2017-18 Daily Discussion

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Re: 2017-18 Daily Discussion

Postby Andrew on Sun Feb 25, 2018 11:07 am

Spurs drop out of the Playoffs, beat the odds to win the lottery, get the next Tim Duncan, begin another two decades of being an elite team. You heard it here first.
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Re: 2017-18 Daily Discussion

Postby shadowgrin on Sun Feb 25, 2018 11:33 am

Andrew wrote:Terrible luck for Jimmy Butler and the Timberwolves.

Unfortunate for Butler, only good thing to come out of this are the Thibs memes being brought out again.
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Re: 2017-18 Daily Discussion

Postby Jeffx on Sun Feb 25, 2018 12:20 pm

They say Jimmy B could be back by the playoffs....that's good news.
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Re: 2017-18 Daily Discussion

Postby Andrew on Sun Feb 25, 2018 12:27 pm

Definitely promising. Whenever he does come back, hopefully he doesn't have lingering issues, a la Derrick Rose. Obviously it's not as serious as Rose's worst injuries, at least with that prognosis, but I'd hate to see another star's career derailed.
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Re: 2017-18 Daily Discussion

Postby [Q] on Sun Feb 25, 2018 1:33 pm

I guess it depends on the surgery he has, but I would not recommend the "quick snip" method like Brandon Roy and had. Artest had it too but he was at the end of his career. So many years left for Butler, no need to mortgage the future for the present
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Re: 2017-18 Daily Discussion

Postby Andrew on Sun Feb 25, 2018 2:08 pm

Didn't Westbrook have that same procedure, though?
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Re: 2017-18 Daily Discussion

Postby shadowgrin on Sun Feb 25, 2018 3:33 pm

[Q] wrote:I guess it depends on the surgery he has, but I would not recommend the "quick snip" method like Brandon Roy and had. Artest had it too but he was at the end of his career. So many years left for Butler, no need to mortgage the future for the present

tbf to Roy he already had 3-4 knee surgeries even before he reached the NBA, it was an accumulation of those ‘quick snips’ rather than the method of partial/total removal of the meniscus.

Chris Paul had an entire meniscus removed at a younger age than Butler yet Paul is still playing well today despite only having one and a half knee.

If the report is true that Butler will be back this season he definitely opted to have the quick snip and will have the damaged part of the meniscus removed rather than have it repaired like Westbrook and Blake Griffin did.



EDIT: turns out the source of that report about Butler came from himself loool, telling people that he’ll be back just in time for the playoffs. He hasn't even taken a MRI yet to know the severity of his meniscus tear.
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Re: 2017-18 Daily Discussion

Postby SoF'nAwesome on Sun Feb 25, 2018 5:09 pm

guys what should be done about zaza pachulia?
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Re: 2017-18 Daily Discussion

Postby Andrew on Sun Feb 25, 2018 5:42 pm

It's getting to the point where it's basically impossible to give him the benefit of the doubt. Much as the league started taking action against Bruce Bowen a decade ago, I think they need to do something here. There's playing physical, which is fine, and then there's playing dirty, which isn't. Sliding a foot under someone who's landing, tripping people and very blatantly collapsing on top of them in a way that's intended to cause further injury is not basketball.
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Re: 2017-18 Daily Discussion

Postby bowdown on Sun Feb 25, 2018 6:20 pm

Banned from the league. Delladova is another one. Just because he has a chipmunk face doesn't mean he is innocent. Dirtbags.
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Re: 2017-18 Daily Discussion

Postby Sauru on Mon Feb 26, 2018 11:52 am

zaza is a piece of shit and i dont buy this shit with nicks foot dragging zaza down. it amazes me how everyone talks about how massive nba players are yet a slight breeze seems to be able to blow them over
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Re: 2017-18 Daily Discussion

Postby Andrew on Mon Feb 26, 2018 1:13 pm

Seems he's trying to paint Westbrook as a crybaby. I've also seen suggestions that Thunder fans are hypocrites, due to past incidents involving Steven Adams and Nick Collison. Thing is, even if that's true, none of that changes Zaza's history of questionable and blatantly dirty moments, and this was the latest in a long line of said questionable and blatantly dirty moments. Whataboutism doesn't change anything; the league needs to do something.
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Re: 2017-18 Daily Discussion

Postby [Q] on Mon Feb 26, 2018 2:22 pm

What happened?

Either way his antics did ruin a potentially great and competitive playoff series last year
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Re: 2017-18 Daily Discussion

Postby Phil89 on Mon Feb 26, 2018 4:28 pm

I feel like he does something like this every time he plays OKC. Last time he nearly took out Paul George's legs with a dangerous flop.

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Then there was that time he slapped Westbrook in the face whilst fouling him, before standing over him like the fake tough guy he is.

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Re: 2017-18 Daily Discussion

Postby [Q] on Mon Feb 26, 2018 7:50 pm

I just saw the video and that makes me a little mad. I mean, it's one thing to accidentally hurt someone but to go out and try to get an edge by injuring an opponent is not right. You are putting someone else through pain and potentially taking money out of their wallet for your own gain. Also, how much of a prick must you be to call yourself a champion if you took out the competition not by skill or talent but by brute force
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Re: 2017-18 Daily Discussion

Postby Andrew on Mon Feb 26, 2018 8:45 pm

That's Zaza for you.
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Re: 2017-18 Daily Discussion

Postby Stress Fracture on Tue Feb 27, 2018 2:07 am

Worst thing that happened after that is some are still defending what Zaza did, calling it "accidental."
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Re: 2017-18 Daily Discussion

Postby Sauru on Tue Feb 27, 2018 4:19 pm

Stress Fracture wrote:Worst thing that happened after that is some are still defending what Zaza did, calling it "accidental."



one thing you can always count on is idiot basketball fans.
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Re: 2017-18 Daily Discussion

Postby Andrew on Tue Feb 27, 2018 4:31 pm

Well, as The Grand List of Forum and Community Laws states:

there is no behavior, practice, or act so reprehensible that you cannot find someone to defend it on the Internet.
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Re: 2017-18 Daily Discussion

Postby air gordon on Wed Feb 28, 2018 2:33 am

on a positive note, WOJ says Kawhi will be returning to the Spurs and plans to play in March
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Re: 2017-18 Daily Discussion

Postby SoF'nAwesome on Wed Feb 28, 2018 3:44 am

i still don't understand what that was all about
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Re: 2017-18 Daily Discussion

Postby zzcoolj21 on Wed Feb 28, 2018 4:31 am

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Re: 2017-18 Daily Discussion

Postby shadowgrin on Wed Feb 28, 2018 4:51 am

SoF'nAwesome wrote:i still don't understand what that was all about

Kawhi’s uncle/manager being a dick.
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Re: 2017-18 Daily Discussion

Postby SoF'nAwesome on Wed Feb 28, 2018 8:57 pm

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Re: 2017-18 Daily Discussion

Postby Andrew on Wed Feb 28, 2018 9:22 pm

"Damn, maybe I shouldn't have traded him."
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