair Elf

Tae posted:

I'll never really understand the rabid defense of mosgov other than the fetish love of mitch kulpchak never being wrong

It was a bad signing, but every other center out there was just as bad in retrospect

# ¿ Jan 24, 2018 21:43

The Glumslinger: Sep 24, 2008; Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?; Hair Elf

Rick, this isn't productive and you should probably disengage

# ¿ Jan 25, 2018 07:04

The Glumslinger: Sep 24, 2008; Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?; Hair Elf

I will forever defend Mitch because of the Chris Paul trade

# ¿ Jan 25, 2018 17:33

The Glumslinger: Sep 24, 2008; Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?; Hair Elf

https://twitter.com/AndyGray35/status/956617317089148928

# ¿ Jan 26, 2018 02:20

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# ¿ Apr 20, 2024 07:13

The Glumslinger: Sep 24, 2008; Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?; Hair Elf

Rick posted:

Speaking of rookies, I know most of you haven’t been offered an opportunity to win a 4K TV just for watching a Suns game but Josh Jackson is having a pretty decent month.

It was pretty shocking how much his stats looked like Ingram's from last year

# ¿ Jan 27, 2018 04:14

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