2021-22 NBA Trade Deadline

[bigeastbumrush]

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Remember the report about the Nets paying for dudes side chicks houses and ****? “Now imagine that was the Knicks.” Jacob Brigance [emoji23] I don’t think he played another game for them after the Jazz game so I’m not sure if he was supposed to play in that game or not. Bro said “oh so we’re cool with part time players? Say less.”

It would’ve been back page, front page, TMZ, freaking emergency broadcast alert [emoji599] if it was the Knicks.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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I don’t think it’s the coverage but outside of when they fired Kenny, you don’t hear of too many leaks coming from the Nets, at least since Marks has been there. Billy King was a different story because he was always leaking **** to the locals on a regular basis.

Which makes all this coming out now more surprising, especially since it’s coming from us.

Plus like y’all always claim, nobody cares about the Nets.

[jeebs9]

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NBA Buzz



BREAKING: Milwaukee Bucks have signed DeAndre Bembry after Brooklyn waived him last week.



I'm assuming a decent wing defender and can shoot the 3 from time to time.

Ahhh defender. I wouldn't expect any shooting out of him. Just a hustler.

[MrDubya]

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I'm at work, but will still tune into both if possible. I do really hope this works out for both sides.

While definitely isn't a good look, it isn't shocking for Harden. It's something I'll be concerned with, especially since Morey will allow him similar privileges as with Houston. But, Joel is definitely the one who will publicly out Harden if it becomes an issue

I missed it because I was at work too. Was there a brief synopsis of what Harden was saying? I am kind of hesitant to get excited about him there, because he’s shown in the past that he’s not that guy in the playofffs. I just hope he doesn’t ruin a great season from Embiid with all his antics and such.

[illwill10]

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I missed it because I was at work too. Was there a brief synopsis of what Harden was saying? I am kind of hesitant to get excited about him there, because he’s shown in the past that he’s not that guy in the playofffs. I just hope he doesn’t ruin a great season from Embiid with all his antics and such.

Ben's presser was the usual Ben presser over the years. Ben's very guarded. He's never going to tell you "everything". He's going to tell you a lot without telling you a lot. You can tell he was holding things back, but the theme of Ben's presser was that he just wants to move on and he's happier now.

James didn't want to discuss the Brooklyn exit. Both extra were "mutual". Philly was "his original first choice" . Kyrie impact was "minimal", but it impacted the team. Then later saying he wanted to be around guys who wanted to win and do whatever it takes. It was a collaborative effort to keep him out until after All Star Break. He feels he can win a championship and he wants to add to what the team already does.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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I did giggle when he said he wanted to be around guys that wanted to win.

Anyway, I can definitely see already how the tide slowly starting to turn on Harden. Seems like people are more optimistic about him now compared when he first arrived in BK when it was all jokes and Dribble Bros memes.

Could be wrong about that last one but it does feel that way.

[DieHardYankee26]

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The combination of Ben hate + Kyrie hate has somehow turned Harden into a hero after being the most despised player on Reddit for years so you’re not wrong.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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Idiots don’t know/care to separate the two.

I know it’ll be real when I see folks start doing Mental Gymnastics to justify his baiting of the officials into foul calls/FTs.

“He’s not getting enough calls and it’s not fair! He gets treated with the least amount of respect out of all star players!”

[illwill10]

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I also believe many assume the Morey/Tad Brown connection will have an impact on Harden. They know how to "manage" him. But most of that stuff won't fly when it isn't his team. I guess the hope is that he learns from all this stuff. As I said before, I didn't really want him last year. When it seemed like it was going to definitely happen last year, I was trying to talk myself into it. Who's to say we wouldn't be in the same situation as Brooklyn if we traded for him last year.

I guess the hope is that we get motivated PG Harden. Pre-Harden, we needed Joel to score 30+ to win games. It was usually Joel with 30+, Tobias with 16-22, Maxey with 12-16, Seth with 12-16, then not much else from the others. The hope is that teams are going to have to pick and choose when to double team Joel.

Nice sure how ready I am to see Harden and Joel average a combined 20+ FTs a night
. As someone who works early and has a toddler, I enjoy our 7pm/7:30p games ending around 9:15/9:45. So now, we'll have Joel, Harden, and Tobias complaining EVERY time they think they should get a call.

[bigbob]

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The one thing that I find funniest of all is how before the trade, the media was all about "making fun of" Ben's "mental health", but now all of a sudden it is off-limits and "no one knows but him."

Love the media.

I have not seen a bigger twist than when we glorified big hits in the NFL on "Jacked Up" to acting like we care about the players.

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[illwill10]

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The one thing that I find funniest of all is how before the trade, the media was all about "making fun of" Ben's "mental health", but now all of a sudden it is off-limits and "no one knows but him."

Love the media.

I have not seen a bigger twist than when we glorified big hits in the NFL on "Jacked Up" to acting like we care about the players.

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Every side handled it poorly. But especially Ben. He is guarded and it is his choice to speak on his mental health issues. If he would have spoken at least once in the summer about it instead of it being brought up in October 22nd when they were fining him, it wouldn't have had as much skepticism.

[DieHardYankee26]

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I don’t think there was a good time to bring it up unless he could’ve spoken about it years ago. When you talk about mental health issues and times are good, it’s inspirational. When times are bad, a lot of people will take it as an excuse. It is what it is, it was always going to go this way IMO.

[jfsolo]

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I don’t think there was a good time to bring it up unless he could’ve spoken about it years ago. When you talk about mental health issues and times are good, it’s inspirational. When times are bad, a lot of people will take it as an excuse. It is what it is, it was always going to go this way IMO.

This is completely on point.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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I don’t think there was a good time to bring it up unless he could’ve spoken about it years ago. When you talk about mental health issues and times are good, it’s inspirational. When times are bad, a lot of people will take it as an excuse. It is what it is, it was always going to go this way IMO.

Empathy is hard to find, nowadays and especially if you’re an Athlete.

[bigeastbumrush]

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I don’t think there was a good time to bring it up unless he could’ve spoken about it years ago. When you talk about mental health issues and times are good, it’s inspirational. When times are bad, a lot of people will take it as an excuse. It is what it is, it was always going to go this way IMO.

Spot on.

The way things are, people will sympathize with you partially based on your likeability.

Simon Biles flames out in the Olympics and cites her mental health. Garners mostly sympathy.

Ben flames out in the playoffs and then months later (at the start of training camp) cites his mental health. Garners mostly skepticism.