2016-17 NBA Season: no IT ITT

[MSUFanatic]

his wife's brain surgery is tomorrow

Hopefully it goes well for them.

 

[OU11]

his wife's brain surgery is tomorrow

hope it goes well

 

[zoltan]

Are you friends with Jrue or what?

Did I miss something?

 

[Reel]

Are you friends with Jrue or what?

Did I miss something?

For the last time

I was the only person here who thought the trade for him was a good one, because at that time, no one knew he had medical issues, except the sixers, but that aside, assuming they were getting a healthy player in the deal, they needed a starting pg to pair with AD, and imo, no rookie they drafted was going to fill that void with immediate roi.

Everyone else thought they were stupid to trade nerlens and the two 1st rd picks for Jrue.

So to answer your question, yes.

 

[Soonerfan09]

Reel you always taking the bait man.

 

[Reel]

No bait to be taken. He asked how this got started. I'm not upset or anything. If anything, I'm explaining myself too much to y'all

 

[zoltan]

So you feel as though since you were an advocate for him since the get go, you have somewhat of a connection with him.

 

[Reel]

So you feel as though since you were an advocate for him since the get go, you have somewhat of a connection with him.

No, I was joking lol

We all have our capes lol

 

[goblue96]

Elton Brand chooses retirement over another season in Philly.

 

[GatorTD]

@Reel feels as though since he were an advocate for him since the get go, he has somewhat of a connection with him.

 

[Reel]

@Reel feels as though since he were an advocate for him since the get go, he has somewhat of a connection with him.

i dont

 

[GatorTD]

But do

 

[Reel]

i like to cha cha

 

[GatorTD]

Cha cha real smooth?

 

[NML]

We still talking bout Jrue? It was a bad trade, only the homer-ist of the homers would think otherwise.

Best of luck to him and Lauren doe. She's definitely the better athlete at their respective sports.

 

[sayo]

Who is Lauren?
Nvm I put 2 and 2 together. Is his wife an atholete?

 

[NML]

Cheney, his wife. USWNT

 

[evil1]

I don't think you need to be a Jrue Holiday fan to care about this story. I hope it ends up having a happy ending.

 

[Reel]

We or at least I was off Jrue. Zoltan asked a question, I answered. Everyone moved along.

 

[adchester]

Uhhhhh Denver?

 

[goblue96]

Making Denver Great Again!

 

[zoltan]

The warriors looking swag af this year.

Can't lie I'm a bit jelly.

 

[Reel]

I don't think you need to be a Jrue Holiday fan to care about this story. I hope it ends up having a happy ending.

Word is her surgery was a success

 

[NavyHog]

Trust the process. Everyone looks good in highlights, but this kid could be special.

 

[goblue96]

The Moose will find a way to fuck him up or he going to become the next Sam Bowie/Greg Oden.

 

[NavyHog]

The Moose will find a way to fuck him up or he going to become the next Sam Bowie/Greg Oden.

Been cursed ever since they traded Moses Malone for Jeff Ruland with a few seasons of entertainment from Iverson mixed in.

 

[silverwheels]

 

[Brick]

No one has more FUN taking team pictures. Haven't even looked at Deadspin yet. Someone link me.

 

[silverwheels]

Steven Adams is the best @Brick bait. dat ogre lyfe

 

[sayo]

Fuck yeah. We're back

Shitty predictions cause work is boring rn.

West
1 gs
2 lac
3 sa
4 por
5 hou
6 uta
7 okc
8 min

East
1 cle
2 bos
3 tor
4 who
5 gives
6 a
7 shit
8?

West finals
Gs over lac in 5

East finals
Cleveland over Boston in 6

Finals
Gs in 5 or 6

Mvp
Bron but Lillard is my dark horse if cavs coast and blazers peak over 50 wins and get a top 3 spot (Homer pick)

Roy
No clue. The kid that can't shoot is hurt.

Coy
Kerr even though his team is stacked

 

[Wuf]

Would you say the Hornets' ceiling is at "shit"?

 

[sayo]

Probably. Addition by subtraction losing big al though.

 

[silverwheels]

rhubarb = NBA champs
RUSS = MVP
Adams = most fun player

don't care about the rest

 

[GuyIncognito]

RUSS MVP after he puts up an Oscar Robertson season on a .500 team.

 

[doh]

KD MVP after he shoots 60% on a .900 team.

 

[goblue96]

Joel Embiid MVP after he puts up Chamberlain numbers on .250 team

 

[sayo]

Draymong mip after his nut kicking increases on .900 team.

 

[Reel]

go pels

 

[GuyIncognito]

HOW DID STEVEN ADAMS GET SO GOOD SO FAST? SIMMONS @Brick

https://theringer.com/steven-adams-new-oklahoma-city-thunder-star-nba-436156b161b7#.2vcguy83x

 

[Brick]

Is this like when people pretended Serge Ibaka was as valuable as FEAR DA BEARD? Hopefully Adams will average 10 and 8 this year!

 

[GuyIncognito]

Thudner will miss IBLOCKA more than soft ass Harden.

 

[Reel]

Thudner will miss IBLOCKA more than soft ass Harden.

Orlando got Serge shooting dat 3 ball like he a guard

 

[silverwheels]

At the time Ibaka was more valuable to rhubarb (not necessarily the league). He didn't have a redundant skill set like Harden and was willing to accept the role that he was given. Harden wanted to be on the level of RUSS and Durant but there's still only one ball to go around.

 

[Reel]

ehhhh

 

[Brick]

Don't bother. That's the narrative, and they're stickin' to it.

 

[doh]

Is this like when people pretended Serge Ibaka was as valuable as FEAR DA BEARD? Hopefully Adams will average 10 and 8 this year!

Saw The Ringer had a OMG GUYS! HOW IS STEVEN ADAMS SO GOOD? article

It's takes a ton of skill to be tall, able to dunk the ball and hustle.

 

[silverwheels]

Don't bother. That's the narrative, and they're stickin' to it.

It wouldn't have worked out long term with Harden regardless. Either he wasn't going to get paid enough or he wasn't going to get the ball enough. Not a narrative. That's how he is.

The real question is if it would been worth it short term to re-sign Harden and trade Ibaka and do as best they could in those couple of years before he wanted out.

 

[doh]

No the truth is the billionaire OKC owners cried poor and they made a panic trade.

If OKC wins title(s), Harden is cool with a 3rd wheel role.

 

[silverwheels]

Call it "crying poor" if you want, I don't care. The fact is keeping both Harden and Ibaka for max deals was never on the table. Both were offered substantial raises. Ibaka accepted his and Harden didn't, so he was traded.

 

[doh]

They didn't want to pay a lux tax. They didn't offer someone who finished runner up last year for MVP a max deal. They could've kept both under the rules of the NBA cap.