Friday 1/20 NBA Game Thread

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Who wins?

Warriors
3
8%
@ Cavs
4
11%
Heat
4
11%
@ Mavs
3
8%
Pacers
1
3%
@ Nuggets
6
17%
Grizzlies
4
11%
@ Lakers
5
14%
Thunder
1
3%
@ Kings
5
14%
 
Total votes: 36

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Post#21 » by azcatz11 » Sat Jan 21, 2023 12:03 am

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rocketsfan100 wrote:This load management nonsense is out of hand. People pay hundreds of dollars for tickets weeks prior to games and then on the said game they find out the stars of the teams are not playing because of load management. It’s embarrassing


If I was a fan - I would demand a refund. I hope an attorney sues the league with a class action on behalf of fans and takes every penny. This is ridiculous


Hahaha, that's a good one. :lol:


I’m not an attorney but that seems to be the definition of what a class action case would be
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Post#22 » by azcatz11 » Sat Jan 21, 2023 12:13 am

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rocketsfan100 wrote:This load management nonsense is out of hand. People pay hundreds of dollars for tickets weeks prior to games and then on the said game they find out the stars of the teams are not playing because of load management. It’s embarrassing


If I was a fan - I would demand a refund. I hope an attorney sues the league with a class action on behalf of fans and takes every penny. This is ridiculous


I heard Duke4life received a partial refund from Amazon for his league pass subscription since Zion only plays 10% of the games.


I know you’re joking but he absolutely should
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Post#23 » by TheLand13 » Sat Jan 21, 2023 12:14 am

The4thHorseman wrote:Saw earlier that Steph, Klay, Draymond, Wiggins and Wiseman ruled out tonight against the Cavs


This should be, by all accounts, a slaughter, especially after Cleveland with basically the same group almost beat the Grizzlies at their home turf.

The problem is that Cleveland doesn’t give the same effort towards lower end teams that they do against the top teams in the league. If they want to have favorable seeding come playoff time, they’re going to need to start doing that.

So uh… let’s start tonight.
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Re: Friday 1/20 NBA Game Thread 

Post#24 » by Dirk » Sat Jan 21, 2023 12:17 am

azcatz11 wrote:
Dirk wrote:
azcatz11 wrote:
If I was a fan - I would demand a refund. I hope an attorney sues the league with a class action on behalf of fans and takes every penny. This is ridiculous


I heard Duke4life received a partial refund from Amazon for his league pass subscription since Zion only plays 10% of the games.


I know you’re joking but he absolutely should


I'm not joking. He paid to watch Zion and Ingram and he has had to watch Alvarado.
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Post#25 » by xdrta+ » Sat Jan 21, 2023 12:20 am

azcatz11 wrote:
xdrta+ wrote:
azcatz11 wrote:
If I was a fan - I would demand a refund. I hope an attorney sues the league with a class action on behalf of fans and takes every penny. This is ridiculous


Hahaha, that's a good one. :lol:


I’m not an attorney but that seems to be the definition of what a class action case would be


Oh, you're serious? If you've ever bought a ticket you would notice that it says one team will play another team. That contract is fulfilled. You would be laughed out of court if you could find an attorney foolish enough to file suit.
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Post#26 » by azcatz11 » Sat Jan 21, 2023 12:23 am

xdrta+ wrote:
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Hahaha, that's a good one. :lol:


I’m not an attorney but that seems to be the definition of what a class action case would be


Oh, you're serious? If you've ever bought a ticket you would notice that it says one team will play another team. That contract is fulfilled. You would be laughed out of court if you could find an attorney foolish enough to file suit.


I don’t care what the ticket says. It’s like buying a concert ticket to Hootie and the Blowfish and Hootie doesn’t show up. There is always discretion with these games and fine print doesn’t always matter
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Post#27 » by baldur » Sat Jan 21, 2023 12:23 am

Dirk wrote:
azcatz11 wrote:
Dirk wrote:
I heard Duke4life received a partial refund from Amazon for his league pass subscription since Zion only plays 10% of the games.


I know you’re joking but he absolutely should


I'm not joking. He paid to watch Zion and Ingram and he has had to watch Alvarado.


Being a fan shouldn't work that way. Do you support new team of zion when he gets traded away?

Do the Americans monetise literally everything?, jesus.
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Re: Friday 1/20 NBA Game Thread 

Post#28 » by xdrta+ » Sat Jan 21, 2023 12:25 am

azcatz11 wrote:
xdrta+ wrote:
azcatz11 wrote:
I’m not an attorney but that seems to be the definition of what a class action case would be


Oh, you're serious? If you've ever bought a ticket you would notice that it says one team will play another team. That contract is fulfilled. You would be laughed out of court if you could find an attorney foolish enough to file suit.


I don’t care what the ticket says. It’s like buying a concert ticket to Hootie and the Blowfish and Hootie doesn’t show up. There is always discretion with these games and fine print doesn’t always matter


It's nothing like buying a concert ticket that says Hootie and the Blowfish on it. C'mon, anyone can see that it's the team that is being advertised.
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Re: Friday 1/20 NBA Game Thread 

Post#29 » by azcatz11 » Sat Jan 21, 2023 12:30 am

xdrta+ wrote:
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Oh, you're serious? If you've ever bought a ticket you would notice that it says one team will play another team. That contract is fulfilled. You would be laughed out of court if you could find an attorney foolish enough to file suit.


I don’t care what the ticket says. It’s like buying a concert ticket to Hootie and the Blowfish and Hootie doesn’t show up. There is always discretion with these games and fine print doesn’t always matter


It's nothing like buying a concert ticket that says Hootie and the Blowfish on it. C'mon, anyone can see that it's the team that is being advertised.


It’s deceptive marketing at a minimum. They are showing me ads for Zion and he’s not playing. They’re advertising a false product
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Post#30 » by G R E Y » Sat Jan 21, 2023 12:54 am

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Post#31 » by MarcusBrody » Sat Jan 21, 2023 12:57 am

Statlanta wrote:Dellevadova is a name I haven't seen in a while. Jose Alvarado really stole his and Tim McConnell niche

I honestly had no idea he was back in the NBA with Sacramento. He must have not played (or I wasn't playing close enough attention) in the Kings games I caught this year.
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Post#32 » by basketballRob » Sat Jan 21, 2023 1:17 am

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Post#33 » by Bank Shot » Sat Jan 21, 2023 1:44 am

Luka really has to figure out a way to clean it up at the line. On his volume he's throwing away 3-5 points a night. That's going to come back to bite him in a playoff game eventually.
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Re: Friday 1/20 NBA Game Thread 

Post#34 » by Duke4life831 » Sat Jan 21, 2023 1:52 am

Dirk wrote:
azcatz11 wrote:
rocketsfan100 wrote:This load management nonsense is out of hand. People pay hundreds of dollars for tickets weeks prior to games and then on the said game they find out the stars of the teams are not playing because of load management. It’s embarrassing


If I was a fan - I would demand a refund. I hope an attorney sues the league with a class action on behalf of fans and takes every penny. This is ridiculous


I heard Duke4life received a partial refund from Amazon for his league pass subscription since Zion only plays 10% of the games.


I gotta talk to my lawyer, cant believe he is leaking this stuff out to the public.
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Post#35 » by baldur » Sat Jan 21, 2023 1:55 am

Clippers are worse when both kawhi and George play. Lol.
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Post#36 » by G R E Y » Sat Jan 21, 2023 2:01 am

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Post#37 » by BmanInBigD » Sat Jan 21, 2023 2:02 am

Bank Shot wrote:Luka really has to figure out a way to clean it up at the line. On his volume he's throwing away 3-5 points a night. That's going to come back to bite him in a playoff game eventually.

C’mon, let’s cut the hyperbole. Just a bit. He shoots 73.3% on 11.3 FT’s/game. Makes 8.3 a game. So if he shoots 100% for the season, that’d be 3, THREE, trois, tres points a game more. At 100% FT shooting! If he made one more per game, that’s 82%. Stop with the nonsense.
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Post#38 » by TheLand13 » Sat Jan 21, 2023 2:02 am

I had a gut feeling this would happen. Because the Warriors are missing their best players, the Cavs aren't giving any effort into the game at all.
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Post#39 » by azcatz11 » Sat Jan 21, 2023 2:08 am

Refs are trash. That ain’t a foul on Herro
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Post#40 » by scrabbarista » Sat Jan 21, 2023 2:08 am

Time for Nuggets!
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