NBA Thread

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I mean for as little sense as it would make for the Bulls it'd be just as odd a move for Wade. I highly doubt that will come to pass.

I'm almost positive wade is using the bulls for leverage only but the thought still terrifies me. Butler/Rondo/Wade would have to be the worst floor spacing in the league right?

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I mean for as little sense as it would make for the Bulls it'd be just as odd a move for Wade. I highly doubt that will come to pass.

I'm almost positive wade is using the bulls for leverage only but the thought still terrifies me. Butler/Rondo/Wade would have to be the worst floor spacing in the league right?

Maybe that's the genius of it. Everybody's trying to figure out how to defend the 3 so load up with guys who can't shoot if their lives depended on it.


Yeah, it's almost certainly a leverage thing. I could see the Bucks or Knicks going after Wade...the Bulls not so much.

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I'm gonna be pissed when someone steals Tyler Johnson from us.

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Supposedly the Bulls had interest in him but everything is revolving around old ass guys now. It's so stupid. Ive had my eye on your Johnson since early last season.

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Supposedly the Bulls had interest in him but everything is revolving around old ass guys now. It's so stupid. Ive had my eye on your Johnson since early last season.

You're not the only one.

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Mike conley is going to make .97 a second next year.

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Think the Celts throw some money at Brady to help in the pitch for Durant or is he just a super duper nice guy?

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Why would an NBA player give a fuck about a 40 year old white qb anyway?

To me the best situation for him from a pure basketball standpoint is the Clippers. Still obviously feel he will return to Okc. Pretty good team and allows him to really cash in next year as other have pointed out here.

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So the Celtics snagged Horford. They're looking pretty strong as the second best team in the conference at the moment.

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Nice glad I was wrong. Hopefully it will work out better than the last big free agent they got.

Spoiler: show

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Will Golden State match for Harry B?

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Clippers appear to have taken themselves out of the running by signing Austin Rivers to a three-year, $35 million contract Saturday night. Rivers' deal eats into the Clippers' cap space, leaving them little room to sign Durant.

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Daddy had to sign his little boy.

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I followed this whole thing live on Twitter along with a bunch of other fans. Crazy because we all saw Woj's Tweet that he said he was staying in ATL and then a few minutes later came the big news. Amazing that the C's fans apparently played a role in his decision making:

http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/celti ... story.html


In Atlanta, support at home games was sometimes tepid, despite the fact that the Hawks had gone 108-56 over the last two years.

“There wasn’t as much motivation for him when he saw all the empty seats when they were winning,” Tito Horford said. “He said to me, ‘Dad, when we were playing Boston, they were down 15 points and they were cheering their team like they were winning the game. They’re so into the game.’ This is special for us, especially for him.”

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All I've done this weekend is refresh Twitter.

The fact that KD flew to Boston Friday and then flew w/ Brady down to the Hamptons on Sat on his way to the Spurs meeting...I dunno. Something funky there. And now we hear that KD played some ball at Marky Mark's new house, too.

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Coach is feeling some good vibrations!

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I followed this whole thing live on Twitter along with a bunch of other fans. Crazy because we all saw Woj's Tweet that he said he was staying in ATL and then a few minutes later came the big news. Amazing that the C's fans apparently played a role in his decision making:

http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/celti ... story.html


In Atlanta, support at home games was sometimes tepid, despite the fact that the Hawks had gone 108-56 over the last two years.

“There wasn’t as much motivation for him when he saw all the empty seats when they were winning,” Tito Horford said. “He said to me, ‘Dad, when we were playing Boston, they were down 15 points and they were cheering their team like they were winning the game. They’re so into the game.’ This is special for us, especially for him.”

What's sort of hilarious in this is that the interest for the NBA in Atlanta is generally 3rd highest in the nation when you look at TV market share. Basically there just aren't enough people who care to go see an also ran Hawks team on a nightly basis. The Celtics have what 6 or 7 generations of fans, stars and championships. It's just another excuse really. I wanted him back, but it's not like he's some difference making player. I like him a lot more that Dwight but good for him I guess. Good luck to him. He'll probably continue to be a very good player for 3 more years.

Regular season success doesn't matter.... Ever. That is not winning.

Hawks get worse C's get better.... Same old same old....we're back to the early 90's and Dominique.

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Coach is feeling some good vibrations!

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[Coach]

I followed this whole thing live on Twitter along with a bunch of other fans. Crazy because we all saw Woj's Tweet that he said he was staying in ATL and then a few minutes later came the big news. Amazing that the C's fans apparently played a role in his decision making:

http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/celti ... story.html


In Atlanta, support at home games was sometimes tepid, despite the fact that the Hawks had gone 108-56 over the last two years.

“There wasn’t as much motivation for him when he saw all the empty seats when they were winning,” Tito Horford said. “He said to me, ‘Dad, when we were playing Boston, they were down 15 points and they were cheering their team like they were winning the game. They’re so into the game.’ This is special for us, especially for him.”

What's sort of hilarious in this is that the interest for the NBA in Atlanta is generally 3rd highest in the nation when you look at TV market share. Basically there just aren't enough people who care to go see an also ran Hawks team on a nightly basis. The Celtics have what 6 or 7 generations of fans, stars and championships. It's just another excuse really. I wanted him back, but it's not like he's some difference making player. I like him a lot more that Dwight but good for him I guess. Good luck to him. He'll probably continue to be a very good player for 3 more years.

Regular season success doesn't matter.... Ever. That is not winning.

Hawks get worse C's get better.... Same old same old....we're back to the early 90's and Dominique.

But if you go 108-56 and the crowd is just not into it, or, worse, not selling out every game, why would you want to stay?

You need fans that stay and cheer for the team even as it's about to be smashed by the Heat. For example: