Board 8 > NBA Discussion Topic 3 - Will Boston ever lose? Also James Harden is MVP

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crap, Millsap's out three months
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the consensus #1 pick is out for the year. bad day!

wonder if he still declares.
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man how did we end up with an nba schedule with bulls-lakers being the only game?

it's okay, we're all just waiting for the nationally televised Kings/Lakers game tomorrow. Fox gonna get his
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transience posted...

the consensus #1 pick is out for the year. bad day!

wonder if he still declares.

perfect fit for philly
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KommunistKoala posted...

transience posted...

the consensus #1 pick is out for the year. bad day!

wonder if he still declares.

perfect fit for philly

SOrry bro

transience posted...

the consensus #1 pick is out for the year. bad day!

wonder if he still declares.

He most likely will I think

He also has shown enough in high school to probably still be picked in the top 3
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I could go on a whole rant about the NBA forcing these kids to be in school and how it's really pointless.

yeah Lebron and KG and Kobe really suffered
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Even a rookie scale contract is enough to get you on your feet if being in the NBA doesn't pan out

Granted, most 18 year olds don't really think that way at all, but...
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transience posted...

man how did we end up with an nba schedule with bulls-lakers being the only game?

it's okay, we're all just waiting for the nationally televised Kings/Lakers game tomorrow. Fox gonna get his

Are you going to go? I may go with my brother after the old sac tree lighting
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Is that Bagly you guys are talking about?
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I'm sure there are statistics out there for the success of high school-to-pro vs college-to-pro players. Would make sense if there's a big difference, but I'd guess the difference is negligible.
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ScareChan posted...

Is that Bagly you guys are talking about?

Michael Porter Jr.
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ScareChan posted...

transience posted...

man how did we end up with an nba schedule with bulls-lakers being the only game?

it's okay, we're all just waiting for the nationally televised Kings/Lakers game tomorrow. Fox gonna get his

Are you going to go? I may go with my brother after the old sac tree lighting

nah, I live in NC
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Lakers with a nice comeback... Zo still shooting like shit
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man who thought making Lakers/Bulls the only NBA game on tonight was a good idea
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if Marcus Smart could shoot as well as Lonzo Ball, hot damn would I love that
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he was 4/4 from the FT line last game so i guess we can celebrate that??
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Beverley out for the season

Seems like Doc Riverss days with the Clippers are numbered
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http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/21520710/gregg-popovich-san-antonio-spurs-says-never-encountered-issue-kawhi-leonard-quadriceps-injury

well that doesn't sound good
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I might have to start treating Kawhi like I treat Hayward. sucks, but if there's a time to mail it in, it's now when the Warriors are untouchable.
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Warriors and Celtics both currently down double digits.

what are the chances both of them end up winning by double digits
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LeonhartFour posted...

Warriors and Celtics both currently down double digits.

what are the chances both of them end up winning by double digits

almost none for the celtics

i also just noticed what a murderer's row of coaches stevens is facing. kerr, bud, carlisle, and spo in the course of 7 days in 4 different cities. odds are you're gonna get got at one point...
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Knicks were on a 28-0 run against the Raptors

Pretty good!
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meanwhile, Houston's up 35 at halftime

(the Boston streak is weird. we've treated it like it's a 30 game win streak or something. 16 is a great accomplishment, but it's not historic. that one bad Houston team got to like 22.)
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Well, I think it's mostly because nobody expected them to rebound from the Hayward injury that quickly.
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I mean, they finished first in their conference last year without him
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and without a lot of players currently on their team

and with a lot of players who are no longer on their team

this is a very different team from last year
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undoubtedly a better team though
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Oh, no doubt, but some of these things you couldn't have predicted, like Kyrie suddenly becoming good at defense.
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I'm not surprised - defense is really a team thing and Boston plays good defense.

I mean, Stephen Jackson played good D on San Antonio
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It could just be the coaching scheme, Stevens is a way better coach than Lue is
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OKC looks kind of great tonight

kinda wonder if they're similar to Cleveland where they play up to their opponents
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Yeah, I know it can be largely dependent on the team you're playing on, but not everyone on the Spurs and Celtics is good at defense either.
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like, the spurs have a top 5 defense and they're without GOAT defender kawhi. I dunno what to make of individual defenders. I don't trust advanced stats on them.
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wow, golden state looks miserable on defense. draymond got a couple of bs fouls and they're not even really trying here.

i still like okc to turn it around
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The streak is over. Only took four days from ExTha making the topic.
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This would be a bad loss!
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Kelly Olynyk gets his revenge

East looks surprisingly pretty good this year
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East actually has a winning record against the West right now.
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the bad news is that we lost

the good news is that the celtics are 16-3, without gordon hayward, playing an insane stretch of travel. got back-to-back games friday and saturday in different cities after this, too
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this houston game is nuts
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the minnesota one too

if they blow this..
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The streak was fun. If you took the Wins over and cried when GH went down, this has given you hope!
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haha, OKC just left all their starters in until 1:30 with a 17 point lead to try to get Russ his tenth assist. then when someone missed an alleyoop, they finally reluctantly took them out

how sad
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https://streamable.com/n4810

Seems like the Warriors could have used Harrison Barnes
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or the spurs

zing
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Russ is Duran't father now
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speaking of being someone's daddy

let's go fox
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I'm just glad Russ finally beat KD. I felt bad for him when the Warriors were just clearly too good for OKC to have a chance last year.
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