Around the NBA - November 2017

[tlongII]

All I want to know is how do you pronounce Ntilikina?

I ain't getting much help here!

 

[Strenuus]

When Dallas introduces Wesley Matthews... they call him the Iron man......

 

[riverman]

I ain't getting much help here!

widipedia says it's ni li kina

 

[tlongII]

widipedia says it's ni li kina

Not helping!

 

[SIeepwalker]

I ain't getting much help here!

I just posted a video where the man himself says it ?

 

[rotary111]

I heard the T is silent. I know that still doesn't help.

 

[THE HCP]

There is a video clip somebody put together where he himself pronounces it 3 different ways in 3 different interviews on draft day.

 

[Sarni]

Celtics have 13 in a row, remarkable. Tomorrow's game against Warriors is going to be special.

 

[Sarni]

Five players had over 10 points for Celtics, they did not use anyone from starting lineup for more than 31 minutes, they way they interchange positions is simply amazing. Brown plays at 2 and 3, Tatum plays at 3 and 4, Morris plays at 3 and 4, only Irving and Horford have fixed positions (and in Horford's case he can slide to 4 when Baynes is on too). I seem to remember Brad Stevens said he only sees three positions on the floor and that seems to be exactly the way this team has been built.

They are on back to back so Warriors will probably beat them but when Hayward is back next season, they are going to be lethal (Brown and Tatum will be even better). They don't really have any way to get Marvin Bagley from the draft unless Lakers are somehow drawn at 1 but he is the last missing piece there. What a team otherwise.

 

[jlprk]

What did he stand up for? What did Lebron do that required standing up?

If it weren't Lebron, ya'll would be saying how much of an idiot Ntilikina is.

Kanter ran up AFTER the situation was under control. He had NO REASON to "stand up for his teammate".

Yeah, but when your name is Ntilikina, you have NO REASON to ever come to an English-speaking country.

 

[jlprk]

That’s exactly what happened, any other take is either biased or nuts, pick one.

I am a politically correct man of the 2000s, so I'll see you a Queen and take the nuts. Gin!

 

[jlprk]

Save your bullshit for someone that doesn't see through it.

Straighten up your word choice. That should be

Save your bullshit for someone WHO doesn't see through it.

 

[jlprk]

His mama named him Frank so imma call him Frank.

Fuck that last name lol it took me long enough to pronounce Antetokounmpo.

I don't believe you. That would make you the PhD of this board.

 

[BonesJones]

@dviss1 I'm making a video for tomorrow talking about how much of an asshole Lebron is being in this situation.

 

[jlprk]

All I want to know is how do you pronounce Ntilikina?

I think it's nil-ah-keen-ah

Damn all this time I thought it was tilakina.

That's how I've been hearing it pronounced on nbatv

Tea-lick-in-a

@SwissBlazer @tlongII @Scalma @BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94

Don't know why they say "he offered 2 different pronounciations" tho, must be a english thing I don't get

widipedia says it's ni li kina

I heard the T is silent. I know that still doesn't help.

There is a video clip somebody put together where he himself pronounces it 3 different ways in 3 different interviews on draft day.

He's putting everyone on! I like this Nitty guy! His real name is Anderson.

 

[SIeepwalker]

There is a video clip somebody put together where he himself pronounces it 3 different ways in 3 different interviews on draft day.

Do you even read threads

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Five players had over 10 points for Celtics, they did not use anyone from starting lineup for more than 31 minutes, they way they interchange positions is simply amazing. Brown plays at 2 and 3, Tatum plays at 3 and 4, Morris plays at 3 and 4, only Irving and Horford have fixed positions (and in Horford's case he can slide to 4 when Baynes is on too). I seem to remember Brad Stevens said he only sees three positions on the floor and that seems to be exactly the way this team has been built.

They are on back to back so Warriors will probably beat them but when Hayward is back next season, they are going to be lethal (Brown and Tatum will be even better). They don't really have any way to get Marvin Bagley from the draft unless Lakers are somehow drawn at 1 but he is the last missing piece there. What a team otherwise.

Shame for them the Sixers are going to be lethaller.

 

[Sarni]

Shame for them the Sixers are going to be lethaller.

Nah I doubt it. I think long term only Simmons out of this 76ers team is going to be a proper killer.

I've just realized that they will get Lakers pick if it's between 2 and 5. This is possible. Bagley or Ayton would be immense.

 

[dviss1]

You can ref your Alma Mater ? That's weird.

It was a summer league game.

 

[dviss1]

Yeah, but when your name is Ntilikina, you have NO REASON to ever come to an English-speaking country.

My name is

Damany Iqwé

I was born here. Figure that one out.

 

[dviss1]

@dviss1 I'm making a video for tomorrow talking about how much of an asshole Lebron is being in this situation.

The only thing I think he did that was wrong was AFTER the game when he claimed to be the "King of NY".

 

[BBert]

There is a video clip somebody put together where he himself pronounces it 3 different ways in 3 different interviews on draft day.

It kinda seems like when he pronounces it in his native language, no one can understand what he's saying, so he slows it down and enunciates more clearly for those of us who's ears aren't attuned to hearing it.

 

[THE HCP]

Can somebody explain what this means?
Didn't mean to highlight Big Country. What does a BPM measure?

 

[SlyPokerDog]

My name is

Damany Iqwé

I was born here. Figure that one out.

If you were really born here why won't you release your birth certificate.

And your SS#.

And a Visa number, don't forget the little code on the back of the card.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Can somebody explain what this means?

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BPM is a box score estimate of the points per 100 possessions a player contributed above a league-average player, translated to an average team. Basically it's saying that a league average player in Wiggins' place would make the TWolves about 2 points per game better than they are.

The tweet is basically saying that in the past 45 years, no player who hurts his team's performance like Wiggins does has been given so large a role on his team.

Or simply, Wiggins is SUPER overrated.

 

[Boob-No-More]

BPM is a box score estimate of the points per 100 possessions a player contributed above a league-average player, translated to an average team. Basically it's saying that a league average player in Wiggins' place would make the TWolves about 2 points per game better than they are.

The tweet is basically saying that in the past 45 years, no player who hurts his team's performance like Wiggins does has been given so large a role on his team.

Or simply, Wiggins is SUPER overrated.

But we should trade C.J. for him because Wiggins is taller.

BNM

 

[GrandJury]

Cj on the cover of Slam Magazine!

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Cj on the cover of Slam Magazine!

30 different covers were released, a different one for each NBA city.

 

[KeepOnRollin]

30 different covers were released, a different one for each NBA city.

Are you talking about last month's? This seems to make it look like just 3.

http://www.slamonline.com/the-magaz...-mccollum-cover-slam-213/#dZm0tyRfspFkCxGo.97

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Are you talking about last month's? This seems to make it look like just 3.

http://www.slamonline.com/the-magaz...-mccollum-cover-slam-213/#dZm0tyRfspFkCxGo.97

I made that up, just having some fun with our resident CJ loving/Dame hating fanboy.