/nba/ general - UNDEFEATED edition

1st for future MVP Buddy Hield

My left and right hand Robert Horry

MONDAY
>IND@CLE 6 P.M. CST ON TNT
>MEM@SAS 8:30 P.M. CST ON TNT

TUESDAY
>MIL@TOR 6 P.M. CST ON NBATV
>CHI@BOS 7 P.M. CST ON TNT
>UTA@LAC 9:30 P.M. CST ON TNT

WEDNESDAY
>ATL@WAS 6 P.M. CST ON NBATV
>OKC@HOU 7 P.M. CST ON TNT
>POR@GSW 9:30 P.M. CST ON TNT

THURSDAY
>CLE@IND 6 P.M. CST ON TNT
>TOR@MIL 7 P.M. CST ON NBATV
>SAS@MEM 8:30 P.M. CST ON TNT

FRIDAY
>BOS@CHI 6 P.M. CST ON ESPN
>HOU@OKC 8:30 P.M. CST ON ESPN
>LAC@UTA 9 P.M. CST ON ESPN2

#FUCKRONDO
#FIREGARPAX
#FIREHOIBERG

this is the real thread. the other thread was posted well before the post limit and was made by a butthurt reddit mod. I should receive the same sort of instaban punishment as harry's original warriors copypasta

Will Buddy Hield vs Devin Booker be the next Nash vs Kobe?

>>75306500
buddy BITCH

>>75306500
Probably more like Kobe v Tmac had Tmac stayed healthy.
Nash and Kobe never guarded each other and were in different positions, while Buddy andd Devin are both SG's and have a similar playstyle

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the absolute madman

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MVP

if the pacers and spurs win I WILL get my thiccie gf back

cap this

>>75306913
go back into the locked discord gowiz

>>75306913
>thiccie gf
How thiccie?

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>>75306913
>tfw you see your crush on a dating app and you don't match with her

>>75307056
>crush uses dating app
Low standards.

so now that westbrook is just a meme, what's the next thing /nba/ will be wrong about? ball brothers?

>>75307159
she's so cute though :3

>>75306246
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DR46WR8Pkg


HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHHAAHHAAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA

>>75307201
She is probably searching for a threesome.Bitches on Tinder do that all the time.I as a bull can guarantee you that she is getting gangbanged by at least 2 dudes at the same time

>>75307222
chekt, and.... ?

>La La dumped melo


AHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAHAHAAHHAHAHAHA

>only 2 games on today
dropped

>Ibaka questionable for Tuesday

TUMBLING DOWN

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>>75307254
th-thanks that makes me feel so much better

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>IT does everything for his team to win games
>on the one night he needed them the most, he ended up doing everything again
>no one else could score except Bradley and Horford
>they lose

>>75307375
i masturbated

>>75307375
HAHA FUCK YOU.

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>weststat

lol

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>>75307254
>I as a bull

>>75307458
is bevjam "our guy"?

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>Per @TMZ: Melo and LaLa separated

guess he got sick of them honey nut cheerios

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>>75307489
good fuck that ugly skank. we rhi rhi nao

>>75307489
what are the chances that he got KEKED

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>>75306246

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>>75306246
>11 championship rings
LISTEN TO THE MAN

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>>75307489

>>75306144
>They can't even complete a sentence correctly, they create url's


lmao

rackets

>>75308118
RACKETS

porzingas is a pussy

>>75307489
Rough year for Melo. But he deserves worse

I think Porzingis learned how to become more vocal while working out with Iverson. That's why he skipped the exit interview with Phil Jackson and just put them on notice.

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with melo out we elite again

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>>75308231
>more vocal
>barley knows english

>>75308254
WHERE WILL MELO GO

Can't believe Adam Silver killed Isaiah Thomas' sister just for ratings.

>>75307571
I'M SORRY MR JACKSON

>>75308333
YOU

ARE

NOT

SUPPOSED

TO

KNOW

THIS

Expect a visit soon.

>>75308319
okc

>re-sign with the Knicks because your wife loves new york
>She dumps you and takes half your money toward the end of your career
>Marrying a bitch named lala
JUST

Who was it that started the 3 and D popularity?

Kyle Korver?

>>75308527

She's not even hot man like what the fuck is wrong with him

>>75308569
steph when he first made 261 threes in a season

>>75308527
puerto ricans are scum

>>75308258
He speaks better English than some burgers.

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>brazil

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>He speaks better English than some burgers.

>>75308569
bruce bowen, shane battier

>>75307293
desu Melo can do much better than her, she's pretty fugly

I just found out there's a facebook killer from cleveland on the loose.

How does this affect Lebron's chances of repeating? Seems like Adam Silver would do everything possible to prevent the cavs from winning a championship now, knowing there's a killer on the loose.

Imagine if they won and the killer used the parade as an opportunity to kidnap and kill people, the NBA could be sued.

I hope to god they catch this sick fuck so we're not denied another championship for bullshit reasons (still mad about 2015 DESU)

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did you idiots think Lala wouldn't do this to mello?

do you even balleralert thot?

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>>75308614
stop

>>75308614
this desu

>>75308651
they still haven't found this guy? what the fuck man

>>75308651
The dubs probably hired him to hunt down LeBron.

>>75308661
I'm not surprised & glad it happened. Dumb motherfucker had a chance to get just as paid and win elsewhere

I wonder whose BBC she's guzzling

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>He speaks better English than some burgers

>>75308690
probably future or one of those braided hair rappers

can you guys take your canadian harry tripfag back please and thank you

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APOLOGIZE

>>75308744
don't worry he'll choke next game. all thunder need is 1 game and they have HCA

Houston is economic migrant and Katrina monkey central

>Bombston fans chanting "MVP" at a player who'd be lucky to crack the top 20

What did they mean by this?

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>all thunder need is 1 game
only on /nba/! the 1 game sweep

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>>75308781
>>75308760
>>75308699
>>75308626
>>75308258
>>75307460

stop

>>75308604

>3 AND D

The D stands for defense you stupid motherfucker

>>75308631

>Bruce Bowen

That's a Bingo!
Pop is a madman.

>>75308778
>lucky to crack the top 20

dude's the consensus 4/5th place MVP vote getter in one of the most historically close and competitive MVP races ever. He's the best player on the best tea m in the east.

You'd have to be deliberately playing dumb to not think he hasn't no shot

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>>75308796
>The D stands for defense

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>consensus

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>>75308792
>>75308809
quit stalking me

DID THE ONLY BULGAR ON /SP/ BREAK THE ONLY PC IN BULGARIA?

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>>75308876
lmao

TELL ME WHO IS SPAIN POSTER?

WHO DOES HE ROOT FOR?

>>75308823
Kek

KEK

>>75308823
>best team in the east

>>75308481
hmm

https://youtu.be/EGHLmm8yvPQ?t=23

this fucking steal though

who injures himself first?

westsweep or john shook?

vote now!

>>75308823
>best team in the east

>H
>R
>E

>>75308935

figuratively speaking of course. We all know the cavs are probably better just because of Lebron and experience, but when looking at the numbers objectively Boston has been the better team and objectively has the better record. Time will tell whether they get past cleveland, but if it's not this year it will be next year

>>75308973
leshit will get cucked by the pacers or the bucks bro, don't worry

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>objectively

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rackets

>>75308949
>that thumbnail

This dude looks like such a fucking ape.

>>75309074
go back to /pol/

>>75309074
why do you judge men homo?

>>75309086
>anything offensive now belongs in a containment board

go back to tumblr.

Seriously lighten up a little bit, he looks like a damn ape.

>>75309074
Get a life

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I legit feel bad for Melo. Guy just wanted to win in New York. He does a bunch of stuff for the community, never gets in trouble, and genuinely likes the city. Not his fault people overrate his ability and NY never built a proper team around him. Now he's getting shipped to some wasteland like okc and his wife is leaving him

>>75309133
>He does a bunch of stuff for the community
what is a tax write off

>>75309096
>2017
>thinking it's better to be a homophobe than a racist

do you have a problem with the gays bro? Because if you do I and a bunch of my faggot friends will take you out back and beat the shit out of you.

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>tfw u rape the thundies

>>75309140
kek ~10 years ago one of my buddies got his ass stomped by a group of gays for calling them fags

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Question...can you guess who these players are?

Player 1 – 13 points, 7.4 rebounds, 2.2 assists per 36 minutes, on 53% TS% (39% from 3).

Player 2 – 6.4 points, 6.6 rebounds, 1.2 assists per 36 minutes, on 35% TS% (17% from 3).

As you may have guessed, this is a trick question. Player 1 and Player 2 are the same player – Luol Deng. That first stat line isn’t from his time in Miami; it’s what Deng put up playing without Jordan Clarkson in 872 minutes this season. The latter encapsulates Deng’s pitiful performance next to Clarkson in 614 minutes this season, and the trend holds steady no matter the month. Deng struggled in November (44.7% TS% without Clarkson), was excellent in December (62.9% TS%), and was decent in 2017 through his deactivation (53.0% TS%). But consistently, Deng played considerably worse next to Clarkson. He posted TS% of 33.3%, 38.2%, 34.5%, respectively, while sharing the court with JC. The stability of these numbers through Deng’s peaks and valleys suggests a fundamental incompatibility of these two players.

If you look at the breakdown, you’ll note that Deng’s usage drops to a laughably low 11.9% next to Clarkson.

If we extrapolate from Clarkson’s play style, we could infer Deng doesn’t work well with Clarkson’s heavy ball-pounding ways. Deng prefers to spot up and maybe attack the closeout, but the weak side might as well not exist to Clarkson. This means Deng can’t get into a rhythm, so the shots that he gets end up bricking, which reinforces Clarkson’s do-it-all mentality...

is bevs literally our guy? lmao lightskinned statpadding niggas hold this L

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>>75309174
Compare these numbers to Deng’s numbers playing with Lou Williams instead of Jordan Clarkson. Williams was also a ball pounder, but he was a far more dangerous scorer who commanded more attention from defenses, and he had better vision in kicking out to shooters. In relatively limited minutes (109) with Williams and without Clarkson, Deng’s usage actually rose to 15.2% from 14.2% on the season, and his TS% was a scorching 72.1%. That number would go down in a larger sample size, of course. But because Williams would at least spoon feed Deng good looks, his ball-pounding didn’t have quite the same deleterious effects on Deng’s shooting percentages.

This contrast highlights an essential truth that people too often gloss over about the NBA: fit matters.

It matters a lot. Deng has been ostensibly terrible nearly all season, and yet it turns out he’s actually been more or less the guy we wanted, even as he’s played at a suboptimal position all season (he’s a 4, not a 3). Deng is not close to a star, but he plays solid defense, he is a passable shooter (especially at the 4 and if we discount his horrible November), and more importantly, he understands how to play offense and defense. He doesn’t muck things up, and that has its own value, but he needs to be spoon fed shots in rhythm. It turns out Clarkson doesn’t do that in his freeform style of play, so Deng is flat out terrible next to Clarkson. This brings me to the main point.

The Lakers’ 2016-2017 woes boiled down to a fundamental incongruity in roster construction.

The unit of D’Angelo Russell, Nick Young, Luol Deng, Julius Randle, and Timofey Mozgov posted +6.0 net rating in 406 minutes.

>>75309138

And? Everybody can do it but they don't. He puts his time and money into it. What the fuck did someone like Drose do for chicago?

>>75309183
>Lakers’ 2016-2017 woes boiled down to a fundamental incongruity in roster construction
>incongruity

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>>75309183
You know that Trail Blazers team that looked revitalized after acquiring Jusuf Nurkic (13-3 in March)? Their starting unit with Nurkic posted a +6.2 net rating in 229 minutes, and this is later in the season when opposing teams have begun resting or blatantly tanking. There are caveats with the Lakers’ +6.0 net rating – most notably, when they weren’t playing well, Luke would pull at least one of their starters, and so you can argue the starters have an artificially bloated net rating, but that’s beside the point. A +6.0 net rating is on par with a starting lineup that helped the Blazers go 13-3 in March, and even if it’s bloated by a few points or so, that’s incredible for the starting lineup of a roster that won 26 games.

The original bench unit of Clarkson, Williams, Ingram, Larry Nance, Jr., and Black was even better, putting up a +7.9 net rating in 196 minutes together. However, that lineup played a completely different style compared to the structured offense and defense that the starters played. Offensively, they ran far more early offense sets or just high ball screens to get Williams and Clarkson looks on offense, with Nance and Black running cleanup duty. Defensively, the frontcourt supplied plenty of speed and length to cover up mistakes from the backcourt. In response, the backcourt opportunistically jumped passing lanes or otherwise picked pockets at elite rates: Clarkson’s 3.3% STL% and Williams’ 2.5% would outpace a duo of, say, Chris Paul (3.0%) and Kawhi Leonard (2.7%) on that front. We get the sense of a far more improvisational unit than the methodical starters, which worked well for that group’s talents.

But therein lies the problem. The minute these two units mixed they were disastrous, with few exceptions. For example, replace Ingram for Deng on the starters and you get a -32 net rating in 63 minutes.

>>75309174

But Clarkson is Filipino! The most powerful race! and he fucked Kendall Jenner! He's the future of the Lakers! Lakers best organization! Muh laker girls! Muh history!

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>>75309183
Hinkie pls we don't care

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>>75309194
>What the fuck did someone like Drose do for chicago?
your mom

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>>75309183
When you are essentially running two different systems on the same team, is it a surprise the mixed units fared poorly?

The Lakers lost quite a few games in November because these mixed lineups were horrible, especially the Nance/ Randle small ball lineup (-11.2 net rating on the season).

When injuries struck in December and these units were forced to intermingle, the Lakers plummeted in the standings. In Luke Walton’s defense, he recognized this shortcoming. People might remember his desperate attempts in December to preserve that bench 5 together even as the starters faced injuries to Russell and Young. This included starting Calderon and Huertas or starting Ingram and letting him play nearly 40 mpg to play with both units. Some were calling for his head for not starting Clarkson earlier, but the lineup data suggests it was the right move.

The Lakers picked Walton to install a modern offense, specifically one in the vein of Golden State, San Antonio, and Utah, as opposed to the fast-paced, gunning style of Mike D’Antoni. They overpaid veterans to help implement the offensive and defensive systems – and the plan worked! Russell has the poise and feel of a veteran, and Young, Deng, and Mozgov are, for all their warts, experienced players. People bag on the Deng and Mozgov signings, and I get that their contracts are terrible and that their individual production was underwhelming. But it is also true that they, especially Deng, were crucial components to a core group that outperformed other starting units at a pretty significant rate, and that this unit only improved as the season went on. The starting 5 posted a +3.2 through November, +6.5 in December, and +9.5 in 2017.

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>>75309174
>>75309183

It's playoff time faggot. Save your essays about shitty teams for lottery day and the off season.

>>75309212
is that beverleys hand?

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>>75306246
Undefeated edition, you say?
>Leafs

LeGOD Corporation

>>75309194

derrick rose was born and raised in chicago. He was "their guy" so to speak. His family probably paid taxes and contributed to his small section of the community for years before he even became a star.

Compare that to melo who is only in new york to please his wife, who left him because she knows he's getting kicked out.

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>>75309223
>The Lakers picked Walton to install a modern offense
i never would have guessed that

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>>75309223
What’s more intriguing is the four-man unit of Russell-Young-Deng-Mozgov was quite good no matter who the fifth guy was, except when it’s Clarkson. Russell’s steady play with this group of veterans particularly merits notice: in 494 minutes, he averaged, per-36 minutes, 21.8 points (on 57% TS%), 5.3 rebounds, and 7.6 assists (to 3.7 turnovers) while solely orchestrating the offense. The unit played even better if we replace Randle with anyone besides Clarkson. Those lineups were +16.1 net rating in 89 minutes, with an elite defensive rating of 95.6. The only time this unit crashed was using Clarkson as the fifth guy, where in 15 minutes they put up a -82.4 net rating. Yes, that’s a small sample size...But again, given Clarkson’s play style, is it a surprise that the structured starters would be so ineffective with him?

As we look back on the data from the 2016-2017 season and look forward to the type of system that Luke looks to install, we can see clearly that trading Williams was undoubtedly the right move. Lou was brilliant for us, but he was almost too good. He ended up breaking Luke’s system and running a lot of high ball screen type actions instead, and he inspired some selfishness in Clarkson’s game as well. The Lakers should look to form a coherent roster, where all the players run mostly the same system and there aren’t huge stylistic shifts as one player is substituted for another. In this regard, Deng and Mozgov are necessarily the liabilities people think they are, at least on the court. Yes, they aren’t world beaters, but they can play supporting roles in absolutely functional lineups. (A digression, but this is why I’m skeptical of Brewer and Nwaba as rotation players on the team next season. They might be thriving in these energetic, defense-leads-to-offense type lineups, but their inability to shoot from the 2 or 3 will sabotage attempts to run Luke’s playbook.)

>>75309224
Read all of it, you might learn something.

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what the fuck is this lakers essay spam shit? do you lifeless faggots literally have nothing else to do during the offseason?

go out and find something productive to do

It's crazy to me that Brad Stevens is only 40 years old

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What's a LaLa?

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>Read all of it, you might learn something

>>75309246
(typo fixed)
Williams was the biggest culprit in terms of stylistic conflicts, and while he was our best player, he also masked some roster construction issues that need to be fixed. With Lou gone, we can build a proper lineup for Walton.

But there is still a glaring question to be answered.

What should the Lakers do with the 2014 draft class?

First, there’s Clarkson. I have to confess that I’ve grown skeptical of where Clarkson fits in on the Lakers moving forward. His absolute best stretch of games was two years ago now, where he thrived running simplified high pick and rolls.

Can that translate into the sets and principles that Walton is trying to establish in LA?

His decision making has improved as he’s gotten away from Lou’s shadow, reflected by his ATR as a starter rising to 1.5, from 1.2 as a reserve, though he was abysmal scoring the ball (16.1 points per 36 on 49.5% TS%). His 3-point stroke is inconsistent and subpar for a guard, and he forces shots near the rim because he misses the reads. Stylistically, he’s a bench 2, which is complicated by the fact that defensively, he’s probably best guarding the 1.

Can he rein in his shot-happy tendencies? Can the Lakers find an appropriate backcourt partner for him on the bench?

A more nuanced question awaits Randle. Randle is an interesting spot where the starters were pretty good with him, and the original bench lineup was pretty good with him. He has shown plenty of improvement this season, and a consistent 3-ball might be a game changer. But both the starters and the bench were better with other players, which explains why he’s at #67 on ESPN’s RPM for power forwards (for comparison’s sake, Nance is at #23). Small ball lineups with Randle at the 5, or with Nance and Randle together, have mostly been terrible. His defensive awareness is perhaps the worst on the roster, and lurking in the background is his looming contract extension.

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How'd the Lakers go in their Game 1?

oh wait--

>>75309274

I ain't saying she a gold digger, but sje ain't messing with no broke nigga

>>75309274

Think of Rihanna but more fat and half as attractive

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Cavs vs Pacers game thread:

>>75309288
>>75309288
>>75309288
>>75309288

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>>75309284
Randle is not a league average starter yet, but he stuffs the box score and someone is going to pay him a lot because of it. Will Randle be able to outperform the contract he earns next summer?

As the Lakers’ Front Office looks to evaluate the state of the roster, I can only hope that they identify these positive takeaways in the midst of all the negatives. Smart management means amplifying the good and mitigating the bad. This season was as much a consequence of intra-roster incoherence as an indictment on the performance of our individual players per se. That isn’t to say that we don’t need more talent – we certainly need more talent – but you can see the foundations of an overachieving team hidden somewhere in the rubble of this past season. Despite question marks about Randle and especially Clarkson, we can see how some of the major core pieces of the Lakers’ roster fit together, even the much-maligned and overpaid 2016 free agent acquisitions. Perhaps Magic and Pelinka should consider staying the course set out this season and making incremental changes with an eye on roster coherence, instead of effecting sweeping changes.

>>75309257
Read it, you might learn something about the game.

Harden 2015 : "team not good enough for mvp"
Harden 2016: "team not good enough for all-nba"
Harden 2017: "team is too good"

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>all these self-hating false flagging laker fags spamming

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>>75309345
>actual basketball discussion
>spam

pick 1

>>75309345
Lakerfags have been so starved for wins that they have gone insane.

>>75309356
nobody gives a fuck about the trash lakers, lets talk about teams that actually matter aka playoff teams

>>75309345

Ingram looks so adorable when he plays basketball. I've been trying to find an Ingram doll so that I can give it to my little brother to play with/

>>75309371
you mean like the celtics? perpetual losers and about to get bounced in the first round?

>>75309356
its not discussion, its some faggot ctrl + v'ing some article he just read

just post the fucking link faglord

ldr is lit af desu fambam, every lp has been fire, dream pop finna take over the world

>>75309388
knew you were lurking

>>75309379
sure, they're a team that actually matters cause they're in the playoffs.

good job, lakersfag.

>>75309406
no shit the pacers finna be on and im not out being a normie for this game

>>75309407
>celtics
>mattering in 2017

pick 1

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>dream poop finna take over the world

>>75309266

wtf? I would have guessed about 32

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>>75309371
>nobody gives a fuck about the trash lakers
pic related, 16 rings bitch.

anyone have a link for the cavs game?

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>>75309371
they hate us
cause they ain't us

>>75309430
are we gonna do this again

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>>75309403

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How's that first seed Celtics?

>>75309438

We don't really hate you, we just care more about teams that are going to make the playoffs for the foreseeable future.

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I'm so sorry they did this to you again Harden...

when do they announce the MVP?

>>75309450
stop being passive aggressive and provide a link

>>75309492
end of june

>>75309495
google "reddit nba steam"

>>75309495
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/autumn-cleveland-ohio-stream-frozen-in-time-fine-art-photography.html

here, kind of expensive desu

>>75309495
nba.com ???????????

so guess we're not using the bread for the game?

>>75309555
I guess trips confirm.

>>75309585
i guess you're right that im right.

I guess The Process really did work

I guess the MVP's going to get swept in the first round

>>75309758
Harden ain't winning the mvp this year.

DID WHITE PEOPLE RUIN THE DAB?

cavs look shook

screencap this post

does richard jeff have the most punchable face in the NBA?

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>>75310417
Olynik. Soon to be this feller

>>75310417
Richard Jefferson is the nicest, most friendly looking guy on the Cavs, so I'm gonna have to punch you.

>>75310444

he's kind of a dick. Listen to his podcast and listen to his interviews. Dude is an ass.

>>75310495
Yeah he made fun of Tim Duncan and Channing Frye for playing WoW. Fuck him

>>75310444
Richard Jefferson is a fucking tool and everyone gives him a pass on his retarded old man antics

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>>75307375
FUCK YOU NIGGA HAHAHA CHITOWN MAKIN SURE BITCH NIGGAZ CRY

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>>75310541
this

>>75310328
>WHITE
>>>PEOPLE

Why do Bawwston fans act like it was their sister that died when IT's sister died? Like, c'mon bruh, IT ain't even look in your direction your whole life. Now, Bawwston fans sayin da Bulls should take the L to make IT feel better? top kek fuck that bitch shit

did you guys see lebron yelling at klove? lebron is the worst teammate

what time do the knicks play

>>75310794
Well, IT has become a pretty big fan favorite in Boston, and Boston fans love their players.

Pacers better win tonight to make up for Paul Georges constant choking.

>>75310860
when your mom gets home

jazzies

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what's your favorite alternate team logo (fan made or official)

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>>75311608
I'll post some more. The wizards one is the fucking goat and it's a shame it's not official

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>>75311682

Paul George has to be the worst free throw shooter I've ever seen.

>>75311682
This one looks so good. They need to change it to this one ASAP.

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>>75307375
God it just makes me so angry.

So unbelievably angry.

How can your fucking teammates not elevate on the night you're playing for your dead sister?

How can they be THAT shit?

>LOOK: Lavoy Allen writes 'Go Pacers' on the Cavaliers' court before Game 2 of playoffs
The veteran has a little fun before Indy's playoff game

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/look-lavoy-allen-writes-go-pacers-on-the-cavaliers-court-before-game-2-of-playoffs/
AHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHHA

LAVOY ALLEN

>>75311682
this logo is gay and so is the wizards name

they need to change

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I remember when this was rumored.

remember when lebron did his "no social media during the playoffs" thing and was caught liking a instagram sluts picture lmao

>the city of Stone Hibbert's Roy Hands

should i watch the spurs game also reccomend something on netflix

Is there a professional basketball league that I can watch where the games aren't rigged?

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> you now remember matthew dellavdova shutting down the leauge "mvp"

how is he doing these days? is he part of the reason lowry is even more garbage than usual?

>>75312579
oh ya forgot to post this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX5CXlvkiuc

is he still the best on ball defender in the game?

Why do people think paul george is a superstar hes even the poster athlete for 2k17

>>75312621
hype

spurs grizz

>>75312716
>>75312716

>>75312621
Kobe is the real poster athlete.

Pacers are literal cucks. Close games and they look like they don't give a shit.

how long before paul george khs?

BLOCKED

LE GOD

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>>75309426
They hate us cause they anus

>CJ Miles takes final shot last game
>Commits an offensive foul at the end of this game
LMAO! PAUL GEORGE GONNA EXPLODE! COME TO THE LAKEYS AND YOU'LL HAVE A CHIP WITHIN A FEW YEARS

>>75313353
Did you actually watch the game? That was one of the worst offensive foul calls I've ever seen

what other player is going zero dark 30 mode ?

>>75313497
None of them. Not even Lebron.

Other players just aren't attention whores like Lebron who pretend to abandon the internet.

>>75313353
lakers? lmfao this has to be a joke

he wants to WIN, not deal with snitch drama and awful management

>>75313565
16 rings bitch

Paul george is garbanzo beans

>>75313592
this

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>>75313592
yeah and for those 16 rings it's looking like 16 years of no playoffs as well

>>75313565
>>75313592
>MUH HISTORY
your team is a joke

where can i find cavs post game show?

Everyone wants to play for the Lakers and if we want a player we get them. Nobody can resist our beautiful city of LA and the history of this franchise.

>>75313688

DeFrozen did

>>75313716
We didn't want him.

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>>75313688

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>>75313746

I can see why. With studs like swaggy p and clarkson along with top-tier free agents like busted Deng and Mozgov who needs anything else

>>75313432
thats not why they lost

>>75313925
Is snitchy d still a bust?

>>75314132
pretty much, his shooting percentage actually went down in his second year

Wow this place is dead, guess the NBA isn't worth watching

>>75314620

The only game on is the worst matchup in the playoffs

>/nba/ cries about 3 point spam
>/nba/ cries when teams actually go in the post and call the teams slow and boring
lmao /nba/ is impossible to please

https://soundcloud.com/eztopux/vato-gonzalez-bassline-riddim-eztopux-remix

>>75314771
> there cant be a balance of both

>>75314771

There's a middle-point to both of those

>>75315008
>>75315017
Yeah, there is a team that uses a balance of both. It's called the San Antonio Spurs.

>>75315118
lolol, fuck i hope this isn't ironicially true.

They are so fucking boring

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>>75315118

>spurs

No

>>75315118
let the plebs be. they'll like whatever they like

>sperms

>Memphis Piss

Real talk Giannis is a beast. I hope LeDecline fucks off soon so we can get new young stars in the finals soon.

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>>75315982
> Ledecline

obviously not yet

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melo is gonna get cucked by the alimony huh?

>>75315982

Meme state is bigger threat to the future than lelbron. It's possible they could hold those core 4 for 4 more years

>>75316208
I don't think Klay Thompson is staying there for long

>>75316259
I doubt Klay "DUDE WEED LMAO" Thompson would leave meme state unless it's the Lakers.

>inb4 lakers
Literally unironically mean this this time, not memeing. Klay looks like the dude who either wants to win now, or settle in a nice spot. Comfortably for him, Meme state has both of those for him right now.

so how'd it go, /nba/

>>75315982
lebron will get bounced in the 2nd round

the pacers are ass and they still barely won both games, cavs fall apart in 4th quarters, theyre too old and dont have the energy to close

>>75316398
Also forgot to add that Klay's dad was a Laker, so that's another reason why he'd go there.

>>75308341
I AM FOR REAL

>>75316418
Right and they barely won their 4 games against Detroit last year, too. Shut up.

>>75316590
they didnt have a losing record on the road last year and they didnt have a bottom 10 defense last year either

>>75316403
Spurdoras just managed to blow a 30 point lead

Worst NBA casters?

In my experience its Bostons.

The older one just whines every time a call goes against Boston.

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spurs cant even hold leads against the grizzlies and they supposed to be our competition? lmao just hand us the chip

>>75316632
LeBald will still find a way to get to the finals. Unless the Raptors start playing like they should be playing then the Cavs have a cakewalk again simply because LeBron plays for them.

Teams that should acquire another star and contend with the declining Cavs:
>Bucks
>Pacers (unless Paul George takes his talents to LA)

thats it

>>75316686

Definitely boston. I'm 90% sure one of them is senile and is having mini-strokes mid-game.

>>75316686
rocket's is pretty awful too

>>75316686
Boston is terrible, so is Portland. I can't say one is worse than the other but they're both garbage.

honorable mentions for Utah and Houston as well

>>75316686
Boston and Miami during the Heatles days

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>>75316686
Worst: Clippers, Warriors, Boston color guy, Cavs color guy

Best: Lakers, Wizards, Pelicans, 76ers

>>75308333
Whoa careful there

>>75316795
Clippers old senile guy with his "THE LOB THE JAM OH ME OH MY" pisses me off

>>75316795

The bucks have the best by a wide margin

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>The bucks have the best by a wide margin

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>all of the sudden /nba/ hates Westgod and loves le free throw man

literally what the fuck happened?

>>75316686
worst: cavs, okc, houston, clippers

best: wolves, sixers, kings, lakers, magic, heat hawks

>>75316950
The playoffs started and we are focusing on players actually relevant to the post season and not regular season statpadders.

>>75316950
just shills desu

>>75316971
>le stat pad meme

fuck off ledditor

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>>75316963
no pacers? Pacers announcers are incredibly comfy and are constructive and fair as fuck

you learn things listening to the player announcer and the color announcer is fair while also getting hype when needed be

>>75312173
Celtics' starting lineup other than Horford and Thomas are just bench players on an actual good team.

>>75316963
>Update
also no bombston in worst category? lmao fuck off

>>75317032
desu i didnt watch a ton of pacers games this year

>>75317048
i like their voices, and i dont take them seriously. its like listening to my dad talk about a game

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>people actually think pop isn't losing on purpose and playing mind games with the grizzlies and his own team

that's what makes him a great coach, his thinking is on another level than normal people, he looks at the playoffs with grace and experience

oh look the spurs blew mempiss the fuck out

>memephis
>memshit

>pop is 20-2 when 2-0 in playoff series

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Kawhi is a certified refbaby.

What is that stat about pop being ahead 2-0?

is tony allen gunna play at all in this series? i want him to shutdown kawhis bitchass

>>75317259
no and even if he did he'd be a net negative because of his complete lack of an offensive game

Who out of these players will win at least one MVP?

Giannis
Kawaii
Towns

>>75316686
Kings
>if you don't like our shitty players, you don't like NBA basketball!

>>75317312
N/A

>>75317312
Kawhi vs Giannis 2020 NBA Finals

>>75317312

KAT is going to win it next year. People are going to be shocked when the twolves have a massive jump in wins even though they shouldn't be

>>75317312
Giannis

Pop has not a single fuck to give

>>75317384
he shouldn't. the ((((media))))) is only there to trip you up

>>75317384

He has every right to be annoyed. The ingame interview is the dumbest, most pointless shit I've ever seen and who the fuck is going to give away their strategy to the world.

>Dare I ask: Is Kawhi now better than aging LeBron? Much better shooter and FT shooter (19-19 tonite!) Better ballhandler/closer/defender.

Dare I say it, Skip Bayless literally browses /sp/?

Slomo'niel

>>75317466
I mean, he is LITERALLY /ourguy/

klay is too shit/beta to be a superstar tho

>>75317466
nobody care about kawhi he bgigest refbaby in the league ...even bigger than harden

>that Pistons Celtics connection

HOLY SHIT THE MEMES ARE REALLLLLLLL

SPC

kawaii-god is gonna carry the spuds to their 6th ring

>SPC LITERALLY chilling in the cut on inside

Refs handed the Spurs the game. SAD.

oh shit memphis coach going off

>>75317553
BASED

>>75317538
did you hear isiah? chuck asked kg why he had alot of pistons in area 51 and isiah said its that pistons celtics connection

>>75317553
lol fucking faggot

Whyvare people auprised that the refs handed out so many fouls to the Grizz? Their play is rough and tough and that shit slid through the regular season but here their game is paying for it.

>THEY ARE NOT GONNA ROOK US

what did he mean by this

>>75317608

Zbo was definitely getting hacked and they weren't calling shit. It was pretty ugly officiating from start to finish and the spurs benefitted

fuck
I got up to grab a burrito and missed the rant

>>75317608
in playoffs the refs swallow the whistle except for the grizz?

>>75317663
not even, zbo went soft for the entire first half along with the entire fucking roster only VC was putting in effort,

in the second half there was alot of hacking on both ends of the ball with zbo getting really chippy with aldridge

GRIZZ COACH RANT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSw_LjYzRkA

>>75317608
because they werent calling it on both ends. if you are gonna whistle for hard play thats fine but you gotta whistle it both ways

>>75317697
SHOOK

>>75317697
Cringe worthy

>>75317697
What a badass. He literally took his dick out, slammed it on the table and walked away holy shit.

kristen ledlow is so beautiful

=(

>>75317697

TAKE THAT FOR DATA

>mfw grizzlies complain about the refs
>mfw they get refballed in the next game

>>75317854
they deserve it. fizdale lost his composure one million percent right there. how the fuck does he think that is going to garner good will w/ the refs next game?

>>75317854
Usually it has the oppsite effect.

>>75317697
HE IS SO SHOOK