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Jun 21, 2016 12:01:55 GMT -6
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Post by bentin on Jun 21, 2016 12:01:55 GMT -6
bentin Mavs currently just have all past there prime players, they need a complete rebuild and stop chasing a title. Dirk's stepback fader is unblockable man, its like you know its going in and you got shatted on. Absolutely. Powell and Anderson are promising, but probably not worth enough on the trade market yet. And all the old guys outside of Dirk are useless. Matthews should have a good year and Williams would be fine off the bench, but isn't a starting PG. I'm hoping Parsons finds a contract elsewhere, but doubt anyone will take him. |
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Jun 23, 2016 11:19:20 GMT -6
Post by northcoast on Jun 23, 2016 11:19:20 GMT -6
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Jul 4, 2016 10:18:01 GMT -6
Post by jray on Jul 4, 2016 10:18:01 GMT -6
Wow - Durant decides to sign with the Warriors. If they can play as a team, they'll be unstoppable
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Jul 4, 2016 10:29:50 GMT -6
Post by devastitis on Jul 4, 2016 10:29:50 GMT -6
Wow - Durant decides to sign with the Warriors. If they can play as a team, they'll be unstoppable I'm very disappointed by this. OKC very nearly beat GSW last year (ironically they lost because of Durant's choke job), and I thought the Oladipo trade would push them over the edge to be championship level. Curry is a FA next year, so GSW is going to be paying heavy luxury tax to re-sign both Curry and Durant, when Durant opts out after this season. |
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Post by jray on Jul 4, 2016 11:22:50 GMT -6
The money they throw around in the NBA is unbelievable
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Post by bigblack on Jul 4, 2016 11:43:49 GMT -6
NO ONE CAN STOP US NOW!!!  |
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Post by drewcandraw on Jul 4, 2016 12:54:07 GMT -6
Wow - Durant decides to sign with the Warriors. If they can play as a team, they'll be unstoppable I'm very disappointed by this. OKC very nearly beat GSW last year (ironically they lost because of Durant's choke job), and I thought the Oladipo trade would push them over the edge to be championship level. Curry is a FA next year, so GSW is going to be paying heavy luxury tax to re-sign both Curry and Durant, when Durant opts out after this season. Lacob doesn't care about the luxury tax as I will be paying for it as a season ticket holder. As long as I can sell tickets for more next year and get another promotion all good. bentin mavs didn't really do anything I expected. Cuban failing again, back to shark tank |
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Jul 4, 2016 14:20:00 GMT -6
Post by bentin on Jul 4, 2016 14:20:00 GMT -6
I'm very disappointed by this. OKC very nearly beat GSW last year (ironically they lost because of Durant's choke job), and I thought the Oladipo trade would push them over the edge to be championship level. Curry is a FA next year, so GSW is going to be paying heavy luxury tax to re-sign both Curry and Durant, when Durant opts out after this season. Lacob doesn't care about the luxury tax as I will be paying for it as a season ticket holder. As long as I can sell tickets for more next year and get another promotion all good. bentin mavs didn't really do anything I expected. Cuban failing again, back to shark tank For Dirk's sake, I hoping he secretly has something worked out with the Warriors too and the Mavs can get on with tanking. Barnes and Bogut are not gonna help. |
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Post by librarianbuckle on Jul 4, 2016 18:43:30 GMT -6
Wow - Durant decides to sign with the Warriors. If they can play as a team, they'll be unstoppable wtf, I thought you were kidding! I thought for sure he'd stay for another year. This should be another great season. |
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Jul 5, 2016 11:48:36 GMT -6
Post by jeffrx on Jul 5, 2016 11:48:36 GMT -6
The KD move is ridiculous. I mean, good for the Warriors, but to me Durant is really selling out in order to win. He's not earning any respect with this move. Any championship will be meaningless to me as far as Durant with the Warriors and I suspect many NBA fans feel the same.
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Post by bentin on Jul 5, 2016 12:07:04 GMT -6
Don't forget that Curry only has next year under contract, so it's quite possible that it IS KD's team after this year. He was never going to win with that goofball showboat Westbrook anyway.
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Post by matt on Jul 5, 2016 12:08:22 GMT -6
So which move is the right move? Stay with the team that drafted you and *hope* they put enough pieces around you to compete and win, or take the option to pick your teammates that give you the (presumed) best chance to win? If he opted for the Knicks or Lakers and took a huge payday then we would be grilling him for that too.
Or is the biggest beef that he opted for the "can't beat them, join them" philosophy after critiquing LeBron's "decision" 6 years ago?
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Post by exophobe on Jul 5, 2016 13:09:33 GMT -6
The KD move is ridiculous. I mean, good for the Warriors, but to me Durant is really selling out in order to win. He's not earning any respect with this move. Any championship will be meaningless to me as far as Durant with the Warriors and I suspect many NBA fans feel the same. Don't forget that Lebron did the exact same thing like five years ago. People seem to have gotten over it. |
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Jul 5, 2016 13:28:06 GMT -6
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Post by devastitis on Jul 5, 2016 13:28:06 GMT -6
The KD move is ridiculous. I mean, good for the Warriors, but to me Durant is really selling out in order to win. He's not earning any respect with this move. Any championship will be meaningless to me as far as Durant with the Warriors and I suspect many NBA fans feel the same. Don't forget that Lebron did the exact same thing like five years ago. People seem to have gotten over it. its different when joining a middling team (Heat) that Lebron dominated every year, then to join a team that just won 73 games and beat Durant's team just barely. That's a pure sell out move to win a title in the absolute easiest way possible. He choked away the WCF to join the team that he choked against, instead of taking one last crack at it with Westbrook to prove he is one of the best players in the league. Now he's playing third fiddle in GSW. |
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Jul 5, 2016 13:30:03 GMT -6
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Post by devastitis on Jul 5, 2016 13:30:03 GMT -6
Don't forget that Curry only has next year under contract, so it's quite possible that it IS KD's team after this year. He was never going to win with that goofball showboat Westbrook anyway. the salary cap goes up again so they'll have the money to pay Curry. They'd be stupid to let him go. If they go over the cap, then as drewcandraw states, the fans will gladly pay for the luxury tax in price hikes for tickets. |
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Post by jray on Jul 5, 2016 13:31:27 GMT -6
devastitis - you make a very good point although the heat weren't that bad. I think he just wants to make sure he wins a championship sooner than later. Can't fault him for that. You would think it would be more satisfying to win with a team that's not totally stacked with all-stars but that's not how it seems to go in the NBA.
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Post by matt on Jul 5, 2016 13:34:39 GMT -6
The Heat were built to be the dream team - as you know the NBA collective bargaining agreement was changed because of the LeBron/Bosh/Wade collaboration in Miami 6 years ago. As much as we love the "each team has a superstar", no one wants to be Barkley, Ewing, Malone or Stockton.
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Jul 5, 2016 13:38:02 GMT -6
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Post by jeffrx on Jul 5, 2016 13:38:02 GMT -6
The KD move is ridiculous. I mean, good for the Warriors, but to me Durant is really selling out in order to win. He's not earning any respect with this move. Any championship will be meaningless to me as far as Durant with the Warriors and I suspect many NBA fans feel the same. Don't forget that Lebron did the exact same thing like five years ago. People seem to have gotten over it. They got over it because he went back to Cleveland. Many people still had a problem with him up to that point. For me, any other team would have been OK for Durant to join, but not the Warriors. I'll never be OK with this because it's too easy for him and he failed to accept a true basketball challenge, opting instead to join a team already at championship caliber. It's even worse than Lebron and the Heat IMO because at least the Heat were not already on top the year before Lebron joined. |
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Jul 5, 2016 13:55:22 GMT -6
Post by jray on Jul 5, 2016 13:55:22 GMT -6
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Jul 5, 2016 13:57:43 GMT -6
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Post by bentin on Jul 5, 2016 13:57:43 GMT -6
I continue to be glad that the Damn Spurs haven't done anything useful.
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Jul 5, 2016 14:29:45 GMT -6
Post by matt on Jul 5, 2016 14:29:45 GMT -6
I continue to be glad that the Damn Spurs haven't done anything useful. Pau Gasol? The man on a forever quest to find the missing L in his first name. Actually, he slides right into the Pop system that could keep churning and defying logic (and age). |
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Jul 5, 2016 14:41:24 GMT -6
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Post by bentin on Jul 5, 2016 14:41:24 GMT -6
They make nobodies seem good, but Pau might be too far, even for them. The only upside might be that his presence indicates a possible retirement of the Whiner in Chief (Duncan).
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Post by devastitis on Jul 5, 2016 14:41:25 GMT -6
I continue to be glad that the Damn Spurs haven't done anything useful. Pau Gasol? The man on a forever quest to find the missing L in his first name. Actually, he slides right into the Pop system that could keep churning and defying logic (and age). I don't know how he's going to fit in that system, as he's a lumbering old man with no defense. |
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Jul 5, 2016 16:40:41 GMT -6
Post by librarianbuckle on Jul 5, 2016 16:40:41 GMT -6
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Post by drewcandraw on Jul 5, 2016 18:05:00 GMT -6
Lol I will not gladly pay for lacob made choices. He is passing all his expenses to me a loyal fan who barely can afford my tickets nowadays. Not a fan of his practice but what I can do he making tons so any businessman knows when he winning.
LeBron did not carry Miami when he first hopped on, D-wade carried his ass the first year.
All this talk about this or that is meaningless as he did what's best for him. End of the day he making money and playing ball. He is a great player in my eyes and hope he fits in. I just don't like the David West pickup since he thirty for a ring and snubbed us last year for more money when though this year all he getting is vets pay.
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