billionaire techbros club - 2016-17 NBA regular-ass season thread (the first of a series)

the ease with which he fits into spurs superstars' culture/lineage is pretty neat too

a bunch of boring introvert stars that are amazing at basketball

"That dude's good man. He's (bleeping) good.... He's good. He's really good."

- Demarcus Cousins

hes talking, obviously, about kawhi

saw an interview w russ and he seemed very at peace, think he hated kd, is happy hes gone

i think they were just work bros

already love deandre bembry; he barely played, just a few minutes in garbage time w/ the wiz bench of 'who is this white guy' were in, but he was standing up the whole game, just barking at the players when the ball was on that end of the court, you could tell dude was very happy to be in the nba, at his first game, and him and dennis and kent were clearly already bros. gucci mane was there.

― balls, Thursday, October 27, 2016 8:51 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Bembry was my favorite college player last year.

kawhi is m/l the extension of timmy

kawhi duncanson

15 overall pick acquired for george hill, crazy

this was so weird last night
https://twitter.com/BenGolliver/status/791877254452170752

was that call like 8 seconds late or...? so bizarre with 1 second left

she's really bad :(

yea the call was super late

Kevin Garnett joins Turner Sports as analyst for NBA on TNT

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2016/10/28/kevin-garnett-nba-tnt-turner-shaq-kenny-ernie-barkley/92881602/

can KG save Inside the NBA??

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IF THEY REPLACE SHAQ W HIM sry acidental caps lock

i don't even know if he's good but he'd be better than shaq obv

chuck hasn't watched a game since shaq came on board and now he's just a hot-take artist

isn't chuck getting a special or regular show on TNT abt race? that's sure to be something avoidable.

ugh, did not really see kg going the tv route

he shd just yell motivational non sequiturs

this is a neat little story about the celtics strength coach making up playground games to keep warmups interesting http://www.espn.com/blog/boston/celtics/post/_/id/4724268/how-do-celtics-prepare-for-practice-playground-games-bring-fun-focus

russ with the totally normal line of 51-13-10

he took 44 shots in 45 minutes!

the thunder barely beating the sixers and then needing a 51 point triple double from russ to the beat the suns seems..... not good

the warriors are actually not playing defense at the moment

can we have a season where russ and brow both score 50 points every game please

According to the Thunder, it was the first 50-point triple-double since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had one in 1975.

the magic might get that GM fired

ibaka managed to be -25 in 19 mins tonight

oladipo isn't that great but you'd think they could have gotten a better trade

Ibakas been bad for a few years now

In other news. David west is garbage (has been for years obv). Zaza is garbage his skill set is not what they need. Looney looked nice.

Dubs trying to throw this game

david west shouldn't play until april basically

how's steph looking? his numbers have been off and i heard he looked a lil rough in the preseason

if their frontline is really this useless i wonder if they try and move.... livingston (?) for a warm body?

they need some easier wins where they can work their young guys into the game

not quite himself yet, he's hit a couple transition 3s that remind you but he still hasn't hit the season stride yet. Xxxp

brow, on the other hand, is mvp after 2 games for sure

mvp with zero wins though

the pelicans roster is really galling

Two starters are out for another month tho

it's enough really to look at davis' stats for the first two games and know that both were losses to get a good feel for where the pelicans are at talent wise

the second best player on the pelicans currently active is lance stephenson or tim frazier

if brow is playing at like even 80% of this for the rest of the season they should be decent when jrue and tyreke come back but they might be buried by that point.

if you look at the box score tonight they got 9 points on 11 shots from solomon hill, asik and e'tuwan moore and those guys are making a combined $28 million this year

it would be pretty good to see him play basketball with a few more nba level players im surprised Nola hasn't thought of this already

Curry looks ok he's also just trying to figure out how to play w KD. Had a burst tonight of 8 points in 50 seconds. Draymon doesn't seem like himself yet. There's gonna be lots of toying with rotations for like 30 games. Looney was promising tonight. Mccaw looked good but rolled his ankle. Their defense isn't that cohesive gel'd organism yet. Kerr hasn't really let that death lineup try yet, just really short spurts. I think Andy V and Maccadoo are gone sooner than later. Try and get a defensive center off he scrap heap at some point. They have to try out javale at some point too.

Solomon Hill signing was top 3
Worst this offseason.

they'll have some guys fall on their laps and when push comes to shove and everyone is giving 100% max effort i still think that 5 man lineup is unfuckwithable but there may be more rough patches than people expected

the pelicans roster is really galling

― J0rdan S., Saturday, October 29, 2016 12:19 AM (seven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Two starters are out for another month tho

― Spottie, Saturday, October 29, 2016 12:20 AM (six minutes ago)

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