theres always next year
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 16:30 (one month ago) link
Glad this is search proof so my terrible Sixers takes can't be found.
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Wednesday, 17 April 2024 16:47 (one month ago) link
license to post wild takes granted
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 16:48 (one month ago) link
feeling mildly excited about the spurs draft opportunities this summer. nobody really screams all star at this point, but there are a lot of really good guard prospects.
― polyamerie "it's more than this 1 thing" (m bison), Wednesday, 17 April 2024 16:50 (one month ago) link
yeah you know theres some good players in there just gotta hit, which the spurs have historically been good at
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 16:53 (one month ago) link
They should try drafting a french guy... seems to work well for them
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 17 April 2024 16:56 (one month ago) link
they did really well finding gems like derrick white and dejounte murray at the end of the first round when they were still a competitive organization. their guard selections since then have been much spottier. branham continues to baffle me as he made basically no growth from one year to the next as an inefficient shooter with no other discernible skills. wesley still can’t shoot although he at least looks like a serviceable defensive point guard. and then there’s primo.vassell is definitely their 2 guard moving forward and tre jones is at least a good backup, so it hasn’t been all bad news.they need hoisters badly tho, hoping one of the kentucky guards will be available.
― polyamerie "it's more than this 1 thing" (m bison), Wednesday, 17 April 2024 16:57 (one month ago) link
Per league statement: The league’s investigation found that prior to the Raptors’ March 20 game, Porter disclosed confidential information about his own health status to an individual he knew to be an NBA bettor. Another individual with whom Porter associated and knew to be an… https://t.co/6oKyi0Fhty— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) April 17, 2024
already posted elsewhere but for posterity’s sake: lifetime ban for jontay porter
― brony james (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 17 April 2024 17:00 (one month ago) link
yeah the drafting hasnt been up to spurs standards over that period, they did get wemby lol, tho one or two of those guys develop well and its looking a lot better xp
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 17:05 (one month ago) link
will cherish the many memories i have of jontay porter. farewell sweet prince
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 17 April 2024 17:09 (one month ago) link
At first I was like "whoa, Otto Porter has a gambling problem?" and then I was like "siri, who is Jontay Parker?" end of an era
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 17 April 2024 17:11 (one month ago) link
pretty lucky for the league that this story is dropping right as the playoffs are starting and not like in October
― frogbs, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 17:19 (one month ago) link
will at least be a good example for future players that the league is looking out for this sort of thing and has computers
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 17:28 (one month ago) link
welcome to the ‘eason
― Clay, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 17:33 (one month ago) link
eason down the road
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 17:33 (one month ago) link
― polyamerie "it's more than this 1 thing" (m bison), Wednesday, 17 April 2024 18:10 (one month ago) link
yeah vassell they hit but besides that its looking pretty rough, 3 lottery picks bunch of others and one guy to show for it, tho obvs theres still time for the others to get there
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 18:18 (one month ago) link
― frogbs, Wednesday, April 17, 2024 10:19 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
REALLY lucky it was an nba nobody and not some hall of famer vet or something in between, get to drop the hammer on a scrub
― I Chet the Holmgren (Spottie), Wednesday, 17 April 2024 18:45 (one month ago) link
a good player's little brother
― symsymsym, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 18:59 (one month ago) link
Thanasis better not mess around
thanasis seems like an MLM guy for sure
― brony james (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 17 April 2024 19:03 (one month ago) link
I’m sorry if you changed your bet based on jontay porter. Such valuable info
― Heez, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 19:59 (one month ago) link
Hawks have 2 first rounders to help turn things around before years of handing their picks to the spurs. Kind of the the Duke wite would be a good fit
― Heez, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 20:02 (one month ago) link
it was a player prop
an NBA bettor subsequently placed an $80,000 parlay proposition bet with an online sports book, to win $1.1 million, wagering that Porter would underperform in the March 20 game
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 20:02 (one month ago) link
then porter tapped out early in the game with a flare up of an existing injury
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 20:08 (one month ago) link
spurs should draft alex sarr and go full team frahnce
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 17 April 2024 20:26 (one month ago) link
Ah thanks goon. Don’t really see the gambling thing going well but what do I know
― Heez, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 20:32 (one month ago) link
the vibes are vile but im sure the nba will make tons of money off it, which is nice for them
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 21:01 (one month ago) link
big games tonight for who will not play the celtics and who will maybe play the celtics
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 22:55 (one month ago) link
rooting for 76ers to not play the celtics
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 23:03 (one month ago) link
i really don’t think the heat will win tonight but sticking boston w/ philly is prob the most damaging thing they can do in these playoffs
― slob wizard (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 17 April 2024 23:07 (one month ago) link
the one bright side i guess to playing philly now is getting embiid so soon off injury
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 23:10 (one month ago) link
This game talk is for the INS, not for those of us already languishing in the OFFS EASON.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Wednesday, 17 April 2024 23:13 (one month ago) link
oops my bad
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 23:16 (one month ago) link
cracking up at lagoon making two imperceptible thread titles and then being the first one to screw it up
― slob wizard (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 18 April 2024 00:06 (one month ago) link
hoisted with my own petard
― lag∞n, Thursday, 18 April 2024 00:07 (one month ago) link
it’s driving me nuts lol they’re right next to each other on bookmarks too and are indistinguishable on quick glance
― brony james (k3vin k.), Thursday, 18 April 2024 00:34 (one month ago) link
heh
― lag∞n, Thursday, 18 April 2024 00:37 (one month ago) link
it's the eason for the season
― Clay, Thursday, 18 April 2024 00:54 (one month ago) link
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Wednesday, April 17, 2024 3:26 PM (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
they could def go for paris texas status, they already have wemby and sidy cissoko (played mostly g league, but should probably get more time in the big club this year). theres not only sarr but risacher and tidjane salaun likely going in the lottery. i think risacher would be a great fit if he's as good a shooter as he seems, sarr im less convinced would work as a non-floor spreading big next to wemby.
― polyamerie "it's more than this 1 thing" (m bison), Thursday, 18 April 2024 01:08 (one month ago) link
wim wenders player intro hype video
― lag∞n, Thursday, 18 April 2024 01:11 (one month ago) link
Spurs would have the no. 1 pick with the "Gold Plan":
Thanks for continuing to champion the Gold Plan! Here's the NBA version, with the Spurs running away with a second straight #1 pick by playing hard down the stretch. We'll ask again, how's that not better?#PorVida pic.twitter.com/HpmvkmO69L— Chuck (@ChuckSportsApp) April 15, 2024
― symsymsym, Thursday, 18 April 2024 01:59 (one month ago) link
im sorry i will never support anything with this obamacare exchange ass sounding name
― polyamerie "it's more than this 1 thing" (m bison), Thursday, 18 April 2024 02:02 (one month ago) link
lol it was invented by a guy named Gold!
― symsymsym, Thursday, 18 April 2024 02:02 (one month ago) link
which is kind of Obamacare-esque really
― symsymsym, Thursday, 18 April 2024 02:03 (one month ago) link
ha
― lag∞n, Thursday, 18 April 2024 02:04 (one month ago) link
what a coincidence that the guy who made obamacare was named obama
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Thursday, 18 April 2024 02:29 (one month ago) link
I didn't realize that Jontay Porter is Michael Porter Jr.'s brother, or that his other bro Coban was about to do eight years in prison for drunk driving/killing a lady.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Friday, 19 April 2024 22:08 (one month ago) link
damn rough times for the porter family
― lag∞n, Friday, 19 April 2024 22:26 (one month ago) link
in this clip you can’t see woj blinking out the morse code for D-O-N-O-V-A-N-M-I-T-C-H-E-L-L with his eyes
Adrian Wojnarowski says that the Miami Heat are well-positioned to potentially acquire a star who aligns with Bam Adebayo's age timeline(h/t @ohnohedidnt24 ) pic.twitter.com/xrJGy6HYF6— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) April 19, 2024
― slob wizard (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 20 April 2024 00:16 (four weeks ago) link
lottery used to be just top three so its only been possible to do that in the few years since they switched to top four
― lag∞n, Sunday, 12 May 2024 20:59 (one week ago) link
still gotta be long odds of doing that tho
― lag∞n, Sunday, 12 May 2024 21:00 (one week ago) link
theyve only done the top 4 lottery since 2019
― polyamerie "it's more than this 1 thing" (m bison), Sunday, 12 May 2024 21:00 (one week ago) link
its a bum deal for detroit, but the worst record has a 48% chance of #5, definitely bad luck to happen twice but just under 1 in 4 odds bad luck
― polyamerie "it's more than this 1 thing" (m bison), Sunday, 12 May 2024 21:01 (one week ago) link
its one in four if youre the worst team two years in a row
― lag∞n, Sunday, 12 May 2024 21:03 (one week ago) link
honestly odds are better that the pistons get a star in this draft bcuz four teams ahead of them screwed up than they would be if they had the no 1 pick themselves. it’s for the best
― slob wizard (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 12 May 2024 21:09 (one week ago) link
been out so i'm catching up with news now and lol at this being the year that a team hits the bottom of lottery to #1 jackpot move-up, too poetic
― ciderpress, Sunday, 12 May 2024 21:25 (one week ago) link
well it's not that everyone understands precisely how to order the top 5, that's not the point. teams still mess up all the time. but for instance that tatum draft was considered to be loaded and it looks that way now. it's just that people thought it was gonna be fultz and lonzo who were the stars not tatum and fox
― slob wizard (J0rdan S.), Sunday, May 12, 2024 3:39 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
i mean there are big misses in the top five every year
― lag∞n, Sunday, May 12, 2024 3:41 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
I think it was nate duncan who actually said this fwiw, the idea is not that there’s a hard cutoff at 5 but just that the confidence in your evaluation (and/or a player’s chances of making it) decrease more or less linearly with draft order, which is kind of self-evident
― brony james (k3vin k.), Sunday, 12 May 2024 22:19 (one week ago) link
What would Trae Young and the No.1 pick get you in a deal?— Hardwood Paroxysm (@HPbasketball) May 12, 2024
the replies are great
― brony james (k3vin k.), Sunday, 12 May 2024 22:50 (one week ago) link
― brony james (k3vin k.), Sunday, May 12, 2024 6:19 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
yeah i mean they know something about who the good players are its not random
― lag∞n, Sunday, 12 May 2024 23:55 (one week ago) link
trae + the first pick isnt going to get you anything the teams that want trae doent want the first pick and vice versa
― lag∞n, Sunday, 12 May 2024 23:58 (one week ago) link
yeah teams that want to win now want trae, teams that wanna develop want the #1 pick
― polyamerie "it's more than this 1 thing" (m bison), Monday, 13 May 2024 00:07 (six days ago) link
interesting inflection point for the hawks they could tear it down they could move the first pick for guys they could carry on with the trade one of their guards plan and use the first pick
― lag∞n, Monday, 13 May 2024 00:15 (six days ago) link
Jalen and okongwu should be the main keepers because of contracts and because they are good. Hunter’s borderline mostly due to contract I think but they could really use and upgrade there. Capela should be gone regardless then it’s Trae and Dejounte
― Heez, Monday, 13 May 2024 00:55 (six days ago) link
I will say the nice thing about Dejounte is that he closes games whereas Trae tends to piss them away
― Heez, Monday, 13 May 2024 00:58 (six days ago) link
they should trade both of them and rebuild around jalen johnson
― micah, Monday, 13 May 2024 01:01 (six days ago) link
trae is only 25 - i thought he had been around for forever
the tough thing with Trae is that you can have one of the top 3 offenses in the league with him but can you actually have a functional defense with him on the court
― Heez, Monday, 13 May 2024 01:05 (six days ago) link
read a landry fields quote that they are not interested in trading the pick which is exactly what someone who wants to maximize trade value would say, but maybe they just keep it and roll the dice with sarr.
― polyamerie "it's more than this 1 thing" (m bison), Monday, 13 May 2024 01:09 (six days ago) link
there’s 0% chance anybody is trading for the no 1 pick in this draft
― slob wizard (J0rdan S.), Monday, 13 May 2024 01:10 (six days ago) link
personally don’t think their young players or this pick project to be good enough for the hawks to rebuild around them unless they wanna be bad for like 5 years
― slob wizard (J0rdan S.), Monday, 13 May 2024 01:12 (six days ago) link
yeah could get pretty dicey
― lag∞n, Monday, 13 May 2024 01:19 (six days ago) link
sarr seems fine whatever. him, trae and jalen could be cool. tbh i had no idea sarr existed before today
― Heez, Monday, 13 May 2024 01:22 (six days ago) link
yeah i think thats prob the way to go*
*idk if sarr is the guy there or what
― lag∞n, Monday, 13 May 2024 01:24 (six days ago) link
i have been reading about sarr for all of 10 minutes but my goodness there has to be someone with more upside than him
― call all destroyer, Monday, 13 May 2024 01:35 (six days ago) link
im v v excited that the spurs could pull off both their starting lineup vacancies with these two picks. i dont think they need to necessarily start both players right away. despite their various flaws, there are PGs i like (sheppard, topic, dillingham) and wings (risacher, buzelis, holland). i watched sam vecenie go through a mock where theyd get risacher at 4 and dillingham at 8 which would be really fun.
― polyamerie "it's more than this 1 thing" (m bison), Monday, 13 May 2024 01:51 (six days ago) link
well ok
shams: Bronny James, the son of NBA superstar LeBron James, is expected to stay in the 2024 NBA Draft, league sources said.
...
The younger James’ decision comes ahead of a big one for his father, who has to decide whether to opt into his $51.4 million player option to remain with the Los Angeles Lakers for 2024-25 by June 29. Team sources said last month the Lakers are very open to the prospect of helping LeBron fulfill his dream of playing with Bronny by potentially drafting him.
― lag∞n, Monday, 13 May 2024 13:56 (six days ago) link
lol pleaaaase
― brony james (k3vin k.), Monday, 13 May 2024 14:49 (six days ago) link
Gotta draft him in the first round to make sure you get him!
― The Mandymoorian (Leee), Monday, 13 May 2024 17:03 (six days ago) link
Bronny James, listed height of 6'4" on every roster he's ever played on, measured just a half inch over 6'1" at the NBA Scouting Combine. 6'1" guys who averaged 5 points a game in college usually don't get drafted. I sure do wonnnnder what's different in Bronny's case...— Calvy J (@CJRealHoops1) May 13, 2024
lol
― brony james (k3vin k.), Monday, 13 May 2024 20:59 (six days ago) link
oh man
― lag∞n, Monday, 13 May 2024 21:02 (six days ago) link
I believe that belongs to Mr. Gilmore! https://t.co/qkOyL1SALS— Brian (@BrianJNBA) May 13, 2024
― brony james (k3vin k.), Monday, 13 May 2024 22:20 (six days ago) link
lol that bronny is even going through this process tells you the lakers are going to take him
― call all destroyer, Monday, 13 May 2024 23:02 (six days ago) link
they should make sure they take him in the first round just in case
― ciderpress, Monday, 13 May 2024 23:16 (six days ago) link
they should trade up
― lag∞n, Monday, 13 May 2024 23:17 (six days ago) link
Drafting Bronny is just a ploy to get the Thanassis for Bryce. Nothing to actually do with Lebron.
― Jeff, Monday, 13 May 2024 23:18 (six days ago) link
Year 5 of every sentence about the Pistons being worse than the last one pic.twitter.com/SxxKkrsp1U— John Hollinger (@johnhollinger) May 13, 2024
this is a truly cursed excerpt
― brony james (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 14 May 2024 00:39 (five days ago) link
the league needs to intervene and rescue that franchise
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 14 May 2024 02:40 (five days ago) link
lebron getting his podcast partner hired as coach would be so funny, it would be the crowning off-court achievement of his career
― slob wizard (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 14 May 2024 20:07 (five days ago) link
Brian Windhorst said NBA executives were sending him the famous "now why is that?" meme of himself after LeBron showed up at the Cavs-Celtics game in Cleveland last night. pic.twitter.com/JFSatt6XTU— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) May 14, 2024
― slob wizard (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 14 May 2024 20:08 (five days ago) link
"The Jazz have expressed interest in bringing Bronny in for an individual workout and could be interested in him with the 32nd pick, sources told Yahoo Sports," Peek wrote. "The franchise has been patiently rebuilding behind the leadership of Danny Ainge, and bringing in Bronny with the hopes of luring a superstar like LeBron could be the jump owner Ryan Smith is looking for to add a spark to the Jazz."
Ryan Smith on crack
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, 16 May 2024 23:54 (three days ago) link
wade feeding that man a sack of lies lol
― I Chet the Holmgren (Spottie), Thursday, 16 May 2024 23:57 (three days ago) link
"The biggest message I want you to hear is that I would coach this team if it was on the moon," Budenholzer said, grinning. "I would coach this team if it was in Alaska. If these players were in Denmark. ... I would go anywhere to coach this team."
― symsymsym, Saturday, 18 May 2024 01:24 (yesterday) link
26 other franchises would go to the moon to coach this franchise
― symsymsym, Saturday, 18 May 2024 01:25 (yesterday) link
"i would coach this team if it was in the fourth circle of hell" c'mon bud let's put some real stakes on this thing
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 18 May 2024 01:27 (yesterday) link
denmark is really nice, I would coach any NBA team there
― symsymsym, Saturday, 18 May 2024 01:35 (yesterday) link
The Thunder should draft Zach Edey.Addresses their need for size. Adds a totally different interior ingredient to their offense. And if there’s anyone who can turn his touch into reliable 3-point shooting it’s Chip Engelland. Edey in OKC is a perfect fit.— Kevin O'Connor (@KevinOConnorNBA) May 19, 2024
every time kevin tweets stuff like this i want to ask him what it is like to say stupid things in public for a living
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 19 May 2024 02:55 (two hours ago) link
lol amazing
― lag∞n, Sunday, 19 May 2024 02:59 (two hours ago) link
welcome to the offseason, OKC thunder
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Sunday, 19 May 2024 03:01 (two hours ago) link
we'll be seeing a lot more of them the next few years unless something goes horribly wrong
― ciderpress, Sunday, 19 May 2024 04:33 (fifty-one minutes ago) link