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The Kevin Durant's Achilles Memorial NBA 2019 Offseason Thread

deadonthestreetdeadonthestreet Registered User regular
edited June 2019 in Debate and/or Discourse
This is a thread which used to be for fantasy drafting but is now for talking about the NBA.

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    y2jake215y2jake215 certified Flat Birther theorist the Last Good Boy onlineRegistered User regular
    Can't remember if I said I'd do this in the other NBA thread, but if anyone drops out I'd play

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    maybe i'm streaming terrible dj right now if i am its here
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    jackisrealjackisreal Registered User regular
    jackisreal's LCD Ballsystem has returned.

    Do not underestimate the power of this fully operational Ballsystem.

    @deadonthestreet MAKE IT SO

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    fortisfortis OhioRegistered User regular
    I'm back in. Team name can just be my forum name.

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    TheBigEasyTheBigEasy Registered User regular
    The Mad Doggs are back as well. This time I will win - or something.

    @deadonthestreet

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    Eat it You Nasty Pig.Eat it You Nasty Pig. tell homeland security 'we are the bomb'Registered User regular
    The only people I haven't heard from are bergy, bubbat and tinyfist

    bubbat and bergy haven't been active on the forum for a while; not sure what tinyfist's deal is

    yahoo still won't let me renew the league, so I can't just send them re-invites and see if they respond

    it was the smallest on the list but
    Pluto was a planet and I'll never forget
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    deadonthestreetdeadonthestreet Registered User regular
    Yeah we'll probably have to start before the league can be made because yahoo is slow

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    FirstComradeStalinFirstComradeStalin Registered User regular
    edited August 2012
    This time around, my victory will be complete.

    FirstComradeStalin's Dream Team 2012 is ready for assembly

    @deadonthestreet

    #victory

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    yotesyotes Registered User regular
    yotes is back to lead Troubled Gryffindor to soul-crushing mediocrity once again.

    @deadonthestreet

    Also voting for 18 teams if we get enough signups.

    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
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    PhonehandPhonehand Registered User regular
    Yeah! I don't remember my team name but "they" are definitely back!

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    CauldCauld Registered User regular
    The Wrath of Kaaaaaaahn are ready to wrath again.

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    themightypuckthemightypuck MontanaRegistered User regular
    edited August 2012
    themightypuck The Bad Seeds @deadonthestreet

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    “Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.”
    ― Marcus Aurelius

    Path of Exile: themightypuck
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    PhonehandPhonehand Registered User regular
    oh you have the names right in the op! Phonehand's Talking Barkley Head @deadonthestreet

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    Eat it You Nasty Pig.Eat it You Nasty Pig. tell homeland security 'we are the bomb'Registered User regular
    I think it's executive decision time. I have not heard any reply from the three people I was still waiting on, and history has shown us it takes ~2 months to complete the slow draft. That is a deadline that we're now essentially up against, so we need to get the draft going.

    So, let's put @eddy and @y2jake215 in the league. That leaves one spot left for one of those three stragglers if they show up, or to just fill with a random person.

    it was the smallest on the list but
    Pluto was a planet and I'll never forget
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    y2jake215y2jake215 certified Flat Birther theorist the Last Good Boy onlineRegistered User regular
    woooo

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    maybe i'm streaming terrible dj right now if i am its here
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    EddyEddy Gengar the Bittersweet Registered User regular
    Sweet.

    "and the morning stars I have seen
    and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
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    jackisrealjackisreal Registered User regular
    Woooooooo!

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    Form of Monkey!Form of Monkey! Registered User regular
    I'll fill the last spot / sub in as an alternate for somebody if need be.

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    Eat it You Nasty Pig.Eat it You Nasty Pig. tell homeland security 'we are the bomb'Registered User regular
    okay, that's 16 then. Is the intent to use this thread for the draft? I'll go ahead and work up the start of draft post.

    it was the smallest on the list but
    Pluto was a planet and I'll never forget
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    Eat it You Nasty Pig.Eat it You Nasty Pig. tell homeland security 'we are the bomb'Registered User regular
    edited August 2012
    D&D Fantasy Slowdraft 2012!

    Here is the draft order, generated by random.org:

    1. @Form of Monkey
    2. @Phonehand
    3. @Cauld
    4. @fortis
    5. @TheBigEasy
    6. @FirstComradeStalin
    7. @jackisreal
    8. @deadonthestreet
    9. @Kasyn
    10. @y2jake215
    11. @dlinfiniti
    12. @yotes
    13. @Pirate Viper
    14. @themightypuck
    15. @Eat it You Nasty Pig.
    16. @clownfood

    Hand to fuck, I have never gotten a draft position higher than 10 in this goddamn league

    The Rules of the Draft
    Draft is conducted in standard snake order via post in this thread. The deadline to make your pick is 24 hours from the previous pick; 48 hours on the weekend. You are encouraged to pick faster, however; we will need to average roughly three picks a day to finish the draft by opening day. Once the deadline to pick passes the next drafter may pick and has 24 hours to do so. If you miss your deadline you can make the pick at any time from the pool of remaining players without further penalty, but repeatedly missing the deadline will probably lead to you being replaced. If you will be away from the forum for an extended period of time, PM instructions or a priority list to me or another forumer so that they can pick for you.

    In the event I do not anticipate finishing the draft via forum in a timely manner, we will stop at the end of an appropriate round and conclude via live draft on the yahoo site.

    Drafters are encouraged to accompany their picks with funny photos, videos or stories about their players.

    Rules of the League
    We play weekly head to head matchups (Mon-Sun), scoring the following categories: points, threes, assists, defensive rebounds, offensive rebounds, blocks, steals, FT%, FG% and turnovers. Percentages are calculated by totalling your total team attempts and dividing by their total number of makes. Low man wins turnovers.

    You have eight starting spots per day: PG, SG, G, SF, PF, F, C and Utility. We use yahoo's positional eligibility. Yahoo's position assignments are sometimes dumb, but they generally err on giving a player more starting positions than they should have, rather than the reverse. If you start sending them emails now, you can probably get them to give Dwight Howard small forward eligibility or something.

    Individual players can be looked up on the yahoo site (http://basketball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/) if you want to verify their position before drafting.

    Roster size is 11 players; this is relatively restrictive, but we have a large league and it prevents hoarding. You get three waiver/FA claims per week; a player takes three days (iirc) to clear waivers once dropped.

    Draft will be tracked via spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AlkJgl_EVZdidGZkVWFOOUNGZnhLenpsWUNTSWxiU0E . Anyone can edit; just don't screw anything up.

    Protocol is to let the person drafting after you know via PM or alert or whatever when you have made your pick and it's their turn. This way people who check the forum less frequently can set themselves up to get emails or something when they are up.

    Okay Form, you're on the clock.

    Eat it You Nasty Pig. on
    it was the smallest on the list but
    Pluto was a planet and I'll never forget
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    Form of Monkey!Form of Monkey! Registered User regular
    Thanks for letting me in at the end (that's what she said.)

    And woot! First pick!

    Team OlajuTron: Legacy is now a go.

    I can't in good conscience pick LeBron. I just can't. So I'll take the actual best player in the NBA (gratuitous smug look), Kevin Durant. Homey gonna splode this season.

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    EddyEddy Gengar the Bittersweet Registered User regular
    Unlike the NBA Finals, KD pulls the upset over LeBron

    /heart pangs just from joking about it

    "and the morning stars I have seen
    and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
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    y2jake215y2jake215 certified Flat Birther theorist the Last Good Boy onlineRegistered User regular
    I hope everyone passes on LeBron, all the way to the bank

    (The Bank will be my team name if that happens)

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    y2jake215y2jake215 certified Flat Birther theorist the Last Good Boy onlineRegistered User regular
    I will also be forced to take Tim Duncan since he is a strong proponent of the Bank

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    dlinfinitidlinfiniti Registered User regular
    winning time

    AAAAA!!! PLAAAYGUUU!!!!
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    Form of Monkey!Form of Monkey! Registered User regular
    y2jake215 wrote: »
    I hope everyone passes on LeBron, all the way to the bank

    (The Bank will be my team name if that happens)

    When KD sucks at every category but PPG, I will have what losers often call what is often called a "moral victory" on my hands. :P

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    Form of Monkey!Form of Monkey! Registered User regular
    What I'm saying is I'm already sort of regretting my first pick.

    @Phonehand You're up!

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    dlinfinitidlinfiniti Registered User regular
    wtf
    you should look at the previous draft threads
    this is not how you make a pick
    terrible

    AAAAA!!! PLAAAYGUUU!!!!
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    themightypuckthemightypuck MontanaRegistered User regular
    Fuckity fuckity fuck. There goes my Lebron strategy.

    “Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.”
    ― Marcus Aurelius

    Path of Exile: themightypuck
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    Form of Monkey!Form of Monkey! Registered User regular
    dlinfiniti wrote: »
    wtf
    you should look at the previous draft threads
    this is not how you make a pick
    terrible

    Oh dude, give me some credit. I know what I'm doing. I understand the benefits of an all-around stat stuffer vs. a pure scorer, and still picked Durant anyway. 30 PPG nightly is pretty hard to pass up.

    Plus, I literally believe that Durant will continue this trend of improving his handles, passing, and rebounding every season and will be an even more solid all-around player in 2012-2013.

    I saw you get bent out of shape by Lebron disrespect last season too, it's cool. I get it.

    Jackisreal made a genius pick in Dwight Howard last season, by the way, which would have worked out well for him had Howard not then decided to spend his season being injured and off the court, or else whiny and half-assed when he was on. Nobody could have seen that coming.

    I considered Howard myself this season, but that's somebody else's call now.

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    yotesyotes Registered User regular
    12th! Fantasy basketball drafts just fucking hate me, don't they. I was looking through past drafts and found I'd drafted Gilbo 7th in 2007. Hmm.

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    Eat it You Nasty Pig.Eat it You Nasty Pig. tell homeland security 'we are the bomb'Registered User regular
    he's not mad at you for taking durant

    he's mad at you for not bringing the funny

    it was the smallest on the list but
    Pluto was a planet and I'll never forget
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    yotesyotes Registered User regular
    Well, here's a funny picture of Kevin Durand.

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    Moving on!

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    tinyfisttinyfist Registered User regular
    Sorry - been a little too swamped with work. I don't think I'm going to be able to play this year.

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    Form of Monkey!Form of Monkey! Registered User regular
    he's not mad at you for taking durant

    he's mad at you for not bringing the funny

    I see.

    There are so many pictures on the internet of Kevin Durant wearing a giant backpack and window pane glasses, like some sort of toddler, and yet I have provided none of them. None of them!

    I will try harder in the future.

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    PhonehandPhonehand Registered User regular
    Oh dang I'm second! Yeah I don't even care if I hate him.
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    LEBRON

    @cauld is up!

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    CauldCauld Registered User regular
    edited August 2012
    I was all set to complain about not getting the guy I wanted, again. But then I realized I am getting the guy I wanted.

    Yes!!!!!! Behold an assortment of pictures featuring Kevin Love:
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    I read a paragraph on some terrible website explaining that the number of games Kevin Love plays in a year is proportional to the amount of facial hair he has.... I hope he never shaves again.

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    @fortis is up

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    fortisfortis OhioRegistered User regular
    Dunno what's going on here, but I'm taking Chris Paul.
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    @TheBigEasy is up!

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    PhonehandPhonehand Registered User regular
    oh yeah gonna step up my game and shop all my pictures this year

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    TheBigEasyTheBigEasy Registered User regular
    So I am picking 5th in a 4 player draft - and then someone went and took Kevin Love. Hm ... Dwight Howard it is, despite him going to the Lakers and being a big cry baby and all that.

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    And @FirstComradeStalin is up!

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    FirstComradeStalinFirstComradeStalin Registered User regular
    edited August 2012
    Can you say "contract year"?

    Andrew Bynum, come on down!

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    Isn't he starting to look like Theo Huxtable?

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    And @jackisreal is up!

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