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Post#2301 » by ejftw » Tue Jan 24, 2023 5:09 pm

Incredible? Maybe if they unlock Rui's potential, it's a worthy gamble but wouldn't say incredible as of now.
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Post#2302 » by madmaxmedia » Thu Jan 26, 2023 2:34 am

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Post#2303 » by MartinToVaught » Sun Jan 29, 2023 6:09 am

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Post#2304 » by KL2 » Sat Feb 4, 2023 3:51 am

First Mitchell and Brooks last night and now Rivers and Bamba tonight.

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Post#2305 » by esqtvd » Sat Feb 4, 2023 5:47 am

KL2 wrote:First Mitchell and Brooks last night and now Rivers and Bamba tonight.

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And Austin Rivers is STILL getting rotation minutes in the NBA. It breaks my heart that fake Clippers fans still disrespect him.


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The man gave us his all. This is LEGEND.


The man has banked over $50 million as a professional and is still busting ass at the league minimum for love of the game.

$50 Million. And counting. May we all be as big a failure as Austin James Rivers. :D
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Post#2306 » by MartinToVaught » Sat Feb 4, 2023 3:12 pm

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Bamba should remind Austin that people only know who he is because his last name is Rivers.
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Post#2307 » by MartinToVaught » Wed Feb 8, 2023 1:25 am

The Suns just went from one terrible owner to another:

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Post#2308 » by wco81 » Wed Feb 8, 2023 2:13 am

Austin may have made $50 million gross but wasn't like 60-70% of it it from one contract given to him ... by his father?

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Post#2309 » by MartinToVaught » Wed Feb 8, 2023 7:44 pm

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So in other words, he'll be hiring Isiah once the backlash quiets down. Yikes.
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Post#2310 » by madmaxmedia » Thu Feb 9, 2023 5:48 pm

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So in other words, he'll be hiring Isiah once the backlash quiets down. Yikes.


I mean why else would Isiah's name even be brought up here? :lol:
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Post#2311 » by The High Cyde » Fri Feb 10, 2023 5:04 pm

Isiah is the GOAT sweet talker, not surprised he nabbed another FO gig. Just took the right circumstances, being a green behind the ears new owner.
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Post#2312 » by esqtvd » Wed Mar 1, 2023 12:15 am

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Post#2313 » by esqtvd » Wed Mar 1, 2023 8:28 am

so just don't EVEN @ me

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Post#2314 » by madmaxmedia » Sat Mar 4, 2023 8:08 pm

KD stone cold sniping so far on the Suns, I think they are gonna get out of the West regardless of D or depth concerns.
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Post#2315 » by wco81 » Sat Mar 4, 2023 9:58 pm

BTW, I get the Austin Rivers podcast on my The Ringer NBA podcast feet once every couple of weeks.

Listened to a couple of episodes, guess it gives a picture into the daily life of an NBA player.

But at 30, I didn't hear any particular insight from Austin that you wouldn't get from any other vet.

He's getting about 20 MPG on the Wolves. Would be interesting if he gets regular minutes in the playoffs.
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Post#2316 » by MartinToVaught » Sat Mar 4, 2023 10:37 pm

Podcasts have officially jumped the shark if Austin Rivers has one.
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Post#2317 » by esqtvd » Sat Mar 4, 2023 10:50 pm

wco81 wrote:BTW, I get the Austin Rivers podcast on my The Ringer NBA podcast feet once every couple of weeks.

Listened to a couple of episodes, guess it gives a picture into the daily life of an NBA player.

But at 30, I didn't hear any particular insight from Austin that you wouldn't get from any other vet.

He's getting about 20 MPG on the Wolves. Would be interesting if he gets regular minutes in the playoffs.





Austin's days in the NBA are numbered--he's a minutes-eater playing for the minimum
and looks like he may just have lost his rotation minutes

podcast is probably thinking about a second career

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Post#2318 » by MartinToVaught » Tue Mar 14, 2023 4:15 am

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As always, players around the league just don't respect or fear CP3 like the media wants them to.
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Post#2319 » by esqtvd » Wed Mar 15, 2023 7:17 am

I love Dame

For the love of the game...

"While I understand we play to win championships, we all want to win the championship, we can't keep acting like nothing matters, like the rest of the stuff, the journey doesn't matter," Lillard said. "We can't keep doing that. There's so many ways that the league is different. There's so many ways. I think about it all the time, like, man, I don't know if I can just play a long, long time because I don't enjoy what the NBA as a whole is becoming."

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/damian-lillard-laments-current-state-of-basketball-discourse-i-dont-enjoy-what-the-nba-is-becoming/


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Re: Around the NBA II 

Post#2320 » by madmaxmedia » Sat Mar 18, 2023 1:49 am

Warriors about to drop another road game to ATL, so we’ll stay ahead no matter what happens tomorrow.

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