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Old 05-12-2023, 12:45 PM   #251
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Old 05-12-2023, 09:20 PM   #252
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Yeah I can't say that I had the Heat in the ECF again this year. Julius Randle and RJ Barrett....woof.
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Old 05-12-2023, 09:54 PM   #253
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Other than Brunson, the whole team was awful shooting the ball.
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Old 05-14-2023, 10:54 AM   #254
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Old 05-14-2023, 11:12 AM   #255
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I still don't understand how this is a problem when open carry is a thing all over the country.
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Old 05-14-2023, 02:06 PM   #256
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Ja Moron-t.

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Old 05-14-2023, 03:29 PM   #257
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I still don't understand how this is a problem when open carry is a thing all over the country.

I was wondering the same thing. Where's the NRA when you need them?
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Old 05-14-2023, 05:01 PM   #258
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Umm, I left our Mother's Day meal at halftime of the Celtics vs Sixers game.

Wha' happened?
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Old 05-14-2023, 05:03 PM   #259
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After tonight I don't think you can give Tatum the max deal. Maybe they win despite him but pretty bad performance in a must win.

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Old 05-14-2023, 05:20 PM   #260
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I still don't understand how this is a problem when open carry is a thing all over the country.

Wait a minute. 🤔

I mean that does seem to be a pretty popular and successful defense strategy nowadays.
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Old 05-14-2023, 05:25 PM   #261
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So tempted to go running amok in the Celtics reddit forum, everyone who said Tatum was "mentally weak" and "garbage", even after his key stretch in Game 6, and then well.. all of game 7, would be getting a receipt.



I will stand by my comparison of Embiid to Wilt Chamberlain. MVP calibre year in and year out. Someone that if you don't have top players playing out of their mind on defense, he will put up big numbers against you. And categorically unable to beat the Boston Celtics in the playoffs.
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Old 05-14-2023, 06:27 PM   #262
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So tempted to go running amok in the Celtics reddit forum, everyone who said Tatum was "mentally weak" and "garbage", even after his key stretch in Game 6, and then well.. all of game 7, would be getting a receipt.



I will stand by my comparison of Embiid to Wilt Chamberlain. MVP calibre year in and year out. Someone that if you don't have top players playing out of their mind on defense, he will put up big numbers against you. And categorically unable to beat the Boston Celtics in the playoffs.

Tatum really brought it today. He was everywhere. He played great defense, rebounded passed, got the crowd going etc. This series by the end makes me think JB and JT have figured who is #1 and who is #2. I feel a little bad for Doc and Joel Embid. They are good guys and don’t deserve selfish guys like Harden.

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Old 05-14-2023, 06:27 PM   #263
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He really brought. He was everywhere. He played great defense, rebounds , passes, getting the crowd going etc. This series by the end makes me think JB and JT have figured who is #1 and who is #2. I feel. Ad for Doc and Joel Embid. They are good guys and don’t deserve selfish guys like Harden.

Harden was one of the reasons they GOT to game 7, he basically won two for them
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Old 05-14-2023, 06:38 PM   #264
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Harden was one of the reasons they GOT to game 7, he basically won two for them

He also lost them the other 4 games. He is trash.
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Old 05-14-2023, 09:52 PM   #265
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I still don't understand how this is a problem when open carry is a thing all over the country.

I mean, if they're fine for Christmas cards and political ads, they're fine for social media posts, right? Unless there's some other objection. But I can't imagine what it could be.
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Old 05-14-2023, 10:36 PM   #266
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Fair or unfair this one falls on Embiid for me. I lean slightly to it being fair. Especially given all the MVP talk from this year. He is not the only player to promote himself for MVP and he deserved to get it this year IMO. But if you are going to be that guy, you can't be the dude going 5-for-18 in game 7. You can't be the guy who once again seems to fade late in big playoff games. I know he was hurt but well that is a problem as well. Embiid with 8 for 19 in the 4th quarter and overtime in this series. 6 games, 8 made on 19 shots. While I am inclined to give the big man the benefit of the doubt because the little guys have to give him the ball, Embiid fancies himself to be an threat at the three point line as well. Today was even worse. In the decisive 3rd quarter, Embiid took four shots. Two three point misses and two twelve footer that Al Horford blocked. Harden is clearly diminished from his MVP years and Maxey was not ready to make the step up. However, Embiid still has not shown he has enough to carry his team in the playoffs in the way we have seen from others do.
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Old 05-14-2023, 10:57 PM   #267
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And that's not even mentioning his defense. He was the weak spot exploited by the Celtics with Tatum.
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Old 05-14-2023, 11:45 PM   #268
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Morant will get half a season. All these owners ditching coaches who won them titles, isn't surprising but also funny. 76ers seemed a bit doomed. Nothing seems to work, but also why did they hire Doc Rivers?
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Old 05-15-2023, 10:52 AM   #269
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76ers seemed a bit doomed. Nothing seems to work, but also why did they hire Doc Rivers?

Because they realized that picking Brett Brown and Tobias Harris over no Brett Brown and Jimmy Butler was a dumb move.
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Old 05-15-2023, 01:13 PM   #270
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Wait a minute. 🤔

I mean that does seem to be a pretty popular and successful defense strategy nowadays.

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Will Cain: ‘Does Ja Morant not have 2A rights?’

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Cain said his disagreeing with the suspension was not an endorsement of Morant’s lack of responsibility, but added, “Employment has become too big of a mechanism for behavior control.”
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Old 05-15-2023, 02:43 PM   #271
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I agree somewhat with Cain. Assuming the firearm was legally owned whats the issue here other than one of perception.

IMO the league shouldn't be able to suspend him. Memphis suspending him is a little trickier. Obviously that isn't what they want as the face of their franchise, and maybe there is a personal conduct policy, but I am sure the players association would get involved if they suspend him for a perfectly legal, all be it, stupid actively.

Would Joey Bosa be suspended if he put himself on instagram target shooting? I doubt it.
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Old 05-15-2023, 05:50 PM   #272
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I agree somewhat with Cain. Assuming the firearm was legally owned whats the issue here other than one of perception.

IMO the league shouldn't be able to suspend him. Memphis suspending him is a little trickier. Obviously that isn't what they want as the face of their franchise, and maybe there is a personal conduct policy, but I am sure the players association would get involved if they suspend him for a perfectly legal, all be it, stupid actively.

Would Joey Bosa be suspended if he put himself on instagram target shooting? I doubt it.

I just listened to a podcast that described the issue better than me typing out a long post.

Ja Morant is driving around in the passenger seat of a vehicle. He is waving a gun during the drive. They pull up to a traffic light. A police car or quite honestly anyone driving around Memphis with a gun in the car pulls up next to the car while Ja is waving a gun around. Choose your own adventure for the end of that story. How many of those end well for Ja?

I hear your example about Bosa. I am 99% sure that someone in Ja's life has told him he can't do what his little friends can do for reason that are obvious to see.
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Old 05-15-2023, 06:04 PM   #273
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The Memphis PD describes TN law as:

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Again, what did Morant do wrong? This is the current gun culture.
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Old 05-15-2023, 06:47 PM   #274
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I am 99% sure that someone in Ja's life has told him he can't do what his little friends can do for reason that are obvious to see.

And I'm 99.9% sure Morant is too fucking stupid to embrace that concept.
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Old 05-16-2023, 12:41 PM   #275
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Old 05-16-2023, 01:41 PM   #276
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As expected. the Sixers fired Doc. They are going to bring in D'Antoni, aren't they?
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Old 05-16-2023, 05:43 PM   #277
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The term "once in a generation" is used way too much. They were saying the same about Zion a couple years ago.
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Old 05-16-2023, 07:26 PM   #278
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Old 05-16-2023, 07:32 PM   #279
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Old 05-16-2023, 07:44 PM   #280
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Spurs winning the lottery sure smells rigged.
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Old 05-16-2023, 08:15 PM   #281
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Spurs winning the lottery sure smells rigged.

I approve. I don't want to just allow that sort of talent to go to any ole team. Only the Spurs and the Lakers know how to win championships with their overall #1 picks.* They got their guys to the HOF to boot. Now we just gotta make sure Pop and RC Buford hang out through his first contract to help him build his foundation. In Pop I Trust.

*Yes, the Cavs won with Lebron and Kyrie but then they did that whole Anthony Bennett/ Andrew Wiggins back to back. The lose the benefit of the doubt after that.
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Old 05-17-2023, 11:40 AM   #283
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Old 05-18-2023, 10:10 PM   #285
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Old 05-19-2023, 07:34 PM   #286
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I still don't understand how this is a problem when open carry is a thing all over the country.

There's a difference between what's ok to do as an average person and what's going to cause problems for you when huge amounts of money rest on you representing a business with a specific image. It's the same as whole 'free speech doesn't mean you can't get fired for speech which embarasses your employer' thing.
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There's a difference between what's ok to do as an average person and what's going to cause problems for you when huge amounts of money rest on you representing a business with a specific image. It's the same as whole 'free speech doesn't mean you can't get fired for speech which embarasses your employer' thing.

I can't imagine GOP judges would be okay with a rule that says you can't be seen with a gun in your off hours.
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Old 05-19-2023, 10:34 PM   #288
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I appreciate the Heat being up 2-0 with both wins coming on the road and I really do hope they win the series. However Joe Mazzulla's in game management is offensive to me. Even if I was not a fan of the Heat, I would be rooting for them to get this guy out of the playoffs. He may be a good head coach at some point but that is not right now.
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Wondering how much Adam Silver gets in the refs ears the next 2 weeks. Denver-Miami has to be a ratings nightmare for the NBA.
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Wondering how much Adam Silver gets in the refs ears the next 2 weeks. Denver-Miami has to be a ratings nightmare for the NBA.

Lakers are already getting to the line. Probably be time better spent if he told Lebron to stop shooting 3's.
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Jimmy Butler has to rate pretty high on the all-time free agent signing pyramid. I think LeBron has the top 3 spots on that list. Shaq in LA. Don’t know if Durant counts really since they’d win a title. Ben Wallace in DET maybe.
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Old 05-21-2023, 07:24 AM   #292
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I can't imagine GOP judges would be okay with a rule that says you can't be seen with a gun in your off hours.

I'm sure they wouldn't, but it also really seems to me like you're missing the point. This isn't about what's legal.

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Old 05-21-2023, 08:55 PM   #293
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I'm sure they wouldn't, but it also really seems to me like you're missing the point. This isn't about what's legal.

But it is given the current state of U.S. gun laws. I am absolutely sure SCOTUS would not let any business take away gun rights after working hours and not on company property.

I mean we live in a world where the TN GOP members send out Christmas cards with their families adorned with military-grade weaponry. I still think this is an opportunity for the NRA, but for some reason (wink wink) hey won't get involved.
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Eh, SCOTUS likes ruling in favor of corporations more than in favor of guns.
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Old 05-22-2023, 12:16 AM   #297
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But it is given the current state of U.S. gun laws. I am absolutely sure SCOTUS would not let any business take away gun rights after working hours and not on company property.

Nothing SCOTUS has ruled that I'm aware of comes even remotely close to this claim. The current state of gun laws is irrelevant. At this point I don't understand what point you are trying to make. By definition a business can't take away gun rights, or grant them, or do anything else to them. All manner of people are fired, fined, and have many other things consequences from their employers as a result of their behavior. If people can be 'deplatformed' as a result of them spreading opinions we don't like - and they can be and are - and many other similar consequences, then I see no reason to see the Morant situation as anything other than that.

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I mean we live in a world where the TN GOP members send out Christmas cards with their families adorned with military-grade weaponry.

And ... ? Those politicians are only answerable to their constituents. They aren't answerable to a large corporation that can fine/suspend/etc. and which needs to protect it's image with the general public, advertisers, and so on. It's not a remotely comparable situation.

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When the conference finals started, I thought to myself that there was no way in heck the NBA was going to miss out on a Lakers-Celtics finals featuring LeBron.

We are two games away from what may be the most shocking NBA conspiracy theory in my lifetime – that the games are actually fairly officiated and not controlled by the front office.
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Old 05-22-2023, 07:48 AM   #299
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The league can't raise LeBron's 8.3% 3 point shooting in the 4th quarter by itself.
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M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."

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Old 05-22-2023, 10:19 PM   #300
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Exceptional defense by Murray there at the end.
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