NBA Season - now 24/25
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LaMarcus Aldridge to retire immediately
Had an irregular heartbeat the other day that freaked him the fuck out.
Shit news when anyone has to finish like that. But especially for a guy like LMA who was chasing that ring to cap a cracker of a career. Thanks for those Spurs years.
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@mariner4life He'll still get that ring when the Super Team To Top All Super Teams canters to the NBA Championship this year
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@shark said in NBA Season 20/21:
@mariner4life He'll still get that ring when the Super Team To Top All Super Teams canters to the NBA Championship this year
wonder if he will take it? Not sure i could.
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@mariner4life I'd take the ring, but I could never flaunt it. I mean at the end of the day the record books will show he was a championship winner, so you may as well take the ring. But if he ever does any TV going forward you'd like to think it'd be a bit of a running gag - with LMA's buy-in - that 'he won' a championship.
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@shark said in NBA Season 20/21:
@mariner4life I'd take the ring, but I could never flaunt it. I mean at the end of the day the record books will show he was a championship winner, so you may as well take the ring. But if he ever does any TV going forward you'd like to think it'd be a bit of a running gag - with LMA's buy-in - that 'he won' a championship.
probably fair.
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@mariner4life said in NBA Season 20/21:
testament to how little the regular season means
The Lakers, without their 3 best players, beat the Nets (yes without Harden and Kyrie got ejected) to the tune of 25 points.
This result should be huge, with a heap of chat. The myth that the Nets are the most stacked team ever BUSTED! The myth that the Lakers are LBJ, AD and a bunch of scrubs BUSTED!! Will the Nets experiemnt blow up because they can't develop chemistry as one or two of their stars are always out
instead, the entire league went "meh" and moved on.
Start the fucking playoffs already
This is so accurate. There is just no narrative for the regular season and no one involved seems to care.
Great career LaMarcus, good luck in retirement.
Regarding the ring, isn't it up to Brooklyn, should they win, to give him one or not?
Toronto in 2019 didn't give one to Jonas Valanciunas, Delon Wright or C.J. Miles. JV in particular was a big part of their excellent regular season until the All Star break trade, I felt he was hard done by.
Feels like their should be a league-wide convention for ring / vs no ring, in terms of games or minutes played?
Does anyone think DC isn't a two time RWC winner after his 2011 injury?
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Steph is on a crazy run right now. His last 9 games he has gone - 33, 42, 53, 38, 32, 41, 37, 36, 32
He’s hit 57 3s at 47%, hit 92% from the foul line and 65% from 2s (he’s got more 2s than 3s in this stretch before anyone thinks he’s just about the 3).
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Crazy run continues today with Curry scoring 47 after hitting 11 3s in a tight loss against the Celtics in Boston.
Draymond missed a layup very late in the game which would’ve tied it up. Kemba then goes and hits a big 3 and Warriors were chasing it in the last minute. -
@act-crusader said in NBA Season 20/21:
Steph is on a crazy run right now. His last 9 games he has gone - 33, 42, 53, 38, 32, 41, 37, 36, 32
He’s hit 57 3s at 47%, hit 92% from the foul line and 65% from 2s (he’s got more 2s than 3s in this stretch before anyone thinks he’s just about the 3).
the rest of that team fucking sucks, everyone knows it. so Steph is putting up those numbers while being guarded by 5 guys.
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Curry with another 49 as the Warriors beat the Sixers
The play-ins for the West should be good fun
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@mariner4life said in NBA Season 20/21:
Curry with another 49 as the Warriors beat the Sixers
The play-ins for the West should be good fun
And the 3 he hit on his brother to end the 1st quarter was sweet.
Good win in Philly although they didn’t have Simmons who they usually throw at Steph for parts of the game.
Embiid’s defence on the on ball screen for Curry was shocking
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@act-crusader said in NBA Season 20/21:
@mariner4life said in NBA Season 20/21:
Curry with another 49 as the Warriors beat the Sixers
The play-ins for the West should be good fun
And the 3 he hit on his brother to end the 1st quarter was sweet.
Good win in Philly although they didn’t have Simmons who they usually throw at Steph for parts of the game.
Embiid’s defence on the on ball screen for Curry was shocking
It was so bad, couldn't believe how low he was dropping - terrified of Steph going around him, but still that's the much lesser evil - especially when Draymond is the screener and there is no need to worry about him rolling to the hoop
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I honestly feel like Spurs play an OT game every week.
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As Lakers' season unravels, LeBron rips play-in
A sixth loss in seven games -- this time to the sub.-500 Raptors on Sunday -- had the defending champion Lakers being asked to contemplate a potential play-in scenario, a surprising turn of events for a team that started the season 21-6.
LAL in real trouble. LBJ and A are not fit, Kuzma and many of the supporting cast are banged up too. They are looking like a first round exit (assuming they survive a potential play in), the strain of the short turnaround from the bubble season is showing
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@mariner4life said in NBA Season 20/21:
I honestly feel like Spurs play an OT game every week.
And very down on personnel today too against a fully fit 76ers side that had all their key guys.
Lonnie and Keldon played damn well. And the other Luka showed some signs. Shame they couldn’t win.
The Bucks v Nets game definitely had a playoff feel to it. The big name players balling out. Huge numbers from the superstars. Defensive intensity. Fun to watch.
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@shark said in NBA Season 20/21:
Did anyone predict the Suns would have the best record in the NBA, unless they were 1-0 after day one??
Suns
Demons
CrusadersIt’s your year @shark
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@act-crusader said in NBA Season 20/21:
@shark said in NBA Season 20/21:
Did anyone predict the Suns would have the best record in the NBA, unless they were 1-0 after day one??
Suns
Demons
CrusadersIt’s your year @shark
Yeah, for the moment!
The Crusaders will - or at least really should - take out SRA and SRTT. Do I think the others can win their respective competitions? The Dees yes, but the Suns don't have the experience to make a deep, deep run. They need one more All Star or fringe All Star level player this year to get past the Nets who I think are lock down finals reps for the East.
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@shark I'm not writing any one off just yet. Every single team seems to have some weakness they need to overcome.
The Lakers are cooked because Steph is gonna bounce them in the play-in (hence LeBron's tweet)...
The Nets are losing enough games, and having enough issues getting people healthy, to give the teams playing them enough belief they can win
The Lakers are really battling, have their two main players struggling after injury breaks, and seem to be hoping it all clicks come playoff time.
Behind both of them are a bunch of teams like the Suns, who don't seem like they have all the parts, but what they have just might be enough this year. The playoff should be great.
