NBA Thread

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On 6/17/2025 at 12:57 PM, HoosierHoopster said:

Dort's doing his job for sure, but Hali not shooting? that's all on him. He's the engine, has to keep pushing, not punt like that. 6 shots? That doesn't tell anyone, including himself, anything.

Hali was obviously hurt in game 5.

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16 hours ago, LIHoosier said:

The Lakers are being sold to a group that owns the new Cadillac F1 team, Andretti Autosport and other sports entities.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/45539931/buss-family-agrees-sell-lakers-mark-walter-sources-say

Bought the Lakers for $67 million 46 years ago, and now selling it at a $10 billion evaluation?  I would say they got good return on that investment.

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21 minutes ago, jermhoosierfan said:

Bought the Lakers for $67 million 46 years ago, and now selling it at a $10 billion evaluation?  I would say they got good return on that investment.

FWIW, if you put that $46 million in an S&P fund 46 years ago you’d have  $12.86 billion! 

[jermhoosierfan 356]

27 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

FWIW, if you put that $46 million in an S&P fund 46 years ago you’d have  $12.86 billion! 

But would you have had the fun that the Dr. Jerry had in the 80's if it was in that fund?  He lived a lot while he was the owner of the Lakers.  Lol

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Ok, am I the only one who would not have guessed 48 hrs ago that the Fever’s James Johnson is Sophie Cunningham? Throwing that girl down and getting ready to rip her ear off while talking $hit the entire time is objectively awesome. If your superstar is never gonna shut up ever you better have that woman right there signed to a long term deal.

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Everyone's favorite giant in the news...

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/grizzlies-7-foot-4-phenom-allegedly-blazed-through-55-mph-zone-indiana

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50 minutes ago, AZ Hoosier said:

Everyone's favorite giant in the news...

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/grizzlies-7-foot-4-phenom-allegedly-blazed-through-55-mph-zone-indiana

"Speedy" definitely wasn't something I expected him to add to his résumé. 

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2 hours ago, Demo said:

Ok, am I the only one who would not have guessed 48 hrs ago that the Fever’s James Johnson is Sophie Cunningham? Throwing that girl down and getting ready to rip her ear off while talking $hit the entire time is objectively awesome. If your superstar is never gonna shut up ever you better have that woman right there signed to a long term deal.

Not super surprising if you listen to her talk. There’s some serious country in that voice. 

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20 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

Not super surprising if you listen to her talk. There’s some serious country in that voice. 

I believe that she has a black belt and used to beat up her older brothers when they were younger.  She doesn't take that much crap from people.

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Band of Brothers deep cut

[hoosierfan6157 336]

I was hoping Pacers would come out playing for their lives! So happy for Tyrese too!

[HoosierHoopster 8,571]

I guess the Pacers seem to be doing ok…

[TTT 1,400]

Another scripted fixed professional sports game because of money and profit line.  Sometimes they go 7 games and sometimes they go less than 7 games depending on what is trying to be accomplished what financial prospectus looks like and need to promote popularity in society…..like fake big time professional fake wrestling.

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There will be a game 7. Hopefully thunder play like this in Game 7

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https://x.com/TheHoopCentral/status/1935885699867459986
 

The Portuguese call is awesome.

SI-AAAAHHHHH-KEM

I don’t care that I don’t speak Portuguese, I want these guys on the gm 7 call.

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PACERS IN 7

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1 hour ago, TTT said:

Another scripted fixed professional sports game because of money and profit line.  Sometimes they go 7 games and sometimes they go less than 7 games depending on what is trying to be accomplished what financial prospectus looks like and need to promote popularity in society…..like fake big time professional fake wrestling.

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3 hours ago, TTT said:

Another scripted fixed professional sports game because of money and profit line.  Sometimes they go 7 games and sometimes they go less than 7 games depending on what is trying to be accomplished what financial prospectus looks like and need to promote popularity in society…..like fake big time professional fake wrestling.

Pacers were up 30 after three quarters.  Exactly what kind of script is that?

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8 hours ago, Demo said:

https://x.com/TheHoopCentral/status/1935885699867459986
 

The Portuguese call is awesome.

SI-AAAAHHHHH-KEM

I don’t care that I don’t speak Portuguese, I want these guys on the gm 7 call.

I just learned my first Portuguese word: "siAAHHHHHHKmmm!!!!"

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11 hours ago, HoosierHoopster said:

I guess the Pacers seem to be doing ok…

Shot 40% and still kicked their a$$. Amazing. Best defensive game I’ve seen them play. So synch’ed up. They put another defensive effort like that together Sunday they’ll absolutely win it.