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*eating a chicken wing and looking up from the article I’m reading in Playboy* Just clarifying that the schedule in the OP is only the nationally broadcasted games
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Zogo posted:COTY honors courtesy of The Greek Freak and The Skate Instructor. -NUKE THE WHALES
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As long as they don’t retire a “Drake” jersey
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Spacebump posted:That makes more sense. I think it depends which feed you’re watching. I imagine you’re watching the Mavs feed.
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The league conspired to get Memphis out of the 8 seed through all this but that really blows. It’ll be good for Clarke to get more run at least
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Goddamn the trivia pop ups on league pass are loving killing me. I’m always behind the games, so I can FF through commercials, but if you FF as a trivia question pops up, it starts a cycle of loading the question, closing itself, and loading the question. I have to pause to be able to close it, but then it just starts up again until it times out a minute later. Why the gently caress would I want to participate in a poll on how far the Suns are going to go this season
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Here’s the NYT article linked in that twitter thread https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/04/sports/basketball/wnba-dream-loeffler-warnock.html?referringSource=articleShare “ W.N.B.A. Players Escalate Protest of Anti-B.L.M. Team Owner Led by the members of the Atlanta Dream, players have begun wearing T-shirts supporting a political opponent of Senator Kelly Loeffler, who co-owns the Dream and has spoken against the Black Lives Matter movement. By Sopan Deb Aug. 4, 2020 Updated 8:00 p.m. ET Players for the Atlanta Dream and other teams across the W.N.B.A. have begun a public show of defiance by wearing T-shirts endorsing the Democratic opponent of the Dream’s co-owner Senator Kelly Loeffler, Republican of Georgia, who is in a tightly contested race for her seat and has spoken disparagingly of the Black Lives Matter movement. Images of players, including the nine-time All-Star Diana Taurasi, wearing the shirts endorsing Dr. Raphael G. Warnock flooded social media on Tuesday ahead of a nationally televised matchup between Atlanta and the Phoenix Mercury. Across the chest of the black T-shirts were two words “Vote Warnock,” a reference to the Atlanta pastor who is one of the top Democrats running against Loeffler in a special election in November. It was the latest escalation in a conflict that has roiled the W.N.B.A. in recent weeks. Loeffler, who owns 49 percent of the team, has publicly and frequently derided the league for dedicating its season to the Black Lives Matter movement, provoking sharp criticism from some of the league’s most high-profile figures. The players’ union has called for her ouster, but W.N.B.A. Commissioner Cathy Engelbert told CNN in mid-July that Loeffler would not be forced to sell the team. Elizabeth Williams, who has played for the Dream since 2016, said in an interview on Monday that the players plan to “vocally support” Warnock in the coming weeks, and that players have had “several” conversations with him. “When we realized what our owner was doing and how she was kind of using us and the Black Lives Matter movement for her political gain, we felt like we didn’t want to feel kind of lost as the pawns in this,” Williams said. The Loeffler campaign did not immediately return a request for comment. Warnock, in an email, said he was “honored and humbled by the overwhelming support from the W.N.B.A. players.” “This movement gives us the opportunity to fight for what we believe in, and I stand by all athletes promoting social justice on and off the court,” Warnock said. “Senator Loeffler and those like her who seek to silence and dismiss others when they speak up for justice have planted themselves on the wrong side of history.” Williams said the idea to publicly endorse Warnock came from Sue Bird, the 11-time All-Star guard for the Seattle Storm. Both Williams and Bird are executives in the players’ union. Top players also consulted with Stacey Abrams, the Democrat who lost a close race for the Georgia governor’s seat in 2018 to Brian Kemp, a Republican. Abrams joined the players’ union board of advocates last summer. In planning the demonstration, the players thought it was important that the T-shirts debuted during a game that was nationally televised. Tuesday’s game between the Dream and Mercury was scheduled to be broadcast on ESPN 2. Williams said that the Dream players will continue to wear the T-shirts in upcoming games, and other teams have agreed to do so, too. “We can’t really do anything about her ownership,” Williams said, referring to Loeffler. “That’s not something we can control. We can control who we vote for.” The teams’ coaches were made aware of the demonstration, Williams said, but she was unsure whether Mary Brock, the philanthropist who owns the other 51 percent of the Dream, was told ahead of time. Brock thus far has not publicly addressed the conflict between Loeffler and the W.N.B.A. players. This level of public protest — players on a team openly campaigning against their own owner — is virtually unheard of in professional sports. But it is not out of character for players in the W.N.B.A., a league that has frequently shown a willingness to tackle social justice issues publicly. In 2016, W.N.B.A. players were among the first professional athletes in the United States to demonstrate against police brutality, also with T-shirts. The W.N.B.A. initially fined those players before rescinding the fines. It was not immediately clear whether the league would take action against the players for Tuesday’s demonstration. Representatives for the league did not immediately return a request for comment. Recently, the league has waded deeper into politics, in large part because of its players’ willingness to do the same. In 2018, the W.N.B.A. partnered with Planned Parenthood for an initiative called “Take a Seat, Take a Stand,” which sent a portion of ticket proceeds to multiple groups including Planned Parenthood. Since then, W.N.B.A. players have often been spotted at the front lines of demonstrations, especially recently after the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, who were killed by the police. The initial response to Loeffler, who is not involved in the day-to-day operations of the team, came after she wrote a letter in early July to Engelbert, saying, “I adamantly oppose the Black Lives Matter political movement, which has advocated for the defunding of police.” Loeffler also accused the movement of promoting “violence and destruction across the country.” One of the most high-profile rebukes came from Dream players, who issued a collective statement on July 10: “It is not extreme to demand change after centuries of inequality. This is not a political statement. This is a statement of humanity.” Loeffler has since made a cause celebre of criticizing the W.N.B.A.’s commitment to social justice, frequently conducting interviews painting herself as a victim of so-called “cancel culture” as a result of the backlash from players. In her Senate race, Loeffler is fighting to remain in the seat she was appointed to late last year after Johnny Isakson stepped down because of health problems. To win, a candidate must get 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate reaches that mark, the top two candidates will have a runoff, which is widely expected to be the outcome. The other top candidate in the race is Representative Doug Collins, a Republican and ardent supporter of President Trump. Collins and the W.N.B.A. players have one thing in common: They want Loeffler to sell her stake in the team. But Collins’s reasoning was different. On July 7, he issued a statement that said Loeffler should “get out of the liberal agenda advocacy business,” in reference to the Dream. Asked if she was bothered that the W.N.B.A. was not forcing Loeffler to sell her stake, Williams said: “Honestly, I think that she wants the league to push her out. She wants that to be part of this statement that she’s making that, ‘Oh, Black Lives Matter is divisive. They pushed me out because they feel differently, blah blah blah.’ “So I think, ironically, playing this kind of wait and see game is more frustrating for Kelly than it is for us,” Williams said. “
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Found further in the thread https://twitter.com/justinvibbs/status/1290796986384310272?s=21
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He’s the porn star version starring in Pau Gasol Plows PAWG rear end in a top hat
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It would definitely look funny and visually undermine everything they’re doing, even if it doesn’t matter because they’re all in an enclosed arena breathing heavily and licking their hands before they shoot free throws
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Dope https://twitter.com/ballislife/status/1291083559390908416?s=21
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MourningView posted:The video is not very good but I think Conley is at worst right at the line, as opposed to a full step into the lane like most of the guys who do it in the NBA contests. Professional Dunk Contest Winner James White has done it a bunch though that's true. If you watch the vid I re-posted from the twitter thread with young Mike Conley it has a clear angle that his whole foot is past the line
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Ghislaineof YOSPOS posted:how many players does your favorite team have on it that are not NBA level? Either developmental players 1-2 years out of the g league or guys who are just really lovely. I know you typically don't want to go with a rotation deeper than 10 dudes at the most, fewer in the playoffs. right now my team (Utah) has 5 g league guys and a 6th guy who is a fringe NBA player on his best day. this seems like a lot to me but I don't know how other teams typically do it. The Kings
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DeimosRising posted:Kings and aristocrats are related but not identical concepts lol
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Aug 5, 2020 22:53
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Salvor_Hardin posted:It's kinda bullshit that all these games are nationally televised so league pass is worthless. VPN + international my friend. I bet all the playoff games will be blacked out too, except maybe Toronto’s first round.
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The Glumslinger posted:I also remember Andrew Bynum 
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If he would have just said No when Ernie asked him if he was tampering, he might not have been fined. “You been drinking tonight?” “Maybe”
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@ bornbytheriver, the gif magician, today Dame drove to the hoop and tried to kick it back out, but it hit Tobias Harris (I think) in the head and went in the basket instead. Just in case you needed another play to gif
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Somebody post it in Yospos and see if they can tell you which porno it is
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Hassan Whiteside
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Phenomenal thank you
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Aug 10, 2020 11:26
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Butler still out? LeBron too? Will Indy/Miami be the only competitive game today?
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verbal enema posted:Suns to win it all i can dig that I called it opening day when they smoked the Kings, I got receipts
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Rick posted:I think LeBron might play but that doesn't mean that the game will be competitive. True. And that’s even assuming Denver tries. Just put out some buckets. Probably safer.
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Ghost Dog posted:the concept of whiteness is trying to block equality Apparently it was a successful chasedown block lol
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MourningView posted:Dion Waiters is A BUCKET when he has it going He’s a true two-way walking bucket
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I love Dame, but drat dude cut your nails. Y’all see those close ups?
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There should just be a single elimination play in game for the play in game, if it comes to that
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Poque posted:It's single-elimination for the 9 seed, double for the 8. Oh I know. I was saying, for example, the suns and spurs should play to see who get to play the Blazers in the real play-in game(s). A play-in for the play-in.
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Not taking Luka should be a career ender.
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I think Luka+KP is good too, but you would be absolutely insane to call them a dark horse title contender. That duo is not enough. The heat is making us all a little loopy though
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euphronius posted:My expectation is the Celtics sweep the sixers and win by an average of 10 per game Now I’m not the most intelligent or objective of analysts - I had Sixers losing to LAC in the Finals - but I think they’re really going to miss Ben Simmons’ contribution. A lot of one point losses coming their way.
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Dutchy posted:perhaps but if it weren't for the lobotomies they get during the final TV timeout they'd probably be like, what, 6th, 7th best team in the NBA? that's about dark horse tier imo. i think they'd be the 3 seed if they had gone .500 in games decided by a field goal. the lobotomies are real though so they're below that and not a dark horse contender yet Lol I feel ya, there are a lot of dark horse contenders this year. Not having Powell in the bubble hurt too obviously. He was forgotten about it seems like.
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He would be a good backup for Bagley at 3 I guess
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Does Orlando get to hang a championship banner after this season?
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big boi posted:Teething baby just had a conniption and I was convinced the game would be in the 4th by now AggressivelyStupid posted:is steph ok? big boi posted:I played got your nose and even though I gave it back he's out for the season
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Marc Gasol is a master magician. He has such slick little sleight of hand moves that would be called fouls if anybody noticed. Very impressive, I’m a big fan
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It’s why I’m thankful for international league pass. You can listen to Chauncey Billups do color for LAC instead of the catskills comics brigade
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R.D. Mangles posted:The 'Set 'Zette MC Chris theme song in the works Metapod posted:When I think bay area I think of the goon who just decided one day he was going to March across the US with no training, a baby stroller, and a route that would have him in Texas during the summer despite an entire thread begging him to train, get proper equipment, and take a better path. He didn't make it past the Golden state Bridge before quitting. There's real no point in sharing this i just think about it often. Hilarious FYAD thread https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3720872&perpage=40&noseen=1
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