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Basketball has been gone so long that I woke this morning with a dream of you guys posting about Aaron Gray living in a camper van and making various jokes at his expense. Force the ball. Think of all the sci death sports. We don't need bespoke arenas, spiked balls, motorcycles, just play... Just win baby Dejan Bimble fucked around with this message at 04:25 on May 3, 2020 |
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If Detroit could turn the Lamelo ball pick into Kyle Lowry that would be cool. They seem 99% committed to a steady rebuild with some good vets around developmental young guys and wildcard high ceiling low floor guys, so I doubt it. Also Kyle is really small and those small pgs don't always age well. But big butt small point guards are sort of an exception. Can you guys think of some big butt PGs who played well until 33 or 34?
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May 5, 2020 11:39
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https://www.theringer.com/nba/2020/5/6/21249185/nba-shooting-guards-time-machine-all-stars This ringer article by Dan Devine about sgs who would have been great in the present day gave me one drip of basketball related pleasure. Check it out if you're in the mood
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May 7, 2020 16:29
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Veryslightlymad posted:I was going to say "Wasn't Caron Butler on that team" but completely forgot he was injured for the entire playoffs and was a non-factor. He and Deshawn Stevenson helped them defend Lebron. That was a victory of team depth PNR.freeks und the UNKNOWN Dejan Bimble fucked around with this message at 13:15 on May 14, 2020 |
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May 14, 2020 13:06
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Strawberry Panda posted:2 Chainz has a song that explains it. That's a great song. It's painful when they take your money
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May 17, 2020 13:56
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Owners really want to hit the 70 percent mark so they get all the national TV money. Full playoffs are necessary for ESPN and tnt to make money. Players want to be paid. I think this game is coming back by late June
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May 19, 2020 23:34
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MourningView posted:They could stop having preseason games entirely and I don't think anything would be lost. I think that was send things even further into only pick-and-roll or lead guard ISO
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May 21, 2020 02:14
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Punkin Spunkin posted:I embrace the spurs adding this to their roster of kinda already the ugliest loving jerseys It looks like something from the boys clothing section of a grocery store. If that's the market you want, then mission accomplished RIP Jerry Sloan. The world will never decide on a pronunciation for Bryon Russel. Hopefully that 1 on 1 PPV comes out when Jordan needs to pay some Charlotte team expenses out of pocket
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May 22, 2020 19:45
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Declan MacManus posted:it'd likely involve sending dinwiddie and harris' expiring plus some filler (and they'd likely end up needing to send jarrett allen + picks to get the wizards to save some face) Is Beal best friends with Kyrie, KD, and Deandre Jordan? I don't know why he'd want to go from first option/second option to third or tied for fourth. Just standing there while Kyrie and KD run pnrs and long stretches of ISOs. In an ideal Nets world, everyone is healthy and they can roll out great shooting and good playmaking from those 3 guys. They could probably win a lot of games, would have a hard time against elite beefy wings, Lebron, Kawhi, etc. They'd match up badly with Boston, better against Miami, again would have no one to put on Siakim. (Assuming that KD is never the defender he once was) It feels like the Joe Tsai Nets were cannily fleeced by other teams and agents, and possibly will be again, in a manner similar to how they were fleeced under Prokhorov. The only thing we learn from the past is that we never learn from the past. Dejan Bimble fucked around with this message at 04:10 on May 23, 2020 |
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May 22, 2020 19:51
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MourningView posted:Hmm I wonder if they'll play enough for it to be mathematically possible for the jazz to lose out and get a lottery pick. I'm confused, there was a lot of talk about owners wanting to get to 70% regular season games played, but that's 57.4 games and it's already been reached. I wonder if they'll play a couple weeks worth of games, to get back into shape and then start the playoffs. Spend a month fitting the facilities from now til june 22, move teams in quickly but stepwise. Stock everyone up with ppe and schedule things for minimal contact, practice, work out, play 5 or 6 preseason style warm up games and then start the playoffs on july 21? Who knows
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May 22, 2020 20:47
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Boredumb posted:Joseph Tsai owns the Nets not Jack Ma My mistake. I was just thinking "the alibaba guy" Cool Buff Man posted:The Ringer is a very stupid website but even for them an article/section about how great Derrick Rose's per 36 minute stats are is pretty rough. Per 36 stats are mostly useful for trying to make your rookie bigs seem better than they are I think they're just having fun. That website has stooped to posting game of thrones fan fiction because they have not a loving thing to write about. Hopefully fawning articles about spotify exclusive true crime podcasts??? Derrick Rose's fantastic off the dribble three point shooting and evolved vision as a passer have made him really good. He gets worn out playing more than 20 minutes a game. If you have someone else to play 26 minutes or so he'll be tearing mixed bench/starter units to pieces.
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May 23, 2020 04:12
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MourningView posted:we will not truly be back as a nation unless I can watch the detroit pistons play at Disney world to determine who has best odds for the sixth pick in the draft We need to Se-kou som Bouya Thank you
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May 23, 2020 18:19
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Nobody cares if they live or die. The world's ending due to global warming anyway. Just play the games. We need to see if the Bucks can beat the Clippers
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May 24, 2020 19:00
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He was a functional rotation guy for a few seasons, then he had one injury and came back a few times but was never the guy he was before. Maybe one week out of 5 he'd be alright.
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May 25, 2020 02:08
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Dame Dollar Lillard AFRAID to lose?
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May 26, 2020 20:59
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Lockback posted:Nah, I like speculating! How about a 66 team tournament with ACB, BBL, ABL, PBA teams. Single elimination. Refs come from different leagues on a titanium machined dice roll. 3's count for 4's. 2's count for 1's except when they're 3's (dunks that cause the "IMPACTOMETER" to reset). Teams are allowed to swap jersey namplates around for strategic confusion purposes. The mascots are NOT allowed to wear PPE at ANY POINT. The championship team gets the vaccine. The rest have to make their way home with whatever objects they can get for free on facebook marketplace
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May 26, 2020 21:34
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Shrimp or Shrimps posted:I don't know about all of you, but whatever they choose to do i just want them to properly call travels and carrying/palming, tia So you wouldn't mind if it took place in Nazi Germany? And you wouldn't mind if they played on a palm oil and orangutan killing plantation? After Nazi Germany captured Indonesia??? You're twisted!
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May 26, 2020 22:43
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euphronius posted:The actual rules of the game are different than what is on paper Trying to unite the two in ever more legalistic language is why the NFL fucks itself into botched games on stupid calls every year
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I have an athletic 30 day free trial, and drat do they have some nice writing. It's like I'm 10 years in the past when there was still sportswriting on the internet rather than terrible video clips of 6 hour long react- shows. About the Toronto Raptors' preferences when drafting a Man to play Ball: quote:Vecenie: Between this and our undying love of pop-punk music, our relationship has been on firm ground for years, and I’m glad we’re actually getting a chance to talk about first-rounders instead of late-round flyers! If you have a sub, check out rafe bartholomew's articles. Even if you don't like boxing. You might start!
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May 27, 2020 20:51
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verbal enema posted:gently caress MPJ Biracial people often suffer from resentment issues toward one or both of the races of their parents.It's sad but true. Just let him browse an instagram feed curated by Eric Reid and he'll figure it out in time
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May 27, 2020 21:04
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WhyteRyce posted:MPJ had horrible health issues. Taking him in the top four with all that talent on the board at that point in time would have been almost as bad as Bagley over Doncic and it's going to take more than half a season of limited controlled playing time to argue that he's still a top 4-5 guy from that draft He has the highest ceiling of anyone in the draft but Zion. We all like Ja Morant, but he's slight, RJ Barret wishes he had anything close to the potential of MPJ, and Deandre Hunter tops out as a solid starting shooting specialist. MPJ could lead the league in points, and play good defense while he was at it. The gap between that and now is his bones being made of glœss
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May 27, 2020 21:08
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WhyteRyce posted:Saying he had a high ceiling but he had a broken back and was developing drop foot is like saying you got high end Lamborghini from a salvage auction and it may end up being a really good car But that salvage Lamborghini really could get you a championship. This dumb luck is a big part of NBA success
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May 27, 2020 21:36
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I found the moment on TV when Charles Barkley lost his joy. From 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHf8s1FXQWY&t=3558s
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I've been using my free athletic trial to read some back pieces by writers I haven't been able to read for a while. This site is really good. It reminds me of espn 12 years ago. https://theathletic.com/1837335/2020/05/27/identifying-the-potential-candidates-for-pistons-general-manager/ For some reason my name is not on this list of candidates. Pisses me off Thestepien's Zach Milner put out an extensive scouting report on Cassius Winston. They're doing good work https://www.thestepien.com/2020/05/15/cassius-winston-scouting-report/ Dejan Bimble fucked around with this message at 21:21 on May 28, 2020 |
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Redgrendel2001 posted:Australian media has been reallllllly bad with trying to leech off of it. Bogut reposted some of the biggest stretches; Becc Judd Chata Hama Windy Windhorse Brian Windhorst said that He Has Heard NBA people say that no matter what happens, the final cut will be 20 teams, because the league is desperate to have Zion games. True or false? Wind or Horst? Who knows
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WhyteRyce posted:Finally got a proper office chair for my den so fished this out of my boxes. One of my most cherished prizes. Snagged this right of a chair in front of a security guard when a crowd of people obstructed her view I love your debris whyteryce. Dont let the subsequent haters bother you \/\/\/\/\/\/\/
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Veryslightlymad posted:The tragedy of Nash winning the MVPs wasn't that the MVP didn't go to a different player; the tragedy is that, because Nash was a two time MVP, people are memory holing just how loving good Shawn Marion was. MVP is a narrative award. Steve Nash won because he was the best player on a team that changed the way basketball was played, and made the people say yeaaaah
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European players now have a union, or at least a professional association. I don't know how that works in the EU https://hoopshype.com/2020/05/31/bostjan-nachbar-the-biggest-fear-from-euroleague-players-was-not-the-virus-but-the-injuries/ Really long interview with association president Bostjan Nachbar on the subject
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Sterling wasn't racist, he was just embarrassed by his side chicks flirting with black men in public (it honestly seemed like he didn't mind if they had sex with them as long as they weren't seen together, but that's another thing), and viewed blacks and latinos as groups to exclude from his rental properties Why if that's racist then you might say... many rich men ... are racist? And say 29 of them knew about his conduct yet didn't bother to do anything about it???
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MourningView posted:the tests have like a 40% false negative rate. also what happens if like half of a team tests positive in the playoffs? Some pittsburgh penguin tested positive already. It's going to happen. I think they'll just shuffle the guy out and keep playing.
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The Glumslinger posted:lol if he got fit because he couldn't constantly go out for fastfood Hahaha, so endearing
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Kibner posted:This is much better, Brees: Very rich pro athlete whites who grow up in an all life is sports way can maybe be excused for lacking perspective. To them police protect them from drunk psychos and the american flag is for the cancer children who soldiers protect. They have a lot of money and get to focus on their craft all the time so they don't have to worry about food and shelter. Safety is the only question, and police provide them safety. So they lick the boot. That's my theory anyway.
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MourningView posted:no it's true the only possible way to show you care is to post in the correct thread in the Something Awful Dot Com forums I've posted. My part is done. Thank me later.
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WhyteRyce posted:I would take it and put it in a bag so I can keep it. Once you eat it all you have is the story which people might not believe I want a tour of your home and office. "Ray McCallum sucked on this rubber band before discarding it" "Papagiannis's ankle hair. I picked it up with a small vacuum device I snuck around security" "This is a pad of paper that Dave Joeger set his clear plastic cup of water on" I love it IcePhoenix posted:I make candied orange peel every winter and it owns Man that sounds great. I love to zest citrus for the scent but I'm allergic to the thing itself as well as sugar. If I had a bunch of allergy medication and pain relievers I'd jam on it. I used to candy so much ginger. It's the king of the candied items you wouldn't normally chew on. My old apartment vent hood was very powerful and would shoot ginger sugar vapor into the stratosphere. Like the big chimney that says code:This is a comparison of Cole Anthony and Coby White. I'm linking it because it taught me something that I should have heard already, he's the son of Greg Anthony of milquetoast NBA analysis and NBA fame https://hoopshype.com/2020/06/04/cole-anthony-coby-white-north-carolina-tar-heels-nba-mock-draft/
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Has anyone run through the pool of guys eligible to be Covid-19 replacements and ranked them? "If a player tests positive, they will need to quarantine for at least 10 days and have two negative tests before rejoining their team. The same is true if a player leaves the league’s Disney World campus, which will be closed off to the public. If a player leaves and returns, they will need to quarantine for at least 10 days and test negative twice before rejoining. Teams are expected to have the option to replace players who test positive by signing available free agents or utilizing their own players on two-way contracts. The transaction window may open around June 22, as previously reported by ESPN. A decision on the pool of players able to be signed has not yet been finalized, but the current thinking is it would likely be limited to players who were on an NBA roster during training camp or during the season, or on a G League roster at any point. In other words, DeMarcus Cousins, who was signed by the Lakers last summer but waived in February, would be eligible to be signed, but J.R. Smith, waived last summer and unsigned throughout the season, would not be." I have to drive to Nebraska over the next two days or I'd try and pitch it somewhere for 15 pennies a word
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Do you guys think somebody will sign Christian Wood away from the Pistons this offseason?
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dokmo posted:No they're gonna pay him. That's good to know. not much to spend on otherwise and we'll see how high ceiling goes, while Blake Griffin is exploring his twilight as an Andre Miller esque player Dejan Bimble fucked around with this message at 23:17 on Jun 11, 2020 |
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We're starting into the reducing the surplus population phase of the virus I brought my fiancee to Omaha for a job and 75% of people aren't in masks. Everyone's out all the time. But I guess the hospitals are set up for a stream of cases ?? Bad time to be old or sickly
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Kyrie is going to be the typhoid Mary of the NBA playoffs. Check out the new Zach Lowe podcast for Caron Butler's story of how he would drink mountain dew with a straw during games to get an automatic 20
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Dexo posted:Huh Kyrie is literally one of the people saying maybe they shouldn't continue this season. I only saw the tweet I quoted, that made it sound like he objected to the conditions of the bubble, I didn't see the subsequent ones with his reasoning.
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