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View Poll Results: who rang?
Los Angeles Lakers
17 35.42%
Brooklyn Nets
6 12.50%
Milwaukee Bucks
3 6.25%
Los Angeles Clippers
4 8.33%
Boston Celtics
2 4.17%
Philadelphia 76ers
0 0%
Miami Heat
0 0%
Denver Nuggets
4 8.33%
Dallas Mavericks
6 12.50%
other (shoot your shot)
6 12.50%

06-18-2021 , 01:31 PM
yeah why doesn't silver shut this down like he did the sixers....
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06-18-2021 , 04:33 PM
Celts shed Kemba's $ for 2022

Got 2 options now really

1. Re-sign some combo of Fournier, Smart and just try to build with this current team

2. Let Fournier go, run it back with Horford/Smart/Tatum/Brown this year and go into 2022 FA with a ton of cap room and hope you can lure a guy to come to Boston


2 seems way better, Fournier is meh and Smart's next deal will likely be -EV
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06-18-2021 , 05:30 PM
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Originally Posted by jwd
Presti is doing a great job but he shuts down healthy players and blatantly tanks and the media doesn't say a word about it. (Although I actually think this was similar to the Danny Green/Horford trade where OKC didn't get as much value as they should have.)
Imagine trying to pull this off in a major city - there would be media riots every day

So much easier to do it in OKC where just nobody cares
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06-18-2021 , 05:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Onlydo2days
Celts shed Kemba's $ for 2022

Got 2 options now really

1. Re-sign some combo of Fournier, Smart and just try to build with this current team

2. Let Fournier go, run it back with Horford/Smart/Tatum/Brown this year and go into 2022 FA with a ton of cap room and hope you can lure a guy to come to Boston


2 seems way better, Fournier is meh and Smart's next deal will likely be -EV
I'd go with 2 and trade Smart this summer. No way I sign Fournier and clog up my cap sheet.
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06-18-2021 , 05:35 PM
NBA Draft Lottery is on Tuesday and I have to say, it feels pretty damn weird for the Knicks not to be in it.
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06-18-2021 , 05:47 PM
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Originally Posted by candybar
I mean we're talking about a game in the conference semis here, not even a close-out or an elimination game. The level of significance is not very high by historical standards - what's amazing was the individual output. Sleepy Floyd was at least facing elimination. If the Nets don't manage to win the championship, this is just an all-time individual performance, with no historical significance. Likewise, the Sleepy Floyd game would've become historically significant if they managed to come back - they didn't, so it's just a great individual game.

It's gonna be tough to top Lebron's 2012 ECF Game 6 if you want to emphasize significance. The Heat were facing elimination against the Celtics Big 3 + Rondo who had previously eliminated him twice with Lebron still looking for his first title, after being crucified for failing to win the title the previous season. Bosh missed a bunch of games that series with abdominal issues and Wade was fighting through knee injuries as well. This series also essentially ended the Big-3 era in Celtics - it was like MJ finally beating the Pistons in 91, but delivered with more dramatic flair.

For instance, Barkley had this game on a bigger stage (WCF) against a better opponent (the SuperSonics led the league in net rating) but I don't think anyone would call it that significant. It was just a great individual game - no one really cares about the games you won on the way to a Finals loss.

https://www.basketball-reference.com...306010PHO.html
If we can agree the Sleepy Floyd thing should have never, ever been mentioned, we can look at the other two now proposed.

Much better. Though James monster game was a 20 point win we can't see his performance as quite as decisive.

Barkley's is close. Considering against Kemp and the dudes, even better.

But I still take Durant's game 5. Slightly better statistically than Barkley's and facing the situation of nearly 50 points missing from his two co-stars. 50 points missing from his two co-stars. That's carrying. And 2-2 winners win the series about 80%, and its the overall fave facing the situation, not a bogus team down 3-0.

So you catch my drift ... on the critical and carrying factors ... its Durant's Game 5. In my opinion. Magic Game 6 1980 is a good one. There are a lot of good ones. Not many where you overcome 50 points missing from teammates almost singlehandedly creating the win in a pivotal spot.
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06-18-2021 , 05:50 PM
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Originally Posted by All-inMcLovin
NBA Draft Lottery is on Tuesday and I have to say, it feels pretty damn weird for the Knicks not to be in it.
U will feel normal again when they mess up the draft like usual
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06-18-2021 , 06:24 PM
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Originally Posted by All-inMcLovin
NBA Draft Lottery is on Tuesday and I have to say, it feels pretty damn weird for the Knicks not to be in it.
Reverse Ditto with the Raptors.

Excited for a 32% chance at a top 4 pick in a stacked draft.
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06-18-2021 , 06:28 PM
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Reverse Ditto with the Raptors.

Excited for a 32% chance at a top 4 pick in a stacked draft.
Gsw #1 raps #2
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06-18-2021 , 07:00 PM
tonight's games are so similar to each other:

both teams who are favored in the series are down 3-2, are on the road, are 2.5 point favorites, are coming off of crushing defeats and will be big home favorites in g7 if they manage to win tonight.
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06-18-2021 , 07:27 PM
hope ATL bogi gets his stroke back
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06-18-2021 , 07:28 PM
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Originally Posted by jwd
Presti is doing a great job but he shuts down healthy players and blatantly tanks and the media doesn't say a word about it. (Although I actually think this was similar to the Danny Green/Horford trade where OKC didn't get as much value as they should have.)


Imagine being OKC fan and having DURANT, Harden and Westrbook and not having a ‘ship? 😳


It wasn’t like the rest of their assets were **** also. They had Ibaka and a few other salvageable players.
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06-18-2021 , 07:40 PM
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Originally Posted by MIKE MALONE
Philly’s defeat was crushing. At home. 26 point lead. Up 17 after 3.

Utah’s loss was tough, but not on the same level.
It's impossible to top Philly's loss, but losing at home, to the choke job clippers without kawhi (or ibaka) is pretty bad
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06-18-2021 , 07:49 PM
How many points did Embiid and Simmons score in the 4Q of those last two losses?
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06-18-2021 , 07:52 PM
Simmons doesn’t seem like sharpest tool in the shed.
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06-18-2021 , 07:59 PM
What is the point of a ben simmons?
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06-18-2021 , 08:03 PM
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Korkmaz, the Istanbul Kid, the only Sixer that isn’t shaking like a leaf.

Embiid’s fine. He reminds me of what Lakerfan was hoping Bynum would develop into.


My knock on the sixers is where Embiid is fed the ball. He constantly gets the rock 19 feet from the rim. Makes no sense. Establish position and take the entry pass 11 feet from the rim. Profit!
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06-18-2021 , 08:04 PM
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How many points did Embiid and Simmons score in the 4Q of those last two losses?
Game 5: Embiid 6, Simmons 2 ... none for either during 15-0 rally, obv.

Game 4: looks like Embiid 4, Simmons 2 ... all free throws

One FG in 4thQ for the two games, I think.

Isn't that kind of weird?
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06-18-2021 , 08:04 PM
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Originally Posted by DonkDonkDonkDonk
What is the point of a ben simmons?

He’s Australian. Grew up wanting to surf or play cricket.
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06-18-2021 , 08:05 PM
Thybulle is so fun. Such a unique player

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Originally Posted by FellaGaga-52
How many points did Embiid and Simmons score in the 4Q of those last two losses?
Dude, Ben Simmons didn't miss a single shot in the 4Q of the last 2 games
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06-18-2021 , 08:06 PM
Bynum is a great comparison, considering he was traded to the 76ers before his knee melted.
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06-18-2021 , 08:06 PM
No wonder they don't trust each other.
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06-18-2021 , 08:08 PM
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Thybulle is so fun. Such a unique player



Dude, Ben Simmons didn't miss a single shot in the 4Q of the last 2 games
LOL ... yeah but zero percent.
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06-18-2021 , 08:09 PM
Is Doc haunted like in The Shining Doc?
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06-18-2021 , 08:12 PM
Is maxey better than simmons
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