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benjipwns · « **Reply #21000 on:** December 16, 2018, 12:38:33 AM »

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Carl Johnson
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I'm Surprised not any team doing this to Kyrie "Earth is Flat" thing maybe cause its True?....

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benjipwns · « **Reply #21001 on:** December 18, 2018, 06:45:18 AM »

Suns ate Austin Rivers contract and cut him.

Akala · « **Reply #21002 on:** December 18, 2018, 09:23:27 PM »

Quote from: benjipwns on December 18, 2018, 06:45:18 AM

Suns ate Austin Rivers contract and cut him.

oof

benjipwns · « **Reply #21003 on:** December 19, 2018, 05:20:47 AM »

some reporter asked LeBron what it would be like if the Lakers got Anthony Davis

Quote from: LeBron

That would be amazing, like, duh. That would be incredible.

Akala · « **Reply #21004 on:** December 19, 2018, 08:36:33 AM »

benjipwns · « **Reply #21005 on:** December 20, 2018, 10:41:11 PM »

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #21006 on:** December 21, 2018, 02:23:25 PM »

oh lawd he comin

TEEEPO · « **Reply #21007 on:** December 22, 2018, 09:44:15 PM »

scott brooks is easily the most inept coach in the nba

morris has been closing out games the entire season while getting 25 mins or so off the bench while our starting center thomas bryant, who has been balling the fuck out and most importantly moving on both sides of the court and being able to guard the pnr, was getting only 15 mins . well moriss finally fouls out and bryant is fucking BALLING as expected from some amazing pnrs from beal. moriss has a box score of -9 for the game while bryant has a +9

but watch, this performance will change NOTHING

fuck brooks, and especially fuck eg

TEEEPO · « **Reply #21008 on:** December 22, 2018, 10:22:02 PM »

that was the best ive seen the wiz all season and thats with three starters out

all because that bum moriss fouled out and wall was ill

edit: worth noting that wizards were 97-104 when morris fouled out. bets on brooks doesn't learn from this?

jakefromstatefarm · « **Reply #21009 on:** December 23, 2018, 12:42:34 AM »

Is this the first time ever that both the clippers and the lakers have been good?

Mandark · « **Reply #21010 on:** December 23, 2018, 02:46:50 AM »

I don't know about good, but there was one year when they both made the playoffs, and both got eliminated by the Seven Seconds Or Less Suns.

It was the one playoff year with Elton Brand, when they'd traded for Sam Cassell. With Corey Maggette and a pre-injury Shaun Livingston. Was also the year Kobe scored 35 a game and played with Smush Parker and Kwame Brown.

jakefromstatefarm · « **Reply #21011 on:** December 24, 2018, 12:42:47 AM »

Bulls seem to finally be figuring out that looking to set up markkannen 20 times a game is a good idea

benjipwns · « **Reply #21012 on:** December 25, 2018, 12:25:26 AM »

They realized there's no reason not to play him with Carter.

Also the Jabari Parker saga is a top five Bulls nonsense saga this season.

team filler · « **Reply #21013 on:** December 25, 2018, 09:11:35 PM »

Nola · « **Reply #21014 on:** December 25, 2018, 10:00:55 PM »

Quote from: benjipwns on December 19, 2018, 05:20:47 AM

some reporter asked LeBron what it would be like if the Lakers got Anthony Davis
Quote from: LeBron
That would be amazing, like, duh. That would be incredible.

Honestly, he gone.

Pels need to act accordingly. Wait til the offseason when Boston can trade and start the bidding war.

I just hope Gayle doesn't half ass it like her husband had been doing. But I get the sneaking suspicion we are going to drastically overpay to bring in someone before the deadline that isn't going to be enough to keep Davis and then wait to fire Demps until he has damn near sold off every asset we have as a last ditch effort to save his skin and embarrassment.

agrajag · « **Reply #21015 on:** December 25, 2018, 10:34:12 PM »

LeBron teasing us before he ultimately folds to the Warriors in the playoffs.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #21016 on:** December 27, 2018, 12:04:54 AM »

team filler · « **Reply #21017 on:** December 27, 2018, 04:52:56 AM »

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #21018 on:** December 28, 2018, 12:35:18 AM »

Lakers blow game they controlled all night.

https://twitter.com/SacramentoKings/status/1078524224686325760

benjipwns · « **Reply #21019 on:** December 28, 2018, 05:10:12 AM »

this has no right to be this good

benjipwns · « **Reply #21020 on:** December 28, 2018, 05:11:18 AM »

lets go home

benjipwns · « **Reply #21021 on:** December 28, 2018, 06:49:25 AM »

didn't even see that the Knicks waived Ron Baker...and the Wizards signed him...

agrajag · « **Reply #21022 on:** January 03, 2019, 06:20:05 AM »

Miami Heat is 6th in the East with a .500 record!

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #21023 on:** January 03, 2019, 09:51:08 AM »

DeAndre Jordan FT%:70.5

Lonzo Ball: FT%:45.0%
Lebron James: FT%:68.2
Brandon Ingram: FT%:62.0

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #21024 on:** January 04, 2019, 12:32:43 PM »

agrajag · « **Reply #21025 on:** January 04, 2019, 12:56:23 PM »

that Rockets GSW game was incredible.

benjipwns · « **Reply #21026 on:** January 04, 2019, 06:11:31 PM »

Harden averaged 36 points a game as Houston went 10-4 in December. He's averaged 41 ppg in their last ten as they've gone 9-1. With Chris Paul missing like half of those or more.

Capela's also been in BEAST MODE: 17/15.5 over those ten games.

team filler · « **Reply #21027 on:** January 06, 2019, 08:02:15 PM »

https://twitter.com/foosgonewild/status/1066547707991347200

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #21028 on:** January 06, 2019, 08:03:49 PM »

And down goes Thibodeau.

Everybody was waiting for that domino to drop forever.

Lakers without Lebron, Kuzma, and Rondo are understandably free falling.

Lonzo might have a capable NBA career but he's looking more and more like he will never be anything but an average NBA player. And Brandon Ingram simply hasn't taken the step this season that most people thought he was capable of. He's playing worse for whatever reason than he did last season rather than improving.

benjipwns · « **Reply #21029 on:** January 06, 2019, 08:11:29 PM »

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Former Chicago Bulls coach Fred Hoiberg is in serious consideration by Minnesota owner Glen Taylor to become either the general manager or head coach in the future, league sources told ESPN.

don't just take everything the Bulls cast off jeez

benjipwns · « **Reply #21030 on:** January 06, 2019, 08:12:57 PM »

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Chandler Parsons' career with the Memphis Grizzlies is likely over, with the two sides agreeing to a separation on Sunday, league sources told ESPN.

Parsons will leave Memphis as the organization and his agent, James Dunleavy of ISE Sports, work to structure a resolution on Parsons' future, sources said.

Parsons, 30, is owed $38 million on his original four-year, $94 million maximum contract, including $25.1 million for the 2019-20 season.

The sides will work to find a trade for Parsons, sources said. The Grizzlies haven't shown a willingness to include a first-round draft pick to move Parsons' deal but have been open to accepting a longer-term contract for him, league sources said. The team still believes Parsons will have value as an expiring contract, even if it takes into the offseason to make a deal.

The final disagreement that led to Parsons leaving the team and city -- perhaps permanently -- has been centered around the circumstances of a possible G League assignment.

Grizzlies GM Chris Wallace wanted Parsons to play several games with the Grizzlies' G League affiliate, the Memphis Hustle, before deciding on returning Parsons to the active roster with the Grizzlies, sources said.

Parsons has been willing to play games with the G League affiliate but wanted a clearer plan and a timetable in place that would return him to the Grizzlies' active roster, league sources said.

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The Cleveland Cavaliers waived guard Patrick McCaw on Sunday, one week after signing him to two-year, $6 million non-guaranteed deal.

McCaw, 23, played in three games with Cleveland. The Cavaliers had to make a decision by Monday to keep McCaw on their roster at a prorated $3 million for the rest of the season.

The Cavaliers got McCaw after the Warriors declined to match an offer sheet last week.

benjipwns · « **Reply #21031 on:** January 07, 2019, 01:04:54 AM »

benjipwns · « **Reply #21032 on:** January 08, 2019, 02:08:53 AM »

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/25705352/hedo-turkoglu-says-enes-kanter-new-york-knicks-irrational-smear-campaign-turkey

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Former NBA player Hedo Turkoglu, now a chief adviser to the president of Turkey, says comments by Enes Kanter about the country are nothing more than an ongoing "political smear campaign" by the New York Knicks center.

Kanter last week said he would not travel with the Knicks to London for a game against the Washington Wizards on Jan. 17 because he fears for his life because of his ongoing clash with Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

wait, why is Hedo a chief adviser to Erdogan?

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Kanter told reporters at the Knicks' shootaround Monday in Portland that Turkoglu likely was being told to say those things.

"It's probably not [Turkoglu], but the president making him say it," Kanter told reporters. "If you look at his Twitter, it's German, English and Turkish. It's three languages, and he doesn't even know German. They're probably making him do it. He's kind of like his puppy dog. Lap dog is better. He probably got so much money for that."

A Knicks team official said last week that Kanter wouldn't travel to London because of a visa issue, but Kanter on Monday said that was incorrect.

"They don't understand the conversation and it's very confusing," said Kanter, who posted a photo of a travel document on Twitter. "It's not a visa issue. ... I have a travel document.... I can travel."

Kanter reportedly was indicted by the Istanbul Cyber Crimes Investigation Bureau last year because of "hurtful and humiliating" comments made about Turkoglu, the president of the Turkish Basketball Federation, on social media.

I can't seem to figure out exactly what Hedo is advising about other than taking shots at Kanter.

Quote from: two years ago

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday appointed a former basketball star as one of his senior advisers, a source within the presidential office said.

benjipwns · « **Reply #21033 on:** January 11, 2019, 08:31:47 PM »

benjipwns · « **Reply #21034 on:** January 16, 2019, 05:52:58 AM »

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #21035 on:** January 17, 2019, 12:02:49 AM »

James Harden is breaking basketball

Akala · « **Reply #21036 on:** January 17, 2019, 12:40:50 AM »

Was there, ruined at end as they choked it 😭

jakefromstatefarm · « **Reply #21037 on:** January 17, 2019, 01:18:54 AM »

Kyrie might have the best touch ever with his off hand

benjipwns · « **Reply #21038 on:** January 17, 2019, 09:29:35 PM »

A bundle of rumors came out about the Mavs trying to move Dennis Smith Jr., so now they're apparently having meetings to smooth things over. Smith apparently has demanded a trade though. Mavs were looking to deal him because they don't think he and Doncic can play together long term as he forces Doncic off the ball.

benjipwns · « **Reply #21039 on:** January 18, 2019, 06:30:40 AM »

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/25789926/lakers-michael-beasley-tries-enter-game-wearing-wrong-shorts

benjipwns · « **Reply #21040 on:** January 19, 2019, 05:28:16 AM »

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Brooklyn Nets forward/center Kenneth Faried has agreed to a contract buyout, clearing the way for him to sign a free-agent deal with the Houston Rockets

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The Rockets are aggressively working to find a trade for the exiled Carmelo Anthony before Monday's 5 p.m. ET deadline to clear a roster spot for Faried, league sources said. The Rockets will need to trade a player to a team with an open roster spot, or waive a player

The cleanest solution to the Rockets clearing a roster spot without a trade is releasing James Nunnally five days early from his 10-day contract.

i would think the cleanest solution would be to just waive Melo?

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #21041 on:** January 23, 2019, 11:36:43 PM »

Jesus

benjipwns · « **Reply #21042 on:** January 23, 2019, 11:42:35 PM »

gross, Oladipo might be out for the season

benjipwns · « **Reply #21043 on:** January 25, 2019, 09:12:27 AM »

When I posted that he hadn't had his MRI yet

Also I totally did not know that Zion Williamson is like 285 pounds and built like Metta World Peace.

Akala · « **Reply #21044 on:** January 28, 2019, 08:03:47 AM »

Welp.

benjipwns · « **Reply #21045 on:** January 28, 2019, 08:05:18 AM »

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Agent Rich Paul has notified the New Orleans Pelicans that All-NBA forward Anthony Davis has no intention of signing a contract extension if and when presented one and that he has requested a trade, Paul told ESPN on Monday.

"Anthony wants to be traded to a team that allows him the chance to win consistently and compete for a championship," Paul said.

Akala · « **Reply #21046 on:** January 28, 2019, 08:30:52 AM »

Yeah that’s what the welp was for

Fun week or so for New Orleans sports. Would rather him go to Celtics but we’ll probably end up with Lonzo and the re-emergence of his dad as a main character.

benjipwns · « **Reply #21047 on:** January 28, 2019, 08:43:26 AM »

just messing with the trade machine a bit, there's not really a huge amount of great deals out there to make with Davis going to a "contender" (I included the two LA teams), especially since he makes $25 million

it's weird because he's one of the greatest players in the league, but I'm unsure if many of these teams would send their best asset for him, I think the Lakers would now deal Ingram for anything unlike last summer, but the Clippers wouldn't want to send Harris, and then you can't really make a compelling package, that's similar with a number of the other teams

it'd be kinda fun for the Raptors to put together a full fledged one-year one-shot mercenary squad targeted at the Warriors I suppose

BisMarckie · « **Reply #21048 on:** January 28, 2019, 08:48:35 AM »

So you're saying that he'll be traded to the Bulls for Jabari Parker.

Akala · « **Reply #21049 on:** January 28, 2019, 09:08:15 AM »

Nola · « **Reply #21050 on:** January 28, 2019, 09:17:02 AM »

Quote from: benjipwns on January 28, 2019, 08:43:26 AM

just messing with the trade machine a bit, there's not really a huge amount of great deals out there to make with Davis going to a "contender" (I included the two LA teams), especially since he makes $25 million

it's weird because he's one of the greatest players in the league, but I'm unsure if many of these teams would send their best asset for him, I think the Lakers would now deal Ingram for anything unlike last summer, but the Clippers wouldn't want to send Harris, and then you can't really make a compelling package, that's similar with a number of the other teams

it'd be kinda fun for the Raptors to put together a full fledged one-year one-shot mercenary squad targeted at the Warriors I suppose

The Pels have no need to rush into trading him IMO.

Hopefully they just sit on it and let the market build itself.

You can't really get Boston into the mix unless they trade Kyrie, otherwise there are Rose rule implications that prevent anything before the summer....Which the Pels hopefully are open to letting this drag into if nothing lucrative pops up since Boston as of right now seems like the bidder with the most to offer.

If nothing else though, Loomis better have Demps' separation papers drafted up by the end of the week. If he is the guy that gets to rebuild his own mess I might just be done with two sports in one season.

benjipwns · « **Reply #21051 on:** January 28, 2019, 10:02:15 AM »

It does seem like an odd time to do this, less than two weeks before the deadline makes it even more unlikely for teams that aren't the Lakers to actually carve up their rosters. Now you've got a Dwightmare type situation where the best player has suggested he's already given up on the season or trying to make a playoff run pretty much.

Mandark · « **Reply #21052 on:** January 31, 2019, 03:57:30 PM »

Woj is saying Porzingis to the Mavs wtf

benjipwns · « **Reply #21053 on:** January 31, 2019, 04:07:14 PM »

He asked for a trade earlier today apparently and they decided to do it immediately, this is the package that sources were saying they were offering New Orleans for Davis but I wonder if that was some confusion now.

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The Dallas Mavericks have agreed to a trade with the New York Knicks for All-Star forward Kristaps Porzingis, league sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski on Thursday.

The trade also includes the Knicks sending Courtney Lee and Tim Hardaway Jr. to the Mavericks in return for Wesley Matthews, Dennis Smith Jr. and DeAndre Jordan, league sources told Wojnarowski. The deal may also include draft assets, sources said.

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Earlier Thursday, Porzingis met with Knicks meeting and left franchise officials with the impression that he wanted to be traded, league sources told ESPN.

Porzingis can be a restricted free agent this summer.

There's been a strong disconnect between Porzingis and Knicks management in recent years, and it culminated in Thursday's meeting. He expressed concerns on the state of the franchise and his future with the organization, sources said.

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Porzingis and his brother Janis, who is his agent, met with Knicks management on Thursday morning and discussed his frustration with the franchise's losing, its past dysfunction and his own uncertainty over creating sustainable organizational success, sources said.

eleuin · « **Reply #21054 on:** January 31, 2019, 05:10:16 PM »

Mark Cuban quickly rebuilding with 2 generational talents

benjipwns · « **Reply #21055 on:** January 31, 2019, 05:48:05 PM »

They'll have to wait an extra year now but they still have a max slot coming up too when Barnes and Powell expire.

Mandark · « **Reply #21056 on:** January 31, 2019, 05:53:35 PM »

Spotrac has updated the Knicks roster but not the Mavs and now I can't fool around with the numbers.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #21057 on:** January 31, 2019, 05:55:40 PM »

Bazinga

benjipwns · « **Reply #21058 on:** January 31, 2019, 06:16:51 PM »

Quote from: Mandark on January 31, 2019, 05:53:35 PM

Spotrac has updated the Knicks roster but not the Mavs and now I can't fool around with the numbers.

They basically punted the expiring Jordan contract (and half of Matthews) a year by taking on Lee and Hardaway Jr. who will make $31 million next year. The latter is also on the books for $19 million the year after, so they'll need Powell and Barnes' expiring to get the full effect of what would have been the Matthews/Jordan expiring this offseason.

They should be able to fit in...say Anthony Davis because Barnes, Powell and Lee all expire that summer.

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #21059 on:** January 31, 2019, 10:15:08 PM »

Jesus, contract the Knicks.

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