NBA Thread

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8 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

The really nuts part is Lebron's longevity. Nothing about that guy lasting this long at his consistent level makes sense. I can set aside my dislike for him and admire a guy being a top-10 player for the entirety of 20 years.

It’s insane. He’s 1of 1. I’ve been out of that world since ‘97 and I remember an old colleague telling me about him busting Lloyd Daniels at Dapper Dan and I’m pretty sure that was pre-9/11. 

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This is awesome. Actually liking this trade more and more as all this info comes out.

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Pascal’s brother Christian played for IUPUI. Am I the only one who didn’t know that?

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https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/warriors-assistant-coach-dejan-milojevic-dies-at-46-after-suffering-heart-attack-in-utah/

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LFG

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Haliburton starting

 

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This is almost impossible to appropriately appreciate. 2 of the top 10 PG’s in history. 
Stockton 1 per 107 games played

Paul 1 per 125 games played

Hali 1 per 28 games played

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You won’t see many games in which a guy gets more ruthlessly hunted on defense than what the Suns are doing to Buddy Hield. 

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7 minutes ago, Demo said:

You won’t see many games in which a guy gets more ruthlessly hunted on defense than what the Suns are doing to Buddy Hield. 

He's just such a liability on that end, even though he had a good offensive game it still doesn't make up for how much he hurts on the defensive end.

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13 hours ago, Crimson and Cream said:

He's just such a liability on that end, even though he had a good offensive game it still doesn't make up for how much he hurts on the defensive end.

Yeah, it’s an issue when they don’t have anyone to hide him on. But Rick didn’t do him any favors at all. They could have auto-switched the screener so he wasn’t he wasn’t part of the play. They could have hard hedged or even blitzed the ball and just played through rotation. Hell, they could have run some zone trap. Not sure anything would have worked when you have scorers like those guys, but what they did certainly didn’t. 

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Ty got officially announced as an ASG starter!! Huge accomplishment

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Suns fans are on social meedia shouting that Nesmith shoved Booker to the groynd, thats why he slipped, then traveled, before a postential foul on the game winning three. 

 

We live in the time where, just say stuff. Stuff. 

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Genuinely, why? I know there isn't a whole lot on TV in late June, but they might get beat on ratings by the A's for Thursday coverage.

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31 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

Genuinely, why? I know there isn't a whole lot on TV in late June, but they might get beat on ratings by the A's for Thursday coverage.

That is really really stupid.

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3 hours ago, Hovadipo said:

Genuinely, why? I know there isn't a whole lot on TV in late June, but they might get beat on ratings by the A's for Thursday coverage.

No need for this how many is going to come back and watch the second round. I watch it now because it is in one night. They usually have 2 minutes between picks in the second round so it isn't like it takes a long time to do the second round. Unlike in the NFL most of the second round picks in the NBA don't make the team.

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This is great listen by Snyder. Everybody is the League is so ridiculously good now that if you’ve got a guy as dynamic as Doncic, or Hali, there’s really not a lot you can do with them. 

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36 minutes ago, Demo said:

This is great listen by Snyder. Everybody is the League is so ridiculously good now that if you’ve got a guy as dynamic as Doncic, or Hali, there’s really not a lot you can do with them. 

It's a rules problem. It's easy to get buckets when they're isn't traveling, carrying and you can't get touched.

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No idea what the market is for replacement level 3 and D guys, but I’ll never get over that he went 5th in his draft with not 1 single exceptional offensive skill.

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Assume there’s another move tied to this. At least I hope so, though Pritchard’s earned some level of blind faith.

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On 2/5/2024 at 12:32 PM, Demo said:

No idea what the market is for replacement level 3 and D guys, but I’ll never get over that he went 5th in his draft with not 1 single exceptional offensive skill.

Potential. That is it. Seems like they're is starting to be a slow shift towards drafting dudes who are good. Teams really gotta stop wasting 1st round picks on projects like Harry Giles, Skal Labissiere and Dariq Whitehead. They NEVER workout.