Around the NBA - 2024-25 Season Continued

Guano · Post #1201 » by **Guano** » Tue Feb 4, 2025 2:31 am

DOT wrote:
SelbyCobra wrote:I remember when Chris Duarte was a thing.

I remember one guy on here would get super defensive about him

Forget who it was, wonder what he's up to now.

He would get really mad at me for making fun of his age.

NoDopeOnSundays · Post #1202 » by **NoDopeOnSundays** » Tue Feb 4, 2025 3:41 am

Trey Murphy is having his breakout season.

Post #1203 » by **Capn'O** » Tue Feb 4, 2025 3:52 am

NoDopeOnSundays wrote:Trey Murphy is having his breakout season.

He flashed a lot of the signs I look for last year. He flashed bigger stats on higher efficiency after the break in his 3rd season. I.e. his only issue was minutes and usage.

3toheadmelo · Post #1204 » by **3toheadmelo** » Tue Feb 4, 2025 11:12 am

Suns fans have to be sick :lol:

he dominated them again.

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3toheadmelo · Post #1205 » by **3toheadmelo** » Tue Feb 4, 2025 12:18 pm

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Context · Post #1206 » by **Context** » Tue Feb 4, 2025 12:36 pm

Remember when some of you feared Philly?

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Wildcat · Post #1207 » by **Wildcat** » Tue Feb 4, 2025 1:40 pm

3toheadmelo wrote:

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I still find it funny it takes him half a season to get going. But also, Phoenix's front office is stupid. You fired the coach that had an issue with Ayton, and still get rid of Ayton? Stupid.

WaltFrazier · Post #1208 » by **WaltFrazier** » Tue Feb 4, 2025 2:32 pm

Magic lose to GSW. 1-9 in their last 10. Remember they were playing well when Banchero and Wagner were both out, but they're losing since both came back. I guess Suggs is the real MVP of the team

thebuzzardman · Post #1209 » by **thebuzzardman** » Tue Feb 4, 2025 2:35 pm

Guano wrote:
DOT wrote:
SelbyCobra wrote:I remember when Chris Duarte was a thing.

I remember one guy on here would get super defensive about him

Forget who it was, wonder what he's up to now.

He would get really mad at me for making fun of his age.

He was upset you acknowledged that everyone knows that every Dominican athlete is 7-10 years older than listed age

robillionaire · Post #1210 » by **robillionaire** » Tue Feb 4, 2025 2:36 pm

WaltFrazier wrote:Magic lose to GSW. 1-9 in their last 10. Remember they were playing well when Banchero and Wagner were both out, but they're losing since both came back. I guess Suggs is the real MVP of the team

Give Chanel credit he was right they were better without banchero he called it nice work Chanel

3toheadmelo · Post #1211 » by **3toheadmelo** » Tue Feb 4, 2025 3:06 pm

Wildcat wrote:
3toheadmelo wrote:

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I still find it funny it takes him half a season to get going. But also, Phoenix's front office is stupid. You fired the coach that had an issue with Ayton, and still get rid of Ayton? Stupid.

Tbh idk why you keep saying it takes him half a season to get going when that’s not even true for most of his career lol

But yeah Phoenix fked up. Nurkic doesn’t even play for them :lol:

Fat Kat · Post #1212 » by **Fat Kat** » Tue Feb 4, 2025 3:13 pm

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MrDollarBills · Post #1213 » by **MrDollarBills** » Tue Feb 4, 2025 3:28 pm

I have a feeling that this is gonna fuel Luka to get in shape and destroy the league. It probably doesn't help having LeBron in his ear now. I'm kinda nervous.

I mean, I get it. Dude needs to stop smoking loosies and cut out the beer/bad carbs but dude is a machine that plays year round smelling like an ash tray and dominates at the highest level at age 25. He has a lot of basketball left and plenty of time to cut the bad stuff out.

Dallas just f*cked everyone with this. You'd have to kill me before I'd trade a talent like Luka.

3toheadmelo · Post #1214 » by **3toheadmelo** » Tue Feb 4, 2025 3:31 pm

MrDollarBills wrote:I have a feeling that this is gonna fuel Luka to get in shape and destroy the league. It probably doesn't help having LeBron in his ear now. I'm kinda nervous.

I mean, I get it. Dude needs to stop smoking loosies and cut out the beer/bad carbs but dude is a machine that plays year round smelling like an ash tray and dominates at the highest level at age 25. He has a lot of basketball left and plenty of time to cut the bad stuff out.

Dallas just f*cked everyone with this. You'd have to kill me before I'd trade a talent like Luka.

I feel the opposite. If getting targeted on every play in the finals didn’t motivate him im not sure anything else will. Now he’s in Hollywood and he’s gonna do whatever tf he wants imo.

Fat · Post #1215 » by **Fat** » Tue Feb 4, 2025 3:35 pm

MrDollarBills wrote:I have a feeling that this is gonna fuel Luka to get in shape and destroy the league. It probably doesn't help having LeBron in his ear now. I'm kinda nervous.

I mean, I get it. Dude needs to stop smoking loosies and cut out the beer/bad carbs but dude is a machine that plays year round smelling like an ash tray and dominates at the highest level at age 25. He has a lot of basketball left and plenty of time to cut the bad stuff out.

Dallas just f*cked everyone with this. You'd have to kill me before I'd trade a talent like Luka.

Fat Luka > Skinny Luka

kNicksGmen · Post #1216 » by **kNicksGmen** » Tue Feb 4, 2025 3:53 pm

magic season is interesting. they were winning without their supposed best players and then they come back and they are losing basically every game. everyone (including me) thought "watch out for when Paulo/Franz come back - they're going to be a problem" but they've somehow gotten a lot worse lol

i haven't actually watched any of their games so not sure what the issue is. I'm sure they're missing the other wagner bro, and maybe paulo/franz aren't shooting well?

thebuzzardman · Post #1217 » by **thebuzzardman** » Tue Feb 4, 2025 4:14 pm

3toheadmelo wrote:
MrDollarBills wrote:I have a feeling that this is gonna fuel Luka to get in shape and destroy the league. It probably doesn't help having LeBron in his ear now. I'm kinda nervous.

I mean, I get it. Dude needs to stop smoking loosies and cut out the beer/bad carbs but dude is a machine that plays year round smelling like an ash tray and dominates at the highest level at age 25. He has a lot of basketball left and plenty of time to cut the bad stuff out.

Dallas just f*cked everyone with this. You'd have to kill me before I'd trade a talent like Luka.

I feel the opposite. If getting targeted on every play in the finals didn’t motivate him im not sure anything else will. Now he’s in Hollywood and he’s gonna do whatever tf he wants imo.

Luka needs to get on some of that good Hollywood cocaine. That'll slim him down.

Chanel Bomber · Post #1218 » by **Chanel Bomber** » Tue Feb 4, 2025 5:04 pm

robillionaire wrote:
WaltFrazier wrote:Magic lose to GSW. 1-9 in their last 10. Remember they were playing well when Banchero and Wagner were both out, but they're losing since both came back. I guess Suggs is the real MVP of the team

Give Chanel credit he was right they were better without banchero he called it nice work Chanel

Thankoo

GettinitDone · Post #1219 » by **GettinitDone** » Tue Feb 4, 2025 5:05 pm

MrDollarBills wrote:
Fat Kat wrote:

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This was a wild trade

Good for his ass !!!!!

Lakers needed to rub it in his face one last time before he retires... cold... :lol:

Knicksfan1992 · Post #1220 » by **Knicksfan1992** » Tue Feb 4, 2025 5:17 pm

Some spit fire takes I have at the deadline about non-Knicks teams:

-Magic have finally reverted to what they should have been this whole season. They've been operating with a bottom five offense this entire season and last season. They are, by far, the worst shooting team in the league. They are slowly falling into the trap of overrating their own young talent and not making the moves they need to make to actually become a good team to the point of having their assets slowly depreciate. Giving KCP the contract they gave him was a mistake. They were not a KCP away from contending and now they're stuck with him...They had comparisons to the Thunder but the Thunder have REAL offensive talent. The Magic lack that besides Paolo and to an extent Franz (but he can't shoot). NBA twitter loves them for some reason (even though they are an awful offensive watch) and are giving them a pass. They NEED to make a move or they are going to be cannon fodder in the playoffs for any team that has a decent defense and a good offense. They should have been in on Lavine. He would have elevated them and they had the infrastructure to deal with his weaknesses.

-Any team with an aging star should be calling the Warriors every hour by the hour to take advantage of their desperation. Steph has officially lost a step and is more like a top 15-20 guy at this point. They simply don't have enough top end talent to win but also don't really have the prime assets to get a non-ancient star in the building. Their 2nd best player is Andrew Wiggins. Morey won't do it because he refuses to not completely handicap 80% of his roster by having overpaid, aging stars on his payroll but the Warriors could be his get out of jail free card with the quickly becoming horrendous PG deal.

-Lakers should trade LeBron. This might be a hot take but, I think this roster even with Luka just is going to take too much tinkering in a limited amount of time to be optimized around LeBron and Luka. Lakers can really secure their next decade by getting a nice return for LeBron now and set up for the next team that wants to volunteer to bail out the Lakers with a cut rate star...

-IF the Warriors are going to make a move for a star it should be for Zion. Another team that should consider trading for Zion is the Sixers. Embiid to third team (Magic I'm talking to you), spare pieces and parts to the Pels.

-Rockets will stand pat but are going to miss a window for contention in the West IMO. Moving Jalen Green/Jabari Smith and FVV for a real shot creator would make them favorites in the West IMO. It's wide open. Don't be scared. They should have made a harder push for Fox. Go get Durant and stop pussyfooting around.

-Milwaukee is screwed. That's about it :lol:

. Knicks you are officially on the clock with your best Giannis offer this summer.

-Haliburton becoming good again is annoying. After it seemed like the Pacers may be desperate they've righted the ship :roll:

I probably have more but i'll leave it there.