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2 against the bux after that

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Suns smashed the Pelicans by almost 30, with Booker only scoring 8 points! Good sign for the depth this season

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Magic are 4-0 for the first time in our history

"LeBron is already on pace to have the greatest 18th season ever"

for crying out loud ESPN they've played 4 games

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To be fair, he was on that pace before any game was played.

Because he's LeBron James.

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He is also one of the youngest in his 18th season. lol.

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This popped up when searching for a plunger on Amazon:



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There's a bunch of Piston hall of famers and yet they put together some weird cover with a bunch of players that never played for the Pistons in Piston jerseys.

What.

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Kings fall to the Rockets but man it was a really good game and our rookie is the real deal.

But let me tell you the Rockets-- Houston is a PROBLEM

Wall is still for real

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Man, the Magic game tonight was one of the few I didn't have tickets to originally. So had to pay an extra $150 to go and that is the worst I have seen Fultz play since we got him. As a whole it's probably in the worst 3 games I've seen us play in the 8 years Ive been here

ya go my Becky Hammon

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Suns 106
Jazz 95

Jazz tried a late comeback and Booker said "nope". 4-1 oh yeah

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It's weird having, what seems, a totally competent Suns team.

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I'm trying not to get too excited, but yeah they haven't been competent since I was in high school. There were signs of promise last year, and of course the bubble, so I'm cautiously optimistic

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Pistonz literally trying to give the game to Celtics for the tank but they don't want to take it

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Final Score

Celtics - 93
Pistons - 96

Guess you can't lose them all!

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MZero posted...

I'm trying not to get too excited, but yeah they haven't been competent since I was in high school. There were signs of promise last year, and of course the bubble, so I'm cautiously optimistic

Feeling the same. Tonight's game had me holding my breathe and giving me anxiety due to flashbacks of past blown leads the past 10 years.

I need to be at least 20 games in until I start gaining any confidence on the team.

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Utah and Denver is a tough back to back, so I was impressed they got the win. Definitely need to clean it up down the stretch though

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Watch out, league. Keldon Johnson is really developing a 3-point jumper.

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Woo we beat the Magic

i truly think our starting lineup is too competent to take us out of any game early, and if we get any production from the bench we will have a chance in most games.

Theo Maledon is going to be fun to watch be one of the best point guards in this draft class


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LOL Nets

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Regular Season P too much for the Suns tonight

Good effort to come back and make it a game after trailing by 20 early though

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It was nice to see Curry be Curry again

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In the land of KANGZ Marvin Bagley's dad has been on Twitter saying the team needs to trade him. His dad has been vocal in the past but not to saying hey trade my kid.
But also Fox's dad chimed in saying... yeah go ahead and trade him. So now we had dad beef.

Remember though that there was a (false) rumor we passed on Luka because... Vlade's relationship with Luka's dad

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my dad can beat up your dad

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I am confused, why exactly does bag's dad want him to be traded? They're .500 and he's starting isn't he?
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Emeraldegg posted...

I am confused, why exactly does bag's dad want him to be traded? They're .500 and he's starting isn't he?

Probably thinks the team isn't using him right or something

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Fuck me. Fultz very likely just tore his ACL.

What the fuck did we do to anger the basketball gods and desrve our horrendous injury luck the last few years

If it is a torn ACL that would be 4 times since 2019 season for the Magic. Plus Aminu getting a torn meniscus and still being out indefinitely 15 months. Plus Okeke coming back from a torn ACL only to reinjure his knee 5 games in.

That also doesn't account for Aaron Gordon found down hurt directly before the playoffs when playing the best ball of his career

92-58 Bucks early in the 3rd

I think my pistonz tank will be safe again tonight

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Confirmed torn ACL. FML

Fultz has maybe the saddest NBA story I've ever heard, even sadder than Greg Oden

feels bad

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colliding posted...

Fultz has maybe the saddest NBA story I've ever heard, even sadder than Greg Oden

feels bad

I mean... Len Bias will always be the saddest.

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TheRock1525 posted...

I mean... Len Bias will always be the saddest.

followed closely by Reggie Lewis

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TheRock1525 posted...

I mean... Len Bias will always be the saddest.

Disagree, Bias did it to himself. Sad, of course, but he made a bad decision and faced the consequences.

Fultz, Oden, and Reggie Lewis did nothing wrong but just got unlucky, which is sadder imo

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I thought Reggie Lewis did cocaine. Also didn't the doctors literally tell him he had a serious career ending heart defect and he still chose to train for basketball?

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It's suspected that he did but I don't think it was ever confirmed. I think he was told that by doctors but got a second opinion, with a less severe diagnosis. Even still, if he was forced into retirement and survived that still would have been really sad, and I assume he could have died from it anyway

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I'm so dejected as a Magic fan. Every glimmer of hope we get is snuffed out. I invest so much time and money into this team and we just can't catch a break.

I guess we see a lot of Cole Anthony now as he will be thrust into the starting role but this feels like such a wasted season.

Oh and Cole Anthony is now 15/1 to win rookie of the year. Started the season at 50/1

Why is Kevin Durant quarantining when he has already had the virus and recovered?

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Welp, tonight's game against the Rockets will likely get messy. Here is the Magic's depth chart tonight

PG - Anthony (Rookie) / Bone (2-way)
SG - Bacon / Mane (Super raw 2-way like HS raw)
SF - Ennis / Ross
PF - Clark
C - Vucevic / Birch / Bamba

OUT - Fultz, Carter-Williams, Isaac, Gordon, Aminu,
Questionable - Fournier (DNP last 2)

Bamba has played 2x 4 minute bursts this season. Both in garbage time because he's still recovering from COVID which he got in JUNE

Ennis is on a minutes restriction. Last game was his first back and he played 16 minutes

Harden and Wall are going to have a field day. I legitimately don't know what we do if anyone gets into foul trouble early

Suns look like they enjoy playing defense

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Best defense in the league! PPG anyway.

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OVERTlME

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*shakes fist at SHINE*

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Pistons > Western Conference

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Oh no. Well, this is why I'm giving them about 20 games before I make any judgment.

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MZero posted...

Disagree, Bias did it to himself. Sad, of course, but he made a bad decision and faced the consequences.

Fultz, Oden, and Reggie Lewis did nothing wrong but just got unlucky, which is sadder imo

drug addiction is a disease, you absolute buffoon

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CherryCokes posted...

drug addiction is a disease, you absolute buffoon

I don't want to derail this topic any further, so all I'll say is I'm not denying this

In current NBA news, good bounce back win for the Suns today. Career high 34 points for Bridges! Good to see them comeback from a bad loss when in years passed they would go on losing streaks in these situations

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Tatum :(

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