OFFICIAL AROUND THE NBA: DECEMBER 2023

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  1. MickZagger

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    I mean he’s like a modern day Mahorn, Oakley or Laimbeer. Difference being those guys acted that way back then and it was fisticuffs. I’ve yet to see anyone challenge Green. Then again it is kind of a league of perimeter oriented pansies. I’d like to see if Green can actually go toe to toe with someone instead of it just being a cheap shot and that’s that.
     
    MickZagger, Dec 13, 2023
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    The word is Childish. Draymond has the impulse control of a 5-year old.
     
    blazerfan11, Dec 13, 2023
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    It'll be a lot easier for the NBA to hurt his team when they're not a title contender. They're not even in the play-in as of today.
     
    blazerfan11, Dec 13, 2023
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    How is it embarrassing? Vegas is the 5th most visited place in the world. Taxes from tourists can fund the stadiums and arenas.
     
    SlyPokerDog, Dec 13, 2023
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    It's also easy and relatively inexpensive to visit from Portland.
     
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    I've used MyVegas to visit Vegas for the last 10 years. Free stay at Bellagio, free buffet, free shows, free money to gamble... thank you very much!
     
    SlyPokerDog, Dec 13, 2023
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    the NBA has had a decade to come down hard on Draymond for his repeated dirty plays. And by repeated I mean a couple dozen. Why should anybody think this time will be different and he'll get a major penalty?
     
    wizenheimer, Dec 13, 2023
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    Isn’t their current arena less than 20 years old? The Moda Center is damn near 30 years old, what does the league think about our old ass arena then? Yeesh

    don’t be shocked if we hear the whispers that we will need a new one in the next few years
     
    AldoTrapani, Dec 13, 2023
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    whatever it is, there's no place in basketball for his antics. he just comes across as fake tough, tbh.
     
    illmatic99, Dec 13, 2023
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    I believe that he might not have meant to hit Nurk that forcefully but is Dray trying to sell us the story that he didn't know where Nurk was and that he didn't mean to have his arm out instead of up like it is when he he flails all the time and doesn't make any contact? If that just hits Nurk in the shoulder it probably just starts a fight instead of knocking Nurk to the ground but Dray did mean to hit Nurk. I do believe that he maybe didn't intend to strike Nurk in the head but just like there have been times where his knee found groins but were only intended knees not intended low blows, the dude does violent shit that has no business on a basketball court and does it with recklessness and has done it way too much. Suspend him for 10-20 games and send him a clear message that while this is a contact sport it is not a combat sport... he doesn't seem to make that distinction.
     
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    The embarrassment has nothing to do with Vegas and 100% to do with Portlands inability to do anything
     
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    The Moda has been maintained and upgraded. There is nothing wrong with it. The money would be better spent developing the area around the Moda. The biggest reason to replace the Moda is so we can widen I-5 to 4 lanes in each direction instead of the current 2 lanes. But that is a problem with the placement of the arena and not the condition of it.

    I would like to here what @THE HCP has to say about OKC's arena.
     
    SlyPokerDog, Dec 13, 2023
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    Oh ok just wondering why the hell does okc already need a new arena when that arena is less than 20 years old.. but makes sense
     
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    overshadowed by the Green hit on Nurkic is that Nurkic had 17 points. 13 rebounds, 7 assists, with only 1 turnover
     
    wizenheimer, Dec 13, 2023
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    I think they'll expand by two teams, I don't think Mexico City is in play. I think they'll announce Vegas and Seattle at the same time. They'll reorganize divisions and send the Wolves to the Eastern Conference.
     
    blazerkor, Dec 13, 2023
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  17. SlyPokerDog

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    Two arenas means NBA games will no longer interfere with the rodeo. OKC, all rodeo, all the time!
     
    SlyPokerDog, Dec 13, 2023
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    That’s not fair. He shouldn’t be allowed to play against normal 12 year old boys.9
     
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    Why the Wolves? Should be the Grizzlies.
     
    KingSpeed, Dec 13, 2023
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    That was one hell of a turnover though. Nearly gave me a heart attack lol.
     
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