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Mikal Bridges went from being the perfect fit with the 76ers to being traded to a team that doesn't even play him in their rotation. I understand that he will learn alot from Ariza but god damn, the man can't even play 1 single minute, i'd be pissed.

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10-18-2018 , 03:37 PM

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onedollaratatime

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Originally Posted by THAY3R

Amare 2.0

I feel Aytons ceiling is much higher than Amare.

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10-18-2018 , 03:41 PM

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10-18-2018 , 03:43 PM

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Heroball

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Suns still win going 13/34 from three (38.2%).

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10-18-2018 , 04:02 PM

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MagnumMike 357

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Ayton is a beast on offense. I was a little disappointed with his D. I noticed a few times where the wing got beat and Ayton didn't even flinch to rotate for help. He's definitely mobile enough to be a great defender. Kinda reminds me of how AD was his first couple seasons.

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10-18-2018 , 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by guivre1408

In 5 years when Joe Ingles will reach his prime, his 9th season in the NBA, he'll probably surpass Larry Bird as the basket-ball GWOAT

Everything is so ugly in his game that it's beautiful, he's uncle drew without make-up

Jinglin Joes the new and improved Tayshaun Prince

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10-18-2018 , 04:52 PM

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DodgerIrish

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Great cross-racial comp!

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10-18-2018 , 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by TimM846

I barely got to watch any NBA last night (lame) so I just have some blogboyish thoughts.

1) LOL Hornets 1-15 in games decided by 3 or less since 2016

2) Sabonis is by far the best center on the Pacers

3) Why is MCW playing 18 minutes in a real NBA game???

4) Derozan ONIONS!

5) Bagley and Giles playing 22 minutes combined is so Kings

6) Suns are still going to be terrible because they have no chance of stopping anyone and they're prob not gonna have another 3-point shooting game like that all year. But do they maybe actually have a good coach now?

Defence is half the game bro. Turner was v v good defensively (in a matchup he'd been pretty bad in in the past). Both gunna be sick 😋

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10-18-2018 , 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by TimM846

What are your thoughts on Jackson? I've never liked him and I'm assuming his 7-11 performance was variance, but does his shot look better at all?

Booker/Ayton could be lots of fun, but it feels like their ceiling as a core is a team that wins 50+ every year and loses in the 2nd round. Do other people think they have more potential title equity than I do?

Lol, considering Ayton has played one game, yes? Ridiculous to try to cap their limit at the moment (especially considering nothing stopping them getting a third guy in 2-3 years, they don't have any albatross contracts or anything far as I know?)

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10-18-2018 , 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by guivre1408

Isnt Ingles 31 already? Game is only going to go downhill from here.

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10-18-2018 , 06:06 PM

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Seadood228

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Ingles is Benjamin Button tho

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10-18-2018 , 06:20 PM

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TimM846

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Originally Posted by Banzai-

I just can't see a team titling when its two best players suck at defense, esp when one is a center. Ayton could take a big leap on defense I guess, but I feel like that doesn't happen as often as we think it does.

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10-18-2018 , 06:28 PM

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Titling doesn't happen often either...

Like yea, they would need a heap to go right, some of it unlikely. Like every other team ever. I think worrying about potential ceilings is crazy when one of the guys has played one game lol

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10-18-2018 , 06:40 PM

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Lol TimM just take the L now dude.

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10-18-2018 , 07:21 PM

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What we got tonight? I got Wiz -5 last night. A bit higher on them than most people are this season.

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10-18-2018 , 07:40 PM

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solid work from The Ringer here, if you have some minutes to spare (GOAT # to be precise)

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10-18-2018 , 07:54 PM

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How anyone can watch this drivel, year in year out, is beyond me. If you've seen 30 seconds of it, you've seen it all.

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10-18-2018 , 08:10 PM

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The Ringer is so cringeworthy

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10-18-2018 , 08:24 PM

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Showed up at work today and my coworker was CONVINCED that the Suns are playoffing. I didn't watch last night, but considering Phoenix, you know, has to beat 8 other teams in the stacked West and won 21 games last year, that seemed absurd. I offered him a 5-1 "make playoffs" bet and he snapped.

On a scale of 1 to free, how free is this money?

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10-18-2018 , 08:25 PM

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Shot looks a little better. Pretty raw still, looks pretty good on defense for a young guy. No idea really how he turns out.

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10-18-2018 , 08:26 PM

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onedollaratatime

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The Ringer is so cringeworthy

It’s awful

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10-18-2018 , 08:26 PM

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I bet the Nuggs last night so watched whole game. They looked like ****, both teams did. It's mid October but if MIllsap stays healthy he is definitely going to make them a lot better on defense. Just plugs so many holes in so many subtle ways.