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Dr_Football
11/15/19 11:31:11 PM
#201:


The whole not having any expectations thing is really making the Thunder fun to watch so far
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Dr_Football
11/16/19 1:03:37 AM
#202:


also

Kings please dont draw up plays for Barnes to tie the game

Draw up a play for the win, thats why you have Buddy and Bogdanovic

(Especially after Barnes thought they had a foul to give and cost them the game in the first place)
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ScareChan
11/16/19 1:48:35 AM
#203:


kings so close to beating the lakers with their b team

THE RUN is coming

and that play WAS for buddy, he was open in the corner, but Barnes was fouled twice so he thought he would get freethrows if he went for the shot
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KommunistKoala
11/16/19 3:08:57 AM
#204:


https://streamable.com/ce6xv

absolutely murdered
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SeabassDebeste
11/16/19 9:44:03 AM
#205:


r/sixers in meltdown is delicious, even though there's no reason for concern yet

also we're going streaking
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MZero11
11/19/19 12:51:24 AM
#206:


Suns fall to the Celtics 99-85

Suns were ice cold from 3 and both teams were very sloppy, but every bounce went the Celtics' way. Not really a fun game to watch

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LeonhartFour
11/19/19 12:53:11 AM
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ninkendo
11/19/19 12:54:07 AM
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Emeraldegg
11/20/19 9:03:28 PM
#209:


The warriors, on the other hand, are not
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Leonhart4
11/20/19 9:51:48 PM
#210:


We lost to the Wizards?!

Yep, Spurs are officially bad now.
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ertyu0078
11/20/19 10:02:38 PM
#211:


Lets go bulls lol
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KCF0107
11/23/19 2:14:57 PM
#212:


https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/28145944/sources-nba-considering-reseeding-conference-finalists-postseason-play-in

I guess not being familiar with Euro soccer is making it hard for me to grasp the purpose of a small regular season tournament using middle of the road teams in November/December with playoff implications.
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Emeraldegg
11/23/19 2:43:04 PM
#213:


$$$$
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KCF0107
11/23/19 5:49:27 PM
#214:


That goes without saying but not what I am getting at
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ShatteredElysium
11/23/19 6:10:15 PM
#215:


KCF0107 posted...
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/28145944/sources-nba-considering-reseeding-conference-finalists-postseason-play-in

I guess not being familiar with Euro soccer is making it hard for me to grasp the purpose of a small regular season tournament using middle of the road teams in November/December with playoff implications.


It's hard to translate to American sports. In England a competition the attraction of a competition like the FA Cup is the field is massive and it's possible for far lesser teams to get far enough in the competition to play the huge teams. And on some occasions they actually win.

The English Football Pyramid looks like this

https://justtalkingaboutmygeneration.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/546319_10150689478622843_1062053608_n.jpg

If you win the league (or sometimes come in the top 2-4 of one tier) and you go up to the next tier. The above is actually condensed as once you get lower down the pyramids there is a shit ton of teams. To put it in perspective, when I was a teenager I played in Tier 10. Games were played on Sundays (or week day nights) in the equivalent of a random park with like 5-50 people watching.

In the FA Cup it is entirely possible for a team like that to win enough games to get to the point where they play the equivalent of an NFL or NBA team. It rarely happens but what does happen at least a few times a year is a team from like Tier 4-7 plays a Tier 1-2 team and like 1-2 times a year they pull the upset off.

It's always fun watching semi-pro players who basically don't get paid playing against players who are getting paid $300k a week to play.
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Emeraldegg
11/23/19 6:11:54 PM
#216:


Yeah but that's literally the reason they're giving for why they're exploring this option. There is no advantage that such a thing gives competition-wise over the current form, it's just about the money and reducing the actual regular season schedule by a few games in exchange.
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ShatteredElysium
11/23/19 6:15:01 PM
#217:


Oh I guess I have a half story about that.

Like 10-15 years ago one of my friends from school was a professional player. He played in Tier 3-4 across his career (he was on Tier 1 reserve team for his teenage years before being let to go play first team football). His team played one of the best Tier 1 teams in the country in the FA cup.

He got sent off for fouling Andriy Shevchenko who was held the record for the most expensive transfer fee in England when that team signed him.

So here was a dude I went to school with who got paid probably $500 a week fouling a dude who cost $45-50m in transfer fees and was getting paid like $100-200k a week. This was in errr 2007 iirc.
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ShatteredElysium
11/23/19 6:16:58 PM
#218:


I think the only tournament I would be interested in seeing in Basketball would be a tournament between non playoff teams for draft position.
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LeonhartFour
11/23/19 9:03:10 PM
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KommunistKoala
11/24/19 7:54:34 PM
#220:


LeonhartFour posted...
well at least we can apparently beat the Knicks

one thing we can hold over the mavs
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KCF0107
11/24/19 8:07:01 PM
#221:


No need to rub it in!
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LadyVyxx
11/24/19 10:45:03 PM
#222:


Sorry I'm a day or 2 late to the party but

https://streamable.com/2uvn9

The last 2 minutes of this game were insane

Also lebron is the best tight end to never play in the NFL

https://streamable.com/6ohsr

Lord have mercy

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MZero11
11/25/19 9:07:21 AM
#223:


The Suns have been doodie without Rubio (and Baynes)

Looks like signing him was the right move

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ninkendo
11/25/19 9:19:50 PM
#224:


Pistons manage to not have a bad 3rd quarter and they win by double digits oh ya
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davidponte
11/25/19 9:56:15 PM
#225:


Man beating the 76ers is so satisfying.

This Raptors team has been missing two of its best players for weeks and refuses to back down.
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Dr_Football
11/26/19 12:46:29 AM
#226:


Thunder win their 6th game of the year by beating the Warriors for the third time
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SeabassDebeste
11/26/19 6:53:28 AM
#227:


davidponte posted...
Man beating the 76ers is so satisfying.

This Raptors team has been missing two of its best players for weeks and refuses to back down.

not to mention your best player from last season!
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davidponte
11/26/19 8:33:54 AM
#228:


SeabassDebeste posted...
davidponte posted...
Man beating the 76ers is so satisfying.

This Raptors team has been missing two of its best players for weeks and refuses to back down.

not to mention your best player from last season!


That too!
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Fastbreak
11/26/19 3:14:08 PM
#229:


Dr_Football posted...
Thunder win their 6th game of the year by beating the Warriors for the third time


How have you played a team 3times and its not even Thanksgiving yet

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ninkendo
11/26/19 3:16:30 PM
#230:


Fastbreak posted...
How have you played a team 3times and its not even Thanksgiving yet

Pistons played the Pacers 3 times in the first 2 weeks of the season
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KCF0107
11/26/19 3:44:39 PM
#231:


Mavs played a non-conference opponent twice within their first 11 games.

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KommunistKoala
11/26/19 3:47:38 PM
#232:


The Dallas Mavericks currently have an all time record of 1583-1583

1583 was also the year of the first translation of the complete Bible in to the Slovene language.

can't make this stuff up

https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/e1zjtk/the_dallas_mavericks_currently_have_an_all_time/
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ninkendo
11/27/19 9:26:17 PM
#233:


Pistons missed final shot of the game to win it
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ninkendo
11/27/19 11:28:21 PM
#234:


Good on Kyrie to confirm he's just as thin skinned and a diva as everyone claimed he was.
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TheRock1525
11/29/19 9:22:00 PM
#235:


Detroit loses to Charlotte for the third time this season with the game decided on the last possession.
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MZero11
11/30/19 1:34:38 AM
#236:


Getting destroyed by Doncic while Ayton is serving a 25 game suspension

it's not a good feeling

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ScareChan
11/30/19 1:48:54 AM
#237:


I like Jaxson Hayes
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ninkendo
12/01/19 5:55:11 PM
#238:


Luka too much for the Lakers today. Might finish with a triple double if he gets a few more rebounds.

Pistons handling the Spurs so far!
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ninkendo
12/01/19 6:53:08 PM
#239:


well Pistons lead spurs by 25 after 3

will be hard pressed to blow this one
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ninkendo
12/01/19 7:20:12 PM
#240:


Final Score

Spurs - 98
Pistons - 132

need more of Christian Wood dunking on fools
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davidponte
12/01/19 9:07:22 PM
#241:


The Jazz scored a franchise record 49 points in the third quarter and still lost by 20 to the Raptors.
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Emeraldegg
12/02/19 4:45:45 PM
#242:


So apparently lamelo ball is currently in the #1 overall discussion, how hilarious would it be if the pelicans, who are not doing well at all this season, took him?
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ShatteredElysium
12/03/19 6:51:54 AM
#243:


Ended up recording our first Orlando Magic podcast the other day and released yesterday. The first few minutes were rough audio wise but after that it went okayish

We are still waiting for iTunes verification but we got around 100 listens off Anchor in the first 24 hours and positive feedback.

I think as soon as we get our first player on we will see an uptick in audience. I don't know what to expect numbers wise. I know one of the other main Magic podcasts took 40 episodes to get 10k listens. The main guy on our podcast thinks if shouldn't take us more than 10-15 once we get iTunes verification

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ShatteredElysium
12/03/19 8:58:18 PM
#244:


The not being able to return to the game if you don't shoot the FT rule is balls. This just happened in the Magic game

Bradley Beal elbows Carter Williams in the nose
Carter Williams nose is absolutely gushing with blood
Refs call Flagrant Foul
Carter Williams is not allowed to shoot the FTs due to blood
Carter Williams can now not return to the game even though the blood could be cleared up in 2-3 mins and there was 10 mins remaining

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ninkendo
12/03/19 9:09:17 PM
#245:


Final Score

Pistons - 127
Cavs - 94

First time in team history that the Pistons have had back to back 30+ point wins
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ninkendo
12/03/19 9:40:09 PM
#246:


lmao

locker room interviews they're asking Kennard to comment on Blake's leadership and Blake immediately shows up half naked and just stands there and listens to the answer
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TheRock1525
12/03/19 10:18:21 PM
#247:


His "leadership" is huge, I bet.
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ShatteredElysium
12/03/19 10:55:50 PM
#248:


Fultz haters are so annoying. They keep moving the goalposts. It's gone from he can't shoot at all and can't shoot FT's to he can't shoot because his 3PT% is shit.

His medical report right now is that he's still recovering and does not have the arm strength to shoot 3s. It's pretty clear if you watch him shoot 3s that it's not a lie. The numbers also support it.

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Nelson_Mandela
12/03/19 10:59:47 PM
#249:


I would love to see Fultz become an all star. I still think it's very possible.
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ShatteredElysium
12/03/19 11:09:14 PM
#250:


It's quite possible. Since his minutes restriction got increasd he's averaging

15.5 Points
5.0 Assists
1.25 Steals
2.25 TOVs
54.0 FG%

He is very clearly improving every game he plays. I think he's at like 52 total games in his career now so still virtually nothing
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