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« Reply #760 on: June 20, 2016, 06:57:11 PM »
Basketball stuff.

I think we can agree that LeBron has an edge on Jordan solely due to his superior trolling and meme skills. The Ultimate Warrior shirt coming off the plane in Cleveland was top kek.

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« Reply #761 on: June 20, 2016, 07:12:55 PM »
Basketball stuff.

I think we can agree that LeBron has an edge on Jordan solely due to his superior trolling and meme skills. The Ultimate Warrior shirt coming off the plane in Cleveland was top kek.

Yes, Jordan had the sense of humor of Himmler.  Lebron is le epic meme GOAT/twitter-master/interview troller


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« Reply #763 on: June 21, 2016, 07:48:00 PM »
@junker

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/lebron-led-the-cavs-on-one-of-the-greatest-playoff-runs-in-nba-history/?appsrc=sc

That's some in-depth analysis. But Charles Barkley doesn't believe in analytics so I don't know if any of this matters...

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« Reply #764 on: July 02, 2016, 07:41:39 PM »
Heh Celtics are meeting with Kevin Durant tonight, and they are bringing in Tom Brady to meet with him. Good move
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« Reply #765 on: July 02, 2016, 08:05:36 PM »
Celtics lost Evan Turner tho :(

Thankfully it was to Portland who in rooting for this upcoming season.

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« Reply #766 on: July 02, 2016, 09:13:54 PM »
Novak Djokovic lost in the 3rd round at Wimbledon ending his Grand Slam bid and his streaks of consecutive QFs and SFs. Roger has a nice path to the final now.

With Wawrinka going down, Murray also has a nice path. Looking like 2012 all over again.

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« Reply #767 on: July 03, 2016, 03:29:21 AM »
He shoulda hit the PEDs a little harder before the match.

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« Reply #768 on: July 03, 2016, 05:30:36 PM »
Celtics sign Horford, could that help lure Durant to boston?
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« Reply #769 on: July 03, 2016, 05:32:07 PM »
That would be really exciting. It would be nice to see the Celtics give Lebron fits again.

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« Reply #770 on: July 04, 2016, 01:56:05 AM »
Welp, there goes any chance of the Celtics landing KD. You can't follow meeting TB12 with this shit:

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/patriots-julian-edelman-wants-kevin-durant-to-sign-with-the-celtics/

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« Reply #771 on: July 04, 2016, 04:13:08 PM »
I'm so glad KD signed with the Warriors, a team just on the precipice of being a real contender in the league. I think that this addition guarantees a playoff berth, maybe even winning a couple rounds.


Also I fucking hate KD and the Warriors and the NBA. >:(
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« Reply #772 on: July 04, 2016, 06:38:48 PM »
Well that sucks lol
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« Reply #773 on: July 05, 2016, 03:22:53 AM »
KD is the Joe Paterno of basketball. A scared little bitch afraid to do the right thing.

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« Reply #774 on: July 05, 2016, 03:25:12 AM »
can GS afford to pay all their stars lol how does that work out
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« Reply #775 on: July 05, 2016, 03:36:43 AM »
They will just have to pay a bunch in luxury tax I guess. It definitely seems like a "win now" move, which is dumb for the Warriors since they built through patience.

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« Reply #776 on: July 05, 2016, 03:48:11 AM »
As far as I know they can afford it this year because Curry isn't on a max yet. Given the giant salary cap increase over the next couple years, they can make it work. Plus they aren't paying Barnes and told him to peace the fuck out.

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« Reply #777 on: July 05, 2016, 03:53:11 AM »
Is it just me, or have a lot of big men been getting max contracts this off season?

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« Reply #778 on: July 05, 2016, 04:05:08 AM »
Nearly everyone with a pulse is getting a max contract this off season. Cheaper than a max next year. LeBron, KD, Westbrook, Curry, et al will be getting 5 year for 175-200 million next year. Cheaper to lock lesser players into a max now and avoid paying them for 5 years.

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