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  On 3/18/2025 at 10:10 PM, Dutchrudder said:

I never liked Ferry when he was on the Cavs in the 90s. Always seemed like an overpaid asshole. 

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Rumor has it that Ron Harper was fucking Gordon Gund's daughter so Gund demanded that Harper be shipped out.  Have no idea if that's true but it makes for a good story.

In Ferry's defense, he is the only guy (that I know of) who took a swing at MJ during a game.  That almost redeems his shitty play.

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Obviously caught fire, but it probably helps when the GM drafts a perfect fit for the offense.  He's a 24yo rookie who spent 5 years in college, and he's been crushing in Maine w/ 20.4ppg shooting 10 3s a game.  Gotta say, it was hella impressive - it's not like he was in the whole game and getting buckets here and there.  Starting at the end of the 3rd, he just went on a tear.  Hit a buzzer beater to end the 3rd....but Mazzula called a TO, so he went right back out and hit another buzzer beater.  After that, it was on.  My favorite was the heat check chuck he takes at 1:30 in this vid - first out on the break, no Celtics inside the arc, fires from 28' and gets the friendly bounce.  In those ~11min he went 6/6 (5/5 from 3) w/ 2 boards and a steal. 


 

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  On 3/18/2025 at 7:48 AM, Derka said:

kinda wish more stories would come out like this so more fans would chill out on hating players who do what’s best for them and redirect that anger at douchebag gm’s and front office people.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHJVXLDMUtO/?igsh=c3ppMDBic280dTZ6

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Fans are always gonna be pissed when a player leaves their team for more money (FANatic). That fact that Jeff Teague couldnt sag his pants after a big win isnt going to change that reality. Owners and management get plenty of hate as well (see the Dallas Mavericks). Plenty of douchebags to go around in the NBA and its not limited to just players, just management, or just owners. 

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Epic battle tonight between OKC and Philly.  OKC owns the pick, top 6 protected.  Philly sitting there at 6th worst in the league and rolling out a G League roster.  OKC's "injury" report is SGA, Dort, Cason, Jalen Williams, Hartenstein.  Chet is "available."

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  On 3/19/2025 at 11:07 PM, Aqua Buddha said:

Epic battle tonight between OKC and Philly.  OKC owns the pick, top 6 protected.  Philly sitting there at 6th worst in the league and rolling out a G League roster.  OKC's "injury" report is SGA, Dort, Cason, Jalen Williams, Hartenstein.  Chet is "available."

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So looks like the fines are going to have to be higher and more frequent. Any fan who paid to watch this deserves a full refund. You want to see all of OKC’s best players out there. Instead Grimes will probably put up 50 tonight for Philly and they’ll still lose.

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  On 3/20/2025 at 12:18 AM, UpperWestside said:

So looks like the fines are going to have to be higher and more frequent. Any fan who paid to watch this deserves a full refund. You want to see all of OKC’s best players out there. Instead Grimes will probably put up 50 tonight for Philly and they’ll still lose.

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Anyone paying to see this fucking Philly team at this point deserves whatever they get. 

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  On 3/19/2025 at 11:07 PM, Aqua Buddha said:

Epic battle tonight between OKC and Philly.  OKC owns the pick, top 6 protected.  Philly sitting there at 6th worst in the league and rolling out a G League roster.  OKC's "injury" report is SGA, Dort, Cason, Jalen Williams, Hartenstein.  Chet is "available."

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To be fair, Dort, Wallace, and Dub have actual injuries. They just played 8 games in 14 games. Absolutely no reason for SGA to potentially roll an ankle against a 76ers team that isn’t even trying. And they won by 33. 

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  On 3/20/2025 at 1:21 PM, ocugolf said:

To be fair, Dort, Wallace, and Dub have actual injuries. They just played 8 games in 14 games. Absolutely no reason for SGA to potentially roll an ankle against a 76ers team that isn’t even trying. And they won by 33. 

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Them winning by 33 is the best thing about it.  It was basically the Thunder bench vs the Philly deep bench.  Philly seems like they kinda suck.

The NBA is looking into them doing something similar against Portland a few weeks ago and they won by 20.

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  On 3/19/2025 at 2:06 PM, Mittens said:

Obviously caught fire, but it probably helps when the GM drafts a perfect fit for the offense.  He's a 24yo rookie who spent 5 years in college, and he's been crushing in Maine w/ 20.4ppg shooting 10 3s a game.  Gotta say, it was hella impressive - it's not like he was in the whole game and getting buckets here and there.  Starting at the end of the 3rd, he just went on a tear.  Hit a buzzer beater to end the 3rd....but Mazzula called a TO, so he went right back out and hit another buzzer beater.  After that, it was on.  My favorite was the heat check chuck he takes at 1:30 in this vid - first out on the break, no Celtics inside the arc, fires from 28' and gets the friendly bounce.  In those ~11min he went 6/6 (5/5 from 3) w/ 2 boards and a steal. 

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Sandro Mamukelashvili sees your Scheierman and raises 

34 pts in 19mins 7/7 3pts against the Knicks 

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  On 3/20/2025 at 2:00 PM, Aqua Buddha said:

Them winning by 33 is the best thing about it.  It was basically the Thunder bench vs the Philly deep bench.  Philly seems like they kinda suck.

The NBA is looking into them doing something similar against Portland a few weeks ago and they won by 20.

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If Presti had this bench (and head coach) when KD and Russ were in okc, they’d have a couple banners. 38 year old Derek fisher was our best bench guy for two years. Lol

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  On 3/20/2025 at 2:08 PM, Scraps said:

Sandro Mamukelashvili sees your Scheierman and raises 

34 pts in 19mins 7/7 3pts against the Knicks 

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Ha!  Just saw that like 2 min ago and did a doubletake!  Plus, he's friends w/ Flavor Flav, who was in the house.

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  On 3/20/2025 at 2:09 PM, ocugolf said:

If Presti had this bench (and head coach) when KD and Russ were in okc, they’d have a couple banners. 38 year old Derek fisher was our best bench guy for two years. Lol

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Oh, easily.  Outside of KD and Russ and maybe Paul George later, those teams were painful to watch on offense.  I wouldn't watch much during the regular season and I remember being surprised about how bad some of the supporting cast was on offense.  I get what Presti was trying to do at the time with "positionless basketball" but he'd get these guys who were great on defense and fit that mold but had zero offensive skills at all.  They're were asking the 2 or 3 stars to basically bring their A game every single game.

He nailed it this time, though.  Outside of the bigs, they've got 7-8 guys who fit that mold but they can all shoot this time.  They're all wings that are long and athletic who are great on defense but can all shoot reasonably well.  Even the bigs are pretty versatile and they can shoot, too. Seriously, who is the 9th man on that team?  Is it Caruso?  He was first team all defense in Chicago and is a 35% 3 point shooter.    

 

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  On 3/20/2025 at 4:02 PM, Francisco 2.0 said:

Now that there is a baseline for what expansion teams are going to cost, even the league is loving it.

 

 

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YEP!!!!   All the other owners get to split that expansion money.   Players get none of that.    They will probably ask for around 3-4B/per new team.  Crazy money!

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  On 3/20/2025 at 5:37 PM, d2o said:

YEP!!!!   All the other owners get to split that expansion money.   Players get none of that.    They will probably ask for around 3-4B/per new team.  Crazy money!

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Thats....low.   One of the reasons the League was paying close attention to what the Celtics brought was to get a good idea of what the pricetag was going to be for an expansion team. 

It is going to be closer to $6 billion.

 

 

 

 

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  On 3/20/2025 at 6:28 PM, Francisco 2.0 said:

 

Thats....low.   One of the reasons the League was paying close attention to what the Celtics brought was to get a good idea of what the pricetag was going to be for an expansion team. 

It is going to be closer to $6 billion.

 

 

 

 

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I would disagree.  $6B for a team without an arena is absurdly high but it's the Celtics, which is one of the top brands in all of sports.

A new team is just that.  It has no brand.  It also depends on which city the teams are in.  Seattle would be worth more than Vegas.  (I assume those are going to be the two.)  Actually, I'd add teams to those two cities and move the Grizzlies or Pelicans to Nashville.  I'd let one of them buy into that option, if possible.  

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Yep, I know we are talking about obscenely rich folks but paying 6B just for the franchise would be a tough sell 

 

  On 3/20/2025 at 6:28 PM, Francisco 2.0 said:

 

Thats....low.   One of the reasons the League was paying close attention to what the Celtics brought was to get a good idea of what the pricetag was going to be for an expansion team. 

It is going to be closer to $6 billion.

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Cant imagine people (even obscenely rich ones) coming in and paying what the most expensive franchise ever just sold for when they would still have to get an arena, staff, players, etc.   That is why I went a little lower.

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  On 3/20/2025 at 7:08 PM, d2o said:
Yep, I know we are talking about obscenely rich folks but paying 6B just for the franchise would be a tough sell 
 
Cant imagine people (even obscenely rich ones) coming in and paying what the most expensive franchise ever just sold for when they would still have to get an arena, staff, players, etc.   That is why I went a little lower.

The guy buying the Celtics didn’t get the arena.
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  21 hours ago, Fastbreak said:


The guy buying the Celtics didn’t get the arena.

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He didnt but everything else is already in place including the fanbase and one of the biggest brands in sports.   That is what he was paying for.

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  21 hours ago, d2o said:
He didnt but everything else is already in place including the fanbase and one of the biggest brands in sports.   That is what he was paying for.

Yeah. For sure

My argument is the expansion teams are now going to be priced between the Suns (4b) and the Celtics (6b). I think 5 billion is the going price.

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