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Monkey_Driven wrote:Do you guys remember when Cleveland won the lottery three times in the span of 5 years?
who did they draft?
And they say that a hero could save us
I'm not gonna stand here and wait
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lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:Do you guys remember when Cleveland won the lottery three times in the span of 5 years?
who did they draft?
Kyrie
Anthony Bennett
Andrew Wiggins
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Monkey_Driven wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:Do you guys remember when Cleveland won the lottery three times in the span of 5 years?
who did they draft?
Kyrie
Anthony Bennett
Andrew Wiggins
how has wiggins been?
And they say that a hero could save us
I'm not gonna stand here and wait
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lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:Do you guys remember when Cleveland won the lottery three times in the span of 5 years?
who did they draft?
Kyrie
Anthony Bennett
Andrew Wiggins
how has wiggins been?
He's been solid. His attention/effort seems to come and go on defense but he's a very good offensive player. Has gotten better every season so far. Will likely never be a superstar, but can be a multiple All Star.
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Monkey_Driven wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:lebron will push for the cavs to get rid of love
To get who though? They don't have the cap space to sign anyone and no is going to trade them a top asset for Love. He just doesn't move the needle that much.
Paul George is the only one I'd remotely consider.
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Joesanity wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:lebron will push for the cavs to get rid of love
To get who though? They don't have the cap space to sign anyone and no is going to trade them a top asset for Love. He just doesn't move the needle that much.
Paul George is the only one I'd remotely consider.
Yeah, I think he would be the best fit if they want to compete with the Warriors.
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Monkey_Driven wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:Do you guys remember when Cleveland won the lottery three times in the span of 5 years?
who did they draft?
Kyrie
Anthony Bennett
Andrew Wiggins
how has wiggins been?
He's been solid. His attention/effort seems to come and go on defense but he's a very good offensive player. Has gotten better every season so far. Will likely never be a superstar, but can be a multiple All Star.
think the cavs got the better of that deal?
And they say that a hero could save us
I'm not gonna stand here and wait
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lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:Do you guys remember when Cleveland won the lottery three times in the span of 5 years?
who did they draft?
Kyrie
Anthony Bennett
Andrew Wiggins
how has wiggins been?
He's been solid. His attention/effort seems to come and go on defense but he's a very good offensive player. Has gotten better every season so far. Will likely never be a superstar, but can be a multiple All Star.
think the cavs got the better of that deal?
Yeah, they wanted to win now and have.
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verb_to_trust wrote:Why would teams take big chances right now though? Just wait it out and tank should be every teams strategy.
Because regular season NBA basketball and most of the playoffs are unwatchable garbage in most cities already, think about the number of players in the NBA you actually care about "paying" to see in person because there's probably only a handful. The NBA and NHL could frankly retract and get a better quality product but they wouldn't make nearly as much money.

A bunch of teams sucking balls with the only real special talents going to the good teams anyway makes for a boring product. Defense has been taken away with disallowing most contact and hand checking so you have to have several dynamic players to win. There are maybe 5 teams in the NBA who even matter. What's my incentive to want to watch the Atlanta Hawks or the Philadelphia 76ers play?

85% of the league are selling tickets to watch the visitors, they have to give them away most nights and owners whine about "true fans" when the product is freaking terrible. Same as in the other sports, but they pretty much have to do light shows and acrobatics, pyrotechnics and wifi to get people in the building now and the vast majority of those people don't give a damn about the team, they are there for the party. The NBA and everyone on that payroll goes out of their way to try and talk about how much each game "matters" when it's pretty obvious that they don't.
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It's a hard ask in today's entertainment landscape to expect people to intensely follow an 82 game season. Even diehard fans.
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Monkey_Driven wrote:It's a hard ask in today's entertainment landscape to expect people to intensely follow an 82 game season. Even diehard fans.
I intensely follow the 162 game MLB season. The NBA is just gay as hell. Go Wolves!
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Monkey_Driven wrote:It's a hard ask in today's entertainment landscape to expect people to intensely follow an 82 game season. Even diehard fans.
Being a real fan is hard, MD. Not all of us suck warrior teet.
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verb_to_trust wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:It's a hard ask in today's entertainment landscape to expect people to intensely follow an 82 game season. Even diehard fans.
Being a real fan is hard, MD. Not all of us suck warrior teet.
I forgot you watched all 88 Bulls games this season.
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PHATJ wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:It's a hard ask in today's entertainment landscape to expect people to intensely follow an 82 game season. Even diehard fans.
I intensely follow the 162 game MLB season. The NBA is just gay as hell. Go Wolves!
When you say you follow, you don't mean you watch every single game, right?
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Monkey_Driven wrote:
PHATJ wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:It's a hard ask in today's entertainment landscape to expect people to intensely follow an 82 game season. Even diehard fans.
I intensely follow the 162 game MLB season. The NBA is just gay as hell. Go Wolves!
When you say you follow, you don't mean you watch every single game, right?
I probably see 140 or more. The games I miss is due to travel.
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PHATJ wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:
PHATJ wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:It's a hard ask in today's entertainment landscape to expect people to intensely follow an 82 game season. Even diehard fans.
I intensely follow the 162 game MLB season. The NBA is just gay as hell. Go Wolves!
When you say you follow, you don't mean you watch every single game, right?
I probably see 140 or more. The games I miss is due to travel.
That is insane. I admire your fandom. I can hardly watch a single baseball game from start to finish.
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Monkey_Driven wrote:
PHATJ wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:
PHATJ wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:It's a hard ask in today's entertainment landscape to expect people to intensely follow an 82 game season. Even diehard fans.
I intensely follow the 162 game MLB season. The NBA is just gay as hell. Go Wolves!
When you say you follow, you don't mean you watch every single game, right?
I probably see 140 or more. The games I miss is due to travel.
That is insane. I admire your fandom. I can hardly watch a single baseball game from start to finish.
I love baseball. I played competitively into college. Actually, I'm just a huge sports fan, but baseball is my favorite. When I can't see a game I definitely follow it on my phone, read about it, see the highlights. I look forward to the first pitch all day. I still hate myself for not having a career in some aspect of baseball.
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PHATJ wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:
PHATJ wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:
PHATJ wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:It's a hard ask in today's entertainment landscape to expect people to intensely follow an 82 game season. Even diehard fans.
I intensely follow the 162 game MLB season. The NBA is just gay as hell. Go Wolves!
When you say you follow, you don't mean you watch every single game, right?
I probably see 140 or more. The games I miss is due to travel.
That is insane. I admire your fandom. I can hardly watch a single baseball game from start to finish.
I love baseball. I played competitively into college. Actually, I'm just a huge sports fan, but baseball is my favorite. When I can't see a game I definitely follow it on my phone, read about it, see the highlights. I look forward to the first pitch all day. I still hate myself for not having a career in some aspect of baseball.
What position(s)?
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Monkey_Driven wrote:
PHATJ wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:
PHATJ wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:
PHATJ wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:It's a hard ask in today's entertainment landscape to expect people to intensely follow an 82 game season. Even diehard fans.
I intensely follow the 162 game MLB season. The NBA is just gay as hell. Go Wolves!
When you say you follow, you don't mean you watch every single game, right?
I probably see 140 or more. The games I miss is due to travel.
That is insane. I admire your fandom. I can hardly watch a single baseball game from start to finish.
I love baseball. I played competitively into college. Actually, I'm just a huge sports fan, but baseball is my favorite. When I can't see a game I definitely follow it on my phone, read about it, see the highlights. I look forward to the first pitch all day. I still hate myself for not having a career in some aspect of baseball.
What position(s)?
Pitcher/Centerfield. I quit playing after blowing out my elbow.
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Hypothetically, what would people say if LeBron now joined the Warriors like Durant did? He lost to them, so goes and joins them so he doesn't have to beat them? People would destroy him for that.
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