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I don't get why Portland gave up a draft pick in any form
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Jones Jr doesn't have value. Gotta give up something in order to bring in Nance. He should be solid for them. Better (or at least healthy and available) version of what they wanted from Zach Collins.
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They hoing my magic. Spot on with the pistons tho.
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I don't understand some of y'all. 70 points is 70 ****ing points. Especially in an NBA game.
These are grown *** men we're talking about. I don't think they're going to just let another man drop a 70 deuce on their chests without putting up some sort of fight.
These are grown *** men we're talking about. I don't think they're going to just let another man drop a 70 deuce on their chests without putting up some sort of fight.
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I can drop 70 on 2K and I’m celebrating.
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Watched it, good video
no answers to what actually happened. Sad situation.
in the video the narrator gives his opinion that the shoulder and F’ed up jumper problems happened before the summer league ankle injury, even though his shot looked pretty good. A little different than college but to me it was pretty damn close. Narrator said he thought whatever f’ed him up happened before that, but I disagree
something definitely happened when he stepped away after that ankle injury, that’s the mystery. And some of the stuff his trainers had him doing was so bizarre. The most bizarre of course was the finger tap ball raise up on the free throw. What the hell…
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Unsurprising and lame.
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Would be disappointing if it turned out to be a BMX accident that deformed his jumpshot. It's really sad when you see these young rookies suffer self-inflicted injuries like that. Guess the genesis of it is a false sense of invincibility.
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The surprising part of whatever happened to Fultz in Philly is how the team and his people been able to totally keep it under wraps…Not 1 leak or any info bout it
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A lot of it is fueled behind jealously and racism. Rich Paul is 39 (relatively young in this line of work) didn't go to law school. He didn't have prior experience. He was just a friend to LeBron and picked it up as he went along. Also built rapport with other players around the league who can identify with him, which they struggle to do with older white guys who did go to law school and go by the name "Happy" Walters
Same is applicable to journalists as well. A lot of these older journalists are retiring, because they can no longer stay "in touch" with the modern NBA player.
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Nance is a great pickup for Portland, which is why I hate this move.
Jones can bring some much needed defence to the Bulls plus they get a pick. Lauri is definitely at his lowest value though so let's see what the Cavs will do with him.
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I should add this to my comment above: Had Nerlens Noel never messed up his hand and didn't miss all those games, he probably would've gotten a deal similar to what Capela got some years ago. I believe it was close to the $90mm range. That's $20mm shy of what the extension was from Philly.
No one told Noel to take Paul's advice. If it were me, I wouldn't have turned down that kind of money.
No one told Noel to take Paul's advice. If it were me, I wouldn't have turned down that kind of money.
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Nerlens was not getting that money back whether he messed up his thumb or not the following year.
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If Rich Paul didn’t take team’s calls on Noel, how is that not seriously negligent?
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Worth a watch when you have the time.
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It would be and arguably a breach of his fiduciary duty to Noel as an agent, but to prevail in the lawsuit (if it goes to court, which it won't), Nerlens will have to prove that actually was the case with evidence other than just hearsay stories from third-parties. I'm sure the Klutch camp is going to outright deny the allegations Nerlens made in his complaint and force him to prove all of it.
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This is why a lot of people around the league believe this will get settled outside of court. Rich Paul obviously didn't try his best for Noel. But this is probably the few times you get burned for leaving the guy you had before.
Happy Walters is a respected sports agent too.
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It's undoubtedly a breach of his fiduciary duty if in-fact true. Tough lawsuit to win though without some of these teams actually coming forward themselves, which probably isn't happening.
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