Itlan
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NBA 2017-2018 Season Thread
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Guest, it's time once again for the massively important and exciting FoH Asshat Tournament!
Go here and give us your nominations!Who's been the biggest Asshat in the last year? Give us your worst ones!
Jozu
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Huh? Shooters can develop a shot, a 6'4 guy cant develop his height.
Guys like The Brow, KAT, Giannis etc are more valuable to a franchise than a volume shooting guard. I mean fuck, I would even add Embiid and Simmons into this conversation as far as guys you would build a team around, rather than say, a Klay Thompson or Kyrie Irving etc.
Guys like The Brow, KAT, Giannis etc are more valuable to a franchise than a volume shooting guard. I mean fuck, I would even add Embiid and Simmons into this conversation as far as guys you would build a team around, rather than say, a Klay Thompson or Kyrie Irving etc.
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I bet the whole Leonard-Spurs discord is overblown. Dude is having a frustrating year, sure. He isn't going anywhere. He is a threat to the throne when healthy, sadly he just doesn't have the talent around him.
And I'd take Embiid hands down long-term if, IF, I could know he'd play a full ten years. He is that gifted. Giannis, KAT etc would be on he short list of other guys I'd take if I had to start a franchise today. I could see Simmons playing his way there eventually.
To weigh in on the Curry thing, Curry is a phenomenal player, but I firmly believe LeBron, Leonard, and Durant are hands down better players. Curry certainly makes his team better, but I definitely don't think he's as important as Lebron or Leonard is to their respective teams. I don't think the gap is large, but yeah. It's hard to measure that with four Top 25 players on your team.
And I'd take Embiid hands down long-term if, IF, I could know he'd play a full ten years. He is that gifted. Giannis, KAT etc would be on he short list of other guys I'd take if I had to start a franchise today. I could see Simmons playing his way there eventually.
To weigh in on the Curry thing, Curry is a phenomenal player, but I firmly believe LeBron, Leonard, and Durant are hands down better players. Curry certainly makes his team better, but I definitely don't think he's as important as Lebron or Leonard is to their respective teams. I don't think the gap is large, but yeah. It's hard to measure that with four Top 25 players on your team.
Sterling
El Presidente
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Spurs on pace to win 52 games in the West with Kawhi having only played in like 9 games. That's what the Spurs do. They haven't had less than 50 wins in a season since 96/97 and that was pre Duncan with Robinson being injured. Technically that isn't true they went 37-13 in the shortened 1998-99 season that they won the title during.
Alex
Still a Music Elitist
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It's hard to pick between Curry or Green for the most important player on the Warriors. But it's definitely one of those two.
If Kawhi gets healthy the Spurs are an immediate threat to the Warriors. Spurs and Rockets are the only teams that worry me. Of course the Cavs will turn it around and dominate come playoff time and lose like two games on the way to the Finals.
Kaines
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Gonna take the over this year. Legit think this team could lose to Boston, or at least lose a game or two to Boston, a straggler in the early rounds, and then the 4 to the Western representative.
Itlan
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DickTrickle
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Lebron gets injured and Kevin Love carries them to the championship with playoff averages of 42 PPG, 23 RPG and 10 APG.
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Itlan
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PatrickStar
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Golden missed opportunity. My friends said they should have televised the draft. Nope. Need to go one step further. Someone always drop out due to injury right? Sooo...
Pick the teams minutes before the game! Old school pick up basketball at the yard. My god that is world' better. Imagine the guy getting picked last! If they want to avoid putting too much pressure on the current captains then name Legends Captains.
This year is LA right? Bird and Magic are your Legends Captains then. Or Russell and Kareem. Whatever. Point is the selection would be must see TV.
Pick the teams minutes before the game! Old school pick up basketball at the yard. My god that is world' better. Imagine the guy getting picked last! If they want to avoid putting too much pressure on the current captains then name Legends Captains.
This year is LA right? Bird and Magic are your Legends Captains then. Or Russell and Kareem. Whatever. Point is the selection would be must see TV.
Brahma
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The legends captains would be great. Don't go back to the 70's. No one gives a fuck. I would NOT do the picks minutes before the game. NBA is full of whiners and crybabies.
I do like that they mixed up the east and west players per team.
PatrickStar
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The whining is exactly why lol. Russ thought he got picked last because his name was last on the list. Then he goes out and drops 46 last night. Then he was told hey bro, the list was alphabetical.
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I thought Westbrook would be picked last. He's a ballhog in all star games, why would anybody want to play with him? But another list i saw that wasn't alpha made it look like Lebron may have picked him first after the starters, where Steph's first two picks listed after starters were Klay and Draymond, Lebron's first two picks looked like KD and Brow, Steph's first was Greek freak, all made sense.
PatrickStar
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They had to pick starters first. Also would be interesting to see where Love and Kyrie went since LeBron picked both considering their issues. Seriously, how isn't this riveting television? I also want a wildcard pick. Captain picks anyone they want.