Around the League: Week 1 10/16-10/21
Around the League: Week 1 10/16-10/21
Nationally televised games this week
Monday: None.
Tuesday: Philly @ Boston 8:00 PM EST TNT, OKC @ Golden State 10:30 PM EST TNT
Wednesday: New Orleans @ Houston 8:00 PM EST ESPN, Dallas @ Phoenix 10:30 PM EST ESPN
Thursday: Chicago @ Philly 8:00 PM EST TNT, L.A. Lakers @ Portland 10:30 PM EST TNT
Friday: Boston @ Toronto 8:00 PM EST ESPN, Golden State @ Utah 10:30 PM EST ESPN
Saturday: Toronto @ Washington :00 PM EST NBATv, Houston @ L.A. Lakers 10:30 PM EST ESPN
Sunday: Houston @ L.A. Clippers 9:00 PM EST NBATv
NBA News
Seahawks & Blazers owner Paul Allen has died: http://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/249 ... en-dies-65
Myles Turner gets 4/$72M from the Pacers: http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/2499 ... ana-pacers
Larry Nance gets 4/$45M from the Cavaliers: http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/2499 ... -extension
Monday: None.
Tuesday: Philly @ Boston 8:00 PM EST TNT, OKC @ Golden State 10:30 PM EST TNT
Wednesday: New Orleans @ Houston 8:00 PM EST ESPN, Dallas @ Phoenix 10:30 PM EST ESPN
Thursday: Chicago @ Philly 8:00 PM EST TNT, L.A. Lakers @ Portland 10:30 PM EST TNT
Friday: Boston @ Toronto 8:00 PM EST ESPN, Golden State @ Utah 10:30 PM EST ESPN
Saturday: Toronto @ Washington :00 PM EST NBATv, Houston @ L.A. Lakers 10:30 PM EST ESPN
Sunday: Houston @ L.A. Clippers 9:00 PM EST NBATv
NBA News
Seahawks & Blazers owner Paul Allen has died: http://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/249 ... en-dies-65
Myles Turner gets 4/$72M from the Pacers: http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/2499 ... ana-pacers
Larry Nance gets 4/$45M from the Cavaliers: http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/2499 ... -extension
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Re: Around the League: Week 1 10/16-10/21
Cleveland got Nance Jr. on a great deal. Good for them; I really like him as a player.
Trendon Watford. Please and thank you.
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It's a declining contract too. Smart move by Cleveland. I think Love's contract declines too
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I like that Nance deal a lot. I think it's great that he has ended up back in Cleveland. I thought the Cavs should have used him more last year with Lebron. Oh well.
I don't really know what to make of Myles Turner. People keep hyping him as a future star for the Pacers, but I haven't seen it from him yet.
I don't really know what to make of Myles Turner. People keep hyping him as a future star for the Pacers, but I haven't seen it from him yet.
Re: Around the League: Week 1 10/16-10/21
Ayton vs Doncic on ESPN to start the season. It’s nice to be on the national stage a little bit.
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Re: Around the League: Week 1 10/16-10/21
I don't know that Turner is a star, but he's a modern big and has "unicorn" skills. The term unicorn gets used far too often nowadays, but I believe it was originally used to describe a big man that stretched the floor on offense and protected the rim on defense. Those guys were very rare, but highly useful. That's why we're seeing an influx of them in recent drafts.Marty [Mori Chu] wrote: ↑Tue Oct 16, 2018 12:32 amI like that Nance deal a lot. I think it's great that he has ended up back in Cleveland. I thought the Cavs should have used him more last year with Lebron. Oh well.
I don't really know what to make of Myles Turner. People keep hyping him as a future star for the Pacers, but I haven't seen it from him yet.
Turner has those skills. He's not Porzingis, but he's a solid piece.
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There's only one unicorn and his name is Porzingis.
Turner is a nice player but was hyped up a bit his rookie year. I don't know that he's a double digit rebounder and while he gets blocks, I don't know that he's an intimidating defender at the rim. This will be a telling year because he got himself into phenomenal shape.
Turner is a nice player but was hyped up a bit his rookie year. I don't know that he's a double digit rebounder and while he gets blocks, I don't know that he's an intimidating defender at the rim. This will be a telling year because he got himself into phenomenal shape.
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That's not true. The term was first applied to Serge Ibaka. I wouldn't call him one anymore, but he definitely was one. Anthony Davis is definitely one. Joel Embiid. Mo Bamba and JJJ were drafted to be unicorns.
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I believe the term was first used to describe a horse with a single horn on its head.
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Re: Around the League: Week 1 10/16-10/21
"Unicorns" was actually one of the names that the Boston owners considered when they chose "Celtics" -
https://www.nba.com/celtics/history/Name.html
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Actually, I believe the term was used to describe the planet-sized evil robot in the 1980s Transformers: The Movie, voiced by Orson Welles.
Oh, wait. That was Unicron.
Oh, wait. That was Unicron.
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[youtube][/youtube]Marty [Mori Chu] wrote: ↑Tue Oct 16, 2018 1:02 pmActually, I believe the term was used to describe the planet-sized evil robot in the 1980s Transformers: The Movie, voiced by Orson Welles.
Oh, wait. That was Unicron.
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Brilliant all around. Everybody gets a 10!n4th4n wrote: ↑Tue Oct 16, 2018 1:12 pm[youtube][/youtube]Marty [Mori Chu] wrote: ↑Tue Oct 16, 2018 1:02 pmActually, I believe the term was used to describe the planet-sized evil robot in the 1980s Transformers: The Movie, voiced by Orson Welles.
Oh, wait. That was Unicron.
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Marcus Morris adding the "Sr." to his jersey is peak FOE.
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Simmons looks fantastic! The rest of Philly is meh. Tatum looks like the best player for Boston right now.
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Strong juevos from Jalen Brown to challenge Embiid like that. He got lucky, IMO.
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