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The [Baseball] thread approaches the postseason, guest

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  • TelMarineTelMarine Registered User regular
    edited April 11
    Reaves calling his own number with 1 min to go, interesting

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  • burboburbo Registered User regular
    edited April 11
    Murray! Wow!

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  • TelMarineTelMarine Registered User regular
    edited April 11
    burbo wrote: »
    Murray! Wow!

    Man, make someone else beat you.

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  • burboburbo Registered User regular
    edited April 11
    So, do the Lakera now feel good about the upgrade from "competitive sweep" to "competitive gentleman's sweep?"

    I dont actually think the TWolves will be a walk for the Nuggets. Denver struggled much more with the Lakers than TWolves did with the Suns, and the Twolves have the best possible front line and wings to handle the two man game. I still expect Nuggets to win, but i bet itll take at least 6 to do it.

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  • burboburbo Registered User regular
    edited April 11
    TelMarine wrote: »

    Man, make someone else beat you.

    Such a luxury to not need to call timeout in that situation, so the Lakers have no plan about who/when to double in that pick and roll.

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  • TelMarineTelMarine Registered User regular
    edited April 11
    Countdown to Darvin Ham being canned in 3...2...1...

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  • KnightKnight Dead Dead Dead Registered User regular
    Dirtyboy wrote: »
    Adding confusing rules so good for baseball.


    it's fine rob thompson gave them the game by putting in our 10 era reliever in a tie game. he got to 0-2 2 outs after putting runners on 2nd and 3rd no outs, and then threw a pitch the catcher called for a high fastball so wild that it bounced in front of the plate and two runs scored so they won anyway.

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  • Captain InertiaCaptain Inertia Central OhioRegistered User regular
    edited April 11
    burbo wrote: »
    So, do the Lakera now feel good about the upgrade from "competitive sweep" to "competitive gentleman's sweep?"

    I dont actually think the TWolves will be a walk for the Nuggets. Denver struggled much more with the Lakers than TWolves did with the Suns, and the Twolves have the best possible front line and wings to handle the two man game. I still expect Nuggets to win, but i bet itll take at least 6 to do it.

    The Wolves are the biggest threat to Denver, yeah

    And that’s without factoring in if Ant has a “World of Cardboard” moment

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  • marajimaraji Registered User regular
    edited April 11
    Pozingas hurt in game four. I’d figured he’d last until at least game five to underscore that there’s a reason to close out series.

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  • FiatilFiatil Registered User regular
    edited April 11
    The many faces of Jalen Williams throughout the series --

    Postgame game 3:
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    That one time they misspelled his name:
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  • FiatilFiatil Registered User regular
    edited April 11
    burbo wrote: »

    Well, lets say he is equally a fan of Galveston and the Pelicans.

    It turns out reality is better than fiction here, because if you type in Galveston, Texas to google maps, you're immediately greeted with:
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  • iguanacusiguanacus Desert PlanetRegistered User regular
    edited April 11
    Someone has gotta give Seranthony a once over. Guy is dragging every time he comes out.

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  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 11
    Knee surgery for Mike Trout

    Not supposed to be season ending but we’ll see

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  • burboburbo Registered User regular
    edited April 11
    Just thinking about if the Lakers choose to blow it up. . . @Fiatil , how would you feel about the Thunder moving some of their 10,000 picks for AD? Any interest there? Could be nice to have a bulkier player next to Chet who doesn't compromise spacing too much. Who would be off limits in such a deal? Obvs, I would assume Shae and Chet would be off the table, but what about Jalen? I assume everyone else is touchable.

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  • TelMarineTelMarine Registered User regular
    edited April 11
    burbo wrote: »
    Just thinking about if the Lakers choose to blow it up. . . Fiatil , how would you feel about the Thunder moving some of their 10,000 picks for AD? Any interest there? Could be nice to have a bulkier player next to Chet who doesn't compromise spacing too much. Who would be off limits in such a deal? Obvs, I would assume Shae and Chet would be off the table, but what about Jalen? I assume everyone else is touchable.

    For any team wishing to start a rebuild, OKC is pretty much your only partner with all those draft picks.

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  • ButtersButters A glass of some milks Registered User regular
    edited April 11
    Jarrett Allen ruled out for game 5. Watch Cleveland get out rebounded by 30.

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  • Doctor DetroitDoctor Detroit Registered User regular
    edited April 11
    Is a Mike Trout injury basically the free square on a baseball bingo card?

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  • TelMarineTelMarine Registered User regular
    edited April 11
    Philly with only 2 points in the first 5 min of the 2nd...yikes.

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  • ChallChall Registered User regular
    Knee surgery for Mike Trout

    Not supposed to be season ending but we’ll see

    I didn't know Trout had knees

  • FiatilFiatil Registered User regular
    edited April 11
    Short answer on AD -- Yeah I would take him for draft picks, but don't think the Lakers would go for that.

    Longer -- AD is awesome, and can fit in with just about any team. It probably wouldn't be like a 4+ year stay, so it seems like we could figure out a way to fit his contract in now while so many of our young guys are still on rookie deals.

    But I think the Lakers would want a player for him, and I don't think we will or should do that. They would do it for very high value draft picks, but we don't have a bunch of top tier "will probably/almost certainly be in the lottery" picks. Fair to project OKC's own picks won't be in the lottery, and the rest are pretty low % chances of being a top tier lottery pick. A lot of top 5 protections, some top 10 protections, and/or from teams that right now just don't look like they'll be in a position to turn into a top 5ish pick either. There's a chance! But long shots. Clippers seem very tentative year to year and I could see a mass exodus, but I don't see Ballmer hard tanking with the fancy new arena coming online.

    That leaves SGA, Jalen Williams, or Chet to get him, and I don't see it happening, SGA is obvious. Jalen Williams is still way too unknown to a lot of people, but is absolutely ridiculous for a 2nd year player and is almost certainly a future all star. Chet is basically our entire (very effective) rim protection when he's on the floor, he fits the team really well because of that, Presti loves him, and the upside is pretty silly. Lu Dort has somehow gone from a defensive specialist/terrible shooter (in)famous for being left completely open from 3 in our bubble playoff series against the Rockets to shooting 40% from 3 on volume, and may be the best 3 and D guy in the league right now. He's on a super team friendly deal and I don't see him going either.

    So that leaves Giddey, our picks, and a few high quality bench players on incredibly team friendly deals. I don't really see LA going for that without demanding so many picks that we say no, as the team friendly deals of Isiah Joe (thanks Philly) and Cason Wallace don't really help a tanking team despite helping us a lot.

    My expectation is that the picks are going to be used to trade for high quality role players more than one big headline superstar. Eventually we have to worry about paying a lot of guys, and the picks + trading them around to get other players are what we need to build a roster around the big money deals. We do have cap space in the short term, but yeah not seeing how we get AD here despite it being a good fit.

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  • burboburbo Registered User regular
    edited April 11
    76ers falling apart. Not surprising, really, and Embiid has the worst body language this side of Lebron

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  • TelMarineTelMarine Registered User regular
    edited April 11
    burbo wrote: »
    76ers falling apart. Not surprising, really, and Embiid has the worst body language this side of Lebron

    Embiid 6/18 with a staggering 9 turnovers. Not gonna cut it in an elimination game.

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  • FiatilFiatil Registered User regular
    edited April 11
    Lol holy shit, what an ending. Into OT!

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  • TelMarineTelMarine Registered User regular
    edited April 11
    WOW! Maxey, incredibly clutch shots!

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  • FiatilFiatil Registered User regular
    edited April 11
    Maxey with the hard bailout of Embiid this game, as we all predicted.

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  • FiatilFiatil Registered User regular
    edited April 11
    Lol of course there's a big reviewed call at the end....

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  • TelMarineTelMarine Registered User regular
    edited April 11
    terrible turnovers on both sides

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  • TelMarineTelMarine Registered User regular
    edited April 11
    wow, what a win for the Sixers. Unbelievable performance by Maxey, especially towards the end. The Sixers again looked dead in OT, but Maxey again hit huge shots. Just...wow.

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  • TelMarineTelMarine Registered User regular
    edited April 11
    Butters wrote: »
    Jarrett Allen ruled out for game 5. Watch Cleveland get out rebounded by 30.

    This series going 7

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  • TelMarineTelMarine Registered User regular
    edited April 11
    ok I definitely did NOT have the Bucks leading by 20 here near the end of the 3rd

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  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 11
    They’re not good

    But the A’s have been a little better than expected so far this year.

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  • Captain InertiaCaptain Inertia Central OhioRegistered User regular
    edited April 11
    Fiatil wrote: »
    Short answer on AD -- Yeah I would take him for draft picks, but don't think the Lakers would go for that.

    Longer -- AD is awesome, and can fit in with just about any team. It probably wouldn't be like a 4+ year stay, so it seems like we could figure out a way to fit his contract in now while so many of our young guys are still on rookie deals.

    But I think the Lakers would want a player for him, and I don't think we will or should do that. They would do it for very high value draft picks, but we don't have a bunch of top tier "will probably/almost certainly be in the lottery" picks. Fair to project OKC's own picks won't be in the lottery, and the rest are pretty low % chances of being a top tier lottery pick. A lot of top 5 protections, some top 10 protections, and/or from teams that right now just don't look like they'll be in a position to turn into a top 5ish pick either. There's a chance! But long shots. Clippers seem very tentative year to year and I could see a mass exodus, but I don't see Ballmer hard tanking with the fancy new arena coming online.

    That leaves SGA, Jalen Williams, or Chet to get him, and I don't see it happening, SGA is obvious. Jalen Williams is still way too unknown to a lot of people, but is absolutely ridiculous for a 2nd year player and is almost certainly a future all star. Chet is basically our entire (very effective) rim protection when he's on the floor, he fits the team really well because of that, Presti loves him, and the upside is pretty silly. Lu Dort has somehow gone from a defensive specialist/terrible shooter (in)famous for being left completely open from 3 in our bubble playoff series against the Rockets to shooting 40% from 3 on volume, and may be the best 3 and D guy in the league right now. He's on a super team friendly deal and I don't see him going either.

    So that leaves Giddey, our picks, and a few high quality bench players on incredibly team friendly deals. I don't really see LA going for that without demanding so many picks that we say no, as the team friendly deals of Isiah Joe (thanks Philly) and Cason Wallace don't really help a tanking team despite helping us a lot.

    My expectation is that the picks are going to be used to trade for high quality role players more than one big headline superstar. Eventually we have to worry about paying a lot of guys, and the picks + trading them around to get other players are what we need to build a roster around the big money deals. We do have cap space in the short term, but yeah not seeing how we get AD here despite it being a good fit.

    ::Phoenix dangling Durant in a 3-way for OKCs picks enters the chat::

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  • Captain InertiaCaptain Inertia Central OhioRegistered User regular
    edited April 11
    The As have the best closer in baseball

    Like teats on a bull

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  • KnightKnight Dead Dead Dead Registered User regular
    phillies were the first team in baseball to 20 wins and are still .5 games behind the braves.

    the world is cruel sometimes lol

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  • Inquisitor77Inquisitor77 2 x Penny Arcade Fight Club Champion A fixed point in space and timeRegistered User regular
    edited April 11
    The Lakers have an interesting offseason to consider if LeBron still wants to play with Bronny.

    If that's not a thing then Bronny made a terrible decision in declaring for the draft. I mean, it was a terrible decision regardless, but it's an even more terrible decision without that motivation.

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  • FiatilFiatil Registered User regular
    edited April 11
    Declaring for the draft is pretty risk free now-a-days, if you don't hire an agent.

    I think Bronny has 0 chance of "legitimately" being drafted, but he can still go back to college either way.

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  • Captain InertiaCaptain Inertia Central OhioRegistered User regular
    edited April 11
    The Lakers should run far away from that

    The Pelicans can take their 1st this year (though they will likely take next year’s and leave the Lakers with their own pick at 17)

    The Lakers also have their 2nd

    Bronny is around a 13th round talent

    Agreeing up front to draft Bronny when you desperately need low-salary young guys is stupid

    Do you have the balls to tell Lebron that you won’t draft him but will consider signing him as an UDFA? That risks Lebron dangling his free agency to someone else

    Agreeing to it then allows other teams to fuck with you by saying they’ll draft Bronny before you can- very likely nobody would but that’s potentially a butt-puckering risk

    That’s just with the picks- having a father and son on the same roster, with conditions/expectations, is 1) an HR nightmare 2) an inevitable drama-fest that will tear the team apart and 3) absolutely fucking horrible for Bronny, this whole thing has to be murdering his soul and self-esteem

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  • Captain InertiaCaptain Inertia Central OhioRegistered User regular
    edited April 11
    Fiatil wrote: »
    Declaring for the draft is pretty risk free now-a-days, if you don't hire an agent.

    I think Bronny has 0 chance of "legitimately" being drafted, but he can still go back to college either way.

    Bronny has an agent without having to sign with an agent, ha, yeah

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