Ryand877
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Correct. Bobby Portis started for him.
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A lot of people like to say that the NBA lacks parity, but look at the Top 4 teams in each conference right now...
Nets: never been to a Finals (edit no Finals since early 2000s)
Sixers: one Finals in the past almost 40 years
Bucks: no Finals since 70s
Hornets: never been to a Finals
Jazz: no Finals since 1998
Suns: no Finals since 1993
Clippers: never been to a Finals
Nuggets: never been to a Finals
Very healthy competitive balance in the league right now.
Nets: never been to a Finals (edit no Finals since early 2000s)
Sixers: one Finals in the past almost 40 years
Bucks: no Finals since 70s
Hornets: never been to a Finals
Jazz: no Finals since 1998
Suns: no Finals since 1993
Clippers: never been to a Finals
Nuggets: never been to a Finals
Very healthy competitive balance in the league right now.
Nets made the Finals back to back years in the J Kidd era. 2002 and 2003.
The East is a 3 team race but the Nets when they are ready for the playoffs may sweep the eastern conference playoffs.
Hornets will not be the 4 seed now that Hayward is hurt.
In the West I still think the Lakers win that conference.
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Total brain fart on that one. My bad.
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Yes. Now I see they are on a B2B. Last night road at Dallas. Tonight home vs Charlotte. Not sure if that's why he didn't play but they are an entirely different team when he is out.
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That was the only way they were going to stop Ayton on offense...by embarrassing him on defense.
Don’t forget Boogie...
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Boogie never really played for us though so it’s different. Rondo helped us win it all.
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Rondo had a great game last night.
BTW, I’m going to preemptively state that Beverley should be suspended for his cheap shot on Paul.
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Actually he's going to miss his 4th straight game tonight. They need him healthy.
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Zach LaVine with 39 points at halftime vs the Hawks.
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25 straight in the second. Crazy.
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Most points in 1st half since 1996...
1. 42 Kobe Bryant (3/28/03 vs MJ/Wizards)
2. 40 Klay Thompson (12/5/16)
3. 39 Zach LaVine (tonight)
First Bull to score 30 points in the first half of a game since MJ (30) on February 24, 1997 against Portland.
boy, the "wokeness" of the NBA sure has had a chilling effect on franchise values!
I'm shocked that "former viewers" declaring, to nobody in particular, that they're done with the NBA hasn't bankrupted the league...
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Those same “former viewers” have been ranting about how they “don’t watch anymore” since Larry Bird retired.
They’re really just mad that the league is too black and too foreigner heavy for them.
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Funny you mention Larry Bird, since white supremacists definitely try to claim him as on their side.
I tipped Snopes off to this meme last year.
Did Larry Bird Tell NBA Players 'Shut Up and Play the Damn Game'?
A supposed quote from the Celtic great criticized NBA players for their pro-racial justice protests.
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Lmao, you’d have to have an IQ of about 55 to see that quote and think Bird actually said that.Funny you mention Larry Bird, since white supremacists definitely try to claim him as on their side.
I tipped Snopes off to this meme last year.
Did Larry Bird Tell NBA Players 'Shut Up and Play the Damn Game'?
A supposed quote from the Celtic great criticized NBA players for their pro-racial justice protests.www.snopes.com
Amazing.
OttoinGrotto
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Sadly, there are quite a few people in my social circle with IQs of 55 it would seem.
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The T-Wolves are probably the team with the least nostalgic value to other fans in the league, so I say go for it.
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Amazing. That statement 100% reads as something that your miserable, uninformed racist boomer uncle that hasn’t watched a game since 1986 would say.
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Indeed.
It was disturbing how many of my neighbors either posted that, or liked when someone else posted it.
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So many people’s inability to tell what is real and what is fake is beyond scary. I think it’s a hole that the world has gone way too far down to ever come back, too. Just mountains of lies and pure BS being thrown out and lapped up by millions of easily manipulated goobers.
