Board 8 > NBA Discussion Topic, Part 1 - finally!

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Having Beverley on Ball for his first game was the best-case scenario because Beverley doesn't mind being the annoying troll who plays dirty.
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I love Beverley. I see the Paul trade as an upgrade for the Clippers because they got two good players back and freed up Blake to maximize his skill set. him and Paul never really worked.
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LeonhartFour posted...

Having Beverley on Ball for his first game was the best-case scenario because Beverley doesn't mind being the annoying troll who plays dirty.

Yes, of all the players for him to go against game 1, I love that it was Beverley
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MZero11 posted...

Yikes Westbrook had 16 assists and only took 12 shots. If he keeps up that playstyle the Thunder could be very scary

Like I said, having other players who can score the ball helps him immensely. He can save all that energy for spreading the floor and being creative.

And of course on nights where he has to score 50, it won't be such a drain on him because he doesn't have to do it all the time.
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Tonight I have a really good feeling about Giannis vs. LeBron being amazing and a shootout. Let's hope so.
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I would be down for that. Although I may have a slight bias in favor of freak since he's on both my fantasy teams.
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Giannis is the only guy in the league that can go toe to toe with Lebron physically. that guy is absolutely the evolutionary Lebron. he just needs to get a little better at basketball and he'll be right there with him.
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I kind of feel bad for rooting against lonzo ball because it's his father that's the real gasbag. Lonzo himself hasn't done anything to deserve the backlash. But then I hear lavar talk, and he's just SO full of himself, that me and I'm sure many others decide we don't care if innocent lonzo fails, if that's what it takes to shut his asshole father up.
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I'm rooting for big baller brand to take over the league
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I come at it a little differently. I'm a Kings fan and therefore a fan of natural rival Deaaron Fox who Lonzo has been ducking for months. it also plays in nicely to the old Kings/Lakers rivalry of the early 00s. so yeah screw Lonzo.
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transcience posted...

Giannis is the only guy in the league that can go toe to toe with Lebron physically. that guy is absolutely the evolutionary Lebron. he just needs to get a little better at basketball and he'll be right there with him.

he needs to be significantly better at basketball

specifically dribbling, passing, and shooting

bt man, seeing him take it to the rack was just... it felt helpless. lebron-esque.
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transience posted...

I come at it a little differently. I'm a Kings fan and therefore a fan of natural rival Deaaron Fox who Lonzo has been ducking for months. it also plays in nicely to the old Kings/Lakers rivalry of the early 00s. so yeah screw Lonzo.

#Sacproud
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fox vs. smith jr tonight, heck yeah

lebron/giannis - 7pm
celtics/sixers - 7pm
jazz/wolves - 8pm
kings/mavs - 8:30pm
warriors/pelicans - 9:30pm

(all times et)

I'm going to try to catch a little bit of each of these tonight. might check out lakers/suns too just to see how lonzo does when the other team doesn't even try.
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What are the espn games? Cavs and then warriors?
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do you even need to ask?
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https://twitter.com/bball_ref/status/921442175161896960
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embiid held in check so far

jj redick's still good

philly overall just doesn't seem quite as good of a team, it's nice to see some of the celtic dudes get to shine a little.

i do wanna catch some lebron/giannis though. probably after 1q of c's/6ers
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Pistons holding their own against wizards so far

keep it up
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giannis always brings it vs. lebron
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celtics fucking suck
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pistonz fell apart in the 2nd half after doing so well in the 1st :(
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14-0 run back in it :O
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poor giannis. team is giving him nothing. 32-7-8 so far.

i'm not sure i'm getting much out of boston/philly, but it's a fun scrap.
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golden state seems really uninterested in the regular season this year
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KINGS. Fox's numbers aren't great tonight but I still really liked what I saw. I'm kinda pissed that they signed Hill, who hit the game winner tonight and had a great game but doesn't mesh with Fox at all. it'd be fine if it was for one year but he's got 3.

Kawhi not looking so hot - https://streamable.com/iqrq4

I felt like this one minute stretch was basically the ballgame in the Cleveland game - https://streamable.com/4jw7l

haha https://streamable.com/8so7i
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Kangz
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am I the only one that thinks the Cavs look better than last year already.
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Their bench is quite a bit deeper so I think it's certainly possible

but LeBron has been playing at another level right now
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Apparently reffing in the Pistons game was pretty bad so only losing by 2 on the road to one of the few good East teams is a good sign.
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Cavs aren't better. Lebron just has to do more because he has no secondary ballhandling star (sorry, Wade, not anymore)

now when Thomas comes back? maybe, but that's a weird one to incorporate with Wade and Rose.
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I think it's possible they're better with LeBron doing more and not having to share time with Kyrie.
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Like I think that LeBron working as the PG and getting everyone involved like that makes them a better team.
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Rose probably gets hurt by the time IT comes back so who knows

In fact, he sprained his ankle tonight IIRC
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I picked Cousins and Davis in one of my DraftKings lineups and they are currently combining for almost 140 points themselves lol
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Lonzo looked great tonight. Lakers almost blew it but held on.
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It's almost like his first NBA game was against Patrick Beverly lol
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that game had atrocious defense from both teams, but that is to be expected from those squads.

a really fun game to watch though. really impressed with Bender on D, had by far the highest +/- on the suns and is looking much better than last year. The fact Bledsoe/Warren/Booker all got almost 30 points is pretty great after that last game, too. sadly, no synchronized running this game.

Lonzo had like 8/6/6 by halftime. he must've had a real good second half.

I have a hard time taking Phoenix seriously. he plays the Pelicans tonight - curious to see how he does there. the truth is probably in the middle of the two games.
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transience posted...

Cavs aren't better. Lebron just has to do more because he has no secondary ballhandling star (sorry, Wade, not anymore)

now when Thomas comes back? maybe, but that's a weird one to incorporate with Wade and Rose.

i dunno about wade but rose seemed to get to the basket at will last night

fucking jeff green also showed up somehow
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Man, sometimes being a blind homer (and drunk) pays off. Or might. I have $100 on Magic to beat Cleveland straight up tonight because someone goaded me into it

what was the money line?
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+650

giannis jesus christ
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2-1 and could have been 3-0.

Good enough start for me.
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Is there a bigger douchebag in sports right now than Kevin Durant?

Don't answer. No, there isn't. And it's not close.
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he's not even the worst warrior that got ejected tonight!
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TheRock1525 posted...

2-1 and could have been 3-0.

Good enough start for me.

This is also how I feel
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Flashing his ring finger as he's being ejected in the third game of the season against Memphis at the crowd.

I fucking hate him more than Tom Brady, tbh. Hope that team gets riddled full of injuries and they win fuck all this year.
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transience posted...

he's not even the worst warrior that got ejected tonight!

Curry has done the mouth piece thing before and it's much less douchey than what Durant did on his way off the court. What a slimeball.
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Curry is the worst. I think he drives me nuts as much as anyone in the league.
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