2017 NBA OFFSEASON

good stuff from dame n crew
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2708008-damian-lillard-leads-blazers-in-donating-playoff-bonus-money-to-team-staff?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=programming-national

steph holds the record for most threes in a season by such a large margin it's crazy.

nice thats cool xp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl8RvgLywz8

travelgate continues

more people playing a sport --> more people >2 standard deviations above the average player

guys like paul pierce just don't make the baseball hall of fame

Do more human beings on earth play basketball or baseball

in terms of who is eligible for the halls of fame, there are way more MLB players than NBA players. this is not a hard concept bro come on

You're acting as if talent is randomly distributed among a player pool and thus a larger player pool means it's harder to be elite.

If you contracted MLB the 20 best players would still be there.

elite is a relative thing tho. all the stats we use are weighted vs the average or replacement level player

I don't see how having 40 teams instead of 30 would lower Lebron's PER

Logically it would be higher because it would mean more mediocre players and more mediocre franchises to pad your stats.

But really that's not Kev point. The point is that is that the elite pool (let's say the top 0,1%) of baseball is larger because there is more players playing. That makes it easier to have marketable hall of fame classes year in year out, perhaps basketball includes the top 0,3% to make sure there is a steady influx of players enshrined. I said ~perhaps, I don't know.

In any case the baseball hof is no model.

Artis Gilmore waited over 20 years to get in the hall and Walter Davis will never make it. Even Gilmore only got in because Colangelo forced the issue. You have to be really fucking good to make the NBA hall of fame.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C_Ls32iU0AAY64_.jpg

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i'm not sure there's really a scenario where that would make sense tho

tho with doc you never know

with phil u never know

but yeah i dont see any scenarios

It would be funny if it's the lakers and he heard wrong

thats why he deleted the tweet lol

Marc Stein‏Verified account @ESPNSteinLine 2m2 minutes ago
NBA Coaches Association announces Houston's Mike D'Antoni & Miami's Erik Spoelstra as co-recipients of its inaugural Coach of the Year award

kinda a cool award

yeah coach of the year doesn't seem like the kind of award the media needs to be voting on. no one really understands it well enough

co-winners! that's cool.

They should do conference awards anyway.

nah, we need to get rid of conferences

Of course, but until they do...

korver lol

cavs have gotten away with a lot of fouls

this is the offseason thread. u r looking for the 'offs season thread.

it concerns the raptors, who started the offseason as soon as it was announced they'd play the cavs in round 2

lol well played

rip raptores welcome to the offseason

Kurt Helin‏ @basketballtalk 2m2 minutes ago
Kyle Lowry on free agency priorities: ‘A ring. Nothing else. I just want a ring’

welcome to the newest member of the golden state warriors

haha

the spurs need a pg i guess

how many more years will lebron scare all the good players out of the east

I'm uncomfortable with Kyle Lowry being this much of a loser

watching the area 21 thing about ray now and these bros are still super sad :(

perkins making some deep points

lol the whole situation is so sad and lame they need to reconcile

big baby seems like he's not as mad as the rest of them and KG and rondo don't seem happy about that lol

rondo doesn't say a word the whole time

rondo just sitting there gloating that he manipulated the situation so everyone hates his enemy

https://theringer.com/2017-nba-free-agency-glen-big-baby-davis-area-21-blake-griffin-paul-millsap-88f2e2253574

wtf at the end when they start talking about free agents and the show just ends

maybe i need to watch this show

feel like lebron will have a network to do this kinda thing in the future.

ugh can you imagine how insufferable that would be

no hover boards in the studio

the KG show is totally wild. it's so raw and unscripted and sloppy but sometimes it clicks like last night. most the best stuff they dont air on Inside the NBA and is just posted to the area21 twitter. I think it's gonna be a great segment as KG backs of his shtick a hair and stops doing things like slapping the ball every three seconds. He'll get more comfortable and figure it out. i hope TNT sticks with it.