2015-16 NBA Thread

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May 17, 2016 10:31pm
wildcats20;1796129 wrote:Celtics have 8 picks.
Maine Red Claws will win the title next year!
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May 18, 2016 12:44am
SportsAndLady;1796113 wrote:Butthurt
Pure attn seeking at this point, sad & pathetic.
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May 18, 2016 8:53am
The Sixers make a colossal mistake taking Ingram or Simmons. They need GUARDS. I would trade down to 3-5 and get Murray, Dunn or Hield. Grab an extra piece or trade exception or something for a team wanting Ingram or Simmons badly.
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May 18, 2016 9:20am
Azubuike24;1796169 wrote:The Sixers make a colossal mistake taking Ingram or Simmons. They need GUARDS. I would trade down to 3-5 and get Murray, Dunn or Hield. Grab an extra piece or trade exception or something for a team wanting Ingram or Simmons badly.
Phoenix might want in on that action.
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May 18, 2016 9:32am
Yeah, Phoenix has all guards. They would be a nice trade fit. Would love to see Bledsoe in Philly.
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May 18, 2016 11:16am
Azubuike24;1796171 wrote:Yeah, Phoenix has all guards. They would be a nice trade fit. Would love to see Bledsoe in Philly.
The 50 games he'll play, wow!
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May 18, 2016 11:25am
Azubuike24;1796171 wrote:Yeah, Phoenix has all guards. They would be a nice trade fit. Would love to see Bledsoe in Philly.
Phoenix sucks. The only team worse than the Suns is the 76ers. They can swap picks all the want but it won't really make a difference in the NBA.
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May 18, 2016 3:10pm
The sixers need everything except another center.
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May 18, 2016 3:52pm
Commander of Awesome;1796187 wrote:The 50 games he'll play, wow!
Yep. The Embiid pick looked great. Same with the Evan Turner selection. And Michael Carter-Williams. And Elfrid Payton, who never played for them. Mo Harkless.

I'd take 50 games of Bledsoe over any of those guys...or the value the Sixers got.
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May 18, 2016 10:21pm
I have no idea how Draymond gets away with the things he does. So far tonight he's gotten away with taunting adams and basically bumping him with his chest (when it was 6-0!!!) And then knees a dude in the nuts and gets away with that too.

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May 18, 2016 10:40pm
Midstate01;1796281 wrote:I have no idea how Draymond gets away with the things he does. So far tonight he's gotten away with taunting adams and basically bumping him with his chest (when it was 6-0!!!) And then knees a dude in the nuts and gets away with that too.

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An offensively skilled Rodman
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May 18, 2016 11:03pm
Super game, Westbrook
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May 18, 2016 11:25pm
Ironman92;1796283 wrote:An offensively skilled Rodman
Except Rodman was hated by officials. Green gets calls from officials and they let him go crazy on them without doing anything. His antics tonight are crazy.

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May 18, 2016 11:26pm
Also Rodman was actually a very skilled offensive player until he went to Chicago and wasn't needed to be. He was great in Detroit.

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May 19, 2016 6:34am
Midstate01;1796288 wrote:Except Rodman was hated by officials. Green gets calls from officials and they let him go crazy on them without doing anything. His antics tonight are crazy.

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Rodman was sneaky and got away with a ton
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May 19, 2016 6:38am
Midstate01;1796289 wrote:Also Rodman was actually a very skilled offensive player until he went to Chicago and wasn't needed to be. He was great in Detroit.

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Yeah his 1.3 assists per game and never scoring 1,000 in a season with his 58% ft skill.
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May 19, 2016 9:39am
Ironman92;1796296 wrote:Yeah his 1.3 assists per game and never scoring 1,000 in a season with his 58% ft skill.
He didn't score as much as I thought he did in Detroit after going back and looking. But I'd take nearly 10 pts 18 boards all day.

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May 19, 2016 9:50am
He had five 30 rebound games. Only 14 have ever been recorded in history. People went nuts over a few of Andre Drummond's performances this year.

In comparison, this is even more rare than a 60-point game, which has only been done 21 times in the modern NBA. Jordan has 4 of those and Kobe has 6.

There will never be another Dennis Rodman, and that's saying something.
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May 19, 2016 12:03pm
I expect OKC to take this series to a game 7. I think they go back to Oakland at 2-2 with a return win at OKC to make it 3-3. Game 7 anything can happen.With that said, I want the Warriors in the Finals. I'd love to play them at full strength, in playoff mode, with LBJ/KI/KL in the NBA Finals. Time for the Warriors luck streak to end.
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May 19, 2016 12:34pm
sleeper;1796029 wrote:OKC might be the better team. I wouldn't be surprised at all if they win this in 5 games.
sleeper;1796034 wrote:Lebron is the best player to play the game. Curry is a one-dimensional point guard who plays no defense and has two good seasons on record at the age of 28. It's no surprise if Lebron had a 3 point 4th quarter the media would eat it up but with Curry no one cares. I expect Curry to fade back into irrelevance once he gets absolutely CLOWNSTOMPED in the NBA finals. His "luck" will run out soon enough and he will be back to being a nobody in the NBA much like his predecessor Steve Nash.
sleeper;1796327 wrote:I expect OKC to take this series to a game 7. I think they go back to Oakland at 2-2 with a return win at OKC to make it 3-3. Game 7 anything can happen.With that said, I want the Warriors in the Finals. I'd love to play them at full strength, in playoff mode, with LBJ/KI/KL in the NBA Finals. Time for the Warriors luck streak to end.
#sleeperhottaeks
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May 19, 2016 12:38pm
Commander of Awesome;1796330 wrote:#sleeperhottaeks
They do, uh, liven things up.
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May 19, 2016 12:44pm
Commander of Awesome;1796330 wrote:#sleeperhottaeks
Data is often refreshed from time to time. I prefer to use the newest available data to make new predictions. At the time, I expected OKC to sweep or win in 5. With the new data fresh off the press, I now see the games going to 7 with no winner predicted.
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May 19, 2016 1:23pm
IF GS gets away with the things they got away with last night, no way this goes past 6 games.
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May 19, 2016 1:49pm
sleeper;1796334 wrote:Data is often refreshed from time to time. I prefer to use the newest available data to make new predictions. At the time, I expected OKC to sweep or win in 5. With the new data fresh off the press, I now see the games going to 7 with no winner predicted.
Literally the definition of a hot take lol
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May 19, 2016 2:01pm
SportsAndLady;1796339 wrote:Literally the definition of a hot take lol
So we should never make predictions? All predictions are now "hot takes"?

And you can never change the commentary based on new information?