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[illwill10]

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Anthony Davis is out multiple weeks smh

[Vni]

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Anthony Davis is out multiple weeks smh

The timing of that injury is so bad. AD really wanted to display his talent and help the Mavs.

The mavericks really destroyed their reputation. I cant' see any free agents coming there before a long long time. Such a horrible way to treat your star players.

[cam21224]

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The timing of that injury is so bad. AD really wanted to display his talent and help the Mavs.

The mavericks really destroyed their reputation. I cant' see any free agents coming there before a long long time. Such a horrible way to treat your star players.

Indeed!

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[ggsimmonds]

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Anyone have any insight into why Williams failed his physical (or the physical process in general)?

A Lakers source said it was not related to his back so I'm curious. I'm also somewhat curious if teams could just use this as a opt out if they change their mind on a trade after agreeing to it.

[Master Live 013]

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In theory I should like the Heat colors tonight, but I don't because it seems like when you are watching a 3D movie and you take the glasses off.

[Majingir]

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Anyone have any insight into why Williams failed his physical (or the physical process in general)?

A Lakers source said it was not related to his back so I'm curious. I'm also somewhat curious if teams could just use this as a opt out if they change their mind on a trade after agreeing to it.

I don't think the Lakers would exaggerate a physical when they badly need a C.

But to answer part of the question, Hornets are challenging that ruling with the NBA. Maybe thinking the Lakers physical wasn't done properly or they should've passed him or something. But we'll see where this goes.

[Majingir]

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Ingram signs 3 year 120m deal with Raptors.

I figured they wouldn't have a deal in place unless they for sure would sign him.

So really they just gave up a late 1st for a guy who'll be a starter on their team for 3 seasons and worst case if their team doesn't turn things around, you can easily flip him a year or two into that new deal and get more than what you gave up for him.

[ggsimmonds]

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I don't think the Lakers would exaggerate a physical when they badly need a C.

But to answer part of the question, Hornets are challenging that ruling with the NBA. Maybe thinking the Lakers physical wasn't done properly or they should've passed him or something. But we'll see where this goes.

Thats exactly the part I'm not clear on. I didn't know whether one team could just tell the league office "nope, failed physical" and the trade is rescinded, or do they have to provide details to justify it.

But also more fundamentally, I don't know what these physicals entail. Are they as indepth as draft physicals I wonder?

[Majingir]

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25 years ago today, one of the all time great dunk contest performances ever

https://youtu.be/FeCUMfraHcA?feature=shared

[Majingir]

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Ingram doing his introduction with the Raptors today and pulling out the dad jokes.

"The biggest adjustment about moving to Toronto was having to change from Brandon InOUNCE to Brandon InGRAM"

[Master Live 013]

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I don't mind FOX using the NBA on NBC theme for their college basketball coverage (someone might as well use it), but once the actual NBA on NBC comes back we need that to stop :P

[Majingir]

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I don't mind FOX using the NBA on NBC theme for their college basketball coverage (someone might as well use it), but once the actual NBA on NBC comes back we need that to stop :P

I think NBC already confirmed they're keeping it. Would be stupid to get a new song where no matter how good it sounds, everyone will hate it because it's not THE song.

Once it's the original and not some stupid jazzed up new version to sound modern then it'll be fine.

That's about the only thing so far I'm looking forward to for NBA on NBC.

[Blzer]

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I'm watching the All-Star Saturday Night event this morning (catching up on my DVR), and I'm just now hitting the slam dunk contest.

Before it began, I was thinking of what we often discuss: ways to improve the dunk contest. The first thing that came to mind was to change the scoring, because way too many 50's get thrown around for no reason. Like if somebody did a standard one- or two-hander (no impact or anything), they'd be getting 42's from judges.

Fast-forward to the dunk contest introduction, and I see the competition judging rules, and right at the top it says: 5 JUDGES - SCORE EACH DUNK FROM 40 TO 50

Are you ****ing kidding me? That's the mandate??

For one, I don't know if that's always been in place, but assuming that it has then no wonder we're having trouble with this thing. It is forced on them to do so. What's the point of the high scoring values if nothing below 40 can be issued?

I don't know how well this went last night and we'll see, but this is among the problems with it.

Other things would obviously include ways to incentivize them to make it on earlier attempts, have less presentation bits before the dunk itself (like putting on a cape or bringing out some celeb to hold the ball or introduce the dunk), get the best/most popular players out there, and have a money reward for winning. But for me, it all starts with the scoring. Make higher scores, specifically 50's, special again.

And I'm not saying that we haven't seen worthy 50's in recent memory, but they get diluted with other ones that were given it and didn't deserve being close to it.

Anyway, rant over. Let's see how this went last night.


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EDIT: Well, things mostly went as expected. I think it goes to show that dunk impact means a lot in the moment, as well as making on the first attempt. They should be heavy factors in the scoring decisions, which of course are completely arbitrary. The 40-50 scoring is silly, because somebody did fall back on a standard two-hander and I believe got a 45 or something for it.

Mac McClung is literally saving the contest, though. He is winning the crowd over. He doesn't need a lot of creativity, but air time means a lot for what he can do. I wouldn't give all of his perfect 50's, but anything 48-50 would suffice. Anyone being close to him would be a disservice of how much he has been stealing the show the last three years (kind of like when Josh Hamilton lit up Yankee Stadium in the 2008 Home Run Derby but Justin Morneau won it all).

I think the three-point contest is far and away the better competition, and until the figure out the dunk contest it should play second-fiddle, and therefore be the second event instead of the final one.

In desperation efforts, they could fall back on any of the other options to give more overall creativity (which would compromise its overall integrity in the process):

- Smaller ball
- Lower rim
- Trampoline
- Just play NBA Jam on SNES and see which dunk is the best.

[Majingir]

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The dunk contest needs the bigger names to make it relevant.

What's the difference between watching a contest with G Leaguers vs watching the G League context or some high school contest or something on YouTube.

A big part of the dunk contest is the reaction/hype. You don't think a known player will already have the hype and crowd behind them or against them going in?

A 45 dunk from some bench guy playing 5 minutes is less exciting than a 42 dunk from an all star.

In a way I compare it to wrestling where a big part of wrestling is all about crowd reaction, investment in a person and the hype over someone actually being good. Nobody's saying The Rock will wrestle circles around a guy and put on a clinic, but you'd much rather watch him wrestle than see some no name who competes infront of 900 people who can do all these moves and flips, because the crowd cares about the bigger name who they're invested in and will cheer or boo way more than just seeing generic nobody try to do flashy things.

[Master Live 013]

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For years now I have been suggesting they go with professional scoring judges, like they do in the Olympics. You wouldn't need their convoluted scoring numbers, could just keep it on the 1-10 scale.