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NBA 2017 Playoffs |OT| WE DID IT
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I thought they gave those points to Wall? Like, the only thing I could even guess was they got Al for shaking the backboard for no reason on the block attempt. Gortat made the follow-up shot anyway and seemed like the goaltend call was made for his putback.
Amory
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43 last game alone lol
I was at the game looking at the scoreboard just puzzled. All star game level
LyleLanley
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Is it time to fire Brad?
When wasn't it time to fire Brad? Rondo embarrassed him, and only out of the goodness of his heart and the bleedingness of his green did he fake a finger injury.
Bam Bam Baklava
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All the NBA halftime crew think he flopped too.
Only if we can replace him with player/coach Rondo.
Yes! And put him on a plane to Oakland cause this Mike Brown honeymoon is unlikely to last.
The ref stayed on his feet, c'mon man.
Amory
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according to all boston area sports radio hosts, absolutely
they want to fire him more after a win than they do after a loss though, so maybe not
People (including Jalen) are seriously complaining about Kelly flopping? We have totally lost control of the proper use of that word. Is he supposed to stand there and take a punch from a madman with that look in his eye?
Past time. We need to do a full rebuild. Trade the Nets picks for future Nets picks.
Past time. We need to do a full rebuild. Trade the Nets picks for future Nets picks.
LyleLanley
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Olynyk definitely flopped but it was probably the right thing to do.
Isaiah and the Nets pick for any lottery pick.
Isaiah and the Nets pick for any lottery pick.
Yeah, lying on the ground is definitely the go-to strategy to not get harmed by a "madman."
Please.
Cornbread78
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So glad I went outside to turn on 98.5 on break to check the score.... wtf.
Teef adjustment.
I mean isn't that like the go to move against bears. Just play dead and hope they fall for it
Oubre is more of a twink than a bear, though.
He might be an otter, you don't know what he's rocking under that jersey necessarily.
Lionel Richie
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Same here except the golfing. I'm not even sure why the Celtics are not doing it, but if I had to venture a guess I'd say it's because Stevens hasn't unleashed Amir.
I mean, you could have Lebron as your GOAT. But IMO he will never have the same gravitational pull as Jordan did for good reason. Jordan won basically 6 titles in a row and he came in at the right time to be the biggest name in the sport, Magic and Larry Legend further popularized the NBA and then Jordan came just in time to be the face of the sport, the one who got to internationalize it for good. More than their skills as players, Lebron did not have the same impact as Jordan.
To me it's like a Pele/Messi situation. Can you say that Messi is better than Pele? Yes you can, but enjoy the consensus going the other way.
unknownstranger
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Lol that flop.
CassidyIzABeast
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Olynyk tried to take out Wall the other night so Oubre got in the retaliation shove.
The Panda doing his Dolphin impresion.
unknownstranger
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Yeah, throwing a punch, getting ejected and suspended is better.
I'll give Beal credit, that shit was artisitic at least. Smart's are not pretty to look at by comparison.
So many teams were willing to give up their rim protectors for a 2nd round pick
what are you even talking about? I'm not saying he should have retaliated, I'm saying he flopped.
In the grand scheme of things, it probably didn't even change the outcome - Oubre gets ejected if Olynyk just stands there and laughs - but he went down like a sack of grain.
LyleLanley
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Technically he didn't say what rim needed to be protected so that may actually be true.
One team was.
fair point, maybe Mikki Moore was available.
Someone was traded for only a 2nd round pick?
Hey man, Bryan Colangelo said that was a first-rounder! Dallas just couldn't jump past 11 teams to make it so because they're not true winners so it turned into a second.
unknownstranger
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I edited the attack out. What makes you think Oubre would have stopped with the shove? He was looking for blood.
Because it's the NBA? And Kermit Washington isn't walking through that door.
LockOfTheWeek
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The Amish aren't known for their fighting skills.
What is the point of not 'flopping' in this case (flopping is a weird term because it's not like he was trying to draw a call)?
What a player he's developed into. The speed is stunning.
Amory
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Maybe not literally one 2nd round pick, I was exaggerating a bit. But there were cheap deals to be made for 5s at the deadline
LockOfTheWeek
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Hey now, it turned into two seconds!
The fact that Oubre stopped once he realized what he was doing. Regardless, taking 3 steps back is a more effective way to get away than deliberately falling to the floor.
Done with this conversation now, since the flop is really a non-issue here and likely had zero impact on anything in the end.
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