ATL -Fizdale Fizzles Out in NY

Baddy Chuck · Post #681 » by **Baddy Chuck** » Wed Dec 11, 2019 1:44 pm

Heat have an amazing organization top to bottom. Really enjoying watching them this year. Jimmy Butler is forever a guy I wish played for my favorite team.

Pachinko_ · Post #682 » by **Pachinko_** » Wed Dec 11, 2019 1:50 pm

I love Jimmy Butler except for the "closer" part, when I hear the word "closer" I know I'm in for some terrible basketball last 5 minutes
- Dribble dribble *clung* dribble dribble *clung* *clung* *clung* *swish!*
- Wow what a closer

TroyD92 · Post #683 » by **TroyD92** » Wed Dec 11, 2019 1:53 pm

I think Miami is going to continue at a good pace. I'm nowhere near as confident in Toronto.

Post #684 » by **paulpressey25** » Wed Dec 11, 2019 2:43 pm

old skool wrote:I am interested to see how the Lakers handle the 82 game grind. Lebron is playing like he is 27 years old. I don't see how that can continue for a whole year. If it does, the league is in trouble.

I expect him to slow down or be hobbled by injury, but there has been no sign of that so far.

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Clearly on a new nutrition program.

IrishRainbow · Post #685 » by **IrishRainbow** » Wed Dec 11, 2019 2:54 pm

Nightfall wrote:
Sporos wrote:Ok Westbrook did it with 1 sec on the clock, but what was Young thinking?

Watch on YouTube

Maybe he meant: "That's it. We are not scoring again tonight!" and was just misinterpreted

Probably in a minority, but Trae is ascending very quickly into the Pantheon of Most Punchable Faces.

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Bucksfan28 · Post #686 » by **Bucksfan28** » Wed Dec 11, 2019 3:12 pm

Silver's most egregious failure is letting road teams wear white and home teams wear color.

Post #687 » by **MickeyDavis** » Wed Dec 11, 2019 4:53 pm

Read on Twitter

Post #688 » by **MickeyDavis** » Wed Dec 11, 2019 5:00 pm

RRyder823 wrote:Hold on. People think that caring more about the brand of the NBA then basketball as a sport, with the #1 priority being to make the owners money, is somehow a bad trait for a commissioner or one that litteraly any other person holding the job title would have?

A commissioners job is to build and protect the brand of the league they're running. That's their job.

The debate with Silver and whether hes a bad commissioner can begin on whether hes accomplishing those things and whether theres a better way of doing it but his job description is NOT to be "acting as the steward of a important cultural institution". Its to make the owners money and put the league in position to make even more money in the future

I'm not even saying hes great. But let's not romanticize what a Commisioners #1 goal is

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Of course Silver answers to the owners and it's all about the money. But if the product falters (which it has in many ways as others have outlined) it's up to the commish to be a leader and right the ship. I've seen nothing from Silver that he's capable of doing that. At the end of the day it's the game on the court that drives all revenue.

RRyder823 · Post #689 » by **RRyder823** » Wed Dec 11, 2019 6:51 pm

MickeyDavis wrote:
RRyder823 wrote:Hold on. People think that caring more about the brand of the NBA then basketball as a sport, with the #1 priority being to make the owners money, is somehow a bad trait for a commissioner or one that litteraly any other person holding the job title would have?

A commissioners job is to build and protect the brand of the league they're running. That's their job.

The debate with Silver and whether hes a bad commissioner can begin on whether hes accomplishing those things and whether theres a better way of doing it but his job description is NOT to be "acting as the steward of a important cultural institution". Its to make the owners money and put the league in position to make even more money in the future

I'm not even saying hes great. But let's not romanticize what a Commisioners #1 goal is

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Of course Silver answers to the owners and it's all about the money. But if the product falters (which it has in many ways as others have outlined) it's up to the commish to be a leader and right the ship. I've seen nothing from Silver that he's capable of doing that. At the end of the day it's the game on the court that drives all revenue.

Well ya. We can talk about whether hes succeeding in that goal. I'm inclined to agree he could be doing a better job

But I was mainly responding to the complaint that "Silver views the league as a product to be consumed instead of acting as the steward of a cultural institution" and that he cares mostly about the league making money

That's not a valid complaint about whether hes a bad commissioner or not imo as those are probably the most important traits to getting hired for the job in the 1st place

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Bucksfan28 · Post #690 » by **Bucksfan28** » Thu Dec 12, 2019 12:13 am

The Kawhi intro package was great, esp retracing his steps on the G7 game-winner.

soxperry · Post #691 » by **soxperry** » Thu Dec 12, 2019 12:14 am

IrishRainbow wrote:
Nightfall wrote:
Sporos wrote:Ok Westbrook did it with 1 sec on the clock, but what was Young thinking?

Watch on YouTube

Maybe he meant: "That's it. We are not scoring again tonight!" and was just misinterpreted
Probably in a minority, but Trae is ascending very quickly into the Pantheon of Most Punchable Faces.

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watching this live, i knew right away it as a bad call.. you just had a feeling

soxperry · Post #692 » by **soxperry** » Thu Dec 12, 2019 12:17 am

Watching the Raptors/Clippers Kawhi welcome back moment and all i can think of is: This is it for that franchise. This is the last moment in what was a magical magical run, but now it's over. The final splash of their high water mark.

StickeeFingaz · Post #693 » by **StickeeFingaz** » Thu Dec 12, 2019 12:39 am

The Magic scored 9 points in the first quarter against the Lakers. Nice going Hammond.

Magic Giannison · Post #694 » by **Magic Giannison** » Thu Dec 12, 2019 1:17 am

Raptors getting clapped hard by Clippers so far

Coach Carter · Post #695 » by **Coach Carter** » Thu Dec 12, 2019 1:34 am

from the raptors board

Red_Claw wrote:
Hero_Panda wrote:
Matty wrote:
I can't see an argument against bringing in this year's Wiggins. He's an easy All-Star in the East.

Will acquiring Wiggins get in the way of the "Giannis 2021" campaign?

If Giannis wants to come here but doesn't want to leave Milwaukee high and dry, we could send Wiggins that way and he'll have even more value as his contract length will be less of a load. Its obvioulsy not an even trade but its better than nothing for Milwaukee.

soxperry · Post #696 » by **soxperry** » Thu Dec 12, 2019 1:37 am

Another Raptors loss tonight would make them 3-8 against .500 or better teams.

soxperry · Post #697 » by **soxperry** » Thu Dec 12, 2019 1:39 am

Coach Carter wrote:from the raptors board

Red_Claw wrote:
Hero_Panda wrote:
Will acquiring Wiggins get in the way of the "Giannis 2021" campaign?

If Giannis wants to come here but doesn't want to leave Milwaukee high and dry, we could send Wiggins that way and he'll have even more value as his contract length will be less of a load. Its obvioulsy not an even trade but its better than nothing for Milwaukee.

That's cute. You can chew on the desperation that hangs in the air around that board. It tastes disgusting, but i love it.

emunney · Post #698 » by **emunney** » Thu Dec 12, 2019 1:51 am

Kemba with 39 at the end of 3 against Malc and Co.

neiLz · Post #699 » by **neiLz** » Thu Dec 12, 2019 2:00 am

Is the indy pick lotto protected? Would love for them to be the 7th seed/8th in the east for the bucks sake.

Post #700 » by **Prez** » Thu Dec 12, 2019 2:06 am

Siakam is getting clamped badly against us or Philly in the playoffs.