They need to be in the top 4 or a 50-win team at least to be in the conversation. It's Tyronne Lue's to lose this season.
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NBA 2016-2017 Season |OT| What do the Liberty Bell and Ben Simmons have in Common?
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They need to be in the top 4 or a 50-win team at least to be in the conversation. It's Tyronne Lue's to lose this season.
Mozgod>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Bogut tho. Similar defense and unlike Bogut, isn't a liability on offense.
If the lakers improve upon their 15-16 record by more than 25 wins than the award should definitely go to Luke
Only if the cavs finish below 65 wins
Followed by The Moz and Junior Nance.
LegendofDragoonLives
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Warriors basically played by far their best brand of ball when he coached them. Biggest difference of this team is depth. Your bench seems to pretty much body every fucking team in the league so far, it's absurd.
Ninja Scooter
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Byron did the job. Respect to the Tank Commander.
donkey show
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LOL, was at the game tonight and we were chanting "Swaggy P!"
Forceatowulf
G***n S**n*bi
The absolute biggest surprise this season for me is the bench production. I would have never fucking guessed. I mean.. like damn... our bench doesn't just out-play other benches, they fucking dominate.
All I expected this year was a little more development and a change of culture -- but all of this? LOL I couldn't dream this shit. The way this team is playing they might miss the playoffs by only a handful of games. Like what the hell.... What. The. Hell.
And Brandon Ingram, our 19 YO rookie, is already a high quality defender in this league. Like, I almost never see this kid make a mistake on defense, which is ridiculous.
All I expected this year was a little more development and a change of culture -- but all of this? LOL I couldn't dream this shit. The way this team is playing they might miss the playoffs by only a handful of games. Like what the hell.... What. The. Hell.
And Brandon Ingram, our 19 YO rookie, is already a high quality defender in this league. Like, I almost never see this kid make a mistake on defense, which is ridiculous.
juliushandle
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Yeah, the 10 man rotation is phenomenal from Russel to Black.
Ingram out there does not look like a rookie. He isn't trying to do so much and will only improve game by game.
Ingram out there does not look like a rookie. He isn't trying to do so much and will only improve game by game.
friskykillface
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Lakers vs Cavs finals
MOZGOD X Randle X NANCE > OP Thompson
That's all you need ;p
MOZGOD X Randle X NANCE > OP Thompson
That's all you need ;p
Khalifa Jayy
Banned
I predicted 30 wins, 35 max. If they prove me wrong, this will be the first time I would be ecstatic in being wrong. Luke has done a magnificent job so far. This team is such a joy to watch.
Vanillalite
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Monday Morning Standings
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AyaisMUsikWhore
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Look at the previous champs 👏🏾👏🏾
Cackling the OKC is at the top 😂
This will be an interesting season
That 3 7 matchup in the western conference would be interesting at this point.
What is charlotte doing to be that good? Should check who they have.
playing defense. mkg missed pretty much all of last season and is healthy now. also they haven't played anyone great except the celts which is their 1 loss.
LegendofDragoonLives
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OKC isn't finishing top 5. They might keep top 3 possibly for one more month before they start falling off a cliff. Teams are going to adjust to trapping Westbrook on top of him starting to burn out a little bit.
Vanillalite
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I'm gonna try to post standings every Monday during the season.
It's also worth noting that despite me posting them today I don't think we get any meaningful info until all teams have played 20 games. I think by 20 games enough statistical variance has evened out.
It's also worth noting that despite me posting them today I don't think we get any meaningful info until all teams have played 20 games. I think by 20 games enough statistical variance has evened out.
sf2fanatic
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Nance Jr took a really bad shot to make him out for Tuesday. Hopefully he recovers quickly
Stabby McSter
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WHAT A WORLD WE LIVE IN
friskykillface
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OKwestbrooks will be lucky if they get the #5 seed at the end of the season
I'd say they get either 7 or 8, someone said it but all you have to do is eventually double X play box 1 on Westbrook
He can't go superhero all season
I'd say they get either 7 or 8, someone said it but all you have to do is eventually double X play box 1 on Westbrook
He can't go superhero all season
StickSoldier
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DIRK COME BACK!!!! We NEED you!
ryutaro's mama
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G-TYME is back. Utar beat the Knicks and the Lakers. Why are you mad?
If he has Achilles problems his return shouldn't be rushed.
StickSoldier
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Nah I know, I have to accept the fact that he is going to be out. I'm going to miss this man when he retires, he is the Mavericks organization. I hope Barnes can become the next franchise player, just need him to realize his potential a bit sooner. He is only 24 though, so we have a good decade with him as long as everything goes fine.
TheSadRanger
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Have you watched him play this season? He's really, really, really slow now. He was never that athletic or quick to begin with but he's a far cry from what he was in Cle, let alone when he was with Nuggets. I just don't think you should expect much athletic improvement from a 7 ft center at his size whose 30.
He's 38 and his achiles is about to go. ¯\_(ツ
_/¯He's 38 and his achiles is about to go. ¯\_(ツ
Did he...did he take one out of his buddy Nash's playbook?
StickSoldier
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Have you watched him play this season? He's really, really, really slow now. He was never that athletic or quick to begin with but he's a far cry from what he was in Cle, let alone when he was with Nuggets. I just don't think you should expect much athletic improvement from a 7 ft center at his size whose 30.
He's 38 and his achiles is about to go. ¯\_(ツ
Take it back! Dirk is invincible! He's a robot! He will recover and prove us wrong once again!
As a new member of the Lakers bandwagon, I just want to say its a fun one.
If bandwagoning is a bannable offense, it's been fun y'all. ✌🏿
Latvian Hitman
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I agree that OKC will fall to between #5-9 as we move through the season. They have an easy, easy schedule early, but it gets rough as they move into January. And they're just not a complete team at all.
Westbrook won't burn out, though. He's never burned out. He's flamed out, but never burned out. The elite teams will be able to contain him, but most others won't. See the 2014 season, where he had less talent around him than he does now. He'll have some bad games, but he'll generally beast out all year. He has a limitless, superhuman gas tank.
The only bandwagon that is allowed is the Process Bandwagon.
FinalStageBoss
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They're still going to lose a lot of games, they're just fun to watch now thanks to Luke. That Byron Scott team was pure mystery.
can we bring back the cp3 vs deron williams vs rondo arguments too
I love that Chance the Rapper ESPN NBA commercial.
http://broadband.espn.go.com/video/clip?id=17895799
I got some free nosebleed tickets to the Hornets game tonight so I'm going to my first game of the season. It will be weird seeing Big Al in a Pacers jersey.
http://broadband.espn.go.com/video/clip?id=17895799
I got some free nosebleed tickets to the Hornets game tonight so I'm going to my first game of the season. It will be weird seeing Big Al in a Pacers jersey.
too bad hibbert's gonna be out again
He's been out 98% of his career.
I love that there are people who still get their tummy's in a bunch because someone else likes the purple and gold. Someone tweet Jeanie to set up a program that logs our fandom so we can prove how long we've been dragging that wagon when the time comes. Just flash a "member since >insert year<" card and see how it goes.
I miss the good ole days back when the Celtics played D and held teams under 120.
Ninja Scooter
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Danilo vs Beasley
Sarcastic Poster
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LaVine and Wiggins have been unbelievably porous on defense. I hold out some hope for Wiggins to reach his defensive potential under Thibs but I don't think LaVine will ever be a good defender.
the dj augustin era
I don't buy it. Not completely anyway.
High-intensity superhuman players appear to have limitless gas tanks right up until the point where they overextend themselves and then suddenly the injury bug hits like a ton of bricks. You don't see it coming until it's too late.
That's what makes a player like Lebron so special, and even with him I keep dreading when/if the other shoe will drop regarding his career workload. You can't just play like Westbrook does all the time, the human body doesn't work that way.
I mean a GAF member since 2014 surely posted something about the lakers before this month... oh wait. sorry