wld be funny if they traded him tho
― lag∞n, Thursday, 10 December 2020 18:31 (three years ago) link
philly or miami are the only places besides houston i can imagine harden yeah
― ciderpress, Thursday, 10 December 2020 18:44 (three years ago) link
sometimes i forget that PG snapped his leg in half.
― Spottie, Thursday, 10 December 2020 18:45 (three years ago) link
i was watching a youtube about the collapse of that pacers team and had totally forgotten too, then they got to that part and i was like oh no are they going to show it so i turned it off, it wasnt that good
― lag∞n, Thursday, 10 December 2020 18:50 (three years ago) link
45 million a year for paul george is kinda wow but go to it
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 10 December 2020 18:51 (three years ago) link
also had two shoulder surgeries in the last couple seasons..
― Spottie, Thursday, 10 December 2020 18:52 (three years ago) link
i guess now he won't need to view any upcoming season as championship or bust
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 10 December 2020 18:52 (three years ago) link
I would like to place a bet that the Clippers aren't going to get past the Lakers into the NBA Finals this year, next year, the year after, the year after that, or the year after that.
― Respectfully Yours, (Aimless), Thursday, 10 December 2020 19:02 (three years ago) link
i think they cld do it
― lag∞n, Thursday, 10 December 2020 19:06 (three years ago) link
yah the bubble was really bad for that team
― Spottie, Thursday, 10 December 2020 19:22 (three years ago) link
Clippers need to invest a whole lot of resources in figuring out exactly what stars aligned and what factors caused them to so align during that one great year PG had in OKC.
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Thursday, 10 December 2020 19:25 (three years ago) link
and then uh figure out how to interlace those factors with whatever the hell Kawhi needs in order to be Kawhi without draining team chemistry.
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Thursday, 10 December 2020 19:26 (three years ago) link
yeah that’s an awful deal from the team side for george
― k3vin k., Thursday, 10 December 2020 19:35 (three years ago) link
I think the clippers are in deep shit, players were desperate to leave in the offseason, their best player has really bad knees, lots of finger pointing. And they burned historic draft capital to do this.
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 10 December 2020 19:42 (three years ago) link
really good for the nuggets tho :) xp
― k3vin k., Thursday, 10 December 2020 19:46 (three years ago) link
it’s a bad contract but it’s also pocket change for ballmer & they’ll prob always be operating well into the tax. his body breaking down would be my main concern... i also don’t understand why they had to give him a player option
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 10 December 2020 19:49 (three years ago) link
ballmer hasn't yet internalized the extent to which the nba's CBA is designed to neutralize his deep pockets as a competitive advantage.
― Respectfully Yours, (Aimless), Thursday, 10 December 2020 20:00 (three years ago) link
that's not entirely true. the warriors have a huge competitive advantage having an owner who is willing/able to pay out a huge tax bill every year. basically all you have to do from a team perspective is juke the books to avoid the repeater tax but if you're willing to pay an extra $50m or $80m or $100m above the cap in a season there is nothing stopping you
Golden State tax bill is currently $66MThe addition of Kelly Oubre would see it increase to $134M$14.4M of Oubre + $68M in taxes= $82.4M— Bobby Marks (@BobbyMarks42) November 19, 2020
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 10 December 2020 20:04 (three years ago) link
feel like he will do something crazy like spend half a billion in luxury taxes just bc he can
― discourse stu (m bison), Thursday, 10 December 2020 20:05 (three years ago) link
which just hands his competitors a half billion dollars free and clear
― Respectfully Yours, (Aimless), Thursday, 10 December 2020 20:24 (three years ago) link
i think you know youre both right the system does make it hard to just buy a good team, but ability to spend more does have its benefits too
― lag∞n, Thursday, 10 December 2020 20:26 (three years ago) link
like paying a billion dollars for kelly oubre is not gonna help that much, but its not nothing
― lag∞n, Thursday, 10 December 2020 20:27 (three years ago) link
lol
How Mavericks got other 29 NBA teams to help cover gift to J.J. Barea https://t.co/Nosx0oQmYj— Kurt Helin (@basketballtalk) December 10, 2020
― lag∞n, Thursday, 10 December 2020 20:32 (three years ago) link
a lil bastard all the way to the end. salute.
― discourse stu (m bison), Thursday, 10 December 2020 20:35 (three years ago) link
man i got emotional when he got emotional in his last presser today! what a baller, he'll be missed
― cerebral halsey (rip van wanko), Thursday, 10 December 2020 21:02 (three years ago) link
respect to him for having a great career despite not having nba level physical gifts and doing it on the biggest stage (the nba finals)
― lag∞n, Thursday, 10 December 2020 21:15 (three years ago) link
1st ballot lil bastard hall of fame
is he definitely retiring? if he's feeling good he could still go out there and run pick and roll for some team for 10 minutes a night.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 10 December 2020 21:16 (three years ago) link
blessed
Jimmy Butler to ESPN's Rachel Nichols on James Harden, "There’s a lot of stuff always in the media. I think that he's a hell of player. I like the group we have. To tell you the truth, I just want the guy to be happy. That’s what life is about. That's what the game is about."— Ira Winderman (@IraHeatBeat) December 10, 2020
― lag∞n, Thursday, 10 December 2020 21:36 (three years ago) link
hahaha that's a brilliantly-worded hard no
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 10 December 2020 21:38 (three years ago) link
yup lol
― k3vin k., Thursday, 10 December 2020 21:46 (three years ago) link
https://www.espn.com/nba/insider/story/_/id/30451766/ranking-top-10-nba-players-2020-21
anyone kind enough to post this u_u
― k3vin k., Thursday, 10 December 2020 21:57 (three years ago) link
christ are lowe's columns behind the paywall now too? what a racket
― k3vin k., Thursday, 10 December 2020 21:59 (three years ago) link
its just obnoxious disney the biggest media company there is like not even nickel and diming theyre like fractions of a pennying
― lag∞n, Thursday, 10 December 2020 22:03 (three years ago) link
it’s really detestable... just purely manipulative. you’re not a local newspaper
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 10 December 2020 22:11 (three years ago) link
Harden needs to expand his list of teams here
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 10 December 2020 22:39 (three years ago) link
kev @thl3t1c C&P for people who don't support CONTENT CREATORZ
― Spottie, Thursday, 10 December 2020 22:56 (three years ago) link
i am not a fan numbered player rankings. much prefer the tier system
― Spottie, Thursday, 10 December 2020 22:57 (three years ago) link
it seems like jimmys in a good place
Jimmy Butler also tells ESPN's Rachel Nichols that his plan is to have Goran Dragic as the first spokesmodel for Big Face Coffee. Adds that it is an unpaid position.— Ira Winderman (@IraHeatBeat) December 10, 2020
― lag∞n, Thursday, 10 December 2020 23:49 (three years ago) link
jimmy was always meant for the heat when you think about it. the perfect marriage
― Spottie, Friday, 11 December 2020 00:05 (three years ago) link
its true
― lag∞n, Friday, 11 December 2020 01:16 (three years ago) link
jimmy has "the mamba mentality" which afaict is basically the ultimate Pat Riley Guy thing
― Clay, Friday, 11 December 2020 01:19 (three years ago) link
jimmys locked in
― lag∞n, Friday, 11 December 2020 01:20 (three years ago) link
The espn rankings have lillard above Jokic. I just can’t fathom that
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 11 December 2020 01:30 (three years ago) link
lillard's play last winter and during the seeding games was legit historic and he'll regress from that but idk man, lillard was pretty good last year!
― Clay, Friday, 11 December 2020 01:40 (three years ago) link
i don't know how they're doing this list and what they're weighting but lillard's spot seems reasonable. a little surprised at where AD landed.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 11 December 2020 01:45 (three years ago) link
kyrie will simply not stop being kyrie
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eo96BGFXcAMcnCi?format=jpg&name=large
― lag∞n, Friday, 11 December 2020 17:11 (three years ago) link
excited for the next round of very online kyrie apologia
― call all destroyer, Friday, 11 December 2020 17:16 (three years ago) link
the difficulty level is ramping up lol
― lag∞n, Friday, 11 December 2020 17:19 (three years ago) link
im here to benefit all of humanity... who are pawns to me btw lol
― lag∞n, Friday, 11 December 2020 17:23 (three years ago) link