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R.D. Mangles posted:

NBA N/V April: YES Warriors dynasty chat NO dynasty warriors chat

Edit:

Ghost Dog posted:

do not pursue monkeu

Lol

# ¿ Apr 1, 2020 16:02

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# ¿ May 2, 2024 21:20

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Henrik Zetterberg posted:

ESPN airing the greatest game ever played tonight at 9:30pm EST
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/28977375/iconic-nba-games-espn-watch-2016-cavaliers-warriors-finals

Game 5 at 7pm EST.

This was a very good game

# ¿ Apr 1, 2020 19:09

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MourningView posted:

defense is better now harden is just a way better offensive player

Defense is better now, but I think it's fair to say it's less physical in the lane and in the post.

But yeah, Harden is a better offensive player either way.

# ¿ Apr 2, 2020 16:15

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My brother and his friend had a huge plotter roll of paper they drew a big Metroid 1 map. His friend was a legit really good artist so it had all these neat illustrations of the bosses/bad guys in each area. I really wish they kept that.

# ¿ Apr 2, 2020 20:12

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Kibner posted:

I don't remember if anyone posted this and now it's a day late but gently caress it, it's funny: https://twitter.com/inallairness/status/1245480783814389760?s=20

April fools jokes aren't quite as funny on April 2nd.

# ¿ Apr 2, 2020 20:14

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WhyteRyce posted:

How many different copies of Mechwarrior 2 optimized for different graphics cards did you guys have?

I used the german patch for Mech 2: Mercenaries that allowed GLide acceleration in DOS because for some reason I had a Voodoo Rush but not Windows 95.

Paul Zuvella posted:

Dokmo having "Laws of funk" goes against my mental image of his, which is essentially Jeff Van Gundy with a goatee for some reason

Dokmo is a top-shelf funk connoisseur. His Youtube videos are always spectacular until they get DMCA'd.

Lockback fucked around with this message at 14:13 on Apr 3, 2020

# ¿ Apr 3, 2020 14:11

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Bronsexual Bich posted:

You got probated for the sexism, not the Lebron "joke". Take your probation and stop the temper tantrum. You have actually been posting, not well I guess but bearably. Keep the improvement going.

# ¿ Apr 3, 2020 15:40

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WhyteRyce posted:

Of course you had a voodoo rush you'll stan for the worst things won't you

Lol, it was 4MB of steel. And it was installed in a Compaq Pentium 75MHZ machine. I played in a clan by using a daemon that would connect to my ISP in DOS and then let me run MW2:Merc alongside. Seriously, playing that game setup my future career far better than any year in school ever did.

# ¿ Apr 3, 2020 16:25

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Poque posted:

Basketball is BACK tonight: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3919116

also don't forget to join 13 of your friends in the SAS NBA 2K20 Tournament Pick-Em.

I want to see the sequel where they get a bunch of 50 year former players who have never played a video game go against each other.

Once again though: This tournament is super dumb but I think I might watch it. Does having a Disney+ super sub get you this with ESPN+ or whatever?

# ¿ Apr 3, 2020 16:46

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NotWearingPants posted:

I recently read The Long Earth series and I enjoyed it. They weren't the best books I've read in the last year, and I guess the earlier books in the series were better than the latter ones, but I thought it was pretty good. I looked up other books by Pratchett and they seemed like Young Adult titles so I didn't read anything else by him. What would you recommend?

Good Omens (him and Gaiman) is quite good and there was a recent Amazon Prime series based off it that is also worth watching. Like always read the book first.

Discworld is not really truly YA, though it's not not YA either. It definitely varies in quality but Guards Guards, Mort and Small Gods are pretty good and don't need any background. It's super light fantasy though so if its not your thing don't be afraid to bail.

# ¿ Apr 3, 2020 21:39

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KD genuinely engaging with randoms on Twitter is surprisingly endearing.

# ¿ Apr 4, 2020 00:15

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How did you guys but to for the Kemp/Payton Sonics even a little bit?

# ¿ Apr 5, 2020 02:47

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Zogo posted:

Jaws on the NES was confusing. I shot thousands of spears into the shark but it never died.

You need to get new weapons, the speargun will only make the shark run away. Collect shells and upgrade your crap.

# ¿ Apr 5, 2020 14:35

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ME2 was really one of the best Western RPGs of all time and its so good ME3 is sorta better just because it comes next.

# ¿ Apr 5, 2020 19:55

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https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/lauri-markkanen-would-rather-play-elsewhere-if-there-arent-major-changes-to-bulls-plan-per-report/

Bulls plan of going after a bunch of guys who already run better organizations does not seem to be enough

# ¿ Apr 6, 2020 02:15

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Really tall guys can also lose height as they get older, especially if they've had back/hip surgeries that change their posture. Yao being like 2 feet taller than Dirk is what I find most interesting. Was Dirk secretly 5-10?

Has Dirk avoided being photographed with JJ Barea for this reason?

# ¿ Apr 6, 2020 14:06

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Reminder Yao was put through Chinese Military training while coming up in China, including forced marches, sleeping in beds that are a foot+ shorter than he was, and doing high-impact exercises.

# ¿ Apr 6, 2020 21:29

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It's also not Fertitta, but his company "Landry, Inc" which notably DOES NOT include the Rockets. Even if Landry goes under that doesn't mean anything will necessarily happen to the Rockets, though obviously his net worth would drop quick. This Loan is him basically saying "I think there's a really, really good chance my company goes under but if it doesn't here's a really good ROI."

Landry, Inc is both a hilarious connection of businesses that I have no idea why people still go there AND a "How to lose money in a pandemic" guidebook.

Seriously:
Restaurants, Cruises, Aquariums, Hotels, (lovely)Casinos, Theme Parks. Yeah, his company must be absolutely hemorrhaging money right now.

Rick posted:

The Rockets alone pretty much guarantee that even if everything goes belly up he still has an asset worth around 2 billion as an escape hatch.

I dunno where anyone would have the liquid capital to buy right now at that amount. The last thing the league wants to see is a sale right now because it would be 1000x harder to leverage that now than it would have been 6 months ago.

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# ¿ Apr 7, 2020 14:08

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MourningView posted:

He was also way overleveraged and having cash flow issues even before basically the entire economy ground to a halt iirc

I just don't understand why young people don't want to go to Bubba Gump shrimp and rainforest cafe more? What else are they doing at the mall?

# ¿ Apr 7, 2020 14:41

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The Glumslinger posted:

To be fair, the only time I ever went to a Bubba Gump the shrimp were pretty good. Atleast, I think they were. This was probably a decade ago

The secret ingredient at almost all of those places is a shitload of butter and oil.

Rainforest cafe in particular is super sub-par food but they have a toy store in front and monkey noises so my kids con me into going there once every year or two.

# ¿ Apr 7, 2020 17:17

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Doltos posted:

That appears to be a diversified portfolio for the service industry which is what most of America is. I can't really fault anyone who heavily invested in it foreseeing a massive pandemic shutting down cash flow for six months or more.

The service industry/pandemic exposure certainly isn't his fault, that was hardly a foreseeable event, but Landry, Inc specifically has, like, the crappiest examples. His restaurants are all specifically the kind you find in Malls, which are dying, his casinos are some of the most tired, Theme Parks always lose money.

Being in the service Industry isn't the problem, but his specific portfolio is like an all-NBA team of companies I bet are going to fail.

# ¿ Apr 7, 2020 17:27

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The Nugget's clientele is almost entirely aging and with less and less disposable income. I actually like gambling in old vegas because you can find more open tables and you can get meals for cheaper but if you look around you are not seeing groups of people who are able to drop a lot of cash.

Its fits in the sense of its "Such a good value for a Vegas Casino/Hotel!" while completely missing why people in 2020 are staying at places like the Golden Nugget less and less.

Edit: Well, I mean people in 2020 aren't staying ANYWHERE, but you get what I'm saying.

Lockback fucked around with this message at 19:00 on Apr 7, 2020

# ¿ Apr 7, 2020 18:57

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WhyteRyce posted:

Old vegas sucks because I can't take my Limarita outside from the convenience store and drink it and the buffets look like poo poo stop sticking up for bad things Lockback

That's what I said! Though if you want to play blackjack and poker and grab something super cheap to eat and that's it, its fine. Otherwise there is really no reason to go over there and buying up those casinos are it terrifically dumb idea.

But don't tell me not to defend bad places right after calling rainforest cafe ok.

Salvor_Hardin posted:

This is true of basically every restaurant. That fancy steakhouse makes it so good by drenching your streak in butter while its cooking.

There are definitely good restaurants that can manage without doing that (or at least being reasonable) but I had a roomate years ago that loved pasta Alfredo from places like TGIF or w/e but could never make it at home the right way. The answer was literally "Add an extra stick of butter". There are definitely good Italian places that can be great without adding an extra stick, but they are probably not chain/airport restaurants.

That's why we need calorie numbers on all menu items at any restaurant.

Declan MacManus posted:

why would you eat seafood in an airport

When I used to go to Boston all the time for work I'd almost always get a lobster roll at legal test kitchen at the airport on the way out. That was reasonably safe though.

# ¿ Apr 7, 2020 19:40

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Dexo posted:

I mean, they have only interviewed 2 people.

The Jazz guy and the Nuggets guy.

Indiana guy didn't interview, because Family or something. And Toronto blocked their guy, because they aren't 100% sure that Masai is sticking around.

#reports say that they will have full control. It sounds like Paxson is the one who is trying to get the gently caress out of having to do any type of work. He just wants his cushy meaningless title and paycheck from the Reinsdorfs.

It's weird to reach the part of the semi-offseason where Bulls start talking themselves into some hope happening in early April.

# ¿ Apr 8, 2020 15:12

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chunkles posted:

its a good thing they fired their previous social media guy for making a mean horse joke

It was a "Reply to this twwet to get a phone wallpaper" bot, not an actual person. They had WAYYY too much faith in their word filter.

# ¿ Apr 9, 2020 00:48

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Putting Gar Forman back to scouting only is probably a good idea, he's been overseeing that side and the Bulls have been anywhere from middle-of-the-pack to really good at scouting. The problem has been more around what they do with talent they find.

If Gar can truly just focus on that I don't have a major problem with him sticking around. I have no idea what John Paxson brings to the table other than reminding the Bulls that the 90s existed.

# ¿ Apr 9, 2020 18:41

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R.D. Mangles posted:

ok, we're all quarantined and slowly going insane, it's time to see 'em, folks, let's post your Jim Boylen Firing Scenarios

1.
Jim Boylen demands to know the loving meaning of this and invites all of the bulls players to join him on a conference call so they will threaten to mutiny against the new front office if he's fired but then accidentally pulls the plug on his own computer and is never heard from again.

2.
An anonymous Bull breaks into the practice facility, steals the clock. Every day, he mails another piece to Boylen.

3.
Jim Boylen hops on a conference call with karnisovas and accidentally shares his screen, showing that he is already submitting headshots to Oaf Modeling Agency.

Boylen gets told he's going to be fired, sends out a Zoom invite to all the players to join in solidarity. Karnisovas and Boylen sit in awkward silence for 40 minutes. Only Arcidiacono briefly joins, never turns on his camera, and quickly leaves.

# ¿ Apr 10, 2020 00:46

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Boylen, exactly scaled down to the size of a 12 year old boy, loudly arguing with the lifeguard that "Adult Swim Time" violates his first amendment.

# ¿ Apr 10, 2020 16:58

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Redgrendel2001 posted:

http://www.espn.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=ud45mjy

That should fix the spacing issues.

# ¿ Apr 10, 2020 17:15

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Lol if they still keep Paxson. Forman was the Iago to Paxson's Jaffar. I mean, it's good that Forman is gone but god help the Bulls if Paxson still has a say anywhere in the org.

# ¿ Apr 13, 2020 17:26

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Dexo posted:

Paxson is fine, He's at least a former player with some memories. If Reinsdorf wants to make Paxson his Kenny Williams, and have him around to shake hands at events and represent the Bulls as a former player or whatever I'm fine with it. So long as he as they have said let AK have final say.

gently caress Gar Foreman that loving snake rear end bitch tho

I still have a level of respect for Paxson(he seemingly fired(demoted?) himself which kudos), that I never had for Gar. It was long past due for him to go as Executive, but man, I loved those Baby Bulls Teams that he built in the mid 00s, he was never able to take them past the grindy fun team until lucking into Rose, who got hurt. And should have never been allowed to trade Jimmy Butler, but yeah.

John Paxson choked and punched Vinny Del Negro, and he was the main guy who brought in Boylen. Paxson has been really bad for the team, and I don't trust one bit his "Shucks guys, I guess you can run this basketball team now" shtick. Forman was horrid in his GM-duties but at least he was responsible for a really good run of drafting and scouting, which has been just about the only good thing they've had going.

Not defending Forman at all, but guys like Paxson are a lot worse. I hope I'm wrong but I think they'll still have trouble until they get rid of Paxson entirely.

# ¿ Apr 13, 2020 18:15

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That really loving sucks, goddamn

# ¿ Apr 13, 2020 20:51

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RCarr posted:

gently caress anyone who speaks ill of Patrick

You gunna go tell Charles Oakley that?

# ¿ Apr 13, 2020 23:50

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Yeah, that's a travel.

# ¿ Apr 14, 2020 15:53

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Plus if you took any sort of a gather step before that jump it'd be a textbook travel and I think in the span of a game most people wouldn't launch from without an extra step.

# ¿ Apr 14, 2020 16:07

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AggressivelyStupid posted:

There is no way, they're much worse now than they were in 2016. They don't have the depth they did then, period. The best player left and the team is gutted.

Allow me to tell you about a player named Andrew Wiggins....

# ¿ Apr 14, 2020 16:52

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Dexo posted:

https://twitter.com/JCowleyHoops/status/1250203066634252294

Maybe 3 weeks...

Hmm, I wonder who in the organization would still have an oversized amount of influence and has a track record of bad decision making.

# ¿ Apr 15, 2020 02:41

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You'll hate him....for how hard he worked and how much he loved the game

# ¿ Apr 16, 2020 02:59

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I'm not sure I'd want to commit to go overseas right now. You'd need to make sure your contract didn't keep you over there an extra year if they don't have a season, and I wouldn't want to be 18 playing in a foreign country while a pandemic was going on, though otherwise I agree.

# ¿ Apr 16, 2020 16:28

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# ¿ May 2, 2024 21:20

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I'd imagine G-league would be "safer" to the extent that the NBA won't hold you to a contract in the G-League if you were NBA eligible. I'd assume NCAA and G-League would either both go next season or neither would, but I dunno. I could see NCAA being careless with their players before the NBA would.

Your point that NBL has a built in excuse is a good one and really should apply to the G-League too, but they need some good success stories first so I'd be happy if Green was a great success story.

# ¿ Apr 16, 2020 16:52

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