Board 8 > NBA Topic 5.5: Ya'll let it purge while I was away.

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Ugh Carmelo hurt his ankle two minutes into this one.
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Russ carving them up right now.
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KP Torn ACL D:
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The Celtics losing tonight isn't that much of a shock, given the injuries and that Toronto is really damn good

The Cavs getting outscored 65-31 (they had a 9 point fourth quarter! Nine!) in the second half to lose to Orlando by 18, however, is remarkable, even with how bad the Cavs defense has been.
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Shocking officiating to the benefit of the Warriors thus far.
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As the season goes on the more I think LeBron wont be able to will this team in the playoffs, this feels like the worst roster hes been in a decade.

Crowder and JR Smith are playing awfully, IT doesnt feel like the same player at all, Feel like Kyries presence as a playmaker opposite of LeBron is heavily missed (or even Kevin Love)

But its all Loves fault he scored zero points this game
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TWENTY ONE POINTS IN THE FIRST FOR RUSS

holy shit
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KP just doesn't seem like he has the body to be a superstar

that's too bad. he was great for like two weeks and then kinda limped through the rest of the year.
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If Westbrook can average 20 points a quarter against the Warriors we can beat them in a series
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Horrible news about Porzingis.
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my favorite part of the Cavs box score is that the only player to post a positive +/- was somehow Derrick Rose at +1
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LMAO these calls on Adams are ludicrous.

And Carmelo done for the night.
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jesus fucking christ this team and free throws
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19 point lead and I still feel like GS has us right where they want us.
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Ouch.
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Durant has 15 Free Throws tonight.

OKC as a team has 13 total

lol
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Adams gonna foul out before the fourth at this rate.
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this is a hilariously all time badly officiated game
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Dr_Football posted...

this is a hilariously all time badly officiated game

Yup.

If OKC could hit literally any foul shots it would be a 30 pt lead.
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Please don't blow a 22 point lead in the 4th quarter.

Please.
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that roaring Golden State comeback I was worried about just ain't happening.
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OKC is 4-0 against Cleveland, Toronto, Houston, and Golden State this year.
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ExThaNemesis posted...

OKC is 4-0 against Cleveland, Toronto, Houston, and Golden State this year.

Cleveland's record against the top teams in the league of them is terrible though. I think their only win was against the Celtics on opening night.

Still, beating Toronto, Houston and GS is a nice troika
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Also the Clippers are trying to extend Lou Williams so it looks like he's probably off the table?
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why the hell would they do that

like you aren't gonna build a team around Lou Williams, no disrespect.
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I assume they have some kind of plan in mind to at least not hemorrhage season tickets and what not. They've played decently since the Griffin trade, and got a pretty good return there. Doesn't seem like they're gonna sell anyone else off.
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Yeah they cant seem to find a willing partner for Jordan or Lou Will, trade deadline is tomorrow, so it looks like they have enough cap space to be like might as well compete with their talent
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All those silly contracts from 2 years ago fucking over anything fun actually happening tradewise

7'3 Porzingis can recover from an ACL tear, right? Right?? Right???
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RIP
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"I cant dunk" not so funny anymore
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oh god bismack biyombo is making 17mm/year until 2020

also steven adams is a foul machine, it's just a matter of how the game is called

poor kristaps porzingis. the knicks have a winning record at home this year, feel bad for NY fans who bought tickets.

i think GSW makes it to the finals this year - continuity is stronger than OKC/HOU - but it's not clear that they will next year or the year after at this point if iggy is really falling off

LeonhartFour posted...

I think every Spurs fan realizes this is basically a lost season. We'll win 50 games and maybe a playoff series, but that's it.

kawhi being out obviously means this season is lost, and i can kind of live with that. but the gay/gasol contracts have basically crippled them as players in coming summers, too, which is what upsets me. :/
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Yeah that Biyombo looked awful at the time and somehow looks even more atrocious now. Why we would give him 17m a year for 4 years when he couldn't pass or shoot is beyond me. Especially when we had Vucevic still on the books for 12m a year for 3 or 4 more years.

It still baffles me that everyone wants us to trade Vucevic. He's our second best player and averages a like 17-18 pts, 9-10 rebs a game whilst being on a really good deal. And more importantly, more than anyone else on the team be loves Orlando and wants to be here

SeabassDebeste posted...

kawhi being out obviously means this season is lost, and i can kind of live with that. but the gay/gasol contracts have basically crippled them as players in coming summers, too, which is what upsets me. :/

well it's clearly upset Kawhi too if those rumors that he wants out because the Spurs aren't putting a quality team around him are true
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https://streamable.com/a75xt

RIP Hardaway


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I see Porzingis not the only Knick who had his season ended last night.
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ninkendo posted...

ninkendo posted...

5-0 in the post Avery Bradley era :o

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Nets were 17/51 from 3

that is a lot of 3 attempts
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Maybe instead of Post Avery Bradley you should look to it as the Blake Griffin era
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but Pistons are only 4-0 in the Blake Griffin era
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10-3 without Avery Bradley this year.

LiquidOshawott posted...

Maybe instead of Post Avery Bradley you should look to it as the Blake Griffin era

You don't understand, when the Pistons get rid of a horrific chucker they start playing really good basketball regardless of who's on the court.

For example: in the 2014-2015 season, after starting 5-23, Stan Van Gundy used the stretch provision on Josh Smith to get rid of him. The team then went 12-3 until Brandon Jennings had essentially a career ending injury.

Now that Avery Bradley isn't hoisting up more shots than points, the Pistons would naturally be winning more games no matter who was in the lineup. Case in point, no Blake Griffin still led to an easy win for them in their first game without Bradley.
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whoa the Cavs won a game
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https://streamable.com/eny7p
https://streamable.com/fur0p

Laettner is that you
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Minnesota players too young, apparently didnt see what the rest of the world knew was coming
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that defense is pretty atrocious

there's one second left what are you doing thibs
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Dr_Football posted...

Minnesota players too young, apparently didnt see what the rest of the world knew was coming

well if you're under 30 you're too young to remember the Laettner shot
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TheRock1525 posted...

10-3 without Avery Bradley this year.

LiquidOshawott posted...

Maybe instead of Post Avery Bradley you should look to it as the Blake Griffin era

You don't understand, when the Pistons get rid of a horrific chucker they start playing really good basketball regardless of who's on the court.

For example: in the 2014-2015 season, after starting 5-23, Stan Van Gundy used the stretch provision on Josh Smith to get rid of him. The team then went 12-3 until Brandon Jennings had essentially a career ending injury.

Now that Avery Bradley isn't hoisting up more shots than points, the Pistons would naturally be winning more games no matter who was in the lineup. Case in point, no Blake Griffin still led to an easy win for them in their first game without Bradley.

Uhhhh Brandon Jennings was a chucker himself
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Berzerker_Claw posted...

TheRock1525 posted...

10-3 without Avery Bradley this year.

LiquidOshawott posted...

Maybe instead of Post Avery Bradley you should look to it as the Blake Griffin era

You don't understand, when the Pistons get rid of a horrific chucker they start playing really good basketball regardless of who's on the court.

For example: in the 2014-2015 season, after starting 5-23, Stan Van Gundy used the stretch provision on Josh Smith to get rid of him. The team then went 12-3 until Brandon Jennings had essentially a career ending injury.

Now that Avery Bradley isn't hoisting up more shots than points, the Pistons would naturally be winning more games no matter who was in the lineup. Case in point, no Blake Griffin still led to an easy win for them in their first game without Bradley.

Uhhhh Brandon Jennings was a chucker himself

Not for those glorious 15 games where he averaged 20 points, 7 assists on 44% shooting and 40% from deep.

But yes we were all witnesses to the horrible Jennings/Smith combo, or Revenge of the Jith.
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ninkendo posted...

but Pistons are only 4-0 in the Blake Griffin era

I mean, you're 5-0 since acquiring him!

Celebrate the players you have instead of the players you don't! Gotta think positively as a fa- oh god KP torn ACL and Hardaway ded
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Play, uh, a good game I guess
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