but what if 1960 rules were seen as the norm and today's rules were the "special rules" that let some HS kids beat a bunch of professional athletes?
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Tuesday, 2 August 2022 20:31 (one year ago) link
i think whoever time travels has to play by the rules where they land is the fair way to do it
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 2 August 2022 20:32 (one year ago) link
agreed. let the time travel tourney commence!
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Tuesday, 2 August 2022 20:34 (one year ago) link
wow those michael adams stats are bonkers. 26.5p 4r 10.5a 2.2s on 39/29 splits is insane. an 11 point jump from the season before and got to the line twice as much as well. then all his numbers came crashing back down.
― Spottie, Tuesday, 2 August 2022 21:04 (one year ago) link
i assume the team lost a primary scorer and he had to be the guy for a year
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 2 August 2022 21:08 (one year ago) link
its the only explanation i can think of
― Spottie, Tuesday, 2 August 2022 21:24 (one year ago) link
looked at the three consecutive years and denver had weirdly high roster turnover but theres no missing big scorer in there, in fact over that three year span the second highest scorer was in the same season adams was balling out
https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/DEN/1990.htmlhttps://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/DEN/1991.htmlhttps://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/WSB/1992.html
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 2 August 2022 23:52 (one year ago) link
oh wait that last season he was on the the bullets actually lol, would explain the totally different roster
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 2 August 2022 23:55 (one year ago) link
this is denver https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/DEN/1992.html
still no idea why he went nuts that one year tho
found lagoons alt
Oh man, just seeing that Bill Russell died, a legend of the game who at his prime could not make a modern-day G League team.— Matt Bruenig (@MattBruenig) August 2, 2022
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 3 August 2022 00:09 (one year ago) link
busted i am secretly matt bruenig
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 00:11 (one year ago) link
i mean fat lever and alex english did leave the team before the year he went nuts but they werent putting up huge numbers
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 00:12 (one year ago) link
i guess together they were like one bigtime scorer
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 00:14 (one year ago) link
congrats to lagoon on learning of your beautiful family
― Clay, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 00:19 (one year ago) link
my wife the well loved leftist catholic opinion writer and our number of children are doing wonderful
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 00:20 (one year ago) link
They don't come up with nicknames like Fat Lever anymore, i.e. poetry is dead.
― Judd Apatosaurus (Leee), Wednesday, 3 August 2022 03:21 (one year ago) link
looked at the three consecutive years and denver had weirdly high roster turnover but theres no missing big scorer in there, in fact over that three year span the second highest scorer was in the same season adams was balling outhttps://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/DEN/1990.html🕸https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/DEN/1991.html🕸https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/WSB/1992.html🕸
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 17:50 (one year ago) link
when the question first came up i thought i bet matt will know lol
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 18:46 (one year ago) link
same
― Spottie, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 18:55 (one year ago) link
The proposed three-team trade scenario included Westbrook going to Utah and getting bought out. Utah would send Donovan Mitchell to the Knicks, a combination of two players, including Patrick Beverley and Jordan Clarkson, Bojan Bogdanovic or Malik Beasley to the Lakers, and the Jazz would receive significant draft pick compensation from the Knicks and Lakers. The Knicks also would’ve had to part with veteran salary filler(s), such as Derrick Rose to help make the salaries work.
― Clay, Friday, 5 August 2022 20:51 (one year ago) link
those are not players that will help the lakers
― call all destroyer, Friday, 5 August 2022 21:38 (one year ago) link
idk they wouldn’t vault the lakers into contender status by any means but if you look at their roster any of those guys definitely would help them. bogdanovic in particular feels like someone a lot of teams should be after. whether sending out all their picks for a combo of those guys is a good idea is perhaps a different question but the lakers need all the NBA level talent they can get.
― J0rdan S., Friday, 5 August 2022 21:42 (one year ago) link
dumping russ is classic addition by subtraction
― Clay, Friday, 5 August 2022 21:44 (one year ago) link
minimal defense six man types are always hit or miss in the playoffs depending on the game but clarkson feels like one of the only guys from the jazz who hasn't completely shit his pants in the playoffs the last two seasons. his stats in that dallas series were actually pretty good, he gave them what you would expect from him
― J0rdan S., Friday, 5 August 2022 21:48 (one year ago) link
ainge blatantly trying to construct a trade that will return the most picks ever, out there trying to set records, going for the gusto
― lag∞n, Friday, 5 August 2022 22:40 (one year ago) link
He's gotta feel invincible after that Gobert trade.
― Chyiv Kyiv (Fetchboy), Friday, 5 August 2022 22:42 (one year ago) link
whether sending out all their picks for a combo of those guys is a good idea is perhaps a different question but the lakers need all the NBA level talent they can get.
― J0rdan S., Friday, August 5, 2022 5:42 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
yeah i get this, any of those guys would play in the rotation and maybe we're past the point where the lakers have any path to contention, but i think they all would get exposed in the later rounds of the playoffs--even bojan, who is fearless and an absolute baller, might be a little too far out of his prime. i'm also comparing these guys to the turner/hield package, which has its issues but also might be pretty interesting if you squint hard enough.
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 6 August 2022 00:51 (one year ago) link
any one of those guys - turner, hield, bojan, or clarkson - would replace westbrook as their third best player
― micah, Saturday, 6 August 2022 06:16 (one year ago) link
Lakers really need ad to play 65+ games as a top ten players and a lot of stuff will work itself out
― Spottie, Saturday, 6 August 2022 06:45 (one year ago) link
imo ad has the early big man decline bug and will never be top 10 again (if he ever was)
― micah, Saturday, 6 August 2022 13:32 (one year ago) link
he could have a random bounce back season but its prob the most likely outcome, idk maybe if he goes on the juice
― lag∞n, Saturday, 6 August 2022 14:43 (one year ago) link
AD is injured all the time and has the pain threshold of a Habsburgian dandy
― Matt Armstrong, Saturday, 6 August 2022 16:40 (one year ago) link
also he’s someone whose jump shot was lights out in the bubble and has cratered since
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 6 August 2022 17:12 (one year ago) link
he doesnt seem super passionate about the game of basketball either
― lag∞n, Saturday, 6 August 2022 18:13 (one year ago) link
or about anything really
― symsymsym, Saturday, 6 August 2022 19:08 (one year ago) link
Relatable
― Spottie, Saturday, 6 August 2022 20:32 (one year ago) link
yeah totes
― micah, Saturday, 6 August 2022 20:55 (one year ago) link
In a meeting with Nets owner Joe Tsai, Kevin Durant reiterated his trade request and informed Tsai that Tsai needs to choose between Durant or the pairing of general manager Sean Marks and coach Steve Nash, sources say.Story: https://t.co/W1voNf9MDC— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) August 8, 2022
― J0rdan S., Monday, 8 August 2022 18:43 (one year ago) link
nets are in a tight spot!
― lag∞n, Monday, 8 August 2022 18:46 (one year ago) link
gotta think kd trying to get his gm fired will make other gms less interested in trading for him
― lag∞n, Monday, 8 August 2022 18:49 (one year ago) link
He chose nash lol. And what’s his beef with marks?
― Spottie, Monday, 8 August 2022 18:53 (one year ago) link
Which side leaked this to Shams do you think?
― doomposting is the new composting (PBKR), Monday, 8 August 2022 18:54 (one year ago) link
KD's side, he's trying to get things moving
― call all destroyer, Monday, 8 August 2022 18:56 (one year ago) link
And what’s his beef with marks?
― Spottie, Monday, August 8, 2022 2:53 PM (two minutes ago)
that the franchise is a complete shitshow?
― J0rdan S., Monday, 8 August 2022 18:57 (one year ago) link
iirc hes mad at marks for the way he treated kyrie (did not give him a max contract)
― lag∞n, Monday, 8 August 2022 18:59 (one year ago) link
if all it takes to smooth everything over w/ KD is to fire steve nash (should not be an NBA head coach) and sean marks (orchestrator of a giant mess of a team) that might actually be a small price to pay
― J0rdan S., Monday, 8 August 2022 19:01 (one year ago) link
read some thing that tsai already thinks the players are making him look like a bitch so idk
― lag∞n, Monday, 8 August 2022 19:04 (one year ago) link
it's one thing for shams to tweet various abuses of the english language from his own account, but it's infecting his employer's accounts:
The Nets understand that Kevin Durant will continue to be resolute in his stance of a trade request.Which teams are the potential destinations?@ShamsCharania has the latest intel: https://t.co/W3w4ZCqDcg pic.twitter.com/CH2tIPk2Pm— The Athletic NBA (@TheAthleticNBA) August 8, 2022
― call all destroyer, Monday, 8 August 2022 19:34 (one year ago) link
god I hate KD so much
― k3vin k., Monday, 8 August 2022 19:37 (one year ago) link
he should retire and embrace his natural endpoint as a chump steamroller on a local sports radio show
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Monday, 8 August 2022 19:49 (one year ago) link