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  1. 3 hours ago, Mitch Cumsteen said:

    I hope like hell I'm wrong, but I think the Clippers run them out of the gym tonight.

    Man, I don't know. The Clippers did run them out of the gym to begin the last two games...and lost. I can't point to much that says they'll play with more urgency for a full 48 minutes other than the obvious "they fucking better."

    I don't even know where there biggest issue lies. Playoff P has actually had a great series. Kawhi hasn't been otherworldly like in postseasons past, but he's been damn good. I guess you have to point to Lou Williams for, after a nice first round series against the Warriors last year, remembering that he's an historically dogshit playoff performer and crippling their bench.

  2. 4 hours ago, d2o said:

    Always thought that was understood.

    For sure. Her demeanor towards Homelander definitely isn't that of a woman who's been raped by him and forced to raise a science project away from her husband. More that of a woman begrudgingly dealing with the consequences of her mistake.

    It was just odd that, when trying to get Butcher to leave and never come back that she still went along with the lie, even though his hatred for Homelander because of the "rape" is almost certainly going to get him killed. Women be crazy, I guess.

    Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but I don't think I'd let someone that I used to love continue a self-destructive blood lust against an immortal super being just to save myself a little bit of shame.

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  3. 24 minutes ago, Auto Driller said:

    Watching an organization produce terrible results on the field year after year with completely different front offices, coaching staffs, and players is amazing. They’re like the bizarro Patriots.

    Sure, pretty much any QB would be doomed to fail in Cleveland, but it still boggles the mind that they picked Baker #1 fresh off the Johnny Manziel experience.  What was their scouting like? "Short, questionable arm strength, reliant on ad-libbing with only decent athleticism that won't translate, iffy decision making, a bit of an attention whore...but Baker's not as self-destructive!"

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  4. 4 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

    The current situation (real and perceived) most likely is discouraging good, future police officers from signing up. I can the see the problem becoming worse in the upcoming years.

    Yeah, why the fuck would anyone with ANY better alternatives choose to be a cop right now? There are dozens of other public service professions out there that don't come with all the baggage for those who want give back.

  5. LeBron James' complete lack of give-a-shit about Game 1's in fascinating to me. I've always defaulted to the sports' talking head standard of "You set the tone in Game 1!" But dude legitimately doesn't care. He happily wastes a playoff game to probe, analyze, and assess the opposition to best meticulously take them apart going forward. Next level.

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  6. 3 hours ago, shadow_operative said:

    Hypothetical:

    Miami offers Herro, Robinson, Crowder, and their next two no.1's to Milwaukee for Giannis. What does Milwaukee do?

    I mean, even if their gut feeling is that Giannis is gone, if you trade a 2-time MVP just entering his prime for a trio of guys with zero combined All-Star appearances, who probably top out as "really nice players", and a couple of non-lottery picks, you may as well start packing your bags now.

    They should be able to do better than that package even if Giannis publicly demands a trade to a short list of teams tomorrow.

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  7. 21 minutes ago, d2o said:

    I know that the Lakers blitzed Harden often but did it seem to anyone else like he was purposely not shooting?   It seems like he passed up a A LOT of shots he would have normally taken.   The guy just doesn't have it when they need him most and its been proven over and over again now.

    His third 2 for 11 night in a big game in his postseason career.

    At least go down shooting.

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  8. 12 minutes ago, hobbes2702 said:

    I mean Simmons for Harden is the only trade I could even seen anyone considering and that’s a downgrade for the Rockets.

    A HUGE downgrade. I've said this before, but Houston just has to hope that Harden is the NBA's Peyton Manning. Sure, not the most reliable in the playoffs, but dominant enough in the regular season to keep putting themselves in position that a lucky break here or there might result in one magical run.

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  9. Just now, hobbes2702 said:

    Yea they can’t really blow it up. There’s just not much reason to even consider trading Harden. I mean what could you get in return that’s better? 

    Exactly. I'm not even sure what the market is for Harden right now. And I don't mean that as a knock. But if you trade for Harden, you're trading for the entire James Harden experience. It's not like he's going to seamlessly fit in as the best player in a ball movement, motion offense. He's going to want to do things his way, as any legitimate offensive superstar would. How many teams would completely buy into that philosophy to get a top 5ish player?

    Do the Knicks have anything worthwhile to offer?

  10. 3 minutes ago, Drew said:

    They gotta blow it up right? Maybe trade everyone for picks/assets

    This is way too many games where harden has either shrunk late or failed to show up at all in pivotal games. Russ just doesn’t have it.

    I’m sure the offensive system is part of the problem but man they really don’t have a way out as currently constructed

    With their contracts, the only way to blow it up means trading Harden. Pretty tough to talk yourself into dealing a guaranteed 50+ wins and top 5 offense (they were 6th by a tenth of a point this year) unless you're getting a king's ransom.

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  11. 1 hour ago, d2o said:

    Yeah, I cant imagine that MIL would do that.   They would wanna add Paul to Freak/KM.    If they could somehow get a better player (thought I REALLY like Middleton) then yeah I'm sure they would but going from Freak/KM to Freak/CP3 is not an upgrade..........at all.

    OKC would have to throw in some of their mountain of picks for sure, and Milwaukee would need to find at least one more piece that could immediately contribute.

  12. 1 hour ago, d2o said:

    I was looking at the numbers last night to try and see how that would work.   I have no idea how MIL could get a package to shed enough salary to get CP3.   Bledsoe would have to go along with Lopez and they still would be short.   OKC wont want Bledsoe and his 3yr/45M and I'm betting that MIL won't want to part with Lopez as well as he has played for them.

    Would OKC have any interest in Middleton's contract? I give him a hard time because I resented the "you're Milwaukee; you have to max out this 1x All-Star to be a contender and keep Giannis" logic from last off-season, but he's built himself into a Top 20ish player. And he fits OKC's youth movement a little better (though he's not as young as people think he is).

    I highly doubt Milwaukee would entertain the idea--trading away their best shooter in a 3-heavy offense to go all-in on next year--but it would make the money work...

  13. Chris Paul has had a magical year in OKC (probably helped tremendously by a 4 month break in the middle).

    But the idea of trading for him with almost $86M due to him over the next two years to help your chances for a deep playoff run (during which he'll be 36 years old) reeks of desperation.

    But I suppose if they're at all worried that Giannis will leave, they are desperate.

  14. 25 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

    That wasn’t the debate. 

    The MVP doesn't always go to the best player in the NBA. Pretty much how it's always been. Or else MJ and LeBron would have 10 each. MVP rewards who had the best individual regular season and nothing more. Not a single person on the planet thought Derrick Rose was ever the best player in the league. Playoffs matter. A lot.

  15. 14 minutes ago, BurntEyes said:

    So.. because an event started at 11:30 am on a holiday weekend at the lake on boats, you doubt tons of people were shit faced. 

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    It's like you've never even been on the lake on a holiday weekend.

    Shit, most of them had probably already passed out earlier and were feeling their 2nd wind.

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  16. At least the dumbasses who took part in this here in San Diego were mostly in ocean-going vessels. Some of these lake dipshits were overloading their flat-bottom ski boats with freeboards the height of 3 stacked phone books. What exactly did they expect? A nice leisurely cruise? I've owned a handful of ski boats; if anybody passes me within 100' when I'm moving slowly, there's a risk of taking water over the bow or stern.

    Anyone know if Texas is mandating the same boater's license laws that California has been? They may have to now. Though, you can never truly fix stupid.

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