OFFICIAL AROUND THE NBA: DECEMBER 2024

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  1. SlyPokerDog

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    SlyPokerDog, Nov 25, 2024
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    They should have the cup games be all at once so it's over 2 weeks instead of spread out over months.

    Also the point differential tiebreaker is stupid.

    Give the winner a playoff birth and runner up a playin.

    Have the groups be divisions or something more memorable.

    I really like the concept but it needs tweaks.

    After 10 years it'll start to be way more meaningful and eventually the 2nd biggest team accomplishment after a title.
     
    SharpesTriumph, Dec 1, 2024
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    Like all hated changes, they eventually settle in as the norm. But, even the senseless Cup trophy is arguably already the 2nd biggest team accomplishment after a title ... which is exactly why it's a difficult concept to sell. The title is all that matters in the eyes of most people. Everything else is a step along the way.

    The NCAA basketball setup might provide a better model to follow, with conference tournaments setting up seeding for the NCAA tourney. I don't know whether that could work with the long NBA schedule as a lead-up.
     
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    It’s December yall
     
    SheedSoNasty, Dec 1, 2024
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    it is

    makes you wonder why the moderators are getting paid big bucks for sub-standard management like this
     
    wizenheimer, Dec 1, 2024
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    Brandon Ingram basically blocked a trade to Utah because he wouldn’t re-sign there
     
    SheedSoNasty, Dec 1, 2024
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    Why is Orlando kicking ass without Banchero? Maybe the surprise team this year.
     
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    Dillon Brooks got in another fight tonight
     
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    No he didn’t. It was a jump ball that drew a crowd. Pretty funny moment actually.
     
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    You're right; it wasn't a fight. He was playing dirty, threw a guy down and created the scuffle. He's going to injure more people. Congrats on being technically correct.
     
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    He’s just mad about being Canadian
     
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    Rastapopoulos, Dec 2, 2024
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    Franz Wagner on offense, everybody on defense. Hope their GM watches Anfernee's highlights from last night's game.
     
    Rastapopoulos, Dec 2, 2024
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    Cugel The epitome of mediocrity

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    Zion, Garland, and Tyler Herro still on this list.

    4 Rockets. Title favorites OKC has Chet and Jalen. Magic have #3 and #4, then Suggs at #18.

    Zero Blazers - depressing as were so far from exiting this rebuild, at least in a way we might be able to eventually contend.
     
    SharpesTriumph, Dec 2, 2024
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    This link means nothing. Sharpe, Scoot, Camara, and DC will prove them wrong.
     
    KingSpeed, Dec 2, 2024
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    Cugel The epitome of mediocrity

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    Zion has no business being on that list. The list should really reflect which players would the average GM want on the roster. Nobody is touching Zion with a 10ft pole.
     
    Cugel, Dec 2, 2024
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    Yet if it had them on it you'd see it as the holy grail.

    Rinse. Repeat. So predictable.
     
    Strenuus, Dec 2, 2024
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    I wouldn’t call it the holy grail, I’d just say they’re right. My opinions of our players don’t change based on what reporters say about them, for good or bad,
     
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