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ToxicAdam · « **Reply #21780 on:** September 18, 2019, 08:03:03 PM »

Durant is just passive aggressive. It’s in his bones. It creates all these weird interactions with teammates and fans.

curly · « **Reply #21781 on:** September 20, 2019, 06:34:30 PM »

https://twitter.com/KDTrey5/status/1175128354833534977

finally a superstar athlete who can represent us milennials

team filler · « **Reply #21782 on:** September 21, 2019, 01:10:20 PM »

https://twitter.com/BR_NBA/status/1175123711780737025

benjipwns · « **Reply #21783 on:** September 21, 2019, 11:07:32 PM »

I don't get this recent round of stories about Durant and the Warriors coming up yet again. Why is anyone still talking about this? It's been known from the start, they never tried to hide it. They'd do entire stints during games where Durant got a bunch of isolations while everybody stood outside the arc as reward for playing the worlds greatest Harrison Barnes replacement in the Warriors passing game.

The real fun starts a year from now when Kyrie and Durant are both on the floor together, two epic passive aggressive players who spent the last three years messing around with two contenders each.

I also figure we're closing in on Durant getting his first tattoo outside of his jersey fit, almost willing to predict it happening before he returns to the court.

benjipwns · « **Reply #21784 on:** September 22, 2019, 01:45:36 AM »

https://twitter.com/ESPNNBA/status/1175421277328347141

team filler · « **Reply #21785 on:** September 24, 2019, 03:45:00 PM »

https://twitter.com/fadecorner/status/1176578621047283712

benjipwns · « **Reply #21786 on:** September 27, 2019, 10:08:30 AM »

Adam Silver is out of control:
https://twitter.com/TheSteinLine/status/1177238915956101120

team filler · « **Reply #21787 on:** September 27, 2019, 01:14:05 PM »

https://twitter.com/YaboyAnt7/status/1177631345998098432

https://twitter.com/pbcgod/status/1177631796915081216

team filler · « **Reply #21788 on:** September 29, 2019, 11:11:26 AM »

https://twitter.com/el_budget/status/1178026329557684224

team filler · « **Reply #21789 on:** September 29, 2019, 12:10:55 PM »

https://twitter.com/Hou5ton4L/status/1178078180416077826

team filler · « **Reply #21790 on:** September 30, 2019, 10:37:33 PM »

https://twitter.com/Irv_Do/status/1178394073889157127

benjipwns · « **Reply #21791 on:** September 30, 2019, 10:41:05 PM »

had to team up with somebody who could handle Joe Ingles for him

also I know they want Russell slipping to those corners but he'll get camping there and watching if they don't give him the green light to also do things like randomly crash for absurd putback attempts while everyone in the arena shakes their head as Scott Brooks found out

team filler · « **Reply #21792 on:** October 01, 2019, 11:34:52 AM »

https://twitter.com/Dame_Lillard/status/1179049501354422273

benjipwns · « **Reply #21793 on:** October 01, 2019, 11:30:43 PM »

So regarding those actual player heights the league is requiring, 2K uses the official NBA measurements rather than actual heights (for a number of reasons including the licensing requiring it), some people edited Durant to be 7 feet while changing nothing else and he becomes literally impossible to guard and breaks everything about the game.

A few years back they zeroed the strength of "Lew Alcindor" because he was similarly impossible to stop, so only by making other bigs be able to push him out could you get him outside perfect range. But it was only really a problem if you were playing the 1971 or All-Time Bucks. Durant will be used in all kinds of modes and stuff being a current player.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #21794 on:** October 02, 2019, 11:58:18 AM »

team filler · « **Reply #21795 on:** October 05, 2019, 03:41:55 PM »

https://twitter.com/33643pts/status/1180543717888929792

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #21796 on:** October 05, 2019, 08:15:38 PM »

Lakers versus Warriors preseason game on now.

Man Lakers are tall.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #21797 on:** October 05, 2019, 08:28:02 PM »

AD is gonna be so nasty

team filler · « **Reply #21798 on:** October 05, 2019, 08:32:43 PM »

plan the parade

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #21799 on:** October 05, 2019, 09:48:04 PM »

Starters are done. Lakers looked good. Anthony Davis especially. Dwight looked a bit stiff. Rondo still needs to learn to shoot better since he will always be completely wide open as no one guards him.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #21800 on:** October 07, 2019, 01:12:12 AM »

I've pimped this channel before but here is another one. Probably my favorite current content producer on nba stuff.

team filler · « **Reply #21801 on:** October 07, 2019, 08:54:08 PM »

https://twitter.com/WorldWideWob/status/1181357490367279105

https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1181367228265951233

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #21802 on:** October 07, 2019, 10:25:38 PM »

team filler · « **Reply #21803 on:** October 08, 2019, 01:42:46 AM »

https://twitter.com/WorldWideWob/status/1181348407887179777

team filler · « **Reply #21804 on:** October 08, 2019, 01:44:30 AM »

https://twitter.com/TheHoopCentral/status/1181612167079976961

team filler · « **Reply #21805 on:** October 08, 2019, 08:07:32 PM »

https://twitter.com/bluewirepods/status/1181364575247175681

team filler · « **Reply #21806 on:** October 08, 2019, 08:28:22 PM »

https://twitter.com/WorldWideWob/status/1181724555649400832

https://twitter.com/LegionHoops/status/1181725662345740290

benjipwns · « **Reply #21807 on:** October 09, 2019, 01:27:12 AM »

Big guys jacking threes or trying other stuff like crossovers on the break is one of my favorite parts of preseason. Shaq in all-star games type fun. Although these days some of that is legit trying to extend their range like Simmons and even Adams probably instead of just goofery.

One year Ben Wallace got a long rebound and KG didn't even bother to come out of the paint and yelled SHOOT IT at him and he did and made it, so he tried another and it wasn't even as close as Andre's there.

benjipwns · « **Reply #21808 on:** October 09, 2019, 01:31:28 AM »

https://deadspin.com/internal-memo-espn-forbids-discussion-of-chinese-polit-1838881032

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This could be because Chuck Salituro, the senior news director of ESPN, sent a memo to shows mandating that any discussion of the Daryl Morey story avoid any political discussions about China and Hong Kong, and instead focus on the related basketball issues. The memo, obtained by Deadspin, explicitly discouraged any political discussion about China and Hong Kong. Multiple ESPN sources confirmed to Deadspin that network higher-ups were keeping a close eye on how the topic was discussed on ESPN’s airwaves.

...

Around the Horn did a long segment on the ongoing story, and in doing so provided both the high and low points of the network’s coverage on the topic. The low point came right off the bat, when Tony Reali threw the topic to Ramona Shelburne, who alluded to “both sides” of the “issue” without giving any sort of explanation of what those sides or issues were. She said:

“Listen, I have learned more about the issue with China and Hong Kong in the last 48 hours because of this, and I think it is an example of how sports shines a light on the rest of the world. We go all the way back to ping-pong diplomacy in the 1970s when he U.S. ping pong team played against China and started opening up China to these discussions. People on both sides of this issue, whether you are in mainland China, Hong Kong, or around the world feel strongly about their positions. And I think it’s important for all of us to read about it and understand what is going on.”

...

The high point arrived when another ATH panelist, Kevin Blackistone, became the only person across all of ESPN’s shows to actually talk about what is going on in Hong Kong. He said:

“I don’t think it was a mistake for Daryl Morey to express his sympathy for a movement against authoritarianism being implemented into Hong Kong. A struggle that has been going on now for four months, that reportedly has injured 1,100 people, reportedly now has live gunfire in the streets, which has injured a couple of people, which reportedly has left a journalist covering all this blind. This is a very serious situation.”

https://deadspin.com/stephen-a-smith-pauses-between-bootlicks-to-tell-daryl-1838854121

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“Daryl Morey, a good man, an exceptional executive, and a conscientious human being, what were you thinking speaking up on this issue?” Smith asked. “It’s about a multitude of people that extends far beyond yourself that you have compromised because you had this insatiable appetite to disseminate a tweet. You don’t know better than that?”

Smith bizarrely frames Morey’s low-key activism as something childish and immature. He believes it to be so because, he says, Morey’s urge to show support for the Hong Kong protestors was ... selfish? “You don’t just think about yourself before you act,” Smith blustered. “That’s what boys and girls do. That’s what children do.”

“Daryl Morey had an obligation to think about the Houston Rockets organization and about the National Basketball Association before himself,” Smith said, loading in a bunch of punctuating pauses and Pacino-style emphasis. “You have an obligation to adopt and embrace the interest of those you collect a paycheck from.”

benjipwns · « **Reply #21809 on:** October 09, 2019, 01:39:38 AM »

https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/1181363875591131136

r.i.p. in pieces JJ

https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/1181784164871356416

r.i.p. in pieces JJJr.

team filler · « **Reply #21810 on:** October 10, 2019, 02:39:18 AM »

https://twitter.com/CrypticNoOne/status/1182171116573474816

bluemax · « **Reply #21811 on:** October 10, 2019, 11:38:42 PM »

https://twitter.com/meechthegreek/status/1182323949067276288?s=21

benjipwns · « **Reply #21812 on:** October 10, 2019, 11:44:24 PM »

https://twitter.com/MeechTheGreek/status/1182351065305538561

https://twitter.com/MeechTheGreek/status/1182331840272719872

bluemax · « **Reply #21813 on:** October 11, 2019, 12:19:10 AM »

Morey always playing 4D chess while everyone else is playing tiddly winks.

team filler · « **Reply #21814 on:** October 11, 2019, 01:51:16 AM »

https://twitter.com/Flaxonflax/status/1180706858077736960

team filler · « **Reply #21815 on:** October 11, 2019, 02:16:09 AM »

benjipwns · « **Reply #21816 on:** October 11, 2019, 11:04:15 AM »

Nate and crew made a new thing: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/introducing-raptor-our-new-metric-for-the-modern-nba/

Zach Lowe also started his League Pass Rankings: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/27807188/the-2019-20-nba-league-pass-rankings-pt-1

team filler · « **Reply #21817 on:** October 12, 2019, 02:00:39 PM »

https://twitter.com/injuryexpert/status/1183062165873483784

team filler · « **Reply #21818 on:** October 12, 2019, 03:07:51 PM »

https://twitter.com/Lakers/status/1183012451178008576

team filler · « **Reply #21819 on:** October 12, 2019, 03:28:35 PM »

https://twitter.com/JaValeMcGee/status/1183067007727611905

benjipwns · « **Reply #21820 on:** October 14, 2019, 02:31:14 AM »

https://twitter.com/NBA/status/1183501163326517249

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #21821 on:** October 15, 2019, 09:39:10 AM »

You think the Lebron China tweet controversy will have legs?

I see people saying that this gaffe is worse than The Decision, but I don't see people over a certain age giving a fuck or non-NBA fans even caring.

Akala · « **Reply #21822 on:** October 15, 2019, 10:53:04 AM »

I can't see it being worse than the decision, but it does come off a bit

.

I got impression that his main issue was having players being dragged into it while over in China more than straight-up calling for a capitulation.

naff · « **Reply #21823 on:** October 15, 2019, 12:14:04 PM »

it's much worse than The Decision ethically etc. people aren't going to care long term tho. he just mad he stood to lose some millions. ppl in 'murca get it!

Akala · « **Reply #21824 on:** October 15, 2019, 05:04:20 PM »

won't someone please think of Klay. :'(

team filler · « **Reply #21825 on:** October 15, 2019, 05:06:08 PM »

https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1184188206926843904

Akala · « **Reply #21826 on:** October 15, 2019, 05:22:24 PM »

that would tie in nicely as to why he wanted it kept behind doors, but think I want a few more sources before I believe that.

team filler · « **Reply #21827 on:** October 15, 2019, 07:14:10 PM »

https://twitter.com/kevkage_/status/1184226729348481024

benjipwns · « **Reply #21828 on:** October 16, 2019, 07:16:14 AM »

Uncle · « **Reply #21829 on:** October 16, 2019, 08:47:52 AM »

benjipwns · « **Reply #21830 on:** October 16, 2019, 09:05:39 AM »

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Sacramento Kings guard Bogdan Bogdanovic is weighing a maximum contract extension from Sacramento or entering free agency after the season.

Bogdanovic told The Sacramento Bee on Tuesday that he has received a four-year, $51.4 million extension offer but has not decided whether he will sign it.

"They did, but we will wait to see," Bogdanovic told the newspaper of the offer. "Maybe we will sign tomorrow. Maybe we sign in a month. Who knows? We will see."

wait what