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ELA

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2018-19 NBA Thread
« on: October 20, 2018, 10:19:44 AM »
I think Warriors fatigue is killing interest, plus most of the teams in the Midwest aren't good right now.  Best I guess is Pacers, whose ceiling is a Conference Semifinal.  But whatever.

Saw Bridges and Jackson combined for 39 points in their NBA debuts last night.  But we can't get out of the first weekend because the 6th year senior Ben Carter, on two repaired ACLs was the perfect weapon against the Syracuse zone.
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Re: 2018-19 NBA Thread
« Reply #1 on: October 20, 2018, 10:49:34 AM »
Maybe not warriors but superteams. As much as I hate the warriors, they have to have respect historically for their run, except for Durant. Biggest chump move in sports history.

The bigger issue for the nba is there’s typically 5-7 stacked teams and everyone else blows. As a fan of a team that experience the high end of that, it still isn’t great basketball when it’s set up that way. The really bad teams always rank for the #1 pick and the middle of the pack isn’t good enough to bat an eye at. There’s no parity.
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Re: 2018-19 NBA Thread
« Reply #2 on: October 20, 2018, 11:16:13 AM »
I can barely stomach a whole NBA game, the 82 game schedule plus 7 game series equates to a lot of fluff that isn't worth watching.  I do like to follow games after the fact to see how new players are doing or how old players are doing on new teams.  
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Re: 2018-19 NBA Thread
« Reply #3 on: October 20, 2018, 12:25:05 PM »
Quote from: MaximumSam on October 20, 2018, 11:16:13 AM
I can barely stomach a whole NBA game, the 82 game schedule plus 7 game series equates to a lot of fluff that isn't worth watching.  I do like to follow games after the fact to see how new players are doing or how old players are doing on new teams.  
League Pass has a cheaper option this year where you only get like the last two minutes of games or something.
I think NBA should drop to more like 64 games, and NHL should drop to like 48.
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Re: 2018-19 NBA Thread
« Reply #4 on: October 20, 2018, 12:54:26 PM »
NBA has been pretty bad for awhile. Now, it's just god awful though.

They need a hard cap. F this luxury tax BS. They need to model the league and draft process more like the NFL.
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ELA

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Re: 2018-19 NBA Thread
« Reply #5 on: October 20, 2018, 01:02:18 PM »
Quote from: Mdot21 on October 20, 2018, 12:54:26 PM
NBA has been pretty bad for awhile. Now, it's just god awful though.

They need a hard cap. F this luxury tax BS. They need to model the league and draft process more like the NFL.
Disagree about the hard cap, I like being able to keep the players you draft.
The issue is max contracts.  That's why you can build superteams.  If teams could go as high as they wanted, within the existing cap structure, guys would have to leave a LOT of money on the table to join a superteam.
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Re: 2018-19 NBA Thread
« Reply #6 on: October 20, 2018, 01:07:22 PM »
Quote from: ELA on October 20, 2018, 01:02:18 PM
Disagree about the hard cap, I like being able to keep the players you draft.
The issue is max contracts.  That's why you can build superteams.  If teams could go as high as they wanted, within the existing cap structure, guys would have to leave a LOT of money on the table to join a superteam.
well they have to do something.
This Golden State super team crap is garbage.
Durant went to a 73-9 team.
That'd be like Julio Jones going to the Patriots the year after they won the Super Bowl or something.
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ELA

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Re: 2018-19 NBA Thread
« Reply #7 on: October 20, 2018, 01:20:50 PM »
That was the shame.  What made the Warriors likable was the fact they drafted their own chanpionship.  Curry, Thompson, Green, all drafted.  Who was the last NBA champion to draft their nucleus?
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Re: 2018-19 NBA Thread
« Reply #8 on: October 20, 2018, 06:00:55 PM »
The Cavs stink again. Particularly on Defense. 
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Re: 2018-19 NBA Thread
« Reply #9 on: October 20, 2018, 06:52:57 PM »
Quote from: Brutus Buckeye on October 20, 2018, 06:00:55 PM
The Cavs stink again. Particularly on Defense.
They stunk on defense last year, most famously Lebron. I can’t believe it wasn’t talked about more, but his defense was awful in the playoffs.
Cavs won’t be good but they won’t be post Lebron part I. Osman is pretty good and there’s a decent young core mixed with a highly overpaid veteran group. 
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Re: 2018-19 NBA Thread
« Reply #10 on: October 21, 2018, 12:09:03 AM »
maybe its because I have kids and 'things' to do, but I'm not anti-NBA, it basically exists and I ignore it.  I've attended about 2 quarters of one Pacers game since moving here 10 years ago.   Its a great arena (I've attended State HS and B1G tourney), but I'd rather do anything else than spend dough on it.  side bar: I haven't seen one Colts game either.   

The predictable nature of the NBA season outcome makes it impossible to introduce even faint interest.   It's like yard work.   Do you rake the leaves the moment they start falling?   Those acorns or black walnuts?    Hell no,  you wait to the end.  
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Re: 2018-19 NBA Thread
« Reply #11 on: October 21, 2018, 10:04:35 AM »
Quote from: MarqHusker on October 21, 2018, 12:09:03 AM

The predictable nature of the NBA season outcome makes it impossible to introduce even faint interest.   It's like yard work.   Do you rake the leaves the moment they start falling?   Those acorns or black walnuts?    Hell no,  you wait to the end.  
Lol. That’s a great comparison and quite funny.
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Re: 2018-19 NBA Thread
« Reply #12 on: October 21, 2018, 01:33:02 PM »
While this is almost assuredly Nowitzki's last season I am excited as a Mavs fun to see how they develop their promising young nucleus of Dennis Smith Jr, Luka Doncic, and Dorian Finney-Smith.
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Re: 2018-19 NBA Thread
« Reply #13 on: October 21, 2018, 05:30:08 PM »

Quote from: Mdot21 on October 20, 2018, 01:07:22 PM
well they have to do something.
This Golden State super team crap is garbage.
Durant went to a 73-9 team.
That'd be like Julio Jones going to the Patriots the year after they won the Super Bowl or something.
Quote from: Mdot21 on October 20, 2018, 01:07:22 PM
well they have to do something.
This Golden State super team crap is garbage.
Durant went to a 73-9 team.
That'd be like Julio Jones going to the Patriots the year after they won the Super Bowl or something.
You mean after they lost the Super Bowl?
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