2016 - 2017 NBA Discussion Thread

Originally posted by jrg:
from the magic reddit...lol

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This is from rick and morty therefore I approve wholeheartedly. Also who do yall think makes it to the finals? I'm having a hard time seeing anyone beat the Warriors. Hoping for my Spurs but I'm not so sure. at all.

Originally posted by Dajanksta:

This is from rick and morty therefore I approve wholeheartedly. Also who do yall think makes it to the finals? I'm having a hard time seeing anyone beat the Warriors. Hoping for my Spurs but I'm not so sure. at all.

IMO Warriors will win the title easily...as they should. 4 players in top 15 (2 of the top 3 players). Cavs right now remind me of Indiana Pacers from a few years ago when they completely unraveled down the stretch of a regular season. Spurs only have 1 all star and they can't beat the Warriors 4 times. Houston is a pretender and has no chance. Rest of the West is meh. No one in East can challenge the Warriors in a series.

Like I said before - they can win the title without KD. It won't be easy then - but they'll still be favorites.

Originally posted by 4ML:

Originally posted by Dajanksta:
This is from rick and morty therefore I approve wholeheartedly. Also who do yall think makes it to the finals? I'm having a hard time seeing anyone beat the Warriors. Hoping for my Spurs but I'm not so sure. at all.

IMO Warriors will win the title easily...as they should. 4 players in top 15 (2 of the top 3 players). Cavs right now remind me of Indiana Pacers from a few years ago when they completely unraveled down the stretch of a regular season. Spurs only have 1 all star and they can't beat the Warriors 4 times. Houston is a pretender and has no chance. Rest of the West is meh. No one in East can challenge the Warriors in a series.

Like I said before - they can win the title without KD. It won't be easy then - but they'll still be favorites.

Please don't jinx it.

Last season I couldn't exhale until we got that fourth win in the Finals and we soon learned why that was the case. I refuse to assume we win the title until the clock is 0:00 in our fourth win of the Finals.

New Timberwolves logo leaked.

http://imgur.com/a/w9F6b

It's nice but it reminds me of the Seahawks

That's pretty cool!

Originally posted by SteveWallacesHelmet:
The Rocket's Ortg is 2.2 points worse when Harden is on the bench than when he plays.

The Thunder's Ortg is 13.1 points worse when Russ is on the bench than when he plays. (OKc -11.2 when Russ is on the bench is the worst in the league, just so you know).

The idea that Westbrook's teammates are anything close to the level of Harden's teammates is a laughable claim. It is based on nothing whatsoever.

You're using correlation stats to imply causation. I can give you 100s of factors influencing your Ortg stat that has nothing to do with how well Harden or Russ play. For example, Rockets are in more blowout games, so Harden's off the court minutes are vastly different than Russ minutes.

So you really think its laughable to imply Gordon, Nene, Anderson, Ariza, Beverly, LouWill have similar talent to Oladipo, Adams, McDermott, Grant, Gibson, Sabonis?? Not including Kanter in the comparison.

1) Gordona and Oladipo are pretty much a wash,
2) Adams over Nene,
3) Anderson over McDermott,
4) Ariza and Grant are a wash,
5) Beverly and Gibson is hard to compare but close to wash,
6) Lou Will ahead of Sabonis.

Just cuz the Rockets have a system that highlights their the strengths of the players shouldnt be a knock on Harden.

Originally posted by Fanaticofnfl:

Originally posted by 4ML:

Originally posted by Dajanksta:

This is from rick and morty therefore I approve wholeheartedly. Also who do yall think makes it to the finals? I'm having a hard time seeing anyone beat the Warriors. Hoping for my Spurs but I'm not so sure. at all.

IMO Warriors will win the title easily...as they should. 4 players in top 15 (2 of the top 3 players). Cavs right now remind me of Indiana Pacers from a few years ago when they completely unraveled down the stretch of a regular season. Spurs only have 1 all star and they can't beat the Warriors 4 times. Houston is a pretender and has no chance. Rest of the West is meh. No one in East can challenge the Warriors in a series.

Like I said before - they can win the title without KD. It won't be easy then - but they'll still be favorites.

Please don't jinx it.

Last season I couldn't exhale until we got that fourth win in the Finals and we soon learned why that was the case. I refuse to assume we win the title until the clock is 0:00 in our fourth win of the Finals.

Ppl still believe in jinx? Cmon. Barring multiple injuries - Warriors got this. Portland...first to prepare for deep penetration.

Originally posted by 4ML:

Originally posted by Fanaticofnfl:

Originally posted by 4ML:

Originally posted by Dajanksta:

This is from rick and morty therefore I approve wholeheartedly. Also who do yall think makes it to the finals? I'm having a hard time seeing anyone beat the Warriors. Hoping for my Spurs but I'm not so sure. at all.

IMO Warriors will win the title easily...as they should. 4 players in top 15 (2 of the top 3 players). Cavs right now remind me of Indiana Pacers from a few years ago when they completely unraveled down the stretch of a regular season. Spurs only have 1 all star and they can't beat the Warriors 4 times. Houston is a pretender and has no chance. Rest of the West is meh. No one in East can challenge the Warriors in a series.

Like I said before - they can win the title without KD. It won't be easy then - but they'll still be favorites.

Please don't jinx it.

Last season I couldn't exhale until we got that fourth win in the Finals and we soon learned why that was the case. I refuse to assume we win the title until the clock is 0:00 in our fourth win of the Finals.

Ppl still believe in jinx? Cmon. Barring multiple injuries - Warriors got this. Portland...first to prepare for deep penetration.

1st rd upset here we come. Lilliard and MCCollum go apes**t on the Warriors and end their season with a 4-1 series loss.

Celtics with the 1 seed?

Still gonna lose to the cavs

LOL

lol it's true though

Jun 26, 2014 - The draft rights to Gary Harris was acquired by the Denver Nuggets, along with the draft rights to Jusuf Nurkic, a Least Favorable 2015 2nd round pick and a TPE, from the Chicago Bulls in exchange for Anthony Randolph and the draft rights to Doug McDermott.

Random I know, but the Bulls got so f**ked on this deal.

BIG O going all out and supporting Westbrook.

Originally posted by fortyninerglory:
1st rd upset here we come. Lilliard and MCCollum go apes**t on the Warriors and end their season with a 4-1 series loss.

They would need to go apes**t on defense more than offense to make this prediction come true. Too bad Nurkic got hurt, because that could have made the difference for them. Even if he makes it back for this series, will he be 100% ... and can he be productive immediately? I think he could be more of a liability with potentially tired legs. But the Blazers have a lot more fire power than just CJ and Dame, and lots of long rangy wing type players. And they can shoot the 3 as well. If the Blazers can win at least one of the first two in Oracle it would really fuel them. I think for them to have a chance to win this series they will need one of the first two games. They certainly would to fit your prediction ... lol.

f**k OFF ROB HENNIGAN!!!

Orlando Magic fire GM Rob Hennigan, reportedly interested in hiring Grant Hill

link

Traded Howard.
Traded Tobias Harris for trash.
Traded Victor Oladipo for Ibaka who was eventually moved for Ross.
The Magic struggled mightily during his tenure, posting five losing seasons and going just 132-278, the second-worst mark in that span.