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[baldryanr]

I hadn't realized Kelsey Grammer played for the Heat.

[DoctorAtomic]

Why is Ashy Larry a statue for the Miami Heat?

Both of your jokes killed. I'm not even exaggerating; I'm sucking wind and crying. 

I don't know if any of you follow soccer, but there was a statue of Cristiano Ronaldo that was similarly awful. 

 

[DoctorAtomic]

I can't even drink anything right now. 

[emma675]

Was that seriously supposed to be DWade? Has the artist never seen a picture of him??

[DoctorAtomic]

The head is just so huge! How would a normal man stay upright?

[Carey]

Although nothing changes in terms of my respect for D-Wade, I'd respect him even more if this was intentional.  I mean, what on Earth is that?!  I've seen a ton of NFL Canton busts that look nothing like the Hall of Fame inductee, but at least you can get to the resemblence.  This is a totally different human being!

DoctorAtomic: I do recall the Ronaldo statue.  I don't think that one was as bad, but it was lacking effort there.  Well, at least the memes will be plenty for weeks to come (if not months or years to come)

 

[DoctorAtomic]

I still can't even. 

 

[Is Everyone Gone]

Wtf? How'd they manage to make the eternally handsome Dwade so ugly? 

[DoctorAtomic]

What is he pointing at? Why is he yelling? So much!

[baldryanr]

OK, are we ever going to see a player this scared to shoot?  He has to know whiffing on the attempt won't get him as much crap as this nonsense.

[Is Everyone Gone]

Injury fans are eating already.

So far the people that are out:

- Isaiah Hartenstein (hand)

- Dejounte Murray (hand)

- Paul George (knee)

- James Wiseman (Achilles)

- Kawhi Leonard (knee)

And now Steph is out with an ankle injury.

Edited October 28 by Is Everyone Gone

[mojoween]

Ok I know this has nothing to do with this current season, but I am reading a book Chuck Daly wrote in 1990 and this made me chortle right out loud -

“I know all about his reputation for being a cheap-shot artist.  He throws elbows and pushes people around.  If there’s a scuffle under the basket, there’s a good chance he’ll be part of it.  But he’s only doing what he feels he has to do to survive.”

This angel?  This poor man who is only defending himself from the other mean players?  Bill Laimbeer.

This made me laugh so hard, and the Pistons were my team at that time!

[baldryanr]

At least Chuck defended his players like you'd expect a coach to.  Contrast to Phil Jackson, who said the following about his reaction when news of Kobe's sexual assault case broke:

“Was I surprised? Yes, but not entirely. Kobe can be consumed with surprising anger, which he's displayed toward me and toward his teammates,”

But back to Daly - I think he's a bit underrated because of how much people hated the Pistons.  It couldn't have been easy to get that group under control.

[DoctorAtomic]

I don't know if he's that underrated. Daly was considered a great choice to coach the original Dream Team. 

[Is Everyone Gone]

12 hours ago, baldryanr said:

At least Chuck defended his players like you'd expect a coach to.  Contrast to Phil Jackson, who said the following about his reaction when news of Kobe's sexual assault case broke:

“Was I surprised? Yes, but not entirely. Kobe can be consumed with surprising anger, which he's displayed toward me and toward his teammates,”

But back to Daly - I think he's a bit underrated because of how much people hated the Pistons.  It couldn't have been easy to get that group under control.

Eh, I found Phil Jackson's candor about Kobe pretty on-brand. I've rarely actually heard of anyone who had anything nice to say about Kobe. 

[baldryanr]

5 hours ago, Is Everyone Gone said:

Eh, I found Phil Jackson's candor about Kobe pretty on-brand. I've rarely actually heard of anyone who had anything nice to say about Kobe. 

Clearly you don't live in Southern California.  Players past and present also love the man even though they probably would have hated being his teammate.

[Magog]

On Wednesday Night, the Cavaliers beat up on the Lakers 134-110. Currently, the Cavaliers are 5-0, while the Lakers are 3-2. Yay!!

Bronny finally got into the game with 5 minutes left in the game & he finally scored his first NBA basket. Even though the game was long over, it was good seeing Bronny finally scoring his first NBA Points (2).

Edited November 1 by Magog

[Is Everyone Gone]

The Bucks and the Nuggets have both struggled a lot. 

The Bucks are 1-4, and the body language between Giannis and Dame is as icy as ever. They are losing to random teams like the Bulls and the Nets. The Nuggets also needed OT to beat two tanking teams: Raptors and Nets.

I feel like those two teams are ones to watch for making a big move before the trade deadline.

[Salacious Kitty]

LMAO Lakers go down to the sad sack Pistons. 

And in a game @Magogprobably boycotted, evil Steph beat the sucky Wizards. 

[Is Everyone Gone]

Milwaukee now 1-6. Really on the struggle bus.

[Is Everyone Gone]

Oh dear. Sixers also on that struggle bus. They're now 1-5 after losing an absolute heartbreaker to the Suns.

Edited November 5 by Is Everyone Gone

[Carey]

Part of me thought that Doc Rivers would be unemployed before Dennis Allen of NFL fame.  Only for a second by the way!

[Magog]

6 hours ago, Carey said:

Part of me thought that Doc Rivers would be unemployed before Dennis Allen of NFL fame.  Only for a second by the way!

Doc will be unemployed soon enough if the Bucks keep on sucking. Hopefully, when the Bucks finally get rid of Doc, he will finally go away & stay away.

16 hours ago, Salacious Kitty said:

And in a game @Magogprobably boycotted, evil Steph beat the sucky Wizards. 

I did boycott that game. Mainly because Draymond didn't show any disrespect towards Jordan Poole so that game wasn't worth watching. BTW, those Warriors are currently 6-1 & I find that to be revolting.

Also, the Cavaliers are now 8-0. You wouldn't know anything about it if you were watching ESPN. Its a nice start to the season (which is 2 weeks old) & hopefully, they can keep this going. 

Edited November 5 by Magog

[Is Everyone Gone]

Aaron Gordon is missing 3-5 weeks with an injury. Going to make it even harder for the Nuggets. Big loss for them. 

[Salacious Kitty]

21 hours ago, Is Everyone Gone said:

Milwaukee now 1-6. Really on the struggle bus.

Word on the street is that there's strain between Giannis and Dame. It's not good. 

[kathyk2]

4 hours ago, Salacious Kitty said:

Word on the street is that there's strain between Giannis and Dame. It's not good. 

They are both used to being the best player and leader of their team. That's why duos like Steph and Klay with the Warriors and Jaylen and Jayson on the Celtics so great they don't care who gets the credit when they win.

[Is Everyone Gone]

On 11/5/2024 at 8:53 PM, Salacious Kitty said:

Word on the street is that there's strain between Giannis and Dame. It's not good. 

Dame is going through it personally. His wife filed for full custody of his three kids, and they are afaik still going through a contentious custody battle. I think the custody arrangement for the moment is Dame's mom has to fly the kids out to see him. I notice he always does better in games on the weekends his kids are there.

Giannis also says that he needs Thanasis to keep him calm and centered. Also says that Thanasis is his good cop in the locker room. Thanasis popped his Achilles tendon. 

That and Doc is a shitty coach, and it's misery city in Milwaukee.

[Carey]

On 11/6/2024 at 1:55 AM, kathyk2 said:

They are both used to being the best player and leader of their team. That's why duos like Steph and Klay with the Warriors and Jaylen and Jayson on the Celtics so great they don't care who gets the credit when they win.

100%.  Too bad someone couldn't emulate the D Wade role here.  They're still not winning anything, but IMO that would help in their case

[baldryanr]

11 hours ago, Carey said:

100%.  Too bad someone couldn't emulate the D Wade role here.  They're still not winning anything, but IMO that would help in their case

Whether he likes it or not, the Bucks should be Giannis's team.  He's the lifelong Buck, won a title, is still near (if not at) his peak, and is the better player overall.  Dame is the hired gun.  If they had done a bizarro Decision and had D Wade join Lebron in Cleveland it wouldn't have made sense for Wade to act like he was the alpha.

[Is Everyone Gone]

Giannis was very angry after yet another blowout loss to the Knicks. At one point he seems to tell someone "if you don't want to be here, you can leave." Apparently it was to a member of the media.

 

[Magog]

It was so wonderful last night seeing those Warriors get their asses kicked by the Cavaliers 136-117. The game was over halfway through the 1st Quarter. The halftime score was 83-42. Even better, there wasn't any Steph being Steph type highlights (he only got 12 points & made only 1 3-pointer) from the game & that made me very very happy. 

Overall, the Cavaliers are now 10-0. They're the first team to start 10-0 since those Warriors went 24-0 (🤬) 9 years ago. Of course, that season had a very very happy ending for me. 😊 😊 😂 😂 🤣🤣

The Cavaliers may not get to 24-0. But, I'm very pleased about this good start. I hope that Stephen A Smith is seething in anger over this. 

[Is Everyone Gone]

The thing the Cavs have to worry about is injury. They have a rather injury-prone roster.

[baldryanr]

4 hours ago, Is Everyone Gone said:

The thing the Cavs have to worry about is injury. They have a rather injury-prone roster.

Speaking of injury prone, Zion is out indefinitely with a hamstring pull.  I know Kawhi is generally held as the prime example of an injury prone player, but he's actually played in more games than Zion since 2019. 

[Is Everyone Gone]

27 minutes ago, baldryanr said:

Speaking of injury prone, Zion is out indefinitely with a hamstring pull.  I know Kawhi is generally held as the prime example of an injury prone player, but he's actually played in more games than Zion since 2019. 

Zion is a weird case. Kawhi has degenerative knees. I think Zion's issue is that he starts the season out of shape, which leads to injuries. 

[Is Everyone Gone]

Injury fans are feasting. Kevin Durant, Ja Morant and Tyrese Maxey are all out.

Edited Sunday at 12:45 AM by Is Everyone Gone

[Magog]

On 11/9/2024 at 7:24 PM, Is Everyone Gone said:

Injury fans are feasting. Kevin Durant, Ja Morant and Tyrese Maxey are all out.

You can add Chet Holmgren to this list. He's got a hip fracture on Sunday & he will be out for 2 months. 

 

The Cavaliers won again last night & they're now 12-0. Their next game & hopefully win will be against the 76ers on Wednesday. 

 

Tonight is the start of 2nd season of the NBA Not Worth A Damn Cup. 😒 The games will be on Tuesday & Friday Nights with the Final being on December 17 in Las Vegas. Yay. This time, it got a sponsor in Emirates. Gee, how exciting. 😒 They could of called it the Arsenal Cup (🤬) because of their association from Emirates. Even then, its still not worth giving a damn. 

The 2 main games tonight from this sorry tournament are the Knicks - 76ers (Meh....) & Mavericks - those Warriors. Even with Klay Thompson is not with those Warriors anymore. They're currently 8-2 (🤬)& still those same vile scummy Warriors.

Klay Thompson is going to get a very nice welcome from those Warriors. Even though Klay Thompson is playing against his former team tonight, it would be very fitting & make me very happy if the game was close at the end & Kyrie Irving hit the game-winning shot to win the game for the Mavericks. 

[Salacious Kitty]

It would be more dramatic if Klay hit the game winning shot. 😀

As much as I adore Klay, he's on the other team tonight. I hope he enjoys the pregame festivities the Dubs have planned for him. Then, playing for the opposition, I hope he has a shitty game, along with Kyrie and Luka.  👍

[Salacious Kitty]

Klay had a great game, but Stephen MF Curry was better. And hit the dagger. Sorry, not sorry  @Magog 💪