Author Topic: NBA Thread (Read 531614 times)

LemThurdy · « **Reply #3030 on:** October 17, 2018, 03:24:06 PM »

Damn I hate the Celts but they got a solid squad this year. I’m stoked to see how the West goes this year. Prob Warriors win but we will see

RIDEFLANNELV2 · « **Reply #3031 on:** October 17, 2018, 04:20:16 PM »

So glad basketball season has started. So many good stories to follow this season. Who's going to take the east? Celtics should be the obvious pick but maybe Kawhi gets Toronto rolling? On paper the Cavs should still be a contender too. Ideally I'd like to see Antetokounmpo have a huge season and I'm interested to see how Trae Young does down in Atlanta.

The west is going to continue to dominate the league. Looking forward to watching dubs highlights.

Beeda Weeda · « **Reply #3032 on:** October 18, 2018, 07:54:12 AM »

KAWAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

ka

straight · « **Reply #3033 on:** October 18, 2018, 07:59:01 AM »

wow ive hates nba for the past decade because my suns have been garbage but last night gave me a little hope .. this team could be really fun to watch this year

stevedave · « **Reply #3034 on:** October 18, 2018, 09:04:35 AM »

Quote from: straight on October 18, 2018, 07:59:01 AM

wow ive hates nba for the past decade because my suns have been garbage but last night gave me a little hope .. this team could be really fun to watch this year

fun to watch, but I wouldn't get your hopes up too much, they're gonna tank and get another top 5 draft pick next year.

redcurb12 · « **Reply #3035 on:** October 18, 2018, 12:22:39 PM »

Quote from: Zurg on July 21, 2018, 04:13:19 AM

lowry may have been looking, but i dont think they were gonna bite on that. at least not without being a part of a sizeable package deal

as a raps fan, im really hyped on the trade. loved DeMar's loyalty and how much he backed the city, but the raptors hit a definite ceiling with that core group, no debating it. even with Lebron out West, Boston and Philly have come up, even Indiana was looking pretty decent and promoting our old assistant coach to head coach wasnt gonna make up the difference. DeMar seems like a work horse so i think he'll flourish under Popovich. Jakob Poeltl was decent, but that and the pick(protected top 20 next year, turns into 2 second round picks the following year if thats not met) were peanuts to give up considering we got to keep the rest of the younger talent(OG, Van Vleet, Delon Wright, Pascal Siakam) and also got Danny Green. I didnt think Toronto would land a top 5 player for at least another 10 years or maybe even ever. we're gonna have ridiculous depth for this one year(at least) and if they can perform up to or above par, even though he seems set on LA (naive optimism alert) i think Masai can sell him on staying in toronto even if its just short term, but ideally he'd bite on that 5 year $190 mil that only the raps can offer. im gonna assume he's pretty unfamiliar with the city and feared the worst when he heard he was coming to canada. hopefully his opinion on the franchise can only go up. i dont know if hes the type to care, but he'll pretty much have a whole country backing him if they do well.
im wondering if they slightly regret firing Dwayne Casey as that just seemed like "we gotta do something" move. the new coach/old assistant coach, Nick Nurse is credited with running a lot of their offence though so we'll see what he can do.
as far as DeMar being done dirty, it seems like it might've been more of a miscommunication than a straight up lie, maybe a bit of a sneaky one, though. im biased towards Masai, but apparently he spoke to Derozan at summer league and gave him some expectations he wanted him to meet during or for the coming season. i guess that implied that he'd be staying in toronto long term, but Ujiri also issued a press release around the same time saying that no raptor was untradeable. i see DeMar's point, but i dont think he's delusional enough to not see why it was a move Ujiri had to make.
I don't wanna get my hopes up too high as we are talking about a toronto sports team and Kawhi can be brittle(supposedly currently healthy, though), but i really didnt think something like this would ever happen to the raptors for some reason.
most people i've spoke to in toronto are surprisingly bugging about the trade. they cant believe we traded our best player for a "rental"(even though DeMar only has a 2 year contract to Kawhi's 1. he'd probably resign, but would you want that?), not realizing how elite of a player Kawhi is. I don't know if it's lack of nba knowledge or if theyre just blinded by their love for Derozan and can't get over how he was "done dirty". The guy's tenure in toronto was pretty great and this way he goes out without any blemishes on it(aside from most of his playoff performances). I really hope torontonians can cut the shit by the time october rolls around because we gotta show him how great the fanbase can be(the stuborness is a double edge sword) and try to woo him the way OKC did Paul George. I think if we can actually contend, the Lebron LA factor could actually work to our advantage. wouldn't it be more appealing to take home the championship as the star instead of (what people will probably see even if it's not entirely true) Lebron's sidekick? I know he was already a finals MVP, but im sure he'd like to show people he can do it again with a new squad especially coming off an injury and without another legendary veteran on the team(had tim duncan in 2014). not to mention it'd be the first time anyone's brought it to Canada. i heard someone else point out that he can now use "The Claw" nickname/image to it's full potential as well.
sorry for the rambling novel.

TLDR; I'm friggin stoked Kawhi Leonard is a Raptor

here to say go raptors... im also curious about how kawhi will hold up. being injury prone and all i wonder if he milks it for a year or really competes. i can also imagine getting traded to toronto might feel like a lowblow. i hope he gets on the bandwagon.. he was lookin sick in that raps jersey last night. my thoughts on the derozan trade: i think it was a great deal but I wonder about kawhis loyalty. it still blows my mind hes a raptor

French manicure · « **Reply #3036 on:** October 18, 2018, 01:33:47 PM »

Kris Dunn out tonight, Markkanen out like 7 weeks, and Hoiberg still around....oh boy....

I'm at least hoping Wendell Carter Jr plays well..

LemThurdy · « **Reply #3037 on:** October 18, 2018, 02:07:15 PM »

Lakers tonight xDDD anyone from LA hopeful too??

PAWL · « **Reply #3038 on:** October 19, 2018, 07:33:13 AM »

Quote from: LemThurdy on October 18, 2018, 02:07:15 PM

Lakers tonight xDDD anyone from LA hopeful too??

yall got fried by Nik Stauskas. : )

Quique · « **Reply #3039 on:** October 19, 2018, 08:12:00 AM »

Quote from: PAWL on October 19, 2018, 07:33:13 AM

Quote from: LemThurdy on October 18, 2018, 02:07:15 PM
Expand Quote
Lakers tonight xDDD anyone from LA hopeful too??
[close]

yall got fried by Sauce Castillo. : )

Silky Johnson · « **Reply #3040 on:** October 29, 2018, 06:38:33 PM »

Klay's annual nuclear game came early this season, 52 pts and counting, the most 3 pointers in a game record at 14 and it's only the 3rd quarter

SWPhillyFloater · « **Reply #3041 on:** November 10, 2018, 11:08:33 AM »

Jimmy Butler to Philly, honestly didn't see that coming.

foureyedjim · « **Reply #3042 on:** November 10, 2018, 05:23:50 PM »

Quote from: Tim on November 10, 2018, 11:08:33 AM

Jimmy Butler to Philly, honestly didn't see that coming.

There were no rumors or anything. I guess talking shit about starters minutes was the last straw...

weedpop · « **Reply #3043 on:** November 10, 2018, 09:05:07 PM »

I don't really know how I feel about that trade. Jimmy's really good obviously but I think losing both Saric and Covington at once is really gonna fuck up their spacing. They're gonna have to finally bench Fultz and bring in Reddick to the starting linup to address this problem (should have done that already tbh).

I'm also not 100% sure that Butler's personality is gonna fit with their young guys. Can't see him having much patience with Fultz's two-year odyssey of re-learning how to play basketball given that he's already 29 and wants to win now. Should be entertaining to watch though..

Beeda Weeda · « **Reply #3044 on:** November 12, 2018, 04:32:11 AM »

melo is done, and I want to know something. When was he good? I don't understand how he's been a bad player for over 10 years and everyone pretends he's elite.

noninjasinstreetfighter · « **Reply #3045 on:** November 12, 2018, 10:18:39 AM »

Elite scorer to whatever he is now

Trashcon · « **Reply #3046 on:** November 12, 2018, 10:28:06 PM »

RIP to Caris Levert's season. Seemed like he was killing it so far.

emchen · « **Reply #3047 on:** November 20, 2018, 07:20:01 PM »

So Fultz can't play cuz his lawyer said so...am I the only one in Philly that is not a fan of Markelle? I want him to succeed so much but he's a SG that don't shoot.

Also Kemba Walker, jeez

Beeda Weeda · « **Reply #3048 on:** November 21, 2018, 04:50:50 AM »

Quote from: emchen on November 20, 2018, 07:20:01 PM

So Fultz can't play cuz his lawyer said so...am I the only one in Philly that is not a fan of Markelle? I want him to succeed so much but he's a SG that don't shoot.

Also Kemba Walker, jeez

dude has the yips so bad he got a lawyer to fake a shoulder injury.

Zurg · « **Reply #3049 on:** November 22, 2018, 07:39:05 AM »

grizzlies first in the west? golden state 5th? boston 8th in the east? ok ill stop asking questions and im sure itll balance out by the end of the regular season, but the table looks pretty wacky right now

Silky Johnson · « **Reply #3050 on:** November 22, 2018, 12:13:10 PM »

Dog the warriors are obviously tanking to get Zion Williamson, fuck a three peat

emchen · « **Reply #3051 on:** November 22, 2018, 12:20:46 PM »

Quote from: Silky Johnson on November 22, 2018, 12:13:10 PM

Dog the warriors are obviously tanking to get Zion Williamson, fuck a three peat

holy SHIT

foureyedjim · « **Reply #3052 on:** November 22, 2018, 02:30:33 PM »

Quote from: Zurg on November 22, 2018, 07:39:05 AM

grizzlies first in the west? golden state 5th? boston 8th in the east? ok ill stop asking questions and im sure itll balance out by the end of the regular season, but the table looks pretty wacky right now

At least Warriors got the injuries excuse. Boston has to figure some shit out.

Bagelskate · « **Reply #3053 on:** November 22, 2018, 03:18:00 PM »

Hopefully the Knicks suck enough to get first pick in the lottery. Zion could be starting for most teams in the nba rn

Silky Johnson · « **Reply #3054 on:** November 22, 2018, 04:23:15 PM »

Just figure out that Draymond KD drama asap, no room for that pettiness

sometimeperhaps · « **Reply #3055 on:** November 22, 2018, 06:22:18 PM »

Raptors baby, Eastern Conference champs this year.

Hopefully Kawhi stays.

emchen · « **Reply #3056 on:** November 25, 2018, 05:04:50 PM »

But yeah, probably taking the east this year. I hope the Bucks make em work for it.

SFblah · « **Reply #3057 on:** November 25, 2018, 05:42:56 PM »

This Dwight Howard tranny shit is wild. Wonder if he’s gonna take time off or get suspended for threatening them.

StabMasterArson · « **Reply #3058 on:** November 26, 2018, 09:56:28 AM »

I don't know what you're talking about but I hate Dwight Howard.

Googling now.

Edit: Oh wow.

SFblah · « **Reply #3059 on:** November 26, 2018, 10:27:26 AM »

Quote from: StabMasterArson on November 26, 2018, 09:56:28 AM

I don't know what you're talking about but I hate Dwight Howard.

Googling now.

Edit: Oh wow.

Haha, I hate him too. Would never want him on my team and was pissed when the Mavs were thinking about it.

Them Google results are crazy.

Author Topic: NBA Thread (Read 531614 times)

Beeda Weeda

foureyedjim

Beeda Weeda

Beeda Weeda

foureyedjim

Cookie Preferences