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Stoney Mason · « **Reply #21360 on:** June 07, 2019, 10:53:17 PM »

Jeez when did Serge Ibaka get really good again.

benjipwns · « **Reply #21361 on:** June 07, 2019, 10:53:36 PM »

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Alex McKechnie was one of North America's most respected athletic trainers and scientists. NBA players pilgrimaged for years to visit him in Vancouver when they had injuries or needed rehab. For example, he's credited with helping save Shaquille O'Neal's prime years by treating O'Neal's abdominal injuries in the late 1990s. O'Neal was so effusive that the Los Angeles Lakers hired the Scottish native, and he was with them for five titles between 1999 and 2011.

But when the NBA lockout hit in 2011, the Lakers allowed numerous staff members' contracts to expire so they didn't have to pay them during the lockout. The richest team in the league then lost its prized trainer when the Raptors, then led by general manager Bryan Colangelo, swooped in and hired McKechnie after the Lakers left him unemployed.

Now, seven years later and with more than 40 years' experience in the field, McKechnie was the point man when the Raptors took on the challenge of caring for Leonard. Providing good care for Leonard and building trust with him was absolutely vital after those bonds eroded in San Antonio.

benjipwns · « **Reply #21362 on:** June 07, 2019, 10:56:47 PM »

The Taurean Prince deal is interesting, I thought he was a likely extension candidate after last season, now he's another young player the Nets roped in at a bargain price while making more cap room:

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Nets get: Taurean Prince, 2021 second-round pick

Hawks get: Allen Crabbe, No. 17 pick in 2019, lottery-protected 2020 first-round pick

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #21363 on:** June 07, 2019, 10:57:11 PM »

Massive third quarter for the Raptors. Please keep it going Raps. Don't pull a houston.

benjipwns · « **Reply #21364 on:** June 07, 2019, 10:59:06 PM »

third quarter is usually the Warriors thing

agrajag · « **Reply #21365 on:** June 07, 2019, 11:05:54 PM »

Quote from: benjipwns on June 07, 2019, 10:59:06 PM

third quarter is usually the Warriors thing

benjipwns · « **Reply #21366 on:** June 07, 2019, 11:27:07 PM »

just play Ibaka, don't save him, not at this point

benching guys for fouls gives the same effect as if you lose them to fouling out (still mad at Larry Brown 15 years later for this)

redarded explanation

Larry Brown had a rule that if you picked up two fouls before the half you sat until the second half, no matter who you were. The world's stupidest foul rule, it was fine in 2004 when the Pistons had a bench, it didn't work so well the next year when they had to play basically seven guys only.

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Stoney Mason · « **Reply #21367 on:** June 07, 2019, 11:29:41 PM »

My feelings right now

benjipwns · « **Reply #21368 on:** June 07, 2019, 11:32:40 PM »

think that Kawhi steal to Lowry might have been it

agrajag · « **Reply #21369 on:** June 07, 2019, 11:36:01 PM »

it's been it for a while

benjipwns · « **Reply #21370 on:** June 07, 2019, 11:37:43 PM »

Quote from: agrajag on June 07, 2019, 11:36:01 PM

it's been it for a while

ya warriors are just plain garbage without best player, best shooter, MVP and media superstar @KDTrey5

benjipwns · « **Reply #21371 on:** June 07, 2019, 11:38:49 PM »

VanVleet had seven stitches, hope they ban Shaun Livingston for a year

agrajag · « **Reply #21372 on:** June 07, 2019, 11:40:35 PM »

more like Shaun Killingston

eleuin · « **Reply #21373 on:** June 08, 2019, 12:05:40 AM »

benjipwns · « **Reply #21374 on:** June 08, 2019, 01:23:10 AM »

oh shit VanVleet also lost a tooth, yikes

team filler · « **Reply #21375 on:** June 08, 2019, 05:11:50 PM »

https://twitter.com/CableThanos_/status/1137456902055448576

benjipwns · « **Reply #21376 on:** June 10, 2019, 02:42:33 AM »

benjipwns · « **Reply #21377 on:** June 10, 2019, 02:59:23 AM »

this prison FT conversation, Chauncey instantly knowing it's free money

"shut up Paul, don't touch me"

benjipwns · « **Reply #21378 on:** June 10, 2019, 11:36:21 AM »

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The New Orleans Pelicans are hiring former UConn and WNBA star Swin Cash for a senior front-office position, league sources told ESPN.

The team will name Cash vice president of basketball operations and team development, sources said. She will scout, help guide player development on and off the floor, and assume other roles within the organization.

This is the latest in a string of major hirings by David Griffin, the Pelicans' new executive president of basketball operations -- and the man charged with handling the Anthony Davis situation. Last month, Griffin hired Aaron Nelson, head of the Phoenix Suns' highly regarded training staff for two decades, as the Pelicans' new vice president of player care and performance. Two weeks later, Griffin hired Trajan Langdon away from the Brooklyn Nets to serve as the Pelicans' new general manager.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #21379 on:** June 10, 2019, 03:04:58 PM »

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/26941781/source-durant-plans-play-game-5-monday

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #21380 on:** June 10, 2019, 09:43:08 PM »

Durant looks good. Especially his stroke.

team filler · « **Reply #21381 on:** June 10, 2019, 09:52:03 PM »

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #21382 on:** June 10, 2019, 09:52:26 PM »

Damn. Can't fault Durant. He gave it a go but re-aggravated injury. He could shoot but clearly his movement was compromised. He basically just needed to be a jump shooter this game.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #21383 on:** June 10, 2019, 10:43:51 PM »

Not a must win now that Durant is officially done for the series but a little disappointing Raptors aren't taking advantage and putting on the choke hold.

Akala · « **Reply #21384 on:** June 10, 2019, 10:59:38 PM »

crazy game. I want a GS win so it keeps going.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #21385 on:** June 10, 2019, 11:24:54 PM »

those kawhi three's

El Babua · « **Reply #21386 on:** June 10, 2019, 11:25:20 PM »

Kawhi

It's over

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #21387 on:** June 10, 2019, 11:28:01 PM »

Mark Jackson. "It's time for the grown folks to send the kids up to bed".

I laughed because the analogy he is using is for fucking.

team filler · « **Reply #21388 on:** June 10, 2019, 11:33:41 PM »

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #21389 on:** June 10, 2019, 11:35:10 PM »

Huge warrior three's.

The curry one was fine but not sure how you leave Klay that wide open.

Akala · « **Reply #21390 on:** June 10, 2019, 11:39:26 PM »

Choooo

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #21391 on:** June 10, 2019, 11:40:38 PM »

Have to tip the hat to the Warriors. Nice win in a game full of drama and intensity.

I still think the Raps will take it in one of the next two but Warriors did not go down easy.

eleuin · « **Reply #21392 on:** June 11, 2019, 12:01:38 AM »

that timeout even if kawhi was gassed was dumb as hell

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #21393 on:** June 11, 2019, 12:39:31 AM »

On a side note I wonder if Durant seriously hurt himself and basically hurt his chances of playing next season to try to play in this game. Unfortunate if that is the case. I would have rather he just sat as a fan.

jakefromstatefarm · « **Reply #21394 on:** June 11, 2019, 12:44:51 AM »

It’s an achilles

team filler · « **Reply #21395 on:** June 11, 2019, 01:09:32 AM »

team filler · « **Reply #21396 on:** June 11, 2019, 01:59:33 AM »

https://twitter.com/anthonyVslater/status/1138296112153075712

https://twitter.com/ScottStrazzante/status/1138293172080193536

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #21397 on:** June 11, 2019, 02:30:18 AM »

That Lowry turnover with about 1:30 left was huge.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #21398 on:** June 11, 2019, 11:18:25 AM »

I know this is gonna be the hot take from every talking head but I never liked the way the Warriors handled this whole KD injury thing. I thought they originally soft pedaled the seriousness of the injury for gamesmanship reasons and then to allow him to come back like this was not a great idea. I didn't just feel that last night. I've been feeling it ever since he got hurt.

I compare it to the ways the Cavs handled injuries to kyrie and love that first year. They announced both players would not be back for the entire playoffs. And that stopped the idea of the player trying to pull a Willis Reed style comeback. The warriors wouldn't do that for whatever reasons and openly teased it since the day after he got injured. People will say Durant wanted to play but that's not solely the player's responsibility. The medical staff has to have the veto in those situations and look out for the player.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #21399 on:** June 11, 2019, 03:32:29 PM »

https://gfycat.com/weeklybaggybongo

respect

Akala · « **Reply #21400 on:** June 11, 2019, 08:19:07 PM »

Quote from: Stoney Mason on June 11, 2019, 03:32:29 PM

https://gfycat.com/weeklybaggybongo

respect

I mean guy has a KD tat yeah? Liked how most they showed around were cool and didn't want to see that. The crowd cheering when he went down was dirty, but didn't really see anything bad when the cameras were on or anything.

I feel so bad for KD, that is awful. Kind of sucks as it surprised no one really.

I think odds favor the raps at moment, they have looked the better team most of the series. I wouldn't put money on it though, those last three minutes last night were kind of a dumpster fire. Dubs were committing unforced errors and Toronto didn't put them away. If GSW can run off two wins they will never live it down.

benjipwns · « **Reply #21401 on:** June 12, 2019, 08:00:46 AM »

Quote from: benjipwns on May 19, 2019, 04:41:21 PM

Warriors should probably just rest Durant for the rest of the playoffs if they can. Send him to his place in New York for rehabbing and relaxing in case they need him in the Finals.

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Warriors star forward Kevin Durant flew to New York City on Tuesday and was set to undergo an MRI on his injured Achilles, sources told ESPN.

stop me before i kill again

benjipwns · « **Reply #21402 on:** June 12, 2019, 05:59:16 PM »

Durant is expected to be out for the entire 2019-20 season:

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"What's good everybody I wanted to update you all: I did rupture my Achilles. Surgery was today and it was a success," Durant wrote in the post, which accompanied a picture of him in a hospital.

agrajag · « **Reply #21403 on:** June 12, 2019, 07:19:15 PM »

GS management derailed Durant's career

benjipwns · « **Reply #21404 on:** June 12, 2019, 07:40:23 PM »

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ESPN canvassed the league after Durant's injury, asking front offices if they would still offer the All-Star forward a max contract. The answer from teams was a resounding yes.

Teams that ESPN talked to also confirmed that they would not add injury protections to the final two years of a contract to hedge against a reoccurring injury. Such protections, if proposed, could resemble the contract extension Joel Embiid signed with the Philadelphia 76ers in 2017.

Well obviously the Knicks don't care, they gave Amare $100 million uninsured. What's $30 million for a way better player.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #21405 on:** June 12, 2019, 07:41:32 PM »

Quote from: agrajag on June 12, 2019, 07:19:15 PM

GS management derailed Durant's career

What are the odds that he opts out and some desperate team maxes him out anyway? Gotta be pretty high, right?

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #21406 on:** June 12, 2019, 07:42:53 PM »

n/m, Benji already doxxed the NBA and answered my question

benjipwns · « **Reply #21407 on:** June 12, 2019, 07:46:51 PM »

opting in would be a hell of a move, I have to think they were thinking he'd leave and bail them out of having to decide on paying all of the guys and eat like a billion with the repeater tax

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #21408 on:** June 12, 2019, 11:24:44 PM »

I don’t understand how LA/Boston and NO are having talks in a 3 way deal. Who would be the team that gets AD?

Akala · « **Reply #21409 on:** June 12, 2019, 11:38:06 PM »

I mean it would be LA.

I just don't want zo.

RE:KD I would take the player option, but if people are actually going to roll the dice on a max you do you. I hope he comes back from it. Before Pels lucked into Zion I figured we'd lose the team to Seattle and KD would end up there in the end as a glorious circle.

benjipwns · « **Reply #21410 on:** June 12, 2019, 11:45:38 PM »

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Boston Celtics star Kyrie Irving is changing representation and is expected to partner with Roc Nation Sports, league sources told ESPN.

Irving parted ways with longtime agent Jeff Wechsler on Wednesday, clearing the way for him to ultimately work with Jay-Z's Roc Nation prior to the start of NBA free agency on June 30, sources said.

Irving, a six-time All-Star, will become an unrestricted free agent, and league sources say he remains intensely interested in the Brooklyn Nets. The New York Knicks are expected to remain competitive for Irving, too, sources tell ESPN.

The Nets and Knicks have both hoped to sign Irving and Kevin Durant together into max salary slots. Durant's free agency has been complicated by a ruptured right Achilles tendon that will keep him out of the entire 2019-20 season. The Knicks and Nets are both still interested in signing Durant and Irving together, league sources said.

Wechsler had represented Irving since he was the No. 1 overall pick out of Duke in 2011

benjipwns · « **Reply #21411 on:** June 13, 2019, 12:38:35 AM »

I hadn't noticed this one during it:

Quote from: Zach Lowe

Hold up: Did Cook use a fake timeout in the fourth quarter of an elimination game in the NBA Finals? "I did," he told me. "I practice that in my mind. Anytime Steve tells me to take [a timeout], I think about doing it." (Cook said Kerr indeed asked for a timeout, and you can see Kerr signaling for one.) "It's an NBA thing. You kinda point at the ref. But when I went to point the ref, Norman Powell cut me off, so I made a move."

I have long advocated that every team should have the fake timeout in its playbook. Cook says Curry does it now and then, but Cook has been a little wary of stepping out of his lane. He also worried this column might put Toronto onto the scent. I don't think so. The fake timeout works.

Sam Cassell and Baron Davis used to have brutal versions of this, they'd dribble cross court slowly towards the bench, Davis would just jet suddenly past everybody while Sam had to be a little more clever about it but dudes fell for it every time with those two it felt like. Best part of the fake timeout is that you can just call one, especially if the coach actually wants one, that was always Baron's bail out.

team filler · « **Reply #21412 on:** June 13, 2019, 10:03:01 PM »

green to iggy

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #21413 on:** June 13, 2019, 10:12:45 PM »

Very good first half of basketball. For both sides.

Akala · « **Reply #21414 on:** June 13, 2019, 10:53:17 PM »

$:-\$

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Stoney Mason · « **Reply #21415 on:** June 13, 2019, 10:54:05 PM »

crazy

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #21416 on:** June 13, 2019, 10:55:28 PM »

Keep on hearing the street people from my apartment.

team filler · « **Reply #21417 on:** June 13, 2019, 10:57:20 PM »

forgot the wheelshair

Akala · « **Reply #21418 on:** June 13, 2019, 10:58:39 PM »

Getting sloppy, has been too good a game to fall apart now.

benjipwns · « **Reply #21419 on:** June 13, 2019, 11:04:18 PM »

Klay's up to 24/41 from three in this series, there needs to be some kind of rule against this.

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