NBA Season - now 24/25
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@voodoo said in NBA Season - now 22/23:
It's a great move for Dallas
It could be the championship pieces. Or, he might fuck us completely.
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@gt12 said in NBA Season - now 22/23:
@voodoo said in NBA Season - now 22/23:
It's a great move for Dallas
It could be the championship pieces. Or, he might fuck us completely.
Yep, absolutely - but when you have a generational guy like Luka, you have to take your shot. Dallas weren't winning with that roster, maybe now they have a shot in what really is a wide-open West. There isn't a team in that conference that would want to face Dallas in a series now.
Obvious weakness is D now (though how much worse can it get than it is already...), but offensively Irving is an amazing shooter for any kick-out, he'll create instant space inside for Luka to attack, and he can run the offense when Luka sits, which theoretically should reduce his minutes and usage for a longer playoff run.
Worth a swing for the fence IMO
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@gt12 said in NBA Season - now 22/23:
@voodoo said in NBA Season - now 22/23:
It's a great move for Dallas
It could be the championship pieces. Or, he might fuck us completely.
If he doesn't respect KD enough to play for the team, what are the chances he's diamonds for the Mavs? At least they didn't give up much
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@canefan said in NBA Season - now 22/23:
@gt12 said in NBA Season - now 22/23:
@voodoo said in NBA Season - now 22/23:
It's a great move for Dallas
It could be the championship pieces. Or, he might fuck us completely.
If he doesn't respect KD enough to play for the team, what are the chances he's diamonds for the Mavs? At least they didn't give up much
Pretty much how I feel, but I think they’ve given up a bit given that he might be a one season rental. I think Dinwiddie is pretty useful and would have been ok if we’d added more around him. Luka needs shooting around him and we need help on defence. I’m not sure we get enough of what we really needed.
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@gt12 said in NBA Season - now 22/23:
@canefan said in NBA Season - now 22/23:
@gt12 said in NBA Season - now 22/23:
@voodoo said in NBA Season - now 22/23:
It's a great move for Dallas
It could be the championship pieces. Or, he might fuck us completely.
If he doesn't respect KD enough to play for the team, what are the chances he's diamonds for the Mavs? At least they didn't give up much
Pretty much how I feel, but I think they’ve given up a bit given that he might be a one season rental. I think Dinwiddie is pretty useful and would have been ok if we’d added more around him. Luka needs shooting around him and we need help on defence. I’m not sure we get enough of what we really needed.
So many if’s! Dinwiddie is “useful”. We just need shooting and defense!
Mate, so does everyone!
Mavs are currently in 6th, neither challenging or tanking or really growing.
You’ve got a genuine superstar in Luka, and you’ve added a basketball genius in Kyrie, someone you might not want to build your franchise around , but someone you’d very happily take into a G7 anywhere.
Luka is ready to win now, who knows if / when his body might break down.
Buckle up and enjoy the ride!
Take your shot
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@canefan said in NBA Season - now 22/23:
@mariner4life said in NBA Season - now 22/23:
and so it's Dallas who are trying their hand at the "make Kyrie work" magic trick.
They gave up Dinwiddie but little else
DFS is their best wing defender and he has a bit of size to play switches. That’s a loss for the Mavs.
Lots of noise about the Nets doing another deal that could actually involve Dinwiddie.
That Suns deal would’ve been something the Nets would’ve liked but they went cold.
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Kyrie, Luka, Hardaway, Wood, Powell is not a bad starting 5 by any stretch. Add Bullock, Kleber, Green, Morris, Bertans and they have shooting around Luka and Kyrie.
Powell is a workhorse on D and when Wood wants to play D he isn’t a slouch (but it’s top 2 inches with him).
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@ACT-Crusader said in NBA Season - now 22/23:
@mariner4life the Spurs tank is officially back in full swing. Got done by 38 today against the Clips. They are 2-11 in the month of January. And look at some of the scores they have given up in those losses:
L 139 - 103
L 117 - 114
W 109 - 121
L 121 - 116
L 121 - 113
L 135 - 129
L 144 - 113
L 132 - 119
W 98 - 106
L 131 - 126
L 147 - 127
L 113 - 104
L 138 - 100lost by 24 again today
12 on saturday
10 on Thursday
21 on Tuesday
10 on Sunday1-9 in the last 10, getting slapped. Very hard to muster a fuck to give about an organisation not even trying to compete.
And yet somehow the Rockets, the Pistons and the Hornets are all there right with us.These teams better hope this skinny fuck Webenyama doesn't break
i can only dream of being as shit as the Magic and the Lakers
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Good old American sports.
The game stops for 10 minutes after LeBron breaks the all time points scoring record.
Amazing accomplishment - you have to wonder if it's one of the those records that will never be broken although with the 3 point shot so prevalent maybe not.
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@KiwiMurph said in NBA Season - now 22/23:
Amazing accomplishment - you have to wonder if it's one of the those records that will never be broken although with the 3 point shot so prevalent maybe not.
pretty sure they said that about Wilt's record
it's highly improbable though. LBJs career to get to this point in 70 games every year for 20 years averaging over 27 points. That's phenomenal longevity. How many guys his age are still regularly sticking up 30-point games?
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Amazing performance to get 37 in three quarters and break the record.... then lose at home to OKC. Kind of sums up the Lakers. Amazing to think they blew up the winning 2020 roster for nothing.
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@TeWaio i thought it was pretty funny that he had 36 to 3/4 time. got 2 more for the record. and then no more. And his team lost by 3.
Josh Giddey looked fucking good in the NBL, and it's very cool to see him now look very good in the NBA.
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It gets better.
Durant traded to the Suns.
Wow.
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Sean Marks has been busy. The Nets could have been so good.
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@Bovidae said in NBA Season - now 22/23:
Sean Marks has been busy. The Nets could have been so good.
They were building nicely before they bought KD and Kyrie. Fucked their culture now
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Motherfucker!!!
Goddamn being in the West right now.
I bet we lose Luka.
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@gt12 said in NBA Season - now 22/23:
Motherfucker!!!
Goddamn being in the West right now.
I bet we lose Luka.
Lose Luka??? Whaddya mean?
No way in hell he gets traded, you mean when he’s a FA in 26-27???
Suns look seriously scary to me. Lakers got better, but damn the Suns man.
Would love to see a Boston v Bucks and Suns v Dallas CFs
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@voodoo said in NBA Season - now 22/23:
@gt12 said in NBA Season - now 22/23:
Motherfucker!!!
Goddamn being in the West right now.
I bet we lose Luka.
Lose Luka??? Whaddya mean?
No way in hell he gets traded, you mean when he’s a FA in 26-27???
Suns look seriously scary to me. Lakers got better, but damn the Suns man.
Would love to see a Boston v Bucks and Suns v Dallas CFs
My point is that unless you have three stars, you cant hold your one star. And the Kyrie trade just got blown up as shit. We’re not winning this year.
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@gt12 said in NBA Season - now 22/23:
@voodoo said in NBA Season - now 22/23:
@gt12 said in NBA Season - now 22/23:
Motherfucker!!!
Goddamn being in the West right now.
I bet we lose Luka.
Lose Luka??? Whaddya mean?
No way in hell he gets traded, you mean when he’s a FA in 26-27???
Suns look seriously scary to me. Lakers got better, but damn the Suns man.
Would love to see a Boston v Bucks and Suns v Dallas CFs
My point is that unless you have three stars, you cant hold your one star. And the Kyrie trade just got blown up as shit. We’re not winning this year.
Jeez you’re so negative!
I reckon the Suns will be really good. But you guys have Luka and Kyrie, 2 of the top 5 iso players in the league. Defense won’t be fun, but you should be able to score with anyone
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@voodoo said in NBA Season - now 22/23:
@gt12 said in NBA Season - now 22/23:
@voodoo said in NBA Season - now 22/23:
@gt12 said in NBA Season - now 22/23:
Motherfucker!!!
Goddamn being in the West right now.
I bet we lose Luka.
Lose Luka??? Whaddya mean?
No way in hell he gets traded, you mean when he’s a FA in 26-27???
Suns look seriously scary to me. Lakers got better, but damn the Suns man.
Would love to see a Boston v Bucks and Suns v Dallas CFs
My point is that unless you have three stars, you cant hold your one star. And the Kyrie trade just got blown up as shit. We’re not winning this year.
Jeez you’re so negative!
I reckon the Suns will be really good. But you guys have Luka and Kyrie, 2 of the top 5 iso players in the league. Defense won’t be fun, but you should be able to score with anyone
I am. I wasn’t that keen on the Kyrie trade anyway, so it’s probably not that surprising that this trade makes me feel less confident.
I’d like to add that I really fucking dislike Kevin Durant. He’s an amazing basketball player but he’s a ring-chasing follower. I’m glad it all blew up in Brooklyn. I assume Marks is going to be on his ass soon, unless it was all done by the owners.
I do hope that the Suns will be must watch TV for all the wrong reasons.
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KD such a snake, but if CP3 gets a ring then ehhh its not so bad. Booker seems like a good dude too. Can't see Luka and Kyrie working, both so ball dominant.
Lakers got better as they needed shooting, swapping Pat Bev straight up for Bamba is a good trade also. We'll see if the rumored AD LeBron beef comes to anything, dick move petulantly sitting through the scoring record celebrations.
Oh yeah @mariner4life Giddey is really good, he'll be an all star eventually I reckon
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@TeWaio said in NBA Season - now 22/23:
KD such a snake, but if CP3 gets a ring then ehhh its not so bad. Booker seems like a good dude too. Can't see Luka and Kyrie working, both so ball dominant.
Lakers got better as they needed shooting, swapping Pat Bev straight up for Bamba is a good trade also. We'll see if the rumored AD LeBron beef comes to anything, dick move petulantly sitting through the scoring record celebrations.
Oh yeah @mariner4life Giddey is really good, he'll be an all star eventually I reckon
They should have traded AD. He's got a pea for a heart and he's made of glass
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@canefan he was THRILLED to see LeBron get the scoring record.
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@gt12 said in NBA Season - now 22/23:
@voodoo said in NBA Season - now 22/23:
@gt12 said in NBA Season - now 22/23:
@voodoo said in NBA Season - now 22/23:
@gt12 said in NBA Season - now 22/23:
Motherfucker!!!
Goddamn being in the West right now.
I bet we lose Luka.
Lose Luka??? Whaddya mean?
No way in hell he gets traded, you mean when he’s a FA in 26-27???
Suns look seriously scary to me. Lakers got better, but damn the Suns man.
Would love to see a Boston v Bucks and Suns v Dallas CFs
My point is that unless you have three stars, you cant hold your one star. And the Kyrie trade just got blown up as shit. We’re not winning this year.
Jeez you’re so negative!
I reckon the Suns will be really good. But you guys have Luka and Kyrie, 2 of the top 5 iso players in the league. Defense won’t be fun, but you should be able to score with anyone
I am. I wasn’t that keen on the Kyrie trade anyway, so it’s probably not that surprising that this trade makes me feel less confident.
I’d like to add that I really fucking dislike Kevin Durant. He’s an amazing basketball player but he’s a ring-chasing follower. I’m glad it all blew up in Brooklyn. I assume Marks is going to be on his ass soon, unless it was all done by the owners.
I do hope that the Suns will be must watch TV for all the wrong reasons.
Agree with the KD sentiment.
Don't know if Marks is out just yet though, they've got a billion high picks over the next few seasons do they not? And apparently he/his team are pretty good at scouting/development.
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@Smudge said in NBA Season - now 22/23:
@canefan he was THRILLED to see LeBron get the scoring record.
Honeymoon over
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@Smudge said in NBA Season - now 22/23:
@canefan he was THRILLED to see LeBron get the scoring record.
AD has always been a dick. His behaviour on the way out of NO was pretty shitty
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@canefan said in NBA Season - now 22/23:
@Smudge said in NBA Season - now 22/23:
@canefan he was THRILLED to see LeBron get the scoring record.
Honeymoon over
I am basing my opinion on this footage of AD because this is the only footage I have seen of the incident, but I think people are being too harsh on AD. Is there a set way to celebrate now? Should he have jumped to his feet and bounced around? What if that'd just not in his personality? Like he's an introvert or something? The leg jiggling and knee slapping (I think) looked like a congratulations to me. And the video stopped just as he looked like he was getting to his feet. What happened after that?
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A good read about how the KD trade went down.
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@Crazy-Horse there was another video of Lebron and AD talking on the bench, they are tight as so I don’t think there is anything there. AD was ticked off with Russ and add to the fact he was playing poorly. I think he was ready to explode.
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@voodoo said in NBA Season - now 22/23:
GP2 fails his medical then this comes out
Stay classy Portland
The crazy thing about all this is that he hasn’t played much and as is tradition around trade deadline time, guys get played to try and make them attractive to other teams.
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@Bovidae said in NBA Season - now 22/23:
A good read about how the KD trade went down.
I can understand why BKLN swung for the fences and built that superteam. They seem like a small market team despite being in NYC, it is not considered a top FA destination. I think they have done reasonably well to recover from this failure, reloading with a bunch of young good players and a swag of draft capital.
Dallas are taking a gamble with KI, but I guess Cuban is comfortable with the possibility that he might leave at the end of the season when the upside might be adeep playoff run.
LAL made some solid moves as well. Got rid of a bunch of expiring contracts, including Westbrook, and got younger with much improved cap flexibility for next season.
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I watched Legacy, the true story of the Lakers on Disney+. Full of interviews with Dr Buss, all of the important players from the Showtime Lakers onward, and the Buss kids. Fuck me the eldest two sons are fucken screw ups, they are lucky Jeannie took control because Jim was the quintessential Tommy Boy
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Watched Malice in the Palace tonight, it was great.
Highly recommend and interesting to think of the effects on the different players.
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@gt12 said in NBA Season - now 22/23:
Watched Malice in the Palace tonight, it was great.
Highly recommend and interesting to think of the effects on the different players.
Tracking the careers of O’Neal, Artest and Jackson is quite something.
And Ben Wallace is a Hall of Famer….
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An upgrade for Russ.
After completing a contract buyout, nine-time All-Star guard Russell Westbrook plans to sign with the LA Clippers, his agent, Jeff Schwartz of Excel Sports, told ESPN.
Once Westbrook and the Utah Jazz complete the buyout on the remaining $47 million owed on his expiring deal, the former NBA MVP will clear waivers and return to Los Angeles -- this time with the Clippers.
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