Board 8 > NBA Discussion Topic 6: The Quietest Trade Deadline

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Celtics leading scorer right now is Greg Monroe with 18

Second leading scorer Marcus Morris with 16

Rockets leading scorer Eric Gordon with 25

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Edit: Now Morris has 21. Celtics 3rd leading scorer is Rozier with 14, also off the bench. Morris had 10 2:30 ago

This is some weird, excellent basketball
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Stop winning Magic D:

start winning Memphis

they're 11-40 since starting 7-4
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Boston's choking this one away like Harden did that one game vs. Boston
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not sure

a) how that kyrie layup rimmed out
b) how no one got a TO called when horford was on the ground
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once again no one really knows how to miss a free throw on purpose
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Houston is so good at making basketball uninteresting

even close games
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Kyrie needed to be better tonight
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I honestly thought that last shot was going in
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Playoff hopes officially dead.
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CherryCokes posted...

Celtics leading scorer right now is Greg Monroe with 18

Second leading scorer Marcus Morris with 16

Rockets leading scorer Eric Gordon with 25

none of these people started

Edit: Now Morris has 21. Celtics 3rd leading scorer is Rozier with 14, also off the bench. Morris had 10 2:30 ago

This is some weird, excellent basketball

WE GOT A FUCKING SQUAD NOW
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Spurs are 7th in the West now. Will they even make the playoffs?
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Well aside from the fact that we lost.
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it would be really wild if the Spurs and Thunder miss the playoffs this year

to be honest, I don't think it really matters what place these teams come in, so long as they avoid 7 or 8 because that's an instant loss. this year really feels like a pointless first round all around, an interesting round 2 in the east (but not the west), and a fascinating round 3. then the finals comes and the west blows them out pretty hard, unless Toronto is truly legit.
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Blackscar posted...

Spurs are 7th in the West now. Will they even make the playoffs?

they might as well so we don't have to hear this "they're just as good without Kawhi" stuff anymore
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well, LMA didn't play tonight either. Kawhi hate still applies!
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the Spurs starting 5 tonight is Kyle Anderson, 2018 Pau Gasol, Davis Bertans, Patty Mills and Dejounte Murray
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eh it doesn't really matter either way

Pachulia single-handedly killed my interest in the NBA this year

or maybe that should be single-footedly
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It's amazing that the best player on the Spurs right now is probably 40-year-old Manu Ginobili.

Maybe you could make the argument for Rudy Gay or Murray.
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I would rather it be Ginobili or Murray

Rudy Gay being the best Spur would be the saddest thing to happen to the franchise this millennium
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this is fucking unreal

https://streamable.com/4bvun
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9!
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dang, the Process got halted tonight
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the kings have won two games in a row at the buzzer

driving me nuts
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Portland has dislodged Minnesota for a home seed and Indiana is threatening to do the same to Cleveland

transience posted...

the kings have won two games in a row at the buzzer

driving me nuts

they literally just lost to Utah?
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yeah, I'm talking their last two wins, I think 2 in 3 games
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oh

that's kind of a weird way to talk about it, but I can see that meaning now
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Tanking must be extremely painful.

I know a lot of Pistons fans are talking about blowing it up but I can't imagine it being enjoyable to literally be distressed by winning.
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once you get into it, it becomes a game unto itself. what's to cheer for when you're 34-48? at least there's something you can gamify.
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Speaking of tankers

The Celtics are up 73-40 on the Bulls halfway through the third without Kyrie
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transience posted...

once you get into it, it becomes a game unto itself. what's to cheer for when you're 34-48? at least there's something you can gamify.

Yeah but, like, you've been doing it for a decade+.
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nah. Kings haven't had a top 3 pick since 1991!
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But I mean you've been tanking most of the time. Just... poorly, it seems. And getting shitty lottery luck.
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the Kings don't tank. they're just awful!
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I don't think there's a difference.
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oh there most definitely is

http://stats.nba.com/teams/clutch-traditional/?sort=W_PCT&dir=-1&Season=2017-18&SeasonType=Regular%20Season&PerMode=Totals

here's games within 5 points. look at the tanking teams on the bottom. then look at the kings!
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transience posted...

oh there most definitely is

http://stats.nba.com/teams/clutch-traditional/?sort=W_PCT&dir=-1&Season=2017-18&SeasonType=Regular%20Season&PerMode=Totals

here's games within 5 points. look at the tanking teams on the bottom. then look at the kings!

Nets have been trying and being screwed by the refs!

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/which-nba-team-is-wronged-by-the-refs-the-most/
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The Nets are also just bad anyway

but you admit they're trying so they're not tanking even though they're bad
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Nets shouldn't be trying to tank at this point

Them losing doesn't help them any
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Honesty they need to prevent tanking. They should never incentivize losing more. It's worse than the NFL draft setup because of sheer number of games.

I'd rather have flat rates for everyone or the lotto odds flipped (i.e. worst team has worst odds) than the current system. Or penalize teams for repeatedly being in the lotto or getting a high pick in previous years. Like I dunno, if you're in the Top 3 then you drop X amount of spots in the lotto for a number of years. Or have flat rates and you can't get a top 3 pick for like 3-5 years after previously getting one

I don't watch other bad teams enough to know how much better they would be doing but the Magic would probably be a 33-35 win team at season end if they weren't tanking. And I firmly believe if not for horrendous injuries we would be a fringe playoff team.

I shouldn't ever be cheering for my team to lose or getting pissed because they win but that's exactly what happens with the current system. The 2 recent wins that took us from 1st to 7th is a prime example of that. It's like the difference between Doncic and I dunno, Bamba or Trae Young?

https://www.theplayerstribune.com/kevin-love-everyone-is-going-through-something/

this article is amazing. respect to Kevin Love.
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ShatteredElysium posted...

Honesty they need to prevent tanking. They should never incentivize losing more. It's worse than the NFL draft setup because of sheer number of games.

I'd rather have flat rates for everyone or the lotto odds flipped (i.e. worst team has worst odds) than the current system. Or penalize teams for repeatedly being in the lotto or getting a high pick in previous years. Like I dunno, if you're in the Top 3 then you drop X amount of spots in the lotto for a number of years. Or have flat rates and you can't get a top 3 pick for like 3-5 years after previously getting one

I don't watch other bad teams enough to know how much better they would be doing but the Magic would probably be a 33-35 win team at season end if they weren't tanking. And I firmly believe if not for horrendous injuries we would be a fringe playoff team.

I shouldn't ever be cheering for my team to lose or getting pissed because they win but that's exactly what happens with the current system. The 2 recent wins that took us from 1st to 7th is a prime example of that. It's like the difference between Doncic and I dunno, Bamba or Trae Young?

The answer is simple:

Tie record into revenue sharing. See how much teams want to tank knowing they can't offset losses from putting out a shitty product by getting paid by the league. Put a performance tax on teams that routinely fall in the bottom 5.
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https://twitter.com/OKCThunderHeads/status/971220336602730497?s=19

Woof
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So the league had words with the Bulls over their tanking line-ups

Meanwhile Memphis are fielding 4 undrafted players and not even putting a name on one of their players jerseys without the league saying shit.

poor marc gasol, man
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ShatteredElysium posted...

So the league had words with the Bulls over their tanking line-ups

Meanwhile Memphis are fielding 4 undrafted players and not even putting a name on one of their players jerseys without the league saying shit.

it's gonna be fun when their pick conveys to the Celtics in a couple of years! go _____!
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yeah Memphis has been the runaway tankathon winner once Conley got hurt. they went all in and no one batted an eye. I'll be surprised if they win another game.
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transcience posted...

yeah Memphis has been the runaway tankathon winner once Conley got hurt. they went all in and no one batted an eye. I'll be surprised if they win another game.

If there was any justice, they'd somehow end up with the 5th pick because fuck the lottery.
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Yeah I hope they get screwed over by the lotto. Losing as many straight as they have is flat out unacceptable. Although I think 4th is the lowest they can drop

Remember when the Grizzlies and the Magic looked good early in the season?

Good times
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