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That 70-win season for the Suns isn’t looking real promising right now
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NBA Tip Off (October-November) 2023
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Cackling Co Pilot Kamala
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Still on the table for the Celtics! They got to make sure their Top 6 stays healthy cause their bench has about as much depth as Hank Hill’s ass.
That Russell contract is a heist. All he has to do is can a few open shots and know to stop taking them when they aren't falling.
As long as we don't have any 30+ game injury type things, this team is really good. Not gonna be any mid-season panic this time around.
As long as we don't have any 30+ game injury type things, this team is really good. Not gonna be any mid-season panic this time around.
Cackling Co Pilot Kamala
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Won by 51 tonight and bench looked a lot better. It’s still super early but this looks like it could be the best team since ‘08.
I hate the NBA In Season Tournament for making me watch a whole game with that red court. It was absolutely blinding and hard to look at. I thought the WWE's red Hell In A Cell was bad, but this was worse. I mean the 2023 Bulls are already hard enough to watch.
Lmao whoever thought these were a good idea is out of their mind
hahaha that's tremendous
Cackling Co Pilot Kamala
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@Incandenza , maybe your 27 year old “adopted son” can explain this reference to you.
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I follow the Magic on Twitter, so I've seen the ones that have floated around. While I recognize the Klasky Csupo house-style look, I've made no effort in learning any more than that.
Cackling Co Pilot Kamala
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I laugh now cause I will be crying when he sweeps the Celtics in the NBA Finals in 2 or 3 years.
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Somewhere Steven Adams is laughing his ass off
I have a very good but short NBA ref story (told to me by an NBA ref) to tell in the chat tomorrow night around 6. Won't be able to repeat it here.
Cackling Co Pilot Kamala
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It doesn't show up in the numbers, but Alex Caruso is by far the Bulls best player this season. His three point shot looks improved and he impacts the game so much more than DeRozan/LaVine/Vucevic. He's one of the best defenders I've seen play on a regular basis since the 90's dynasty. He's right up there with Joakim, Hinrich, Jimmy, Deng, and Taj. Maybe better than some of them.
And, right now I'd say he's a better trade chip than LaVine since his contract is so cheap. Pretty much any contending team needs a guy like Caruso. The man is built for playoff basketball, and plays ferocious defense on guys bigger than him while having to guard the best player every night. I'm gonna vote for him for the All Star Game. I don't give a shit if LaVine and DeRozan average 20 ppg, AC is a much better player.
Also, DeRozan is cooked. I really like him as a person, but it was bound to happen. His style is from 2003, he can't shoot 3's, and he doesn't play defense. He looks so much slower than the last two seasons, and guys aren't biting on his pump fakes and moves anymore. He also isn't getting to the line at the level he was. I will appreciate his time here and that run a couple of years ago where he broke Wilt's record by having 7 straight games of 35+ points on 50% or better shooting was magical. But, he seems like he's done as a player that is any good. His efficiency used to be fantastic, but it's just gone now.
And, right now I'd say he's a better trade chip than LaVine since his contract is so cheap. Pretty much any contending team needs a guy like Caruso. The man is built for playoff basketball, and plays ferocious defense on guys bigger than him while having to guard the best player every night. I'm gonna vote for him for the All Star Game. I don't give a shit if LaVine and DeRozan average 20 ppg, AC is a much better player.
Also, DeRozan is cooked. I really like him as a person, but it was bound to happen. His style is from 2003, he can't shoot 3's, and he doesn't play defense. He looks so much slower than the last two seasons, and guys aren't biting on his pump fakes and moves anymore. He also isn't getting to the line at the level he was. I will appreciate his time here and that run a couple of years ago where he broke Wilt's record by having 7 straight games of 35+ points on 50% or better shooting was magical. But, he seems like he's done as a player that is any good. His efficiency used to be fantastic, but it's just gone now.
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Cackling Co Pilot Kamala
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Oof. Celtics dodged a landmine.
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He’s a center playing in Portland, it was bound to happen
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My only gripe is it would have been nice to hear from some more relevant than "random old white suit-wearing sports talk guy".
Also not the greatest look considering this guy represents the Mavs, and Luka's style of play and career arc early on both bear a lot of similarities to Harden's.
Also not the greatest look considering this guy represents the Mavs, and Luka's style of play and career arc early on both bear a lot of similarities to Harden's.
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The Phoenix Suns and Los Angeles Clippers showed once again last night that stockpiling big names and creating superteams doesn't produce championship level basketball. You would never see the Los Angeles Lakers or the greatest athlete in history, LeBron James, try to team up with multiple superstars to win titles. That's why we're so successful!
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I had Westbrook on a bet last night where he only needed 14.5 points. He got to 14 in the 3rd quarter and then came out and never went back in.
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Cackling Co Pilot Kamala
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Sports betting stuff has gotten way out of hand.
If this is true, then yeah I'm completely over the Zach LaVine experience. In that game, he was 1-14 and actively hurting the team. I remember that he gave some sour answer after the game, like"guys like me don't get benched". I don't like Billy Donovan as a coach, but he was completely in the right for benching him in that game.
Jimmy might attack him if he pulls this shit in Miami if he's traded there, so that might be entertaining.
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Cackling Co Pilot Kamala
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CWM: INJUSTICE!
Nah glad he got it. He needs to be reigned in and I'd rather it be early in the season than latter.
Sums up his career. Like don't dribble with 1.4 seconds left. Denzel Valentine would've jacked that shot up. He's making me miss Denzel Valentine.
aw crap, Denzel is better.
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It only took Draymond to put a choke hold on one of the five most unpopular players in the league for him to get a reasonable punishment. I still don’t think it’ll matter too much until he gets officiated like almost every other player when it comes to histrionics and language on the court (I’m not necessarily against that stuff, but the fact he gets a longer leash than anyone in the league is irritating).