Goddamit Clippers. I think this is the third season in a row that they have beat the Blazers with a buzzer beater (Reddick getting the previous 2).
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I'd like to nominate this series of tweets as the best use of social media thus far in the season.
While the Nuggets were getting their ass handed to them in a hat by the Rockets, the Nuggets' official twitter feed found something constructive to do:
I think Cleveland got better, in that trade and overall with all of em
Cleveland got better this year but paid a massive price over the long term in losing a first round draft pick. You aren't going to build a team around guys like Clarkson after Lebron leaves. L.A. traded players they didn't need on contracts they didn't want to pay for another shot at the draft lottery and to free up cap space to pay for free agents next year.
I think it's a decent trade for both teams when you consider motivations but it has the context of two teams working to get out from under previous bad decisions so people are all too happy to pile on.
Also: LOLOLOLOLOL I.T.
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I think Cleveland got better, in that trade and overall with all of em
Cleveland got better this year but paid a massive price over the long term in losing a first round draft pick. You aren't going to build a team around guys like Clarkson after Lebron leaves. L.A. traded players they didn't need on contracts they didn't want to pay for another shot at the draft lottery and to free up cap space to pay for free agents next year.
I think it's a decent trade for both teams when you consider motivations but it has the context of two teams working to get out from under previous bad decisions so people are all too happy to pile on.
Also: LOLOLOLOLOL I.T.
The first was protected (not sure how heavily) so they are at least semi-insured against continuing to suck and lebron leaving, but mostly the trade/s were to try and keep lebron happy. If he leaves you are pretty fucked anyway. I think it works for both teams pretty well, but they are both making the trade to hopefully get lebron, so it's only going to REALLY work out for one of them
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It was the Cavs pick that they sent to LA, not the much-more-valuable Brooklyn pick. The pick will not be in the lottery unless Lebron decides to stop playing after the All Star Break and the Cavs miss the playoffs.
After the Kyrie trade I was skeptical Cleveland was in Finals shape but willing to see how the season played out
IT can't play defense and looked terrible when he wasn't injured (so what like 3 games). Derrick Rose continues his reenactment of Weekend at Bernies. Jae Crowder was the spare chewing gum in the Kyrie trade. DWade just wanted one more ring with his BFF but he's probably just interested in retiring in a Heat jersey at this point.
I liked Shump but he was DEAD TO ME when he ditched the flat top.
This trade ditched a lot of aging underperformers in return for some guys who are ok. Weirdly I think it's a good trade. But it seems symptomatic of the same dysfunction that led the Cavs front office to pick up 37 year old Shaq for one season to try and keep Lebron the first time round.
I dunno. Nobody in the East was gonna trade anyone worth a damn to the Cavs team you might be facing in the playoffs. Nobody in the West was going to trade away anyone that might give them a chance against the Warriors, the Rockets, or the Thunder. It was always going to be a team in rebuild or tanking mode trying to either free up cap space or ride out the season. Or someone willing to bet on Thomas recovering from what might just be a bad year due to a freak injury. I don't know how they'd think that but there you go.
That Tristan Thompson contract looks as burdensome as I expected back when it was announced. Not that I think he's no good but that kind of money when Kevin Love is your other center seemed out of whack.
Cleveland still has a pretty good starting lineup. I hope whatever was causing their recent skid gets addressed promptly. Maybe the new players can actually play defense.
I think the trades were great for the Cavs. More defense, more athleticism, more shooting, less drama. They are probably one Steph or Durant injury away from having a competitive series with the Warriors.
Glad to be here to help us not win a tenth home game in a row
Wow what atrocious shooting tonight
I was just hoping Layman could become the 4th player in NBA history to score 50 points in 3 quarters. It seems to be a good February for Blazers making history that way.
Goddam fucking Zaza Pachulia and his fucking ugly ass wannabe Peja looking face. Such a dirty piece of shit. I'm sick of that motherfucker. Warriors wonder why people turn on them, when they have him and Draymond as two of the dirtiest motherfuckers in the league, just out there trying to injure people constantly. I'm just sick of his ass.
In brighter news. Dame D.O.L.L.A is killing it again tonight, with 40 and the game winner. Sure they were down by 15 in the 4th to the worst team in the league, but you know, game winner!
It was a good comeback, but this is why you don’t want jump shooters as your only offensive fire power. Too easy to go cold for a half and put yourself in a 17 point hole.
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I didn’t watch the game (cle/ind), but looking through the play by play the last 5 minutes was basically everyone bombing from deep. What the hell was going on in that game?
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While the Nuggets were getting their ass handed to them in a hat by the Rockets, the Nuggets' official twitter feed found something constructive to do:
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he was the guy that went after love.
and the trade made both teams worse. Its so lolzy.
LA literally was willing to get worse to have lebron sized cap room.
Clevland had to ditch the guy they traded for Kyrie for and the value they got back are those duders?
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Cleveland got better this year but paid a massive price over the long term in losing a first round draft pick. You aren't going to build a team around guys like Clarkson after Lebron leaves. L.A. traded players they didn't need on contracts they didn't want to pay for another shot at the draft lottery and to free up cap space to pay for free agents next year.
I think it's a decent trade for both teams when you consider motivations but it has the context of two teams working to get out from under previous bad decisions so people are all too happy to pile on.
Also: LOLOLOLOLOL I.T.
The first was protected (not sure how heavily) so they are at least semi-insured against continuing to suck and lebron leaving, but mostly the trade/s were to try and keep lebron happy. If he leaves you are pretty fucked anyway. I think it works for both teams pretty well, but they are both making the trade to hopefully get lebron, so it's only going to REALLY work out for one of them
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IT can't play defense and looked terrible when he wasn't injured (so what like 3 games). Derrick Rose continues his reenactment of Weekend at Bernies. Jae Crowder was the spare chewing gum in the Kyrie trade. DWade just wanted one more ring with his BFF but he's probably just interested in retiring in a Heat jersey at this point.
I liked Shump but he was DEAD TO ME when he ditched the flat top.
This trade ditched a lot of aging underperformers in return for some guys who are ok. Weirdly I think it's a good trade. But it seems symptomatic of the same dysfunction that led the Cavs front office to pick up 37 year old Shaq for one season to try and keep Lebron the first time round.
I dunno. Nobody in the East was gonna trade anyone worth a damn to the Cavs team you might be facing in the playoffs. Nobody in the West was going to trade away anyone that might give them a chance against the Warriors, the Rockets, or the Thunder. It was always going to be a team in rebuild or tanking mode trying to either free up cap space or ride out the season. Or someone willing to bet on Thomas recovering from what might just be a bad year due to a freak injury. I don't know how they'd think that but there you go.
That Tristan Thompson contract looks as burdensome as I expected back when it was announced. Not that I think he's no good but that kind of money when Kevin Love is your other center seemed out of whack.
Cleveland still has a pretty good starting lineup. I hope whatever was causing their recent skid gets addressed promptly. Maybe the new players can actually play defense.
The potential for karmic retribution is too great
That's an auspicious start to the post fire-sale Cavs
Glad to be here to help us not win a tenth home game in a row
Wow what atrocious shooting tonight
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You could be a Knicks fan
And watch Porzingis lay on the deck with a torn ACL while a stricken little Knicks fan looks on like Simba after the stampede
I curse the day my pops raised me to cheer for the orange and blue
I was just hoping Layman could become the 4th player in NBA history to score 50 points in 3 quarters. It seems to be a good February for Blazers making history that way.
In brighter news. Dame D.O.L.L.A is killing it again tonight, with 40 and the game winner. Sure they were down by 15 in the 4th to the worst team in the league, but you know, game winner!
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The locker room interview afterwards may have hurt worse
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He’s still min/maxing like always, but on this game night, Harden decided to roll a murder hobo.
Not that tough...
Seriously though, that was brutal. Impressive, but brutal.
Pacers about to ruin LeBron's legacy
I don't know if you can burn a jersey twice though
The Cavs are worse
Neither team deserves to advance