NBA Season 2016/17
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@barbarian said in NBA Season 2016/17:
The Lakers being legitimate play-off contenders
oh shit @barbarian i just saw this. That's a stunning piece of foresight!
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@mariner4life said in NBA Season 2016/17:
@Bovidae that's why it's not 100%. And last year they didn't have a dude named Durant.
Maybe this year Durant will choke in the 4th Q for the Warriors?
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Warriors at OKC is LOUD. Durant booed every time he gets the ball
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Great atmosphere, playoff like. But Thunder never really in the game. Warriors defence too good and then the multiple scoring options just way to much.
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I love how we talk about defense in the NBA, but the losing team still stuck up 114 points.
Durant with 34 points and 9 rebounds to remind the crowd why they are so pissed with him
Spurs drop a game to the fucking Knicks
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@mariner4life said in NBA Season 2016/17:
I love how we talk about defense in the NBA, but the losing team still stuck up 114 points.
Durant with 34 points and 9 rebounds to remind the crowd why they are so pissed with him
Spurs drop a game to the fucking Knicks
IMO causing a high number of turnovers, deflections etc is good D in the NBA.
All teams, even the Nets and Philly, can have good stretches throughout a game scoring points. That's what OKC did, but the damage had been done when it was far too big a margin to get back.
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All Star Game comes and goes - New Orleans star Anthony Davis breaks the individual record for most points (52 ~ Wilt held it with 42), wins MVP and then the real news happens:
Kings send Cousins to Pelicans in 5-player trade
The Kings traded DeMarcus Cousins to the Pelicans in exchange for a package highlighted by Buddy Hield, a 2017 first-round pick and a 2017 second-rounder, the teams announced Monday.
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@Sneakdefreak big move by NO. Quite risky without a sign and trade, Boogie could take his talents elsewhere pretty quick
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@canefan said in NBA Season 2016/17:
@Sneakdefreak big move by NO. Quite risky without a sign and trade, Boogie could take his talents elsewhere pretty quick
I think Boogie will go to Boston in the off-season. At least Boston is probably thinking that since they appeared to pull out of the race to acquire him on Sunday when they had the stronger offer.
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Jeannie Buss pulls the Michael Corleone manoeuvre by installing Magic Johnson as President of Lakers basketball operations and firing Mitch Kupchak and her hopeless brother Jimmy. The is no guarantee that Magic is the panacea that will bring the Lakers out of the doldrums but I reckon he'll do better than Jim Buss. Now he needs to put together a group of experts underneath him, including a GM, that can make the right moves
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Great move by the Rockets to get Lou Williams. Will take some of the pressure off Harden in the 2nd half.
Magic was talking about this a couple of weeks ago and "if" he were in charge he'd get a few new faces in.
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@ACT-Crusader Great move for Houston, good long term move for LA. They will have a strong chance to get a top 3 draft pick and an unprotected 1st round pick will hopefully help with the rebuild. I wonder how far they will go with blowing the team up. Mozgoff and Diow have been good but they sucked up a lot of cap space. At the same time you want some veterans on the team, maybe ones that aren't so expensive
