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chonestown · Post #41 » by **chonestown** » Mon Feb 19, 2024 2:13 pm

AussieBuck wrote:
paulpressey25 wrote:Absolute glorious AS weekend.

Pacer fans are forever wrecked that Dame ran out of there with the MVP trophy

WASN'T EVEN BEHIND HALF COURT! HIS FOOT WAS OVER THE LINE!!!!

league game.imo

sidney lanier · Post #42 » by **sidney lanier** » Mon Feb 19, 2024 2:31 pm

blazza18 wrote:League has some real issues to solve around this all star event. Not a lot of players seem interested in showcasing the league the way they used to and like they are with everything else in the sport the fans are getting tired of it.

There were a total of 3 fouls in the ASG. There was a time when players actually fouled out of this game. You need to do something to encourage people to guard.

My idea: award 3 points to the defender for a blocked shot.

Edit: Make that SUBTRACT 3 points from the offensive team when they get a shot blocked. Now that's a game i would watch and that would feature some defense.

Ron Swanson · Post #43 » by **Ron Swanson** » Mon Feb 19, 2024 2:48 pm

https://theathletic.com/5284376/2024/02/18/lebron-james-future-nba-lakers/

“The other side (is), I’ve never been that great with accepting my praise. It’s so weird for me.

Diggr14 · Post #44 » by **Diggr14** » Mon Feb 19, 2024 2:49 pm

To me, the hoops looked bigger too. Is that a thing ever, or is it my eyes.

emunney · Post #45 » by **emunney** » Mon Feb 19, 2024 2:50 pm

Obviously I knew they were going back to the conference format, but didn't know they had dropped the Elam ending until yesterday. They shouldn't have done that.

raferfenix · Post #46 » by **raferfenix** » Mon Feb 19, 2024 2:50 pm

Weekend couldn’t have gone better for our purposes.

Dame getting serious is the lynchpin to our future.

And he’s still got it.

msiris · Post #47 » by **msiris** » Mon Feb 19, 2024 2:55 pm

Last night was a joke. So boring.

GoldenAntlers · Post #48 » by **GoldenAntlers** » Mon Feb 19, 2024 3:06 pm

RiotPunch wrote:
Prez wrote:Here for the Dame post-ASB **** you tour. I said some irresponsible things after that last game, prove me wrong Dame.

Get November/December Dame back, get Khris healthy, eject Pat into space, let's go on a run here.

Curious which Planet Pat should be jettisoned to?

I saw what you did there even if nobody else did.

GoldenAntlers · Post #49 » by **GoldenAntlers** » Mon Feb 19, 2024 3:09 pm

emunney wrote:Obviously I knew they were going back to the conference format, but didn't know they had dropped the Elam ending until yesterday. They shouldn't have done that.

Yup, took me a minute to realize why the game wasn't competitive in the 4th this year.

neiLz · Post #50 » by **neiLz** » Mon Feb 19, 2024 3:16 pm

nice all star weekend. don't really compare about them not trying. i expected to see zero effort and i wasn't disappointed. I also got to see dame win MVP :-)

Frank Nova · Post #51 » by **Frank Nova** » Mon Feb 19, 2024 3:29 pm

Congratulations to Brooklyn. They finally did something right this season.

Post #52 » by **humanrefutation** » Mon Feb 19, 2024 3:33 pm

I'm not sure there is an incentive that the NBA could offer to convince any of these guys to actually compete. Not in a full court game, at least. The incentive to stay healthy far outweighs anything else.

It seems to me that the biggest motivator for these guys are solo-oriented. The guys regularly show out for the 3 point contest, for example. Maybe if they did a bunch of one-on-one matchups until they got to a final of one west guy versus one east guy, or something like that.

-Jragon- · Post #53 » by **-Jragon-** » Mon Feb 19, 2024 3:35 pm

Soo.... Giannis though might have low key put an even bigger target on our back while we're still running through plays like it's preseason. He said to Dame, while on mic, "all we have to do is beat some kids to get a chip,".... like dude, you couldn't wait until the mic was off before you say that?

Post #54 » by **MickeyDavis** » Mon Feb 19, 2024 3:42 pm

-Jragon- wrote:Soo.... Giannis though might have low key put an even bigger target on our back while we're still running through plays like it's preseason. He said to Dame, while on mic, "all we have to do is beat some kids to get a chip,".... like dude, you couldn't wait until the mic was off before you say that?

Meh. Much ado about nothing. He was referring to the ASG

-Jragon- · Post #55 » by **-Jragon-** » Mon Feb 19, 2024 3:59 pm

MickeyDavis wrote:
-Jragon- wrote:Soo.... Giannis though might have low key put an even bigger target on our back while we're still running through plays like it's preseason. He said to Dame, while on mic, "all we have to do is beat some kids to get a chip,".... like dude, you couldn't wait until the mic was off before you say that?

Meh. Much ado about nothing. He was referring to the ASG

lol... the all-star game against Curry, Durant, Lebron, etc? hmmmmmmm :lol:

-Jragon- · Post #56 » by **-Jragon-** » Mon Feb 19, 2024 4:01 pm

He was saying we are the oldest All Stars in the East and let's go Dame and beat all the kids a$$'s so we can get to the finals..

-Jragon- · Post #57 » by **-Jragon-** » Mon Feb 19, 2024 4:02 pm

Which it's fine and good to say that but not on a hot mic... we just made the regular season games against the East 20% harder for ourselves

BigO · Post #58 » by **BigO** » Mon Feb 19, 2024 4:02 pm

Frank Nova wrote:Congratulations to Brooklyn. They finally did something right this season.

Griffin and Bud available.

Post #59 » by **MickeyDavis** » Mon Feb 19, 2024 4:17 pm

-Jragon- wrote:Which it's fine and good to say that but not on a hot mic... we just made the regular season games against the East 20% harder for ourselves

I know it's a dead time with no games but come on. Opponents need extra motivation going against 2 NBA 75 players? A 2 time MVP and Finals MVP who dropped 50 to win the title? 20% harder? Opponents: "Did you hear what Giannis said? I'm now extra motivated playing against him". No

-Jragon- · Post #60 » by **-Jragon-** » Mon Feb 19, 2024 4:27 pm

MickeyDavis wrote:
-Jragon- wrote:Which it's fine and good to say that but not on a hot mic... we just made the regular season games against the East 20% harder for ourselves
I know it's a dead time with no games but come on. Opponents need extra motivation going against 2 NBA 75 players? A 2 time MVP and Finals MVP who dropped 50 to win the title? 20% harder? Opponents: "Did you hear what Giannis said? I'm now extra motivated playing against him". No

Lockerroom: "Hey guys, Giannis said we're a bunch of kids. Yall ready to show him what some kids can do to some old men?" I mean yeah they might run and jump 20% more from some commentary like that. I would... I'd F them up if they called me a kid.