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benjipwns · « **Reply #21722 on:** July 31, 2019, 07:35:28 PM »

https://twitter.com/stephenasmith/status/1156685491036725252

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https://twitter.com/stephenasmith/status/1155911591860277248

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Joe Molotov · « **Reply #21723 on:** July 31, 2019, 07:36:14 PM »

Screamin' A Smith

bluemax · « **Reply #21724 on:** August 02, 2019, 11:23:52 PM »

Patrick Patterson is going to the Clips as well. Also Bill Simmons had a twitter meltdown over Clips guard Landry Shamet pulling out of the World Cup today.

Schedule is starting to leak.

benjipwns · « **Reply #21725 on:** August 03, 2019, 11:40:24 AM »

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With free agency looming next summer, three-time NBA champion and All-Star forward Draymond Green has agreed to a four-year, $100 million maximum contract extension with the Golden State Warriors, agent Rich Paul of Klutch Sports told ESPN.

The new deal, which starts with the 2020-21 season, brings the total length and value of Green's contract to five years, $118 million. Green's extension pays him $22.2 million, $24 million, $25.8 million and $27.6 million over the course of the deal.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #21726 on:** August 15, 2019, 04:54:06 PM »

https://www.nba.com/article/2019/08/15/report-demarcus-cousins-suffers-possible-knee-injury

team filler · « **Reply #21727 on:** August 15, 2019, 05:11:21 PM »

Akala · « **Reply #21728 on:** August 15, 2019, 11:30:42 PM »

I saw this earlier and got sad, dude can't catch a break.

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aside from the millions of dollars, etc. I am talking like...opportunity cost.

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like since he left the Kings it should have been insane like three times.

team filler · « **Reply #21729 on:** August 17, 2019, 02:46:53 PM »

https://twitter.com/NBCSports/status/1162780195717361669

benjipwns · « **Reply #21730 on:** August 17, 2019, 08:19:50 PM »

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Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey has always championed his players, and he has gone to a new extreme in praising James Harden.

"It's just factual that James Harden is a better scorer than Michael Jordan," Morey said on the "Selfmade with Nadeshot" podcast.

Morey acknowledged that people "hate" his take but explained how the numbers support his statement.

"Based on literally, like you give James Harden the ball and before you're giving up the ball how many points do you generate? Which is how you should measure offense. James Harden is by far No. 1 in NBA history," Morey said on the podcast that was published Thursday.

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Harden has the statistical edge in advanced metrics. His effective field goal percentage, which accounts for the fact that 3-pointers are worth more than 2-pointers, stands at 52.5% for his career compared to Jordan's 50.9%. Harden's true shooting percentage, which factors in free throws, stands at 60.9%, while Jordan's was 56.9%.

Harden wins out thanks to the sheer volume of 3-pointers he shoots in an era of offense vastly different from Jordan's time. As a result, Morey's point faces obvious criticism that if Jordan played now and shot more than his career average of 1.7 3-point attempts per game, he would have numbers similar to or better than Harden's.

"The counterargument is reasonable," Morey said. "They say if you put Michael Jordan on a team now he would do more than James Harden. That's possible. But if you're just saying: 'NBA history, if you give this guy the ball, how much does his team score after you give him the ball before the other team gets the ball?' It's James Harden. And I know that makes people mad, but it's literally a fact."

http://selfmadewithnadeshot.libsyn.com/6-rockets-gm-daryl-morey-debates-esports-future

I'm not sure about the three pointers thing because Jordan only shot 29% for his entire career, including the Wizards years, from the longer three. He shot 40% and took a huge chunk of his career threes at the shorter line, he doubled his attempts from there.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #21731 on:** August 18, 2019, 12:13:31 PM »

https://sports.yahoo.com/lakers-dwight-howard-demarcus-cousins-injury-135357446.html

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According to a report from The Athletic’s Shams Charania, the Lakers are expected to request permission to talk to Dwight Howard, who is currently on the Memphis Grizzlies but is expected to be released. Howard had hinted last month that he would be open to returning to Los Angeles, despite the poor way his last stint ended.

GLEN, CAN WE HAVE A COMMENT

GLEN PLZ

team filler · « **Reply #21732 on:** August 18, 2019, 04:29:59 PM »

Tripon · « **Reply #21733 on:** August 18, 2019, 05:47:29 PM »

Quote from: Human Snorenado on August 18, 2019, 12:13:31 PM

https://sports.yahoo.com/lakers-dwight-howard-demarcus-cousins-injury-135357446.html

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According to a report from The Athletic’s Shams Charania, the Lakers are expected to request permission to talk to Dwight Howard, who is currently on the Memphis Grizzlies but is expected to be released. Howard had hinted last month that he would be open to returning to Los Angeles, despite the poor way his last stint ended.

GLEN, CAN WE HAVE A COMMENT

GLEN PLZ

https://twitter.com/Stadium/status/1163187439848054784

team filler · « **Reply #21734 on:** August 18, 2019, 06:37:00 PM »

https://twitter.com/cjzero/status/1162792728540995590

https://twitter.com/jtidwell808/status/1162796194826993664

benjipwns · « **Reply #21735 on:** August 20, 2019, 04:40:46 PM »

Lakers are also working out Joakim Noah, sounds like that might be a more likely signing.

BisMarckie · « **Reply #21736 on:** August 20, 2019, 04:54:45 PM »

Quote from: benjipwns on August 17, 2019, 08:19:50 PM

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Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey has always championed his players, and he has gone to a new extreme in praising James Harden.

"It's just factual that James Harden is a better scorer than Michael Jordan," Morey said on the "Selfmade with Nadeshot" podcast.

Morey acknowledged that people "hate" his take but explained how the numbers support his statement.

"Based on literally, like you give James Harden the ball and before you're giving up the ball how many points do you generate? Which is how you should measure offense. James Harden is by far No. 1 in NBA history," Morey said on the podcast that was published Thursday.
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Harden has the statistical edge in advanced metrics. His effective field goal percentage, which accounts for the fact that 3-pointers are worth more than 2-pointers, stands at 52.5% for his career compared to Jordan's 50.9%. Harden's true shooting percentage, which factors in free throws, stands at 60.9%, while Jordan's was 56.9%.

Harden wins out thanks to the sheer volume of 3-pointers he shoots in an era of offense vastly different from Jordan's time. As a result, Morey's point faces obvious criticism that if Jordan played now and shot more than his career average of 1.7 3-point attempts per game, he would have numbers similar to or better than Harden's.

"The counterargument is reasonable," Morey said. "They say if you put Michael Jordan on a team now he would do more than James Harden. That's possible. But if you're just saying: 'NBA history, if you give this guy the ball, how much does his team score after you give him the ball before the other team gets the ball?' It's James Harden. And I know that makes people mad, but it's literally a fact."
http://selfmadewithnadeshot.libsyn.com/6-rockets-gm-daryl-morey-debates-esports-future

I'm not sure about the three pointers thing because Jordan only shot 29% for his entire career, including the Wizards years, from the longer three. He shot 40% and took a huge chunk of his career threes at the shorter line, he doubled his attempts from there.

Benji stanning for Jordon

bluemax · « **Reply #21737 on:** August 20, 2019, 11:17:08 PM »

Quote from: benjipwns on August 20, 2019, 04:40:46 PM

Lakers are also working out Joakim Noah, sounds like that might be a more likely signing.

They better hope M'Kuzma is as good as Lakers fans think because holy shit that roster is bad.

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #21738 on:** August 21, 2019, 09:25:18 AM »

These Lakers teams reek of 2008-09 Cavs teams.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #21739 on:** August 21, 2019, 11:15:31 AM »

Lakers are going to be so fucking bad next season

Brehvolution · « **Reply #21740 on:** August 21, 2019, 12:31:52 PM »

Quote from: benjipwns on August 20, 2019, 04:40:46 PM

Lakers are also working out Joakim Noah, sounds like that might be a more likely signing.

Akala · « **Reply #21741 on:** August 21, 2019, 04:55:12 PM »

Quote from: Brehvolution on August 21, 2019, 12:31:52 PM

Quote from: benjipwns on August 20, 2019, 04:40:46 PM
Lakers are also working out Joakim Noah, sounds like that might be a more likely signing.

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benjipwns · « **Reply #21742 on:** August 22, 2019, 01:41:53 PM »

Quote from: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/27426015/nba-preseason-predictions-our-experts-picks-2019-20

Who will win the NBA title?
Heading into 2018-19, the Golden State Warriors received every first-place vote in this category. Now there's more competition, with the LA Clippers leading the way as the most likely NBA champion.

1. LA Clippers: 117 points (54.5% first-place votes)

2. Milwaukee Bucks: 85 points (36.4% first-place votes)

3. Philadelphia 76ers: 38 points (6.1% first-place votes)

4. Los Angeles Lakers: 29 points

5. Golden State Warriors: 15 points (3.0% first-place votes)

6. Houston Rockets: 11 points

7. Utah Jazz: 3 points

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #21743 on:** August 22, 2019, 01:48:28 PM »

More like the Golden State Weain'tgonnawinanymoreiors

Akala · « **Reply #21744 on:** August 22, 2019, 02:46:50 PM »

They have at least one more in em I think.

jakefromstatefarm · « **Reply #21745 on:** August 22, 2019, 05:02:53 PM »

wow Utah getting no respect

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #21746 on:** August 22, 2019, 06:24:07 PM »

Quote from: Akala on August 22, 2019, 02:46:50 PM

They have at least one more in em I think.

If by at least one more you mean "at least one more torn ACL" sure. No more chips for them tho.

Akala · « **Reply #21747 on:** August 23, 2019, 12:06:25 AM »

We’ll see. They are gonna luck into one I can feel it.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #21748 on:** August 23, 2019, 07:38:11 PM »

Glen is contractually obligated to cheer for a team that has LeBron AND Dwight Howard, what a time to be alive

Tripon · « **Reply #21749 on:** August 24, 2019, 11:38:58 AM »

https://twitter.com/InsideGaming/status/1165247388128370688

Tripon · « **Reply #21750 on:** August 26, 2019, 11:20:03 PM »

https://twitter.com/espn/status/1164288355665960965

Listened to the trailer, I'll listen over this week during the car drive and I'll give my review of it when able.

benjipwns · « **Reply #21751 on:** September 03, 2019, 04:00:24 AM »

https://www.instagram.com/p/B14uBLvnQn2/

Pat Riley

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #21752 on:** September 03, 2019, 10:54:04 AM »

Close game between Turkey & US at FIBA World Cup. 93-92.

benjipwns · « **Reply #21753 on:** September 09, 2019, 10:47:12 AM »

cool beans: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/27576018/the-unusual-path-new-raptors-assistant-coach-brittni-donaldson

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Donaldson graduated in 2015 with a degree in statistics and actuarial sciences, and started a job the next day at CBE Companies, a provider of call center solutions based in Cedar Falls. She analyzed the company's internal data.

"This was not what I saw myself doing at age 22," Donaldson says. In her downtime, she applied the skills she was using at work to tackle questions about what she really loved -- basketball. She didn't publish her findings, or really try to. She was experimenting.

She liked it. Donaldson started applying to every basketball and basketball-adjacent job she could find. She even kept a database tracking what happened to each application -- whether she heard back, the rejections, all of it.

Finally, Chicago-based STATS LLC hired Donaldson to work the graveyard shift monitoring data pouring in from motion-tracking cameras installed at NBA arenas. A supervisor soon pulled Donaldson into a more strategy-focused role. She began analyzing the data and producing specific reports for NBA teams. She made such a good impression on the Raptors that they hired her.

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One highlight: The Raptors were on the road when they acquired Marc Gasol at the trade deadline, but Gasol had to visit Toronto to undergo a physical. He asked whether someone might run him through a workout. The team thought about calling one coach back in. Higher-ups decided Donaldson could handle it herself.

"That was special for me -- to be basically the first person he interacted with on the basketball side," she says.

Ujiri watched from his office and was impressed when Donaldson sat with Gasol after the workout, opened a laptop, and took him through some of Toronto's plays.

BisMarckie · « **Reply #21754 on:** September 09, 2019, 11:16:23 AM »

Women ruin the homoeroticy of sports.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #21755 on:** September 09, 2019, 11:30:38 AM »

Jack ass ref

https://twitter.com/niendorf21/status/1170802022809067521

Akala · « **Reply #21756 on:** September 09, 2019, 11:37:18 AM »

shameful

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #21757 on:** September 10, 2019, 01:41:48 AM »

No “ninja-style” headbands allowed anymore in the NBA.

benjipwns · « **Reply #21758 on:** September 11, 2019, 10:07:41 AM »

Vince Carter is rolling in his grave right now.

VomKriege · « **Reply #21759 on:** September 11, 2019, 10:12:04 AM »

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #21760 on:** September 11, 2019, 12:10:37 PM »

Tough loss. Tip hat to france

benjipwns · « **Reply #21761 on:** September 11, 2019, 01:03:54 PM »

I can't believe France would do this on the 18th anniversary of 9/11.

Akala · « **Reply #21762 on:** September 11, 2019, 02:51:36 PM »

that is a better 9/11 joke than I would have made earlier. everything I came up with was too

for a bball thread lol

benjipwns · « **Reply #21763 on:** September 11, 2019, 11:25:44 PM »

Quote from: Esch on September 11, 2019, 05:17:26 PM

https://twitter.com/kharigold/status/1171863882605965312

bluemax · « **Reply #21764 on:** September 12, 2019, 02:06:14 AM »

Kobe's PR firm really was doing a good job with the "Kobe is an ally and supporter of women" campaign, so they must be shitting themselves over this.

https://deadspin.com/why-the-fuck-isnt-kobe-bryant-a-pariah-yet-1829494689

Akala · « **Reply #21765 on:** September 12, 2019, 09:42:50 AM »

Quote from: bluemax on September 12, 2019, 02:06:14 AM

Kobe's PR firm really was doing a good job with the "Kobe is an ally and supporter of women" campaign, so they must be shitting themselves over this.

https://deadspin.com/why-the-fuck-isnt-kobe-bryant-a-pariah-yet-1829494689

I doubt they are shitting themselves as that's a pretty bullshit article, it's just dredging up his rape case. Everyone knows about the rape case already, and the article even notes his apology, which I didn't even remember him giving...I just remember his wife sitting next to him at a presser with a rock. People keep trying to act like social accountability has set rules (that can be applied retroactively), but it's fucking random and case-specific.

I mean charges were withdrawn (however dubiously), his apology I guess is somewhat plausible, he doesn't seem to be a pattern offender. Why would he be a pariah? I am sure lots of women still dislike him, but I remember hearing a lot of the 'if his wife forgives him so do I' line of thinking. It sucks that as usual the accuser/victim was pretty much removed from the final equation, but it's far enough in the past where it's kind of past the statute of limitations.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #21766 on:** September 12, 2019, 09:50:26 AM »

Shitting themselves because of a year old article?

Akala · « **Reply #21767 on:** September 12, 2019, 09:55:48 AM »

yeah that would be an additional reason.

Looks like he is still around, hard-hitting journalism on the LOLBROWNS beat:

http://deadspin.com/cleveland-browns-ban-wrong-guy-from-stadium-for-beer-po-1838042251

team filler · « **Reply #21768 on:** September 12, 2019, 11:35:14 AM »

https://twitter.com/BertFulks/status/1171820748924735490

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #21769 on:** September 12, 2019, 11:46:22 AM »

I didn't realize Fred McLeod died a few days ago. He was the voice of the cavs for quite a while now.

https://www.wkyc.com/article/sports/nba/cavaliers/a-look-at-fred-mcleods-best-catchphrases-while-calling-play-by-play-for-the-cleveland-cavaliers/95-96008a5f-2fa8-4309-b8e5-076e62934583

benjipwns · « **Reply #21770 on:** September 12, 2019, 07:15:02 PM »

GERSTMANN

curly · « **Reply #21771 on:** September 12, 2019, 09:44:58 PM »

https://twitter.com/PhilBeckner/status/1172320664453148672

benjipwns · « **Reply #21772 on:** September 13, 2019, 12:08:24 AM »

Mutombo

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no look pee baby!

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team filler · « **Reply #21773 on:** September 13, 2019, 12:10:50 AM »

hearing mutombo's voice for the first time scared the piss out of me

benjipwns · « **Reply #21774 on:** September 13, 2019, 03:22:21 AM »

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DONGGUAN, China -- USA Basketball managing director Jerry Colangelo said Thursday that when the time comes to start assembling the 2020 Tokyo Olympics roster, he won't forget those who backed out of commitments to play in the World Cup this summer.

"I can only say, you can't help but notice and remember who you thought you were going to war with and who didn't show up," Colangelo said.

shosta · « **Reply #21775 on:** September 13, 2019, 09:39:05 PM »

The Lonzo one had be rolling.

team filler · « **Reply #21776 on:** September 15, 2019, 02:21:05 PM »

https://twitter.com/KyleKulinski/status/1172629293408669696

team filler · « **Reply #21777 on:** September 16, 2019, 04:55:12 PM »

https://twitter.com/ScoutWithBryan/status/1173695775664168965

team filler · « **Reply #21778 on:** September 16, 2019, 06:46:02 PM »

https://twitter.com/CrownVictoria22/status/1173698544835977218

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #21779 on:** September 18, 2019, 06:11:19 PM »

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/stephen-curry-responds-to-kevin-durants-comments-about-not-fitting-in-with-warriors

I've never quite understood the massive chip on Durant's shoulder. He has been treated more positively than just about any superstar by the media and still he plays the rodney dangerfield card.

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