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5 hours ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

 

 

I'm all for fuck the Lakers, but I also like to see good basketball. Anthony Davis fucked this up on the last possession. Sets the screen for Lebron and tries to pick and pop with terrible spacing. He needed to dive and rotate to the corner. You know Lebron's looking for the three, take your defender away from him. You already have the outlet option up top with Monk. If you pop out between James and Monk you let Ingram cover two guys and prevent a good angle for a skip pass (which may not have had time for). I didn't watch the game so I don't know the context of that last play. If that play was drawn up out of a timeout the coaches need to be fired. I don't think AD is the guy you want in the screen action for Lebron. That brings a big into the switch and doesn't give you a catch and shoot specialist on the pick and pop. Put AD in the corner as a decoy/outlet or maybe have a "screen the screener" secondary action where Monk is setting a back pick for AD as the outlet up top. That play began and ended with give Lebron the ball and hope something good happens.

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4 hours ago, Message Board User said:

With last night's loss to Atlanta, there's a non-zero chance that Brooklyn misses the playoffs altogether, right now stuck in the 9-10 game.

I would still think that Brooklyn would be able to win 2 games in a row but it's not a sure thing.

It will pretty likely come down to tiebreakers. Brooklyn holds tiebreaker over Atlanta and holds the 3 way. Charlotte holds over Brooklyn - Atlanta half game up on holding over Charlotte (conference record). 

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1 hour ago, PittsburghTiger said:

1 1/2 games back now. Lost 8 of last 10. What a disastrous second half of the season 

They are going to lose a play-in race to the worst Spurs team in 25 years with LeBron James and Anthony Davis on the roster. 

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2 hours ago, PittsburghTiger said:

1 1/2 games back now. Lost 8 of last 10. What a disastrous second half of the season 

2 full games behind the Spurs now with 4 games remaining. They all but officially out. I think LeBron needs to play in 2 more games to qualify for the scoring title. He will probably cherry pick and sit out the other 2 going all out to ensure he bests Embiiid. Then he will let us know how that cements his position as GOAT.

@Suns

@Warriors

vs Thunder 

@ Nuggets.

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8 minutes ago, 4doorsMoreWhores said:

2 full games behind the Spurs now with 4 games remaining. They all but officially out. I think LeBron needs to play in 2 more games to qualify for the scoring title. He will probably cherry pick and sit out the other 2 going all out to ensure he bests Embiiid. Then he will let us know how that cements his position as GOAT.

@Suns

@Warriors

vs Thunder 

@ Nuggets.

It doesn't matter how many more games he plays, but if he plays in less than 58 then the divisor of his total points is 58. 

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19 hours ago, Message Board User said:

Maybe there's been some, but I can't recall a superstar quite as likeable as Giannis.

 

Absolutely love the guy.   He lives like he LOVES life and then goes on the court and fucking destroys!  Clearly works extremely hard on his game too.

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36 minutes ago, d2o said:

Absolutely love the guy.   He lives like he LOVES life and then goes on the court and fucking destroys!  Clearly works extremely hard on his game too.

He also doesn’t flop or bitch to the refs or teammates or fans or opposing team players and doesn’t get into twitter wars.

Just an all around decent, humble human.

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On 4/1/2022 at 9:38 PM, ztejas said:

Watching some bootleg stream of Wolves/Nuggets and they just had like a skills challenge deal at a timeout between two guys.

Prize for the winner? 

A Michael Porter Jr. jersey.

I'd be like... uhhh... thanks?

 

On 4/1/2022 at 10:18 PM, MNLonghornFUKM said:


Lmao watched that too. I’d rather have the gift bag the other guy got for 2nd place


Fun game

you presume you'll win? 

 

 

On 4/1/2022 at 9:52 PM, Baboontyme said:

I love the random halftime shows that show up on league pass. It's so funny to me how there are seemingly 8-10 acts that just rotate throughout the league. It was great, when we were at the Pistons/Knicks game I took a couple of the kids on a tour to the upper reaches of the arena during halftime. We got back and my wife was yammering on about the halftime show with the dog we missed. I'm like oh yeah! The gymnast guy with the dog and I described it to her. Man what a loser I am. I did not get laid.

 

those three bendy sisters are an interesting watch.

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Bogut quotes from a recent podcast, saying things everyone already knows. It's sad how blatant the favoritism of the NBA is. 

 

[Andrew Bogut] "One thing that was crazy about that run was the shit that I used to get away with screening, man it was all time. I knew if I was in Milwaukee and I set that I'd foul out in the first quarter....but I could literally clothesline someone off the next pindown (in Golden State) and not have it called."

"I knew if I was in Milwaukee and I set that I'd foul out in the first quarter, but playing in Golden State, when they started to become that underdog team that was building up, I knew once Steph or Klay got hot, the refs would be in the moment as well. I could literally clothesline someone off the next pindown, I know Klay just hit 3 in a row, the crowd's on their feet as he's getting his 4th and I could punch somebody in the face on a screen, knock em out and they wouldn't call it. Klay would get his 4th 3, and even the refs would go "Wow" (and ignore it), it was crazy."

"Then I get traded to Dallas to set those same screens and I'd get 3 fouls in the first quarter, It was just crazy with the stuff I used to get away with there."

 

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1 hour ago, Dutchrudder said:

Bogut quotes from a recent podcast, saying things everyone already knows. It's sad how blatant the favoritism of the NBA is. 

 

[Andrew Bogut] "One thing that was crazy about that run was the shit that I used to get away with screening, man it was all time. I knew if I was in Milwaukee and I set that I'd foul out in the first quarter....but I could literally clothesline someone off the next pindown (in Golden State) and not have it called."

"I knew if I was in Milwaukee and I set that I'd foul out in the first quarter, but playing in Golden State, when they started to become that underdog team that was building up, I knew once Steph or Klay got hot, the refs would be in the moment as well. I could literally clothesline someone off the next pindown, I know Klay just hit 3 in a row, the crowd's on their feet as he's getting his 4th and I could punch somebody in the face on a screen, knock em out and they wouldn't call it. Klay would get his 4th 3, and even the refs would go "Wow" (and ignore it), it was crazy."

"Then I get traded to Dallas to set those same screens and I'd get 3 fouls in the first quarter, It was just crazy with the stuff I used to get away with there."

 

 

Refs are bad at their job...this isn't news.

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19 hours ago, 4doorsMoreWhores said:

2 full games behind the Spurs now with 4 games remaining. They all but officially out. I think LeBron needs to play in 2 more games to qualify for the scoring title. He will probably cherry pick and sit out the other 2 going all out to ensure he bests Embiiid. Then he will let us know how that cements his position as GOAT.

@Suns

@Warriors

vs Thunder 

@ Nuggets.

Eh, I don't think people really care what he has to say. Joel and Giannis have both played in more games and average fewer minutes per game than does LeBron and they are within 0.1 and 0.2 ppg.

19 hours ago, ztejas said:

It doesn't matter how many more games he plays, but if he plays in less than 58 then the divisor of his total points is 58. 

So, if he only plays in 57 games (he has officially played 56) the points will be divided by 58, because that is the cutoff? 

So, if he plays tonight and scores 30 but, does not play in another game they would have to add a game for him to be eligible for the scoring title?

That would put him at 1,725 points scored. Divided by 58 that puts him at 29.74 ppg, and behind Joel and Giannis.

Interesting.

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15 minutes ago, PittsburghTiger said:

Eh, I don't think people really care what he has to say. Joel and Giannis have both played in more games and average fewer minutes per game than does LeBron and they are within 0.1 and 0.2 ppg.

So, if he only plays in 57 games (he has officially played 56) the points will be divided by 58, because that is the cutoff? 

So, if he plays tonight and scores 30 but, does not play in another game they would have to add a game for him to be eligible for the scoring title?

That would put him at 1,725 points scored. Divided by 58 that puts him at 29.74 ppg, and behind Joel and Giannis.

Interesting.

Yes. For example, Gerald Wallace won the steals title in 06 despite only playing 55 games.

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3 hours ago, ztejas said:

Yes. For example, Gerald Wallace won the steals title in 06 despite only playing 55 games.

They do the same thing in baseball- they give you an 0 for however many PA's you need to win the batting title.  I think someone actually won one this time with like an 0-13 mixed in to get to the magic mark- but I might have dreamed that in my head.  


Edited to add- Tony Gwynn in 1996. He had 498 PA's so they gave him an 0-4 and the still had a higher average than 2nd place.

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11 hours ago, Make em eat Taco Bell said:

help me fill out the worst megacontract starting 5

Russell Westbrook, John Wall, Ben Simmons, Gordon Hayward and ? 

That Michael Porter contract about to kick in.  There is also the max deal that Zion is about to sign.

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11 hours ago, Make em eat Taco Bell said:

help me fill out the worst megacontract starting 5

Russell Westbrook, John Wall, Ben Simmons, Gordon Hayward and ? 

I'll take Dame Lillard, please. Wrong side of 30, undersized, looked washed before he got hurt, and I'm not sure if it's still accurate but when he signed his supermax extension thru 2025 he was owed more total dollars than anyone else in the league. 

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14 minutes ago, Mitch Cumsteen said:

I'll take Dame Lillard, please. Wrong side of 30, undersized, looked washed before he got hurt, and I'm not sure if it's still accurate but when he signed his supermax extension thru 2025 he was owed more total dollars than anyone else in the league. 

Yep. When I signed that contract I said if I was 2/3 of the teams in the league I wouldn’t trade a heavily protected second round pick for him. And that was before the season started. 
he makes sense in a couple places where they are over the cap and he might be able to make the difference between winning or not. As the tent pole to your franchise?  That’s a brutal deal and they are going to regret it if they don’t already. 
they really should try to get off him now. Like trade him tot he lakers for Westbrook and a couple picks. 

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Apr 3, 2022         Dave McMenaminESPN Staff Writer

Anthony Davis ponders what 'could have been' as injury-riddled Los Angeles Lakers lose sixth straight

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LOS ANGELES -- After the Lakers continued their free fall from play-in tournament contention with a sixth straight loss on Sunday, Anthony Davis looked back at a season gone awry and reflected on what "could have been."

"I think the biggest thing that I think about personally is what we could have been, had we stayed healthy all year," said Davis, who has missed 39 of L.A.'s 78 games because of various injuries. "What could we have been. ... Guys feel like, 'OK, what could we have been if I was healthy all year, [LeBron James] was healthy, [Kendrick] Nunn was healthy.' You think about those things. We put this team together and it looked good on paper, but we haven't had a chance to reach that potential with guys in and out of the lineup.

"So the most frustrating part of this season is not being sure of what we could have been."

L.A.'s 129-118 loss to the Denver Nuggets on Sunday, coupled with the San Antonio Spurs' win over the Portland Trail Blazers, increased the Spurs' lead for the No. 10 seed and final play-in spot in the Western Conference to two games with four games remaining. But since the Spurs own the tiebreaker by winning their season series against the Lakers, L.A. would actually have to gain three games on the Spurs by season's end to catch San Antonio.

The Denver game was just Davis' second game since mid-February due to a right midfoot sprain and the injury continued to flare up, causing him to sub out in the first quarter and receive treatment on the sidelines. As remote as the chance of the Lakers catching the Spurs might seem, Davis vowed to play through pain as the regular season comes to a close with road games in Phoenix on Tuesday, Golden State on Thursday, back home Friday against Oklahoma City and a road finale in Denver on Sunday.

"They said I can't get any worse," Davis said of the Lakers' medical staff. "Once I hear that, if I can't make it any worse, then it's just going out and making sure the foot is comfortable enough to go out there and play."

James sat out Sunday with soreness in his left ankle. A source familiar with James' status told ESPN it is "unlikely" James' ankle will improve enough for him to play against the Suns, but cautioned that things could unexpectedly improve in the next 48 hours and allow him to give it a go.

Without James, L.A. made a game of it against the Nuggets until the fourth quarter, when reigning MVP Nikola Jokic scored 10 of his 38 points and the Lakers were outscored 34-24.

"It sucks," said Lakers coach Frank Vogel. "Sucks telling these guys after every game, 'I'm proud of you. Good effort. We lost.' So, it's not fun, but it could be worse. It's easy to unravel. Our group has stayed together. They're putting up the good fight. Their attitude has been wonderful, in terms of just working together to get this thing right. And it's just disappointing to come in to keep saying we fell short."

Russell Westbrook had an efficient game with 27 points on 11-for-15 shooting, 10 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 steals in the loss. It was his 77th appearance out of 78 games, giving one constant to a team that trotted out its 39th different starting lineup of the season on Sunday.

The Spurs have road games in Denver on Tuesday and Minnesota on Thursday, followed by a home-road back-to-back hosting Golden State and going to Dallas on Saturday and Sunday.

"There's no moral victories in this league. Especially with us," Davis said. "The whole world wants to see us lose, to be honest. But my job is to be on the floor and help these guys win and I think our spirit is very high in the locker room and we're going to continue to fight."

 

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I watched my first full nba game in a while this weekend and goddamn we need the Elam ending. The last two minutes took 30 goddamned minutes just to confirm the team with the lead held on to win. Multiple fouls and reviews and free throws with full obvious grabs etc. I just wanted it to end to move on to some yard work. With baseball making major changes to keep fans happy we need this major change in the nba and college.

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I'll take Dame Lillard, please. Wrong side of 30, undersized, looked washed before he got hurt, and I'm not sure if it's still accurate but when he signed his supermax extension thru 2025 he was owed more total dollars than anyone else in the league. 

His name popped into my head along with CJ McCollums but Portland found someone to take on his horrible deal.

I mean they need to blow it up starting now, just need to find a sucker to take on dame and refresh.
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