OFFICIAL AROUND THE NBA THREAD - July 2021

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  1. KSF-ERIC

    KSF-ERIC Well-Known Member

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    I can’t access the article but I don’t get the premise. No Harden, Ariza, Westbrook. Sure Capela in ECF and Paul and Tucker in Finals but it’s not like they’re playing together.

    What did he say?
     
    KSF-ERIC, Jul 5, 2021
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    He said that he has a source or sources in the Spurs organization who said that Becky Hammon has a lot of detractors in the organization. There were details but that was the gist of it.
     
    blazerkor, Jul 5, 2021
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    Had the rockets kept their guys, they'd do serious damage in the playoffs this year. Several of their former players are key components to playoff teams this year - Capela, Paul, Harden, Tucker....

    Here's a list of who was on that team:
    https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/HOU/2019.html
     
    Wizard Mentor, Jul 5, 2021
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    Anyone getting that #6 Lillard USA jersey?
     
    DDolla, Jul 5, 2021
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    The comments on Rachel Nichols tweet is just crazy. I won’t feel sorry about her, she’s making 1.5M a year. She will be OK
     
    DDolla, Jul 5, 2021
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    SlyPokerDog Woof! Staff Member Administrator

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    Link?
     
    SlyPokerDog, Jul 5, 2021
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    I’m guessing El Prez is going to “cop” one.
     
    SheedSoNasty, Jul 5, 2021
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    This Rachel Nichols story looks just funny* from Europe, but it has some silver lining for Blazers.

    You can say whatever you want, but Billups was hired DESPITE the fact, that some people think it is politically incorrect. That means he was too good professional to let him go.

    *Looks funny, because same peps, that are angry about Billups being hired are the ones, that are happy about Floyd statue being erected. I guess Billups criminal records must be worse than Floyd's record.
    What's even funnier, if D'Antoni would take the job they would say, that he got it because he is white and Billups black.
    All in all, seeing it from Europe, mericans went down so deep into this nonsense, that common sense is nowhereto be seen.

    That, again, means, Billups is good hire from my point of view.
     
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    royo, Jul 6, 2021
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    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    I just think it's crazy that Rush Limbaugh got fired by ESPN for saying something much less controversial about Donovan McNabb.
     
    PtldPlatypus, Jul 6, 2021
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    What's crazy is that Limbaugh was ever hired. And he said it ON AIR.
     
    Rastapopoulos, Jul 6, 2021
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    I actually hadn't seen or heard any details of the Nichols-Taylor controversy until reading the NY Times article this morning. I guess you really can't make this shit up.

    I'm not sure I see much validity to Nichols' position, but the article sure does convey the ridiculousness of the current state of things which few people are willing to express publicly. Well, the Right can say whatever they want because no one cares to hold them accountable, but the Left is eager to lynch (wait, can I still use that word? we can't even call team owners "owners" any more.) everyone. It's a bad time to be a public figure.
     
    handiman, Jul 6, 2021
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    sure...you can look at it that way and it may turn out to be true enough

    another way to look at it is that Olshey had decided to fire Stotts months ago and at the same time had decided to hire Billups, no matter what. There's lots of clues suggesting Olshey was determined to make Bilups the HC. And, from the distance most of us have, it kind of looks like Jody Allen's instinct was to give the job to Hammon, but if what Calvin Natt said was true, then I'd be pretty certain that Olshey presented that information to JA and that cleared the way to hire Billups

    I'd also be pretty certain that the questions the Blazers didn't allow to Billups in the press conference were asked, probably by JA, in the primary interview and Billups answered them to JA's satisfaction...otherwise he probably wouldn't have the job
     
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  13. illmatic99

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    dont want to speak ill of the dead, but rush limbaugh deserves no empathy whatsoever
     
    illmatic99, Jul 6, 2021
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    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Not talking empathy, just consistency. One guy said media covered a guy differently because he was black, another woman said a coworker got better assignments because she is black. First guy got fired, second...got to apologize on air.
     
    PtldPlatypus, Jul 6, 2021
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    Let me tell you a story about Rush Limbaugh:

    FUCK RUSH LIMBAUGH!
     
    GoBlazersGo, Jul 6, 2021
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    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    this isn't an apt comparison. rachel nichols doesn't have a longstanding public history of being a racist asshole.
     
    illmatic99, Jul 6, 2021
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    ESPN just replaced Rachel sideline reporter assignment to Malika Andrews… and the story continues.
     
    DDolla, Jul 6, 2021
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    This is GREAT news... Malika is soooo much easier on the eyes AND ears! Good lookin' out, ESPN... Maria & Malika is an absolutely stunning display of beauty, grace, & intelligence. Rachel Nichols can go get bent.
     
    GoBlazersGo, Jul 6, 2021
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  19. PtldPlatypus

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    ...of which they were well aware when they hired him?
     
    PtldPlatypus, Jul 6, 2021
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  20. KristinthBonkers

    KristinthBonkers McLovin, Nice!

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    Didn’t he say that the mostly-white sports’ media wanted McNabb to succeed as an NFL QB because he is Black? I guess I don’t see what is controversial about that belief. Michael Irvin even agreed with him on-air.

    Why he was hired in the first place is the real mystery.
     
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