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NBA 2016-2017 Season |OT| What do the Liberty Bell and Ben Simmons have in Common?
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darkwing-buck
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I love basketball.
ryutaro's mama
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Luke Walton is the best hire in since Bickerstaff.
Lakers dominated on Chick Hearn's 100th Birthday.
Best bench in the league:
This is amazing 😂 Bench of death
perfectchaos007
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I'm very pleased with how the Rockets have started the season especially considering how many games they have played on the road already. Harden has done a surprisingly good job of distributing the ball and getting plenty of good assists
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The one thing that bothers me is that it seems like he's two different players between the 1st 3 and the 4th quarter. Being really focused on passing and getting everyone involved actually doesn't bother me too much, even of there are times I'd rather he just score, but in 4th quarter he still has the tendency to focus on scoring
His defense, and everyone else's, is what really makes me optimistic. Maybe him being more pass focused allows for him to put more effort on offense, idk
Just freshly replaced his old synthetic armature. The cyborg is ready to go.
jordan0386
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Rebounds for the triple double.
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Didn't want Westbrook to share his all time triple double spot
ryutaro's mama
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Naw, the Least is exactly who we thought they were. Year after year, it's:
1. Team that has LeBron.
2. Team(s) that will either lose getting to Lebron or lose in the ECF to LeBron.
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It's crazy how fast the Lakers turned it around. Also for all the Nick Young hate dude can ball.
Also Hawks are good, but they lack a Superstar in a league all about Superstars. Millsap is a great player, but it feels like he needs to be your 2nd best player. You put a superstar on this team and they might be the best team in the NBA. Without one they are 3-6 seed doomed to exit in round 2.
Also Hawks are good, but they lack a Superstar in a league all about Superstars. Millsap is a great player, but it feels like he needs to be your 2nd best player. You put a superstar on this team and they might be the best team in the NBA. Without one they are 3-6 seed doomed to exit in round 2.
Hmm, Klay's defensive numbers and metrics are looking pretty bad right now. Wonder if it's partially covering for other guys playing bad defense like Zaza or Steph or if he's just had a rough start to the year.
I have noticed what seems like a lot of silly fouls from him. Fouls late in the shot clock, on jump shots, etc.
I have noticed what seems like a lot of silly fouls from him. Fouls late in the shot clock, on jump shots, etc.
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LegendofDragoonLives
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Steph, Klay and Iguadala have been lazy AF this season, turning it on when they feel like it. Klay is the worst of the three. They're not playing 41 minutes vs the worst team in the east type of coasting like Lebron ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°), but not particularly running back on plays like they used to.
golden state back on top. that was quick.
If anyone beats GSW in WCF I hope it's Spurs. Peace out Clips
Ninja Scooter
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it's early AF but Lakers being in the playoff picture is still mind boggling. I knew the team would look better but not like this. I thought the best case scenario was 30 wins but they are far exceeding that pace. Coach of the Year is Luke's to lose.
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East seems as expected asides from seeds 7-10 all having a shot of being in or out of the playoffs.
Pacers I would have to see how they play after Paul George comebacks, who knows if the last couple wins might have just been the Ewing effect or not.
Knicks honestly are confusing me
For west, top 5, asides from the exact order, seems secure, although maybe(?) Jazz can push in there of Hill doesn't have to miss games again?
I could see Sacramento, NOLA, Portland, LA, and maybe even OKC having to push hard in the later portion of the season to make the playoffs. West seems more variable if anything
Mavs can keep trying to develop their players (solid cast of role players to get trade value from) and win some games, as withWizards, t honestly they should tank for a year. 1 year would probably be enough to get back into contention
Andrew Korenchkin
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I get mad eveytime they lose, which is saying something. I was happy with just losing within 10 last year.
This is the year of vastly exceeding expectations, playing with house money, insert cliche here etc. and you're mad?
Glad the Dubs are back on top.
Spurs still being the Spurs kinda sucks though. Hopefully GS can keep pace with them and LA.
Monochromaticx
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Looking good for the spurs! 10-0 on the road too
panthapanda
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if only you had nba suberstar al hortford
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Watch the 76ers get a kawhi level pick from the Lakers this year XD
It's really just bad luck that this pick didn't convey the past 2 years. Both year had around a 50% chance of conveying.
I'm still waiting patiently for the collapse, as I still don't think what the Lakers are doing is sustainable, but even then, it's a deep draft so getting a 15th overall pick is still pretty nice.
Even then , we traded MCW for it who recently got traded for Tony Snell. So it's a win in my books.
We are gonna have a good chance to get Fultz, and a core of Fultz, Simmons, and Embiid with Saric, Okafor or Noel, Stauskas, and whatever other players they get (Watch out for Furman Korkmaz, dude was a steal for us) will be super dangerous. Hell, Simmons + Embiid is going to be ridiculous. (Remember when we were saying how great Embiid was in practice and everyone poo poo'd us? Well Simmons looked amazing as well pre-injury)
Also, it's surprising that we are even in games with our schedule being ridiculously hard without Simmons and Noel.
Andrew Korenchkin
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Philly isn't getting shit.
I mean we are basically guaranteed your pick, so we are literally getting something
MetalFearSolid
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Can't blame him, fans seem to be taking shots at him lately.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IywweYYtAw
ryutaro's mama
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I love LA.
sf2fanatic
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We love it!!
panthapanda
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Hawks about to get destroyed tonight.
LyleLanley
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Go Celtic.
Andrew Korenchkin
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Yay, a game between the two teams.
Ninja Scooter
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I know this was yesterday, but god damn. Wizard. I think the days when I hated watching Harden are officially over.
panthapanda
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Still waiting for the offensive implosion
The thing with Kawhi is that he improved at an unnatural level after he came into the league. I wouldn't expect anyone else to do that.
Latvian Hitman
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I know Russell Westbrook is a lightning rod for criticism at times. I know he takes too many shots and plays out of control at times. I know he makes dumb plays down the stretch of games sometimes.
But, uh....the dude's 13th in the league in rebounding right now. He's outrebounding not only every guard in the NBA, but every small forward and all but two power forwards.
But, uh....the dude's 13th in the league in rebounding right now. He's outrebounding not only every guard in the NBA, but every small forward and all but two power forwards.
RBelong2Us
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yo....Kent Bazemore makes more over 4 years than what Draymond Green and Klay Thompson make over 4
This season Kent Bazemore makes over 4m more than Steph Curry.
This season Kent Bazemore makes over 4m more than Steph Curry.
I like Dwight on the Hawks. They've still got no shot at the Cavs, but that shouldn't be the only scale to judge them. Good jab good effort Hawks, if McCaw had played more than 3 minutes you guys could have had it. Oh yea, I really like Draymond. I thought he needed to scale back his scoring aspirations last year and Durant is the perfect way to do it without hurting feelings.