The Official 2016-2017 NBA Thread (NBA Champs Warriors)
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Thats y u gota have a charles oakley on ya squad ^^^^
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? better learn the granny shot. 29% might take him out the league. -
Thats y u gota have a charles oakley on ya squad ^^^^
Fish hook sumbody eye out
lmaoo charles ? oakley i remember when he was with us
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BlackAX410 wrote: »twentyfivelighters wrote: »Peezy_Jenkins wrote: »Gerald green having a throwback game, every time grizz get back in it C'? an etherous 3 lol
Yep, Grizz dug themselves deep with this ? FT%
I fell asleep before the game and missed the whole thing, lol
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Apparently Salah Mejri said something about Arizas wife and kids -
didn't ariza s brother fall off a balcony years ago? prolly what Mejiri got at him for
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You might know Seattle drafted Scottie Pippen before sending him to the Bulls in a draft-night trade.
But did you know the SuperSonics nearly traded Shawn Kemp and Ricky Pierce for Pippen – with Michael Jordan’s blessing – in 1994?
Jordan was retired (for the first of three times), and Pippen had just led Chicago to 55 wins and a playoff-series victory. Seattle won 63 games behind Kemp and Gary Payton, but lost to the Nuggets in the NBA’s first 1-8 upset. Sonics owner Barry Ackerley had just installed Wally Walker to run the front office.
Then-Seattle coach George Karl in “Furious George: My Forty Years Surviving NBA Divas, Clueless GMs, and Poor Shot Selection:”
The Bulls saw an opportunity. Four days before the draft, Jerry Krause called. The Chicago GM, who’d visited me in Spain, had a proposal: Kemp, Pierce, and our number one for Scottie Pippen. Pippen was the best small forward, or 3, in the league. Nothing he wasn’t good at. During one of Michael’s retirements, Scottie led his team in all five of the main categories—rebounds, scoring, blocks, steals, and assists—so rare that it had only happened once before in NBA history (Dave Cowens, for the Celtics, in 1977-78). But with his running buddy MJ now a baseball player, maybe Pippen was a little disconnected. When I tried to imagine the Sonics without Shawn I knew I’d miss him, but I got pretty excited picturing Gary and Scottie teaming up on a trap; they’d smother opposing guards. But every trade prompts a debate. I was in favor of this one but I wasn’t sure.
So I called Michael. We talked about minor-league baseball, North Carolina basketball, and golf. Then we talked about the big deal on the table. Should we do this?
“Do it,” he said. “Scottie can make your other players better. Kemp can’t.”
So, the day before the draft, we said yes. News of the trade immediately leaked out and onto the KJR airwaves. More anger from the callers, a lot more; our fans loved Shawn. Again, Ackerley listened. That afternoon, he called our draft headquarters in the Sonics locker room. It doesn’t feel right, he told Wally. Better wait. I had the unpleasant job of calling Krause, who was not happy.
While we dragged our feet on draft day, Krause got desperate. He called to tell me the Bulls would drop the demand for our number one pick. He offered a big chunk of money in the next call. Then he called back to double it. Literally minutes before the draft started, Ackerley backed us out of the deal. When I delivered the bad news, Krause dropped f-bombs and called me names. We’d keep Kemp, they’d keep Pippen.
I don’t see any reason Jordan – who shared an alma mater, North Carolina, with Karl – would’ve misled his fellow Tar Heel. Jordan was retired and not particularly a Bulls loyalist at that time.
Of course, Jordan came back and Pippen helped him win three more championships, including one over Karl’s Sonics. Kemp declined sharply after that, struggling with weight and attitude issues and wouldn’t have been nearly the sidekick Pippen was.
This is one heck of a “what if?” in basketball history. That trade could’ve drastically altered Jordan’s legacy, maybe even costing him his last three rings. The kicker: It seems Jordan understood the value of the players who would’ve been dealt. He just didn’t understand how it would’ve affected him.
http://nba.nbcsports.com/2016/12/28/george-karl-michael-jordan-endorsed-scottie-pippen-to-sonics-trade/ -
Mavs are ? ? remember that dude woofin at coach pop and he was just laughing at that dude
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Harden?
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infamous114 wrote: »
AP21 a real ? -
silverfoxx wrote: »infamous114 wrote: »
AP21 a real ?
got tell that to my son in the ADHD thread acting out b/c i didnt give him no attention -
infamous114 wrote: »Alpha_Ambition wrote: »Mavs are ? ? remember that dude woofin at coach pop and he was just laughing at that dude
https://youtu.be/S8-7Hkjd_mI
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Alpha_Ambition wrote: »infamous114 wrote: »Alpha_Ambition wrote: »Mavs are ? ? remember that dude woofin at coach pop and he was just laughing at that dudehttps://youtu.be/S8-7Hkjd_mI
SMH Same dude...WOW
Talking ? when down by 20? That's what's up -
7 feet tall but hiding behind security after talking ?
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According to the NBA's player-tracking system, opponents have made only 40.7 percent of their shots this season when Gordon has guarded them. The Grizzlies' Tony Allen, a perennial NBA All-Defensive team stalwart, has limited opponents to 40.8 percent shooting this season. The San Antonio Spurs' Kawhi Leonard, the two-time reigning NBA Defensive Player of the Year, has held opponents to 45.2 percent shootin
In the Magic's last 10 games, Gordon made 41.9 percent of his catch-and-shoot opportunities, according to the NBA's statistical database.
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Aye Beta your mans just good a major look
The music issue is out -
George Karl parched for attention it seems
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Aye Beta your mans just good a major look
The music issue is out
If Jaylen Brown one of the highlights of a mag they can keep it. Wasting paper
Save the trees
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Aye Beta your mans just good a major look
The music issue is out
Last 5 games hes shooting 22% from three
Has 9 steals the entire month and hasnt had a block since the 12th and before that was the 5th
As the blazers are 3-13 in december but that ? ? too busy setting out to be the most generic "Underdog" rapper. Watch him get snubbed for the allstar game and cry about it again
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Shout out to Rony Seikaly lol
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Horn gonna win
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John Wall the GOAT
Go get that triple double patna
