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3 minutes ago, Spud2nique said:
Fine...how bout like something you may regularly watch...
Tom and Jerry?
shots fired...
How 'bout something you regularly watch ... Cupcake Wars? #RealShotsFired
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1 minute ago, Spud2nique said:
Lmao...Gramps gonna walk in here and smack @kg01 around like he’s curly from the stooges..ps I might be Larry..
bad self..
I hate the 3 stooges. Not funny at all. There, I said what most people are thinking.
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3 minutes ago, Flight said:
I'm a big Julius Randle fan and he's better than Julius lol He can shoot it a better for sure. Randle is smaller but crazy strong and that helps him bully folks on the court. Bagley is much more finesse with his game.
Funny, I'm not a fan of Randle at all. Like Bagley, to me, he's a guy who'll end up with nice numbers at the end of the day (due to hustle) but won't really impact winning.
1 minute ago, JayBirdHawk said:I ain't fraid o' no Gramps (ghostbusters theme somg)
Don't tell him a said that though.
Haha I better @-mention him before that feature mysteriously goes away.
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6 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:
10 months. So Bamba got held back in Pre-K makes him that much better of an orator? C'mon man.
I dunno, maybe? Stop yellin' at me or I'mma get gray over here. You know he don't like y'all fightin'.
3 minutes ago, capstone21 said:Thing I love about Bagley is his effort .... he goes 100% all the time
He's a skinnier Julius Randle, mayne.
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1 minute ago, Flight said:
I'd say their master manipulators in the fact that they really know how to get the most out of the media side of things. I've seen Bamba doing interviews everywhere, he's very well-spoken so they really maximized the opportunities to put him in front of cameras. It's been working great honestly, people focus on his flaws less and less and fall more in love with the person he is. We aren't really getting that with anyone outside of maybe Trae Young (But obviously Trae's flaws are harder to dismiss).
The fact that he doesn't have an agent makes it more impressive how polished he is.
I do agree though that he seemed to know exactly what buttons to push and handled things almost too well.
It was pretty apparent he's been told to begin answering the question before the interviewer's done asking it. I haven't decided if that's a bad thing yet. I'm drinkin' Bamba-aid so I'll just roll with it.
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11 minutes ago, Flight said:
I think introducing a new area of injury would be counterproductive. I'm sure the hip spasms are hip spasms.
In his defense most players aren't that great of interviewers lol.
I actually agree with both you and @JayBirdHawk on the Porter hip/back thing. However, I'll try to bridge the gap since I think you're both kinda saying the same thing. It's quite likely the hip thing is a byproduct of the back thing.
I mean, take @KB21 for example. The meds are clearly causing him to say obnoxious things ... what's that? Oh he always was kinda obno ... just kidding, KB Toys.
Hope you're feeling better. Speaking of KB Toys, I heard they're actually trying to come back in some form. interesting.
Oh and on the intervewing thing, I think Bamba is a bit older than Bagley which certainly helps his interviewing skills.
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34 minutes ago, Spud2nique said:
@kg01 ur boy if off my radar. He’s more mr glass Tmac than Tmac himself...
It's bad ........ MPorter at 19 then?
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8 minutes ago, Flight said:
Bamba really impresses me with his intellect. I feel like he's really done his research before any of his interviews and that's admirable in a player looking to join any organization.
Definitely wouldn't mind us adding him at #3.
Agreed. The fact that he's apparently representing himself bumps him up in my book.
6 minutes ago, NBASupes said:I am forever out of likes. I give them out as soon as I get them back
Don't blame yourself. I put a lotta 'like'-able stuff out there.
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9 minutes ago, KB21 said:
I always laugh when I see someone criticizing the competition level Doncic has faced while at the same time praising someone for his AAU play or actually thinking college competition is a higher level than the ACB league and the Euroleague.
Who do you see doing that?
Don't presume to know everything going on in my criticism.
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12 minutes ago, Buzzard said:
I think Doncic will be a bigger star than any of those five taken last year. Yes I said it, better than Fultz, Ball, Fox, Smith and Ntilikina.
Doncic is already a bigger 'star' than them, in many respects so that's not a bold statement. However, when I say 'star', I'm referring to winning (at a high level) not marketing.
14 minutes ago, NBASupes said:I understand the why not on Doncic. But he can scorer at will, has handles, can draw fouls, can create for himself and his man. Advanced PG skills, can really pass it, can change tempo, play on and off the ball. A solid team defender. Just play Baze at PG on defense and Kyle Korver Doncic. He needs to improve his shot but it's not terrible. Nothing a shooting coach can't fix.
I would rather Bamba or Bagley, clearly Bagley but I am intrigued with Doncic but we better use that cap space to improve. I want to make a run at Capela.
Sorry but he did all that in a league where Edy Tavares can stay on the court and Jan Vesely is elite. It doesn't mean Doncic will bust but .... well, that aspect shouldn't be ignored.
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2 minutes ago, Buzzard said:
I think most NBA GMs would disagree with you. Last years draft featured no less than 5 point guards in the top ten. Fultz, Ball, Fox, Smith and Ntilikina. Point Guards are not the glamor pick; but when they pan out they are a turning point for your franchise.
I don't think I conveyed my point well.
What I'm saying is, you draft a guy at 3 because you think he can be a star. Not simply because he can run an offense.
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2 minutes ago, bleachkit said:
His ability to run an offense is why you draft Doncic.
That's not why you draft a guy at 3 tho.
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2 minutes ago, NBASupes said:
Doncic as a PG can be a star. So I have no issues taking him #3. My issues resolved around him as a SG or SF. But as a PG, he should be fine.
I rather Bagley or Bamba but have no issues with Doncic and I understand taking Young. I just want us to hit on this draft badly.
I'm confused when you say 'as a PG'. He's not going to be a PG, he's gonna be a big SF.
He'll initiate offense or at least the offense will run through him, however you want to phrase it. But he's not going to be playing "PG" IMHO.
Which is probably why I'm not as high on him. I truly see Hedo/Evan Turner which is a serviceable NBA player, just not a star.
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6 hours ago, AHF said:
Marbury's teams had a grand 2 winning seasons with him. All of them had more without him.
Min with Marbury 51% winning% (avg 37 wins):
96-97 40 wins
97-98 45 wins
98-99 25 wins (.500 record)
Min after Marbury 60% winning% (avg 49 wins):
99-00 50 wins
00-01 47 wins
01-02 50 wins
+12 wins per season without Marbury
NJ with Marbury (avg 24 wins):
Yr1 16 wins (.320 record)
Yr2 31 wins
Yr3 26 wins
NJ after Marbury (avg 49 wins):
Yr1 52 wins
Yr2 49 wins
Yr3 47 wins
+25 wins per year without Marbury
Phoenix with Marbury (avg 36 wins)
Yr 1 36 wins
Yr 2 44 wins
Yr 3 29 wins
Phoenix after Marbury (avg 59 wins):
Yr1 62 wins
Yr2 54 wins
Yr3 61 wins
+23 wins per season without Marbury
The Knicks went:
50 wins
48 wins
30 wins
37 wins
(Avg: 41 wins)
Acquired Marbury then:
39 wins
33 wins
23 wins
33 wins
23 wins
(Avg: 30 wins)
Marbury left then:
32 wins
29 wins
42 wins
36 wins
54 wins
(Avg: 39 wins)
+9/11 wins per year without Marbury
Nimbers, nimbers, nimbers ... Hall. Of. Famer. Boom.
4 hours ago, NBASupes said:I want to admit that I said something absolutely foolish tonight. I said, Tracy McGrady, 6'9, 225 and Michael Porter Jr. 6'11 212 are uncoordinated. Do they have shades of being uncoordinated on the perimeter at their height? Yes. But when you are 6'9 playing SG and you are coordinated enough to be on the perimeter, you are not uncoordinated. If you are 6'11 and you are coordinated enough to be on the perimeter, you aren't uncoordinated. That was a foolish statement by me. Please excuse that. That was a foolish statement. I should have worded it better.
True. Also IIUC the guy that put together that "highlight" video of Porter was trying to make him look bad purposely. Weird.
Just now, h4wkfan said:Switch Frazier for Okogie and you have essentially my dream draft.
You had me at 'Okogie'.
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16 minutes ago, TheNorthCydeRises said:
Had he, Iverson, and Melo won that Olympic gold in 2004, instead of fall flat on their face, he may have had an outside shot of making it.
- went to Final Four as a freshman, and the leader of the team
- More than solid NBA career ( 19.3 ppg - 7.6 assists ) . . . only 5 PGs in history can say that they have career numbers resembling that
- Oscar Robertson
- Magic Johnson
- Russell Westbrook
- Isiah Thomas
- and Stephon Marbury
- At one time, was a top 20 player in the league.
- King of China ( 3x champ, and they built a statue of him )
He didn't go to the final4, that was Kenny Anderson but your other points are salient.
Simply getting an Olympic medal goes a long way for the Naismith folks, doesn't have to be gold.
The China stuff will play bigger for them than it does for us as well.
Another odd thing is I think he and Garnett are eligible in the same year.
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You can't mathematically quantify whether a person will bust/succeed.
The fact that they presume to be able to do it is borderline insulting and reinforces why I decide long ago to discontinue consuming their product.
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ESPN is worthless.
Major miscalculation by Bagley's camp having his workout the same day as Bamba.
He's gonna look like a t-rex compared to the Bamba-saurus.
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6 minutes ago, NBASupes said:
Young Marvin Jr doin' it! That shot will not translate unless wide open. Anyone saying otherwise is kidding themselves. Tomorrow is when the best players potentially in the draft workout. Bagley and Bamba. B&B and they only thing they stay doing is winning titles.
There's literally nothing about this player that I like.
If a guy can't start and play heavy minutes in college, it's not gonna get better as comp increases.
This kid is pyrite.
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17 minutes ago, GameTime said:
This raises a huge question for me.
Is this just the "media friendly" portion of the workout? Surely they put these guys through the paces away from the cameras, right?
Please say 'yes'. Otherwise, this crap is useless.
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4 minutes ago, AHF said:
True. Always have to respect a Chinese Basketball Association HOFer. Props.
Care to wager on him making the Naismith?
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57 minutes ago, AHF said:
I worry that he might end up somewhat similar to Stephon Marbury who was a good passer but super selfish. I always felt most of his assist numbers were more driven by his domination of the ball than his interest in facilitating the offense for others.
Whoa now ... make that 'Future HOFer' Steph Marbury.
GTnation forgives this slight .... for now.
I was gonna say you're under double secret probation but I didn't wanna conjure images of Eddie Sutton. *shudders*
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28 minutes ago, Diesel said:
Honestly, I don't think that anybody should try to find the next Curry. It's a lot more than Shooting that makes a Curry. This may be the next Harold Miner.
I hate 'the next'. Has that ever worked out?
If they think Young can be great in his own right, then take him. But I don't wanna hear they took him because he can be the next Curry or Nash or any other great. Stop chasing ghosts.
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7 minutes ago, Brotha2ThaNite said:
Give me any of these players and I will be happy to ride with it.
Michael Porter Jr, Marvin Bagley III, Mo Bamba, or Trae Young
I would love to see the Hawks draft Marvin Bagley, trade him to whomever pick Michael Porter Jr and pick up an extra 1st rd pick.
I have a feeling now that Bagley will either go 1st or 2nd. If that's the case... I hope the Hawks take a shot on MPJ. I keep reading he has KD talent. Trae has Curry talent. I'm picking KD over Curry All Day!
lol
Agreed. Let someone else wait on Bagley to devolve into the short-armed hustle guy I expect him to be.
Tim Legler is a huge Porter fan. That's good enough for me.
He's down on Young though.
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8 minutes ago, NBASupes said:
OMFG that is soooo Marvin.
On a different note, my favorite NBA analyst Tim Legler just called M Porter a surefire NBA guy, a bucket-getter he expects to be a big-timer. I'm sold.
On Young, called him a pure boom/bust guy. Never showed any competitiveness or fire on defense. Not high on him.
Thas' all I need.
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Oh, I'm all about the triple-D. Guy is really personable yet informative.
Also, hadn't you heard? Olivia and I broke up (speaking of 'weird'). I'm onto Taylor Rooks these days.
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