it really has been a bad post-dwight run of things. bad picks/bad trades. oladipo+sabonis for ibaka who you trade for terrence ross and a future 1st rounder, woof
― 21st savagery fox (m bison), Sunday, 16 September 2018 15:59 (five years ago) link
clippers are hella cursed for sure
― k3vin k., Sunday, 16 September 2018 17:10 (five years ago) link
i agree with knicks twolves clippers as the top 3 curses
― ciderpress, Sunday, 16 September 2018 18:22 (five years ago) link
if we're weighting recent situations more heavily i think the pels have a better case than the magic, losing 10 players to injury every year
― ciderpress, Sunday, 16 September 2018 18:23 (five years ago) link
wolves are curse. lowest winning pct all time, reg season AND playoffs. 2nd fewest playoff games all time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_all-time_NBA_win-loss_records
― 21st savagery fox (m bison), Sunday, 16 September 2018 18:55 (five years ago) link
Wade is running it back
― Machine Gunk Jelly (Spottie), Monday, 17 September 2018 00:12 (five years ago) link
suns pretty cursed xps. jordan, joe johnson broken nose, amare eye, amare/diaw suspensions, kobe air ball right into the hands of artest
― Machine Gunk Jelly (Spottie), Monday, 17 September 2018 00:16 (five years ago) link
i think suns are my #4 yeah
― ciderpress, Monday, 17 September 2018 00:26 (five years ago) link
Also the Tim Duncan bank three lol. The moment every suns fan knew they’d never be able to beat the spurs in a series
― Machine Gunk Jelly (Spottie), Monday, 17 September 2018 03:37 (five years ago) link
haha oh boy
Of note in here: Karl-Anthony Towns won’t sign his max rookie extension until the Jimmy Butler situation is resolved. So if Minnesota wants to lock Towns up long-Term, that means a pre-season Butler trade. Rookie extension deadline not that far away... https://t.co/FQDQquDfO3— Sagar Trika (@BlazersBySagar) September 17, 2018
― Machine Gunk Jelly (Spottie), Monday, 17 September 2018 17:31 (five years ago) link
kat really putting in work to become my least favorite nba player
― call all destroyer, Monday, 17 September 2018 17:39 (five years ago) link
it seems like jimmy might be really hard to be around
― J0rdan S., Monday, 17 September 2018 18:13 (five years ago) link
yeah im not so sure about jimmy as a teammate. sounds like he has some kpbe in him?https://sports.vice.com/en_au/article/kzzjxw/jimmy-butler-has-something-to-say
"I'm confrontational. I feed off of confrontation. It makes me go."The conversation turns to his work ethic. He understands not everyone is as driven as he is, but can't comprehend the thought of someone (especially another NBA player) not doing all they can to reach their full potential. It bugs him, even though he knows it shouldn't."I think it's wrong for me to think that people want what I want because in reality they don't. Some people are OK with getting drafted. Some people are OK with playing two years in the league, four years in the league, six years in the league. Some people are OK with just scoring a basket in an NBA game. I'm not OK with any of that. I'm not satisfied until I win a championship," he says. "I want everybody to work the way that I work and it's wrong for me to think like that because people don't do it! But in my mind I'm just like why? Why don't you want to chase greatness the way that I do?"Last January, after a humiliating loss in Atlanta that saw the Bulls blow a 10 point lead with three minutes left, Butler was fined for publicly dragging his teammates through the mud. After he was traded, former NBA player Antoine Walker called Butler a "bad locker room guy." A recent report suggested the Boston Celtics had concerns about trading for the three-time All-Star because Butler might clash with Gordon Hayward, who they eventually signed in free agency."Even as a first-semester freshman, he wasn't gonna let guys drift through practice," says Mike Marquis, Butler's coach at Tyler Junior College. "He is very, very competitive, and he is great when he finds an enemy. I think that's one of his charms. He knows how to psychologically find an enemy and attack it."I ask Butler if he's a difficult person to be around."Yes," he says.But it's not as simple as that. Difficult is in the eye of the beholder, just like laziness."But then again it's bad on my part because I know better," Butler says. "It's kind of contradicting itself. It's like, 'Well Jimmy you know better, don't do that.' But then the other half is just like, 'Well, if you can do it everybody can do it.' But then it goes back again. 'You know that it don't work like that, right? Yeah, I know, but I think that it can so everybody needs to work like this.'""I think it takes a very special person to deal with Jimmy Butler," says Gaines. "He's actually too smart for his own good.""I'm confrontational. I feed off of confrontation. It makes me go..."
The conversation turns to his work ethic. He understands not everyone is as driven as he is, but can't comprehend the thought of someone (especially another NBA player) not doing all they can to reach their full potential. It bugs him, even though he knows it shouldn't.
"I think it's wrong for me to think that people want what I want because in reality they don't. Some people are OK with getting drafted. Some people are OK with playing two years in the league, four years in the league, six years in the league. Some people are OK with just scoring a basket in an NBA game. I'm not OK with any of that. I'm not satisfied until I win a championship," he says. "I want everybody to work the way that I work and it's wrong for me to think like that because people don't do it! But in my mind I'm just like why? Why don't you want to chase greatness the way that I do?"
Last January, after a humiliating loss in Atlanta that saw the Bulls blow a 10 point lead with three minutes left, Butler was fined for publicly dragging his teammates through the mud. After he was traded, former NBA player Antoine Walker called Butler a "bad locker room guy." A recent report suggested the Boston Celtics had concerns about trading for the three-time All-Star because Butler might clash with Gordon Hayward, who they eventually signed in free agency.
"Even as a first-semester freshman, he wasn't gonna let guys drift through practice," says Mike Marquis, Butler's coach at Tyler Junior College. "He is very, very competitive, and he is great when he finds an enemy. I think that's one of his charms. He knows how to psychologically find an enemy and attack it."
I ask Butler if he's a difficult person to be around.
"Yes," he says.
But it's not as simple as that. Difficult is in the eye of the beholder, just like laziness.
"But then again it's bad on my part because I know better," Butler says. "It's kind of contradicting itself. It's like, 'Well Jimmy you know better, don't do that.' But then the other half is just like, 'Well, if you can do it everybody can do it.' But then it goes back again. 'You know that it don't work like that, right? Yeah, I know, but I think that it can so everybody needs to work like this.'"
"I think it takes a very special person to deal with Jimmy Butler," says Gaines. "He's actually too smart for his own good."
"I'm confrontational. I feed off of confrontation. It makes me go..."
― Machine Gunk Jelly (Spottie), Monday, 17 September 2018 18:40 (five years ago) link
yikes!
― sprout god (lag∞n), Monday, 17 September 2018 19:11 (five years ago) link
the wolves wld really be in a better situation if this kat ultimatum didnt leak
― sprout god (lag∞n), Monday, 17 September 2018 19:12 (five years ago) link
I think that's one of his charms. He knows how to psychologically find an enemy and attack it.
jfc lol
― sprout god (lag∞n), Monday, 17 September 2018 19:14 (five years ago) link
Trade both those fuckers.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 17 September 2018 19:22 (five years ago) link
wld be interesting to see what they cld get for kat
― sprout god (lag∞n), Monday, 17 September 2018 19:23 (five years ago) link
cant imagine them actually going through with it tho, seems like theyll have to trade jimmy for not much
― sprout god (lag∞n), Monday, 17 September 2018 19:25 (five years ago) link
History tells us that the Wolves won't do shit and they'll ruin their present and future.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 17 September 2018 19:34 (five years ago) link
Sorry Matt.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DnUfA2ZVAAADPTB.jpg:large
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 17 September 2018 19:41 (five years ago) link
as far as personality i would take jimmy 1000 times over an entitled star who doesn't realize that he hasn't actually accomplished anything in the nba.
― call all destroyer, Monday, 17 September 2018 19:42 (five years ago) link
100%
― Machine Gunk Jelly (Spottie), Monday, 17 September 2018 19:51 (five years ago) link
maybe they should make KAT promise to try harder if they trade jimmy
― Machine Gunk Jelly (Spottie), Monday, 17 September 2018 19:54 (five years ago) link
lol
― sprout god (lag∞n), Monday, 17 September 2018 19:54 (five years ago) link
hahah perfect
― call all destroyer, Monday, 17 September 2018 20:01 (five years ago) link
the concept of the celtics starting 5 6-8 guys who all shoot the 3 has admittedly captured my imagination im sure the wolves wld be psyched to get kyrie straight up (not sure the celtics wld even do that deal/what their feeling is about the prospects of kyrie resigning) (not sure id want them to do it since i love kyrie but it wld be interesting)
― sprout god (lag∞n), Monday, 17 September 2018 20:15 (five years ago) link
I hope they wouldn't do that. Jimmy's a great talent but I bet he's no fun to play with. He's the Thibs of players.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 17 September 2018 20:20 (five years ago) link
jimmy is just a little too close to his decline years for me to be interested in acquiring him...lost in some of the drama in minn is that extending him isn't a slam dunk decision for that reason.
― call all destroyer, Monday, 17 September 2018 20:23 (five years ago) link
the 6-8 celtics wld be so good defensively tho itd be insane
― sprout god (lag∞n), Monday, 17 September 2018 20:42 (five years ago) link
what if they traded gordo for him straight up
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 17 September 2018 20:58 (five years ago) link
naw theyve got got hayward on a longer contract hes a lil younger not a team cancer and its a bad look to trade big name free agents that signed with you
― sprout god (lag∞n), Monday, 17 September 2018 21:01 (five years ago) link
+ it wldnt accomplish the 6-8 super team
coming off a big ass surgery tho
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 17 September 2018 21:02 (five years ago) link
its a bad look to trade big name free agents that signed with you
worked for the clips :)
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 17 September 2018 21:03 (five years ago) link
is Butler a cancer tho if you don't have another star on the team who's coasting
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Monday, 17 September 2018 21:05 (five years ago) link
yeah i mean who knows maybe hed be happier on the celtics, tho lol that detail in the clip spottie posted upthread about the celtics worrying hed be mean to hayward
― sprout god (lag∞n), Monday, 17 September 2018 21:06 (five years ago) link
Teams he's on regularly suffer the malignancy of having to play extra games in April and May.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 17 September 2018 21:13 (five years ago) link
its a lot to ask frankly i support kat using all his vacation days
― sprout god (lag∞n), Monday, 17 September 2018 21:14 (five years ago) link
Lol
― Machine Gunk Jelly (Spottie), Monday, 17 September 2018 21:20 (five years ago) link
lol that detail in the clip spottie posted upthread about the celtics worrying hed be mean to hayward
― sprout god (lag∞n), Monday, September 17, 2018 5:06 PM (fifty-three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post
fwiw the butler trade went down before the celtics signed hayward so the story might be bs or maybe the celtics already knew they were gonna get him idk
― sprout god (lag∞n), Monday, 17 September 2018 22:02 (five years ago) link
iirc the explanation at the time for the celtics not getting butler is the bulls were asking too much and i think there was something about them wanting to wait til after free agency to trade, also didnt they try to trade for him at the deadline or maybe im confusing him with paul george
― sprout god (lag∞n), Monday, 17 September 2018 22:06 (five years ago) link
yeah, i think their primary concern was signing gordon and they wanted to hold off on all other business until that was done.
― call all destroyer, Monday, 17 September 2018 22:35 (five years ago) link
i was down with the celtics getting butler way back when they didn't have a complete roster but now i am against it
― ciderpress, Monday, 17 September 2018 22:37 (five years ago) link
trade butler to the dubs for ai imo
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 17 September 2018 22:39 (five years ago) link
i just keep thinking about how seeking mismatches in the playoffs has become such a thing eg getting a durant on kyrie matchup and like what if the celtics had no little guys to pick on
― sprout god (lag∞n), Monday, 17 September 2018 22:40 (five years ago) link
yup, i have been thinking about how kyrie coming back is good but complicates the 5 switchable guys thing that worked so well for them last year in the playoffs
― call all destroyer, Monday, 17 September 2018 23:00 (five years ago) link
what if everyone was the same guy just thinking out loud
― sprout god (lag∞n), Monday, 17 September 2018 23:51 (five years ago) link
TEAM OF LEBRONS v TEAM OF GARNETTS
team of butlers would be interesting
― circles, Tuesday, 18 September 2018 01:38 (five years ago) link