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Re: 2017-18 NBA Season
« Reply #90 on: October 23, 2017, 09:25:14 PM »

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Simmons with a triple-double, Embiid with 30. And Fultz increases his tiny sample of suckiness to 4.
Simmons looks very good (although he needs to improve shooting to be a franchise star). Embiid is a franchise star if he says healthy. I am losing confidence in fultz every game. I'll keep beleiving he has a chance to be very good, but I like the trade more every day.

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« Reply #91 on: October 23, 2017, 09:26:10 PM »

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Simmons with a triple-double, Embiid with 30. And Fultz increases his tiny sample of suckiness to 4. Sixers about to take down a godawful looking Pistons team.

AB ....going for 35 points ?  Save em AB !  ;D

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« Reply #92 on: October 23, 2017, 09:41:24 PM »

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Re: 2017-18 NBA Season
« Reply #93 on: October 23, 2017, 09:43:39 PM »

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Simmons with a triple-double, Embiid with 30. And Fultz increases his tiny sample of suckiness to 4.
Simmons looks very good (although he needs to improve shooting to be a franchise star). Embiid is a franchise star if he says healthy. I am losing confidence in fultz every game. I'll keep beleiving he has a chance to be very good, but I like the trade more every day.


The ROY race is between Simmons and Ball. Nobody else will even come close to challenging those two. They will have all the playing time, opportunity, and media attention to put up the crazy stats, and they are also actually both [dang] good.

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« Reply #94 on: October 23, 2017, 09:54:29 PM »

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Simmons with a triple-double, Embiid with 30. And Fultz increases his tiny sample of suckiness to 4.
Simmons looks very good (although he needs to improve shooting to be a franchise star). Embiid is a franchise star if he says healthy. I am losing confidence in fultz every game. I'll keep beleiving he has a chance to be very good, but I like the trade more every day.

The ROY race is between Simmons and Ball. Nobody else will even come close to challenging those two. They will have all the playing time, opportunity, and media attention to put up the crazy stats, and they are also actually both [dang] good.

What about Tatum? Don't get how a guy putting up huge stats and starting in Boston is behind two potential lottery teams.

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« Reply #95 on: October 23, 2017, 09:58:10 PM »

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Simmons with a triple-double, Embiid with 30. And Fultz increases his tiny sample of suckiness to 4.
Simmons looks very good (although he needs to improve shooting to be a franchise star). Embiid is a franchise star if he says healthy. I am losing confidence in fultz every game. I'll keep beleiving he has a chance to be very good, but I like the trade more every day.

The ROY race is between Simmons and Ball. Nobody else will even come close to challenging those two. They will have all the playing time, opportunity, and media attention to put up the crazy stats, and they are also actually both [dang] good.

What about Tatum? Don't get how a guy putting up huge stats and starting in Boston is behind two potential lottery teams.

I love Tatum, and he will get playing time, but the Celtics play a very team oriented game, and he will not see the shot attempts or get the ball enough to compete with two guys who will be putting up triple-doubles throughout the season. The Celtics would need to challenge for the #1 seed in the East with Tatum playing a major role just for him to even be in consideration imo.

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« Reply #96 on: October 23, 2017, 10:24:36 PM »

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Whether its Bledsoe or Earl Watson being gone, or both, the Suns look like a whole new team, like they have been let out of prison or something. They are balling right now agains the Kings.

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« Reply #97 on: October 23, 2017, 10:53:08 PM »

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Re: 2017-18 NBA Season
« Reply #98 on: October 23, 2017, 10:54:51 PM »

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Whether its Bledsoe or Earl Watson being gone, or both, the Suns look like a whole new team, like they have been let out of prison or something. They are balling right now agains the Kings.

PHX players are all hoping to be included in any Bledsoe trade. PHX vying with the NYK for #1 ClusterF front office.

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« Reply #99 on: October 23, 2017, 11:44:17 PM »

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This Suns/Kings game is almost unwatchable.
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« Reply #100 on: October 24, 2017, 02:20:37 AM »

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Whether its Bledsoe or Earl Watson being gone, or both, the Suns look like a whole new team, like they have been let out of prison or something. They are balling right now agains the Kings.

PHX players are all hoping to be included in any Bledsoe trade. PHX vying with the NYK for #1 ClusterF front office.

The Bulls and Kings have something to say about that.

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« Reply #101 on: October 24, 2017, 02:22:39 AM »

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Re: 2017-18 NBA Season
« Reply #102 on: October 24, 2017, 03:06:59 AM »

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Whether its Bledsoe or Earl Watson being gone, or both, the Suns look like a whole new team like they have been let out of prison or something. They are balling right now against the Kings.
We (Euros) call it shock-therapy. It lasts for several games after the coach is suddenly fired. A tactic that is often used in team sports. I think it is so because its easier to fire one guy than to trade/sell contracts of some 15-20 guys.

One more aspect of this practice is that team pres./GM sends a signal that the coach was incompetent/"the rotten apple", not him and the weak talent that he picked/bought to produce results.
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Re: 2017-18 NBA Season
« Reply #103 on: October 24, 2017, 04:21:00 AM »

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Whether its Bledsoe or Earl Watson being gone, or both, the Suns look like a whole new team like they have been let out of prison or something. They are balling right now against the Kings.
We (Euros) call it shock-therapy. It lasts for several games after the coach is suddenly fired. A tactic that is often used in team sports. I think it is so because its easier to fire one guy than to trade/sell contracts of some 15-20 guys.

One more aspect of this practice is that team pres./GM sends a signal that the coach was incompetent/"the rotten apple", not him and the weak talent that he picked/bought to produce results.

It's p standard in the Euroleague. eg last year Pedoulakis resigned in mid-October from Panathinaikos' HC. I think it brings good short term results, but the long term benefits are debatable (unless the coach happens to be as bad as Pedoulakis, in which case you don't have to think about it twice).

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« Reply #104 on: October 24, 2017, 05:14:02 AM »

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Whether its Bledsoe or Earl Watson being gone, or both, the Suns look like a whole new team like they have been let out of prison or something. They are balling right now against the Kings.
We (Euros) call it shock-therapy. It lasts for several games after the coach is suddenly fired. A tactic that is often used in team sports. I think it is so because its easier to fire one guy than to trade/sell contracts of some 15-20 guys.

One more aspect of this practice is that team pres./GM sends a signal that the coach was incompetent/"the rotten apple", not him and the weak talent that he picked/bought to produce results.
See it regularly here in Australia with the AFL, where players panic a bit when a coach gets fired and perform above their normal level in order to ensure their spot
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