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

(+) Yeah! (+)

1-3 since losing Roberson.

Trade deadline getting closer and closer, Presti.
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Leonhart4 posted...

Man, how have the Hornets not had a scorer who had a long career with them?

Well I think the Charlotte Hornets are countered as different than the New Orleans ones. David West was the leading one beforehand

Which is pretty weird, but AD is about 1k Points behind Dell Curry (the Charlotte leading one) and 600 behind Kemba (Who is active and could break it if hes not traded)
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https://streamable.com/6xumb

Wow this is the best thing to ever come from the Nuggets
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see: I can't dunk
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3-0 in the post Avery Bradley era :o
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ricky rubio has 20 first half points against the spurs.
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LOL Cavs
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ninkendo posted...

3-0 in the post Avery Bradley era :o

Pistons are 8-3 without Avery Bradley in general this season.
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Also another 20-20 game for Drummond.
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Meanwhile the Clippers won with Avery Bradley

How did they do it
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LiquidOshawott posted...

Meanwhile the Clippers won with Avery Bradley

How did they do it

Gallinari was +25.
They were playing the Bulls.
Bradley still somehow had more shots than points.
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TheRock1525 posted...

LiquidOshawott posted...

Meanwhile the Clippers won with Avery Bradley

How did they do it

Bradley still somehow had more shots than points.

that's not that impressive! like 8 cavs are doing that right now
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yeah but the Cavs are losing by 50
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yes that's the joke
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five cavs scored in the double digits and lebron james came within one rebound and one assist of a triple double, but the balanced effort was not enough to overcome the houston rockets
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3 to 7 in the East is pretty close! All within 2 games

We were talking about the Heat being in fourth is impressive but with their loss to Detroit now theyre in seventh. Cavs with their struggles are closer to being out than catching Boston.

Trade Deadline is four days away!
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LiquidOshawott posted...

Cavs with their struggles are closer to being out than catching Boston.

I pointed that out earlier and everyone was like "OH IT'S BECAUSE BOSTON IS JUST SO GOOD."
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lillard is a fucking assassin in the fourth
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MAXIMUM al horford
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OKC bench came to play today!
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SeabassDebeste posted...

lillard is a fucking assassin in the fourth

That and one was so soft though
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yeah it was ticky tack.

in hindsight made the GW that much more euphoric tho. refs said "no OT tonight" lmao
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we lost to the Lakers with no Lonzo

kill me
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you probably lost precisely because no Lonzo
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the "Lonzo is bad" meme is still a thing?
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why would it stop being a thing
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Because he's really really good.
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https://www.facebook.com/TheHerd/videos/2139865266234661/
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LOL Cowherd
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That's a nice argument you have presented there.
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Lonzo might be good in a couple of years but he's got a ways to go before calling him that now. he's not even the best rookie on his team.

edit: damn you phones
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I assume that

real = team
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Hes decent, just overshadowed by his crazy Dad, The ridiculous amount of talented rookies this year (Simmons, Mitchell, Tatum, Kuzma, etc) and the fact that he had a rocky start
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never forget
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ninkendo posted...

4-0 in the post Avery Bradley era :o

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ninkendo posted...

ninkendo posted...

4-0 in the post Avery Bradley era :o

9-3 without Bradley in general.

This team might actually be a threat when Reggie Jackson gets back, but a lot of it has to do with our three point shooters making shots. Galloway, Bullock, and Tolliver got the job done tonight, Griffin was 3-7, Kennard only made one but scored 12 points total.

I'd really feel better if we had one more consistent three point shooter instead of Stanley Johnson in the starting lineup, as much as I like his defense.
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Damn Hezonja averaging 16.5 points a game, 52.2% FG and a ridiculous 60.8% from 3 (14-23) since filling in for Aaron Gordon

Who would have thought that maybe just maybe we needed to give him minutes that weren't garbage time minutes. Although he's obviously unlikely to keep up that 3PT% or anywhere close to it so will likely suffer a drop off soon

Shame we have zero chance of resigning him if he keeps playing well since we declined the 4th year option so can only offer that as a max I think ($5.2m). If he keeps playing well someone will surely take a flyer on him for more than that price.

so if orlando just starts new guys every 10 games, you should be fine, right?

meanwhile, celtics at toronto is really free-flowing. i enjoy these games so much when there aren't fouls every possession!
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Cavs scored 43 past us in the 1st quarter and led by 16 at half time. They lost the third to us 41-22 to be behind by 3 entering the 4th

They are such a mess right now.

i paused the game after q1 with plans to catch up

my friend advised me not to bother watching and, uh, yeah, i see why
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It's almost the 4th quarter and the Knicks and Grizzlies have yet to put up 55 points in their respective games.
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ShatteredElysium posted...

Cavs scored 43 past us in the 1st quarter and led by 16 at half time. They lost the third to us 41-22 to be behind by 3 entering the 4th

They are such a mess right now.

that final score lmaoooooo
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seriously though the spurs have butchered things

they're paying paying 12MM to rudy gay instead of 6MM to jonathon simmons, they're paying pau gasol... :(
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RIP in peace Lebron
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Yeah that Cavs game didn't get any better for them.

116-98 which included losing 65-31 in the 4th (9 point 4th quarter). I'm sure at one point they were up by more than 20. Lue left in the 2nd with an undisclosed illness and did not return. Simmons scored a career high 34 points.

SeabassDebeste posted...

seriously though the spurs have butchered things

they're paying paying 12MM to rudy gay instead of 6MM to jonathon simmons, they're paying pau gasol... :(

I think every Spurs fan realizes this is basically a lost season. We'll win 50 games and maybe a playoff series, but that's it.
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Is this the year the Raptors become truly relevant in the playoffs?

I'm inclined to continue saying no despite the results.
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To put into perspective how bad that loss is. That's the first time we have won back to back games since November when we were 8-4. We were 8-32 since then prior to that Cavs game.

Pretty sure the Heat, Knicks and Cavs are the only teams we have beaten more than once. And that's only the third time since the start of January we've held a team to under 100 in 16 games (Nets and Celtics are the other 2)

davidponte posted...

Is this the year the Raptors become truly relevant in the playoffs?

I'm inclined to continue saying no despite the results.

They can be if LeBron has essentially given up on this season, and by all appearances, he has.
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Even then regular season Raptors and playoff Raptors are two different teams. The latter makes every single game a struggle regardless of opponent.
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