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Re: The NBA thread (Cavaliers on TNT 8 PM.)
« Reply #13920 on: October 30, 2014, 09:50:03 PM »
Travis Wear & Jason Smith outchea! :lol

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Re: The NBA thread (Cavaliers on TNT 8 PM.)
« Reply #13921 on: October 30, 2014, 10:09:40 PM »
Hate to keep harping on it but Lebron is still playing terrible tonight. On both ends.

Stoney Mason

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Re: The NBA thread (Cavaliers on TNT 8 PM.)
« Reply #13922 on: October 30, 2014, 10:12:30 PM »
7 fucking turnovers. Stop trying to be magic johnson because you aren't and make the simple fucking pass. And play some defense and don't sit there like a statue. This is baffling.

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Re: The NBA thread (Cavaliers on TNT 8 PM.)
« Reply #13923 on: October 30, 2014, 10:28:48 PM »
Who is LeBron leading by not getting back on transition, not playing defense, and making fancy turnover passes. Nerves is one thing, playing lazy and dumb is another.
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Stoney Mason

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Re: The NBA thread (Cavaliers on TNT 8 PM.)
« Reply #13924 on: October 30, 2014, 10:29:06 PM »
This is turning into just desserts after all the fucking hype up for the opener.

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« Reply #13925 on: October 30, 2014, 10:37:28 PM »
Melo  :leon
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Stoney Mason

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Re: The NBA thread (Cavaliers on TNT 8 PM.)
« Reply #13926 on: October 30, 2014, 10:37:46 PM »
Carmelo with the tough dagger over Lebron. That's game.

Stoney Mason

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Re: The NBA thread (Cavaliers on TNT 8 PM.)
« Reply #13927 on: October 30, 2014, 10:40:56 PM »
Time to live blog it.

Would be kind of funny if the knicks win tonight.

And it did turn out to be funny after all. Congrats to the Knicks.

It's one game in a long season that probably ultimately won't mean anything but that was embarrassing in the here and now especially after all that stupid hype which Lebron and the Cavs are certainly mostly responsible for.

I doubt Lebron will play a worse game this season. He was terrible. In all the miami heat games over the last few seasons, I never saw him play an individual game this bad and I saw a ton of them. The whole game matters. Not just the last quarter. And he played just with absolutely no energy or wisdom tonight. It was a very odd performance. 

Beezy

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Re: The NBA thread (Cavaliers on TNT 8 PM.)
« Reply #13928 on: October 30, 2014, 10:40:59 PM »
 :neogaf :neogaf :neogaf :neogaf :neogaf :neogaf :neogaf :neogaf :neogaf :neogaf :neogaf

Phoenix Dark

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Re: The NBA thread (Cavs lay an egg in home opener)
« Reply #13929 on: October 30, 2014, 10:50:05 PM »
Man I don't like LeBron's body language. I suppose it's kinda meaningless and I hate sounding like Skip but dude just doesn't look like a leader out there. He came out flat which is understandable, but the lack of effort is inexcusable. You're supposed to be leading the team, ie making hustle plays and stuff. It's the opener, the crowd WANTS to explode. smh
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Stoney Mason

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Re: The NBA thread (Cavs lay an egg in home opener)
« Reply #13930 on: October 30, 2014, 10:55:11 PM »
Lebron has a tendency to start off games "slow". But he generally picks it up in the 2nd quarter often having monster quarters there. He might rest a bit in the 3rd and pick it up again in the 4th. I get it. He plays both ends. You can't be a maniac all the time when you are that kind of player that gives full effort. That's why it was odd to see him not really pick it up all tonight until the 4th quarter. It was very much an anamoly so that's why I think any judgement or harshness is premature. It was such an odd case. He never really does that normally.

And he's normally really good about analyzing what's working with his game and not working on a particular night and adjusting to it in the flow. He's kind of special in that way. But tonight he just didn't. He kept doing the things that weren't working.   


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Re: The NBA thread (Cavs lay an egg in home opener)
« Reply #13932 on: October 30, 2014, 11:36:01 PM »
 :lol
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Re: The NBA thread (Cavs lay an egg in home opener)
« Reply #13933 on: October 30, 2014, 11:52:31 PM »
YNB hurt. This could be bad for OKC, which I am okay with.
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Re: The NBA thread (Cavs lay an egg in home opener)
« Reply #13934 on: October 31, 2014, 01:45:16 AM »
Mavs :rock
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Re: The NBA thread (Cavs lay an egg in home opener)
« Reply #13935 on: October 31, 2014, 09:02:59 AM »
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Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook suffered a small fracture of the second metacarpal in his right hand Thursday night, coach Scott Brooks said.

Westbrook exited Thursday night's 93-90 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers with 6:35 left in the second quarter and did not return.

Westbrook had X-rays taken at Staples Center and was set to be re-evaluated Friday. He returned to the Thunder bench in the third quarter, still in uniform but with a bag of ice wrapped around his hand, then left for the locker room again at the end of the quarter. He had a soft cast on his hand when he left Staples Center and didn't talk with reporters.

Depending on any displacement and the area of the break, treatment can range from a conservative approach with immobilization or it may require surgery to stabilize, according to ESPN medical analyst Dr. Michael Kaplan, which could set Westbrook's recovery time between four to eight weeks.

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/11794516/russell-westbrook-oklahoma-city-thunder-game-hand-injury

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Re: The NBA thread (Cavs lay an egg in home opener)
« Reply #13936 on: October 31, 2014, 09:03:45 AM »
Cavs have to figure out who they are.  Whatever that may be, I don't think taking 24 3-pointers is going to be part of that equation. Starting the season 11-10 or slightly worse wouldn't be shocking to me.




Stoney Mason

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Re: The NBA thread (Cavs lay an egg in home opener)
« Reply #13937 on: October 31, 2014, 09:12:00 AM »
I don't think it will be that bad. I think last night was out of character somewhat for a few different reasons. I don't think the three's were necessarily the problem. It was more who was taking them and how the ball stopped moving for a team with so many good passers.

The first quarter was fine. It was after that where things just got completely out of whack. It degenerated into trying to be tricky and make one great pass instead of swinging the ball around properly.

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Re: The NBA thread (Cavs lay an egg in home opener)
« Reply #13938 on: October 31, 2014, 10:25:30 AM »
http://deadspin.com/kobe-to-dw ht-howard-soft-motherfucker-bitch-ass-ni-1653019017

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It was plainly clear that Kobe Bryant called Dwight Howard "soft" while shit-talking his former teammate on opening night, but now, thanks to an intrepid Instagram user who was sitting courtside at the game, we know that Kobe also called Dwight a "bitch-ass nicca."

:gladbron
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Re: The NBA thread (Cavs lay an egg in home opener)
« Reply #13939 on: October 31, 2014, 10:34:40 AM »
 :badass

Nice way to end your career tough guy.



Stoney Mason

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Re: The NBA thread (Cavs lay an egg in home opener)
« Reply #13940 on: October 31, 2014, 10:37:12 AM »



Baller is just a god damn freak.

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Re: The NBA thread (Cavs lay an egg in home opener)
« Reply #13941 on: October 31, 2014, 11:29:18 AM »
Hadn't even bothered to look at the schedule tonight until now. Cleveland at Chicago on ESPN. That's a better game than last night. And no wait. Awesome.

TakingBackSunday

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Re: The NBA thread (Cavs versus Bulls tonight on ESPN)
« Reply #13942 on: October 31, 2014, 12:41:07 PM »
Cavs looked sloppy, but the Heat did as well in their first stretch of games.  Lebron obviously was overplaying and trying to make special shit happen for his return game -- unnecessary.

Love looked good.  Those outlets are going to be deadly.

I think the Cavs will end up going 7-10 these first few weeks but then ramp up.  I think anyone expecting them to win more than 55 games is crazy.
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El Babua

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Re: The NBA thread (Cavs versus Bulls tonight on ESPN)
« Reply #13943 on: October 31, 2014, 12:46:59 PM »
I saw some glimpses of the potential juggernaut the Cavs offense could be last night. We'll see how long it takes them to figure it out.

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Re: The NBA thread (Cavs versus Bulls tonight on ESPN)
« Reply #13944 on: October 31, 2014, 01:03:18 PM »
This season is going to be incredible for the Ballmer shots alone

:lol :lol :lol
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Re: The NBA thread (Cavs versus Bulls tonight on ESPN)
« Reply #13945 on: October 31, 2014, 01:50:29 PM »
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Re: The NBA thread (Cavs versus Bulls tonight on ESPN)
« Reply #13946 on: October 31, 2014, 08:21:13 PM »
The Cavs offense is bad. Dudes just standing around.
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Phoenix Dark

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Re: The NBA thread (Cavs versus Bulls tonight on ESPN)
« Reply #13947 on: October 31, 2014, 08:26:47 PM »
This team isn't trying.
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« Reply #13948 on: October 31, 2014, 10:35:11 PM »
dat overtime tho  :gladbron
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Phoenix Dark

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Re: The NBA thread (Cavs versus Bulls tonight on ESPN)
« Reply #13949 on: October 31, 2014, 11:07:46 PM »
 :lol

that foul on Irving was super suspect IMO.

Man LeBron...how many times did he not even run to the other end of the court after not getting a foul call, or not play defense on his man? Dunleavy threw a nice pass for a slam dunk solely because LeBron was too far away to stop him. If you're gonna be the leader you have to lead.

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Stoney Mason

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Re: The NBA thread (Cavs versus Bulls tonight on ESPN)
« Reply #13950 on: November 01, 2014, 12:17:27 AM »
I didn't catch the game, was busy. Looking at the box score it seemed to be a mostly even game.

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Re: The NBA thread (Cavs versus Bulls tonight on ESPN)
« Reply #13951 on: November 01, 2014, 12:20:24 AM »
Sent the wife and kids to Chicago to see their grandma tonight, son said Lebron looked good tonight.

Go Cavs?
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Stoney Mason

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Re: The NBA thread (Cavs versus Bulls tonight on ESPN)
« Reply #13952 on: November 01, 2014, 01:14:41 AM »
Watched a good portion of this Lakers Clips game. The Lakers played as well as they could possible play and still are gonna lose. Gonna be such a long season for them.

jakefromstatefarm

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Re: The NBA thread (Cavs versus Bulls tonight on ESPN)
« Reply #13953 on: November 01, 2014, 02:26:54 AM »
Watched a good portion of this Lakers Clips game. The Lakers played as well as they could possible play and still are gonna lose. Gonna be such a long season for them.
they wanted that win so bad too

seeing Kobe legit give a fuck about and communicate with this team was pretty cool to watch. it's also noteworthy that he went 1-7 in the 4th :kobeyuck

TakingBackSunday

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Re: The NBA thread
« Reply #13954 on: November 01, 2014, 01:50:37 PM »
Suns beat the Spurs :hyper
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Re: The NBA thread
« Reply #13955 on: November 01, 2014, 11:10:32 PM »
ballin' on all y'all suckaz
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« Reply #13956 on: November 02, 2014, 12:49:12 AM »
dat late game fakers collapse
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Re: The NBA thread
« Reply #13957 on: November 02, 2014, 12:58:27 AM »
klay with a career high
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Michael Moaner

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Re: The NBA thread
« Reply #13958 on: November 02, 2014, 01:35:09 AM »
Where is the old NBAgaf now?

benjipwns

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Re: The NBA thread
« Reply #13959 on: November 02, 2014, 01:40:50 AM »

Stoney Mason

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Re: The NBA thread
« Reply #13960 on: November 02, 2014, 05:56:47 AM »
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In addition to the first 0-4 start since moving to Los Angeles, the Lakers have lost by a combined margin of 68 points -- also the worst since moving to L.A. in 1957.

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Re: The NBA thread
« Reply #13961 on: November 02, 2014, 06:17:37 AM »
Enjoying this Pistons trainwreck, PD? 1/15 from three last night. Classic SVG shooting team. Joe Johnson so good. Damn
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Re: The NBA thread
« Reply #13962 on: November 02, 2014, 09:02:54 AM »
Enjoying this Pistons trainwreck, PD? 1/15 from three last night. Classic SVG shooting team. Joe Johnson so good. Damn

Drummond needs a real PG, he's wasting away down there.

The curse of Dumars remains. At this point it's clear KCP is trash. Why anyone would draft him ahead of Trey Burke baffles me. Sure Burke is kind of erratic but he's going to be good, and I'd rather have him running an offense than Jennings.
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T-Short

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Re: The NBA thread
« Reply #13963 on: November 02, 2014, 09:06:57 AM »

Enjoying this Pistons trainwreck, PD? 1/15 from three last night. Classic SVG shooting team. Joe Johnson so good. Damn

Drummond needs a real PG, he's wasting away down there.

The curse of Dumars remains. At this point it's clear KCP is trash. Why anyone would draft him ahead of Trey Burke baffles me. Sure Burke is kind of erratic but he's going to be good, and I'd rather have him running an offense than Jennings.

Also kind of weird that Drummond got so few minutes. Sure he got five fouls, but what is the big deal if he fouls out?
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jakefromstatefarm

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Re: The NBA thread
« Reply #13964 on: November 02, 2014, 01:52:28 PM »
Klay is probably the best cac in the league right now.
I was thinking about this the other day, what I came up with;

1. Love
2. Dirk

big dropoff

3. Blake
4. Klay
5. Dragic
6. Pekovic
7. Barnes
8. Vucevic
9. Ilyasova? Asik? Do Turks count as cac?
10.....Parsons :mjlol

edit: Gasol's in there somewhere too
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TakingBackSunday

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Re: The NBA thread
« Reply #13965 on: November 02, 2014, 02:11:56 PM »
Blake?
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jakefromstatefarm

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Re: The NBA thread
« Reply #13966 on: November 02, 2014, 02:13:54 PM »
Blake?
Griffin, not Steve :kobeyuck

operating on the premise that one ostensibly white parent qualifies you as "white"

edit: oh I see what you mean, yeah dropoff should be after Blake

Stoney Mason

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Re: The NBA thread
« Reply #13967 on: November 02, 2014, 09:01:45 PM »
Looks like the kings upset the clips with a big game from boogie.


Stoney Mason

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Re: The NBA thread
« Reply #13968 on: November 03, 2014, 11:29:34 AM »
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"I hear the chatter of Kobe should ask out and he should go and play for a contender in this latter stage of his career," Bryant told Yahoo Sports. "But that's not what I do. I'm extremely loyal to the Lakers.

https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/kobe-bryant--i-don-t-even-think-about-leaving-the-lakers-022609397.html


Nobody is chattering that Kobe except your id.

Stoney Mason

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Re: The NBA thread
« Reply #13969 on: November 03, 2014, 12:19:06 PM »
Heat 3-0

Bosh averaging 25.7 pts 11.3 rebs PER 29.49

 :leon


 I mean the small sample size is meaningless at this point but still nice start for the season.

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Re: The NBA thread
« Reply #13970 on: November 03, 2014, 12:20:00 PM »
Heat 3-0

Bosh averaging 25.7 pts 11.3 rebs PER 29.49

 :leon


 I mean the small sample size is meaningless at this point but still nice start for the season.

Cavs are still better bro.

What's the home game attendance BTW? Did the first game sell out?

Cause, just sayin'

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Phoenix Dark

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Re: The NBA thread
« Reply #13971 on: November 03, 2014, 05:00:21 PM »
and yet they dropped an egg lol smh.

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Stoney Mason

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Re: The NBA thread
« Reply #13972 on: November 03, 2014, 06:42:49 PM »
http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2014/11/3/7150839/kevin-durant-paul-george-injury-team-usa

This always bothered me when it happened because of how the media glossed over it.

And not because Durant doesn't have the right to withdraw from the games whether he was exhausted or whether he didn't want to get injured. It was how the media just kind of fell over on the story because Durant is really well liked by the media. But I think we can all imagine a different person and how it would have been received and latched on by the media with. I don't like how the personality of the person determines how the media behaves.

I don't have a problem with the original thing being a non-story. I just wish a lot more stuff was non-story. Be consistent.
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Re: The NBA thread
« Reply #13973 on: November 03, 2014, 08:21:50 PM »
Heat 3-0

Bosh averaging 25.7 pts 11.3 rebs PER 29.49

 :leon


 I mean the small sample size is meaningless at this point but still nice start for the season.
It's been a nice start for the Heat and it shows that yeah, they can survive without LeBron

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Re: The NBA thread
« Reply #13974 on: November 03, 2014, 09:29:22 PM »
This is the third game in a row where the Mavericks have scored more than 60 points in the first half. With two and a half minutes left in the half, the Mavericks have scored 65 points [compared to Boston's 35]. Crazy.
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Re: The NBA thread
« Reply #13975 on: November 03, 2014, 09:35:23 PM »
Also kind of weird that Drummond got so few minutes. Sure he got five fouls, but what is the big deal if he fouls out?
Certain coaches have the weirdest foul rules and they stick to them in absurd circumstances.

I always remember Larry Brown benching Pistons starters for the entire first half and often in the case of Sheed for large parts of the third quarter, because they had picked up two fouls.

Then Flip Saunders took over, had basically no bench one season, and the team actually fouled less let alone fouled out.

Bill Cartwright when he was coaching the Bulls had some silly foul rule, even though the team was shit and his entire job was to mold Curry and Chandler into stars, but he'd sit them and play Charles fucking Oakley or somebody because his 19 year olds were picking up fouls.

Re: The NBA thread
« Reply #13976 on: November 03, 2014, 09:43:48 PM »
damn, okc got shit on  :holeup
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Re: The NBA thread
« Reply #13977 on: November 03, 2014, 09:49:48 PM »
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There's nothing lost in translation about how Brooklyn Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov feels concerning the team's split with Jason Kidd over the summer.

"I think there is a nice proverb in English: Don't let the door hit you where the good Lord has split you," Prokhorov said before the Nets' home opener against Oklahoma City at Barclays Center on Monday. "So I think that each side, we did what we thought was the best and I like what we have now.

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When Prokhorov was later asked if he is disappointed in how things ended with Kidd after hiring him with no previous coaching experience, the Russian owner said, "I think we shouldn't get mad. I think we should get even.
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Re: The NBA thread
« Reply #13978 on: November 04, 2014, 02:37:51 AM »
Klay is probably the best cac in the league right now.
I was thinking about this the other day, what I came up with;

1. Love
2. Dirk

big dropoff

3. Blake
4. Klay
5. Dragic
6. Pekovic
7. Barnes
8. Vucevic
9. Ilyasova? Asik? Do Turks count as cac?
10.....Parsons :mjlol

edit: Gasol's in there somewhere too

Would take Hayward over the guards after Klay. He is also the most wholesome true blue 'murican cac
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Re: The NBA thread
« Reply #13979 on: November 05, 2014, 12:54:17 AM »
 Looks like the cavs are gonna have more early season issues than I thought.