Around the League: Week 4 (11/7 - 11/13)

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Around the League: Week 4 (11/7 - 11/13)

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Nationally Televised Games
Tuesday, Nov. 9
Milwaukee Bucks vs. Philadelphia 76ers, 7:30 p.m. on TNT
Portland Trail Blazers vs. Los Angeles Clippers, 10:00 p.m. on TNT

Wednesday, Nov. 10
Detroit Pistons vs. Houston Rockets, 7:30 p.m. on ESPN
Miami Heat vs. Los Angeles Lakers, 10:00 p.m. on ESPN

Friday, Nov. 12
Milwaukee Bucks vs. Boston Celtics, 7:30 p.m. on ESPN
Chicago Bulls vs. Golden State Warriors, 10:00 p.m. on ESPN

National Headlines
Brothers of NBA players Nikola Jokic and Markieff Morris exchange words on Twitter after Heat-Nuggets scuffle
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/325 ... at-scuffle

Sources: 76ers' Ben Simmons changes course, meets with team-recommended mental health clinician
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/325 ... -clinician

Giannis Antetokounmpo continues remarkable journey as Milwaukee Bucks visit The White House as NBA champions
https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nba/new ... bd850ogfl8

How long is Joel Embiid out? Injury timeline, return date, latest updates on 76ers superstar after positive COVID test
https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nba/new ... f5vzivx8mu

Randy Livingston no longer hides his story of gambling addiction
https://theundefeated.com/features/rand ... :nba:index

NBA Power Rankings
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/page/p ... -right-now

https://www.nba.com/news/power-rankings-2021-22-week-

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nba/new ... egsp9a6htn

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Thanks, Shel! Can anybody volunteer to do the Around the League and Suns News threads for next week? And/or any unclaimed week in the spreadsheet below? Thanks a lot!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... edit#gid=0

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Mori Chu wrote:
Tue Nov 09, 2021 4:12 pm
Thanks, Shel! Can anybody volunteer to do the Around the League and Suns News threads for next week? And/or any unclaimed week in the spreadsheet below? Thanks a lot!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... edit#gid=0
And here is a way to view it without opening the link in a new window. We only have 6 slots left to fill.


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1 down...
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I jumped in for a few. If I forget and someone wouldn't mind reminding me, it would be appreciated.

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I took the last 2 spots

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Awesome! Thanks all.

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Sup folks, think this might pass for fitting in this thread because it's about the influence of the NBA on College

Seeing the youngsters doing the same running to the 3pt line on 2-1, 3-2 instead of cutting for layups has been no surprise as that basically becoming the norm from AAU up even if you not really a shooter lol.

However this totally surprised me last night. Didn't think I would see College coaches letting players take these Steph/Dame type shots. I don't bat an eye when the NBA guys do it because it's a star driven league and the big $$ guys do some madness when they're ready.
We on this board even lose our mind when Book settles for a long 2 on an end of game Iso so to see that dude take such a shot had me like wow.

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I came across this on NBA reddit and it made me laugh. As usual with Charles, he has a funny way of making his point.

https://www.audacy.com/sports/nba/charl ... cs-podcast
"First of all, they (analytics) are just stats. They just gave it a name," Barkley said. "It's kind of like yoga. Yoga's nothing but stretching. They just call it yoga so they can charge more. I tell people, yoga's just stretching. They gave it a different name to charge you for it. The statistics, they change the name — 'We're gonna charge you for analytics now' — and they just raised the price, but it's nothing but stats."
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He may be wrong, but I doubt it.

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SUNS Fan from the Land of Sun, Sea and Sand ;)

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Meh. Not really interested in Bags unless he's released or something.

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Picking a side between Luke Walton and Marvin Bagley is like eating soup with a fork.
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I would so happily take him for Stix.

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Stix has zero trade value.

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Related, but Pop seems to have figured out what he has in Thad Young. I don't think we're getting him any time soon. Maybe in buyout season.

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Wait a minute, I've seen tweets all season about the Heat n Bulls balling out early but this just shocked me lol
I know the Wiz have not been sucking so far this season but didn't realize it's been such a good start


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GP said the other day that he not sure where kid get the athleticism from that he don't know if the mailman was coming around when he was out on the road lol :lol:
GPII been racking up the highlights to start the season

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Flagrant Fowl wrote:
Wed Nov 10, 2021 6:02 pm
Picking a side between Luke Walton and Marvin Bagley is like eating soup with a fork.
Walton is worse. I’m not a huge Bagley guy, but the fact that they’re not playing him is bogus. Why is he even on the team? He’s had his struggles but he’s an insanely talented player. Cut him loose and let him play somewhere. I’m not a fan of players demanding trades, but I think teams holding players hostage is worse. He’s in a contract year, if you’re not going to play him, let him go play for his next deal.

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Oubre with some special sauce tonight…

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