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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2017 8:49:29 GMT -5
has a guy averaging nearly 30 ppg ever been on an all star bench? im actually asking. There's a guy in the west averaging a triple double and he is an all-star bench player. i know, but that didnt answer my question. |
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Post by Just Another Shem on Jan 27, 2017 8:54:02 GMT -5
There's a guy in the west averaging a triple double and he is an all-star bench player. i know, but that didnt answer my question. I assume that your underline point was statistically-based. What's more impressive? Averaging a triple double or averaging 28 a game? |
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Post by Just Another Shem on Jan 27, 2017 8:56:06 GMT -5
i know, but that didnt answer my question. I assume that your underline point was statistically-based. What's more impressive? Averaging a triple double or averaging 28 a game? Also the fact that in the midst of averaging a triple double a game. Russell Westbrook is averaging 31 points a game. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2017 8:58:42 GMT -5
I assume that your underline point was statistically-based. What's more impressive? Averaging a triple double or averaging 28 a game? Also the fact that in the midst of averaging a triple double a game. Russell Westbrook is averaging 31 points a game. ok, so have 30 pt scorers ever been on an all star bench before? one more time and im using crayon. |
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Post by Just Another Shem on Jan 27, 2017 9:05:08 GMT -5
Also the fact that in the midst of averaging a triple double a game. Russell Westbrook is averaging 31 points a game. ok, so have 30 pt scorers ever been on an all star bench before? one more time and im using crayon. OK will that was my subtle way of telling you that my answer is "who gives a shit?" He's not averaging 30 points a game first of all. It's a completely arbitrary stat second of all. There's a guy in the Western Conference averaging 31 points a game and he is also on the bench. And fourth of all this is the first year that starters haven't been completely chosen by the fans. So again. Who gives a shit? |
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Post by mrpickles on Jan 27, 2017 9:06:23 GMT -5
Fuck em up Snoogs
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Post by Just Another Shem on Jan 27, 2017 9:17:29 GMT -5
Nah, it seems like I'm more on an island with regards to Thomas then rock is. I like the Isaiah, I really do. But he is obscenely overrated in this town. Like I said. There are 30 to 40 players in the league that I would take over him in a second. |
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Post by jets12 on Jan 27, 2017 9:29:05 GMT -5
Nah, it seems like I'm more on an island with regards to Thomas then rock is. I like the Isaiah, I really do. But he is obscenely overrated in this town. Like I said. There are 30 to 40 players in the league that I would take over him in a second. This is where I kinda get lost. You don't bash danny ainge.....but yet you would take 30-40 players over him in a second. You list multiple players on teams that are worse than the Celtics. Which if you want to go that way, fine. But then don't you gotta say this is all Stevens and Ainge, despite having all these picks stockpiled, can't produce a top 40 player in the NBA on the roster? |
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Post by Just Another Shem on Jan 27, 2017 9:31:56 GMT -5
Nah, it seems like I'm more on an island with regards to Thomas then rock is. I like the Isaiah, I really do. But he is obscenely overrated in this town. Like I said. There are 30 to 40 players in the league that I would take over him in a second. This is where I kinda get lost. You don't bash danny ainge.....but yet you would take 30-40 players over him in a second. You list multiple players on teams that are worse than the Celtics. Which if you want to go that way, fine. But then don't you gotta say this is all Stevens and Ainge, despite having all these picks stockpiled, can't produce a top 40 player in the NBA on the roster? Because I don't sit there and think that there are all of these other huge move the Danny Ainge could have done. He got Isaiah Thomas in a trade for a bucket of shit whistles. That was a great trade. I don't fault him for that. I think a choir and Isaiah Thomas was a great move. I mean look around the NBA year after year. You can count on one hand the amount of elite talent trades happen in the course of five or six years. Other than James Harden? Can you think of any elite players that have been traded in the past five years? It's just not that easy to do. Teams protect the assets that they have. Danny Ainge blew up the big three Celtics and in the course of one season have them back in the playoffs. In the course of three seasons as I'm competing for the number two seed in the east. No. They're not legit contenders. But they've got a shit ton of assets to continue to work with. And I think he will keep working with them. |
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Post by Just Another Shem on Jan 27, 2017 9:40:03 GMT -5
Hell let's go back a decade. I'm trying to think of elite talent trades in the NBA. There's James Harden to the Rockets. Carmelo Anthony to the next. Powder salt of the Lakers. Chris Paul to the clippers. Kevin Garnet to Boston. I'm sure I'm forgetting one or two. But you get the idea.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2017 9:43:34 GMT -5
Hell let's go back a decade. I'm trying to think of elite talent trades in the NBA. There's James Harden to the Rockets. Carmelo Anthony to the next. Powder salt of the Lakers. Chris Paul to the clippers. Kevin Garnet to Boston. I'm sure I'm forgetting one or two. But you get the idea. Yeah, Powder Salt to the Lakers was a bitchin trade. But they didn't get really good until they picked up Cayenne Pepper from the Pacers. |
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Post by Just Another Shem on Jan 27, 2017 9:44:17 GMT -5
Hell let's go back a decade. I'm trying to think of elite talent trades in the NBA. There's James Harden to the Rockets. Carmelo Anthony to the next. Powder salt of the Lakers. Chris Paul to the clippers. Kevin Garnet to Boston. I'm sure I'm forgetting one or two. But you get the idea. Yeah, Powder Salt to the Lakers was a bitchin trade. But they didn't get really good until they picked up Cayenne Pepper from the Pacers. [brlol Pau Gasol |
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Post by OXlodge on Jan 27, 2017 9:44:19 GMT -5
Kawhi Leonard for George Hill.
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Post by Just Another Shem on Jan 27, 2017 9:46:12 GMT -5
Kawhi Leonard for George Hill. Andrew Wiggins for Kevin love. Cleveland's going to regret that one. I don't care that they want to ring. They're gonna regret that. |
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Post by Just Another Shem on Jan 27, 2017 9:49:40 GMT -5
That Wiggins for love deal is what I am fixated on for the Celtics. If they finally catch a break with the lottery balls and they get that number one pick in this coming draft? Make a godfather offer for Anthony Davis.
Both Brooklyn picks, Crowder, Rozier and Bradley...
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Post by MoonDriven on Jan 27, 2017 9:49:51 GMT -5
Hell let's go back a decade. I'm trying to think of elite talent trades in the NBA. There's James Harden to the Rockets. Carmelo Anthony to the next. Powder salt of the Lakers. Chris Paul to the clippers. Kevin Garnet to Boston. I'm sure I'm forgetting one or two. But you get the idea. Powder salt is my new favorite |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2017 9:53:25 GMT -5
Hell let's go back a decade. I'm trying to think of elite talent trades in the NBA. There's James Harden to the Rockets. Carmelo Anthony to the next. Powder salt of the Lakers. Chris Paul to the clippers. Kevin Garnet to Boston. I'm sure I'm forgetting one or two. But you get the idea. Powder salt is my new favorite i immediately thought of this:  |
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Post by Smuck on Jan 27, 2017 9:56:56 GMT -5
This is where I kinda get lost. You don't bash danny ainge.....but yet you would take 30-40 players over him in a second. You list multiple players on teams that are worse than the Celtics. Which if you want to go that way, fine. But then don't you gotta say this is all Stevens and Ainge, despite having all these picks stockpiled, can't produce a top 40 player in the NBA on the roster? Because I don't sit there and think that there are all of these other huge move the Danny Ainge could have done. He got Isaiah Thomas in a trade for a bucket of shit whistles. That was a great trade. I don't fault him for that. I think a choir and Isaiah Thomas was a great move. I mean look around the NBA year after year. You can count on one hand the amount of elite talent trades happen in the course of five or six years. Other than James Harden? Can you think of any elite players that have been traded in the past five years? It's just not that easy to do. Teams protect the assets that they have. Danny Ainge blew up the big three Celtics and in the course of one season have them back in the playoffs. In the course of three seasons as I'm competing for the number two seed in the east. No. They're not legit contenders. But they've got a shit ton of assets to continue to work with. And I think he will keep working with them. Agreed. Good post. I have IT ranked a bit higher than #40, but he is wildly overrated in this town. His defense is a real liability. He tries though. |
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Post by jets12 on Jan 27, 2017 10:01:32 GMT -5
The pressure on Ainge is going to build this offseason if he does not do something before.
Obviously none of us know what he has been offered or what he has offered to this point.
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Post by Smuck on Jan 27, 2017 10:02:09 GMT -5
That Wiggins for love deal is what I am fixated on for the Celtics. If they finally catch a break with the lottery balls and they get that number one pick in this coming draft? Make a godfather offer for Anthony Davis. Both Brooklyn picks, Crowder, Rozier and Bradley... I'd be hard for a month. Yes, do that deal. |
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Post by Just Another Shem on Jan 27, 2017 10:08:57 GMT -5
Because I don't sit there and think that there are all of these other huge move the Danny Ainge could have done. He got Isaiah Thomas in a trade for a bucket of shit whistles. That was a great trade. I don't fault him for that. I think a choir and Isaiah Thomas was a great move. I mean look around the NBA year after year. You can count on one hand the amount of elite talent trades happen in the course of five or six years. Other than James Harden? Can you think of any elite players that have been traded in the past five years? It's just not that easy to do. Teams protect the assets that they have. Danny Ainge blew up the big three Celtics and in the course of one season have them back in the playoffs. In the course of three seasons as I'm competing for the number two seed in the east. No. They're not legit contenders. But they've got a shit ton of assets to continue to work with. And I think he will keep working with them. Agreed. Good post. I have IT ranked a bit higher than #40, but he is wildly overrated in this town. His defense is a real liability. He tries though. I think he and Horford are fringe top 30-40 guys. Thomas gets everything he can out of his size, but that doesn't change the fact that his size is still a huge liability. It's like the drummer for Def Leopard. Sure, he's great for a one armed drummer. He is probably the best one armed drummer in the world. I'd still prefer a two armed drummer |
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Post by Smuck on Jan 27, 2017 10:13:28 GMT -5
The pressure on Ainge is going to build this offseason if he does not do something before. Obviously none of us know what he has been offered or what he has offered to this point. Agreed. We don't know, but the owners do. Nobody wants to be in NBA limbo, and we have heard all about that mediocrity friend zone that teams can get themselves in. That said, I'm sure that he has done a fairly good job at communicating with the owners that this is not where the Celtics are. Those limbo teams remain in limbo because being the 4 seed gets you a pick in the 20s and that shit gets you nowhere. Danny has a succession of top 5 picks that should get them somewhere. Of course, no guarantees and all. But if he can't pull off the huge deal for a stud like Davis, or a Butler plus something comparable to Butler, then he is "stuck" adding 2 more very high picks to a 4-seed quality team. That's not NBA limbo. That's hope. |
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Post by Chappion on Jan 27, 2017 10:17:12 GMT -5
Also the fact that in the midst of averaging a triple double a game. Russell Westbrook is averaging 31 points a game. ok, so have 30 pt scorers ever been on an all star bench before? one more time and im using crayon. I'm old school, but guys like Bernard King, Alex English, Kiki Vandeweghe & Dominique Wilkins used to score a ton of points and rarely started. I'm sure there are more recent examples. I haven't watched the NBA since Garnett & Pierce left the Celtics, though. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2017 10:50:17 GMT -5
without googling, name the top 5 highest spending NBA teams this year in terms of salary/payroll.
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Post by OXlodge on Jan 27, 2017 10:56:22 GMT -5
without googling, name the top 5 highest spending NBA teams this year in terms of salary/payroll. Cleveland Golden State New York Knicks Boston Celtics Chicago Bulls |
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Post by Chappion on Jan 27, 2017 10:58:08 GMT -5
without googling, name the top 5 highest spending NBA teams this year in terms of salary/payroll. Trick question! It's the Blue Jackets, isn't it? |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2017 11:00:01 GMT -5
without googling, name the top 5 highest spending NBA teams this year in terms of salary/payroll. Cleveland Golden State New York Knicks Boston Celtics Chicago Bulls you got 1. same one as me when i guessed. 1. Cleveland $129,487,297 2. Portland $120,139,444 3. Detroit $115,060,819 4. LA Clippers $114,756,766 5. San Antonio $111,353,969 |
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Post by Just Another Shem on Jan 27, 2017 11:24:14 GMT -5
without googling, name the top 5 highest spending NBA teams this year in terms of salary/payroll. Cleveland, Clippers, Warriors, Knicks, Mavericks |
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Post by Just Another Shem on Jan 27, 2017 11:26:19 GMT -5
Detroit?  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2017 11:30:36 GMT -5
Detroit? lol yup caught me by surprise too |
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