Grantland: Poorly redacted NBA Scouting Reports

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Re: Grantland: Poorly redacted NBA Scouting Reports 

Post#21 » by tmorgan » Thu Sep 18, 2014 12:33 am

Zona Zoo wrote:Didn't figure out they were fake until I got to the Chandler/Melon/Felton one hahah :lol:

Kept reading though, these are great, A++ thread


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Wouldn't have been a good used vehicle salesman, either. :-)
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Post#22 » by TDG26 » Thu Sep 18, 2014 1:04 am

I guess im just naive. I still dont see how you guys can tell its satire lol
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Post#23 » by baubo » Thu Sep 18, 2014 1:14 am

TDG26 wrote:I guess im just naive. I still dont see how you guys can tell its satire lol


Maybe we just look at things differently, but I can't see how you CAN'T tell it's satire. The website can be The Onion and it wouldn't be more obvious.
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Post#24 » by TheKingofSting » Thu Sep 18, 2014 1:15 am

It cant be real.
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Re: Grantland: Poorly redacted NBA Scouting Reports 

Post#25 » by Shv3d » Thu Sep 18, 2014 1:29 am

TDG26 wrote:I guess im just naive. I still dont see how you guys can tell its satire lol

I bet you really hate April 1st.
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Post#26 » by nonjokegetter » Thu Sep 18, 2014 1:35 am

I'm dying laughing about Harden have the attention span of a goldfish.
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Re: Grantland: Poorly redacted NBA Scouting Reports 

Post#27 » by Rasheeed!!! » Thu Sep 18, 2014 1:45 am

I know it's for a laugh but damn, that one about Josh Smith probably has a lot of truth to it, haha
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Post#28 » by TDG26 » Thu Sep 18, 2014 4:41 am

Shv3d wrote:
TDG26 wrote:I guess im just naive. I still dont see how you guys can tell its satire lol

I bet you really hate April 1st.


Im not usually gullible. Maybe i just really wish this was true.
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Re: Grantland: Poorly redacted NBA Scouting Reports 

Post#29 » by Stampiron » Thu Sep 18, 2014 5:14 am

TDG26 wrote:
Shv3d wrote:
TDG26 wrote:I guess im just naive. I still dont see how you guys can tell its satire lol

I bet you really hate April 1st.


Im not usually gullible. Maybe i just really wish this was true.


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Post#30 » by shangrila » Thu Sep 18, 2014 10:54 am

Awesome. More please.
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Post#31 » by SlowPaced » Thu Sep 18, 2014 12:39 pm

Obvious parody. Are you ******* kidding me? Some of those statements are too over the top for you to think this is real.
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Re: Grantland: Poorly redacted NBA Scouting Reports 

Post#32 » by pylb » Thu Sep 18, 2014 3:34 pm

It's not only the statements being over the top, but the introduction to the piece itself tells you it's going to be a humorous article and not a serious one. Every "scouting report" being written in the same tone/style/etc also tells you they've all been written by the same person.
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Post#33 » by Prokorov » Thu Sep 18, 2014 5:48 pm

its funny cause its true
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Post#34 » by Chicago-Bull-E » Thu Sep 18, 2014 5:57 pm

Coach Thibs would always say, “My watch is broken,” when you would ask him to come out of the game.


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Re: Grantland: Poorly redacted NBA Scouting Reports 

Post#35 » by TheKingofSting » Thu Sep 18, 2014 11:44 pm

Somebody get Thibs a watch. :)
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