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Around the League: Week 26 4/8-4/10

Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2019 1:13 pm
by carey
Only two days of games remain in the regular season as there are no games scheduled tonight because of the NCAA National Championship game.

Nationally televised games this week

Monday: None.
Tuesday: Boston @ Washington 7:00 PM EST TNT, Houston @ OKC 9:30 PM EST TNT
Wednesday: Orlando @ Charlotte 8:00 PM EST ESPN,Minnesota @ Denver 10:30 PM EST ESPN
Thursday: None.
Friday: None.
Saturday: None.
Sunday: None.

NBA News

Does anyone really care if Paul Pierce publicly says he's better than Dwyane Wade?

An updated look at the NBA playoff picture: https://www.sbnation.com/2019/4/5/18296 ... ds-seeding

Nets clinched a playoff spot and go into the post season with one of the youngest remaining rosters: https://www.netsdaily.com/2019/4/7/1829 ... since-2015

The Orlando Magic's playoff drought is officially over as well: https://www.orlandopinstripedpost.com/2 ... than-issac

Jazz's Korver reflects on racism, white privilege: https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us ... h-jazz-nba

Source: Celtics' Smart suffers strained oblique - http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/2646 ... ed-oblique

Re: Around the League: Week 26 4/8-4/10

Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2019 1:35 pm
by Mori Chu
Dwyane Wade always looks to me like he has done a lot of drugs. And/or a lot of drinking.

Re: Around the League: Week 26 4/8-4/10

Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2019 1:50 pm
by Indy
Marty [Mori Chu] wrote:
Mon Apr 08, 2019 1:35 pm
Dwyane Wade always looks to me like he has done a lot of drugs. And/or a lot of drinking.
WTF?

Re: Around the League: Week 26 4/8-4/10

Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2019 2:35 pm
by The Bobster
I hate when players try to tell you how good they were as a player at another player's expense.

Hey Pierce - you were all NBA 2nd team 1x, and 3rd team 3x. Wade? 1st team 2x, 2nd team 3x, 3rd team 2x. I don't know how that makes you better than Wade.

Re: Around the League: Week 26 4/8-4/10

Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2019 2:46 pm
by Split T
Pierce was a good player longer than wade, but Wade’s peak was definitely higher.

Re: Around the League: Week 26 4/8-4/10

Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2019 3:32 pm
by Indy
The Bobster wrote:
Mon Apr 08, 2019 2:35 pm
I hate when players try to tell you how good they were as a player at another player's expense.

Hey Pierce - you were all NBA 2nd team 1x, and 3rd team 3x. Wade? 1st team 2x, 2nd team 3x, 3rd team 2x. I don't know how that makes you better than Wade.
He is there to say crazy things. He is a current version of SAS.

Re: Around the League: Week 26 4/8-4/10

Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2019 6:05 pm
by The Bobster
I guess I have no patience for talking heads who are there to say crazy shit.

I guess we have Bill Walton to thank for this.....

Re: Around the League: Week 26 4/8-4/10

Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2019 8:35 pm
by specialsauce
Marty [Mori Chu] wrote:
Mon Apr 08, 2019 1:35 pm
Dwyane Wade always looks to me like he has done a lot of drugs. And/or a lot of drinking.
I can see that. He’s got some serious lazy eyes going on lol.

Re: Around the League: Week 26 4/8-4/10

Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2019 8:38 pm
by Superbone
Wow. What a NCAA championship game. OT!

Re: Around the League: Week 26 4/8-4/10

Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2019 8:50 pm
by Split T
Superbone wrote:
Mon Apr 08, 2019 8:38 pm
Wow. What a NCAA championship game. OT!
Really was...Hunter had a bad 1st half but an incredible 2nd half...Culver’s shot seems to have abandoned him..that worries me, as he’s not a big time athlete.

Re: Around the League: Week 26 4/8-4/10

Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2019 9:10 pm
by Shabazz
Culver is Caris Levert to me. I'm not enamored.

Re: Around the League: Week 26 4/8-4/10

Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2019 10:32 pm
by Flagrant Fowl
Shabazz wrote:
Mon Apr 08, 2019 9:10 pm
Culver is Caris Levert to me. I'm not enamored.
Culver will have to do a lot to become LeVert. LeVert has always been a better shooter and athlete, only injuries have stunted his progress.

Re: Around the League: Week 26 4/8-4/10

Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2019 10:33 pm
by Flagrant Fowl
Split T wrote:
Mon Apr 08, 2019 8:50 pm
Superbone wrote:
Mon Apr 08, 2019 8:38 pm
Wow. What a NCAA championship game. OT!
Really was...Hunter had a bad 1st half but an incredible 2nd half...Culver’s shot seems to have abandoned him..that worries me, as he’s not a big time athlete.
I'm not a fan of either guy in the lottery. I don't think they'll ever be good enough to be starters on a contending team.

Re: Around the League: Week 26 4/8-4/10

Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2019 7:18 pm
by Furlanfufi
Magic Johnson quits in the most bizarre press conference I've ever seen

Re: Around the League: Week 26 4/8-4/10

Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2019 9:47 pm
by LazarusLong
Furlanfufi wrote:
Tue Apr 09, 2019 7:18 pm
Magic Johnson quits in the most bizarre press conference I've ever seen
I saw the PC also.
He's trying to put a good face on everything, but I think he's fed up with the way the season played out.
My guess is LeBron is part of that frustration.

Re: Around the League: Week 26 4/8-4/10

Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2019 4:15 am
by ShelC
Magic was like "I want to tweet and tamper but can't do that as an exec. Oh, and you guys are the first ones I'm telling about all of this."

Re: Around the League: Week 26 4/8-4/10

Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2019 11:56 pm
by Mori Chu
I think he just didn't want the rigor of doing the hard parts of that job. I would bet that he enjoys the fun parts, such as wining and dining prospective free agents and going to practices and games and such things. But scouting and watching game tape and looking at spreadsheets of analytics data? Nah.

Re: Around the League: Week 26 4/8-4/10

Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2019 12:06 am
by Shabazz
There were some ridiculous stat lines tonight, including Grayson Allen going for 40-7-4 and Anfernee Simons going for 37-6-9.

Re: Around the League: Week 26 4/8-4/10

Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2019 4:45 am
by bajanguy008
8-)

https://twitter.com/TheMattPetersen/status/1116234143061430272


Re: Around the League: Week 26 4/8-4/10

Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2019 7:58 am
by Split T
Shabazz wrote:
Thu Apr 11, 2019 12:06 am
There were some ridiculous stat lines tonight, including Grayson Allen going for 40-7-4 and Anfernee Simons going for 37-6-9.
It’s what happens pretty much every year on the last night of regular season ball. Hence the Archie Goodwin game or the Alec Peters game. And I guess now, the Jamal Crawford game.