Around the NBA: January 2019 edition! It's a new year baby!

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  1. hoopsjock

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    Houston opens up a roster spot and "saves" some money off their cap number.
     
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    And got rid of a shitty player. NO would have super maxed him
     
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    We did pretty much the same thing with Vonleh last year. We should be able to do the same if we want to clear a roster spot this year.
     
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    Probably the most genuine and down to earth guy I’ve met in my career in the league. Love Coach Monty.
     
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    "Pretty much" the same thing - except we didn't receive any compensation whatsoever. Perhaps a conditional 2nd rounder is essentially the same as nothing, but it's not literally nothing. We paid to get rid of our best PF.
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    You got the Blazers with 17 more wins!
     
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    At least he did not draft him.
     
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    ......Has anyone else noticed that we’ve been shutting down a lot of guards? Off hand, we held Hardaway to 5 points tonight, held Lou Williams to around 5 points too. Held Donovan Mitchell to 1/10 shooting. These are top options on their teams! Also- first team in 11 games to hold Harden under 40. Theories?
     
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  11. julius

    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Harden scored above his average, so did Westbrook (by 10 points).
     
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    We have two good perimeter defenders as long as we keep Dame and CJ away from the main scorers we can play defense sometimes! Also maybe 3 good perimeter defenders I'm still trying to wrap my head around what ET did on Harden game of his life on defense I guess?
     
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  13. julius

    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Those are such meaningless %'s. It puts too much emphasis on how a team is doing currently. I.e., the Lakers are what, 2-5 without LeBron? They aren't going to finish the year with that low of a winning %. Though maybe we're finally seeing the start of LeBrons downfall as a dominant figure who never gets hurt?

    I doubt it though.
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    This was my failed attempt at humor. This was JinxSpeeds opening post in ANOTHER random thread he created for a random thought that came to him while driving his Uber car around. Just was thinking that if I copy his posts in the threads that we already have going, it might help clean our once great forum.
     
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    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

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    you sumbish
     
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    I love how you thought you got over on me......You probably hit ENTER and had the biggest smile on your face like you actually proved The HCP wrong. Ain't happening today, not on my watch FAMS!
     
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    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Apology accepted.
     
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    Nerlens Noel just got elbowed by Wiggins and had his head bounce off the floor. He was unconscious as the med staff wheeled him out
     
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    .. Hope hes alright...
     
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