Around the NBA: 2018—19
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“If you're getting stops and you're making threes and the other team's not scoring, that's when you're going to see a huge point difference there,” coach Billy Donovan said.
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Oladipo is coming back to earth this season. Still a good player.
bisme37 wrote:If there were magnets in basketballs so strong they changed the path of the ball as it flew through the air, wouldn't the ball then stick magnetically to the rim when it got there?
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Oladipo likely just blew his patellar tendon like Roberson did. Hopefully it's just a dislocation but it doesn't look promising.
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thekaoswithin wrote:Oladipo likely just blew his patellar tendon like Roberson did. Hopefully it's just a dislocation but it doesn't look promising.
Hope it's not THAT serious but it's clearly not good. Best case scenario is that he will only come back healthy next season in my opinion. Pacers are cursed too

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A lot of similarities between the way the two were injured/sitting out prior to the major one. Players need to start taking this into their own hands, but then you have kawhi/fultz situations.
“If you're getting stops and you're making threes and the other team's not scoring, that's when you're going to see a huge point difference there,” coach Billy Donovan said.
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spearsy23 wrote:A lot of similarities between the way the two were injured/sitting out prior to the major one. Players need to start taking this into their own hands, but then you have kawhi/fultz situations.
I missed the stuff leading up to the injury with Dipo. What happened?
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Dn4sty wrote:spearsy23 wrote:A lot of similarities between the way the two were injured/sitting out prior to the major one. Players need to start taking this into their own hands, but then you have kawhi/fultz situations.
I missed the stuff leading up to the injury with Dipo. What happened?
It came out on Twitter (through anonymous sources) in early December that he needed to shut it down for the year or there was risk this would happen.
“If you're getting stops and you're making threes and the other team's not scoring, that's when you're going to see a huge point difference there,” coach Billy Donovan said.
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spearsy23 wrote:Dn4sty wrote:spearsy23 wrote:A lot of similarities between the way the two were injured/sitting out prior to the major one. Players need to start taking this into their own hands, but then you have kawhi/fultz situations.
I missed the stuff leading up to the injury with Dipo. What happened?
It came out on Twitter (through anonymous sources) in early December that he needed to shut it down for the year or there was risk this would happen.
I saw some of that stuff at the time but figured there wasn't any substance to it after he came back. Looks like it had some validity to it after all. Sucks for him and the Pacers so much. I hope he comes back strong.
Losing Andre for the length of time he been gone has been unfortunate, but its a whole different universe for your franchise player.
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Osirus89 wrote:spearsy23 wrote:Dn4sty wrote:
I missed the stuff leading up to the injury with Dipo. What happened?
It came out on Twitter (through anonymous sources) in early December that he needed to shut it down for the year or there was risk this would happen.
I saw some of that stuff at the time but figured there wasn't any substance to it after he came back. Looks like it had some validity to it after all. Sucks for him and the Pacers so much. I hope he comes back strong.
Losing Andre for the length of time he been gone has been unfortunate, but its a whole different universe for your franchise player.
This is what I remember and someone posted on the gb.
bisme37 wrote:If there were magnets in basketballs so strong they changed the path of the ball as it flew through the air, wouldn't the ball then stick magnetically to the rim when it got there?
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ThunderBolt wrote:Osirus89 wrote:spearsy23 wrote:It came out on Twitter (through anonymous sources) in early December that he needed to shut it down for the year or there was risk this would happen.
I saw some of that stuff at the time but figured there wasn't any substance to it after he came back. Looks like it had some validity to it after all. Sucks for him and the Pacers so much. I hope he comes back strong.
Losing Andre for the length of time he been gone has been unfortunate, but its a whole different universe for your franchise player.
This is what I remember and someone posted on the gb.
Gutted for him. Pacers have only lost 15 games too they seem to get zero media
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Wow. Davis requested a trade. Lots of teams would become contenders if they got him.
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Overrated.
Anyone throwing their whole future assets at the guy who cant connect 10 games being healthy is in a huge risk.
Anyone throwing their whole future assets at the guy who cant connect 10 games being healthy is in a huge risk.
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In before Lakers not willing to throw assets at a guy they can just sign after next year.
“If you're getting stops and you're making threes and the other team's not scoring, that's when you're going to see a huge point difference there,” coach Billy Donovan said.
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I don't think he's overrated but I do think he's unreliable.
bisme37 wrote:If there were magnets in basketballs so strong they changed the path of the ball as it flew through the air, wouldn't the ball then stick magnetically to the rim when it got there?
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Going to be a interesting two weeks as an NBA fan, but a somber two weeks for the pelicans franchise.
I hope every team makes offers for him and NO pulls a San Antonio and trades him anywhere besides the Lakers.
I hope every team makes offers for him and NO pulls a San Antonio and trades him anywhere besides the Lakers.
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If I'm new orleans I would wait until summer when boston can make an offer. Who else is in play besides LA and boston?
bisme37 wrote:If there were magnets in basketballs so strong they changed the path of the ball as it flew through the air, wouldn't the ball then stick magnetically to the rim when it got there?
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ThunderBolt wrote:If I'm new orleans I would wait until summer when boston can make an offer. Who else is in play besides LA and boston?
It really depends if AD wants to play for the lakers or any contender team.
If he's open to other options, Blazers has the assets and would be crazy good with him.
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ThunderBolt wrote:If I'm new orleans I would wait until summer when boston can make an offer. Who else is in play besides LA and boston?
And if I'm NOLA I would force LA to give it all right now making it clear that Boston has better assets if they wait this offseason.
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Dadouv47 wrote:ThunderBolt wrote:If I'm new orleans I would wait until summer when boston can make an offer. Who else is in play besides LA and boston?
And if I'm NOLA I would force LA to give it all right now making it clear that Boston has better assets if they wait this offseason.
It's fair to ask how valuable all of LA's assets even are at this point.
“If you're getting stops and you're making threes and the other team's not scoring, that's when you're going to see a huge point difference there,” coach Billy Donovan said.
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What about Indiana?
Sabonis/Young/Holiday/O'Quinn
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Davis/Frazier
Sabonis/Young/Holiday/O'Quinn
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Davis/Frazier
“If you're getting stops and you're making threes and the other team's not scoring, that's when you're going to see a huge point difference there,” coach Billy Donovan said.
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