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04-18-2015 , 10:19 PM

#21076

1urker

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Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 525

Quote:

Originally Posted by CalledDownLight

why is there not a law against the freeroll situation? If they call a bet off then that's bad enough, but shouldn't there be something to protect the gambler from books freerolling? why can't the player pull their bet and the book decline further action?

I would think that suing should win unless the law allows them to void action at their discretion.

04-18-2015 , 10:41 PM

#21077

wiper

still catching up

Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 42,642

Quote:

Originally Posted by Exothermic

Love me some sage steele, so hot for a 42 year old woman

line starts behind me

04-19-2015 , 12:35 AM

#21078

Victor

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Exothermic

Would be lulz worthy if cavs lose in the first, would love to see smart lock down kyrie & shut down alot of their offense & then thomas go off n carry them.

you keep saying this stuff as if its a thing that could happen. delusion is one thing, but this is just another category. no one can shut down irving, hes nearly as good as lebron at driving and finishing. check the $tat$.

irving remains one of the most underrated players in tz. gunna be hilarious when he totally outplays lol rose.

04-19-2015 , 12:42 AM

#21079

Victor

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Originally Posted by TheDean1

The person who might keep Wiggins out of the top 10 is himself if he doesn't improve enough.

-His steal + block rates are a bit low and his dreb rate is surprisingly lol. Yeah he has the tools to become a defensive stud, but that doesn't mean he will necessarily kill that side of the ball the way Marcus Smart does. This is esp true if he's focusing his energy on carrying the offense and lolflip insists on playing him 40 mins/game.

-He still has a propensity to take tons of long 2's. Even with his awesome rim finishing this season he still only shot 45.3% inside the arc. There is plenty of room for that to improve, but he may never become as efficient as he could be if suboptimal shot selection persists.

-He actually has to get a lot better, and who knows if he will continue to improve at the rate he displayed over the course of his rookie season. Look at Rudy Gay, he took the leap from 12.4 rookie PER to 17.4 as a sophomore and then stalemated as roughly the same player for the next 5 or so years. Sometimes players appear to be on an obvious track for stardom and then plateau when they should be making the leap. Other examples: Wall, Beal, Deron, Reke. It's just not a given that potential is realized.

id say your biggest mistake was a fundamental misjudgment of the risk reward situation in the nba. sure, wiggins had a lot of flaws, but he had one of the highest ceilings of recent memory. insane athleticism and not a ****** thug or druggie. ez top pick. sure, he had some harrison barnes equity, but thats worth it for a decent at tmac.

and, i wont quibble with embiid over wiggz. same thing. gotta go for the upside.

04-19-2015 , 12:44 AM

#21080

tzwien

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Harden continues to run god mode with the refs. Hard to watch.

04-19-2015 , 12:45 AM

#21081

JayTeeMe

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Victor

Is there anyone that thinks Rose is better?

04-19-2015 , 12:56 AM

#21082

All-inMcLovin

Wholesome Mod

Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 51,874

Quote:

Originally Posted by Exothermic

Love me some sage steele, so hot for a 42 year old woman

Smoking hot.

04-19-2015 , 01:19 AM

#21083

Krayz

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Quote:

Originally Posted by tzwien

Harden continues to run god mode with the refs. Hard to watch.

04-19-2015 , 01:22 AM

#21084

HeyItsMeMikey

grinder

Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 575

Quote:

Originally Posted by JayTeeMe

Is there anyone that thinks Rose is better?

yeah i didnt get that comment either. how's it going to be hilarious when a better player outplays the inferior one. there isnt going to be a "see, I told you so" moment here.

04-19-2015 , 01:36 AM

#21085

Trollstoy

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Join Date: Jun 2014 Posts: 2,512

Derrick owned kyrie in the last game before the all star break, they've only played 4 times heads up and kyrie hasn't played a playoff minute. You saw what Derrick did tonight to a great defense.

04-19-2015 , 02:01 AM

#21086

nit3.runn3r

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Had his best game of the series. Won't happen again.

04-19-2015 , 02:09 AM

#21087

SteelersDMW

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Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 3,041

Happy to bet kyrie vs rose stats if they play. Of course you'll tuck but lemme know

04-19-2015 , 03:39 AM

#21088

TheBirdman

old hand

Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 1,391

Quote:

Originally Posted by Exothermic

if d.rose going to just shoot 1/6 from 3's a game i think he needs to claim injury n sit back on the bench.

People are always speaking too soon.

04-19-2015 , 06:01 AM

#21089

cookies4u

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Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 467

wtf is with all the random sage steel infatuation, she is a nice-looking woman but surely there are tons of other semi-famous girls more worthy of internet objectification.

04-19-2015 , 06:33 AM

#21090

JayTeeMe

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She also knows sports

04-19-2015 , 09:30 AM

#21091

Victor

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Quote:

Originally Posted by HeyItsMeMikey

yeah i didnt get that comment either. how's it going to be hilarious when a better player outplays the inferior one. there isnt going to be a "see, I told you so" moment here.

rose wasnt the best example as he has been largely maligned around here but yall are forgetting just how much hate kyrie received. like, many ppl were saying they wouldnt take him on their team for free. it was absurd. he was a classic case of eyetest>>>>$tat$ due to lol situation. he always had obv freakish skills but his numbers were mehish from lol mike brown and even more looooollll bryon scott and waidsters.

04-19-2015 , 10:31 AM

#21092

wiper

still catching up

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Quote:

Originally Posted by cookies4u

wtf is with all the random sage steel infatuation, she is a nice-looking woman but surely there are tons of other semi-famous girls more worthy of internet objectification.

sure there are, but right now we're objectifying sage steele.

04-19-2015 , 12:17 PM

#21093

THAY3R

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Kyrie was a huge loser clown, no one ever doubted his talent and obviously Lebron was ridiculously important to his development of not being a loser.

04-19-2015 , 12:44 PM

#21094

wiper

still catching up

Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 42,642

Quote:

Originally Posted by THAY3R

Kyrie was a huge loser clown, no one ever doubted his talent and obviously Lebron was ridiculously important to his development of not being a loser.

did you watch cavs games over the last 2-3 years? or pull up the rosters?

he played with dion waiters as his backcourt mate. that's like being married to ebola, you might not get sick right away, but you'll eventually get sick.

04-19-2015 , 12:44 PM

#21095

Trollstoy

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Join Date: Jun 2014 Posts: 2,512

Quote:

Originally Posted by SteelersDMW

Happy to bet kyrie vs rose stats if they play. Of course you'll tuck but lemme know

Don't even know how/which stats one would bet, but no. Derrick doesn't have to hit 30 for the bulls to win anymore. Kyrie has to score 57 to push the spurs to ot so their usage is drastically different

04-19-2015 , 12:46 PM

#21096

wiper

still catching up

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"Derrick Rose will destroy Kyrie"

"wanna bet?"

"no"

lol

04-19-2015 , 01:40 PM

#21097

DropTop1

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Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 12

Been lurking for a while and saw some people saying Harden or someone else not named Steph should win MVP. I think that's crazy talk, Steph is the best player outside of maybe Lebron, his shooting, passing, and dribbling are all out of this world and Harden inflates his stats vs bottom feeding teams and by playing heavy minutes. Harden will get shutdown vs elite defenses where as Steph is unguardable.

Take Harden off the Rockets this year and they go from a fraud team to a bad team.

Take Steph off the Warriors this year and they go from an all time great team to like a 48 win team.