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5 minutes ago, JohnC said:

The Nets prefer Kyrie over DLO. They held up on signing DLO until they knew they had Kyrie under contract. If DLO goes to LA or wherever it is because he was let go by his own team. Also, it was because the Nets signed Irving that they were also able to sign Durant. That wouldn't have been the case if DLO was signed instead of Irving. 

 

He went to the Warriors on a huge deal - sign and trade 

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1 minute ago, YoloinOhio said:

He went to the Warriors on a huge deal - sign and trade 

That's surprising. It's a great place for him because it will be an environment where he will become a more balanced player. The best thing that happened to him is leaving LA and starting over where it was a better environment for him to mature. 

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3 hours ago, YoloinOhio said:

He went to the Warriors on a huge deal - sign and trade 

Reports now are that dlo is a (very expensive) 1 year rental while klay heals up.  He will likely be traded next off season.  If those reports are true the warriors are going to ruin their reputation with players a la the celtics trading i.t.  Unless dlo was in on this from the start....

 

The nba off season is much shorter than the NFL's but man it is so much more interesting!

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Retire the number of a guy who played 3 years.....for a team that were already champs without him?  ?

 

The big crisis is how SF’s sports radio station will fill the 60% of air time they spent talking about Durant.

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14 minutes ago, KD in CA said:

Retire the number of a guy who played 3 years.....for a team that were already champs without him?  ?

 

The big crisis is how SF’s sports radio station will fill the 60% of air time they spent talking about Durant.

I can’t get over how lame that is 

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8 hours ago, KD in CA said:

Retire the number of a guy who played 3 years.....for a team that were already champs without him?  ?

 

The big crisis is how SF’s sports radio station will fill the 60% of air time they spent talking about Durant.

 

8 hours ago, YoloinOhio said:

I can’t get over how lame that is 

I think it’s code for “maybe he won’t sue our team doctor now.” 

 

Weird to say the least. 

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34 minutes ago, stony said:

 

I think it’s code for “maybe he won’t sue our team doctor now.” 

 

Weird to say the least. 

I thought the same thing - trying to save face. I saw they also got rid of iggy after he criticized their medical staff 

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2 hours ago, YoloinOhio said:

I thought the same thing - trying to save face. I saw they also got rid of iggy after he criticized their medical staff 

 

Wasn’t he a finals MVP too?  I guess they should have retired his number.

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On 6/30/2019 at 5:24 PM, section122 said:

 

Speaking of woj his credibility has taken a huge hit recently.  Reminiscent of schefter with his pumping up marrone, woj has nothing but good things to say about the clippers and has linked everyone to them.

 

Well this didn't age well lol.  Kawhi really pulled one off on the lakers!

 

I'm surprised okc played along but that is a haul!  NBA Jam needs to come back with all these 2 teams that have 2 superstars!

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On 7/2/2019 at 9:49 AM, KD in CA said:

 

Wasn’t he a finals MVP too?  I guess they should have retired his number.

I just saw a report where the Warriors will retire Iggy's number too lol

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15 minutes ago, plenzmd1 said:

can you explain this to me Yolo? why the Thunder do this deal?

On a broadcast it was speculated that the Thunder will probably buy out Chris Paul. OKC will be in a major rebuild and they know that Westbrook would not want to be part of that process. 

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1 hour ago, plenzmd1 said:

can you explain this to me Yolo? why the Thunder do this deal?

They are rebuilding at this point. Westbrook alone does them no good, so they wanted the picks. Not sure what will happen with CP3. It has to suck to be a okc fan. At one point you were in the finals and had Durant, Harden, and Westbrook, 3 of the best players and biggest stars in the league. Then one by one they are all gone. 

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20 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said:

They are rebuilding at this point. Westbrook alone does them no good, so they wanted the picks. Not sure what will happen with CP3. It has to suck to be a okc fan. At one point you were in the finals and had Durant, Harden, and Westbrook, 3 of the best players and biggest stars in the league. Then one by one they are all gone. 

Well said. It also wouldn't surprise me if they flip Paul for more assets at this point.  

 

Presti has played a couple of bad hands just about as well as anyone could expect.  Impressive.  The NBA is so fun. 

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On 7/2/2019 at 10:49 AM, KD in CA said:

 

Wasn’t he a finals MVP too?  I guess they should have retired his number.

 

He didn’t really earn it, it was just that Curry wasn’t all that impressive, so the cynics and haters had to find someone else.

 

Cornbread Maxwell was another cynical pick by the jaded media.

 

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5 hours ago, YoloinOhio said:

They are rebuilding at this point. Westbrook alone does them no good, so they wanted the picks. Not sure what will happen with CP3. It has to suck to be a okc fan. At one point you were in the finals and had Durant, Harden, and Westbrook, 3 of the best players and biggest stars in the league. Then one by one they are all gone. 

the picks are in 24 and 26...thats a hell of a long rebuild LOL. And @JohnC, Paul is owed like another $80M i believe..cant believe a team like OKC can eat that. 

 

Just getting up, will flutter around the interwebs a bit to see what I am missing

 

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owed $124M for next 3 seasons..not bad work if ya can find it eh?

 

has to be flipped, no doubt. Will prolly have to take a pretty good clip on a buyout..which i guess you can do in the NBA?

 

OKC now has 16 first round picks through 2026..GMTM is calling them them with expertise on how to use that haul!

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4 hours ago, plenzmd1 said:

the picks are in 24 and 26...thats a hell of a long rebuild LOL. And @JohnC, Paul is owed like another $80M i believe..cant believe a team like OKC can eat that. 

 

Just getting up, will flutter around the interwebs a bit to see what I am missing

 

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owed $124M for next 3 seasons..not bad work if ya can find it eh?

 

has to be flipped, no doubt. Will prolly have to take a pretty good clip on a buyout..which i guess you can do in the NBA?

 

OKC now has 16 first round picks through 2026..GMTM is calling them them with expertise on how to use that haul!

I heard they have been scouting the 5th grade rec leagues and think 2026 is going to be an epic draft 

 

actually I think they are going right try and flip CP3 for more picks too 

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Cp3 is the perfect guy to lead the tank for okc.  Don't forget he was on the new orleans hornets teams that played in okc after katrina.  He has clearly diminished skill wise which actually works for them.  Big enough name to sell tickets, bad enough player to not cost then draft positioning.

 

Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.  I really dislike cp3 he and harden were the worst duo.  Both very good players but harden's style of always looking for a foul and cp3s dirty play/constant whining did not make for fun basketball viewing.

 

Edit and now woj is reporting that okc hopes to move him quickly and without him playing at all for them.

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I suppose it's good asset management by Morey.  Even though his contract is ludicrous, RW is younger and better at this point than CP3.  And when you factor in Paul's remaining term, RW is more valuable over the next couple of seasons.  I just can't see him playing second fiddle to Harden.  

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I've been watching the Lakers summer league team. Nick Perkins from UB is on that squad. He's been playing well but the Lakers haven't signed him. Hope he catches on somewhere.

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The NBA and James Harden just bent over and took it from China. So much for how much the NBA and its players really care for human rights. At least they won't call owners owners though. They got that going for them, which is nice. ?‍♂️

 

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2 hours ago, LBSeeBallLBGetBall said:

The game is being played in China right now. Hmmm... weird. I guess they do know how to just shut up and dribble.

 

i have no interest in any opinion of a pro athlete outside of their extremely narrow view of life in sports

 

they have enough trouble articulating their extremely narrow specialty of pro sports

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14 minutes ago, KD in CA said:

 

They do when they’re scared of ending up in a Chinese prison.

Hopefully Bron discusses this issue and gives his support for Hong Kong on the next episode of The Shop. ?

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Tacko Fall: The tallest man in the NBA

 

The 7ft 5in Senegalese rookie only started playing basketball six years ago and is already breaking records.

He's been signed by the Boston Celtics ahead of the 2019/2020 NBA season.

 

"I'm just a little kid from Senegal, I barely started playing basketball six years ago," he told BBC Sport Africa.

 

https://www.bbc.com/sport/av/africa/50003136

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29 minutes ago, ALF said:

Tacko Fall: The tallest man in the NBA

 

The 7ft 5in Senegalese rookie only started playing basketball six years ago and is already breaking records.

He's been signed by the Boston Celtics ahead of the 2019/2020 NBA season.

 

"I'm just a little kid from Senegal, I barely started playing basketball six years ago," he told BBC Sport Africa.

 

https://www.bbc.com/sport/av/africa/50003136

 

What records has he broken?

 

Sounds like Manute Bol.

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4 minutes ago, Joe in Winslow said:

 

Stick to basketball, LeBron.

 

 

i never cared what Jordan or Bird had to say outside of discussing the sport, they were both 3 times the mind and heart that LeBron has even dreamed of.

 

 

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LeBron is determining who is "educated " and "informed" in the world?

 

How long does LeBron think he would last in computer science at Northwestern or an MBA course at MIT?

 

 

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LeBron is a scumbag of the highest order.

 

I don't know how people support him and his trash league that he plays for.

 

The NBA hates America and Americans more than Middle Eastern people do.

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