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soxperry · Post #41 » by **soxperry** » Fri Dec 15, 2023 2:59 am

The Cavs are not a serious basketball team

skbucks1985 · Post #42 » by **skbucks1985** » Fri Dec 15, 2023 3:08 am

So the Bucks basically brought the Bulls back from the dead. They were 5-14 entering that game and have won 5 of their last 7

stellation · Post #43 » by **stellation** » Fri Dec 15, 2023 3:15 am

soxperry wrote:The Cavs are not a serious basketball team

I'd say Cleveland is not a serious city, but feel like you can expand it to Ohio is not a serious state.

ReginaldDwight · Post #44 » by **ReginaldDwight** » Fri Dec 15, 2023 3:21 am

stellation wrote:
soxperry wrote:The Cavs are not a serious basketball team

I'd say Cleveland is not a serious city, but feel like you can expand it to Ohio is not a serious state.

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tedbrogen · Post #45 » by **tedbrogen** » Fri Dec 15, 2023 4:07 am

stellation wrote:
soxperry wrote:The Cavs are not a serious basketball team

I'd say Cleveland is not a serious city, but feel like you can expand it to Ohio is not a serious state.

The state of Ohio did recently Chernobyl themselves. So you’re not far off.

Has any team with Donovan Mitchell as their best player ever been a serious title contender?

MartyConlonOnTheRun · Post #46 » by **MartyConlonOnTheRun** » Fri Dec 15, 2023 4:24 am

Hear me out. Gsw goes on a huge losing streak, dg is on a 20 game suspension, klay looks washed. Does Steph and the warriors look each other in the eye and say "we had a good faithful marriage, but we both need some strange". Curry gets traded to a contender, warriors shed all the tax money, Kerr replaces pop in the offseason

KidA24 · Post #47 » by **KidA24** » Fri Dec 15, 2023 5:44 am

CP3 still manipulating defenders and getting open 15 footers at age 54

soxperry · Post #48 » by **soxperry** » Fri Dec 15, 2023 8:15 am

MartyConlonOnTheRun wrote:Hear me out. Gsw goes on a huge losing streak, dg is on a 20 game suspension, klay looks washed. Does Steph and the warriors look each other in the eye and say "we had a good faithful marriage, but we both need some strange". Curry gets traded to a contender, warriors shed all the tax money, Kerr replaces pop in the offseason

Popp just signed that new contract after they won the lotto, so i doubt he retires.

The Warriors actually still have two first round picks they can deal right now, as well as another in the offseason. They could probably reconfigure things and make a contender out of Steph and whoever. Steph is so good.

...man that would suck if Steph got dealt to a contender.

DutchManDanFan · Post #49 » by **DutchManDanFan** » Fri Dec 15, 2023 9:02 am

soxperry wrote:
MartyConlonOnTheRun wrote:Hear me out. Gsw goes on a huge losing streak, dg is on a 20 game suspension, klay looks washed. Does Steph and the warriors look each other in the eye and say "we had a good faithful marriage, but we both need some strange". Curry gets traded to a contender, warriors shed all the tax money, Kerr replaces pop in the offseason

Popp just signed that new contract after they won the lotto, so i doubt he retires.

The Warriors actually still have two first round picks they can deal right now, as well as another in the offseason. They could probably reconfigure things and make a contender out of Steph and whoever. Steph is so good.

...man that would suck if Steph got dealt to a contender.

Unless it's Steph for Dame?

BUCKnation · Post #50 » by **BUCKnation** » Fri Dec 15, 2023 2:30 pm

stellation wrote:Touch wood, touch wood, touch wood... but... scared to jinx it... nice to see our guy Dante get a bit of a run at it

Just in time for the olympics

Ron Swanson · Post #51 » by **Ron Swanson** » Fri Dec 15, 2023 2:50 pm

Cavs need to fire Bickerstaff before anything gets better. I don't think anyone's ever bought them as a serious contender, but at the same time, there's way too much talent on that roster for them to be this mediocre.

Post #52 » by **MickeyDavis** » Fri Dec 15, 2023 2:56 pm

I can see the Hawks shaking things up at some point.

GoldenAntlers · Post #53 » by **GoldenAntlers** » Fri Dec 15, 2023 2:59 pm

soxperry wrote:The Cavs are not a serious basketball team

Legit forgot they are in the NBA.

Ron Swanson · Post #54 » by **Ron Swanson** » Fri Dec 15, 2023 4:49 pm

Morey getting that John Hammond extension for cleaning up a mess (Harden) that he created in the first place lol.

skbucks1985 · Post #55 » by **skbucks1985** » Fri Dec 15, 2023 4:51 pm

A couple things I noticed about Boston, Jrue is basically playing 36 minutes a night in games that are remotely competitive. The other is that either very early in the season or maybe it was during preseason I said I thought Horford's O/U on minutes this season would be 1600 and he is on page to smash that. HIs MPG is right around where I expected it to be but I thought he'd play somewhere in the neighborhood of 60-65 games while right now he's on pace to play 70-75 games.

I don't think the Jrue part is a big deal, if he struggles in the postseason again I think it'll be for the same reason, bad shot selection and defensive hubris and not losing his legs. But Horford basically fell off a cliff midway through the playoffs last year and he seems to be playing okay thus far this season, but with how many games he's played this season thus far that would worry me about repeating itself.

MoreTrife · Post #56 » by **MoreTrife** » Fri Dec 15, 2023 5:02 pm

VooDoo7 wrote::lol: Idiots.

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I don't know what to believe anymore. Just as easily could've been a random guy they decided to "believe" was Kanye and make into a spectacle or the guy could've been a friend who was in on it with his buddies so they could make a spectacle. Everything is for the lulz these days.

tydett · Post #57 » by **tydett** » Fri Dec 15, 2023 5:13 pm

Ron Swanson wrote:Cavs need to fire Bickerstaff before anything gets better. I don't think anyone's ever bought them as a serious contender, but at the same time, there's way too much talent on that roster for them to be this mediocre.

Bud is gonna pick up the pieces there and turn them into a top 2 seed.

pifhluk23 · Post #58 » by **pifhluk23** » Fri Dec 15, 2023 5:14 pm

MickeyDavis wrote:I can see the Hawks shaking things up at some point.

Bey, Griffin + filler for Bobby + Marjon or POR 2nd

MartyConlonOnTheRun · Post #59 » by **MartyConlonOnTheRun** » Fri Dec 15, 2023 5:49 pm

skbucks1985 wrote:A couple things I noticed about Boston, Jrue is basically playing 36 minutes a night in games that are remotely competitive. The other is that either very early in the season or maybe it was during preseason I said I thought Horford's O/U on minutes this season would be 1600 and he is on page to smash that. HIs MPG is right around where I expected it to be but I thought he'd play somewhere in the neighborhood of 60-65 games while right now he's on pace to play 70-75 games.

I don't think the Jrue part is a big deal, if he struggles in the postseason again I think it'll be for the same reason, bad shot selection and defensive hubris and not losing his legs. But Horford basically fell off a cliff midway through the playoffs last year and he seems to be playing okay thus far this season, but with how many games he's played this season thus far that would worry me about repeating itself.

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I'm not right very often, but when I am I become very petty and boastful. You said 1500-1600 not 1600 being O/U. As I predicted, they are going to run Horford into the ground not because they want to but because they have to. One of him or KP will be a non-factor in the playoffs due to an injury or fatigue.

(Let me have this one, please. It's been a long week at work

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MiltownHawkeye · Post #60 » by **MiltownHawkeye** » Fri Dec 15, 2023 5:50 pm

GoldenAntlers wrote:
soxperry wrote:The Cavs are not a serious basketball team
Legit forgot they are in the NBA.

They went from fun young team on the rise to totally uninspiring. I feel like Mitchell is just Lavine with better PR