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

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SeabassDebeste posted...

time for the spurs to tank, tbqh.

hey man I'd love for the Spurs to get Marvin Bagley as much as anyone but we only tank for Tim Duncan
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take a season for the team

one year of 29 wins 20 years of 55
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Avery Bradley has 567 points on 524 shots this season.

Y'all want him back?
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the problem with avery is that he's too small at 2 and doesn't facilitate well enough at 1. jaylen might not be as good of a pitbull, but he's far more defensively versatile. between him and IT we were just miniscule at the guard positions (and priced out for the coming season)

that said i might still rather have him than marcus morris
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Green and Ariza suspended 2 games
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Green and Ariza eat the suspensions while the stars get nothing. lol NBA
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I wish we could play the Lakers every night btw
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Wait... how does Chris Paul lead both Ariza and Green through the back entrance to the Clippers locker room and then gets off because he was trying to escalate the situation?
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From what I can tell, the story is that Paul and Harden were trying to hold back Ariza from going into the locker room

Also, Capela wasn't the one knocking on the door, it was Tarik Black >_>
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LiquidOshawott posted...

Also, Capela wasn't the one knocking on the door, it was Tarik Black >_>

That's not nearly as funny.
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ExThaNemesis posted...

I dislike all three of Paul Pierce, Rajon Rondo, and Isiah Thomas so I don't really know who to make the villain here.

Pierce's coaching of Melo on TV is what saved their season so you should side with him.

If I had to pick a side I guess it would be IT4, because Pierce sharing his night with IT4 would make Pierce that much more amazing =)
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man why did the Pistons get rid of this swag as hell logo

http://content.sportslogos.net/logos/6/244/full/4952.gif
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good god this offense without kyrie...
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Oh the All Star Starters got announced

East: LeBron, Giannis, Embiid, DeRozan, Irving
West: Curry, Harden, Durant, Davis, Cousins

LeBron and Curry will be captains of the draft
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Surprised boogie got the starting position over LMA
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two NO players in the starting five

23-21
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so lets pretend this game matters and everyone tries so we can have the mandatory discussion

Lebron and Curry are the captains, and must select from the all star starters first. Lebron picks first and then it alternates (not a snake draft)

Then they draft from the reserves, and Curry gets the first pick and then alternates for the rest of those picks.

Who do you pick
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Wait they can draft from the other conferences?

LeBron drafts Kyrie to spy on his moves/get in his head. Curry selects Durant because he's a nice boy.
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LeBron drafts Curry.
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Score 104-103 with 0.2 seconds left in Magic/Cavs. Inadvertent whistle results in jump off (so essentially ends the game). That's pretty stupid that is allowed to happen.

Aaron Gordon actually caught the tip off and scored from the halfway line with it but of course it's a tip off so you're not allowed to do that.

EDIT: Not to mention that Cavs winning free throws came off a 'foul' that should have been a jump ball

Durant is the undoubted #1, Harden #2 but Curry and Harden doesn't make a lot of sense
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actually Giannis might be #2
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I think the top four picks are Harden, Durant, AD, and Giannis in some order. If Harden's still a bit shaky from his return from injury he might slide down but I still think he's above the other four
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LeBron will pick Durant first to deny Curry, he'll also pick Kyrie at some point so he's forced to play on the same team as him again
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all star game FUCKING YAWN
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I hate that they can pick from the other conference. It becomes a pointless game. Much like when they stopped the Rookies vs Sophomores.
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spoilers the All-Star game is completely pointless regardless of what they do

might as well mix it up once in a while
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Wait they don't do Rookies vs Sophomores? That was fun.
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They do Rising Stars where it's a mix of rookies/sophomores

partially because the sophomores always won
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But the sophomores didn't always win, that's what made it cool.
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Pistons managed to give up 45 points in a quarter.

God this sucks so much. This team looks like it's gonna lose 50 games at this point.
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Pistons were once 14-6 with the second best record in the East.

They're now 22-22 and officially out of the playoffs.

They're 3-8 since Reggie Jackson went down.
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Its ok, at least you guys arent the Knicks
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LiquidOshawott posted...

Its ok, at least you guys arent the Knicks

Fun fact: the Knicks have won playoff games than the Pistons since 2009.
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Ok maybe the Knicks are a bad example because they werent really planning on competing this year anyway and they have promising talent

That said I think I would rather be in the Pistons spot than say, Charlotte (who may trade Kemba to get rid of some of their contracts)
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I'm hoping we're not the team that lets LeBron and the Cavs get back into their groove.

Winning in Cleveland would be pretty big, especially coz our next game is at home against Brooklyn so we could get ourselves into a nice little win streak.
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So it seems like the only surprise team in the east yet to regress to the mean is Indiana?
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I mean the Pacers lost to a Lakers team that shot 14% from the FT Line yesterday so who knows
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As far as position in the standings goes, I wasn't expecting to see Heat at 4 either, they and the Pacers are higher than I predicted but we'll see if that holds in April.
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Cavs nearly give up 150 points in regulation
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I saw that four Thunder players ended up with 20+ points
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Wolves struggle with the East? Check.
Wolves play Raptors, one of East's best? Check.
Scoring leader and man who turned team around out? Check.
Wolves lose? Che-

I don't get our team sometimes. Happy with the win but geez, maybe we're just awful on the road is the problem.
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KCF0107 posted...

I saw that four Thunder players ended up with 20+ points

Russ had 20 ASSISTS.
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also got DAMN CP3 came to ball tonight
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He's a dangerous man.
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v_charon posted...

Wolves struggle with the East? Check.
Wolves play Raptors, one of East's best? Check.
Scoring leader and man who turned team around out? Check.
Wolves lose? Che-

I don't get our team sometimes. Happy with the win but geez, maybe we're just awful on the road is the problem.

Toronto played a competitive back to back against the Spurs so they were probably tired.

Lowry played an excellent game though, DeRozan is getting way more credit this year but he's still one of their central players
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fuck
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did ya'll just lose at home to the Magic
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3 in a row all at home, after a 4 day layoff

lol
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good thing January in the NBA is irrelevant
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