NBA 2016-17 Season Thread - Knicks in 6

With the Indians in the World Series I can't even appreciate how dominant the Cavs are going to be this year.

#JustClevelandSportsProblems

So dominant the Browns look like they could rival the 0-16 Lions.

I'm actively rooting for the Browns to lose. I think Hue Jackson was a solid choice for head coach but we need some impact players and we need to get the quarterback position solidified once and for all. Being a dumpster Fire the only way we're going to rebuild is through the draft so we need as many high picks as we can get. Of course we need to make good picks which is something we've struggled with as well but hopefully Jackson can help in that regard too.

That's the great thing with the Indians making the World Series. I've been able to completely ignore the Browns while rooting on the Indians and now the Cavs. By the time the football season is over the basketball season will be in full swing and then baseball season is right around the corner.

Tanking works

Didn't realize the Sixers were successful team already.

Cubs in the World Series. Vikings at 5-1. I don't have time for basketball.

Alex said:

Didn't realize the Sixers were successful team already.

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Didn't you hear? They're going to win 79 games this year and win the title with their 5 centers on the floor they'll be unstoppable.

i have us pegged at about 25 wins.

So tanking obviously works.

Alex said:

So tanking obviously works.

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takes time to build a team and then let the young players develop.. we had a roster mostly made up of D league players last year. It will come together. Personally I want one more year in the lotto anyway. Give me Josh Jackson please

Yeah the draft worked for the Cavs but SO much could have gone wrong. We had so many number 1 picks in the last 15 years that netted us Lebron, Kyrie and Wiggins. But if Lebron wasn't from Akron there's no way he would have come back to Cleveland if he grew up near Santa Monica or New York or anywhere else. And I'm the biggest Cavs homer on this board but even I have no idea why Kyrie agreed to a max contract with one of the worst teams in the league when the salary cap was about to explode. But if Kyrie hadn't signed that then, again, I don't see Lebron coming back. And lucking into another number 1 pick with Wiggins gave us the leverage to bring over Love.

So the draft worked phenomenally well for the Cavs but it could have, easily, fallen apart.

skrala said:

I'll see your Westbrook and raise you Harden in a D'Antoni offense. If you look at the Vegas odds those two are the overwhelming favorites.

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This is the correct answer. They have people that can actually run the O

If you didn't know it was the first game of the season you'd think Sixers were in a playoff game. Fans losing their minds

I prefer the involuntary tanking 1 year because your HoF center is hurt, then getting the first pick in the lottery and drafting the best PF in the history of the game.

Convo said:

If you didn't know it was the first game of the season you'd think Sixers were in a playoff game. Fans losing their minds

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Are you at the game? Loudest I've heard Wells Fargo in years.

Tanking works!