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Brehvolution · « **Reply #21720 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 #21721 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 #21722 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 #21723 on:** August 22, 2019, 01:48:28 PM »

More like the Golden State Weain'tgonnawinanymoreiors

Akala · « **Reply #21724 on:** August 22, 2019, 02:46:50 PM »

They have at least one more in em I think.

jakefromstatefarm · « **Reply #21725 on:** August 22, 2019, 05:02:53 PM »

wow Utah getting no respect

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #21726 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 #21727 on:** August 23, 2019, 12:06:25 AM »

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

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #21728 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 #21729 on:** August 24, 2019, 11:38:58 AM »

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

Tripon · « **Reply #21730 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 #21731 on:** September 03, 2019, 04:00:24 AM »

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

Pat Riley

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #21732 on:** September 03, 2019, 10:54:04 AM »

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

benjipwns · « **Reply #21733 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 #21734 on:** September 09, 2019, 11:16:23 AM »

Women ruin the homoeroticy of sports.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #21735 on:** September 09, 2019, 11:30:38 AM »

Jack ass ref

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

Akala · « **Reply #21736 on:** September 09, 2019, 11:37:18 AM »

shameful

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #21737 on:** September 10, 2019, 01:41:48 AM »

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

benjipwns · « **Reply #21738 on:** September 11, 2019, 10:07:41 AM »

Vince Carter is rolling in his grave right now.

VomKriege · « **Reply #21739 on:** September 11, 2019, 10:12:04 AM »

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #21740 on:** September 11, 2019, 12:10:37 PM »

Tough loss. Tip hat to france

benjipwns · « **Reply #21741 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 #21742 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 #21743 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 #21744 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 #21745 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 #21746 on:** September 12, 2019, 09:50:26 AM »

Shitting themselves because of a year old article?

Akala · « **Reply #21747 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 #21748 on:** September 12, 2019, 11:35:14 AM »

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

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #21749 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 #21750 on:** September 12, 2019, 07:15:02 PM »

GERSTMANN

curly · « **Reply #21751 on:** September 12, 2019, 09:44:58 PM »

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

benjipwns · « **Reply #21752 on:** September 13, 2019, 12:08:24 AM »

Mutombo

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team filler · « **Reply #21753 on:** September 13, 2019, 12:10:50 AM »

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

benjipwns · « **Reply #21754 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.

team filler · « **Reply #21755 on:** September 15, 2019, 02:21:05 PM »

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

team filler · « **Reply #21756 on:** September 16, 2019, 04:55:12 PM »

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

team filler · « **Reply #21757 on:** September 16, 2019, 06:46:02 PM »

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

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #21758 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.

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #21759 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 #21760 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 #21761 on:** September 21, 2019, 01:10:20 PM »

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

benjipwns · « **Reply #21762 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 #21763 on:** September 22, 2019, 01:45:36 AM »

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

team filler · « **Reply #21764 on:** September 24, 2019, 03:45:00 PM »

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

benjipwns · « **Reply #21765 on:** September 27, 2019, 10:08:30 AM »

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

team filler · « **Reply #21766 on:** September 27, 2019, 01:14:05 PM »

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

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

team filler · « **Reply #21767 on:** September 29, 2019, 11:11:26 AM »

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

team filler · « **Reply #21768 on:** September 29, 2019, 12:10:55 PM »

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

team filler · « **Reply #21769 on:** September 30, 2019, 10:37:33 PM »

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

benjipwns · « **Reply #21770 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 #21771 on:** October 01, 2019, 11:34:52 AM »

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

benjipwns · « **Reply #21772 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 #21773 on:** October 02, 2019, 11:58:18 AM »

team filler · « **Reply #21774 on:** October 05, 2019, 03:41:55 PM »

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

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #21775 on:** October 05, 2019, 08:15:38 PM »

Lakers versus Warriors preseason game on now.

Man Lakers are tall.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #21776 on:** October 05, 2019, 08:28:02 PM »

AD is gonna be so nasty

team filler · « **Reply #21777 on:** October 05, 2019, 08:32:43 PM »

plan the parade

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #21778 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 #21779 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.

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