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Playoffs soon
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>>154133782
>only two games on today
why? its it cause the mens college hoops championship?
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>>154133793
Yes. They the nba doesn’t like competing with other sports. They also don’t schedule many games on Super Bowl Sunday or thanksgiving
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>>154133788
>already April
the year is going by so damn fast
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>>154133788
So hyped. /nba/ getting more active as well
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>>154133793
>>only two games on today
retard alert
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>>154133940
bro on google it only says 2 games
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>>154133782
ruckenwind
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Best player on each team lately

ATL : Jalen Johnson
BKN : Jalen Wilson
BOS : Jayson Tatum
CHA : LaMelo Ball
CHI : Tre Jones
CLE : Donovan Mitchell
DAL : Cooper Flagg
DEN : Nikola Jokic
DET : Daniss Jenkins
GSW : Stephen Curry
HOU : Kevin Durant
IND : Pascal Siakam
LAC : Kawhi Leonard
LAL : LeBron James
MEM : Rayan Rupert
MIA : Bam Adebayo
MIL : Ryan Rollins
MIN : Bones Hyland
NOP : Jeremiah Fears
NYK : OG Anunoby
OKC : Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
ORL : Desmond Bane
PHI : Joel Embiid
PHX : Devin Booker
POR : Deni Avdija
SAC : Maxime Raynaud
SAS : Victor Wembanyama
TOR : RJ Barrett
UTA : Kyle Filipowski
WAS : Will Riley
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What’s the verdict on Hansen Yang?
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>>154134033
1 year away from playing in China
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>>154134033
Get ready to stop learning English buddy
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always nice when joker reminds everyone he’s the best player in the world
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>>154134122
31 years old, his prime is ending soon
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>>154134129
yeah his dominant athleticism is gonna drop off and his game will be washed
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>>154134142
NTA but people massively underrate his motor. I don't expect him to fall off hard but I'm also curious if he can keep up his efficiency with all the minutes/touches as he gets older
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>>154133782
I cry sometimes
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>order food
>they duplicate my order on accident

BIG MAN BLASTOISE
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BREAKING NEWS ANGEL REESE DA GOAT TRADED TO ATLANTA DREAM
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>>154134277
Who?
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Did Mavs inadvertently win the trade? Seeing how Luka is just going to always be hurt, wouldnt you rather have the extremely promising rookie?
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>>154132610
It actually goes to their board in the form of large bonuses then goes back into facilities.
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>>154134463
It was a bad trade if you think the league isn't fixed, it was a good trade otherwise
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>>154133782
This is a the problem with the world today. You trust these medical pecil pushing 'experts' instead of your gut instinct. Luka and AR have tweak injuries but you keep them in a blowout because the drape wearing doctors say they're 'good'? Nah, fuck all 'at. Reddick isn't a good coach.
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>>154134463
instead of negotiating with only 1 other team, wouldn't you rather get a better haul for luka?
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>>154134463
Cooper was supposed to be a good defender but he's just as bad as Luka. I've been anti-Luka for forever but Coop is getting way too much hype for doing Carmelo things rn.
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>>154134463
i like how everybody just ignores that day to davis was even in the trade, now it was always luka for fagg
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What players with beeg contracts would a team not protect in an expansion draft?
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>>154134463
even if you are super high on Flagg, they still ran 2 of their big pieces into the ground and traded 1 for nothing while probably will have to do the same for the other, and in general need to do a complete tear down because none of these guys should be on the team 3 years from. This is shaping up to be a Lebron on the cavs situation
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>>154134463
They could have had Coop and Luka at the same time. They also could have easily not lucked into Cooper and had nothing.
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Mavs only got Flagg because they tanked all the way to the play in. Nico's "vision" relied on AD immediately getting hurt, Kyrie losing his ACL, and the Mavs almost forfeiting games due to not enough players. Nico is a fucking retard, and so are you if you disagree.
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>>154133782
Srbe na vrbe
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>>154134610
Paolo Banchero
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Flagg stat padding some empty calories to try and win ROY
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>>154134610
De'Aaron Fox
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I've given up on this shit league. Not worth watching anymore to be honest. The average NBA fan is now a high school kid who is retarded and has miniscule knowledge about the sport
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>[Shams Charania] BREAKING: The Chicago Bulls have dismissed executive vice president of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas and general manager Marc Eversley, sources tell ESPN.
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>>154134820
trading for Jaden Ivey and trading Coby White was the death nail
>>154134792
Coaching college at a big program seems more fun honestly. You get to be part of the recruiting process, and you actually get to coach the intangibles and get to be the conductor while in the NBA you’ve gotta play into the leagues hands with all your actions and you don’t have pull with star players because they are making way more money than the coaches.
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>>154134820
>finally make moves to bottom out
>get fired right away
lol bulce gonna bulce
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>>154134820
That’s what they get for waiving a real Christian
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>>154134864
bro do you have a time machine to the 80s? This is the big 2026 where it has never been worse to be a college coach. The portal and nil have completely warped what used to be and recruiting in general has always been much more burdensome than anything in the pros. Now you still have to recruit players already on your team. Nobody sane is taking college jobs over pro jobs anymore
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shiet nigga
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>>154134792
>>154134864
Better job than NBA head coach if you get with a bigger program and do a bretty gud job. Actual job security at a lot of schools is a huge benefit
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>>154134626
>They could have had Coop and Luka at the same time. They also could have easily not lucked into Cooper and had nothing.
Bet dis nigga still belief in Santa
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IT FINALLY HAPPENED
AKME FIRED
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I tell you being a Bulls fan has been so rough since the 90s Dynasty era that we look back at the ringless Rose era with nostalgia and celebrate firings of GMs and execs more than championships.

Michael Jordan is spinning in his grave, adjacent window office chair.
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Bullsbros the rebuild is on...
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>>154134998
I'm sorry, what rebuild?
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>>154135010
>yfw at the end of the year for no reason at all the bulls win a couple of games and fall behind the Bucks who draft the next Giannis 1 pick above them
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>>154133782
Wilt.
Bam.
Kobe.
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>>154135048
WBK
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>>154135112
That's right.
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>>154135048
>>154135112
Really it's Bam, Kobe, Luka aka BKL. Nobody cares about no damn 60s basketball. Real basketball started in the 80s. Bam would score 340 in the 60s. Bro your dad wasn't even there to watch 60s basketball.
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>>154134685
>Paolo get drafted by the Seattle expansion
>returns to his hometown motivated, sheds weight, puts serious time into his game
>leads the revamped SuperSonics to a 'chip
it'll never happen but would be kino
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>>154135152
>Paolo get drafted by the Seattle expansion
>continues to suck and play like a little 6'2 guard
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>>154135158
not just a little 6'2 guard, but a mid 6'2 guard
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>>154134463
I'm really starting to believe that rumor that he had some kind of career altering injury or condition, like Kawhi's knee, and that's why he was traded.
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I just hope the prize will be 13 year olds bride
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It's actually insane that the objectively "most valuable player" and inarguably the best player in the league won't win mvp this year. I'm talking obviously about Joker
Is this what Lebron fans felt all those years?
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>>154134976
I thought the Bulls sell out tickets every game. What is the underlying truthness of this stat?
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>>154135218
Lebron could actually win more than 60 games and beat 50 win teams
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>>154135219
Fans finally got so fed up that even the legacy of the Jordan rings can't rectify the situation
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>>154135219
viewership = TV
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>>154135218
there's not one season where Lebron deserved mvp and didn't get it. 2018 is the closest but there's no way you could deny Harden with his numbers and winning. For Jokic he has the numbers but the winning isn't, and really has never been, close to what usually gets mvps. This season even the "valuable" part is in question because his team did fine without him
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>>154134998
"rebuild" implies they were good at some time in the recent past
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Why the fuck is the tankathon site spamming me with ads every second now? the fuck
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The Bulce situation really highlights the true problem with the draft. The fact that we have a treadmill of mediocrity built into team building forcing teams to try to completely bottom out for multiple years. There needs to be better pathways to go from mid to competing.
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Angel Reese is going to Atlanta. How does this impact the Hawks?
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>>154135010
Bulce are rebuilding hence they were the most active team at the trade deadline fire selling their mid players for peanuts. It's just that multiple teams are better at sucking shit. There's so substitution for experience when it comes to tanking.
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>>154135263
There is. It's called spending and signing superstars.
But that's something that can ever happen to teams like the Bulls because of their owners.
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>>154135264
Nice try Jannis, but Mad Mazz only wants players who can shoot the meme shot.
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>>154135296
B2B
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>>154135263
no it highlights the problem with trash organizations. The bulls cheap out all around. Their scouts are trash and their trainers are trash. We constantly see teams retool, find hidden gems, and get within a swing of real contention. The bulls haven't been close since drose and they were still cheap back then. This shit starts at the top and nothing will change until then
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How come when I think of coddled spoiled stars, its the image of LeBron that pops up?
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>>154135276
These guys get it.
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Celtics Knicks will be kino
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>>154135338
Every Knicks playoff matchup is kino cause they are too shitty to btfo teams so every game is close
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Flaggbros...is Kon actually the ROTY?
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>>154135296
Jokic averaging 25/16/11 over the same week, Nuggers were 3-0, but the league chooses to acknowledge FTA instead cause he is a BABB
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My lakies...
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Man was robbed
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>>154135526
Yes. Cooper is naturally going to score more points being the #1 option. Kon is the 3rd option on his team at best and leading the nba in 3s.
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>>154135552
jokic beating the spurs the way he did was more impressive than anything sga did
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>>154135576
sga put an end to the league's biggest media darling and marque franchise
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>>154135576
votes are already in
jokic could drop 100 on sgay in their upcoming matchup and he's still finishing 3rd in mvp
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>>154135633
Why's the NBA so anti white?
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>>154135602
...and who is that?
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>LeMickey missed the playoffs then got swept and gentleman's swept the next three years
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Didn’t the NBA had complete blackout when there was an NCAAF final? Why are there games today
Or is this a Mandela effect thingy
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What vidya do y'all play in /nba/
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>>154135764
For me? It’s WoW classic or Crusader Kings
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>>154135764
NBA 2k25 association mode
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>>154135576
SGA beat and outplayed Jokic and a healthy Nuggets with his bench squad
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jokic ended the wemby for mvp meme
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Dedicating this next rip to Cant Man's busted BABB knee KWAB
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Bulls fired AKME.

My guess is there’s an edict from above not to tank and they got fired when they tanked. Bulls fans are angry because they always are.
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Nico Won
Ivey Won
Apologize
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>>154135963
Bulls haven't won a championship or even been in final since the 90s. Should Bulls fans not be angry or something?
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I wish Cooper Flagg existed in the '00s when the league had some integrity.
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Just finished up a little film study and wow. Mark my words. This Nolan Traore kid will be special. Unbelievable game I just watched for a 19 year old. My highest impression of me wants to say he'll be the SGA of his draft, but even SGA atleast went 11, hard to call that being doubted. He'll likely be more like the Maxey or Brunson of his draft. Drafted relatively late, nothing expected of him, but is a star waiting to shine.
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Quite possibly the best passer in the 2025 class. I know it sounds insane to say, but this rabbit hole I've gone down of looking at some specific stats for another player, and happening to see Traore relatively high in those stats for a rookie, which led me to go find some tape to see if the eye test matches the stat and...it does.
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>>154135764
gray zone
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>>154135979
They are the angriest fan base in the NBA, they don’t really know what they want and are vitriolic towards their GMs. They are stuck in mediocre purgatory presumably because their owner won’t let them tank and they haven’t managed to pull a rabbit out of a hat and pull a superstar out of nowhere. They didn’t do a great job but they sidn’t do a glaringly awful one either.
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>>154136017
>>154136024
Brooklyn's court is so fucking ugly.
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>>154136017
>>154136024
Traore is an interesting case because at the start of the previous draft cycle he was projected to be a top 5 pick but had a bad season, though he finished stronger. His vision was a known thing but there were questions on how athletic he was and his shooting. Shooting is still suspect but he's athletic or skilled enough to consistently touch paint and collapse defenses
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Also the nets team is genuinely decently constructed. Watching this game. I had zero idea how the nets were as bad as they were for the entire year. Yes their defense has some lapses (The best part of Traore is that hes actually great on defense too, which is what makes him so crazy) But thats the sort of thing you can clean up in practice, and with better chemistry in the off season.
This team is better than the record suggests, and based on how they played in this game, they might be the most deserving of the tanking teams, assuming they've been hit with legitimate injury (Traore didnt play like majority of the beginning season for reasons I can only hope were injury, rather than the coach not believing in him)
If they were to get a top 5 pick...I'd actually jump on the Nets train. Other than the Pacers, the Jazz (who don't deserve any top pick), the Mavs, and the Hawks, I cant see any other team who could immediately use a drafted player to turn their team into immediate contention than the Nets.

I dont know if that one Canadian who was meatriding MPJ was a real nets fan or just an MPJ fan, but Im going to keep watching their games now and maybe hop on that train
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>>154136091
>they don’t really know what they want
They want a playoff contending team. It's not that hard. Fucking retards.
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>>154135265
>traded after her first year
This is embarrassing
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>>154136110
>Shooting is still suspect but he's athletic or skilled enough to consistently touch paint and collapse defenses
The shooting is really the only thing that could hold him back. Hopefully its just poor minutes/low FGA/high offensive load (hes guarded like their best player) thats making his numbers seem worse than they are.

He gets into the paint so easily its insane. His drives per game numbers are insane for a rookie. Hes literally second in his class for drives per game. And FIRST in assists off of drives. This is an INSANE player in the making if he could remotely develop a consistent outside shot or a solid inbetween game
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>>154135265
Kek. Even Chiraq couldn't stand her
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>>154135264
He got his coach fired went something like 25-10 with them for Doc Rivers. He gets what he deserves
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Like seriously look how insane those drive numbers are...for a guy averaging 22 minutes per game. And funnily enough his teammate Ben Saraf (who was good in the game I watched, but people seem to be negative on him, so it wasnt so outstanding that I could dickride like I will be doing for Traore) is also up there.

Like you have to realize that Traore is giving this output on assists and drives on the same minutes as harper, on a significantly worse team, with less spacing, and where he has a greater offensive load (hes always expected to bring the ball up and create something)

I just can't see this being a bad player. Darius Garland without a 3 point shot cieling at the worst, which is still a pretty good player, just not amazing.
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I'm still shaking from last night's all women broadcast....
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>>154136116
The fan base want to magically playoff contenders out of nowhere. The team also got utterly fucked by Lonzo Ball’s injuries.

I think AKME are basically average and they got average results. It’s incredibly hard to build a legit good team without tanking.
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>>154136175
i turned it on and they were literally squealing about something. immediately turned it off.
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>Utah is competing next year
What seed are they going to get with Lauri + JJJ and a new top pick
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why are the Raptors such utter shit why why why they spend all this money they are shit why
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>>154136222
6th seed minimum. Watch them trade Nurk and Kessler for depth
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>>154135637
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>>154136262
whats wrong with you racist ass nigga???
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Desmond Bane
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>>154136304
>6'4" wingspan
oh nonono
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>>154136266
Nothing.
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>>154136266
I'm not racist i have an italian friend.
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>>154136262
BAWBs wish they had such smooth skin
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>>154136336
>an italian friend.
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>>154136354
>jeet doesn't know of skincare
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PTI completely ignored the spurs vs nuggets game kek Wilbon seething
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My lakies are never winning the playoffs...
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is anunoby retarded?
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SAS doesnt have jokic in his top 5 mvp votes
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>>154136447
Based. People really forgetting Jokic lost to the Podz warriors, hospital grizzlies, and Spurs without Wemby.
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My Celties don't play today so I'll be cheering UConn on in the natty! :)
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>>154136455
ya but he's still #3
putting him out of top 5 is a signal that you are scared that your black candidate is going to lose and you need to tank the rating of the actual mvp
if he just voted jokic #3 then sgay would win anyway and there wouldn't be any room for cope
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>>154136447
>>154136455
>retarded ape has retarded opinions
That "guy" shouldnt vote. In any election ever.
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>>154136094
A N T I S E M I T I S M
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>>154136482
Nah, putting him out of the top 5 is admitting that he needs to do more than put up big PRA in the regular season and actually contribute to winning. Jokic's case for MVP is based on the same advanced stats and PRA every year, but the team is not actually getting any better or winning any more, so why reward him over other players that are actually providing tangible value to their teams?
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>>154135265
No one gives the slightest fuck about dykeball, which is why you faggots won't stay in your containment threads. You have to come into nba threads because otherwise it's just you talking to the same 3 people in the actual wnba thread which has been up since fucking march lol
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>>154136503
Are we putting Jaylen brown in top 5 then
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Can someone explain the Angel Reese trade in NBA men's basketball terms?
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they found these guys in atlanta?
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>>154136512
non whites are putting jaylen brown over jokic, yes
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>>154136512
Sure, since he's pretty much proven that Tatum (as well as Jrue and Porzingus) were expendable to the team and they could still be 90% as elite with him as the franchise player. He has a better narrative going for him than Jokic does.
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DENI IS GOING TO GET A TRIPLE TRIPLE VS THE NUGGERS IN DENVER TONIGHT

JOKIC CAN'T HANDLE DENI'S ORTHODOX JUDAISM

AG = A GOYIM

JUDAISM WILL ALWAYS PREVAIL

JAMAL MURGOY KWABAG

JEWISH JEWISH JEWISH JEWISH JEWISH JEWISH
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DONOVAN

CLINGAN

IS

JEWISH
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>>154136537
celtics were better with JB off the court
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>>154136551
on-off is a meme, unless you think Wemby should be MVP.
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>>154136518
You will never be a woman
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>>154136564
Every MVP was at least +5 on/off.
>Derrick Rose
Except the fake MVP. Even he was +2 on/off. Brown is like -20.
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>>154136551
This shit ended the JB MVP narrative quick
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>Paolo Banchero last 5 games: 14.4/9/5 on 36/15/66 shooting splits
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>>154136537
ngl with it, D White is the only non expendable one
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So what is /nba/'s pick for MVP?
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>>154136602
my GOAT
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yooooo jokic cant even jump LMAO
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>>154136602
Either Cade or JB since they were able to bring their teams to the top of the east
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>>154136602
sFAG is da mvp until proven otherwise on the court
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whats goin on with detroit? is kevin huerter better than cade?
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>>154136024
This guy runs fast as shit
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nba site is broken right now for some reason
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>>154136724
because wemby just lost the mvp
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>>154136525
the fuck does this dumbass nigga think atlanta is? an all black city? dumbass lil nikka
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>>154136709
yeah, exactly. im hopping on the train early, his drive game is legit top tier for a 19 year old, combined with his passing? and if he didnt have to take on such offensive load as a sub 6'4 guard at such a young age, hed be providing immediate impact on a contending team

but watching some of his games his team is actually decent, they just need to learn how to play with eachother better and need better veteran presence who can take the burden off the young guys. I dont think MPJ is that, because of how little he handles the ball
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>Pacers 14th in Eastern Conference
>Nets 13th in Eastern Conference
>Pacers went to the Finals just a year ago
>that means Nets are now best in the East
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>>154136602
Should win: Jokic
Will win: SGA aka the refs
Not even top three: Wemby. Wake me up when he averages 30 whole minutes per game. You can't be MVP if the training wheels are still on
Shut the fuck up: Jalen Brown
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>>154136525
lil bro thinks Georgia is located in the heart of africa or smthn
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Jordan Clarkson is a disaster
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>>154136602
Yoker easily, but if he loses the last two games of the season then give it to SGAy I guess.
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>>154136735
>people were actually going to give a french skeleton MVP becuae muh defense
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NAW is so tough. MIP
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sexers bros can we defeat the goliath alien?
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>>154136898
not me !
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castle is kill
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>>154136973
frfr, was watching him fry the knickies
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get fucked pineapple head
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>>154136602
sga without a doubt
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knicks pls win
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>>154136820
How is Jokic an MVP when his team sucks
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>>154136791
finally someone gets it
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>>154137223
jobbers
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OG got dumpstered on BAD
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Sniper hit Wembust
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>lebum could've forced his way into the hawks trade instead of letting gaybe go to the good team
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Game is soon, who /nba/ rooting for?
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>>154137308
This is a UConn genny
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I'm gonna move to Bulgaria and work as a daytrader.
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Embiiich vs Wembiiich holy shit
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>>154137486
Embiiich is winning kek
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>>154137056
le airball shake
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>>154137504
yeah, Wembiiich is a stick figure sissy bitch, Embiiich is a only a bitch cause he dodges about 80% of his games, on the rare occasions he shows up he plays pretty strong
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>>154137313
They getting booty blasted
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Isn't the NCAA championship usually on CBS? When did they move it to TBS?
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Nick nurse has no out of bounds plays and can't make any mid game adjustments, maxey is overrated and embiid can't rebound like he used to. PG averaging 30 and vj averaging 25 are the sixers only chance at making a conference finals.
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Joel Embiinyama
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Wemby just got dominated. Rape kit being sent down to the Spurs locker room
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>>154137708
did the nuggets buck break the spurs as bad as okc broke the lakers?
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>>154136748
>>154136821
Yes.
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>Like you saw, I talked with [Boston] coach Joe Mazzulla. I said, ‘you had so many opportunities to make excuses, but you didn’t.’ [The Celtics started the season slow.] And he said, ‘Oh, they’re good players,'” Giannis shared insights on his meaningful conversation with Joe Mazzulla on Apr 3 when the Celtics met the Bucks. “I said, no. It’s about the mentality that you instilled in your place.”

Giannis begging to be the 3rd option on my Celties.
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>>154137764
gross
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NAW owns the knicks
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>>154137764
>these are 10s in Atlanta
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Come on Hawks
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Jalen Johnson is trash
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let's go knicks
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>wembrittle
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Hawks cant close, bum ass niggas
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the hawks SUCK
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WemBUST hurt again
it's over
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wembanyama running from embiid
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OH SHIT
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nyooo..... is Wetbanana dead???
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By fingertips
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Wow CJ
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damn
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>>154137764
Hawks are the most popular team in the NBA by total weight of fans
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>>154138091
>no challenge
the fix was in
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Why do the Spurs play better without Wemby?
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>>154138114
Hawks didn't have a timeout and if they did have one they would have used it to advance the ball.
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>>154138114
none needed
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JEWISH BASKETBALL IS IN PROGRESS
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Hawks still have by far the best record in the East since the all star break. They are headed for the ECF.
The Hawks train has no breaks
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REMINDER THAT DONOVAN CLINGAN IS JEWISH
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>>154138136
damn it looks like Brunson is cheering him on.
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Gay nigger ref and female ref are unexpectedly terrible
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The blazers saved everything to turn their magnets on for this game
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embiid has more free throws than the spurs. where's that spurs whistle i heard about the other day
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We watching AD's show?
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is Wemby dead?
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bruh
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>>154138257
canceled out by the embiid flop whistle
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>>154138285
they had to put 2 stretchers end to end to take him off the court
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bruh
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>>154138407
Sounds rapey
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>whitecastle
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>>154138407
niggas here been slobberin over the heckin bvsed black guy over totally NORMAL behavior
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Fucking shit ass nuggets.
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BLAZERS DARK HORSE???
I'm a tepid Deni fan after I saw the way his drives destroyed my garbage Darius Garland led clippers
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Has this dude Cam Johnson dropped a single 30pt game this season
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Lakers want the Rockets in first round, right? I don't see LeBron, Rui, or Ayton scoring on Gobert very much if they get the Timberwolves. Smart can defend KD and Sengun isn't going to do anything.
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>>154136602
Let me vote after the 'yins I'll give it to Kawhi if he can get the 7s eed.
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>>154138546
They probably want Nuggets so they could go golf in 4
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>>154138174
HEY GUYS I FORGOT TO TELL YOU I LIKE MEN
>>154138546
THE LAKERS HAVE THE POWER OF WEST HOLLYWOOD BEVERLY HILLS JEWS ON THEIR SIDE. THAT'S WHERE I PICK UP MY BEARS
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do people really enjoy what college basketball has become?
>every good player transfers to one of 10 good teams
>same amount of ads as NBA
>teenager multi millionaires

This final is fucking boring.
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>>154138594
Basketball in general is trash nowadays. LeBron crying to the refs every time he gets touched ruined the sport. It starts at the top the college and high school kids emulate it
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>>154138619
Yea Luka is bitching constantly too probably got it from Lebron. And that fake ass trade with Luka and Dalass magically gets 1st pick fucking fake shit.
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Of course Denver is letting Blazers break the record for the made 3 pointers right after beating Spurs
Classic
And of course Jokic looks like Sabonis after abusing Wemby
What a joke
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edgecombe just stuffed the shit outta fox lol
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embiid can't handle stephon castle
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Wemby is a fraud
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Clingan owns Chokic
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>>154138764
>lebanon
kek
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This random fucker from portland is gonna break Klay's record for 3p
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Belgium has a legit basketball core with Camara and AJ Mitchell
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Deni has one of the ugliest "games" I've ever seen
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>runs into defender
>falls over
>doesn't get call
>"GOD DAMN"
Jewish basketball
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>>154138892
He takes foul baiting to the next level, like at least Luka and SGA can still ball. Avdija is trash when the refs don't give him a whistle. He is very similar to the KC Chiefs in NFL
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I'm too lazy to look up, but i feel like Denver doesn't have homecourt this year
They probably have a losing record at home
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>>154138955
25-13
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I mean Denver is playing bad, but it's hilarious watching this blazers team shoot like they're KD warriors
They wont win a single game in the playin
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>>154138949
>Avdija is trash when the refs don't give him a whistle

so, jewish austin reaves
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>>154138992
Chauncey getting busted was actually the best thing to happen to them
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>>154139017
Reaves can still ball though that's the thing. Those handles are insane. Avdija turns into Yian Jianlan without the whistle
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I'm just happy to see Thybulle. Dude is legit a hidden gem and needs to be healthy in a decent spot
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>>154139023
no it wasnt. all it did was get them some insane refball.
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Is Jokic about to break the record for most taken shots without a single free throw
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joker dunkin on fools
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Dunkic
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So this game tells me that if the jew took the same number of shots Jokic did, he'd have 30 free throws
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seriously Deni is legit not good
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You're telling me that jokic took 30 shots and not a single one had a possible 50/50 call that could've gotten him free throws?
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CAN JOHNSON
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>>154139283
you did this
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Why does deni have a superstar whistle
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>>154139324
Jews are awful at sports so they need someone to represent them.
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>>154139324
antisemetic comment
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20 pts on 3 fgm btw
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>20 points
>13 from free throws
holy shit
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>Give Deni game winning free throws
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the bitch ref is taller than the theatre twink? lmao
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walked them fools down
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AG should be a raptor
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>chokic
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nikola jokic SUCKS
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I don't remember the last time Jokic hit a game winner
Probably in 2023
He was clutch until 2024
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free extra basketball
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Braun is paid 25m per season to play defense (doesn't do it) and hit 3's (teams leave him wide open)
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Do Nuggets go to OT more than most teams
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>>154139457
yes, 9th OT game, they are 4-4. HOU is 2nd at 1-7
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FUCK THIS GAY NIGGA REF
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gettin dunked on by jamal murray...
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Jokers internal clock is insane
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>>154139334
Deni is serbian though
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now i don't gotta post the chokic webm from the end of the 4th
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somebody tell jamal murray to chill the fuck out so he doesnt dissappear deep into the playoffs with some dumb illness once again
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I don't want to hear shit positive about Deni ever again and I hope Steph embarrasses those bums
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Nuggies with 9-win streak now are 3rd!!
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Jokic got 5 steals to? my god
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>>154139510
Surely they'll beat the tanking grizzlies without a single starter
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LET'S GO NUGGETS

LET'S GO NUGGETS
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>>154139456
he'll turn it up in the playoffs
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KINO game by Jokic and KINO Grand Blue chapter
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Jews lost, no Jokic hate tonight, he did good
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>he ran
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>>154138531
lol retard
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>>154139027
>Those handles are insane.
lol no.
better than deni? sure by virtue of deni being a tall white skinned guy
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Orthodox Christianity won.
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>>154139502
His father is Gorani which are basically Torbeši (muslim Mijaks) that are on the other side of the Šar Mountain. Basically they're closer to us genetically than to Serbs.
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>>154139673
Sounds like some lord of the rings shit
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>>154139670
5 days late for april fools, too
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I've seen assisttruther and reboundtruther arguments against Jokic. Eagerly awaiting the pointstruther argument
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>>154139563
lefake injury
i dont blame him for dodging tho
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That March Madness finals sucked ass. Never falling for college basketball meme again.
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>>154139754
I watched 1 game of college basketball this year and never watched again. Don't know how other people cant immediately tell when a product is trash. Worse than watching two tanking teams go at it. And about as bad as watching a tanking team face a playoff team
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>rapper Offset shot in Florida
He must have not been rocking with Miami heat pride
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>Memphis ties 3pt made in a game record
>They lose by 16 anyway
If that doesn't tell you everything qeong with this sport idk what will
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>>154138407
The tone was cute and playful. Stop hating a based black Christian man
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>>154137774
If this isn't a cry to fire Rivers idk what is
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>>154140126
pretty embarrassing to go from crying to hire doc rivers to crying to fire doc rivers
how is yawnis going to recover from this one
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>>154140121
She didnt look happy at all at the end of the vid
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Best rookies since 2002
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My a knick :(
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It was fun to think luka was the best player but its back to jokic
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>>154140332
how is jokic the best player but he always gets mogged by embiid when they play?
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>>154136017
>>154136024
>>154136112
>>154136132
Shooting is critical for point guards and few non-shooters become legit shooters. While he’s young, he’s also Yuro so will have had the opportunity to learn but hasn’t.

He’ll be an all star if he can gain a good jumper, a bench player/role player if he becomes good enough so defenders respect it on a good team (obvious comparison Dennis Schroeder), or out of the league if he can’t.
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>>154140393
Availability is the best ability
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Nolan Traore will be out of the league in three years, leaf is clueless
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>>154140496
The Nest endured 3 seasons of Ben Simmons nightmare. Anything is an improvement from that point
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>>154140332
Luka isn't even on the same tier as Jokic
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>>154140393
Ring check.
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>>154140393
Same reason shitgoon has gotten wembys number during their games but nobody whos not retarded would claim sengun>wemby. Matchups matter. Also embiid has been ducking denver at home since before COVID, 7 fucking years
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>>154140699
Bad comparison. The gap between wemby and sengün is 5x the gap than the one between jokic and embiid.
Peak embiid was averaging more points than minutes and was a top 3 defender in the league. Peak embiid was GOAT tier
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>>154140248
Classic Jewish subversion
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>>154140725
Embiid’s impact was never goat tier, he was never the offensive engine that guys like Jokic, Bron, Steph, Nash, etc were
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Dybantsa
Peterson
Boozer
Who are you picking first
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>>154141012
The black one
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>>154141012
Boozer and it isn’t close
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>>154141012
What kind of a name is Dybantsa
He's probably an African bust like Kuminga.
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>>154140978
You're right about Embiid but Duncan wasn't an offensive force either and yet he's better than the guys you listed
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>>154141227
Duncan definitely was an offensive force when he needed to be. He turned it up in the playoffs and has won a Finals MVP averaging 28 ppg, which was really impressive for the time when offensive stats weren't so inflated across the board .
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How is jokic gonna finish 4th in mvp when it's his best statistical season
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>>154141356
Because he got gifted his MVPs against much weaker competition
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why does every thread have to be Pete Maravich?
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>>154141378
I wonder if Nash if would shill for Luka or Jokic if he didn't personally mentor Shai while they were together for the canadian basketball team
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>>154140496
Ehh, I’ve seen crazier takes. Traore has the physical tools (big wingspan and good athleticism, which means he isn’t a liability on defense) and the opportunity. He’s also very young. He’ll also get better in the paint once he adds some muscle. The problem is you need to be great at everything else if you can’t shoot. I’m convinced Fox will be the worst contract in the league by the time the Spurs need to pay him $61m
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>>154141442
Nash hates the Slav menace
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>>154141227
That's true. I'd say Duncan is in that tier, not above it though. The thing with Embiid specifically is that his offensive and defensive impact tends to be inversely correlated, a bit like Giannis. Whereas guys like Duncan and Garnett were much more consistent on both sides. I think scoring volume has a part to play in it, it's almost impossible to carry the scoring load of 2023/24 Embiid and be a DPOY level defender simultaneously. Wemby might be the best shout because his defensive play is so effortless, but he's a much worse offensive player than Embiid
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Thank god for voter fatigue
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>>154141447
Traore's never been able to drive though, even in the French league last year he only shot 44% on twos. If that weren't the case then I could see it because of passing and physical tools, but 2pt scoring efficiency is one of the most important indicators of upside for guards. He's pretty much Dylan Harper but without the driving
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Why niggas talmbout how tough the West is compared to the East? No play in for sub 500 East teams
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Nugshit playing wolves round 1? RIP
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Jokic broke the nba. Nba is a joke if he doesnt finish top 3 in mvp voting
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>>154141514
lmfao this nigga is such a fucking bitch
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>>154141489
Duncan wasn't immune to that effect either. The year he carried the Spurs offensively it was Robinson doing the heavy lifting on defense.
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>>154141715
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lol
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does anybody even like giannis anymore
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>>154141776
greeks
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>>154141715
>>154141732
I wouldn't call that prime Duncan. He improved as a passer and scorer significantly over the following few years. Also DBPM isn't a great stat
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>>154134600
Everyone has just declared that the lottery was rigged, and that there was some secret deal where Adam Silver told the Mavs to do this and they'll get Flagg gift wrapped to them.
Kinda funny because it still doesn't sound like a good deal on paper at the time. Then I guess people are also assuming that Silver threatened or forced the Mavs in some way to make this trade.
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>>154141791
>greeks
he should go back
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>[Charania]As deadline day grew close, Minnesota and Golden State began to sense that Milwaukee was keeping Antetokounmpo, and both moved on to completing other deals. Team sources said the Bucks seriously considered the Heat's offer, which centered on Tyler Herro, Kel'el Ware, other players and multiple draft picks and pick swaps. Milwaukee contemplated moving forward with Miami on Feb. 4. Ownership, however, believed the best move would be to hold on to Antetokounmpo and receive better offers in the summer. The Bucks informed the Heat on the morning of Feb. 5 that they would not accept a deal.”
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>>154135526
Yes. Flagg's on a terrible team and they just let him run up the scoreboard. He's a good player, don't get me wrong, but he's just out there scoring points and nothing else. Kon is on a team with a smidgen of hope, or at least with some fight in them, and isn't even their first or second option. If the teams were swapped, Kon would have well over 20ppg and Flagg would be floating around 13-16 because he wouldn't just be getting the ball 24/7.
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>>154141838
If the teams were swapped Kon would be getting passes from Naji Marshall. He's not the kind of player built to statpad on a bad team.
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you guys have no idea how ready i am for this postseason. the first day of the 'offs i'm gonna get a couple pizzas and be a fat piece of shit with all my sportsbest links loaded up
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>>154141566
1. sga 2. brown 3. wemby 4. leonard 5. mitchell
sorry white boi
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cooper flagg will be out of the league within 5 years. kon will end his career with the most 3pm in nba history.
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>>154141415
because jannies are useless bums
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>>154141838
The difference is Flagg isn't going to go to a team and be a 3rd or 4th option like Kon
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>>154141911
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>>154135526
Yes, but the media won't allow it.
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So Giannis:
1 wins a hospital ring
2 worshipped as future top 10 player by normies
3 does nothing for 5 years afterwards
4 preaches about muh loyalty
5 hints for years that he wants out
6 thinks hes playing 4D chess trying to maneuver an exit where it looks like he was traded against his will
7 gets coaches fired and players traded and acts like he didnt know shit
8 bucks give in and rest him to keep his trade value
9 throws a tantrum and cries about how he wants to play
10 is exposed for refusing 3 on 3 training and its revealed his shoe contract dictates a minimun number of games
Guy spent a decade manufacturing a wholesome humble greek kid facade and it turns out hes a snake, money hungry and casually lies to everyone.
His rabid fanboys used to send death threats to any slight criticism, Im glad hes lost all goodwill and they are finally silent too. Huge POS.
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>>154142222
yawnis is the jack swagger of the NBA
they regret puttin tha rang on him and he's been in midcard hell ever since
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>>154142222
He also has very low blocks and steals numbers for a guy that won DPOY
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We all on Kwabshi
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>>154142222
Checked, giannis is a child
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>i woulda fried jokic ass mane
>serbian bbq chicken mane
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>>154141776
That dude blew it so hard. All he had to do was. nothing. He got one without having to leave so all the drastic win-now desperation moves were unnecessary. Didn't need to stab his coach in the back. Didn't need to gift Jrue Holiday to another eastern conference cintender. Didn't need to mortgage the future for Lillard's corpse. If they'd just stayed the course they couldn't be any worse than they are now.

And jf he wanted to pursue a more viable long-term situation no one could have blamed him because it's not like he would nave left things unfinished in Milwaukee. He got the job done and fans would be disappointed but they would never hate him

But now it's the worst of both worlds. All the hurt feelings of a breakup without any resolution and multiple years of limbo while he thinks out loud but. never makes the move. I think it's finally over now but it took like three years longer than it should have to get there.
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>>154142294
yawnpiss just isn't who he thinks he is. a superstar in the least should never miss the playoffs, and definitely never go out first round. maybe once in a total fluke but every year? he's trash.
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>>154142222
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>>154142222
truly a public relations case study for the ages. when he won that ring and showed up at chickfila the next day to order 50 chicken minis, with the trophy in his lap, that was legendary. now he's the most toxic guy in the nba, who says "i didn't ask for a trade, my agent did, i never had that conversation" and is a shareholder for a gambling company.
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Niggas really be tryna argue that this aint the ROY.
FOH
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https://youtube.com/watch?v=ReVl3B9Nvy0
Next AD prank
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>>154142568
His scoring is too inconsistent, in half of his games right now he's offensively destructive because of how many shots he misses
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Play in starts next fucking week
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>>154142586
Lol. Name all the players who have been efficient #1 options as rookies. That's never been the bar. LeBron, Wemby, Luka, KD... they were all well below league average efficiency. Giving the ROY to a 3rd option spot up shooter over a future MVP level player would be a travesty.
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>>154142640
I would've given ROTY to Kon over all of them
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>>154142222
Didnt need all of that to happen to know it.
>greece host him and his bum family
>greece is racist
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>>154142699
Silver won't allowe Cooper to get ROTY because it furthers the narrative that he rigged the NBA draft.
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>>154142640
Give the man his ROY but Coop is as much of a future MVP as Paolo was three years ago
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>>154142222
>9 throws a tantrum and cries about how he wants to play
He doesn't want to play, he wants that cash
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remember that time when kenny lotfon jr scored 42 points against the thunder
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>>154142782
because if george karl is in, you gotta put doc in too
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>The embarrassment of the Jaden Ivey incident was reportedly the final straw for the Reinsdorfs to fire Arturas Karnisovas and Marc Eversley, per @JCowleyHoops

>(h/t @TheNBABase )
https://x.com/thedunkcentral/status/2041254509763072090?s=46
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Never trust a Nigerian.
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>>154142910
God works in mysterious ways. Bulls saved.
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>>154142983
zest
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>>154140410
>(obvious comparison Dennis Schroeder)
youre insane if you think his cieling is dennis schroder, even without a shot. hes making passes and reads that schroder has never made in his life, and hes already like a legit top 5 defender in his class. Better than Kon, Better than Ace, Better than Queen, Better than Maluach, only gapped by the Godlike nigga over in Toronto, and I'm not even a raptors fan thats how much CMB has stood out.

If you wanted to be charitable his best comp is Derrick White and Jalen Suggs.

But hes a significantly better passer and driver than both, while likely being a worse defender than both (for now).

Theres really no comp for a player as good as him on defense and playmaking without having a jumper. Closest thing I can think of is Chris Paul maybe? But CP3 learned how to shoot 3s by like 2015, and always had a solid intermediate game.

But also we're making these judgements based on his first year.

In Shai, and Stephs first year, nobody thought they were that impressive, but their development gapped so many players like CP3, and Iverson, who were "good from the jump". I think that potential was always there but steph had to share the floor with ball dominant Monta, and Shai was getting 26 minutes a game.

Small guards especially now typically need to grow into their potential. Hes fucking 19, thats 2 years younger than steph came into the league and 1 year younger than shai and cp3.

If he was on a more stable team where he got more minutes of play, and wasnt injured for like a quarter of the season. His numbers would look better. But his numbers arent even bad, theyre exceptional if you look for the right ones, not the generic ones.
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>>154141527
>Traore's never been able to drive though, even in the French league last year he only shot 44% on twos. If that weren't the case then I could see it because of passing and physical tools, but 2pt scoring efficiency is one of the most important indicators of upside for guards. He's pretty much Dylan Harper but without the driving
??????????? Why are stupid people so confident and blatant about their stupidity???? I seriously dont get it???? What the fuck? Do none of you retards bother to do any actual research that requires critical thinking to substantiate your takes?

I can understand the cope with my video evidence despite the fact that ALL my videos demonstrated advantages created out of drives. But he is LITERALLY >>154136132
The second highest volume player in his draft on drives per game. He is doing this while averaging 22 fucking minutes per game. The same as harper. While also producing more assists off his drives.

Hes an insane driver. His problem right now if you actually watch the games, is finishing, because hes 6'3 and so has to be more careful and precise with his releases at the rim than 6'5 harper who is playing within better spacing and alongside better passers.

Traore has no problem getting to the rim, he doesnt even have a problem getting a shot up at the rim, its not like hes getting blocked that often, he just misses from trying to account for thr defenders body crashing into him, and doesnt have the weight to just muscle his way in like harper.

Hes way more skilled, and possibly faster than harper. Hes just not bigger and stronger. Which is the problem with this shit league, the fact that physicality trumps skills, fuck this league.
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Knipple will be averaging 8 3pm/game in two years time. Teams will have to double team him outside the 3 point line and the Hornets will be unstoppable on offense because of it.
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just realized this general is full of retards
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>>154143439
for real, they should rangeban canada
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>>154143351
Yeah clearly I'm talking about scoring from drives you retard, hence the 2pt %
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>do some more research
>jason kidd came into the league averaging 38% from the field
YES YES YES i finally found a comp. Not a perfect comp as JKidd averaged more minutes than Traore and played more of the season, so no injury excuse, he also averaged more assists from the get go, but again, I point to the minutes played per game, and the fact that traore came off injury right into his rookie year
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>>154143678
Youre a stupid dumbass motherfucker and dont understand the value of drives, dumbfuck retard. I wish there was a PPP for drives on the nba site so I could get it through your dumb head.
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>James Harden rookie year
>40% from the field
>37% from 3 to be fair
>22.9 minutes per game
>but wasnt a starter and very little offensive load
Stats as bad as Traore, but without similar demands of being the primary creator
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>>154143725
10th percentile in handler and isolation PPP, I'm sure limiting it to just drives will make a world of difference
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>Westbrook rookie year
>39.8% from the field
>65 starts
>32 minutes per game
>5.3 assists
closest production wise to traore but still not a perfect comp, harden and jkidd is the best comp so far, and traore might be a better passer out of the gate than harden was.
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>>154143771
>drew fouls
>much better shooter
>much better defender
>much better rebounder
>way fewer turnovers
>made twos pre-NBA
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>>154143784
meaningless, isolation ppp for any rookie player is blatantly retarded, especially if its on tiny volume, lower volume = more volatility of percentages.
whats better is to compare relative to class which ive noticed youve suspiciously left absent
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>>154143857
>>much better defender
you are a fucking subhuman retard if you think harden was a better rookie defender than traore holy fucking shit. Im arguing with a troll I get it now, you can kill yourself now and stop talking.
fucking retard.
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>ran all the way to yurop when it came
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>>154144034
Well presumably his drives will have occurred mostly in iso and handler possessions, so that's why it's relevant
>whats better is to compare relative to class which ive noticed youve suspiciously left absent
Literally every other guard in this class has better ppp on those play types, even fucking Fears
>>154144061
His defensive stats were better, he was also a better defender in college than Traore was in France
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>>154144202
>Well presumably his drives will have occurred mostly in iso and handler possessions, so that's why it's relevant
>>whats better is to compare relative to class which ive noticed youve suspiciously left absent
>Literally every other guard in this class has better ppp on those play types, even fucking Fears
The problem with this is that playtypes can very easily and very heavily be influenced by team context.

One very obvious example is: Transition playtype.

In 2017 Steph Curry had nearly as high a transition PPP as Lebron James while being just below him in Transition possesions.

Is that because Steph Curry is just this dominant super fast freight train who can cross the court in a near instant and finish t
at the rim, or generate an efficient pass/shot inspite of whatever defense is left there?

Or is it because the warriors led the league in generated turnovers, points off turnovers, the fact that draymond was an elite transition passer, and the fact that Klay would frequently dart to the 3 point line in transition so that curry could set him up for a pass?

Im not saying Curry had no play in this, we've all seen the clips of him drawing away defenders in transition, or pulling up from 3 in transition. But to pretend like Stephs efficiency isnt severely boosted by team context is ridiculous. Steph as a singular player isnt that insane of a transition scorer or passer. Lebron clears him in both respects other than the ability to pull up from 3 in transition.

Also like I said, lower possesions means more volatility
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>>154144202
also
>His defensive stats were better, he was also a better defender in college than Traore was in France
>"defensive stats"
>the part of basketball statistics are notoriously poor at capturing

youre a genuine stupid fucking retard.
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What is Cooper Flagg's ceiling? Better than Cade and Ant? Better than Kobe? Best since Lebron? Will he just get an MVP in a Wemby fatigue year?
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>>154144350
>OKC defence better with Harden on the court
>Nets defence worse with Traore on the court
Harden forced more turnovers and was a better defensive rebounder which
>>154144342
There's no team context that excuses 10th percentile PPP creation for a guy who also can't shoot well. He also had efficiency issues in various different teams throughout his entire youth career
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>>154143700
Comparisons to JKidd are horrible because he’s the exception in learning to shoot and it’s why he’s a HoFer. It’s like making Jokic or Giannis comparisons.

>>154143038
You didn’t read what I said before raging but a career like Schroeder is pretty good. It’s a decent comparison physically, their scouting reports weren’t that different, even their stats aren’t that different. Schroeder never stuck anywhere because of his shooting and the league has changed so shooting is now even more important than a decade ago.
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Every year is gonna be the media rooting for wemby to take down joker kek theyre sick of the serb
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Nolan Traore's the next Harden, Maxime Raynaud is the next Dirk, Derik Queen is the next Jokic. Goyim sicken me.
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Derik Queen has Boris Diaw ceiling.
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>>154144851
Besides Wemby bein a bit boastful and underdeveloped on the post, his game is fine, I would much prefer him and Jokic than SGA
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This is Kawhis 7th year a clipper.
Leonard has 7 letters.
Just sayin
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>>154144851
Nobody is scared of Jokic since he chokes every year. People are rooting for Wemby to beat OKC.
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>>154145556
know who is scared of joker? wemby
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>rapshits play today
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Hornets last season: lottery team
Hornets this season: playoff bound
Mavs last season: lottery team
Mavs this season: lottery team

Flagg hasn't improved his team a bit, Knipple has made a big positive difference, he is ROTY
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>>154145695
Its over bro, kon lost
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Celtics Hornets today, preview of the 1st round matchup
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https://youtu.be/s5_ysUr9iEk
Thinking Basketball just never misses, hes able to convince me otherwise of something like none of these other stupid people who talk about basketball. Now I'm convinced. The data is too clear. Players play with more wear on their body due to more stops and starts. And so the average amount of games played is lower. I'm not completely sold on getting rid of the rule completely, and would only be fine with getting rid of the rule if somebody could propose an actual solution, but lowering or changing the threshold is probably apt.
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>>154145893
celtics fans will be cheering for knipple
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>>154144692
>You didn’t read what I said before raging but a career like Schroeder is pretty good. It’s a decent comparison physically
Thats because you didnt say anything. I provide all the evidence while you go "Well the comparison is pretty good because I said so and uhhh muh scouting reports, its not like we have notorious evidence of scouting reports being retarded and wrong"
Retard.
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>>154145843
yup just like melo lost. he also took his shitstack into the playoffs, in the west.
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>>154145897
>Thinking Basketball
A podcast by a RealGM forum autist and some goofy English teacher that push AD is a top 5 player in the NBA agenda.
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>National Spreadsheet Association
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>>154145897
this guy's content is just lakers, celtics, and wemby. mixed with some flagg
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A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again before Embiid ever sniffs an ECF
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>>154145897
embarrassing self admission
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>Doc Rivers
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>>154145910
Dennis Schroeder is an undersized athletic yuro point guard with long arms and decent defence that can’t shoot.
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>>154146128
retard. screencap this. nolan traore will be a star. all star cieling at worst.
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>>154146051
too many retards come across this general
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>>154145695
>sucking the skin off Coop's dick like this
Zip it up when you're done.
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tonight it's DominAyton
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>>154146146
jamal magloire was an all star
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>>154146238
Thunderbros we have one win condition..hide that crunk juice
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>>154146347
Not as egregious as BJ Armstrong being an all star. Or even Charles oakley
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>>154146398
Oakley was a double double guy though.
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>>154146366
i still can't believe they have to treat deandre ayton like a 6 year old lol
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>>154146416
eh, yea. The armstrong part stands though. But Oakley got in based off of playing for the knicks
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Business idea. Move the Bulls to Seattle and then let the Bulls have the expansion team. Trust me Sonics fans the Reinsdorf family are great owners and you will love them!
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>>154145897
All the videos i want to watch is members only, fuck this jew
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sgay could go for a hundy tonight
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Who the hell is in Giannis camp? Why does he think he would be painted as the bad guy if he requested a trade even though he’d jumpstart the bucks entire new rebuild? This guy is living like he’s Klutch mafia .
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>>154146593
why isn't luka on there
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>>154146611
his agent cried to the nba
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>>154146573
A hundy men
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>>154146611
Leagues rigging it for him
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my wolvies are playing the pacers tonight. they are still without anthony edwards or jaden mcdaniels. the wolves are on a 3-game losing streak

let's go wolves
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No faith in rapshits staying 6th
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Please watch Foul Play with Anthony Davis on TBS.
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Please just sell the rapshits franchise, no point in its existence
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>>154142304
To be fair that entire team is ass and so is their coach but at the same time he's the one who pushed for a panic trade and kicked two coaches in the ass before signing off on Doc so he deserves the blame either way.
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>>154146573
He always load manages against bad teams. He'll get 20 and then sit
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>>154146839
he's gonna handle a hundred loads
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Flaggs last two games are at Spurs, who will be resting their squad and then at home against the tanking Bulls. Will he manage to statpad 84 or more in both games?
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>>154146874
no. he averages 18/6/2 vs the spurs.
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Wembys hatred for Chet might be the end of OKC
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Wtf Tatum has 2 kids???
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Ye, he has one with Ella Mai
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>>154146829
a lesson often taught but never learned: shut up and dribble
players aren't gms for a reason
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OPEN WIDE TORONTO
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bulls winning by 24 points, dillingham and pat williams cooking. the new bulls era is the real deal
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>>154147268
that's because all nba also receiving votes candidate bub carrington hasn't turnt it up yet
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>>154147268
>the whipper of wizards
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>>154147287
>>154147287
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>>154147268
>Checks scores
>looks at opponent
>wizards
>closes tab



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