Around the League: Week 2 (10/24-10/30)

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Here it is:

"Too little, too late, too unbothered."
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Such a fuckin weirdo. Don't dehumanize him? Lol.

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And there’s this:

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That clip is an embarrassment. The Nets should be ashamed to have a guy like that on their roster. As much as I hate Russell Westbrook, I would rather have him on my roster than Kyrie.

My favorite part of the clip is when he says, "How is it 'promoting' a video when I link to it on my social media feed?" Uh, that's exactly what it is? You're posting a link to it and recommending that people check it out? That is literally what promotion is? What a fucking idiot.

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Didn’t realize we have the best offense in the league so far

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TOO wrote:
Sun Oct 30, 2022 7:48 pm
Such a fuckin weirdo. Don't dehumanize him? Lol.
He does a good enough job of dehumanizing himself.
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There may be a bit of fool's gold in our start to the season. The teams we beat have a combined winning percentage of .406 (only the Pelicans have a winning record), and we lost to the 5-1 Blazers.

One third of our first 9 games will be against the Blazers, and 4 of our next 5 games are against the Blazers and Timberwolves. Who comes up with such a schedule?
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JeremyG wrote:
Mon Oct 31, 2022 10:14 am
There may be a bit of fool's gold in our start to the season. The teams we beat have a combined winning percentage of .406 (only the Pelicans have a winning record), and we lost to the 5-1 Blazers.
Nonsense. The teams we beat have a combined record of 13-19 because they’re 0-5 against us. Take out the games against us and they’re 13-14. Again taking out the games against us, those five opponents consist of two with winning records (DAL and NOP), one at .500 (GSW), and two with losing records (LAC and HOU).

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It’s 4 likely playoff teams and 1 bad team. Getting particular about record at this point seems silly. It’s a super small sample size and as Cap pointed out, our wins against them make a huge impact.

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Split T wrote:
Mon Oct 31, 2022 10:39 am
It’s 4 likely playoff teams and 1 bad team. Getting particular about record at this point seems silly. It’s a super small sample size and as Cap pointed out, our wins against them make a huge impact.
I would put the chance of all 4 of those teams making the playoffs at about 1%. But even if they eventually turn things around, the fact is that 4 of the 5 teams are struggling right now, and the one good team was missing their 2 best players.
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JeremyG wrote:
Mon Oct 31, 2022 10:49 am
Split T wrote:
Mon Oct 31, 2022 10:39 am
It’s 4 likely playoff teams and 1 bad team. Getting particular about record at this point seems silly. It’s a super small sample size and as Cap pointed out, our wins against them make a huge impact.
I would put the chance of all 4 of those teams making the playoffs at about 1%. But even if they eventually turn things around, the fact is that 4 of the 5 teams are struggling right now, and the one good team was missing their 2 best players.
1%? That’s crazy, I’d say more like 40-50%

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Split T wrote:
Mon Oct 31, 2022 11:44 am
JeremyG wrote:
Mon Oct 31, 2022 10:49 am
Split T wrote:
Mon Oct 31, 2022 10:39 am
It’s 4 likely playoff teams and 1 bad team. Getting particular about record at this point seems silly. It’s a super small sample size and as Cap pointed out, our wins against them make a huge impact.
I would put the chance of all 4 of those teams making the playoffs at about 1%. But even if they eventually turn things around, the fact is that 4 of the 5 teams are struggling right now, and the one good team was missing their 2 best players.
1%? That’s crazy, I’d say more like 40-50%
Seriously. The Pelicans will probably make the playoffs, and the other three are locks (barring a season-ending injury to Luka, or multiple serious injuries to the Warriors or Clippers). I’d happily take that bet at even money, and at +9900 I’d make an enormous bet.

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Bojan and Vando would have been a hell of a get.

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Now that they're winning all their games despite trying to tank, I wonder if the Jazz wish they had held on to Bogdanovic.
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Or maybe this gives them more urgency to hold a fire sale.

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Drewsprocket wrote:
Sat Oct 29, 2022 11:01 am
I think this puts the final nail in the coffin. KD is gone. Kyrie has to be gone. Brooklyn has a very large Jewish community and Brooklyn attendance already sucks.
Tsai should have made a deal while he could have. He’s only lost more leverage.
Kryie is a PR nightmare time bomb. Simmons is a ghost of an NBA star. KD is a hostage on a losing team.
Honestly, I don't think this Kyrie thing will have much of an impact on basketball.
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Mori Chu wrote:
Sun Oct 30, 2022 9:24 pm
My favorite part of the clip is when he says, "How is it 'promoting' a video when I link to it on my social media feed?" Uh, that's exactly what it is? You're posting a link to it and recommending that people check it out? That is literally what promotion is?
I've seen/heard that line of reasoning, if you can call it that. People post a link and then say they are just putting it out there to spark debate or generate conversation...blah blah blah.
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Superbone wrote:
Mon Oct 31, 2022 9:44 am
TOO wrote:
Sun Oct 30, 2022 7:48 pm
Such a fuckin weirdo. Don't dehumanize him? Lol.
He does a good enough job of dehumanizing himself.
Honestly, I think Kyrie is just a confused, lost child. I don't even think he fully grasps the impact of his actions or his words. I think he is in love with the concepts of being a free-thinker and non-conformists, but pursues these notions recklessly without guidance, direction, or perspective.

And to be clear, I'm not making excuses for him. But I find myself pitying him more than being angered by him.
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