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2023-24 NBA Thread

Started by Uncle Rico, June 27, 2023, 10:42:28 AM

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MU82

Van Gundy and Jackson out ... Doc Rivers and Doris Burke in as analysts on ESPN's top NBA announcing crew. Mike Breen continues as PBP man.

https://nypost.com/2023/07/31/espn-hiring-doc-rivers-demoting-mark-jackson-promoting-doris-burke/
"It's not how white men fight." - Tucker Carlson

"Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism." - George Washington

rocket surgeon

   "For me, it was just the momentary shock of "Wait, Jaylen Brown is the highest-paid player in NBA history"?"


  for the moment anyway
felz Houston ate uncle boozie's hands

wadesworld

Quote from: MU82 on August 01, 2023, 10:24:29 AM
Van Gundy and Jackson out ... Doc Rivers and Doris Burke in as analysts on ESPN's top NBA announcing crew. Mike Breen continues as PBP man.

https://nypost.com/2023/07/31/espn-hiring-doc-rivers-demoting-mark-jackson-promoting-doris-burke/

That is atrociously brutal. Hopefully TNT hires those two.

Uncle Rico

Quote from: wadesworld on August 01, 2023, 05:20:28 PM
That is atrociously brutal. Hopefully TNT hires those two.

Mark Jackson is terrible
Ramsey head thoroughly up his ass.

wadesworld

Quote from: Uncle Rico on August 01, 2023, 05:27:35 PM
Mark Jackson is terrible

He's bad, but he balances out Van Gundy well.

MuggsyB

Who is going to be stuck with Mark Jones? 

MuggsyB

Quote from: wadesworld on August 01, 2023, 05:32:18 PM
He's bad, but he balances out Van Gundy well.

Breaking up that trio doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me even if Jackson is the weak link. 

Uncle Rico

Ramsey head thoroughly up his ass.

MuggsyB



tower912

Orlando is owned by members of the Devos family.   
Luke 6:45   ...A good man produces goodness from the good in his heart; an evil man produces evil out of his store of evil.   Each man speaks from his heart's abundance...

It is better to be fearless and cheerful than cheerless and fearful.

lawdog77

Quote from: tower912 on August 03, 2023, 05:37:02 AM
Orlando is owned by members of the Devos family.
Are we not men?

tower912

Luke 6:45   ...A good man produces goodness from the good in his heart; an evil man produces evil out of his store of evil.   Each man speaks from his heart's abundance...

It is better to be fearless and cheerful than cheerless and fearful.

MU82

Quote from: Pakuni on August 03, 2023, 01:01:44 AM
Stick to sports? Shut up and dribble?

https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/02/politics/orlando-magic-desantis-super-pac-donation/index.html

They don't want to get Disneyed. Their Black players are probably cool with the slavery-as-jobs-program position, too.
"It's not how white men fight." - Tucker Carlson

"Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism." - George Washington

Herman Cain

"It was a Great Day until it wasn't"
    ——Rory McIlroy on Final Round at Pinehurst

MuggsyB

Harden will not be playing for the Sixers again.  Philly is pretty much screwed because I don't see them getting much for him. 

Herman Cain

Quote from: MuggsyB on August 14, 2023, 08:33:14 AM
Harden will not be playing for the Sixers again.  Philly is pretty much screwed because I don't see them getting much for him.
Harden=No Rings, very few finals appearance, high drama. Money better spent elsewhere.
"It was a Great Day until it wasn't"
    ——Rory McIlroy on Final Round at Pinehurst

The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole

Harden should have never opted in for this year, but I think he is finding out that people don't view him as the star he once was.
Matthew 25:40: Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.

MuggsyB

Quote from: The Sultan of Semantics on August 14, 2023, 09:03:22 AM
Harden should have never opted in for this year, but I think he is finding out that people don't view him as the star he once was.

They may have no choice but to trade him.  Unless Morey is canned.

WhiteTrash

Quote from: The Sultan of Semantics on August 14, 2023, 09:03:22 AM
Harden should have never opted in for this year, but I think he is finding out that people don't view him as the star he once was.
Now I could be 100% wrong about this, but I thought the Sixers asked him to sign the extension to make it easier to trade him for good value. He maybe pissed that he signed the deal and the Sixers reneged on their side of the deal.

Spotcheck Billy

Quote from: WhiteTrash on August 14, 2023, 03:01:08 PM
Now I could be 100% wrong about this, but I thought the Sixers asked him to sign the extension to make it easier to trade him for good value. He maybe pissed that he signed the deal and the Sixers reneged on their side of the deal.

IIRC, he signed his player option at the team's suggestion

The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole

Quote from: Spotcheck Billy on August 14, 2023, 04:16:19 PM
IIRC, he signed his player option at the team's suggestion


Yes. He redid his deal last year to create cap space and got the player option.

So while I am not a big Harden fan, I get why he is upset. He could have simply declined his option. But I'm sure he thought a trade would come with a big extension, which is easier if you are already under contract.
Matthew 25:40: Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.

WhiteTrash

Quote from: The Sultan of Semantics on August 14, 2023, 04:18:33 PM

Yes. He redid his deal last year to create cap space and got the player option.

So while I am not a big Harden fan, I get why he is upset. He could have simply declined his option. But I'm sure he thought a trade would come with a big extension, which is easier if you are already under contract.
Not a Harden fan either and I agree it sounds like he has valid reasons to be pissed.

I kinda hope the Sixers get a bad of used balls (or any Bulls player) back for him.

MUBurrow

Yeah I'm curious how much the Clips were included in the back and forth when he opted in.  It seems that's the only team he's really interested in playing in and there may have been a couple leaps of faith here (Harden that the Sixers would trade him to the Clips, the Sixers that the Clips would give them anything in return).

MuggsyB

Quote from: The Sultan of Semantics on August 14, 2023, 04:18:33 PM

Yes. He redid his deal last year to create cap space and got the player option.

So while I am not a big Harden fan, I get why he is upset. He could have simply declined his option. But I'm sure he thought a trade would come with a big extension, which is easier if you are already under contract.

I get it but you cannot guarantee a player that a trade, especially with those variables, is a sure thing.  That doesn't excuse Morey but Harden has requested 3 trades in 3 years?