NBA Season 2016/17
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ESPN currently calculate the odds of the Warriors winning the title at 75%
Hard to see that being inaccurate.
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@mariner4life said in NBA Season 2016/17:
ESPN currently calculate the odds of the Warriors winning the title at 75%
Hard to see that being inaccurate.
Opened the wrong thread and assumed you were just being sarcastic.
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@mariner4life GSW were heavy favourites to win last year too and that went well. There are no guarantees in sport.
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@Bovidae that's why it's not 100%. And last year they didn't have a dude named Durant.
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@Bovidae said in NBA Season 2016/17:
@mariner4life GSW were heavy favourites to win last year too and that went well. There are no guarantees in sport.
You can't underestimate the loss of their best allround player and energy guy being suspended. Momentum in a series is everything.
The Warriors look like world beaters right now when compared to the other "contenders". But I think they have a number of things to fine tune before April. They are trying out a number of different combinations to fill that 5th spot to close out a game. Is it ZaZa, Javale, AI, Livingston? Defensively Durrant has been a big surprise.
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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
