NBA Thread

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Nasir Little is a good get for Portland.

That's what I'm hearing from the experts, but a couple of my more hardcore Blazer fan friends are complaining that he was trash at UNC this year. Whatever, we need wings so give him a shot.

High upside wing in the 20s is nothing to complain about

[E.H. Ruddock]

I don't understand why you consider that "good", EH.

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Rui at 9 did seem like a bit of a reach

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Poor Bol Bol

[washing machine]

I don't understand why you consider that "good", EH.

Look at it this way: A season of obscurity pretty much guarantees less interest in the team. Low attendance among other things. An NBA team is just like any other business and the fans are the customers. Less fans equals less customers and ultimately less profit, not to mention the benign gameplay on the court.

Just don't feel like that's in any way "good" is all.

[bada]

Nasir Little is a good get for Portland.

That's what I'm hearing from the experts, but a couple of my more hardcore Blazer fan friends are complaining that he was trash at UNC this year. Whatever, we need wings so give him a shot.

High upside wing in the 20s is nothing to complain about

I heard he didn't miss a shot when he worked out for the C's. I thought they were gonna take him.

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The Bulls had a good draft. GOOD JOB GARPAX

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Anybody in this thread could run the Lakers better than the clowns they have running that show. They actually forgot that the dates for the AD trade matter!! How is that even possible...

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It must be heartbreaking to the other teams around the league that the Lakers can bungle their way into superstars despite utter incompetence. Though if I was 25 I'd choose 75 degrees with a 10 in LA over 35 degrees with a doughy 6 in Boston too.

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It must be heartbreaking to the other teams around the league that the Lakers can bungle their way into superstars despite utter incompetence.

It is pretty absurd. They've managed to get two of the six best players in the league in the last 12 months and somehow still screwed it up. That takes an impressive level of incompetence.

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For what it's worth I don't think they are going to win the title. Large Idiot doesn't know how to win and LeBron is too old to win.

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For what it's worth I don't think they are going to win the title. Large Idiot doesn't know how to win and LeBron is too old to win.

I disagree with the bolded. I agree they are very unlikely to win, but that's probably because the rest of the roster is going to be a trainwreck.

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For what it's worth I don't think they are going to win the title. Large Idiot doesn't know how to win and LeBron is too old to win.

I disagree with the bolded. I agree they are very unlikely to win, but that's probably because the rest of the roster is going to be a trainwreck.

I don't think LeBron can flip the switch anymore. I'm also skeptical either can stay healthy.

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For what it's worth I don't think they are going to win the title. Large Idiot doesn't know how to win and LeBron is too old to win.

I disagree with the bolded. I agree they are very unlikely to win, but that's probably because the rest of the roster is going to be a trainwreck.

I don't think LeBron can flip the switch anymore. I'm also skeptical either can stay healthy.

Health is definitely a legitimate concern for both. I still trust playoff LeBron. Ideally he'd have a roster that plays good enough defense that he can hide on that end of the floor during the regular season without it wrecking team defense like last season, but he may not have that again.

I could definitely be giving him too much benefit of the doubt, but I think when he came back last season he was probably still more injured than he let on, so I'm not ready to say that the February and March version of him is the new LeBron, but he's at that age where it could be. But even that diminished version of LeBron was still one of the very best offensive players in the league.

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He also "activated playoff mode" and the team became much worse.

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He also "activated playoff mode" and the team became much worse.

Yeah, that was embarrassing. They were 6-11 while he was out, so idk if they actually got worse than they were without him, but they sure didn't get better. And it definitely felt a lot worse that they were so bad with playoff mode activated LeBron.

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Gordon Hayward is a Trump supporter and proposed to his wife 5 months after she graduated high school (he was 23). What a loser.

[Bammer]

The Bulls had a good draft. GOOD JOB GARPAX

Can’t tell if serious

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The Bulls had a good draft. GOOD JOB GARPAX

Can’t tell if serious

They picked exactly who you would have expected they pick given the players available. In this case it's not a bad thing. I think White has a chance to be better than Garland. Daniel Gafford was a lottery pick last season who came back to school, put up the same stats, and for some reason was a second rounder in a bad draft. I guess that's because he didn't improve his shot or something but his tape looks fine to me.

[Monkey_Driven]

Who will be the first marquee free agent to sign?