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  1. Rastapopoulos

    Rastapopoulos Well-Known Member

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    I don't see a thread for the '20s yet, so...
    I'm with Pop:
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    Rastapopoulos, Jan 1, 2020
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    The rich keeps getting richer
     
    DDolla, Jan 1, 2020
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    This tweet doesn't load. What's it say?
     
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    Huge belief in Zion i guess.
     
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    NOP has the longest win streak in the West currently. I'm sure those percentages account for the direction teams are trending.
     
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    Michael Porter jr looks so good. Denver got a young stud. They gonna be scary
     
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    It's Thursday. Why no basketball on TNT?
     
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    Hey, at least we keep making the playoffs to get swept out.
     
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    And we have nothing to show for it... would trade our roster for Denver’s in a second. All of their stars are under 25 and have size. Dame and CJ are undersized and approaching their 30’s.
     
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    Dame and CJ are undersized and approaching their 30’s. I wonder what Neil's plan is now? You have to think he's on thin ice with Jody.
     
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    Well great denver got a superstar in the making in Michael Porter Jr fml
     
    AldoTrapani, Jan 2, 2020
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    84-76 Miami over Toronto. I just had a 90's flashback.
     
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    Ya see this Michael Porter Jr?!
     
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    Thunder with an 85% chance to make the playoffs...sad
     
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    Spurs have better than 2% lol
     
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    I agree except for the part about the size of the back courts. I don't think Murray/Harris is any bigger than Dame/CJ. The Nuggets are definitely younger and Gary Harris is a much better defender than either Dame or CJ

    Denver plays big too...they can get away with it because of the mobility and passing of Plumlee and Jokic. Jokic looks like he's lost quite a bit of weight too since the season began. And Porter/Grant/Plumlee off the bench is a damn good backup front court
     
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    it's not sad...it's just OKC playing really well right now, making the most of their talent. Chris Paul has been good, and Gilgeous-Alexander is playing really well

    I mean, who would have thought that OKC would be 4 games over .500 while Portland is 7 games under. Blazers are only 1 loss away from being 12th in the West, and are 5.5 games behind OKC
     
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    There are few teams in the league as unexciting as we are to be fair... There's not that much upside to this team. Yes, Simons or Little may blow up and become stars but likelihood of that happening is slimmer than a lot of what other teams have.

    Even OKC have SGA and a bunch of picks that may turn into something. Kings have Fox and Bagley, Pelicans have a ton of stuff to be excited about, Suns have Booker and Ayton who will keep improving... even in the East a lot of these bad teams are pretty young.

    Washington, Charlotte, Cleveland I'd have among the few at the bottom... and possibly us in the mix. Definitely bottom 10.
     
    Sarni, Jan 3, 2020
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    One coach agrees with you.
    https://clutchpoints.com/spurs-news...ay-nba-very-boring-due-to-lack-of-innovation/
     
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