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#4551 Post by Juana » Thu Jul 19, 2018 9:10 am

Ingram is still a kid and now he is going to have likely the easiest season ever playing with the best player on the planet if he continues with that heart then I think he will make that leap. The talent is there but he needs to hit the weight room a bit. The end of last season especially defensively he was showing his skill. He increased his scoring by 7pts from his rookie year so I think even if he stays around 17-18ppg he will be solid. He is kind of the opposite of KD in the fact that he came in as a defender trying to find his scoring touch where as KD was a scorer learning to defend.

I love McGee especially his stint with the Dubs as he always gives max effort. Losing Randle sucks but he wanted a pay day and I think Bronny Drama is going to play a lot at the 4 in the post in the half court where he is basically unstoppable so it would have lessened his role. He asked to be renounced, and I think playing with AD his fellow UK alum he will excel and I wish him the best.

Wagner is a wild card but I like what I see but I also like Zubac. Gonna be a fun year for both the C's and the Lakes.. but the Dubs have 6 of the top players on USA hoops so its an uphill battle for all.

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#4552 Post by Artemis » Thu Jul 19, 2018 1:05 pm

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Artemis wrote:Juana, thanks for the info about KL. I looked it up and it seems that the issues have a lot to do with the uncle. And I agree with SR about questioning family involvement in managing one's career. I hope it works for KL and his uncle doesn't totally shaft him or rob him. :mad:
Kawhi is a good dude, I mean hell he still drives a 1998 Chevy Tahoe he's wired differently and I do think his Uncle has his ear but sometimes that sort of thing happens, if Kawhi was concerned about money he would have signed that supermax the minute SA offered it to him. If he is healthy whether or not you liked DeMar Kawhi is an upgrade for them, and gives them a legit perimeter defender as well as a player that can score the ball. People forget he is a 2 time DPOY and a finals MVP.
I think once the shock wears off from losing DeRozan, fans will realise we got a better player. Hopefully he's healthy enough to play at full capacity.
No doubt Drake will take KL under his wing to show him around the "6" and befriend him. :lol:

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#4553 Post by SR » Fri Jul 20, 2018 4:36 am

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Juana wrote:
Artemis wrote:Juana, thanks for the info about KL. I looked it up and it seems that the issues have a lot to do with the uncle. And I agree with SR about questioning family involvement in managing one's career. I hope it works for KL and his uncle doesn't totally shaft him or rob him. :mad:
Kawhi is a good dude, I mean hell he still drives a 1998 Chevy Tahoe he's wired differently and I do think his Uncle has his ear but sometimes that sort of thing happens, if Kawhi was concerned about money he would have signed that supermax the minute SA offered it to him. If he is healthy whether or not you liked DeMar Kawhi is an upgrade for them, and gives them a legit perimeter defender as well as a player that can score the ball. People forget he is a 2 time DPOY and a finals MVP.
I think once the shock wears off from losing DeRozan, fans will realise we got a better player. Hopefully he's healthy enough to play at full capacity.
No doubt Drake will take KL under his wing to show him around the "6" and befriend him. :lol:
KL left tens of millions on the table. People are complicated, and he's a people.....but all indications are this is a one year rental as he really wants to be in LA. And philosophically, they didn't dip very far into the pool of talent when they promoted Nurse. I think Toronto went into a self imposed holding pattern for a year of assessment.

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#4554 Post by Juana » Fri Jul 20, 2018 7:48 am

Not so sure about that Toronto is a fun city especially more fun than SA and if Drake takes him under his wing he will get that shoe deal

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#4555 Post by guysmiley » Fri Jul 20, 2018 8:28 am

Where's Melo going? I think that guys has been on bad fit teams forever. Should have never gone to NY. I don't see it working with the rockets. Off the bench for a good price maybe. Even the Lakers or Portland if it was cheap. We need a cheap scoring forward actually.

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#4556 Post by SR » Fri Jul 20, 2018 8:36 am

Looks to be ATL....for now; he made out financially

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#4557 Post by Juana » Fri Jul 20, 2018 9:03 am

Not gonna trash Melo he is one of the best pure scorers I have seen, but he needs to realize he is not Bronny Drama at his age now

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#4558 Post by guysmiley » Fri Jul 20, 2018 9:54 am

They're buying him out. If he can swallow is ego, he could be a good fit.

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#4559 Post by kv » Fri Jul 20, 2018 10:09 pm

Watch him go Houston

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#4560 Post by Artemis » Sat Jul 21, 2018 6:28 am

KL arrived in Toronto yesterday. Looks like a little smile on his face.
I hope he enjoys playing here.

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#4561 Post by SR » Sat Jul 21, 2018 7:21 am

Much like you sold with the C's trade last year, I'm selling on this. I haven't looked at the numbers, but the Lakes will do everything they can to match LeBron and KL...and KL wants to be in LA. Funny, that sets up broader thinking fake fans to root hard for the C's to make the Toronto experiment as unsuccessful as possible. The downside is a core of KL and LJ is pretty scary. Gotta wonder if Luke is eating his Wheaties :lol: As for Toronto, the fans are the losers here...bummed for them; they are fantastic

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#4562 Post by kv » Sat Jul 21, 2018 10:52 am

No lakers fan is rooting for the Celtics to do anything aside from get injured :bigrin:

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#4563 Post by kv » Sat Jul 21, 2018 11:55 am

After a year of hoping okc would get knocked out early...then it happened and didn't matter :noclue:

He'll come in 19 or someone else will

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#4564 Post by Juana » Mon Jul 23, 2018 1:10 pm

kv wrote:No lakers fan is rooting for the Celtics to do anything aside from get injured :bigrin:
I'm not rooting for them to get injured but I do hope they get knocked out early, then we can post the pics of that empty banner

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#4565 Post by SR » Mon Jul 23, 2018 10:16 pm

:lol: for fucks sake, enough on the banner. It’s a physical representation of what all teams aspire to. Well, not 18 :agree: ... no one, except the Celtics can aspire to that. :rockon:

Better than an injury banner displaying a young man in excruciating pain :nod:

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#4566 Post by Artemis » Tue Jul 24, 2018 4:38 pm

Just listened to Danny Green's podcast(trying to get to know the new team members) and really enjoyed it. Danny's comments about what he and KL could bring to the Raptors were awesome! Cool that he's already thinking about how he can instill some of their championship knowlede and attitude in the younger Raptors players. I think he's going to be a great fit for the team. I like that he has two Pomskis too.. :lol:

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http://insidethegreenroomwithdannygreen ... get-traded

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#4567 Post by Juana » Thu Jul 26, 2018 12:42 pm

Danny Green is a good player and a one of those players that really cares about the community where he plays which is why I was confused about why he was included in this trade.

SR, as the for banner its tradition at this point :lolol: but I agree on not wanting players to get injured, an ankle sprain or something is one thing but these that can fuck someone's career up are not cool. While I hate the uniform Kyrie is wearing he is one of my favorite players, so I hope he comes back healthy.

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#4568 Post by SR » Fri Jul 27, 2018 5:20 am

J, I get it...and that's good. This was a great shit talkin thread until it wasn't.

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#4569 Post by Juana » Fri Jul 27, 2018 7:46 am

Hey we can make shit talking great again!

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#4570 Post by kv » Fri Jul 27, 2018 12:45 pm

Take it to PM's :lolol:

I don't root for players to get hurt...I just laugh when it happens after shit talk I have heard... we'll maybe post wheelchair Pierce :wink:


And it's not like wishing a reign of fire on Ray Allen is gonna result in my happiness if it ever happened...I'm mean not prolonged happiness....one day regret might show her face in my life...while I'll admit, watching Danny Ainge get his jaw knocked off his flappy head would have brought about Nirvana to my younger self...it would have been fleeting....I think :noclue:

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#4571 Post by Artemis » Fri Jul 27, 2018 2:50 pm

DD and his new coach. Hope the bitter taste of Toronto doesn't last long.

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#4572 Post by SR » Sat Jul 28, 2018 5:40 am

Double D will be fine. All things considered, it's a elite problem. There were a few EC players who could play the C's fierce...glad he's gone. :wave:

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#4573 Post by SR » Mon Jul 30, 2018 6:04 am

Wow, it's like a reincarnation


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#4574 Post by Juana » Mon Jul 30, 2018 11:23 pm

SR wrote:Wow, it's like a reincarnation

Yeah, Tatum if he keeps working is going to be really really good, he is already well coached but he can be special

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#4575 Post by SR » Tue Jul 31, 2018 6:32 am

and I think I heard he's working with Kobe again. He's friggin 20.,,,and a dad

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