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Post by teekoh on May 16, 2018 18:01:00 GMT -6
Budenholzer to the Bucks.
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Post by Blue42 on May 18, 2018 12:07:07 GMT -6
Becky Hammon and Jerry Stackhouse said to be the frontrunners for the Detroit head coaching job. I never thought I'd cheer for the Pistons as long as Blake is on the team, but either of these options would be a good start.
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2018 19:42:22 GMT -6
Warriors are embarrassing the Rockets right now.
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Post by llamaoftime on May 22, 2018 22:08:59 GMT -6
Warriors are embarrassing the Rockets right now. Momentary lapse. All is right now. |
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Post by borracho on May 23, 2018 8:42:07 GMT -6
so many hot takes on twitter last night halfway through the 1st quarter about how the rockets were finished. don't people realize an nba game isn't finished until the final buzzer? games can change so quickly... rockets just didn't give up last night.
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Post by llamaoftime on May 23, 2018 9:12:46 GMT -6
so many hot takes on twitter last night halfway through the 1st quarter about how the rockets were finished. don't people realize an nba game isn't finished until the final buzzer? games can change so quickly... rockets just didn't give up last night. I mean after game 1 everyone and their mother on both the internet and in the media wrote the Rockets off completely as having zero chance, then after game 2 acted like they never said any of those things, then again forgot everything after game 3 and talked about how the Warriors can't be beat. When it comes to the Warriors as soon as they get any sort of lead all the hot takes come out. This Rockets team still has the league MVP, was the number 1 seed, and handily beat this Golden State team in the regular season. That's not to say it isn't an uphill battle, the Warriors are maybe the best NBA team ever and I still consider us the underdogs despite these things I just said, but writing them off completely anytime anything looks remotely bad is silly. |
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Post by andrewvb on May 23, 2018 9:19:14 GMT -6
so many hot takes on twitter last night halfway through the 1st quarter about how the rockets were finished. don't people realize an nba game isn't finished until the final buzzer? games can change so quickly... rockets just didn't give up last night. I mean after game 1 everyone and their mother on both the internet and in the media wrote the Rockets off completely as having zero chance, then after game 2 acted like they never said any of those things, then again forgot everything after game 3 and talked about how the Warriors can't be beat. When it comes to the Warriors as soon as they get any sort of lead all the hot takes come out. This Rockets team still has the league MVP, was the number 1 seed, and handily beat this Golden State team in the regular season. That's not to say it isn't an uphill battle, the Warriors are maybe the best NBA team ever and I still consider us the underdogs despite these things I just said, but writing them off completely anytime anything looks remotely bad is silly. basketball blogs are the absolute worst to read right now because of this sort of thing. |
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2018 9:21:04 GMT -6
I basically avoid reading anything about the Cavs/Celtics series at this point.
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Post by sthubbins on May 23, 2018 9:27:12 GMT -6
so many hot takes on twitter last night halfway through the 1st quarter about how the rockets were finished. don't people realize an nba game isn't finished until the final buzzer? games can change so quickly... rockets just didn't give up last night. And then again after the 3rd quarter! |
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Post by Tweet on May 24, 2018 21:38:11 GMT -6
Really hoping houston does America a solid on this one. Gimping chris Paul is definitely not good though
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Post by concertgoer on May 25, 2018 7:26:54 GMT -6
That game last night was wild
I’m on board for a Houston- Boston finals
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Post by dij22 on May 25, 2018 7:29:11 GMT -6
I think Houston would win in 5 against either team but I'd honestly rather see LeBron in the finals again.
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Post by concertgoer on May 25, 2018 7:32:50 GMT -6
IDK Brad Stevens is a genius. I think they could be competitive against Houston.
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2018 8:13:56 GMT -6
You guys are doing that thing you were just bitching about and dismissing a teams chances while the series is still going on.
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2018 8:22:29 GMT -6
Just watch Houston blow a 3-2 lead and then have Chris Paul bounce over to Golden State in the offseason.
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Post by llamaoftime on May 25, 2018 8:25:42 GMT -6
I know you are joking but Chris Paul isn't leaving Houston
I was at that game last night. It was fun but really frustrating. Rockets did everything right except make shots. They were playing strong defense, getting rebounds, forcing turnovers, but that game should have never been close. But a win is a win even if its sloppy
and that was the worst I've seen Golden State play in a while.
also pray4chrispaul
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Post by teekoh on May 25, 2018 8:28:03 GMT -6
The games have been kind of wild in the last two nights in that the team that dominated most of each game and ended up winning did not shoot well at all. I expected Houston to kind of falter on the defensive end when they weren't rolling offensively, but they did a really nice job.
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Post by borracho on May 25, 2018 8:31:01 GMT -6
Just watch Houston blow a 3-2 lead and then have Chris Paul bounce over to Golden State in the offseason. quit opening up old wounds for me ;–) |
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2018 8:33:45 GMT -6
Just watch Houston blow a 3-2 lead and then have Chris Paul bounce over to Golden State in the offseason. quit opening up old wounds for me ;–) Had a conversation with a friend of mine who HATES LeBron. His reasoning is that LeBron took the easy route by leaving for Miami. He loves Durant. I will continue to think that Durant's move was so much more cowardly than LeBron's ever was. "The Decision" was totally stupid but he didn't leave his team that blew a 3-2 series lead FOR THE TEAM THAT BEAT HIM. That's worse than any WWE heel turn. |
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Post by Blue42 on May 25, 2018 8:34:36 GMT -6
Harden has missed his last 20 3-point attempts. He’s gotta be in the running for least clutch of all time, right?
He can obviously re-write that narrative with a strong performance in the next game or two. But it really does seem like he just gets tight in these big games.
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Post by regionrat6337 on May 25, 2018 8:40:44 GMT -6
Harden has missed his last 20 3-point attempts. He’s gotta be in the running for least clutch of all time, right? He can obviously re-write that narrative with a strong performance in the next game or two. But it really does seem like he just gets tight in these big games. I’m interested to see if he’s less tense in this next game and the shots start to fall. Obviously it’s a high pressure game but they aren’t facing elimination/a series deficit if they lose |
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Post by borracho on May 25, 2018 9:04:10 GMT -6
quit opening up old wounds for me ;–) Had a conversation with a friend of mine who HATES LeBron. His reasoning is that LeBron took the easy route by leaving for Miami. He loves Durant. I will continue to think that Durant's move was so much more cowardly than LeBron's ever was. "The Decision" was totally stupid but he didn't leave his team that blew a 3-2 series lead FOR THE TEAM THAT BEAT HIM. That's worse than any WWE heel turn. it was actually a 3-1 lead they blew :–( but yeah, snake leaving okc was basically him saying he wasn't a leader, but a follower, after saying he was a leader while he was here, then all his subsequent tweets and bringing the situation up so long after the fact... he wasn't who we thought he was. |
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Post by goodson on May 25, 2018 9:05:52 GMT -6
Had a conversation with a friend of mine who HATES LeBron. His reasoning is that LeBron took the easy route by leaving for Miami. He loves Durant. I will continue to think that Durant's move was so much more cowardly than LeBron's ever was. "The Decision" was totally stupid but he didn't leave his team that blew a 3-2 series lead FOR THE TEAM THAT BEAT HIM. That's worse than any WWE heel turn. it was actually a 3-1 lead they blew :–( but yeah, snake leaving okc was basically him saying he wasn't a leader, but a follower, after saying he was a leader while he was here, then all his subsequent tweets and bringing the situation up so long after the fact... he wasn't who we thought he was. or he wanted to play with his friends in california and win a ring? he is an employee he doesn't owe anything to anyone imagine judging the shit out of just a regular person for leaving their job to go to a better job |
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Post by borracho on May 25, 2018 9:08:55 GMT -6
Harden has missed his last 20 3-point attempts. He’s gotta be in the running for least clutch of all time, right? He can obviously re-write that narrative with a strong performance in the next game or two. But it really does seem like he just gets tight in these big games. nothing new for him - he disappeared in the '12 finals w/okc vs miami. |
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Post by borracho on May 25, 2018 9:10:38 GMT -6
it was actually a 3-1 lead they blew :–( but yeah, snake leaving okc was basically him saying he wasn't a leader, but a follower, after saying he was a leader while he was here, then all his subsequent tweets and bringing the situation up so long after the fact... he wasn't who we thought he was. or he wanted to play with his friends in california and win a ring? he is an employee he doesn't owe anything to anyone imagine judging the shit out of just a regular person for leaving their job to go to a better job blah blah blah... yeah, i get it. but you haven't been a fan of the thunder since day 1 and loved this team like i and a ton of fans around here have. it's different for people on the outside of thunder fandom. |
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Post by llamaoftime on May 25, 2018 9:12:56 GMT -6
it was actually a 3-1 lead they blew :–( but yeah, snake leaving okc was basically him saying he wasn't a leader, but a follower, after saying he was a leader while he was here, then all his subsequent tweets and bringing the situation up so long after the fact... he wasn't who we thought he was. or he wanted to play with his friends in california and win a ring? he is an employee he doesn't owe anything to anyone imagine judging the shit out of just a regular person for leaving their job to go to a better job Except this isn't a regular person. And it's not like he was leaving for more money, he actually took less money. KD can do what he wants but I'm not gonna give the guy any respect for taking the easiest road possible to a ring and half breaking the NBA in the process. I get why he did it but it doesn't mean I respect it. I wouldn't have done it personally, it'd always be a mark on my legacy and I'd always wonder if I could have got it done without taking the easiest road. If I were him I would have gone to Boston (apologies to Borracho), where he probably still would have won a ring in the end. Granted that's if he's even capable of winning one without a ton of help, I get to question that because of the path he took |
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Post by borracho on May 25, 2018 9:13:27 GMT -6
it was actually a 3-1 lead they blew :–( but yeah, snake leaving okc was basically him saying he wasn't a leader, but a follower, after saying he was a leader while he was here, then all his subsequent tweets and bringing the situation up so long after the fact... he wasn't who we thought he was. or he wanted to play with his friends in california and win a ring? he is an employee he doesn't owe anything to anyone imagine judging the shit out of just a regular person for leaving their job to go to a better job and it was the way he left and who he left for. that season i heard him say with my own ears at a season ticket holder event he wanted to stay with the thunder and retire there. he took too long making his decision and by july 4 free agency was basically over and no one was really left to go after. |
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Post by teekoh on May 25, 2018 9:14:15 GMT -6
I would've preferred to see the Durant/Westbrook combo continue to challenge the Warriors as they were, but I have no problem with him making that decision. It's actually been pretty entertaining to have all the stars in the West of the last 5 years leading the different teams in GS, Houston, OKC and San Antonio, and will be even more so if the Pelicans can build around AD and get them up to that level.
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Post by Blue42 on May 25, 2018 9:14:30 GMT -6
I guess I’d respect the decision more if he was just transparent and said “I didn’t want to play with Russ anymore” or “Billy is a shit coach” or even “the seafood is better in California” (whatever the reason(s) may be) instead of being a fake tough guy and using a second twitter account to say some of those things because he’s too insecure about his decision to own it.
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2018 9:21:00 GMT -6
I love when people hold athletes to a higher standard.
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