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Post#1561 » by Fierce1 » Wed Jun 4, 2025 5:57 am

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playa-hater wrote:I do not know if he will take the job. But J Wright is who the players would want. And there definitely is speculation going strong in new york city with that one.


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Post#1565 » by ThePigeon » Thu Jun 12, 2025 10:57 am

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Post#1566 » by Shak_Celts » Sun Jun 15, 2025 2:24 am

ThePigeon wrote:Insane lucky shot

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Post#1567 » by exculpatory » Sun Jun 15, 2025 6:54 am

Dodgers going to win WS again - when their 15 injured pitchers return in late summer.
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Post#1569 » by leper-con » Sun Jun 15, 2025 6:15 pm

I would have sent out white for that package
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Post#1570 » by Dogen » Sun Jun 15, 2025 6:35 pm

What a haul for Bane!
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Post#1571 » by TSmith0197 » Sun Jun 15, 2025 11:48 pm

Devers just got traded to the SF Giants per ESPN’s Jeff Pasan.
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Post#1573 » by KGtabake » Wed Jun 18, 2025 9:22 pm

Jeannie Buss sold the Lakers for 10bil :o
I don't like it for the rest of the league, although they don't have any real assets. Somehow now i feel that someone is going to help them get a Giannis or Jokic to pair him with Luka.
Buss wasn't a good owner and that was good for the rest.

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Post#1576 » by bigfoot_cryptozoology » Thu Jun 19, 2025 6:06 am

He can't drive 55...

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Post#1577 » by djFan71 » Thu Jun 19, 2025 6:10 am

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The Venn diagram of cars he fits in that are also capable of driving that fast has to be fairly small.
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Post#1578 » by Fencer reregistered » Fri Jun 27, 2025 9:55 pm

A few familiar names mentioned

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6455565/2025/06/27/2025-nba-draft-pelicans-yang-hansen-nets/

The fact that Yang wasn’t the best player in the Chinese league should be an immediate red flag as a first-round candidate; this is a league where guys like Kenny Lofton Jr., Harry Giles, Tacko Fall and T.J. Leaf are just wrecking people night after night, and Yang was … solid. Good, even. But not dominant.

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On Yang’s own team, NBA rejects Quinndary Weatherspoon and Jordan Mickey were the more valuable performers; Yang was the team’s third option.
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Post#1579 » by Fencer reregistered » Fri Jun 27, 2025 10:03 pm

Jabari Bird has played on some weird-sounding teams.

On September 26, 2024, Bird signed with the Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots* of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) to replace Rayvonte Rice as the team's import for the 2024 PBA Governors' Cup.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jabari_Bird

*Edit: Even better, check out some previous names for that team.

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Post#1580 » by Fencer reregistered » Fri Jun 27, 2025 10:05 pm

This article on the Celtics' 2nd-round pick history has too many inaccuracies.

That said, it reminds us they once scarfed up Ryan Gomes, Leon Powe and Big Baby Davis in three consecutive offseasons.

https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/boston-celtics-best-second-round-nba-draft-picks/
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