It is the years 2018-19 in the National Basketball Association (NBA) - The Regular Season

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Sources: Lakers let Demps know one of trade scenarios would include Lonzo Ball, Kyle Kuzma, Brandon Ingram, Ivica Zubac, No. 1 pick, per source.

— Brad Turner (@BA_Turner) January 31, 2019

the zinger could v well be a Rasputin figure but there’s only one way to know

hang him shoot him and throw him in a river

i listened to nate duncan't mock trade deadline pod today and they sent a.d. to the knicks for zinger and this year's first, top-1 protected. that's better than the lakers offer.

if it must be it must be xp

The Dallas Mavericks are nearing a trade to acquire Kristaps Porzingis from the New York Knicks, according to league sources

— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) January 31, 2019

THEY'RE TRADING HIM FOR DENNIS SMITH???

screenshoting this woj typo lol

https://i.imgur.com/Pfa1RGv.png

wow life comes at ya fast

might just me smith jrs destiny to be a knick he feels pretty knicky now that i think about it

he's corrected to say DALLAS

woah

oops i'm slo

oh man luka & unicorn will be boon for sports radio cranks who love basketball played "the right way"

this clears a ton of money for the knicks which means they have big, big plans for the summer or, alternately, they're still just the knicks.

gonna guess the latter

i can't believe i was at the game where dennis smith jr put up a triple double in the garden and then the knicks traded for him the next day

historic truly

hahhahaha he did last night? omg

fucking knicks

omg does anyone have details of this trade? DSJr is kinda crap tbh

i have some trepidations about kristaps, but dallas just got him for a guy they told the entire world they didn't want like a week ago

https://sportsday.dallasnews.com/dallas-mavericks/mavericks/2019/01/31/dennis-smith-jrs-triple-double-history-making-mavericks

"see he just made history, you guys"

fun fact about "pace" btw this season is currently 17th out of 46 recorded seasons, really not all that it's made out to be imo

zinger, lee, hardaway for smith, deandre, wes matthews, and what i assume is a protected pick.

god I love the nba and especially that the knicks are in it truly a delicious combo

i think this is amazing for porzingis... he's leaving one of the most destructive franchises in the nba for one who built its entire offensive system around a large white oaf who can shoot

if it wasnt for zingers injury situation/risk itd be highway robbery, seems like a very reasonable risk as is

fun fact about "pace" btw this season is currently 17th out of 46 recorded seasons, really not all that it's made out to be imo

― k3vin k., Thursday, January 31, 2019 3:47 PM (forty-two seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

might want to check out how they played "basketball" back in the wilt russell days

back then they put the ball in the hoop iirc

almost every guy in every sport who has an ACL injury comes back fully healthy... this feels like a heist by the mavs to me

fun fact about "pace" btw this season is currently 17th out of 46 recorded seasons, really not all that it's made out to be imo

― k3vin k., Thursday, January 31, 2019 3:47 PM (forty-two seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

might want to check out how they played "basketball" back in the wilt russell days

― lag∞n, Thursday, January 31, 2019 3:48 PM (one minute ago)

those stats don't extend to the wilt/russell era in fact they start right after wilt retired

point stands

knicks I guess trying to open up space for 2 max guys...to play with dennis smith junior and a 14% chance at the top lottery pick. cool idea!

point stands

― lag∞n, Thursday, January 31, 2019 3:51 PM (nine seconds ago)

the point has actually been refuted!!

no kevin

almost every guy in every sport who has an ACL injury comes back fully healthy... this feels like a heist by the mavs to me

― J0rdan S., Thursday, January 31, 2019 3:50 PM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

its just that 7-4 guys tend to be injured and hes already had a major one early in his career

if your explanation of why ppl are putting up stats is in part "pace" it might make sense that pace is super high these days or something which it is not

it is super high compared to all other recent nba

also there are these things called pace-adjusted stats, per-100 stats and percentages and so forth and dudes are doing new stuff there too it's wild

yes, the game has changed, confounding pedantic appeals to empiricism

it's lower than all the 70s and 80s, m/l in line with most of the 90s actually, there are numbers to support this and everything idk

i think the gap between the best players and the median is maybe a lot bigger than the past

i can't believe i was at the game where dennis smith jr put up a triple double in the garden and then the knicks traded for him the next day

― J0rdan S., Thursday, January 31, 2019 1:43 PM (twelve minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lmfao

dont have stats to back that up either just what im thinking about

it's lower than all the 70s and 80s, m/l in line with most of the 90s actually, there are numbers to support this and everything idk

― k3vin k., Thursday, January 31, 2019 3:56 PM (ten seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

please write a 500 word essay about 1. how long ago he 1990s were and 2. how the nba game has changed since then

ill even throw in a lil writing prompt, what wld steph or hardens games look like if they had to play the detroit bad boy pistons under the officiating culture of the time

this knicks fan is contemplating switching to the nets, and not for the first time this year

i think this is amazing for porzingis... he's leaving one of the most destructive franchises in the nba for one who built its entire offensive system around a large white oaf who can shoot

― J0rdan S., Thursday, January 31, 2019 3:47 PM (five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah this, if zinger gets back to form a team with him and luka is going to shred

i can't believe i was at the game where dennis smith jr put up a triple double in the garden and then the knicks traded for him the next day

― J0rdan S., Thursday, January 31, 2019 1:43 PM (twelve minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

https://i.imgur.com/EZy65gH.jpg

trading away a true unicorn and the only young star worth a damn in this city in over a decade for steve francis 2.0 and two imaginary free agents