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Re: Official Offseason Thread 9.0: The Long Road to October 

Post#1081 » by SOUL » Thu Oct 3, 2024 8:34 am

pepe1991 wrote:This doesn't mean all nba players at parties were actually doing freakoffs , ofc, but it would be more shocking that non of them ever did, given how many stars went through a league.
We know for fact Lebron was at least once at his party and one birthday, Kobe was filmed at Diddy's 50th birthday.

I don't know, i assume way more music& Hollywood names will be in there, but i expect some nba players to be mentioned.


Yeah haha (I know it's OT) but I think people also need to be careful with "witch hunt" mentality, especially online now people feed off drama and conspiracy theories. Diddy been in the industry 30+ years and is well known for his parties, like basically every interview people asked him about it (GQ, radio shows, even went on Conan O'Brien in early 2000s and talked about it). Feel like most big celebs/athletes/etc are going to these grandiose parties to mingle with a bunch of other celebs and not some underground sex dungeon party where they have drugged out females who can't consent to anything. I think the one person sued for rape with him is an R&B singer from the 80s right now but not a big name.

Like I'm sure some people actually have been to the illegal/crazy ones, but I think that list is probably much shorter/full of less big/relevant names than people think in terms of activity. You may definitely have a couple of well known people, but people are freaking out at their favorite celebs/musicians even having pictures with him in the past. I think it would be more surprising which celebs/musicians coming up at that time didn't go to these some of these parties and events.

Michael Rubin throws a lot of white parties in the offseason (which Paolo and a lot of athletes went to), so if anything ever came out about Rubin, I'm sure people would try to connect all of these people as well but I liken it to what these parties were.

I do think a lot of people knew there was bad **** going on but just turned a blind eye to it though.
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Re: Official Offseason Thread 9.0: The Long Road to October 

Post#1082 » by SOUL » Thu Oct 3, 2024 8:37 am

basketballRob wrote:Who is the best passer on the team now? AB, I guess.

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Suggs is a good outlet passer, Black's probably the most natural one, but Paolo does the most with his passes in terms of coverage he sees and what he's able to do with that pressure.
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Re: Official Offseason Thread 9.0: The Long Road to October 

Post#1083 » by RookieStar » Thu Oct 3, 2024 8:44 am

Ok now we are in OT talking about Puff-Daddy/P-Diddy/P-Diggler whatever...

Sooo.... uuuhhh what are all these memes that he kinda abused USHER and Bieber???? Is this true or just making up stuff?
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Re: Official Offseason Thread 9.0: The Long Road to October 

Post#1084 » by basketballRob » Thu Oct 3, 2024 11:03 am

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basketballRob wrote:Who is the best passer on the team now? AB, I guess.

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Suggs is a good outlet passer, Black's probably the most natural one, but Paolo does the most with his passes in terms of coverage he sees and what he's able to do with that pressure.
Last season, it was probably Ingles and Fultz. They averaged 5.8 apg between them. We were 28th in the league with 24.7 apg and 24th in turnovers with 14.7 per game.

If we can somehow get up to 2 to 1 assists to turnovers, we could be a great team.



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Post#1085 » by Skybox » Thu Oct 3, 2024 12:26 pm

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pepe1991 wrote:This doesn't mean all nba players at parties were actually doing freakoffs , ofc, but it would be more shocking that non of them ever did, given how many stars went through a league.
We know for fact Lebron was at least once at his party and one birthday, Kobe was filmed at Diddy's 50th birthday.

I don't know, i assume way more music& Hollywood names will be in there, but i expect some nba players to be mentioned.


Yeah haha (I know it's OT) but I think people also need to be careful with "witch hunt" mentality, especially online now people feed off drama and conspiracy theories. Diddy been in the industry 30+ years and is well known for his parties, like basically every interview people asked him about it (GQ, radio shows, even went on Conan O'Brien in early 2000s and talked about it). Feel like most big celebs/athletes/etc are going to these grandiose parties to mingle with a bunch of other celebs and not some underground sex dungeon party where they have drugged out females who can't consent to anything. I think the one person sued for rape with him is an R&B singer from the 80s right now but not a big name.

Like I'm sure some people actually have been to the illegal/crazy ones, but I think that list is probably much shorter/full of less big/relevant names than people think in terms of activity. You may definitely have a couple of well known people, but people are freaking out at their favorite celebs/musicians even having pictures with him in the past. I think it would be more surprising which celebs/musicians coming up at that time didn't go to these some of these parties and events.

Michael Rubin throws a lot of white parties in the offseason (which Paolo and a lot of athletes went to), so if anything ever came out about Rubin, I'm sure people would try to connect all of these people as well but I liken it to what these parties were.

I do think a lot of people knew there was bad **** going on but just turned a blind eye to it though.


Yep…the memes will fly. Anyone who ever took a pic with Diddy will now be declared guilty- if it serves some narrative.
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Re: Official Offseason Thread 9.0: The Long Road to October 

Post#1086 » by Skybox » Thu Oct 3, 2024 12:35 pm

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SOUL wrote:
basketballRob wrote:Who is the best passer on the team now? AB, I guess.

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Suggs is a good outlet passer, Black's probably the most natural one, but Paolo does the most with his passes in terms of coverage he sees and what he's able to do with that pressure.
Last season, it was probably Ingles and Fultz. They averaged 5.8 apg between them. We were 28th in the league with 24.7 apg and 24th in turnovers with 14.7 per game.

If we can somehow get up to 2 to 1 assists to turnovers, we could be a great team.



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That’s a really disturbing stat line…just like the 3pta’s and makes, we are being served up some glaring holes in our offense. At least we addressed one of them (hopefully). Really advanced passers make for better shot quality for their teammates too…so maybe we should’ve started with that.

Suggesting that AB is the best passer must be based on the “PG” stamped next to his name on his trading card because we haven’t seen it on-court (yet?)…I’d really like that to become true, but it’s not yet
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Re: Official Offseason Thread 9.0: The Long Road to October 

Post#1087 » by pepe1991 » Thu Oct 3, 2024 1:30 pm

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SOUL wrote:
pepe1991 wrote:This doesn't mean all nba players at parties were actually doing freakoffs , ofc, but it would be more shocking that non of them ever did, given how many stars went through a league.
We know for fact Lebron was at least once at his party and one birthday, Kobe was filmed at Diddy's 50th birthday.

I don't know, i assume way more music& Hollywood names will be in there, but i expect some nba players to be mentioned.


Yeah haha (I know it's OT) but I think people also need to be careful with "witch hunt" mentality, especially online now people feed off drama and conspiracy theories. Diddy been in the industry 30+ years and is well known for his parties, like basically every interview people asked him about it (GQ, radio shows, even went on Conan O'Brien in early 2000s and talked about it). Feel like most big celebs/athletes/etc are going to these grandiose parties to mingle with a bunch of other celebs and not some underground sex dungeon party where they have drugged out females who can't consent to anything. I think the one person sued for rape with him is an R&B singer from the 80s right now but not a big name.

Like I'm sure some people actually have been to the illegal/crazy ones, but I think that list is probably much shorter/full of less big/relevant names than people think in terms of activity. You may definitely have a couple of well known people, but people are freaking out at their favorite celebs/musicians even having pictures with him in the past. I think it would be more surprising which celebs/musicians coming up at that time didn't go to these some of these parties and events.

Michael Rubin throws a lot of white parties in the offseason (which Paolo and a lot of athletes went to), so if anything ever came out about Rubin, I'm sure people would try to connect all of these people as well but I liken it to what these parties were.

I do think a lot of people knew there was bad **** going on but just turned a blind eye to it though.


Yep…the memes will fly. Anyone who ever took a pic with Diddy will now be declared guilty- if it serves some narrative.


I'm prepared for witch hunt

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Re: Official Offseason Thread 9.0: The Long Road to October 

Post#1088 » by eyriq » Thu Oct 3, 2024 1:39 pm

AB highlights hit like crack

Haters gonna be in shambles this season

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Post#1089 » by Skybox » Thu Oct 3, 2024 1:53 pm

eyriq wrote:AB highlights hit like crack

Haters gonna be in shambles this season

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Post#1090 » by eyriq » Thu Oct 3, 2024 2:51 pm

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Post#1093 » by Rainwater » Thu Oct 3, 2024 4:29 pm

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pepe1991 wrote:This doesn't mean all nba players at parties were actually doing freakoffs , ofc, but it would be more shocking that non of them ever did, given how many stars went through a league.
We know for fact Lebron was at least once at his party and one birthday, Kobe was filmed at Diddy's 50th birthday.

I don't know, i assume way more music& Hollywood names will be in there, but i expect some nba players to be mentioned.


Yeah haha (I know it's OT) but I think people also need to be careful with "witch hunt" mentality, especially online now people feed off drama and conspiracy theories. Diddy been in the industry 30+ years and is well known for his parties, like basically every interview people asked him about it (GQ, radio shows, even went on Conan O'Brien in early 2000s and talked about it). Feel like most big celebs/athletes/etc are going to these grandiose parties to mingle with a bunch of other celebs and not some underground sex dungeon party where they have drugged out females who can't consent to anything. I think the one person sued for rape with him is an R&B singer from the 80s right now but not a big name.

Like I'm sure some people actually have been to the illegal/crazy ones, but I think that list is probably much shorter/full of less big/relevant names than people think in terms of activity. You may definitely have a couple of well known people, but people are freaking out at their favorite celebs/musicians even having pictures with him in the past. I think it would be more surprising which celebs/musicians coming up at that time didn't go to these some of these parties and events.

Michael Rubin throws a lot of white parties in the offseason (which Paolo and a lot of athletes went to), so if anything ever came out about Rubin, I'm sure people would try to connect all of these people as well but I liken it to what these parties were.

I do think a lot of people knew there was bad **** going on but just turned a blind eye to it though.


I am waiting for this to happen, lol.
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Post#1094 » by Rainwater » Thu Oct 3, 2024 4:30 pm

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Post#1095 » by Rainwater » Thu Oct 3, 2024 4:42 pm

eyriq wrote:Paolo love

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I really feel like Paolo will be a top 5 player in this league one day.
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Post#1096 » by thelead » Thu Oct 3, 2024 6:47 pm

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I really feel like Paolo will be a top 5 player in this league one day.

All comes down to that jumper and him finishing strong in the paint. If he can improve in those two areas, I can’t see how he’s not a top 5 player in a few years (health permitting).
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Post#1097 » by Last Guardian » Thu Oct 3, 2024 7:15 pm

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thats fake right? That sort of muscle gain would ruin the one thing he provides.
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Post#1098 » by basketballRob » Thu Oct 3, 2024 7:54 pm

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thats fake right? That sort of muscle gain would ruin the one thing he provides.
It works for Bane.

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Post#1099 » by Skybox » Thu Oct 3, 2024 7:56 pm

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thats fake right? That sort of muscle gain would ruin the one thing he provides.
It works for Bane.

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yeah..."lifting is bad for skill athletes" is 1970's sports science. It CAN be, but these guys aren't working out with meatheads in their garage.
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Post#1100 » by basketballRob » Thu Oct 3, 2024 8:37 pm

Skybox wrote:
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thats fake right? That sort of muscle gain would ruin the one thing he provides.
It works for Bane.

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yeah..."lifting is bad for skill athletes" is 1970's sports science. It CAN be, but these guys aren't working out with meatheads in their garage.
That's true. A lot of these guys get big. Suggs was the player noticeably bigger last season.

It reminds me of the Magic when they started getting good with Dwight. The whole team was coming in bigger. Later, we found out they were juicing.

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