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Post#521 » by WeekapaugGroove » Thu Oct 26, 2023 10:16 pm

drdrG wrote:Who do you most want on your team out of Westbrook, Harden or Kyrie?

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Better question is it you had to put one on your team who do you pick? Not like specific to the bucks and contract doesn't matter for this exercise.

I guess it's probably Kyrie because he's the best current player of the three. But he's the biggest potential off court distraction. Westbrook is the worst player but probably the best teammate/person of the three. James is just kind of in the middle of all of it.

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Re: Around the League 

Post#522 » by drdrG » Thu Oct 26, 2023 10:47 pm

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drdrG wrote:Who do you most want on your team out of Westbrook, Harden or Kyrie?

Personal taste, NONE
Better question is it you had to put one on your team who do you pick? Not like specific to the bucks and contract doesn't matter for this exercise.

I guess it's probably Kyrie because he's the best current player of the three. But he's the biggest potential off court distraction. Westbrook is the worst player but probably the best teammate/person of the three. James is just kind of in the middle of all of it.

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Agreed. That's the spirit of the thought experiment. I would probably go Westbrook because he's bad enough that you can play him off the bench. Think the other two just occupy too big of roles to function on a championship team
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Re: Around the League 

Post#523 » by skbucks1985 » Thu Oct 26, 2023 11:59 pm

WeekapaugGroove wrote:
drdrG wrote:Who do you most want on your team out of Westbrook, Harden or Kyrie?

Personal taste, NONE
Better question is it you had to put one on your team who do you pick? Not like specific to the bucks and contract doesn't matter for this exercise.

I guess it's probably Kyrie because he's the best current player of the three. But he's the biggest potential off court distraction. Westbrook is the worst player but probably the best teammate/person of the three. James is just kind of in the middle of all of it.

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For the Bucks I would say its Russ without a doubt. He can be a guy you play with the 2nd unit, be a guy that can be the star on the, hopefully, occasional night when Dame and Giannis are both out along with Middleton and Brook. And if you can get buy-in on that role, he's the a locker room plus.

For the hypothetical thought exercise team, I'd probably go with Harden because I think he's the best player of the 3 and you can just hand him the keys and have him be this super high usage guy and I think he'd do it better than the other 2.
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Post#524 » by Baddy Chuck » Fri Oct 27, 2023 2:37 am

Two west powerhouses going at it - Rui and Nurkic. Great night of basketball.
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Post#525 » by Ron Swanson » Fri Oct 27, 2023 3:00 am

Someone's gonna have to sell me on the idea that anyone but Denver is coming out of the West. I mean, maybe Phoenix can just outscore them with 3PT variance, but LA's got no shot unless we see some real 2002 West Finals type officiating.
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Post#526 » by KidA24 » Fri Oct 27, 2023 4:30 am

LeBron just beat 4 Suns down the court at 39 years old. Just get back and stop double teaming him.
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Post#527 » by MartyConlonOnTheRun » Fri Oct 27, 2023 4:47 am

Kd is basically back on the nets where he has to drag teammates for 40 minutes carrying the offensive load while his teammates are injured.
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Post#528 » by KidA24 » Fri Oct 27, 2023 4:52 am

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Post#529 » by Jez2983 » Fri Oct 27, 2023 7:29 am

MartyConlonOnTheRun wrote:Kd is basically back on the nets where he has to drag teammates for 40 minutes carrying the offensive load while his teammates are injured.


I've got a mate who is a massive Suns fan, and was asking him preseason if we were actually going to see all their recruits play together at any point this season.

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Post#530 » by pifhluk23 » Fri Oct 27, 2023 1:14 pm

Does anyone know if you can watch replays (last nights game) on the Bally Sports+ app?
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Post#531 » by ReasonablySober » Fri Oct 27, 2023 1:17 pm

pifhluk23 wrote:Does anyone know if you can watch replays (last nights game) on the Bally Sports+ app?


Nope, only replays of Bally games. No national broadcasts.
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Post#532 » by jakecronus8 » Fri Oct 27, 2023 6:53 pm

Wembo and this rookie class (mainly Wembo) has me contemplating league pass for the first time. Any insights? Seems to be something I see alot of complaints on
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Post#533 » by MickeyDavis » Fri Oct 27, 2023 7:06 pm

jakecronus8 wrote:Wembo and this rookie class (mainly Wembo) has me contemplating league pass for the first time. Any insights? Seems to be something I see alot of complaints on

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Post#534 » by Matches Malone » Fri Oct 27, 2023 7:58 pm

The Jimmy promos just keep delivering :lol:

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Re: Around the League 

Post#535 » by SupremeHustle » Fri Oct 27, 2023 8:25 pm

Matches Malone wrote:The Jimmy promos just keep delivering :lol:

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Re: Around the League 

Post#536 » by jschligs » Fri Oct 27, 2023 9:18 pm

I don't like Jimmy Butler because he owned us last year, but outside of that, I really like him as a player and his antics off the court. He's a funny troll unlike Embiid.
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Post#537 » by ReginaldDwight » Fri Oct 27, 2023 9:27 pm

jschligs wrote:I don't like Jimmy Butler because he owned us last year, but outside of that, I really like him as a player and his antics off the court. He's a funny troll unlike Embiid.

Nothing to not like about Jimmy imo. Good player, great drama merchant everything I love about the NBA
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Post#538 » by WeekapaugGroove » Fri Oct 27, 2023 9:57 pm

ReginaldDwight wrote:
jschligs wrote:I don't like Jimmy Butler because he owned us last year, but outside of that, I really like him as a player and his antics off the court. He's a funny troll unlike Embiid.

Nothing to not like about Jimmy imo. Good player, great drama merchant everything I love about the NBA
Best part of Jimmy's off court schick is he's totally in on the joke but he's also legit strange so the line of is this jimmy trolling or just being weird is always a little gray.

(The hair is an obvious troll and hilarious)

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Re: Around the League 

Post#539 » by tedbrogen » Fri Oct 27, 2023 10:04 pm

Jimm’s absurd hairstyles that he knows the media will have to use all season for promo packages is legit one of the funniest things an NBA player has ever done.
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Post#540 » by tedbrogen » Fri Oct 27, 2023 10:05 pm

Also from earlier in this thread, it seems there is a F/M/K: Westbrook, Harden, Kyrie hypothetical, correct?

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