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  1. AmirIcon

    AmirIcon Well-Known Member

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    I would add Ben Simmons to the list as well. Butler, Siakam and Simmons are the most intriguing.
     
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    Butler is the guy who has my interest. Head case but he brings that grit this team has been missing especially on defensive side
     
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    I seriously doubt the Nets will trade away Simmons before they've seen what he can do with their roster
     
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    I still think they'll see what he can do with them down the very last stretch of the regular season and as much post season as they have.
     
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    Depends. They've gotten to know him more than anything. He's owed a lot of money. My preference was that he would play and they would get destroyed in the post-season. That would open the biggest possibility of them moving him. Less so if he doesn't actually play. They might be pissed though that the guy is so fragile mentality and physically that they'd roll the dice on a cheaper alternative with additional assets. IE, Jerami Grant plus picks, guys on rookie deals.
     
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    Kings kinged up that third quarter but I still think that they'll end up winning this game unless they sit Mitchell for the fourth quarter which would be some in game tanking which is you really don't see.
     
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    Who owns the tiebreaker between us and the pacers?
     
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    When it comes to the draft/lotto there are no tie breakers, they literally flip a coin.
     
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    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    if records are tied, the tie will be broken by coin flips for lottery purposes
     
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    This Kings/Rockets debacle makes me feel a little better about the level of basketball our team has been playing.
     
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    I've been watching for three minutes and I can honestly say the insurrection made more sense.
     
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    Spurs right back in it.

    Kings starting to pull away
     
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    Got the more important game. Kings won, but Johnson on the Spurs had the game winner and couldn't finish a simple layup.

    Unfortunate.
     
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    Sucky!
     
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    We ain’t losing that sixth spot. It’s more likely we move up to five imo. We had Blevins playing closing minutes. They ain’t fuckin this tank up lol.
     
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    Would love to, but we would have to lose every game, and they would have to win 2 of their final 5, just to get to a coin flip.

    @ Boston
    DETROIT
    PHILADELPHIA
    @ Philadelphia
    @ Brooklyn

    They could/should be Detroit at home, but other than that, it will be tough. Both Boston and Philly are only 1 game out of the #2 spot in the East. Brooklyn needs to win to stay at #8 and not have to win 2 games instead of just 1 in the Play-In.

    I think the Blazers come up 1 game short. Damn that 6 out of 8 stretch and then the 4 game winning streak. Lose just half of those, and we are firmly in #5 with a shot at #4.
     
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    I don’t think Portland wins another game. The most winnable one is against the thunder but it’s away.
     
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    Our tanking is hard core. I’m going to start watching Indiana games. And can’t believe I have to root for lakers. Fuck.
     
  19. illmatic99

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    I don't see Indy winning 2 games. Think we're gonna get locked into 6.

    Keljin and GB need to play 48 mins in that OKC game so we don't do something stupid.
     
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    Greg Brown makes Travis Outlaw look like Kobe Bryant
     
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