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Official 2017 NBA Off Season Thread
The draft is June 22nd. |
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09-25-2017, 03:04 PM | #796 |
The Collective Unconscious
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09-25-2017, 04:13 PM | #797 |
Please squeeze
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09-25-2017, 04:59 PM | #798 |
George Brett shit his pants
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09-25-2017, 05:17 PM | #799 |
Better than Nelson
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09-25-2017, 06:25 PM | #800 | |
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Have you seen Enes Kanter play defense? It’s a great trade. Whether they can make it work or not is yet to be seen, but a Presti turned 3 people that were unplayable in the playoffs and VO to George and Anthony. George, Roberson and Adams are great defenders. The defense will be fine. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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09-25-2017, 06:31 PM | #801 |
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Also Melo’s numbers as a spot up shooter are outstanding. These 3 guys want to win and I expect them to adapt to win. He’s been in one of the worst organizations for years. It gives you a much better chance than staying pat.
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09-25-2017, 06:33 PM | #802 |
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09-26-2017, 06:46 PM | #803 |
Perpetual Mediocrity
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I think the Warriors are still going to run over anybody so it really doesn't matter, but there's nothing wrong with putting three great players together and seeing if they figure it out. If they do, they might pose some kind of a challenge there. It's totally within Carmelo's ability to be a great #3 for OKC.
The corpse of Wade on the way to Cleveland now. Only surprise was that it hadn't happened before now. They're going to have a bit more depth than usual. |
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09-26-2017, 07:53 PM | #804 | |
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Right on The Warriors are still the best, but if the Thunder gel and are more hungry who knows. If the Warriors are healthy they won’t be beat, but I like people taking shots. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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09-26-2017, 07:54 PM | #805 | |
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09-26-2017, 08:28 PM | #806 |
Please squeeze
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OKC needs hoodie Melo to show up. The West is going to be ****ing fist fight every night and I can't wait.
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09-26-2017, 08:31 PM | #807 | |
Perpetual Mediocrity
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Another thing is that I could see one or both of PG/Melo jumping ship to go to LA if LeBron goes there next summer. Might end up being a one year experiment with these three. |
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09-28-2017, 10:12 AM | #808 |
Sauntering Vaguely Downwards
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This isn't my favorite Lakers team, but it may be among the most I best remember (because it came the year after I started following the Lakers and it was just a madhouse of a team).
https://www.theringer.com/nba/2017/9...edric-ceballos Ced, Eddie, Nick, Elden, Vlade....Magic? Yeah, some of you will remember his brief and shockingly good comeback. Just a profoundly weird basketball team, especially to write an article about. But I know there's a handful of Lakers fans here that will get a kick out of the article. All hell broke loose that off-season and frankly it should have. There were so many volatile personalities in that locker-room that it pretty much had to be blown apart. Fortunately Jerry West is a wizard so thinks worked out pretty well for the purple and gold. |
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09-28-2017, 02:39 PM | #809 | |
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Wasn't Mag a power forward when he returned?!? My brain is telling me he played on the block a bit like he did when he had to as a rookie. |
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09-28-2017, 02:51 PM | #810 | |
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He didn't have the lateral ability to defend guards and the Lakers has a couple of pretty good guards already in Jones and Nick the Quick. And Ceballos was their best player at the 3 so Magic just kinda settled into the 4. Fortunately it was just a tick before the stretch 4s really started to show up so you could get away with Magic's more limited mobility because he was still a pretty tall dude and could body up some of the more lumbering 4s in the league (who in many cases were just mediocre 5s). Offensively he played point forward a lot. Van Exel still brought the ball up a fair amount but most of the offense went through Magic once he came back. |
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