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  1. Wizard Mentor

    Wizard Mentor Wizard Mentor

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    I'd be a little careful about applying offensive metrics to a defensive player.
     
    Wizard Mentor, Oct 24, 2019
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    Turner was playing C, although they are kind of interchangeable. They are both the kind of players that blur the distinction between PF and C. Zach does that too
     
    wizenheimer, Oct 24, 2019
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    Sabonis is who we dream zach Collins plays like. How Indiana retained him for so cheap is amazing. But that will at least make collins contract cheaper next year
     
    AldoTrapani, Oct 24, 2019
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    Not really, they are entirely different players.
     
    B-Roy, Oct 24, 2019
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    Obviously, Sabonis is a much better rebounder and offensive force at this point. Not close really

    And just as obviously, Zach is a better rim protector. But what is debatable is who is the better overall defender. That's a lot closer and Sabonis may have a little advantage. Zach may have the advantage defending out on the perimeter, but you wouldn't want either player switching onto guys like Kawhi or Lebron or Paul George

    by the way, both of them are foul magnets
     
    wizenheimer, Oct 24, 2019
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    As much as I enjoy watching the Rockets/Harden/Westbrook fail, this is.......really nothing. "OMG THEY'RE DISAGREEING! STOP THE DAMN PRESSES!"
     
    Dom McBlazer, Oct 24, 2019
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  8. illmatic99

    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    Ayton has been suspended 25 games by the league for testing positive for a banned substance.

    It says he took a diuretic, which essentially all blood pressure regulators are (while making you pee). Something ain't right here.
     
    illmatic99, Oct 24, 2019
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    You can't "accidentally" take a diuretic. He was trying to flush something out of his system, which clearly worked. But he's a dumbass and got caught.
     
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    It's often a masking agent.
     
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    ya nearly all of em are prescribed so he did something he shouldnt have.
     
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    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    ah. thats it
     
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    LeBron = Rain Man

     
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    Gotta respect LeBron's dedication.
     
    B-Roy, Oct 24, 2019
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    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    bfd
     
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    Let’s go bucks, good game so far
     
    Titan, Oct 24, 2019
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    This Bucks team has one star, and they're winning crunch time minutes against two stars while their one star has fouled out of the game.
     
    B-Roy, Oct 24, 2019
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  20. theprunetang

    theprunetang Shaedon "Deadly Nightshade" Sharpe is HIM

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    Man, Harden is single handedly killing my fantasy team. .157 shooting and 7 TOs.



    Ps. It doesn't bother me that much, because of that whole schadenfreude thing.
     
    theprunetang, Oct 24, 2019
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