Vogel just paid the price…he gone.

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

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I wouldn't be surprised if they lose game 2 of the ECF but win every other game by +20 either


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

...the biggest thing that gave me pause about the entire situation was
finding out that NBA refs get notes from the league office after every playoff game.

So let's say there weren't a lot of fouls called in games 1 and 2, Donaghy was saying
the NBA office would suggest refs look at the fouls they were calling
in a certain situation. Basically to even things out.

If I'm the NBA, and you want to remove any doubt about the NBA putting its thumb on the scale,
why not allow the NBA Ref Association to be their own company?
Something that has no direct connection with the NBA?

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refs being able to stretch series, keep games close etc. does more for their bottom line then removing people's doubts.

-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 knew some NBA refs had other jobs, but I always thought they were salaried.
So the amount of games they officiated didn't matter.

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

it was like watching '91 isiah thomas reincarnate in that 4th quarter at chase center..and literally hasn't been nowhere near that good since

maybe i found a shortcut-glitch in the matrix:

"tim hardaway jr is washed and wont do anything substantive in finals"

nembhard most definitely answered the call..would love to see him paired up with like this current orlando magic team

But it is damn entertaining.
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Keep the crack raps up that shit is double plus what-ever-the-fuck.
Everybody's afraid to say that it just sucks to watch talented motherfuckers pretending they sell drugbs - EL-P

they got fucked in game 2 with that bullshit call on Turner at the end

if they even it up im picking them to win the series


>But it damn entertaining.
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>Keep the crack raps up that shit is double plus
>what-ever-the-fuck.
>Everybody's afraid to say that it just sucks to watch talented
>motherfuckers pretending they sell drugbs - EL-P

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I don't think the NBA is gonna write a better episode of television than game 2 of this series though


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If this goes seven games we might have to fly in Kemba Walker and have him start.

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Rumors of Denver’s demise greatly exaggerated

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Mitchell grinding with no help.

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he out there running around like he a role player

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subpar talent compared to most years.

crazy if they go back to Denver with home court advantage

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TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*

i may have been wrong. Minny suddenly doesn't look ready for the bright lights.

>Vogel just paid the price…he gone.


Jamal Murray and Edward’s exchanging words at the end 🍿

lol at entire sports media writing off the nuggets

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Minny was pretty much playing Denver straight up the first two games then went to doubling in Minneapolis and got cooked for a game and half. they more or less quit in the 2nd half tonight and ALMOST got back in it but they had dug too much of a hole by then.

also, like i said for them it really depends on mental fortitude and maybe they don't have it. KAT sure don't.

lastly, Minny dominated on offense (and defense) when Rudy was out and i think there is something to that with spacing and movement that plays into the strengths of Minny's role players (Ant gonna get his regardless). additionally, it don't help when Rudy gets fouled and cant make FTs.

*IF* that is something, it would take HUGE balls by Minny's staff to sit Rudy (or at least play him way less).

Extremely proud of my squad.

Like, nobody else looked like a real title team.

That's...changed.

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Love that by the young guns, last night. On the road, PJ Washington became Steph Curry, Gafford and Jones became the Twin Towers, no one could make a shot except for one guy, Wiggins missing point-blank layups....Shai just kept making tough shot after tough shot after tough shot...with a regular look on his face, until the rest of the team woke up. The HUGE threes by Dort and Chet, the J-dub baseline dunk and 2 big freethrows from Chet were all MUCH needed...but, Shai put the team on his back for 3.5 quarters.

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PJ
>Washington became Steph Curry

and ended up john starks, oof

SGA from like 7:00-3:00 of 4Q was incredible

Without Allen and Mitchell as they should’ve done that. Cavs gave them all they had though. Do love Tatum being more aggressive the last couple games. Loving what Brown has been doing the whole playoffs. Hopefully they’ll finish them off on Wednesday and be able to rest up before Knicks/Pacers

I hope the Bill Simmons rumor about Turner losing NBA broadcasting rights isn't true, but I suppose the NBA cares mainly about getting top dollar to fatten their respective pockets, so I guess I shouldn't be too surprised if that's the case.

I just hope it isn't Amazon that landed the broadcasting deal, but as I type out my response, that's about the only streaming partner I could see outbidding Turner for broadcasting rights. Truly stinks since I pretty much despise most things pertaining to Amazon in recent years.

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

my question (i keep seeing "rip Inside the NBA"..):

wouldnt NBC also throw that quartet a bunch of money to do same show on their channel?? or is it like a thing where those personalities are stuck under contract with TNT beyond them losing NBA rights..? (i know, wtf else would kenny smith do on TNT besides talk hoop)

What I read could be wrong, but I read that Ernie is bound to staying at Turner even if they lose their NBA broadcasting rights. I'm assuming the former players can be bought out, but I could be wrong.

Outside of that, if it's NBC, I'd be down since assuming NBC will put the games on Peacock to charge folks extra coin to get a better ROI, that's far better than having to stomach paying for Amazon Prime. Given the limitless dollars Amazon seems to have compared to NBC, I'd be surprised if that's the case, but hopefully my skepticism is incorrect.

Also, even assuming it's NBC getting Turner's share of games, that'll be a bit different from the old old olden times when NBC used to air NBA games since they'll only get weekday games for the most part while ABC/ESPN will get to air the majority of primetime weekend games.

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

I mean, it’s LIKELY done but who knows.

Chuck/Kenny + another couple might work but Ernie is the real glue.

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and agreed about EJ (and barkley looking like he's checked out..)

about 2 or 3 years ago? Given that he appears to like the job of opining on basketball (and also given that two or so of his non-basketball talk related shows have flopped) I'd be surprised if he quits being a talking head if/when the Turner deal goes belly up.

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

http://i.imgur.com/vPqCzVU.jpg

Although as said here, he has an out if the show leaves Turner - which it appears is the case.

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>wouldnt NBC also throw that quartet a bunch of money to do
>same show on their channel?? or is it like a thing where those
>personalities are stuck under contract with TNT beyond them
>losing NBA rights..? (i know, wtf else would kenny smith do on
>TNT besides talk hoop)

Part of what makes that show go are the producers that help write and prepare the show. Those gags come from them.
I mean, sure, you could just sign Shaq, Kenny and Charles (just now reading that reply above about Ernie), but I don't think the show would be the same.

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figured that went without saying : )

talking about Turner potentially losing basketball coverage and Inside the NBA dying. He did an interview with Dan Patrick and he doesn't sound at the prospect of losing the show based on the quotes I read.

Interesting he's allowed to discuss this since I don't think anything is official yet, unless I'm mistaken.

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

>Vogel just paid the price…he gone.


Luka should be ashamed of himself


Dirk would never

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I like watching him PLAY basketball...but, FUCK does he cry a lot. Cotdamn, man. Dude cries and begs like fucking Keith Sweat after EVERY play.

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

>I like watching him PLAY basketball...but, FUCK does he cry a
>lot. Cotdamn, man. Dude cries and begs like fucking Keith
>Sweat after EVERY play.

Bwahahaahahahahaahaha! Not Keef! I immediately think of Why Me Baby (and the remix with LL).

I lowkey blame this on the Spurs dynasty era. Timmay got pretty ridiculous. And Tony Parker would throw himself at the ground and lay out like he got hit with a steel chair like 2x a week at least.

And sure, it wasn't just them. Hell, if we're being honest, crying for calls footage is available to ~ errbody from like 1975 on. But I have it in my head that cats now look at the Spurs like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRfy1yorkec

I actually hate watching him play. I don't think I've ever seen anyone do those two things as much as he does...and they both benefit him tremendously.

If they actually called carrying occasionally dude's game would suffer.

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No low post presence offensively to take advantage of when Hartenstein wasn't the primary defender in one-on-one situations and beyond abysmal on the rebounding effort.

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

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

Also, yes, KAT is soft AF. that said, he's gotta fouled a bunch of times this series and not gotten a single call.

which i think is to say i don't like Minny's coaches. they never seem to be working the refs (or if they are they never show it) they just seem to kinda sit there and take it.

Mike Malone is a certified bitch, but his bitchassness is working.

classic strong guy stuff. shaq, bron, dwight, guys like that. they get hit all the time near the rim but are so strong that they can just power through everything so it looks like they aren't being hit or the hit isn't affecting them, even when they are getting hacked

or did we already admit that?

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but Rudy is like a total nothing out there.

-Sig-

“Why didn’t you do this in your own god damn country?"

-All Stah's view on undocumented immigrants wanting to be treated like human beings.

i'm down bad.

I actually don’t mind most of the Wolves, but I’ve disliked Gobert since his Utah Jazz days. So, good.

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i'm not even sure if you polled Wolves fans that it'd come out in his favor.

it's just, they gotta cheer when he does something right/good.

any fans he does have probably stops within the Wolves fanbase.

Watching him get beat to shit by the MDE would be a gift

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“Why didn’t you do this in your own god damn country?"

-All Stah's view on undocumented immigrants wanting to be treated like human beings.

>Watching him get beat to shit by the MDE would be a gift


I think even the more skilled PFs of hte 2000s would eat his food as well.


4x DPOY and Joker got him looking like he has two left feet and is learning how to walk smh

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Especially after his recent comments?

If given the choice I’d take watching him get ragdolled by Shaq over getting out finessed by Dream

That said, Dream is more likely to actually whoop his ass if he got too out of line for too long, so there’s that.

That dude has no idea.

-Sig-

“Why didn’t you do this in your own god damn country?"

-All Stah's view on undocumented immigrants wanting to be treated like human beings.

after winning the DPOY.

Didn't the Mavs go small on the Jazz three or so years ago and render his useless in a playoff series? I don't remember if that was the series Luka was out for the majority of the series and it was Brunson that led the Mavs or not.

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

its very satisfying to watch

Ant deserves better though

Anthony Edwards is gonna be a GOAT, but he really hurt his team last night. he looked checked out mostly. i'll shoot him some bail the Nuggets played him smart and when he's doubled it's not like there's great options to pass to for a bucket. that said, he coulda done WAY more even with how the Nuggets were scheming him.

i'm very curious to see if Minny fights back at home and pushes it to Game 7 or if they give up the ghost.