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2012-13 Nov NBA Season |OT2| Westbrook demands a trade to Grinnell College

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Future PhaZe

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SamuraiX- said:
The Spurs are currently leading with some guy named Nando de Colo starting at the point.

Contract the city of Miami.
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To be honest dude don't look bad.

The Spurs bench are unbelievably bad defenders though. When Miller and Ray Allen can attack the rim with consistency you know you're trash.
 
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reilo

learning some important life lessons from magical Negroes
Just caught the fines/sanctions/bullshit Stern is trying to pull. Unbelievable. Pop did this against the Blazers last season, no fines were brought. Why? $$$$
 
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pilonv1

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RT @sweetswatson "The strategic resting of particular players on particular nights is within the discretion of the teams"- Adam Silver

RT @sweetswatson: "Popovich in particular is probably the last coach that I would second-guess." - Silver part II (from last April).

netw3rk ‏@netw3rk
Breaking: David Stern announces substantial penalties for Adam Silver.
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lol
 
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ph33nix

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Apparently there is a precedence for this:

http://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/25/s...resting-two-players-brings-lakers-a-fine.html

On the eve of the opening of the National Basketball Association playoffs, Commissioner David Stern yesterday fined the Los Angeles Lakers $25,000 because Coach Pat Riley failed to play two healthy starters Sunday night in Portland in the Lakers' final game of the season.

Magic Johnson and James Worthy suited up for the game and participated in pregame warm-ups, but did not play in the game, which the Lakers lost, 130-88, to the Trail Blazers. The defeat was the worst in Laker history, but the outcome had no effect on playoff matchups.

Riley also held out the veteran center Mychal Thompson, who is also a starter but had been out earlier this month because of a knee injury. Riley said after the game that he rested the three because he didn't want to risk injury to significant players before the playoffs.

Jerry Buss, the Lakers' owner, apologized yesterday to Trail Blazer fans and added in a statement that ''our fans would have been disappointed if the same thing happened here.''
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linsivvi

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It doesn't matter. It's up to the team and the head coach to decide who they want to play. The commissioner has absolutely zero say in this.

A head coach can bench and play whoever the fuck he wants. Pop can say he doesn't like the way those 4 looked at him this morning so he sent them home to teach them a lesson.
 
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cr_blah_blah

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Having not been able to watch, how the hell is Matt Bonner the top rebounder in this game?

Have 9 balls bounced with a fury off the rim to the 3 pt wing?
 
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reilo

learning some important life lessons from magical Negroes
Who decides who gets playing time? Luke Babbitt and Nolan Smith better call their league reps.
 
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ItWasMeantToBe19

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Adam Silver said that he's fine with strategic resting of players, lol.

The strategic resting of particular players on particular nights is within the discretion of the teams

And Gregg Popovich in particular is probably the last coach that I would second-guess
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Commissioner versus Future Commissioner!
 
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Vahagn

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LOL at you guys pretending Pop did this to rest his players. Pop has a history of sitting out healthy stars against Top Tier Teams.


It used to be his annual tradition of trolling Phil during the Kobe/Shaq Lakers years. If tonight's game was against Orlando, same flight, same length, same trip, you think he sits 3 starters? Chances are slim to none.


He did rest them last year during a b2b2b...but usually he only rests healthy stars during top-tier matchups. It's his schtick...like how Phil never gives anyone else any credit because in his estimation games are won and lost solely based on how well his teams execute the Triangle.
 
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ItWasMeantToBe19

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Also, glad that Stern didn't care when the Warriors put their entire roster other than Klay Thompson on IR and benched Klay in the 4th to try to tank to the 7th pick. Awesome job, man.
 
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reilo

learning some important life lessons from magical Negroes
Vahagn said:
LOL at you guys pretending Pop did this to rest his players. Pop has a history of sitting out healthy stars against Top Tier Teams.


It used to be his annual tradition of trolling Phil during the Kobe/Shaq Lakers years. If tonight's game was against Orlando, same flight, same length, same trip, you think he sits 3 starters? Chances are slim to none.


He did rest them last year during a b2b2b...but usually he only rests healthy stars during top-tier matchups. It's his schtick...like how Phil never gives anyone else any credit because in his estimation games are won and lost solely based on how well his teams execute the Triangle.
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Pop rested them against a bad Blazers team last year. It was on the second of a B2B and not even a 4 games in 5 nights scenario.

There is far more precedent of the league being okay with star players being rested than not. Shit, there was a marquee match-up at the end of last season for the Heat and none of the big three played. Nobody said shit because it didn't affect the standings.

Duncan, Parker, and Ginobili should come out and say that they asked for the day off. What's Stern gonna do then?

theignoramus said:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/201204240BOS.html

was there a fine for this game?
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Yup! That's the game I had in mind.
 
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linsivvi

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And that $25K fine is not "heavy sanction". Buss probably just laughed it off and paid the fine because it's not worth a fight.
 
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theignoramus

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ph33nix said:
lmao eric montross and cherokee parks references!!
shaq's finer moment
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dat swag doe
parks0203_pose.jpg
 
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ratcliffja

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reilo said:
Pop rested them against a bad Blazers team last year. It was on the second of a B2B and not even a 4 games in 5 nights scenario.

There is far more precedent of the league being okay with star players being rested than not. Shit, there was a marquee match-up at the end of last season for the Heat and none of the big three played. Nobody said shit because it didn't affect the standings.

Duncan, Parker, and Ginobili should come out and say that they asked for the day off. What's Stern gonna do then?



Yup! That's the game I had in mind.
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Fine them too.
 
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Vahagn

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reilo said:
Pop rested them against a bad Blazers team last year. It was on the second of a B2B and not even a 4 games in 5 nights scenario.

There is far more precedent of the league being okay with star players being rested than not. Shit, there was a marquee match-up at the end of last season for the Heat and none of the big three played. Nobody said shit because it didn't affect the standings.

Duncan, Parker, and Ginobili should come out and say that they asked for the day off. What's Stern gonna do then?



Yup! That's the game I had in mind.
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To Be Clear, I don't think for a second that SA should be "sanctioned" or whatever the hell Stern's trying to pull.


Just pointing out that this idea "Pop cares so deeply about the health and well being of his starters and players" is a little BS.


Dude plays mind games and trolls other teams regularly, his star players just happen to benefit when he does.
 
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