2017 NBA OFFSEASON

Yeah, the best builds on seven footers I've ever seen were on Wilt, Shaq and Yao. They could carry that kind of weight and not break down.

dikembe!

yao broke down

he fermented

shawn bradley wasn't bad

http://www.spotpromotions.net/images/slideshow/dancing-inflatables/century-chevrolet-waving-inflatable-600.jpg

lol

https://i.imgur.com/GfZXkBx.png

i love yao and all but his career was not exactly what i'd throw up as the paradigm of a consistent & healthy big man

yao was also about as close to 8' as he was to 7'

yao retracted. mea culpa.

dikembe!

DRob was swole

It’s preseason but this was a pretty washed looking DWade

Markkanen looks filthy

duncan might as well be 7' and i will nominate him

Duncan had the arm definition of a computer programmer who goes to CrossFit 3 times a month

he won a lot of games and never got hurt idk seems good to me

when they called Duncan soft they meant it literally

dikembe!

250ish
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, October 10, 2017 6:43 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

right i was adding him to list of guys who had the the right physique for being massive. dude was still effective when he was like 44

Duncan had the arm definition of a computer programmer who goes to CrossFit 3 times a month

― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, October 10, 2017 7:00 PM (fifty-two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

looool

duncan had that definition because he IS a computer programmer who does crossfit 3 times a year

http://img.bleacherreport.net/img/article/media_slots/photos/002/197/243/23aa674551a5a96675888e6c5f80cfdf_crop_exact.jpg?w=650&h=432&q=85

tim was a pr cool guy as i recall it dont know what's up w/ u guys

i know some p cool computer programmers

tim duncan is the best, he's one of my dads

he is all of our dads

ive been adopted by him, coach pop, mr rogers (posthumously rip), and tim gunn and they raise me in a dad commune where we grow vegetables and learn life lessons

Donovan Mitchell and Kyle Kuzma seem good.

Duncan had that rolling d20s arm strength it was just his feet that gave him some trouble for a while but he was otherwise p durable. KG too until his early 30s which is not bad for how long he'd been playing already

Embiid is crazy exciting but I'm scared he's going to be a lock for a yearly season ending injury by 27

the embiid contract is structured m/l like philly has a team option every year IF he injures his feet or back and misses x number of games/minutes, otherwise its a normal contract, http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/20985023/joel-embiid-extension-protects-philadelphia-76ers-case-contractually-specific-catastrophic-injury

so if hes playing bad philly has to keep paying him, or if he injures his knee they have to keep paying him, didnt even realize this sort of thing was allowed

I frequently use “predict games played by height” as an example when teaching regression. You really don’t want to be taller than 7' 1" if you’re concerned about injuries. IIRC, Yao, Bradley, and Bol are the only noteworthy outliers. Joel Embiid is 7' 0".

(However, I’m a Bayesian, so with his existing injury history I’d bet he won’t have a substantial career.)

think I mentioned it here at the time, but when I saw Embiid play in person he fell to the ground at least 7 times in the 25 mins or so of game action, earning the nickname of "the baby giraffe" from my friend. iirc the falls were mostly on defensive end.

didnt even realize this sort of thing was allowed

― lag∞n, Wednesday, October 11, 2017 11:39 AM (six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah if i'm the players assoc i'm....not thrilled with this. i wonder if there are any other examples that may have flown under the radar?

this is a fun read w/kerr diagramming plays on a charcuterie board: http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/page/enterpriseWarriors/how-steve-kerr-revolutionized-golden-state-warriors-offense-charcuterie-board

And then, as Fraser looks on, Kerr swipes clear the wooden board, casting the handle in the role of a basket. He positions the board's dried cranberries and marcona almonds into two five-on-five teams in a half-court setting, with the cranberries relegated to defense.

hah yeah the bartender from that story posts over in the SA forums nba threads and has told it before, it reads like a movie scene or something

when they make the Moneyball-esque movie about this team it'll be really key in the narrative

i like the specific detail that they were marcona almonds

the best of the almonds obv

you are forgetting jordan almonds

watching mediocre coaching and management talent who backed into one of the most talented teams ever gas themselves is ugly

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71TX7nBYszL.jpg

*shudders*

draymond and curry are the two best GMs in the league

That book should just have two sentences

Do: draft steph curry & sign him to a cheap contract while his ankles are still made of tissue paper

Don't: try to lowball him on a contract after he wins two mvps and two championships

our advanced silicon valley science tells us that our allstar point guard who we signed to a discounted contract because of a chronic injury should suddenly transform to the best offensive player for two seasons in the second of which which we will be on the wrong end of end of the biggest upsets in sports causing the second best player in the league to sign with us, also a second round pick we were planning on backing up david lee will turn into the best defender in the league

our coaching genius will install a motion offense instead of just running maybe the most unstoppable play ever over and over

lol xp

goon why u think Kerr is a mediocre coach I guess we have evidence that a clipboard with glasses on it (mike brown) can coach them to insane heights but I don't take that as conclusive evidence that he's NOT good

Oh xp I guess that's probably ok reasoning do u mean a curry kd pick and roll because honestly they could have several plays that u could call most unstoppable ever including "give ball to curry 30 ft from rim" "run a couple screens with three of the deadliest shooters ever hanging around" and "get dray in the middle with those guys just doing some stuff around him"

Hey I had one q from lowes article- who does he think the Celtics are keeping their powder dry for, apologies if I'm missing the obv

It's not Paul George is it I don't want it to be Paul George

Maybe it's BRON lol

Hah yeah spottie draymond probably should have been gm of the year for clutch "u up" text to kd right after losing the title

my case against kerr
evidence of bad player relations via his ongoing fued w dray
using a fancy motion offense that has his players running way more than necessary instead of just doing the unstoppable steph/kd steph/x kd/x pnr over and over
team performing noticeably worse when he took over from walton
slow to understand his best lineups in the offs

i dont think hes bad but def not a top guy either

Hey I had one q from lowes article- who does he think the Celtics are keeping their powder dry for, apologies if I'm missing the obv

― gis for westbrook shark jump (agent hibachi), Wednesday, October 11, 2017 1:30 PM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

gotta be brow

yeah it's brow