NBA Season Thread 2016-2017 - Page 16 - Sporting Events and Fantasy Sports

What is it about being a Chicago Bulls fan that makes them completely delusional? I know Jordan Bulls yadda yadda, but they've been pretty great at failing in the 25 years since then and most here weren't into the NBA then.

It's a sad existence for any teams not fielding multiple top ten assets, if assets were actually quantifiable otherwise you're just doing Big Fan fan fiction and who really takes that seriously?

11-03-2016 , 01:08 PM

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Krayz

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Dekker is a baus

https://twitter.com/dekker/status/793997511518195712

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11-03-2016 , 01:20 PM

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Have to respect people who can laugh at themselves.

Draymond's tweet of "3-1 sucks" after last night would have been much better though had KD tweeted something like "I know what you mean".

ofc KD is an insecure beta so he'd never do that

11-03-2016 , 03:49 PM

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Courtney Lee says the Knicks should "practice against more game-like situations" rather than practicing against the triangle offense. "We run the triangle, we practice against it a lot. I think we need to practice against pick and rolls, practice against other looks and whatnot and get comfortable with that because that's what other teams are running."

Spoiler:

11-03-2016 , 03:51 PM

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Why is hornacek even entertaining Phil here?

11-03-2016 , 04:06 PM

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Antony Davis
Kristaps Porzingis
John Wall
Demarcus Cousins

FREE THEM ALL

11-03-2016 , 04:11 PM

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Too bad Danny ainge doesn't have the ballbag to pull the trigger on any of those players, I'm sure Horford will be good enough to make noise in the playoffs tho

11-03-2016 , 04:14 PM

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11 RANGZ

11-03-2016 , 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Leo Getz

Too bad Danny ainge doesn't have the ballbag to pull the trigger on any of those players, I'm sure Horford will be good enough to make noise in the playoffs tho

he offered 4 firsts for Justice Winslow.

It's not like Chicago which has no assets because they traded them for Doug McDermott.

11-03-2016 , 04:19 PM

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You do realize Boston is going to win 10 more games than Chicago, right?

11-03-2016 , 04:21 PM

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ano12345

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Wade is gonna get hurt and Butker and Rondo may get in a fist fight during a game. This is an implosion ready to happen.

11-03-2016 , 04:27 PM

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Leo Getz

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Cool hypothesis. I also hypothesize Boston can't rebound for **** and even with their injured frontcourt players. If you think that Boston is up 10 in the win column by the end of this regular season on the bulls mail me some of what you're smoking.

I'd offer to bet but that would be taking advantage of someone not in their correct mental state. I'm a hustler, not a scumbag

11-03-2016 , 04:33 PM

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11-03-2016 , 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Leo Getz

Bet on who wins more games in the regular season?

And, before you go there, if you think the Celtics are one of those "built for the regular season" type teams whereas the Bulls are BUILT FOR THE PLAYOFFS, I'd gladly throw in a bonus for winning playoff series (x for winning round 1, y for round 2, etc).

11-03-2016 , 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Leo Getz

Yeah, he's smoking something crazy, Vegas thinks it's closer to 15

11-03-2016 , 04:41 PM

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Leo Getz

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Geoff if you offered me the 10 games better I'd snap accept your action, but we both know that's a far fetched proposition.

Boston just doesn't look good to me, I have no doubt they'll have home court 1st round but I was expecting a lot more from them, even through 4 games.

11-03-2016 , 04:44 PM

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Last edited by tchaz; 11-03-2016 at 04:47 PM. Reason: doh - taking my pony out back for the final bullet right now

11-03-2016 , 05:20 PM

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I expect big entertainment out of Leo Getz this year, before the inevitable late-season breakdown and banning.

11-03-2016 , 05:23 PM

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Leo Getz

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Originally Posted by Fallen Hero

Yeah, he's smoking something crazy, Vegas thinks it's closer to 15

I will take action up to 200 if anyone here thinks boston finishes with 15 more wins than the bulls. Actually, pm me if you accept and I will see if you are particularly respected as a bettor from those I've done business with in the past.

Tootles.

11-03-2016 , 05:26 PM

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I knew Stotts would have his work cut out for him with Evan Turner, but man. I wonder if Olshey doesn't like Stotts. It seems like a pretty good FU to be like, "Hey, I went out and spent $75M on this guy, I made a huge deal, a huge splash, now it's your turn as coach. Not my problem anymore."

11-03-2016 , 05:49 PM

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on the back of that comment from lee there was this from hornacek on espn's sidebar:

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One way to fix the Knicks' defense? Jeff Hornacek said his players need to pay attention to detail shared by the coaching staff. "Our coaches work hard to put scouting reports together and we've got to make sure we follow them."

gonna be another great season in ny

11-03-2016 , 05:58 PM

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DRose was nothing short of scandalous on D last night, I thought

11-03-2016 , 06:21 PM

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Knicks need to rid themselves of Phil asap. Dude is terrible in today's nba. I used to not like Melo (although his nugs teams were fun to watch), but now I kinda feel for him. Seems to have matured the last couple years.