*** OFFICIAL 2018-2019 NBA THREAD ***

[gay sex]

i sent you a 10 dollar lakers game showdown AND U DIDNT ACCEPT send a midnight soccer game to make up for it

[gay sex]

KYLE KUZMA WITH THE YAM SON

[gay sex]

lakeshow putting the fear of god into the sacramento queens WE SEE UR FIRST ROUND EXIT TO PORTLAND SAC

[boomroasted, bro]

Me n sidefish on tinychat

[VaughnP]

All of these 76er fans getting pumped over a Jimmy Butler signing is just sad and hilarious.

[VaughnP]

Quote:

Originally Posted by blake

also jimmy butler-embiid-simmons = championship

These guys got raped by a starless Celtics team in the Eastern conference semifinals last year. I don't think Jimmy Butler, who's questionably a star player, is enough to overcome that. This is a team with one star being a foot or knee injury away from early retirement and the other who can't shoot the ball outside of the restricted area at better than 20%. I know you weren't being serious, at least hopefully, but I doubt they get out of the semis again this year.

[Hillbilly Jim]

thanks blake and bojan for hosing me, literally the four lowest scores on my team tonight

[boomroasted, bro]

where are we on getting jim moved to a dfs legal state?

[blake]

Quote:

Originally Posted by VaughnP

These guys got raped by a starless Celtics team in the Eastern conference semifinals last year. I don't think Jimmy Butler, who's questionably a star player, is enough to overcome that. This is a team with one star being a foot or knee injury away from early retirement and the other who can't shoot the ball outside of the restricted area at better than 20%. I know you weren't being serious, at least hopefully, but I doubt they get out of the semis again this year.

nah i wasn't being serious, but i do like the move for a couple reasons.

first jimmy butler is a great second or third option (if simmons ever develops a jump shot).

covington is a hugely overrated defender. his first team all nba defense is an absolute joke. he's good, but not better than butler. i'm actually glad we got rid of that contract.

the depth of losing saric hurts but it's worth it for butler. he was having a horrible year except for the last two games, though he always starts slowly.

the sixers somehow didn't give up a 1st in the deal which is amazing. they also kept fultz

they will still have cap space to sign a top free agent in the off-season if they want to.

i don't think they're immediately better than the celtics or the raptors (who i think is coming out of the east) but they're competitive now.

butler is not a max player and paying him near $40 million a year 5 years from now hurts a little

[blake]

also instead of just making 50 h2h challenges and playing whoever, i found two people with low experience badges and sat in like 25 of their games each and raped them.