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  1. hoopsjock

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    If Cleveland doesn't finish in the bottom-10 they lose their pick to Atlanta so they are trying to be as bad as possible.
     
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    Not really.
    1) They're unlikely to get Zion, even if they have the worst record in the league.
    2) They wouldn't have given Kevin Love the world if they had planned on being superterrible.
     
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    This is what happened...

    Their owner is a complete moron and wanted to prove that they could still make the playoffs without LeBron. So they stupidly signed Love to an extension thinking they still had the pieces in place to be good. A few games into the season they realized that making the playoffs had a 0% chance of happening (duh!). Love has been "hurt", they traded Korver, and JR Smith isn't even with the team.

    So you are right that they were initially thinking they would make the playoffs and thus give Atlanta a non-lottery pick but that plan quickly evaporated. I don't think getting Zion is as important as also keeping their pick. Not having a top-10 pick this year would set them back a long way from rebuilding.
     
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    Exactly correct. You had me at Their owner is a complete moron. :)
     
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    I'm not sure they are trying to be bad, they are just bad.
     
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    Time for karma to step in as the Cavs have had great fortune in the lottery.
     
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    This is incredible
     
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    That was routine for Bill Walton--many times per game. He was the greatest outlet passer ever.
     
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    It's something Kevin Love is really, really good at as well
     
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    I really liked Luka coming into the draft, but I'm shocked how quickly he's adjusted to playing against NBA athletes.

    I don't think he'll have the growth curve of a typical 19 year old so I'm not ready to go future MVP high on him, but damn he's impressive.
     
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    One motion off one hand rebound?
     
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    Walton could do it in zero motions.

    If you put a can of spinach on top of the backboard and Walton raced Chuck Norris to get it, Walton would win because he'd jump to save the spinach while Norris worried about burning comrades in some crashed C-130 somewhere.
     
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    That was better than I expected. 9 minutes passed very fast. The individualistic 76ers played like a Stotts team.
     
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    Both would be "Bad" in my book.
     
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    This is why D-Rose is getting so many All-Star votes...... he is a man of the people!

     
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    So weird that someone took a picture of a bunch of guys using the restroom.
     
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    I was going to say the same thing. That should be illegal.
     
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    With the Clips loss, we are a full game ahead of the pack. Feels good.
     
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