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Labinot41 said:
Fuck the Thunder. I like it whey they lose. Remember when we played against Washington last Year. We also got robbed by the Refs.
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It has nothing to do with who is playing. It’s another example of critical plays not being handled correctly.
 
HCP said:
EVen if he doesn’t he’s better than 75% of the league.
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No he’s not. If he was that good he and Embiid would have a much better record. If you play guard you better be able to shoot.
 
rotary111 said:
He will! Way to early @BonesJones . The kid is special and wants to be great....not just rich.
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Wasn't Simmons healthy this time last year?
I mean if he wanted to become a great player. Don't you think he'd work on his weakness to at least be able to shoot outside of 5 ft this off season?
I mean... He may or may not develop a jumper. But I can't say Simmons looks like he wants to be 'great'.
 
honkicracker said:
Wasn't Simmons healthy this time last year?
I mean if he wanted to become a great player. Don't you think he'd work on his weakness to at least be able to shoot outside of 5 ft this off season?
I mean... He may or may not develop a jumper. But I can't say Simmons looks like he wants to be 'great'.
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This is his rookie year after being injured all of last season. But i'm sure he put up shots at some point during his rehab. Listening to any of his interviews he sounds driven, actually reminds me of Dame in interviews. He has a very high bbiq, extremely good court vision and passing ability, drives to the hoop really well and finishes at the rim. If Embid gets truly healthy and Simmons develops any kind of shot they will be dangerous. I would give up just about anybody on our team for Ben right now.
 
BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94 said:
Dame don't hunt rebounds lol also would help if we actually had some shooters to get him over 10 assists more than a handful times a season
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So Dame not getting 1 triple double in his career is better than guys who have because he doesn’t “hunt” rebounds?

If that’s not a bias comment I don’t know what it is
 
riverman said:
Hey DUB...I was just thinking back to my days watching the All Blacks and France in the finals of at the time I think it was still 6 nations world championship or something and I knew there was another league in Australia....which one is Rugby Union and which is Rugby League? I'm thinking Union is the old traditional game?
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All Blacks play Rugby Union.

Rugby Union (or just Rugby) is the original traditional game. Rugby League (or just League) is a derivation of Rugby Union, as is American Football.

Rugby is played professionally all around the world. League is basically only played professionally in two states of Australia (New South Wales, and Queensland), and the north of England (although Toronto now has a team).
 
rotary111 said:
This is his rookie year after being injured all of last season. But i'm sure he put up shots at some point during his rehab. Listening to any of his interviews he sounds driven, actually reminds me of Dame in interviews. He has a very high bbiq, extremely good court vision and passing ability, drives to the hoop really well and finishes at the rim. If Embid gets truly healthy and Simmons develops any kind of shot they will be dangerous. I would give up just about anybody on our team for Ben right now.
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Yes Simmons was 'injured' all of last year and philly didn't hold him out of games purposely to tank for a draft pick.
I guess you didn't get my sarcasm.
I wonder how Lillard, Wall, LBJ, KD, Westbrick, etc. Would take a team intentionally holding them out of games for a draft pick.
You're fooling yourself if you think Simmons took a full year to heal from jones fracture.

You know who also says all the right things when a mic is in front of his face? Evan Turner.
 
DUB said:
All Blacks play Rugby Union.

Rugby Union (or just Rugby) is the original traditional game. Rugby League (or just League) is a derivation of Rugby Union, as is American Football.

Rugby is played professionally all around the world. League is basically only played professionally in two states of Australia (New South Wales, and Queensland), and the north of England (although Toronto now has a team).
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Jonah Lomu was my favorite player back in the 90s
 
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GrandJury said:
So Dame not getting 1 triple double in his career is better than guys who have because he doesn’t “hunt” rebounds?

If that’s not a bias comment I don’t know what it is
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Triple doubles are pretty watered down now, there so much video evidence of players purposely going after them and their teammates helping them get it. They're a cool stat but I rather my teams players get triple doubles like LeBron gets them, in the flow of a game. More natural.
 
GrandJury said:
So Dame not getting 1 triple double in his career is better than guys who have because he doesn’t “hunt” rebounds?

If that’s not a bias comment I don’t know what it is
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It's common knowledge that Westbrook hunts rebounds. That's not bias. Triple Doubles are for casual fans. A collection of stats that is hardly reflective of a players play. 10 points? Unimpressive. 10 rebounds from a guard? Only done by hunting rebounds and stealing rebounds from bigs. 10 rebounds from a big? Expected. The only impressive thing is the assists but that can be shored up by easy hit ahead passes and players getting hot which will add assists for a player but that player isnt making a difference compared to an average player of that kind.

Triple Doubles are also based on our numerical system. There's no bigger difference between the 8th and 9th rebounds as there is for the 9th and 10th rebounds. But Triple Doubles make it as such.

Triple Doubles are the cringiest stat in all of sports.
 
BonesJones said:
It's common knowledge that Westbrook hunts rebounds. That's not bias. Triple Doubles are for casual fans. A collection of stats that is hardly reflective of a players play. 10 points? Unimpressive. 10 rebounds from a guard? Only done by hunting rebounds and stealing rebounds from bigs. 10 rebounds from a big? Expected. The only impressive thing is the assists but that can be shored up by easy hit ahead passes and players getting hot which will add assists for a player but that player isnt making a difference compared to an average player of that kind.

Triple Doubles are also based on our numerical system. There's no bigger difference between the 8th and 9th rebounds as there is for the 9th and 10th rebounds. But Triple Doubles make it as such.

Triple Doubles are the cringiest stat in all of sports.
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One thing I'll say was when Batum was a Blazer he had so many triple 9 games and never really cared about the extra digit...I always liked that about him
 
riverman said:
Jonah Lomu was my favorite player back in the 90s
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He was a beast. For someone with his size, and strength to have such speed, and play on the wing, was amazing. Unfortunately his life and career were shortened by illness. RIP.

 
DUB said:
All Blacks play Rugby Union.

Rugby Union (or just Rugby) is the original traditional game. Rugby League (or just League) is a derivation of Rugby Union, as is American Football.

Rugby is played professionally all around the world. League is basically only played professionally in two states of Australia (New South Wales, and Queensland), and the north of England (although Toronto now has a team).
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Oh god I'm having flashbacks to my wife's uncle cornering me and drunkenly telling me the rules differences between League and Union, when I knew jack shit about either sport.
 
donovan mitchell is something special. 29 points on 58 percent shooting, Clutch shots against Cleveland and the win.
 
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HCP said:
Anybody catch the end of the Bucks/OKC game? WOW!
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Looks like that was such a screw up, this play will cause them to change the replays rules. Would have changed our loss to the Wiz last season for sure.
 
HCP said:
Looks like that was such a screw up, this play will cause them to change the replays rules. Would have changed our loss to the Wiz last season for sure.
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I still to this day don't understand why they cannot retroactively take a shot away if a player is clearly out of bounds on replay. ESPECIALLY IN THE LAST TWO MINUTES!
 
This Lakers vs Rockets game is bananas!!!!
 
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