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Close. By defensive rating he's 4th worst (better than Chandler Parsons, Damian Jones, and Trae Young)
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12-03-2019, 08:36 PM | #52 |
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Lloyd Pierce and his coaching staff made some great adjustments to go from allowing 158 to only allowing 79 in the next game.
The most important adjustment was swapping out Houston for Golden State.
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12-05-2019, 07:00 AM | #53 |
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The ref is looking right at LeBron and the ball.
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12-05-2019, 01:07 PM | #54 |
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At the minimum that ref deserves a letter of demerit and whatever the maximum is that he can be fined. That play will be meme fuel for the “all they do is travel” crowd.
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12-06-2019, 06:02 AM | #55 |
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Eh, Traveling is the equivalent to offensive holding to me.
But now that the Rockets have opened the floodgates, the Jazz should file a protest and asked for a replay from that point.
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12-06-2019, 04:00 PM | #56 |
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I'm surprised it's taken this long for Cavs players to rebel against Beilein.
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12-06-2019, 07:19 PM | #57 |
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Bucks/Clippers tonight. Milwaukee has been pretty awesome lately, but mostly just beating up on shitty teams. Giannis turns 25 years old today. Kawhi sat out the first meeting between the teams.
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12-06-2019, 10:12 PM | #58 |
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Chris Paul is such an A-hole.
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12-11-2019, 06:15 PM | #59 |
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What a great ovation for Kawhai and all the class in to world from the Raptors fans. Great to see.
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12-13-2019, 03:52 PM | #60 |
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12-13-2019, 08:43 PM | #61 |
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It’s a loss but that was a fun game between the Heat and the Lakers.
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12-18-2019, 03:47 AM | #62 |
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I’m wondering when they’re just going to announce that Zion is going to miss the entire season. I understand being cautious but he’s almost 2 months into rehab on what was supposed to be a non serious knee injury.
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12-20-2019, 09:32 PM | #63 |
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Brett Brown really should have an offensive game plan by now shouldn’t he?
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12-20-2019, 09:38 PM | #64 | |
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Its possible but Im not sure how great it would be for his development to miss an entire season at such a young age. I mean having Curry, Klay, and Draymond miss the season kind of makes sense since they are developed all stars but a rookie with 1 year of college? I think the development year is major for him. Last edited by jbergey22 : 12-20-2019 at 09:39 PM. |
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Insert all of the required caveats here. Now then, I absolutely loved different video angles of this incident. The realization of the fans that they did do something that was worthy of an ass kicking as Thomas walked up to them. The fear that the ass kicking may be coming. The calmness that Thomas engaged in the conversation. Absolutely loved everything of Thomas's handling of the situation. Arena security: Do better.
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RIP David Stern 1942-2020
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01-05-2020, 08:39 AM | #68 |
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The early reactions to Kevin Love's unprofessionalism behavior has been interesting to observe.
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Eeesh. Unfortunately I've had that happen to me more than once.
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As a Cavs fan, I don't blame him I have to say. Incredibly frustrating to watch, and very selfish guard play. I hope we trade him and he gets to play for a contender.
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01-20-2020, 03:01 PM | #72 |
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I can't lie: I smell "collect on my insurance policies" and "exit the league with some dignity" in this. He's been unable to crack a terrible Hawks lineup even when healthy.
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Not sure he will ever be "healthy". His knee is just shot. Microfracture surgery is a death knell for NBA players. Maybe get a couple more years but ultimately the knee will fail. |
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Hate to say it but that thought entered my mind too given how the latest reports dramatically scaled up the extent of his injuries - seemed like a comparatively minor incident when news broke. I hope that is the case (weird as that is to say), as "traumatic brain injury" sounds really bad... but could also be used to describe any concussion.
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01-20-2020, 05:02 PM | #76 |
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Not sure you can fake a torn labrum though. But yeah, any concussion can be listed as a "traumatic brain injury" by a personal injury attorney.
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01-20-2020, 05:15 PM | #77 |
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Torn labrum is most likely true and I'm sure makes sense with the accident but it's not something that is generally considered career ending (again, depending on the extent of it I suppose).
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01-20-2020, 05:19 PM | #78 |
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Is it a shoulder labrum or hip? If it is a hip, he's done.
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01-20-2020, 07:40 PM | #79 |
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Assume you have to be aggressive so you don’t get placed on a non sports injury list that would hurt your contract guarantees. The drunk guy is going to have a hard time getting insurance ever again
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It's Atlanta. Helluva leap that he had it in the first place. Not sure a driver at 2 in the afternoon with a "7-Up bottle with alcohol on the driver’s seats and the heavy odor of alcohol in the car and on the driver" is going to be circumspect in following mandatory insurance laws.
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01-21-2020, 05:32 AM | #81 |
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Those Delonte West jokes about him being crazy are not so funny anymore. The recent videos are shocking. Not surprising, just a shock to the system. Mental health man, mental health.
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Definitely with Jon on this one.
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01-23-2020, 05:16 PM | #83 |
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Well his contract does expire this year. He has to find income from somewhere.
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This is a about a week old, but I am interested in what others think of these charts. I am not anti three pointers but damn...
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I think it's bad for basketball. The 3-point line should be moved back (eliminating the corner 3) to the point where for a league-average shooter it's only a slightly better shot than a 2-pointer. The gap is simply too big between 3-point efficiency and 2-point efficiency.
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Agree re: bad for basketball. It's bad for the fan experience. The sheer volume of 3s being thrown up makes it far less of an entertaining spectacle when they do drop, and the continued heat on the rim leads to more FTs than it does highlight plays. I get why teams do it, but it's making the NBA a less entertaining product to watch.
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I am going to be a bit more dramatic. Push back the 3 pt line, but also make the court wider.
The problem is more than the elimination of the baseline 2, there are no more high post 2s or FT extended 2s either. |
01-25-2020, 02:07 AM | #88 |
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Also, Zion clearly sucks. Only two games into his career and he's already missed five shots. Srsly.
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01-29-2020, 09:07 PM | #89 |
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Welcome back Victor Oladipo!
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01-30-2020, 02:26 PM | #90 |
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NBA all star game doing some format changes.
Quarters 1-3 scored separately, starting 0-0. Winner of the quarter gets a certain amount donated to their charity. After 3 quarters the points are then added up and the leading squad has 24 added to their total. That’s the final target score. So if it’s 100-87, the first team to 124 would win, regardless of time. |
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Also I dunno how you solve the 3s or dunks thing. Straight up eliminating it would probably make the game better. Maybe every shooting foul is 3 FT to make 2 or something. If they moved it back 5 feet everyone would just fire from there and it would become less watchable.
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01-30-2020, 02:32 PM | #92 |
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That may the most confusing setup I've ever heard. I'm sure it will go swimmingly
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01-30-2020, 02:34 PM | #93 |
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It’s taken from TBT and modified. Basically the game ends on a walk off shot(or LOL a free throw) vs the game ending on time.
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01-30-2020, 03:03 PM | #94 |
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I think it's not so much confusing as officially explained in a confusing fashion.
3 quarters, scoring IS cumulative, but the charity donations are based on winning individual quarters. Then take highest cumulative score after three quarters, add 24 points to it, and that's the score the game ends at. Given ASG scoring rates, the 4th quarter should last about 6 minutes of game time.
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I'm a big fan of "playing to a certain score" in all sports. No idea why. It appeals to me. I wish the NFL did OT first to 6 points.
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Timberwolves appear to be gathering assets in order to make a trade for De'Angelo Russell.
Timberwolves werent willing to give up a lottery high pick for him however maybe they are thinking a mid first found pick with some additional pieces will land him? |
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Hmmm, Iguodala AND Galinari to the Heat?
I am willingly to listen.
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