Hes going to want the max , they can afford it and George. How long is another storyQuote:
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Hes going to want the max , they can afford it and George. How long is another storyQuote:
Originally Posted by Dan Druff
Max is fine, I just don't want to see them paying him max for 5 yearsQuote:
Originally Posted by chinamaniacHes going to want the max , they can afford it and George. How long is another storyQuote:
Originally Posted by Dan Druff
My guess is he asks for a short term deal so he can re evaluate within 2 or 3 years. But no matter what he asks for they are at mercy to give him. He holds all of the cardsQuote:
Originally Posted by Dan DruffMax is fine, I just don't want to see them paying him max for 5 yearsQuote:
Originally Posted by chinamaniac
Interesting story about the plight of Luol Deng: http://www.latimes.com/sports/lakers...210-story.html
Yeah. Real weird. I mean this kind of stuff happens a lot, except normally they just fake an injury and the dude just sits at home until his contract runs out (a la Steve Nash). I guess Deng is going through the motions because he thinks/hopes he is going to play again when this runs out, and he wants to show he is a good locker room guy and can add value that way.
Watching the Laker game. Thomas actually looks pretty good. Lakers play real fast and it seems to be a good style for him (so far).
Not a good thing for my under bet.Quote:
Originally Posted by verminaard
What will the total be 260. That tells you the IT defense story. Walton is not Stevens.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan DruffNot a good thing for my under bet.Quote:
Originally Posted by verminaard
It’s like Druff will light his bankroll on fire just to spite me. Worth it
I don't think Lebron dumped Wade. It seems Wade met up with Riley at a funeral of a mutual friend, and they arranged the trade, and Cleveland jumped at the chance when offered.Quote:
Originally Posted by varys
Yup.Quote:
Originally Posted by verminaardI don't think Lebron dumped Wade. It seems Wade met up with Riley at a funeral of a mutual friend, and they arranged the trade, and Cleveland jumped at the chance when offered.Quote:
Originally Posted by varys
Also judging from various things I have read, Lebron is no longer the de facto GM anymore like before. I actually don't think he has had a say in anything since the last GM got axed.
Thibs destroyed Deng with his penchant for playing starters so much. A shame, i bet he could give a good team 15 minutes a night. But making 17.2 mil to jack off is pretty sweet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Druff
Lol Jim Buss
I always knew he was a douchebag, but man Blake Griffin is really seems like a piece of garbage.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...y-lawsuit.html
According to his baby mama he ditched his wedding to hook up with one of the Kardashian sluts, then ditched his daughters birthday to spend more time with the slut, and is stiffing the mother of his 2 kids and is completely ignoring them.
I am sure she has her own issues, but hard to see any scenario that wouldn't have one come to the conclusion that Blake Griffin is just a bad human being.
You can never fully believe one side of a lawsuit filed, as it's always exaggerated to make that side look angelic and the other side look demonic.Quote:
Originally Posted by verminaard
However, I mostly agree with you. It does seem like Griffin abandoned this chick to fuck around with Kendall Jenner, and completely went back on his promises to basically act as a married couple and support his two kids with her.
He's already fucked when it comes to child support. There's no getting out of that one, and the support will probably be pretty high, given Blake's salary and the fact that they initially led a high-dollar lifestyle when the family was together. This is a bit different than an NBA player just knocking up some random slut, where he has to support the kid but not necessarily provide it a rich lifestyle.
I do think most of the claims in the lawsuit are probably either true or mostly true.
HOWEVER...
There is no palimony law in California, so she's probably fucked on that front. It's clear that they had a serious relationship for years and two children together, but there doesn't seem to be proof that he promised to support her at a high-dollar lifestyle for life. She may claim he said that, and he may have said that, but proving that is a different story.
Furthermore, I was a bit put off by the fact that he DID want to marry her, but she balked because he wanted a prenup. Unless the prenup was especially stingy, Blake definitely had a right to demand that, especially given his very high salary.
It sounds like Blake is a piece of shit who doesn't care much about his kids or the woman he spent years with, but it also sounds like she was a massive gold digger and wanted rights to half his $, and wasn't going to marry him unless she had that. So my sympathy drops for her somewhat.
I thought cali was a state that if you got a divorce it was 50/50 split of assets no matter what...
Druff missing those sweet Lakers unders.
LA fail, Rondo & Isaiah Thomas. What a trifecta
From the moment Rondo stepped on the court against IT he trashed talked him and rode him about the ridiculous Celtics tribute video for IT.
They both eventually got tossed and Lakers got smoked.
Love you Rondo, you genius weirdo
6 teams with 18 wins.
What a race to the bottom.
Season is a little over 2/3 done. Lets review the season total NBA bets I made and how they stand. A lot of these were just tailing Bill Simmons who tends to do good on these, although this is not shaping up to be one of his better years.
Hornets O42.5 (almost a lock L)
Bulls U22 (Lock L, they have been horrible most of the year, but they went on this weird streak in the middle of the year where they went something like 8-2 and played very well. Probably too well, which is why they dumped Mirotic for nothing and have been holding out Dunn for no reason, so they could rack up a few more L's)
Pacers O31.5 (Lock W)
Wolves U48.5 (Lock L). This bet I was just following Bill Simmons. I think he thought this team would be really dysfunctional with too many egos and guys wanting to shoot, but it hasn't been the case at all.
Jazz O41 (Leaning W) They are right around pace to hit this, but I heard they have a super easy schedule coming up with a lot of games against tanking teams.
Heat O44 (Probably L). Seems like this team has been overachieving and is starting to come down to earth. I haven't checked, this may come down to how many games they get against teams that are straight tanking. Simmons also assumed at some point in the season they would make a trade to seriously upgrade their team, and I don't think Wade is going to move the needle much at this point in his career.
Kings O28 (L). Not sure what Simmons was thinking here.
Raptors O48.5 (W)
So I have 2 lock W, 4 Lock L's and 2 up in the air.
I think going 3-5 or 4-4 is reasonable, which kind of sucks, but it is what it is.
Always fade Simmons.Quote:
Originally Posted by verminaard
I have probably been following him for 7 years, and I would say he wins most years. Enough to beat the juice (which is generally very high on season prop bets)? Probably not.
Also, in fairness he makes opinions on every team and I cherry picked 8, so for all I know he is having a good year and I just did a bad job of choosing which teams to tail him.
dem quicken loans could be getting more expensive...jesus this is fucking nuts...
lol 50M for Tristan/hill/JR...and I think hill is a decent player, but fuck 19 a year...
rising star challenge tonight is basically the sixers vs. the world
embiid, simmons and saric on the world team
Is Embiid even playing? I actually have a financial interest in this because I actually have draftkings lineups for this game. At this point I don't have him in any lineups, because it is just too risky he won't play at all or if he does it will be very little.Quote:
Originally Posted by blake
-As an aside, my general strategy is to focus on guys who can get hot from 3 (e.g. Murray, Hield) and athletic high-usage PGs (Mitchell, Smith Jr).
I am avoiding the plodding more interior guys like Sabonis. They just don't do much in these types of games in my research.
Quote:
Originally Posted by verminaardIs Embiid even playing? I actually have a financial interest in this because I actually have draftkings lineups for this game. At this point I don't have him in any lineups, because it is just too risky he won't play at all or if he does it will be very little.Quote:
Originally Posted by blake
-As an aside, my general strategy is to focus on guys who can get hot from 3 (e.g. Murray, Hield) and athletic high-usage PGs (Mitchell, Smith Jr).
I am avoiding the plodding more interior guys like Sabonis. They just don't do much in these types of games in my research.
not really sure tbh. i've got him in my lineup against lol wow so i should check.
also i'm feeling simmons vs mitchell for a rookie of the year grudge match
embiid's playing according to local newspaper from todayQuote:
Originally Posted by verminaardIs Embiid even playing? I actually have a financial interest in this because I actually have draftkings lineups for this game. At this point I don't have him in any lineups, because it is just too risky he won't play at all or if he does it will be very little.Quote:
Originally Posted by blake
-As an aside, my general strategy is to focus on guys who can get hot from 3 (e.g. Murray, Hield) and athletic high-usage PGs (Mitchell, Smith Jr).
I am avoiding the plodding more interior guys like Sabonis. They just don't do much in these types of games in my research.
http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/...-20180216.html
i can see a few simmons to embiid lobs so you may want to get him in
you're making me tweak my lineup to get more guards in now
Yeah. Embiid would be the one inside player I could see doing well in this game. Because the PGs would go out of their way to feature him. And he is actually good so they would want to pass it to him.Quote:
Originally Posted by blakeembiid's playing according to local newspaper from todayQuote:
Originally Posted by verminaard
http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/...-20180216.html
i can see a few simmons to embiid lobs so you may want to get him in
you're making me tweak my lineup to get more guards in now
apparently the problem with the embiid play is that there will be zero defense so no rebounds and no blocks. also he won't be posting up at all so this is an all around botch job by meQuote:
Originally Posted by verminaardYeah. Embiid would be the one inside player I could see doing well in this game. Because the PGs would go out of their way to feature him. And he is actually good so they would want to pass it to him.Quote:
Originally Posted by blake
simmons vs. mitchell looks legit though and that mitchell dunk was sick
I worked late and didn't watch the game at all. I looked at the box score and Embiid only played 9 minutes. Not surprising at all. He is banged up and is playing in the real all star game. Why the fuck should he care about going up against these scrubs. The center he was up against was John Collins. Collins isn't even a starter on the Hawks. Why the fuck would Embiid get up for that.Quote:
Originally Posted by blakeapparently the problem with the embiid play is that there will be zero defense so no rebounds and no blocks. also he won't be posting up at all so this is an all around botch job by meQuote:
Originally Posted by verminaard
simmons vs. mitchell looks legit though and that mitchell dunk was sick
Embiid can actually score so he is a little bit of a different case. But yeah, if he was on a real basketball slate with all these guys he would probably be #6 most expensive guy, and in this format he is #11 because the non scoring related stats aren't going to be there.Quote:
Originally Posted by blakeapparently the problem with the embiid play is that there will be zero defense so no rebounds and no blocks. also he won't be posting up at all so this is an all around botch job by meQuote:
Originally Posted by verminaard
simmons vs. mitchell looks legit though and that mitchell dunk was sick
But he can actually score, so it is not like he is Drummond or Horford, who are absolutely useless in this kind of game (and are priced accordingly)
Dont sleep on john collins. Man this rookie class looks promising with tatum looking like the highest ceiling out of the group. Out of the second year guys simmons obviously leading the way but jaylen brown is my fav among them.
Will kyrie be the 4th best player in boston in 2 seasons?
Its not Game 7 of the finals intensity, but halfway through the 1st Q this all star game the players are playing much more intense with stingier defense than last year. I think the O/U ends up lower than a lot of Houston Rockets regular season games do. Definitely under 337 (or whatever the final line ended up being.)
Yeah I ignored the betting on this, didn't even know the line til it started.Quote:
Originally Posted by verminaard
Had I known it was in the 330s, I would have bet the under, because they were pretty much coming out and saying they were going to play some real D this year, and that brings the total way down.
I know everyone is still reeling from last year's lol 374 point total, but just a little defense will bring that down a ton, and that's what happened.
With that said, this Team Lebron and Team Steph crap is boring, and I'm not into it at all.
West vs. East was so much better.
This has all the drama of arbitrarily picked teams on the elementary school blacktop.
blakes rising stars dfs score was hilariously bad
couple two things this apple ali ad is so cringe and second lakers should have never fired dantonio
like if you own an apple device feel shame after that fucking ad
plz let adam silvers ears trend on twitter if there is a god
https://www.si.com/nba/2018/02/20/da...cuban-response
The hits keep on coming (cc: Harvey Weinstein and Athlete Blacklist threads). I find it hard to believe Cuban knew nothing of any of this for 15+ years.
Looks like someone is worried Mark Cuban could be a republican political risk down the line so they want to squash his aspiring political career now.
khawi might be done for the year...jesus they fucked up that injury big time....
Weird how he was a big Hillary supporter, yet says he'd run as a Republican if he ever ran for President.Quote:
Originally Posted by verminaard
I think he's just being opportunistic.
Like Trump, he doesn't give much of a shit about parties, and just would want to run on whatever platform would get him elected.
But yeah, this won't be a good look if he ever does run.
Then again, look at all the bad stuff about Trump which just rolled right off his back.
Of course, Trump would have lost if the Dems either had a better candidate or didn't misread the pulse of working class America so badly in 2016.