OFFICIAL AROUND THE NBA: SEPTEMBER 2023

[THE HCP]

I wish @SlyPokerDog would start mandatory rests for certain people from the game threads. Not sure I’m ready for those to start up again….

 

[BigGameDamian]

 

[KingSpeed]

I wonder how this affects tanking. Also- how do they determine who qualifies as a star?

 

[PtldPlatypus]

I wonder how this affects training. Also- how do they determine who qualifies as a star?

I saw another article that said they define a "star" as anyone who has made an all-star or all-NBA team in the past 3 years.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I saw another article that said they define a "star" as anyone who is more famous than Travis Outlaw.

FTFY

 

[BigGameDamian]

 

[kjironman1]

FTFY

Just call it the Trout rule of thumb.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

Hmm not sure how to post tweets; Kevin Porter Jr arrested for felony charges for punching his girlfriend multiple times and fracturing a bone in her neck.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

Porter Jr contract is non guaranteed the following two years so basically is an expiring.

Was thinking maybe theres a 3 way deal where Houston gets Harden or something and we eat Porter Jr basically expiring deal for picks and young players.

Although trading the greatest Blazer ever for a felony wife beater might be hard for Cronin to sell.

 

[BigGameDamian]

 

[Pinwheel1]

Porter Jr contract is non guaranteed the following two years so basically is an expiring.

Was thinking maybe theres a 3 way deal where Houston gets Harden or something and we eat Porter Jr basically expiring deal for picks and young players.

Although trading the greatest Blazer ever for a felony wife beater might be hard for Cronin to sell.

We wouldn't really be trading Dame for Porter though....it would be for the young player and picks. But I think Houston is content with the young squad they have. I don't think they want Harden anymore. But I would certainly do it if I am the Blazers

 

[Whyachi]

Kevin Porter Jr. will be back next season. The Miles Bridges dv incident is standard NBA procedure. Spend 1 year doing legal punishment, rehabilitation, then a slap on the wrist 20 game suspension by the league in the following year.

17ppg "young talent" is welcome back with open arms. I wonder if the same forgiving treatment would be given to a not very good 2ppg bench scrub?

 

[KingSpeed]

I saw another article that said they define a "star" as anyone who has made an all-star or all-NBA team in the past 3 years.

I meant to say I wonder how this affects TANKING.

 

[Pinwheel1]

Kevin Porter Jr. will be back next season. The Miles Bridges dv incident is standard NBA procedure. Spend 1 year doing legal punishment, rehabilitation, then a slap on the wrist 20 game suspension by the league in the following year.

17ppg "young talent" is welcome back with open arms. I wonder if the same forgiving treatment would be given to a not very good 2ppg bench scrub?

I really doubt it. If I knew you I would bet you a lot of money on it.....assuming the allegations are true.

 

[Freshtown]

Kevin Porter Jr. will be back next season. The Miles Bridges dv incident is standard NBA procedure. Spend 1 year doing legal punishment, rehabilitation, then a slap on the wrist 20 game suspension by the league in the following year.

17ppg "young talent" is welcome back with open arms. I wonder if the same forgiving treatment would be given to a not very good 2ppg bench scrub?

miles bridges is 2x the player kpj is. He’s going overseas for a minimum of 2-3 years before anyone will even touch him again in the nba.

 

[BigGameDamian]

 

[crandc]

Porter Jr contract is non guaranteed the following two years so basically is an expiring.

Was thinking maybe theres a 3 way deal where Houston gets Harden or something and we eat Porter Jr basically expiring deal for picks and young players.

Although trading the greatest Blazer ever for a felony wife beater might be hard for Cronin to sell.

It would be impossible for me to accept.

He allegedly broke a vertebra in Ms. Gondrezik's neck. She could have been killed or paralyzed. It is alleged he kept beating her until she was able to flee into hallway covered in blood.

That is not a person who is "troubled".

 

[Kell]

The league needs to stop being soft on domestic violence. If you assault someone especially someone who is smaller and weaker then you should be banned. These players are viewed as role models whether they are willing to admit it or not.

 

[BigGameDamian]

 

[SlyPokerDog]

 

[bulls_with_booz]

ban kevin permanently from the league and do whatever you can legally to not pay him another cent of his contract. let the players union try and make the case as to why someone who tried to kill a woman should get paid, see how that goes.

 

[Cugel]

Fractured neck vertebrae. That is just dis-fucking-gusting and attempted murder. Call it what you want, his defense attorneys certainly will, but IMHO he had one thing on his mind at that moment. If the player's union wants to bitch and moan about it then they have their own issues to deal with.

 

[BIG Q]

This idiot needs an as whooping! Not just any ass whooping, but one that ends within an inch of his life so that he remembers it and learns from it. He has serious mental problems and a shrink is not fixing it. He needs to badly be humbled.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Should someone tell the tweet writer that an acre is a measure of area, not length?

 

[blazerkor]

This idiot needs an as whooping! Not just any ass whooping, but one that ends within an inch of his life so that he remembers it and learns from it. He has serious mental problems and a shrink is not fixing it. He needs to badly be humbled.

That's a scary take. I just think he needs to be kept out of society for a period of time. I disagree that he wouldn't benefit from counseling. Obviously he's a bad guy, I don't think he should ever be allowed to play in the league again but answering violence with violence is a little disturbing.

 

[Pinwheel1]

He has serious mental problems and a shrink is not fixing it. .

I agree. At the very least an extreme case of Bipolar. I was listening to an interview yesterday and the beat writer said how nice and pleasant he could be and then just lose his shit. Something is wrong there

 

[crandc]

She was a WNBA player so presumably tall and fit. How much rage did he have to have to beat her that badly?

 

[PtldPlatypus]

She was a WNBA player so presumably tall and fit. How much rage did he have to have to beat her that badly?

He's 6'4", and she's listed at 5'9", and appears pretty slender. Probably not all that different from an average 5'10" dude vs an average 5'4" woman.

 

[handiman]

Should someone tell the tweet writer that an acre is a measure of area, not length?

Beat me to it. I was trying to wrap my head around how that screen would be measured, in terms of vertical wrap-around acreage.

 

[riverman]

saw this headline today.
Report: Derrick Favors Worked Out for Trail Blazers (msn.com)