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  1. KSF-ERIC

    KSF-ERIC Well-Known Member

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    He didn’t say Hart would be Jimmy Butler.
     
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    it warms my heart to see philly be forced into paying harden 200+ mil this summer.

    no one deserves this more than that shit fanbase and daryl morey/doc rivers
     
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    Butler is 32. And it took him a few years and a few teams. Hart has similar intensity.
     
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    Wow. Butler just said he wishes he was still on the Sixers. You don’t hear that often if ever.
     
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    There is no way Philly will give him 200+. They can get much better players with the MLE.
     
    KSF-ERIC, May 12, 2022
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    So Sixers traded for Harden since Simmons won’t shoot. Well, Harden only shot the ball twice in the 2nd half.
     
    DDolla, May 12, 2022
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    No better way to turn the knife a little more after eliminating them in Philadelphia.
     
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    Maybe Harden intentionally want Rivers to get fired so he can get D’Antoni back
     
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    Westbrick for Harden.
     
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    We’re seeing the death of the “superteam” in real time. You need more than just a couple of superstars. You need an actual team and role players are just as valuable.
     
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    That wouldn’t help either team.
     
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    I know!
     
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    Cugel The epitome of mediocrity

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    A team's attitude and chemistry count for something for sure. Harden is a boil on a team's ass that needs to be lanced.
     
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    Ok, well, usually people who “win” get more leeway than people who “don’t win”. So your statement just isn’t logical.

    Popovich gets a LOT more leeway than … Frank Vogel for instance.

    If Popovich or Phil Jackson want to dance during timeouts they’ve earned that right. If Chauncey Billups wants to dance during timeouts, he should be fired.

    So I mean, especially in sports, winners get privileges that losers don’t get. Fine if you disagree but that’s literally not how it is in ANY sport. I can’t think of a single instance where what you said is true. In fact, most say “winning fixes everything.”
     
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    I don’t want to hear anything ever again about the Sixers winning that trade.

    At best it’s a lose-lose.

    And considering the Nets got bailed out from paying Harden and most likely would be able to get even more assets for Simmons than the Sixers could get for Harden, I lean towards it being a “neutral (Nets) - Lose (Sixers)”
     
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    Now watch Harden go nuts in the off-season and come back with the best conditioning ever and a chiseled 6 pack just to prove me wrong.
     
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    Villanova. these guys are all ballers.

    the anti-Gonzaga/Syracuse.
     
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    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    Luka = Brandon Roy in the modern age.
     
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    Fairly-Hard Former Member Gone New!

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    Pretty sure that was the point.
     
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