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The Official NBA Season Thread: NBA Cup Begins | Embiid Debut | Klay Return
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top 3 of what ?
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Yeah add the Dubs to the #NoExcuses. There was a lot of delusional slurping before the season.
A lot of them went AWOL too
A lot of them went AWOL too
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They do belong there, but they've been regressing for a few weeks now, so idk how it'll play out for them long-term (this season) and next season might be without Gobert or KAT, so it's now or never.
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West. Don’t do this. There are plenty of receipts before the season
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Yea Steph was the MVP and #5 was definitely on the way according to many in OctoberYeah add the Dubs to the #NoExcuses. There was a lot of delusional slurping before the season.
A lot of them went AWOL too
akajae
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50 wins they saidYeah add the Dubs to the #NoExcuses. There was a lot of delusional slurping before the season.
A lot of them went AWOL too
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Wolves are NOT on the no excuses list. No one has these expectations for them to win the chip.
No excuses list are the Bucks, Celtics, Clippers and Suns. Thats it. They MADE their teams to go all in and win this season. Nuggets aint on the no excuses list, if they lose this year and add another superstar next year then yeah, add them.
No excuses list are the Bucks, Celtics, Clippers and Suns. Thats it. They MADE their teams to go all in and win this season. Nuggets aint on the no excuses list, if they lose this year and add another superstar next year then yeah, add them.
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pull (em) up pleighboiWest. Don’t do this. There are plenty of receipts before the season
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to be fair , you gotta giveYeah add the Dubs to the #NoExcuses. There was a lot of delusional slurping before the season.
A lot of them went AWOL too
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The Pistons looked decent in October and have won exactly two (TWO!) games since October ended.
The point is that the regular season isn't decided in October.
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Irrespective of the talent gap, I think you can still make the argument Doc got the better of him.
If memory serves Doc made the adjustment to be much more aggressive in transition and on the offensive glass,
which is not typical of Doc teams.
The raptors were pretty chaotic, and played pretty dumb and were not disciplined at all in their defensive assignments. over helping, helping off the wrong people. pressing up on James Harden giving him easy driving opportunities.
personally I think it more to do with low IQ personnel than Nick Nurse, but I totally think you can make the argument Doc got him. talent gap aside.
I think he's been totally vindicated by the post Nurse raptors. He's showing in Philly he's totally capable of devising good offensive system.
He clearly made the choice that the best way for that raptor team to max out their talent
was to win the possession game, which meant low pass therefore low turnover iso basketball. aggressive defense and offensive rebounding.
Darko has them passing more, and it's still a massive struggle, and we no longer have a low turnover rate and the aggressive defense.
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Right now, at this moment, how/why are people picking the Heat to make the Finals?
Spoelstra? 34.5 year old Jimmy Butler?
Spoelstra? 34.5 year old Jimmy Butler?
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IMO he's been totally vindicated, Nick Nurse maxed out a poorly constructed rostrer.
He's prob not the best coach for a rebuilding team with young players
He's a war time consigliere
You don't want Nick Nurse when it's peace time, but if you got a roster that's ready to win.
Not many coaches Id rather have.
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if you SCARED
go to church
elpablo21
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Says more about the rest of the East tbh
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Nothing wrong with rolling with Spo, Bam and Jimmy come playoff time.
Think they have to make a decision on Caleb Martin which will be interesting.
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I think it's just a benefit of the doubt thing/not writing them off too early because of what happened last year. They were mediocre throughout the regular season, lost the first play in game at home to the Hawks, then in the second play in game were trailing the Bulls with 2.5 minutes left. So they looked completely dead in the water through 83+ games and were 2.5 minutes away from missing the playoffs altogether and then ended up in the Finals.
Obviously not the most ideal or easily repeatable path though to say the least.
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This is how you man up and accept that your team is on the list
Certain fans need to take notes.
Turn that denial into acceptance.
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Mazzulla wants off the list too
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He making his excuses if y’all lose in January
Loser mentality
(Yes I root a team that employs Joel Embiid)
