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2018-19 NBA Thread: Magic Johnson leaves Lakers in order to pursue other jobs to be completely terrible at (4 Viewers)
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Moe.
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Damn, I was hoping Houston would be locked in to their seed prior to their last game against OKC on Tuesday.
Moe.
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Yeah and he made it to the finals and lost to LeBron/Wade/Bosh. Weren’t you saying earlier he’s never accomplished anything? You can’t have it both ways.
Moe.
Footballguy
Ok. Very few basketball players have ever “accomplished anything” if winning the West in this era is nothing.
Nobody is talking about how great other players are.
Perhaps the Spurs and Warriors (pre Durant) were better teams because they all enjoyed playing the game unselfishly, not watch a single guy dribble around for 22 seconds padding stats and personal accolades.
Moe.
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Also comparing the early days Thunder teams to the fully formed 73 win Warriors who were only able to add an all-timer due to a once in a lifetime salary cap jump is pretty rich. Definitely the same thing there.
Edit: this sentence is awful but my editor has the weekends off
Edit: this sentence is awful but my editor has the weekends off
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Moe.
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Kev4029
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The blazers can't catch the Nuggets but if the Blazers were to tie the Rockets, the blazers own the tie breaker.
Moe.
Footballguy
Houston finishes 1-1, Portland 3-0, Denver 0-3 and all three teams would be 53-29.
If Denver is punting tonight, next is @Utah, finish with MN at home - not impossible
The bottom of the east playoff race is really abysmal to watch. Hornets still barely alive.Nets are officially IN!
GOB
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Get this guy out of here.The bottom of the east playoff race is really abysmal to watch. Hornets still barely alive.
parasaurolophus
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Whats with the rockets players not sticking around to shake the other team's hands?
ETA: or even actually staying on the bench until the game is over?
ETA: or even actually staying on the bench until the game is over?
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modogg
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well they f'd this up. hard 1st series then losing in 5 to the Raps, all while getting to hear how "wonderful and amazing" Boston is cause they likely sweep Ind and probably beat Mil
Insein
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Meh. Not worried. They'll win first round regardless of who it is. If they're going to do anything in the playoffs, they're going to have to beat Toronto and Milwaukee to do it. So it doesn't matter when they meet.
modogg
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would much rather toronto-Boston and us take Mil. if they beat Mil and went to the finals season was a success. losing in 5 to Toronto in the 2nd round not so much. i'd be fine seeing toronto in the finals after they battled Boston
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modogg
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philly matches up well against them. give me Embiid not coming off sitting for a long time and he can contain him.
Craig_MiamiFL
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Nice to see the Lakers finishing strong. 
Moved past the Wolves for the 10 spot in the West.
They need to lock up Caruso and Pope.
To max contracts.
Moved past the Wolves for the 10 spot in the West.They need to lock up Caruso and Pope.
To max contracts.
Leeroy Jenkins
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Insein
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Frosty is definitely not bitter about having Dario and the Cov instead of Butler.
The odds wouldn't be in our favour vs Milwaukee, we just mean it would be a far better matchup for us than against Toronto. Have about a 20% chance to beat Toronto and a 35% chance to beat Milwaukee.
wikkidpissah
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Hadn't seen em in a while. Looked really good against the Celts, who assumed their way to another loss. There's got to be a way to expose Vuc on D, but the Green didn't find it and he's gold otherwise; Gordon's finally playing smaller and it works; Isaac's almost got the training wheels off; Augustine's acting like a starter and "Wreck" Ross can singlehandedly win em a quarter when he's hotGOB said:
I saw the Deer play twice without Brogdon (before the embarrassingly defenseless dance the NBA has been the last coupla wks) and didn't see anything that said favorite about them. They're still my root, but I fear for the Deer til they get their full starting complement.Jayrod said:
Jayrod
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I've watched them a handful of times this season, with and without Brogdon. He is a strong spoke in the wheel, but the hub that makes everything roll is Giannis. If the Greek Freak is playing at a high level, it is almost irrelevant who else is around him. They still have a lot of shooters on the perimeter and a second banana in Middleton that can carry the load for short periods. And their defense is stellar.
trader jake
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See below.
Agreed. How many times have we seen this during the season?
https://mobile.twitter.com/tonyxypteras/status/1113266350888247299?s=21
I do. James going to the Lakers wasn't strictly basketball related, neither will Durant to the Knicks.
The Warriors are one of the historically best fan bases out there. Watched a ton of them as a consistently entertaining west coast team for the past 3 decades. They didn't always win but their fans were always there and made their games more entertaining. Same currently goes for the TrailBlazers and Kings (and was true for the Sonics as well).
Now newer ownership and the team success has changed the financials for GSW and a huge portion of those rabid fans have been priced out. It sucks, but those fans are still there, but 'there' is now on-line vs being in the arena. There is also currently a large number of band-wagon fans that any successful team will accrue. I understand wanting a dynasty to fall, but the Warriors long-term fan base is really, really solid.
As a long-time fan of the Milwaukee Bucks I can only hope to have such slings and arrows shot our way over the next 5-10 years.
jomar
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went to the CHA-DET game yesterday with my 9yo son, top notch seats a few rows off the court, expecting to see the Pistons clinch a playoff spot. what a disappointment. Blake can hardly run on his bum knee and our trio of 'shooters' Kennard/Ellington/Galloway can't shoot straight. the defense was pitiful in the 1st half, embarrassingly bad. not sure we can beat MEM or NYK to make the playoffs.
GroveDiesel
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DallasDMac
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Hope you are right. Anything to help ensure the Spurs stay out of that 8th place slot.Moe. said:
Juxtatarot
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Magic...wait...
Long Ball Larry
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Magic not smiling
Long Ball Larry
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Cites primary reason for stepping down that he wants to work with Ben Simmons with no strings attached.
Long Ball Larry
Footballguy
What the hell is he talking about?
modogg
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yeah, i have no idea if there is any truth to that. and i have no idea if it is true, if it is a good thing, or bad thing
Long Ball Larry
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Nbatv timeline of Magic’s tenure includes 3 things: fined for tampering with Paul George, fined for tampering with giannis, lebron signs contract with lakers.
Long Ball Larry
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Leeroy Jenkins
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LeBron runs Magic out of LA?!
Encyclopedia Brown
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A theory is that he wanted to fire Walton but Jeanie Buss refused, and he then gave her the ultimatum of choosing between him and Walton. She wanted both to stay, and held firm with keeping Walton.
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