Board 8 > NBA Topic 5.5: Ya'll let it purge while I was away.

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the pistons wanted him
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pistons also wanted josh smith

we're kinda dumb
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Russ with the game winner against BK tonight. 5 in a row.

Should beat the ROFL Wizards on Thursday for six.
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fuck
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Top 15 in VORP this year:

VORP
1) Lebron (All Star)
2) Westbrook (All Star)
3) Harden (All Star)
4) Giannis (All Star)
5) Drummond
6) KA Towns (All Star)
7) Jimmy Butler (All Star)
8) Cousins (All Star)
9) Irving (All Star)
10) Curry (All Star)
11) Lillard (All Star)
12) Lowry (All Star)
13) Durant (All Star)
14) Horford (All Star)
15) Davis (All Star)
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Drummond puts up 30 points, 24 rebounds, 6 clocks, 3 steals and 4 assists.

Still lose.

It's reaching the point where I hope we trade him because he doesn't deserve this.
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Avery Bradley

3-11
6 points
2 rebounds
0 assists
1 turnover

You cost Drummond an All-Star bid, you hack.
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https://streamable.com/i2ea6
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yesssssssssss

i remember zach lowe first bringing lopez's feuds with mascots to my attention
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Meanwhile Morris is a good mentor for a young team and he can be the tough guy so the young guys dont have to. Hes not the best player but hes been a great addition to the team!

It sucks about Drummond - you feel like the guy deserves the recognition and he doesnt get it. And then it feels like theres a reputation that develops (its okay not to vote this guy as an all star)
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Ugh OKC had a 19 point lead here and now it's a 3 point lead -_-
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6 in a row.

46 from Westbrook incl a bunch in the 4th quarter.

#LetsGo
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So we've won 6 in a row, Detroit has lost 6 in a row and that's who we play next on Saturday.

We better win that one.

I also may want to torment Rock and SHINE if we win
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Being a Pistons fan the past decade is torment enough.
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Probably.

That won't stop me.
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You can't torment which is already dead.
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https://twitter.com/TonyXypteras/status/956721509875281924

!!

(stop winning games you idiots)
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HOLY SHIT

that was so dope

guy just comes falling in from the upper atmosphere
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so I guess Russ saw the all-star list, saw his name was last, got mad and dropped 46

then was told afterwards it was in alphabetical order
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So we know so far that LeBron picked Durant first

And by inference, that Westbrook was (probably) not last.

Let's see how long it takes for the rest of it to leak out.
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https://twitter.com/trailblazers/status/956768174137061376

this is good
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transience posted...

so I guess Russ saw the all-star list, saw his name was last, got mad and dropped 46

then was told afterwards it was in alphabetical order

that is the most Westbrook thing ever lmao
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so, team lebron will annihilate, right? the differential in size/athleticism is insane
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unless the curry team shoots the lights out, yeah
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It's basically just Rim Attackers vs 3 Point Shooting
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Westbrook's gonna shoot 50 times so if he goes cold Curry's team could win
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Lebron with a quadruple double
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Adrian Wojnarowski

@wojespn

DeMarcus Cousins has suffered a torn left Achilles tendon, league sources tell ESPN. He will miss the rest of the season. The MRI is coming soon, but diagnosis is clear.
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Oh no, Boogie, that's heartbreaking.
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the all-stars were drafted in the following order

Durant, Davis, Kyrie, Cousins, Thompson

Giannis, Harden, Embiid, DeRozan

dunno after that
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Also this is a bad look for Kevin Love, and for Cleveland

https://articles.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2018/01/kevin_love_isaiah_thomas_caval.amp?__twitter_impression=true
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that seems really overblown but everything with the Cavs is always really overblown
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that's not as good as the one of him punking Jeff Green
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good news is that Paul George gets to go to the All-Star game now.
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FUCK.

poor boogie. achilles is historically worse than ACL. it's what got kobe.

worst non-celtics news this season for me other than maybe kawhi not coming back yet.
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Yeah boogie's career is done, hate to say it

This has huge ramifications throughout the league because he was the guy to potentially keep LeBron in Cleveland
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Kings won the trade

that sucks, boogie was putting together a pretty nutty season. I still wouldn't put him top 10 but his numbers certainly were.
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Boogie's quite a bit younger than Kobe, though. He's got a pretty good chance of recovering.
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Wes Matthews hasn't looked the same since his Achilles tear. Rudy Gay looked pretty good to start the season, but obviously he's not putting up quite the same numbers either (granted in less minutes). Hoping Boogie does well when he returns but history is not on his side for this one.
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Roberson is done for the year
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Rip our playoff hopes
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that's funny, I figured OKC fans would be okay with this
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Final score will end up being way closer than it deserved to be.

Think it's time for Stan Van Gundy to go.
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Did you see what happened to us the last time Roberson got hurt
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I can't even properly torment Rock and Shine about this now
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ExThaNemesis posted...

Did you see what happened to us the last time Roberson got hurt

was OKC even an "us" for you when that happened
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They've been my team all year. Are you even from Texas Mr. Spurs fan?
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TheRock1525 posted...

Boogie's quite a bit younger than Kobe, though. He's got a pretty good chance of recovering.

The only issue is hes a big guy, but hes also a big guy who isnt reliant on his athleticism. I think he will be ok when he comes back but not elite, think he resigns with NO though at least.

Roberson is also a big blow, hes an awesome defender and that team didnt need scorers. Think the starting lineup is definitely worse without him
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small sample size obviously but since December 1 our normal starting 5 was 14-0 (7-8 in other games in that stretch)
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