/nba/ General: THE REAL ONE

Wait so Deron is in the Cavs now?

How good are they now

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Slow thread.

Great team.

Real thread

>>74392497
>>74392497
>>74392497

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Is lil b still our guy?

>>74393952
>/nba/ not in subject line

That thread is a lot of things, but /nba/ general isn't one of them.

>>74396344
thank you based anon

Anyone got a schedule today?

Or is everyone watching /cbb/.

>>74404939
>thanks for this NBA team, anon
>burp
>i'm really going to make some great changes i think you'll love
>farts loudly

BUCKS

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This the kind of true grit I miss seeing in Cleveland

>>74407301
That's why they pay him the $$$$

Quality thread.

Slow news day.

Jazz would prolly win the East desu

Rip Hamilton having his jersey retired for Detroit tonight

Pistons wouldnt have won the Chip without him. Truly a class act.

AD is having one of those games. 16 points like halfway through the 1st quarter

>>74412616

game is on NBA TV too btw

Boogie is gonna come in and kill their momentum

potlel sighting

>>74412898

>they fell for the Austrian basketball meme

So the Jazz are gonna be the scariest 4 seed ever right? Their defense is nasty man. And they're finally getting healthy.

>>74413032

how can they be the scariest 4 seed ever if the clippers are coming for their seed?

Jazz will be 5/6th and out in the first round

who is going to foul out first, adams or boogie

>>74413092
dark horse pick: Boogie gets ejected before he gets to six fouls

>miss an obvious foul call on the final shot of the half
>call two techs on the pels instead

faggotry

>>74413121
Westbrook got fouled pretty hard earlier with no call and got a T for complaining

these refs are just absolute shit

If you're gonna have two bigs like this you gotta be a good defensive team. With all the new faces they all look confused.

>chilling at the hookah lounge hoping to catch a game
>these niggas playing espn 2 showing professional pool

I'm bout to call someone over and have them change this /asp/ shit

cojo held it together, good job

iblocka double double

wew lads

DD 33 pts 6 rebounds

is he elite?

>>74413111
Trips of truth

Should've been acknowledged by now

>>74396344
Nah
He bent down for KD after he went to GS

>>74413415

thats cool, i think though that raptors could upset, im checking stats and ibaka got 18 10 right? thats bretty gud but anyone that plays for lebron becomes elite, so i want to see bogut and williams. should be a good ECF.

>this ass blasted OKC commentator

Ibaka is seriously fitting in nicely.

Gonna be good when Lowry comes back.

these Pels Thunder refs are garbage

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at least the wizkids lost

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>My fucking face when Danny WON the draft last year by picking the clutchest/best player in the draft, and this drives /nba/ fucking INSANE

lmao based fucking Jaylen shittin all over that detoilet

>leafs getting cocky again
Pic fucking related LOL

>Al Horford: 4 points

>He was 1-9 in the first half
>shit at rebounds
>shit at defense

reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

what a waste of a fucking max contract

Sabonis > Brown

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>>74413389
Mangekyo Dinostygan

>>74413602
lel

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>>74413602
saved

>>74413575
he's old too topkek

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Leafs will defend this

>>74413602
lmao saved as fuck

believe it

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>>74413561
>mfw Boston gets pick 6 and drafts a bust

>>74413602
>>74413622
nerd weebs gtfo

>John Wall
Shook
>Bombston
Eternally shook.
>Rapties
On the rise.

The Dinosty is here and it's UNSTOPPABLE.

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>>74413561
>>74413640
>mfw bostond AND LA fall out of the top 3 by sheer chance.

Seriously.

What's stopping the Raptors from taking the east?

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>>74413659
>The Toronto Raptors are the 4th seed in the East

wow really makes one wonder

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N.O.T.H.I.N.G.

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>>74413683
>What's stopping the Raptors from taking the east?

>>74413561
Any bust can make a buzzer beater

Pelicans outside of AD and Cousins are a sad sad team, I think in the 3 games since Cousins has been there only 2 players outside of Cousins and AD have scored over 10 points. Casspi (dead and waived) and Jrue Holiday

>>74413710
Not if they're IQ is too high.

It's so weird I've been a Rapties fan since 10. Maybe it was destined for me to be a Rapties fan I love our fan base

>>74413736
no way, i've been a raptors fan my whole life, before the ibaka tucker trade.

>>74413733
Ingram's IQ is too high jaylen brown iz a kang

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>>74413702
LMAO

>>74413702
washed up

>>74392877

Hey kid, want a (draft)pick?

Presti get Westbrook another scorer in the offseason pls. This is sad to watch sometimes.

goatbrook with the quadruple double

THIS NOL / OKC GAME GOING DOWN TO THE WIRE M'LADS

>>74413760
>>74413756
>>74413750
If you're not talking about the Rapties you need to leave.

This is a dinosty thread.

>looking at boxscores
>drummond went 1-11 ft

the fuck... must feel really bad to be so incompetent at something as simple as that.

>>74413745
KEK

>>74413766
get the fuck out of here with that LEastern Conference bullshit

Cavs and a bunch of teams that will lose to the Cavs.

>>74413767
The hype around him died too.

I think his career is in crisis here.

>>74413767
he needs to fucking shoot underhanded

nothing is more embarassing than 1-11

>>74413742
Bitch I been here since we were trash I love you Rapties bro

>>74413767
wow what a shitter

>>74413780
All the Pistons hype died with Reggie's injury and now he's been exposed as a cancer to normies and they're trying to trade him.

It's not good for the Pistons right now.

How did you Ameribros become rapties fans in the first place?

>>74413804
Vince Carter

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>these refs in the OKC/NO game

>>74413804
VC

>>74413804
raptors are fucking cool, I loved Jurassic Park growing up

Any webms of John wall being eternally shook this season?

>>74413809
Some serious bullshit on both sides but NO has been getting babbied in the second half.

Also

WESTGOD JESUS CHRIST THAT DUNK OVER BOOGIE

>>74413809
they keep falling for Boogie's flops

>>74413804
My favorite pencil in 3rd grade had Vince Carter on it in the sick purple and black unis

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>Dat Beastbrook dunk

>Fouled out Cousins on it too

Hot damn

God damn westbrook.

bye bye boogie u_u

WESTGOAT

THAT WAS A BLOCK

ALL BALL

D A T
U
N
K

>>74413804
i live in canda

Westbrook = MVP

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>been sitting here watching this game on NBA tv thinking god damn these announces are biased as fuck
>just realized they're Thunder announcers

these refs have been garbage all game long

AD MISSED LAY UP

AD HOLDING IS ANKLE LEL

DAVIS IS DEAD

WESTBROOK KILLED COUSINS

IT'S OVER LADIES AND GENTLEMEN

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>>74413804
>he doesn't know about the Uprising

>>74413821
>boogie suspended next game
any pel fans here? this team is fucked

Did the Kings unironically win the trade?

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thank you west god

IS HE GONNA BE OKAY?

>>74413866
of course. Can't wait for the pels to get the 4th pick in the lottery

Boogie already hates New Orleans lmao

>>74413866
If New Orleans jumps to a top 3 pick then no, otherwise chances look good

>>74413866

yes

they literally got the next Lonzo Ball in Buddy Hield

AD's body made of marshmallow

>>74413866
No

The Kings still gave up a superstar for nothing

>JRUE HOLIDAY

LMAO

Jrue Holiday is shit why would anyone want this guy on their team?

>>74413858

Not a Pels fan, but they just pretty much flipped their entire roster. They started a guy yesterday who literally signed a 10 day contract 2 days ago. Davis and Boogie are both at their best when each other are off the floor.

You can't make this many changes and expect it to work right away. It'll take a month at least.

Now if it's still broken at the end of the year they may be in trouble.

>>74413884
>cousins
>superstar

loooooooool

Did the Pelicans win? NOP

Is WESTBROOK the undisputed leading candidate for MVP?

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>>74413866

>could have had IT and Boogie in their prime
>instead they have the next Stephen Curry, Buddy Hield

lolno

>>74413866
fleeced the pellies

>>74413882

>the next
>Lonzo ball

If it weren't for your flag I would think you were trolling

>>74413866
Of course. They dropped a stat hog locker cancer. They can only go up.

Damn the Pelicans could really use a shooter like Buddy Hield right now

>>74413899
>7th seed
not even close

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JUST

FUCK

MY

SHIT

UP

>>74413897
HA!

>>74413915
Cousins if fucking dead. Pellies better trade him this summer.

>Thunder 55-10 when WB gets a triple double

really makes u think

>>74413897
is cousins gonna leave? YUP

>>74413904

That was clearly a reference to his father tweeting that Curry should go to his uni team and Ball to the Warrior "and see what happens"

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>>74413915

Lol at Adams

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>>74413899
Should be with the cast he's pulling on his wagon.

Are these chants half M V P half "fuck K D"

>>74413915
why is demarcus crying?

The worst player since all these changes has been Jrue. And he was playing fantastic before the overhaul.

is it possible both the pels and kings lost the trade

>>74413940
He got called for a foul, which fouled him out of the game.

>>74413940
He knows his career is over.

>>74413575
He is diagnosed with maxcontractitis

His performance severely diminishes after signing a max contract

It will happen to Thomas as well and this will be his first major payday

The Celtics should get a point guard in the draft just to remind him that a top 1-3 rookie can easily replace him eventually

>>74413913
Seeds shouldn't matter at fucking all. As long as you make the playoffs, a dude averaging a triple double should be MVP. He is literally the most most valuable player to his team in the entire league. Thunder would be nothing without him.

>>74413940
CAUSE HE JUST GOT DUNKED ON

>>74413944

The Pelicans turned a bad pick 23 year old rookie who projects as a role player at best into Demarcus Cousins.

They didn't lose by any stretch of the imagination.

i FUCKIGN LOVE BRODIE SO MUCH LADS

>>74413944
Kings have a bunch of promising young players and draft picks at least

pelicans dont have jackshit outside of the two

>Jaylen Brown looks like a future all-star
>Marcus Smart looked like a future all-star
>we have 2 top 3 picks in the next 2 years
>Gordon Hayward is coming home to Brad
>Lepoop getting old, Cavs organization is getting fucked with bad deals affecting them down the road
>6ers will be tanking for another 10 years
>Craptors unironically will be our closest competition
>all other teams are between very shit and barely contending

The Celtics dominance of the Eastern Conference is coming back cucks.

>>74413953
there we go

>>74413944
yeah the kings really fucked up having 2 lottery picks in a stacked draft and a promising shooting guard

ANOTHER DUNK BY WESTGOAT

>>74413944
Pellies can still come out a winner by trading Cousins this summer.

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>>74413940
Cuz he just got dunked on

So any basketball nerds up in here mind giving me there opinion on this boogie + ad situation? You guys think they can get deep in the playoffs?

BRODIE IS A FUCKING GOD THAT DUNK

>pelicans uprising
>0-3 since Boogie

L M A O

dagger

>>74413975
No. Boogie is overrated as fuck.

Adams had 1 defensive board and 9 offensive. How does a team with Boogie and AD let that happen?

>combining two big men that are both bad defensively

AD is going to have to go back to being a defense-first guy if he is going to be paired with Cousins

>>74413954
cool what are they gonna have after next season when cousins signs elsewhere?

>>74413983
boogie takes plays off, same as it ever was

>>74413965
Not when a 5'9 manlet is your best player

>>74413981
fuck off chris paul

>>74413975

No, I think Nigel's Nuggies got it on lock. Boogie will check out mentally by the middle of next month. Their season is over

>>74413983
AD is a bitch physically and Boogie is a bitch mentally

Boogie literally complains after every call on him.

>>74413965
Cavs may have traded away their future but as long as Lebron and Kyrie are on the team proven veterans will continue to go there for the minimum salary.

All you have to do is surround Lebron with 3 point shooters and it's an easy road to the finals.

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LGTSS

>KEKSINS
>DAVSHIT
>PELICAN'TS
>HOLIDICK

How hilarious would it be if the KANGZ made the playoffs and the Pelicans landed as the 4th pick

>Royce YoungVerified account@royceyoung 2m2 minutes ago
>Anthony Davis had 24 in the first quarter. Westbrook had 21 in the fourth.

hmm

Points since Cousins came over:
Anthony Davis- 106
Demarcus Cousins- 70
Jrue Holiday- 30
E'twaun Moore- 16
Omri Casspi- 12
Solomon Hill-12
Dante Cunningham- 10
Hollis Thompson- 10
Tim Frazier- 6
Jarrett Jack- 6
Donatas Motiejunas- 6
Reggie Williams- 2

>>74414011
the kangz are nowhere near good enough to make the 8th seed and they are better off tanking to keep their pick

>>74414011
Kangz got routed by Denver who are the 8th seed.

>>74414011
The Kings have a 11.3% to make the playoffs.

Pelicans have a 0.8% chance.

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/page/BPI-Playoff-Odds/espn-nba-basketball-power-index-playoff-odds

>>74413989

Even if he does, I still wouldn't call it a loss for NO unless Buddy actually turns into a good player. And anyone who has seen him play knows that's prolly not happening. He's not bad, but nothing remotely special.

If AD and Cousins can figure it out together then he'll resign. It's a risk the Pels had to take. They weren't gonna win big with Buddy.

>>74413993
You mean the same manlet that dropped 44 points on the Raptors?

>>74414025
But the Kangz also routed the Nuggets the first game without Boogie

>>74414002
>mfw by the time cavs become shit again, Lebron James Jr. will be entering the league
>they somehow get the #1 pick in the draft
>draft LBJJ and start a new dynasty

who's going to stop our endless cycle of lebrons? when one gets old his son will just take his place

>kings 1-1
>boogie 0-3 with a suspension

this is the greatest timeline

on a serious note will boogie ever figure out that he is the problem? his talent will let crappy teams justify enabling this shit and i dont see him taking a pay cut to play somewhere that will actually help him

Sad, /nba/ was calling me retarded when I said Demarcus Cousins isn't a star, /nba/ was wrong again. Guy is a cancerous empty stat forever loser who consistent is a crybaby.

>>74413981
>>74413997
ty for replys boys
I only caught the 4th quarter but also it seems that AD / boogie dont even talk to each other much... Anybody else notice that as well?

Name a better jersey in basketball than these Hornets ones.

You cannot

>>74413996
0-3

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>>74414033

The same manlet who couldn't score in the fourth a few days ago

>>74414038

He hasn't been the prob on the Pels. Jrue has been dogshit since the trade and their entire team defense is non existent.

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>People laughed when the Celtics didn't even make an offer for the cancer known as Cousins

Why do players who come into the league with analysts saying their defense is gonna be elite always turn out to be shit at defense?

It happened to Davis, Wiggins is one of the worst defenders in the league.

I'm not worried. AD and cousins are going to figure it out over the summer, then come back and make the playoffs next year. This year we're just figuring it out.

bookmark this post, next year the pellies will be a legit 4th seed in the west

>>74414052
I personally wanted the Celtics to trade for him so he could destroy the team from within, anybody who thought he was going to make the Celtics better is retarded

>>74414029
he doesnt have to be special, the kings have nobody that could shoot, and if he can be a 38/39% shooter with decent defense thats a pretty good pickup, jimmy butler averaged like 5 points a game playing 20 mpg his rookie season and he was like 22.

>>74414058
All defensive stats are team based and all teams that pick in the lotto are young teams that are shit at defense.

>>74414043
OKC's blue jersey.
Spurs black
Cavs black.
Miami red
Hawks black
Denver yellow

>>74414036

Remember MJ's sons?

>>74414022
>>74414022
All they're doing is feeding Boogie Down low almost every possession, but the thing is he's not dominating, and AD's post game is pathetic, he's basically the clean up big if boogie misses. No team ball, they're playing BIG ball. They need better coach, i can see them firing gentry soon.

>>74414047
The pressure is on (You). We are fighting for the first seed, what are you doing? Trying to compete with the Wizards and Hawks? Kek stay in your lane, leaf.

>>74414072
>Cavs black.
The yellow ones are wetter desu

>>74414049
So its not his fault he fouled out of the game and hurt his team in crunchtime?

>>74414058

Potential great defender is usually what they call them. Having long arms, good wingspan and quick feet give you the potential to be a great defender but you need effort too.

Most guys only have measurables or effort but not both

>>74414070
>jimmy butler

jimmy butler is a nobody playing on a shit team. period.

>>74414070

If Buddy just turns into Gary Harris, which is prolly what'll happen, then it'll be alright for the Kings who needed shooting. That wouldn't make it a bad trade for NO.

Repeat, the Pels were never going to win big with AD, Jrue and Buddy. Ever. Not in the Western Conference. They HAD to do this trade to see if they can make it work.

Superstars make their teammates better, Cousins isn't doing this. You can tell by the fact most of their roleplayers have a GRAND TOTAL of 10 points or less OVER 3 GAMES. Cousins is probably in the locker room bitching them out right now, making everything worse.

>>74413965
>al horford will affect who you sign down the road
all of my jej

>>74414080

People foul out and he literally carried the team in the 2nd quarter and portions of the 2nd half. Him and AD are doing everything on offense. Jrue is AWOL and their bench is hilariously awful.

These things take time.

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>>74414077

Wew lad that's some grade a delusion.

I just snuck into the Pelicans game for free

It's easy when they have no guards

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>Ibaka looking good with the Rapties
>Westgod shitting on the Pelle pellies

Today was a good day.

Pelicans are proof that no team in the south should be allowed to have an NBA team

>>74392877
How many Williams can the Cavs have in one year?

JJ reddit on fire

>>74414114
how sad is it that westempty barely beat the d league pelicans? my goodness definitely not mvp candidate

>>74414106
bruh demarcus has led the league in fouls since he entered it, its definitely not a 'people foul out' situation

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>>74414111
checked

>>74414115
>Heat
>Spurs
>90s Rockets

FWIW, I've shit all over the Pel's FO for years for wasting away AD. Flipping Buddy for Cousins was the most no brainer trade ever. There isn't a league exec who wouldn't have did the same in the same situation.

Low risk high upside.

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>>74414111

>>74414124
Spurs are located in California, retard.

>>74414073

the difference is a lot of MJ's game is based on skill, something that is learned more than it is genetic. Sure he could jump out of the gym, but so can so many people who never make it to his level. The difference is he had that insane psychopathic work ethic to develop his skills.

Lebron is a completely different specimen in that he's a complete raw athletic talent like the world has never seen. Even if he never learned basketball he could have been the GOAT football player or GOAT at some track and field events.

The point is Lebron's physical body and athleticism is inheritable, while MJ's pump fake jump shot is a skill that had to be developed.

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@74414120
Nice b8 especially when they're missing their starting SG.

Also don't ever @ me again

>>74414098
>40 million in cap this summer even with Al Horford
>rookies will be playing on cheap deals compared to production, won't need to be resigned until after Horford's contract is up
>meanwhile the Craptors unironically traded away assets for players that will not affect the Finals and will leave this summer or have to be overpaid to stay
>have literally who players besides Lowry and Derozen, 2 playoff chokers

Lmao. We have a team, what do you have?

>>74414089
>They HAD to do this trade to see if they can make it work.

they thought adding another star when they were literally a lottery team with AD and their current team was going to make a difference?

i mean his agent even said he wasnt going to resign, he'll probably go to LA in 2018 with PG

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>Spurs are located in California, retard.

>>74414121
they were almost all stupid fouls too, low percentage plays that low defensive IQ players make.

>>74413965
So a player that plays on a good western conference team that he leads is going to celcucks to join a team of manlets and a shitty horford lol

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>>74414111
wew

>>74414121

And he also went 31 and 10 on 15 fga and you're calling him out for hurting the Pels.

Jrue had 6 points 8 assists and 5 turnovers. It should come as no surprise to anyone who follows basketball that a team built around 2 bigs is totally reliant on their PG being the general.

>>74414110
>Lakers fan

Shouldn't you be typing paragraphs about how Ingram isn't a bust because of basketball IQ? Lmao

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>>74414129
Si senior

>>74414074
its not just that, the rockets have no rebounding or rim protection and they destroyed the pelicans

they need shooting, i seriously think they would have been better off trading for paul george over boogie but i guess got a discount with boogie because of his attitude problems

>>74414156
not him but, shouldnt you be calling him a bust right now?

22pts, 16 rings bitch

>>74414156
Well, ingram scored 22 points today

lads are the clippies back?

>>74414077
Celcucks are trying too hard you know how manlets have to compensate for being short by overachieving

>>74414154
cause offense is all that matter right?

Pels actually have a shot at winning the game if demarcus doesnt have to leave in the 4th, and thats all that matters

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@74414138
won't even dignify this with a (You).

>>74414131
Football is a specialized sport. You can't be the goat player unless you're a quarterback. The meme is Lebron would've been a goat TE but any smart coach would stick him at a more important position like defensive end.

>>74414168
Back from what? No WCF appearances? Chocking? Flopping? Bitching?

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>>74414163
>Muh 1 game
I'm laughing

>>74414141

>adding another star when they were a lottery team

Look at what Lebron has done in Miami and Cleveland. Hell, Cleveland flipped Wiggins for Love. Boston built a big 3 then found a coach and way to figure it out. GSW added Durant.

You need stars, especially in the West.

You guys are fucking retarded if you're shitting on NO for flipping Tyreke and Buddy for Boogie.

>>74414156

did you watch the game, he played pretty good tonight

>>74414172
You literally have no reply. Please tell me what the Raptors have to improve the future. I've already told you how the Celtics will be able to compete for years to come.

>>74414171

No offense isn't all that matters. Their confused defense and lack of communication cuz new players was a killer. They gave up straight light drives the entire game. AD got bullied by Kanter on the boards too.

Yo celcucks is horford getting traded in the summer or what? You keeping him around

>>74414184
You are retarded for thinking Boogie is a star.

0-3

>>74414177

Lebron was quarterback in high school

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>Everyone arguing
>Meanwhile the Wizards quitely dominating the league
The chip is ours

The biggest travesty in the Boogie thing is that Boston didn't get him. They develop a star like once every 30 years or so. But they're holding onto picks and assets like it's crack.

>>74414190
if you don't already know about the raptie youth uprising then you don't know NBA basketball now GTFO

>>74414204

Not so fast Wally

https://streamable.com/lu1eo

>>74414184
the cavs are literally, and i mean literally a lottery team in the east without lebron

>Tyreke and Buddy for Boogie.

and both their picks in 2017

>>74414171
He screwed up but that doesn't change the fact that he was productive and efficient.

>>74414190
We have a good GM and a great core of young bench players that will be ready once we start the rebuild. You got busts with all them picks stay losing hater

>>74414205
you already got the star the kings let go of, why would you want the cancer?

>>74414203
So was Maurice Speights.

High school positions don't mean shit until you get to college and stick you in where they see fit.

>>74414213
All I know is that the Raptors have never even been to the Finals and couldn't with Vince Carter and T-Mac.

>>74414184
Wait, what star did the Pelicans add? I didn't see any involved in that trade.

>>74414197
With that contract? And his mediocre play this season (despite every fucking Yahoo and Boston beat writer raving about his "intangibles" affect)?

I wish. But it it's impossible and we'll basically just be stuck with him until the contract runs its course.

The real question is whether or not we resign Isaiah. If Danny just drafts with the Brooklyn picks, there isn't a chance we resign him because Danny won't suck up cap space on him when he'll have the draft players to worry about, who all have a far higher ceilings than IT.

>>74414205
lets face it, the warriors have this season barring a massive injury to curry, durant, or draymond. Yeah you heard me, they don't even need klay to win it all thats how loaded they are.

it makes sense for boston to wait until after the warriors break up and lebron is older. that'll be the time to rake in the chips.

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>>74414214
dont click this!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

its triggered my 1 week trial version of norton anti-virus!!!!

>>74414204
How did you guys get so good? It just happened out of nowhere

>>74414222
I'll wait til boogies productivity and efficiency actually wins games, cause i sure as fuck havent seen it so far

>>74414225

Because Boogie in the East would guarantee you a top 3 seed for the next decade? Barring a massive shift in talent, which is obv possible.

Eastern bigs are total shit man.

>>74414243

see: Frank Kaminsky dominating recently.

>>74414243
Boogie hasnt even guarenteed a team 40 wins how the hell is he gonna guarentee you top 3?

>>74414243
>Because Boogie in the East would guarantee you a top 3 seed
He's never made the playoffs in his life.

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>>74414204
>losing
>dominating

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>>74414240

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Let's be levelheaded about this,

This pairing has big potential. It's already showing; they're both putting up big numbers, albeit a small sample size. However the rest of their team is scrubs. Their coach is a scrub. And their organization is a scrub.

What could they realistically do within the off season to make this work?

>>74414237
No I think that's it he's your franchise player now. Good luck with horford and Thomas lol

>>74414252
yeah neither has Karl anthony towns

>>74414247
The stretch where he's "dominating" recently was where they faced mostly western conference teams retard.

>>74414252
Not that guy. But Cousins would dominate in the east because their style of basketball suits him more as a half court oriented back to the basket scorer.

In the west most teams are transition high pace high offense teams.

>>74414260
Cousins has been in the league 7 years.

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>>74414249
>>74414252

And he plays in the West which is literally loaded with talent and bigs?

He would be the best big in the East where he's like maybe the 4th best in the West? The competition goes from good teams like the Jazz, Thunder, and Clips to teams like the Bulce?

>>74414257
jump into the top 3 of the lottery

i dont see any other scenario with their mess of a cap situation where they do any better than an 8th seed

Cousins wouldn't dominate shit anywhere

>>74414257
add either a good 2guard or SF

learn to defend the PnR

stop giving up wide open 3s

>>74414242
Losing to the Rockets is expected, the Mavericks are playing above average and OKC has one of the best big man rotations in the league now. They need shooters

>>74414257
look at their salary cap, they don't have any expiring contracts and they're over the cap

they have to match any offer holiday gets otherwise they lose him

>>74414267
so has Karl Anthony Towns

>>74414260
look at how many games both players have played in their nba careers

>>74414257
the best thing about that trade is that the Kentuckyfaggot Cousins/Boogie apologists only have one team's worth of players to throw under the bus instead of two.

it's always everybody else's fault that these faggots can't lead a team and I'm sure it always will be.

>>74414257

>potential
Yes

But they're gonna need to teach Cousins how to play D. And maybe most of the rest of the team as well.

>>74414284
no

>>74414286
meant to say Davis/Boogie

>>74414277
yo im talking about his entire career

>>74414257
Scrub organizations can't add anything in the off season.

>>74414111

BRUTAL

Put Cousins on the Hornets and see them become the second best team in the east.

Put him on the Celtics and trade Horford for a good PF and they'd be the best team in the East.

Pelicans are paying Solomon Hill like 70m and he has scored 10 points in his last 3 games

>>74414286
If you took all the UK almnai since Cal has been coaching and put them on the same team, that's a fucking 82-0 team right there

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In a league with awesome young bigs like Towns, AD and Boogie, none of them are particularly great on defense...even tho AD does get off ball blocks a lot.

Meanwhile the Frenchie in Utah shuts niggas down night after night.

>>74414295
kek
have you ever seen a kings roster?

>>74414301
>chemistry is not a thing

>>74414257

neither player could lead their team before. I know! put them together!

>>74414301

Put Cousins in the Celtics, Hornets, Wiz or Raps and they become a very legit threat to Cleveland.

Altho I don't blame Wash so much since I think they're a legit threat as is.

>>74414311
>conveniently ignoring the defensive monster known as Joel Embiid

>>74414310
an All-Kentucky team would be garbage defensively, Warriors would sweep them in 6

When will the Pelicans get their first win?

>>74414311
He's the best big in the league. Not fair comparing scrubs like Boogie to him.

>>74414313
have you seen the pelicans roster?

>>74414311
Shook Wall harder than Mario ever did.

>>74414311
>Only 24 years old
god damn

>>74414311
ther perfect big right here, decent offense, elite defense, can run the floor, onr, whatever you want men.

men i bet if utah signed PG and moved gayward to the 2, they'd be chicken tenders, er i mean contenders.

>>74414324

Prolly the Pistons or Lakers looking at their schedule. Altho for whatever reason they always play my Spurs tough.

Highly skilled back to the basket bigs, with a inside outside offense, surrounded by shooters, is HISTORICALLY

THE MOST SUCCESSFUL OFFENSIVE SYSTEM IN NBA PLAYOFF HISTORY

This shit was made for the playoffs while meme point shooting small ball was made for the regular season and unproven in the playoffs.

Put Cousins on the Celtics with as many above average three point shooters as they have, and the slower pace will increase their percentages as they take more shots in rhythm.

The problem is no team has been able to obtain both the skilled big and the shooters since the Lakers with Shaq.

Basically just ignore anyone who says Cousins would contribute to winning on any team. Add them to your pastebin.

>>74414333
Anthony Davis is only 23 years old lmao

>>74414313
>muh teammates
just keep deflecting the problems to others, theres a reason you dont hear positive things about boogie from 90% of his former teammates. i cant wait til all these fools are out of the league and the real stories about cousins get out

>>74414331

He's done it to the best. Utah just breaks teams every so often. I've seen good teams just totally fall apart against their D and discipline.

They're gonna be scary if Hood gets back fully healthy and Burks gets all the way back to their bench threat.

They also added George Hill who is prolly the best defensive PG in the entire league right now.

Tho Favors is a question mark. If healthy he's good, but he keeps getting hurt.

>>74414338
cousins primarily operates face up at the top of the key, so none of this matters

>>74414327
Let's not be silly.

Embiid > AD > KAT > Gobert > Boogie

Gobert is better than any of them on the defensive end but they're all better than him on the offensive end. Gobert needs to improve on offensive to step up further.

Boogie is just poopy, though. A big man that can't defend is a Shawn Bradly.

At least the Pelicans have a future

Unlike the Kangz

>>74414359

If I were playing a video game and turned injuries off I'd take AD by a country mile. I think his talent is that much better than everyone else.

But otherwise give me Towns and then Embiid as a close second. Towns has the ability to be a good defender. I'd be surprised if he doesn't add that to his game.

>>74414359
>Embiid
opinion trashed

>>74414361
>WCS
>Skal
>Buddy
>lottery pick bound

>>74414358
Wrong, lmao. You know NOTHING about basketball.

>>74414361
Pelis are only still in the league because Silver wants it to be.

>>74414369

I like WCS, but Buddy and especially Skal aren't worth green texting yet.

I unironically like Mclemore more than both.

>>74414301
>trade the best passing big guy and the reason why the Celtics have stellar pick and roll memery at the expense of choking defense

If he's gone the Celtics revert back to shitty iso and have a hard time scoring

>>74414352
Favors is coming back pretty steadily, he's a shade of what he was last season, but now I can actually see him getting back to that level. He's only like 25 as well, which is a bonus.

If Hood and Burks stay healthy and get some decent playing time, >we are a lock for WCF next year and the one after. Maybe this year if someone kills KD.

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>>74414359
>Embiid

>>74414359
Kat>AD>Gobert=Emmeme>Cousins

>>74414328
>who is anthony davis
they can upgrade most of their roster with washed up players, they have time, its been a week ffs

>>74414338
>unproven in the playoffs.
literally who do you think has won the nba championship the last 2 seasons?

>>74414379
>Horford
>good
>Horford
>not bad
>Horford
>more of a threat in the pick and roll than Boogie who can roll hard down screen and pick and pop from the three

>>74414380

>Favors is only 25

No shit? I just assumed he was like 30. He keeps getting old guy injuries.

If he gets back to his old form, and by old form I mean a legit beast in the post and on the board, the Jazz become a really fucking hard team to beat.

I've only seen that Favors like maybe once all year tho.

>>74414340
Anthony Davis is meh on defense though

>>74414385
this is in who i'd want for the long term, not whos best right now.

>>74414388
who exactly are they going to get? they can only trade their 2018 pick at the earliest and they will be capped out just by resigning jrue

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>>74414375
>>74414375

Are you ok there buddy, you seem upset :^)