*skatin' the rings of saturn*


..and miles to go before i sleep...

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no hate on Chet either he's a baller and if he wins it, it will be deserved, but Wemby is up and down night to night because of who's around him.

Chet is in a better situation
Wemby is the better player

-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

double down on the bubble chip lmao

-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

..so much shade.




*skatin' the rings of saturn*


..and miles to go before i sleep...

it counts.

But if they win the tourney too (which i think is some bullshit), people will be mad haha

-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

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-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

*unless the Lakers dont win it...in that case it's so stupid and who cares about some dumb thing

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-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

I expect a L
They have to play Miami tomorrow, that's the easier matchup of the 2

They WHOOPED Denver's ass which is something I didn't see coming with no Donovan, no LeVert, and Okoro and Jerome still out.

Craig Porter Jr is that dude.

Yes, I'm mad. Let's move on.

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6ers hit the switch and went into "Raptor Mode" on defense late.
As always when facing Embiid, it's a Ref Show.
This team is different. Tobias Harris is a problem.
Maxey plays a better brand of basketball than James Hardees.
Melton pairs well with him in the back court.
It's like giving Nick Nurse a treasure chest given the state of the Raptors when he left.


Cavs had a wild 1st half, up 12 off a Strus buzzer beater.
They led by as much as 18, ended up going to OT.

Darius Garland cooked.
Allen and Mobley cooked.
Strus and Niang cooked.
Craig Porter Jr continues to impress.

8-6.

On to Miami.

Yes, I'm mad. Let's move on.

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I would say "to be expected on a back to back after OT against the current best team in the East"

but there are aspects of that game that were still bullshit.

I hate all those 3s the Cavs give up. Hate it. Lowry was Raptors Mode tonight.

Jaquez is good though, Miami once again comes out of the "miss" of Dame with another Heat Culture win.

One of these days, these 3-bombers gonna have a 2018 Rockets WCF game, and it's gonna be their time to hold that L

Yes, I'm mad. Let's move on.

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...but lays a goose egg.
DG exits with an aggravated neck injury.
And the Cavs were still in it late.

Donovan Mitchell is torpedo-ing this offense. Especially when his scoring is off. Waits too long to pass the ball, dribbling too much to try and get that opening.

Meanwhile Max Strus is playing like the dude we need in the offense.
Niang has been better as of late. Craig Porter Jr is a DAWG. We gotta get this guy on the roster.

This was a Mobley/Allen masterclass (as both showed their playmaking prowess, while also playing some nice defense), wasted.

Okoro came back to have some great minutes off the bench.

Everyone was on Mobley/Allen's head against the Knicks.

I'm about to say, if Donovan was absent, but the Cavs had CPJ, healthy Okoro, TT, Max Strus, and Georges Niang instead of Lamar Stevens, Cedi Osman, and fresh-off-the-ACL-recovery Danny Green?

that's a 4-1 series flipped the other way and I stand on that.

Yes, I'm mad. Let's move on.

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First half was great though. Loving the Staps/Brown connection.

-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

.

...I'm from the era when A.I. was the answer, now they think ai is the answer - Marlon Craft

Pop can gone somewhere w/ that.

Unless the fans are saying some offensive shit you shut the fuck up and coach your sorry ass team.

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seem like bad precedent to allow coaches to get on the PA system unless directed to by league officals/refs.

-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

.

...I'm from the era when A.I. was the answer, now they think ai is the answer - Marlon Craft

which is to say, if they wanna wash their hands of him they can.

we'll see how this goes down.

-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

which gives OKC an excuse to not do shit.

-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

Age of consent is apparently 16 there except in Tasmania and South Australia.

Recent global study came out...Australia ranked most promiscuous.

When Tse Chi Lop (canadian-chinese drug kingpin) was arrested a few years back, I remember reading that 7% of Australians had used meth (compared to 1.5% in USA).

Thought those numbers were wild. Good luck Australia.

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-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

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"Take the surprise out your voice Shaq."-The REAL CP3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2H5K-BUMS0

-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

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Just felt like typing that out.

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..and miles to go before i sleep...

after this season they will probably "mutually part ways"

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2H5K-BUMS0

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>after this season they will probably "mutually part ways"


New AD coming in , Holtmann is a dead man walking and we got 7 million a year for him if he wants it , last time we hired a Gator coach it worked out well lol


(Not realistic but hope springs eternal)

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I wanna go to where the martyrs went
the brown figures on the walls of my apart-a-ment...

https://twitter.com/Underdog__NBA/status/1729306630129684532

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"Take the surprise out your voice Shaq."-The REAL CP3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2H5K-BUMS0

Embiid’s overall game is better than last season. Getting a lot of assists. Maxey had 31 as well. Nick Nurse > Doc Rivers.

“So back we go to these questions — friendship, character… ethics.”

>Embiid’s overall game is better than last season. Getting a
>lot of assists. Maxey had 31 as well. Nick Nurse > Doc
>Rivers.

I think we have to wait to see how far they get in the playoffs before you can say that

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"Take the surprise out your voice Shaq."-The REAL CP3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2H5K-BUMS0

..in almost ever way possible.

No excuses.


*skatin' the rings of saturn*


..and miles to go before i sleep...

________________________________________
"Take the surprise out your voice Shaq."-The REAL CP3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2H5K-BUMS0

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"Take the surprise out your voice Shaq."-The REAL CP3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2H5K-BUMS0

and players getting butt hurt about teams scoring in the last minute is hilarity.

Frustrated ass demar was basically like fuck the tournament. Tatum said it more dimplomatically lol

-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

The differentials? Why can’t it be a win or lose situation? It did seem a little ridiculous with what teams had to do to advance

*skatin' the rings of saturn*


..and miles to go before i sleep...

lol

-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

No Butler for the Heat and the Bucks can barely get consistent stops from what I can see.

"Sean sparks like John Starks, nah, Sean ball like John Wall" - Rest In Power Forever Sean Price.

so the group games are baked into the 82 game season already, but:

what about these knockout games now? like if the final is Sac vs Bos..

and Sac/Bos are already scheduled to play 12/20 and then again in April

do they cancel one of those games then?? or do Sac/Bos end up playing 83 games?

or are the knockout games in addition to the 82?

To adjust for the differing number of games played by different teams, the NBA's regular season scheduling formula will be modified so only 80 games for each team are initially announced prior to the beginning of the season, with the 81st and 82nd scheduled games occurring differently:

- The 22 teams that do not qualify for the knockout rounds of the tournament will play two additional games, one at home and one on the road, against other teams eliminated prior to the knockout rounds. These games will occur during the Knockout Rounds on days when In-Season Tournament games are not scheduled.

- The four teams that lose in the quarterfinals will play one additional game against the opponent from the same conference on the day before the tournament Championship Game.

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(thanks for posting this)

so then there is games for everyone Dec 2-9 afterall... (i was thinking maybe some of these teams were like "fuck the tourney, lets get a week off early Dec", glad thats not the case)

I did hear every player on the winning roster gets $500k that’s a lot of bread for some of these guys

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"Take the surprise out your voice Shaq."-The REAL CP3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2H5K-BUMS0

A fuckin circus down there

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worse than the Pistons.

its Pistons (wild to me that literally a third of their team are top-5 picks..?)

#FreeAlecBurks

Not that I expected them to be a good team, but on paper they should at least be competitive. This year they got Cade back from injury, added Thompson and Sassar, overpaid Monty to coach them, and they are somehow worse than last year? The lineups are trash, the bench is trash, the vibe is all trash.

>Not that I expected them to be a good team, but on paper they
>should at least be competitive. This year they got Cade back
>from injury, added Thompson and Sassar, overpaid Monty to
>coach them, and they are somehow worse than last year? The
>lineups are trash, the bench is trash, the vibe is all trash.
>

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iso ball ain't working in today's nba. both these guys made the bulls the most depressing watch in the league and had lifelong die hards tuning out the lifeless shitshow completely.

zach and his ability to hit a three may be somewhat valuable as a third wheel, but his lack of attention to detail on the other end will probably end up being a net negative.

and demar is basically late stage melo without the three ball.

trade them and lets see what we have with the young kids (the effort and ball movement looks night and day right now vs the bucks without zach and demar).

-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

"Everyone knows the Bulls are in a rebuild EXCEPT the Bulls."

It'll be interesting to see what happens after December 15th and January 15th respectively.

I hate how the organization didn't pivot from this team before the
trade deadline last season when it was clear Ball wasn't returning.
We had plenty of evidence that this current roster didn't work.
The lack of creativity to pivot actually hurt the Bulls long term.

I hate that Ball was so instrumental in making this whole thing work!

I hate that when LaVine receives an outlet pass, he'll most likely actively LOOK for a more difficult shots. Maddening.

I hate that Caruso is sometimes are best player.

Continuity everyone. Continuity.

https://digife.com

Great game.

A lot of folks eating crow about this tourney.

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"You can't beat white people. You can only knock them out."

>A lot of folks eating crow about this tourney.

-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

Damn

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Nicely done, Silver.

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I’m no Pacers fan but I really want Halliburton to get his trophy

I still get why it looks like a consolation prize but if guys like him keep coming along, it won’t be long before it’s more of a permanent reminder of coming out parties

Just thinking of some recent teams like the Kings, Grizzlies, Pelicans, once this trophy’s got a decade’s worth of work behind it it’ll help those breakout years retain value.

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But I think I, and a lot of other people, discounted just how competitive these guys are. Sure, the money is a factor…but the fact that it’s an actual tournament with a winner making for truly competitive games in December is motivation enough for them I guess.

The added benefit, I suppose, is that it gives young teams like the Pacers the confidence of performing on a big stage. Do I think they can beat the Celtics in a series? No. But if there’s a way to kind of mirror a playoff environment, that can be huge for players mindsets.

It’s cool! I wonder if next year will feel the same, or if this is has been as much fun because it’s the first. Still - the NBA definitely has a great product and they have to be happy having Bron, KD, Giannis, Tatum, Haliburton, Zion, etc in this tournament.

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>But I think I, and a lot of other people, discounted just how
>competitive these guys are. Sure, the money is a factor…but
>the fact that it’s an actual tournament with a winner making
>for truly competitive games in December is motivation enough
>for them I guess.
>


From my viewpoint the tournament games as a whole have not been more competetive than an average game in nov/december. Youve had the embarrasment of teams running up the score (not embarassing to me per se but for the players reaction to it) and guys getting quoted as saying they dont care about the tourney.

A good percentage of the tourney games WERE MEANINGLESS tournament wise bc after 1 loss, you are practically eliminated

Andand i really dont see buzz generating about the tourney games. Like i had to scrolllll all the way down espn home page to see the 1st mention of the tourney games last night lol

I think silver has done a good job of shoving this product down our throats. If it makes the league money, then sure its successful. Outside of $$$ shit is still dumb lol

-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

Of course you'll see competitive games between contenders, or rivals, or whatever...but a Celtics/Pacers game feeling like a playoff game in early December? Nah. That's all the tournament.

Also - I don't think that's necessarily true on the meaningless games leading into the knockout round. There was some intrigue - especially with point differential. Still, that part of it took some time for anyone to actually understand it - and probably will continue that way.

It's obviously not a HUGE deal, but these players are absolutely playing harder in the elimination games than they would in a simple regular season game this early in the year. It's fun.

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>Of course you'll see competitive games between contenders, or
>rivals, or whatever...but a Celtics/Pacers game feeling like a
>playoff game in early December? Nah. That's all the
>tournament.

Sure...but that's one game out of what 70 tournament games? Assuming all the knockout games have that buzz, how many other ones have? probably less than 10 total which is a really low percentage.

>
>Also - I don't think that's necessarily true on the
>meaningless games leading into the knockout round. There was
>some intrigue - especially with point differential. Still,
>that part of it took some time for anyone to actually
>understand it - and probably will continue that way.

but they were pretty meaningless. You lose one game and you're a longshot to make it. We had 'tournament games' at the end with 2 teams eliminated already lol
>
>It's obviously not a HUGE deal, but these players are
>absolutely playing harder in the elimination games than they
>would in a simple regular season game this early in the year.
>It's fun.

I mean if that's the basis for success, great. I think its more indicative of the problem the nba has with the reg season not mattering. i'm not convinced this is the solution.

Edit...i just checked ESPN and the tournament isn't even a top headline lol

women's boxing >>> in season tournament lool

-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

as they get closer to that 500k, but the tournament overall has been pointless and unnecessarily confusing.

The league/TNT does a great job pushing shit, but thats it.

And its going to be fucking silly to have a trophy presentation and go back to Spurs @ Hornets the next day.


The league needs to figure out a way to make regular season games matter more...but this aint it.


Maybe financial incentives for shit like best record by Christmas (or something), best record in division, all-star participation/performance, etc.

Set a minimum games played to qualify for all nba, etc.


Shit like that? Sure try it.


But an overly complicated junior varsity tournament mid-season? I'm good.

It absolutely is a consolation prize. A made up one at that.

>But I think I, and a lot of other people, discounted just how
>competitive these guys are.

Meh...if they were super competitive the league wouldn't even need to try this shit.

They are trying to make the regular season more competitive because the league is full of managed minutes, rest games, etc now.


Sure, the money is a factor…but
>the fact that it’s an actual tournament with a winner making
>for truly competitive games in December is motivation enough
>for them I guess.
>

Meh...previous games haven't been competitive. As these teams get closer to the 500k, they appear to be trying harder. Sure.

But there's gotta be a better way to accomplish that within the league's format....like rewarding division winners or something.


>The added benefit, I suppose, is that it gives young teams
>like the Pacers the confidence of performing on a big stage.

Make the playoffs. No need to create an imaginary tournament for that. The play-in was also supposed to accomplish this.

>Do I think they can beat the Celtics in a series? No. But if
>there’s a way to kind of mirror a playoff environment, that
>can be huge for players mindsets.
>
>It’s cool! I wonder if next year will feel the same, or if
>this is has been as much fun because it’s the first. Still -
>the NBA definitely has a great product and they have to be
>happy having Bron, KD, Giannis, Tatum, Haliburton, Zion, etc
>in this tournament.

Hey, glad you like it...though I think its funny you happen to like it as the Lakers advance...but do you.


The league has had march madness envy for as long as I can recall. They need to be less insecure about their product and address the issue of players not caring like they used to.

season just started and we need to get fans/players to care?
Plus wouldn't teams be in a better state to compete a few months in vs the 1st month.
A post xmas lead in to the All star break makes more sense to me..post xmas is when the interest really start wanes
and then give the winning team some real prize - cap relief/another mid level exception/move up in the draft idk
Group the tourney games together - picking random days for the games makes it lose the tourney feel and there's no momentum.
ged rid of the outlandish courts.


I mean my ideas still suck but i feel like it sucks less than when we got

-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

some of the best teams in the league weren't in the tournament because of some weird point differential formula from arbitrarily designated games.

The NBA is built on the success of teams in the playoffs in 7 game series. Most actual title contenders don't care about these "tournament" games nobody is sucking it to play hurt like they do in the postseason you have none of the usual drama.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2H5K-BUMS0

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