2017-2018 NBA Season

I can't stand Dame. Dude is such an entitled whiny brat

Originally posted by ninersrule4:

I can't stand Dame. Dude is such an entitled whiny brat

So like every other NBA Star.

I don't know who the TNT announcers are but they are terrible. Is this another of those all player nights where all announcers (pbp, color, sideline) are former players? Let the professionals do their job.

Originally posted by DaBum:
I don't know who the TNT announcers are but they are terrible. Is this another of those all player nights where all announcers (pbp, color, sideline) are former players? Let the professionals do their job.

Playaz only night. Nate Robinson, one of the Barry's, and McHale

This ain't breaking news, but s**t Harden scores so easily. One of the best pure scorers I've ever seen. I take watching that dude for granted cuz he makes it look so easy. Dude is amazing

Originally posted by sacniner:

Originally posted by DaBum:

I don't know who the TNT announcers are but they are terrible. Is this another of those all player nights where all announcers (pbp, color, sideline) are former players? Let the professionals do their job.

Playaz only night. Nate Robinson, one of the Barry's, and McHale

It's Nate Robinson I hate. Absolutely terrible.

Baron Davis horrible in studio too and Shaq can't host.

Maybe it's the fact I used to do it for a living but I have no patience for bad announcers. I have no doubt there are players out there who would be good. The PBP guy isn't bad. Neither is McHale. Robinson, Davis and Shaq are really bad though.

They just did a halftime closeup. Fisher is the other color guy. Not McHale. Fisher is decent.

McHale doesn't do Rockets games. Bad breakup, especially between Harden and him.

Gonna be a good finish

Originally posted by Ninerjohn:
Sure we all know Bogut was hurt. If he had been completely healthy they never could have gotten him for Ellis. The Warriors made that deal for the long term goal of having a center and making Steph the man. They didn't make it simply to tank. It did help them get the 7th pick in the draft no doubt but it wasn't the tank job you are trying to suggest.

I think it's hilarious though that you bring this up a response to my point on the 76ers. Everyone knows exactly what Philly was doing for multiple seasons and it got them Embiid, Simmons,and Fultz. Teams tank to a small extent every season. No team perfected it like Philly.

Like I said - they ALSO did the move so they could tank and keep their draft pick. Not sure why this revisionist history. At the time - it was considered a lopsided trade and new owners got booed out of the building. Fear with Bogut was - he's damaged goods.

Quote from Hawks general manager Travis Schlenk, who was previously the Warriors' assistant general manager when they made this move.

"We knew that we had to fall into those bottom seven spots to get our pick, and that was really important to us. Tanking? I guess. It was a conscious decision we made to shoot for next year. I think you have to, as a franchise, do what's best for the franchise. And sometimes, that means securing your draft pick if you can."

Originally posted by DaBum:
They just did a halftime closeup. Fisher is the other color guy. Not McHale. Fisher is decent.

McHale doesn't do Rockets games. Bad breakup, especially between Harden and him.

Yeah my bad it is d fish

Since you bragged about announcing, let's see a vid or you lying out your anus

Originally posted by sacniner:
This ain't breaking news, but s**t Harden scores so easily. One of the best pure scorers I've ever seen. I take watching that dude for granted cuz he makes it look so easy. Dude is amazing

How did the Thunder with Westbrook, Harden and Durant not win a title? There must be a Senate inquiry.

Originally posted by sacniner:
This ain't breaking news, but s**t Harden scores so easily. One of the best pure scorers I've ever seen. I take watching that dude for granted cuz he makes it look so easy. Dude is amazing

Harden is the best iso player in the league imho. Dude is unstoppable. Love watching him play.

Top 5 favorite players to watch:

Lebron...duh
Giannis
Curry
Harden
Kyrie

Love me some Westbrook too because of his unrelenting style. Right now, these are the only players I'll pay couple hundred bucks to watch in person.

Originally posted by RishikeshA:
How did the Thunder with Westbrook, Harden and Durant not win a title? There must be a Senate inquiry.

Damn Harden with the money shots.

Originally posted by 4ML:

Originally posted by Ninerjohn:
Sure we all know Bogut was hurt. If he had been completely healthy they never could have gotten him for Ellis. The Warriors made that deal for the long term goal of having a center and making Steph the man. They didn't make it simply to tank. It did help them get the 7th pick in the draft no doubt but it wasn't the tank job you are trying to suggest.

I think it's hilarious though that you bring this up a response to my point on the 76ers. Everyone knows exactly what Philly was doing for multiple seasons and it got them Embiid, Simmons,and Fultz. Teams tank to a small extent every season. No team perfected it like Philly.

Like I said - they ALSO did the move so they could tank and keep their draft pick. Not sure why this revisionist history. At the time - it was considered a lopsided trade and new owners got booed out of the building. Fear with Bogut was - he's damaged goods.

Quote from Hawks general manager Travis Schlenk, who was previously the Warriors' assistant general manager when they made this move.

"We knew that we had to fall into those bottom seven spots to get our pick, and that was really important to us. Tanking? I guess. It was a conscious decision we made to shoot for next year. I think you have to, as a franchise, do what's best for the franchise. And sometimes, that means securing your draft pick if you can."

LOL You just love to take a shot at the Warriors anytime you can. Why would you even bring up a Warriors trade from several years ago when the comment was about the obvious tanking the 76ers have done year after year.

Sure it was nice to get the draft pick but the Warriors made the trade to get the center they so badly needed in Bogut and to move Ellis and let Curry be the man in the backcourt. Myers and West were smart enough to know that they couldnt win with 2 small guards in the backcourt. This is a fact. As for the fans, they were upset that their favorite, Monta Ellis was traded. It certainly was NOT lopsided. I, for one, loved the trade. As it turns out, Bogut was a key contributor to the success of the team because he gave them a defensive presence that they never had. And, Curry proved to be a million times better than Ellis.

In any case, the move was not a complete tank job like Philly. There are SO many examples of tanking that it is amusing that this is the one you would choose. But whatever. I dont need to continue to debate a great trade by the Warriors that lead to them becoming NBA champs. Its 2018 and not 2012 and Im pretty sure this is boring for others to read.