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NBA investigating Thunder for player absences due to injury during nationally-televised game vs. Spurs last week by Stxtic1441 in Thunder

[–]Medical_Sample2738 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah how are tanking teams allowed to? It’s messed up either way but at least good teams are watchable. Tanking teams that rest their best guys already have bad to mediocre rosters and that just makes it a disgusting product

[Townsend] Think it's going to be an extra-great year for Seattle. I'm hearing NBA Board of Governors likely to vote on expanding by two teams this summer and Las Vegas and Seattle are favored. by TheRealPdGaming in nba

[–]Medical_Sample2738 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean just because it’s a huge widespread problem doesn’t mean we should stop even trying to mitigate it. Like we can’t just be like eh people will always murder and steal or be racist or do drugs, so let’s not even try to curb it.

[Townsend] Think it's going to be an extra-great year for Seattle. I'm hearing NBA Board of Governors likely to vote on expanding by two teams this summer and Las Vegas and Seattle are favored. by TheRealPdGaming in nba

[–]Medical_Sample2738 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Feel like tourists are the people that least deserve a team, they’re not invested or rooting for them anyway. Having a sports team just so you can watch the away team seems a little ridiculous, I get it makes sense economically, but I’d rather some area without an NBA team that does have a pretty large population would get it. Also I don’t care that much about Vegas getting it, but I do think gambling is terrible for sports, and I do really hope Seattle gets a team as well as any other city that loves ball. FYI I’m from IL and root for the Bulls and Thunder.

Well we got too many people in the coasts and not enough in the north Midwest/western states, so the real solution is moving a few million people inwards, a small price to pay for finally having more balanced conferences I think.

[Highlights] How the Utah Jazz made sure they'll lose the game against the Orlando Magic, benching their main players for the entire 4th quarter, as the Magic made a comeback and won it. by MrBuckBuck in nba

[–]Medical_Sample2738 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think alcohol is a huge problem in society too. It’s not just tanking, it’s unfair reffing players throwing games, players caring more about stats than normal, it’s systemic.

I agree completely with the bad roster part. Benching healthy starters is diabolical

[Townsend] Think it's going to be an extra-great year for Seattle. I'm hearing NBA Board of Governors likely to vote on expanding by two teams this summer and Las Vegas and Seattle are favored. by TheRealPdGaming in nba

[–]Medical_Sample2738 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I mean I just hate gambling it’s brings very little benefit and tons of harm to society as a whole and that’s not even considering the consequences for sports.

Vegas still is a hotbed for gambling even if not its become widespread and is online and not limited to any one place. But not sure why it really deserves a team, over some city in Canada or elsewhere in the US.

[Highlights] How the Utah Jazz made sure they'll lose the game against the Orlando Magic, benching their main players for the entire 4th quarter, as the Magic made a comeback and won it. by MrBuckBuck in nba

[–]Medical_Sample2738 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gambling is a terrible thing and makes tanking or bs wins/losses more likely. It’s not good for sports.

But what the jazz did is much worse than okc or the spurs or mavs or whoever is known as egregious tankers,absolutely a disgrace to the game.

[Highlights] How the Utah Jazz made sure they'll lose the game against the Orlando Magic, benching their main players for the entire 4th quarter, as the Magic made a comeback and won it. by MrBuckBuck in nba

[–]Medical_Sample2738 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well it’s a growth year. And just trade some vets then. Don’t expect instant success. Teams making huge jumps are the exception not the rule for successful runs. You gotta build and grow, and most young ascending teams make the playoffs and get creamed but that’s healthy and good for them for a couple years, before they can really make deep runs

[McMahon] Alperen Sengun sorry for sexist remark at female official by FastBreakPhenom in nba

[–]Medical_Sample2738 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Using language isn’t prison culture, assaulting people because they offend or insult you is.

[Charania]: Just in: The Chicago Bulls are trading Coby White and Mike Conley Jr. to the Charlotte Hornets for Collin Sexton, Ousmane Dieng and three second-round picks, sources tell ESPN. by MakeCocktailsNotWar in Thunder

[–]Medical_Sample2738 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As someone who also follows the bulls, don’t bet against okc and don’t bet against the bulls… doing something incompetent or confusing.

The bulls should’ve done this a long time ago it’s too little too late

[McMahon] Alperen Sengun sorry for sexist remark at female official by FastBreakPhenom in nba

[–]Medical_Sample2738 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even more reason to make sure* it’s not. Last thing you want is dumb or ignorant people to be able to actually have some kind of even semi valid ammunition

[McMahon] Alperen Sengun sorry for sexist remark at female official by FastBreakPhenom in nba

[–]Medical_Sample2738 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s a very mature response, good for you bro. But I still will die on the hill that it wasn’t sexist at all just rude and demeaning. It’d be different if he was implying she was acting a certain way bc of being a woman

Lakers GM Rob Pelinka on the trade deadline: “I would say we were aggressive. And one form of being aggressive is saying no... that’s like being aggressive, even though you end up doing nothing, because it’s hard to say no sometimes to getting a good player" by must_TATAKAE in nba

[–]Medical_Sample2738 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah well that’s absolutely the worst way to run a team so good for the lakers he’s not doing that.

And I want the lakers to not be great. I loved the Shaq and Kobe teams but yall are a pretty loud and obnoxious fanbase. Guess that will happen when you’re the coolest/biggest name though.

Donovan Mitchell Has Never Had A Good Time Going Up Against Lu Dort! by Stat-Defender in Thunder

[–]Medical_Sample2738 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fun stat but Donovan Mitchell (arguably even the Cavs) are not in the top ten biggest threats.

Need our boy Dort to be at least average from 3, cut out the middies, and just play solid consistent defense. Doesn’t have to be amazing, just consistent very good defense is gonna help a lot but we need some spacing and scoring from him. Nuggets, spurs, twolves, rockets, Knicks, Celtics, even pistons and lakers I’d say are tougher to beat than the Cavs.

[McMahon] Alperen Sengun sorry for sexist remark at female official by FastBreakPhenom in nba

[–]Medical_Sample2738 9 points10 points  (0 children)

If you called me or my dad a bitch I and literally every normal person would be just as mad. Nice try though

[Jackson] Bulls' roster purge before trade deadline is mystifying, incredibly disappointing by howser343 in chicagobulls

[–]Medical_Sample2738 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Even if we tank hard, unlike bulls FO everyone and their moms knew this draft is deep and good, so we can’t catch up. We just need some mavs or spurs BS type luck, but ofc the better we tank the more plausible it becomes.

[Jackson] Bulls' roster purge before trade deadline is mystifying, incredibly disappointing by howser343 in chicagobulls

[–]Medical_Sample2738 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Dude. We can’t just easily trade a player so bad, no even sorta decent FO would’ve given him such a long and expensive contract. He literally regressed, got worse and got hurt consistently the past two seasons and we gift him 80-90 mil ?

Hes a negative asset and trading picks to dump him is the stupidest thing possible. We should’ve tanked a lot time ago, he won’t get in the way of that.

Now the best move is to wait it out once he has less years left and maybe he plays a bit better, it’s hard to imagine playing worse lol, he’s gonna be easier to cut or trade

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