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Does Kawhi stay?
This poll is closed.
He stay 95 32.20%
He leave 99 33.56%
ask Uncle Dennis 57 19.32%
burn down Toronto if he doesn't 44 14.92%
Total: 295 votes
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Aug 2, 2008

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Also Toronto’s metro population is three times the size of Cleveland’s

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Aug 2, 2008

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It’s wild that that dude can break so much NBA news in between working as a professional trainer, coaching HS basketball, covering the league for a defunct website and being a food connoisseur

https://twitter.com/jonkrawczynski/status/1140822092801335296?s=21

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Aug 2, 2008

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Can everybody please at least check to see that an account has more than 5000 followers and doesn't have a website that looks like this

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Aug 2, 2008

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Dexo posted:

Nope, the the time of the year where I treat all funny speculation as plausible. Like the Bulls trading Lauri for Number 4 in this draft lmao.

I just like to think people in this thread are smarter than my racist uncle's Facebook feed

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Aug 2, 2008

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OzFactor posted:

What the gently caress kind of sheriff's deputy can afford a "high-profile" lawyer? Alternate question: what the gently caress kind of "high-profile civil rights attorney" is taking a case of a cop against a civilian?

Lawyers can work on commission

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Aug 2, 2008

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MKG hit 34% of his threes on more than half an attempt per game this year, all that hard work is finally paying off

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Aug 2, 2008

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Athanatos posted:

I'm not sure what the Pacers are going to trade to get into the lottery that gets them something better than what they traded?

They must really like one of the guards up that far.

If they don't think they're going to make any big signing they could just take on salary. I'm fulling expecting Charlotte to burn No. 12 to shed contracts

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Aug 2, 2008

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https://twitter.com/candacedbuckner/status/1141105807532146689?s=21

https://twitter.com/candacedbuckner/status/1141107982081679363?s=21

Why not just give the job to the interim guy at this point

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Aug 2, 2008

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Yeah, the broadcast is barely worth watching as is. Just follow the thread

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Aug 2, 2008

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I wonder if Boston tried to lowball him or something, I sort of assumed they had a deal lined up when he opted out

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Aug 2, 2008

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RIP CusCrise

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Aug 2, 2008

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Are the Lakers going to just have three max players and Kuz left

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Aug 2, 2008

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Declan MacManus posted:

just offer a future second for nola to push the trade back jfc

Probably wouldn’t be enough if the Pelicans are set on trading No. 4

What ring chasers are going to be on the market? Vince Carter?

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Aug 2, 2008

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Rondo made like four all-star games in Boston

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Aug 2, 2008

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Is Portis signing a minimum contract

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Aug 2, 2008

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that's pretty good for both sides. Maybe a little pricy for Utah but Conley's exactly what they needed

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Aug 2, 2008

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straight up brolic posted:

2 first round picks for Conley is good

Yeah, plus a decent reclamation project in Jae and whatever juice you can get out of Grayson

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Aug 2, 2008

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Lockback posted:

I guess, but its a late first and a heavily protected future, and honestly the contracts going back to Memphis are not good. Conley is "only" 31 but I probably overrate guys on the back end of their career arc.

I would thought they could have gotten Favors and I'm surprised they stayed with Utah as a partner when that was taken off the table.

The protections on that pick seem pretty good for Memphis, assuming the Jazz don't screw up the next two years a "lightly-protected" 2022 pick for a Western team is a decent lotto ticket

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Aug 2, 2008

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I don't understand this though

https://twitter.com/davidaldridgedc/status/1141377580060356611?s=20

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Aug 2, 2008

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Metapod posted:

Memphis why

Who else is trading for Conley

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Aug 2, 2008

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Metapod posted:

I just wanted him in the east gently caress

Ah my b

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Aug 2, 2008

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https://twitter.com/mconley11/status/1141384905408036865?s=21

Can’t wait to get to uh um

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Aug 2, 2008

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I'm sure you can find similar stuff for every team but all the faceless Twitter Lakers fans REALLY seem to think they're getting Kawhi

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Aug 2, 2008

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The league really doesn't seem to have a problem with resting players, they just want teams to do it on Monday nights against the Hornets instead of in the primetime slot vs. the Lakers

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Aug 2, 2008

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El Gallinero Gros posted:

I assume they must think they found a sleeper

Or they just need cheap contracts and are good at developing guys

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Aug 2, 2008

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NotWearingPants posted:

The timing of r/nbastreams going down right after the Finals ended seems a little too coincidental. Is it possible that was intentional? Like maybe the NBA knows how lovely it's streaming options are and didn't want to cut off their fans during the playoff season? And maybe they have plans for offering a streaming service that is actually worth paying for next season?

If the issue is that networks and service providers pay for the rights to the games, why don't they let the networks and service providers sell them as PPV events or monthly passes?

In terms of performance, League Pass has been fine for me for years. Blackouts are a reality on every platform, but if you only want to watch your hometeam you can always just pay $25 a month for Sling or whatever and it'd be cheaper than LP anyway

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Aug 2, 2008

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OzFactor posted:

Is there anything in the CBA that would explicitly prevent LeBron James from giving Tilman Fertitta a production credit and/or box office cut for Space Jam in exchange for buying out Chris Paul so he can go sign a vet minimum with the Lakers?

Yes

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Aug 2, 2008

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https://twitter.com/jtylerconway/status/1141795368092536832?s=20

I'm mostly surprised an 80-year-old is running his own Twitter account

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Aug 2, 2008

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Paul Zuvella posted:

This is honestly kind of sad

Like two days ago people in this thread were convinced Kawhi was in Cancun with Lowry for some reason

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Aug 2, 2008

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Eltoasto posted:

Oh cool, is Warren a decent player?

he is now that he can shoot

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Aug 2, 2008

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DeimosRising posted:

He’s not going to shoot 43% from three next year

Even if he's actually closer to that 36-39% range that's solid, and he did it on decent volume. He might not be much more than a no-defense microwave guy with tunnel vision but he's locked on a good deal for that role

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Aug 2, 2008

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Eltoasto posted:

Oh cool, is Warren a decent player?

Caitlin Cooper is a good writer and already has a thing ready

https://twitter.com/C2_Cooper/status/1141759758770327562?s=20

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Aug 2, 2008

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Wasn't word that the Pels were trying to get an established guy with No. 4? I get pivoting if nobody interesting was available but grabbing more picks in this draft is like the opposite approach

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Aug 2, 2008

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What are the Suns doing

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Aug 2, 2008

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Even if he never really pans out Clarke is the kind of on-court weirdo you love to have on a rebuilding team

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Aug 2, 2008

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dokmo posted:

Someone explain to me how a draft can be rated the day after the draft. I'm not joking, I really want to know the process.

Most of it boils down to "do I personally like this guy" with a little bit of comparing it to their perceived range

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Aug 2, 2008

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Declan MacManus posted:

this but unironically

Yeah, I do think those articles are kind of interesting as time capsules. I remember going back to the Adam Morrison draft at some point and being surprised by so many B+s

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Aug 2, 2008

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Dejan Bimble posted:

Versatile guys who can shoot and defend, you need players to create offense, lead possessions, and make things happen, they could be the same or they could be separate.

Hornets fans seem upset because PJ Washington is a boring pick and feels similar to Miles Bridges, but you literally can't seem to have too many smart two-way guys that can take threes and defend the forward spots. It alway seems easy to move those guys for decent value, too, I remember the Rockets basically made a cottage industry of it for like a decade

morestuff fucked around with this message at 22:46 on Jun 21, 2019

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Aug 2, 2008

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dokmo posted:

I don't disagree with anything you said. I'm simply pointing out that a bunch of opinions are more likely to converge on the truth than any single opinion. Not always, but most of the time. The average of a bunch of guesses is going to be more right than any single person's guess. I certainly did not mean to impugn the basketball knowledge of any of the writers who write these things, just wondering about their motives for doing so.

People like knowing how to feel about stuff, and “wait and see” isn’t particularly satisfying

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Aug 2, 2008

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Still watching a few draft videos and the DX guys were incredibly smart to never talk on camera. The youtube dudes that drone on and make jokes are intolerable

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