Sorry about det Clipper Nation - sike!
You've been gone too long. I'm not really invested in the NBA anymore, and that was when Kawhi and the Spurs were winning 67 games. If I want to watch 3 point chucking, I'll head down to the local YMCA.
Sorry about det Clipper Nation - sike!
My ass. This place was forsaken ground. I kept it watered & alive till you guys returned, tail tucked yes, but, once again present & accounted for. Did I take ya's to task? No. I coddled ya's for a few days even before I approached Florida. I did the right thing & now I get stabbed in the back because Leonard left. Leonard rang, and now Leonard might got the Lakers. Shame on ya's!
My ass. If you hit a plum and rang next season you'd be plump & proud, jackassing to beat the band.
The olive branch remains extended, every more, tt.
Honestly, the superteams are the fault of the stupid collective bargaining agreement with its max salaries. You didn't see this in the 90s because the Knicks would have to spend most of their salary cap on Ewing, the Bulls would have to spend most of it on Jordan, and so on. Back then stars got market value while teams still had to operate under a salary cap. Now why would you not form superteams when the CBA makes it so a team can comfortably fit three top five players on their payroll and still go sign MLE players each of the next 2 or 3 summers before luxury tax becomes a concern? If you can't get your money might as well get your accolades so you can get paid off endorsements.
Again, you've been gone too long. This bull 14 second shot clock reset from an offensive rebound was the proverbial last straw. The sport has turned into rec league basketball. I do like giving your fandom the business re: Lonzo Ball, missing the playoffs for 6 years, Magic getting hung out to dry, etc, but it just ain't the same vs. the Duncan/Kobe years. You intuitively know this and trying to force what can't be forced.
thats a lot of , man. you're just claiming it so, knowing there's not going to be any way for anybody to verify one way or another. nobody is gonna go back to 6 years back in the archive and dig up stats of how many posters were here or not. so you just say it as if its true. it's a lot of .
in fact, you were the one in hiding and only showed your ass after 6
Damnnn - RDAmbition doxxed as on reddit. He legit though. Part of the Buss family.
Boiled down: Pelinka >>> RC Drunkford
24 seconds in the halfcourt is unnecessary, tbh. you get 24 and the first 8 seconds are just to get past halfcourt. based on that you'd have a solid argument for 16 seconds instead of 14, but thats splittin hairs
The superteam thing is annoying, but even in the 90s, the team who had the league's best player predictably dominated. It's just the nature of the sport, since you can force feed your best player(s) the ball in a controlled possession manner. Even in football, where the QB controls offensive possession, he still needs an o-line, receivers that can catch, and a running game. QBs also don't play defense nor kick. Stars in basketball just have a huge amount of game control/impact not seen in other sports. This would be fine if there were 30 or 40 stars to go around, but it's usually the top 5 guys and everyone else. So what's left for fans of teams who don't have a top 5 player is to rely on ping pong balls or beg for a superstar free agent to "choose them."
Basketball doesn't need any more "pace accelerators." The pace was always fine. Scoring was always fine. And yes, you still get 24 seconds in the half court when you call time out and advance the ball. The rule set should consistent across the board, not arbitrarily conditional because Silver wants to see more highlights produced that can be shared on twitter.
He's the GM of that team. And no, Pelinka didn't acquire Lebron. Lebron wanted LA for business reasons.
The difference to me
Todays NBA = whoever wins the free agency period also wins the le
NBA is the only American sport where you can buy les and that is why it is without a doubt the worst American sport
Maybe you're onto something here . This was the plan all along. Come by himself, win a few games, see if the kids are worth a damn, if not trade them for a star. The ball for this plan began to roll when Brow signed with Klutch.
LeGM gonna win Executive of the Year
But this is no worse than having a top 50 all-time player on your roster, then tanking for Jim. You have no room
Yep. There's been a few outliers, like the 2014 Spurs, 2011 Mavs, where the winning teams didn't feature a roster bolstered by a big off-season signing. The pre-Durant Warriors were also "built" with relatively low lottery picks, but 90 percent of the time, le teams will be loaded with prime FAs or top 3 picks who lived up to the hype (Duncan, Jordan, Hakeem).
Yes, that's basically my point. Building an NBA contender is about getting lucky in the lottery (which you increase the odds of doing through tanking, a huge problem in the NBA) or signing superstar FAs. Spurs develop a bit more than most, Manu, Parker, Kiwi, but they've been "lucky" all the same by getting lucky with a top 5 all-time great in the draft they tanked for. No Duncan, no rings.
Bend over, I’ll ing extend a branch.
My hombre Ricardo ( LkrFan ) refreshing Woj's page like crazy while frying up some milanesa.
It's done. All the sharp gamblers are placing big bets on the Lakers le odds as of this moment. Reminds me of the hours before KD-GSW
Holy .. Where have you been old man?? I missed ya Cubs.
Sixers had their full roster for like 10 games & could have won the chip if it wasn't for Kawhi
I dedicated myself to President Trump, ill.
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