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[Shirley]

LeBron and AD both playing.

Perhaps there's a lesson here for Gutter?

“He who suffers before it is necessary suffers more than is necessary.”
Seneca

[DeletedUser]

LeBron and AD both playing.

Perhaps there's a lesson here for Gutter?

“He who suffers before it is necessary suffers more than is necessary.”
Seneca

A lesson for all of us.

[pdub]

Gutter might see a Bron triple double and a Bools win.

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

Gutter might see a Bron triple double and a Bools win.

Was pleasantly surprised to see both LeBron and A.D. play - and play major minutes
What Gutter saw was a half ass effort from 3 guys (LeBron, AD, Russell) who get paid a combined over 120 million dollars this season.

LeBron came out on fire and then stopped trying to score after that - for a long period of time. I didn't understand it. He could have scored 50 in the game if he wanted to. For some unknown reason it seemed he didn't want to.

Lakers are at Minnesota, then OKC, then home against Boston. They play how they played last night, that's 3 losses. That would put them at 15-16. Shameful.

[pdub]

Or maybe it’s because the BOOLS are back!

[twocoach]

Not often you see an NBA team score 127 points and only have 2 guys in double figures. Embiid scored 51 and Maxey had 35 and then 7 players scored between 3-9 points in Philly's 127-113 win.

[TDub]

embiid having one helluva regular season.

Needs to have a good playoffs one of these years.....

[DeletedUser]

embiid having one helluva regular season.

Needs to have a good playoffs one of these years.....

Maxey is coming along nicely...Tobias is Tobias...Oubre was a good addition...but I think it's hard to envision them winning a title without another piece or two.

[pdub]

That's bc my Celtics are killing it.
Blowing teams out with their best players sitting.

[DeletedUser]

That's bc my Celtics are killing it.
Blowing teams out with their best players sitting.

Yes. Celtics are in a great spot if they stay healthy. Holiday was a huge addition, especially defensively.

And the Bucks are still the Bucks.

Hard to see the 76ers getting by both of those teams....and that's before even considering the strong teams from the West.

[Shirley]

Zion Williamson In DANGER Of Getting Waived and Losing 126.5 Million Shaq & Barkley REACT!

I had no idea who the woman at the beginning of the video was, but there's a history, according to the Morning Joe newspaper of record, The New York Post:

(Yet more evidence that my life is boring.)

Moriah Mills claims her DMs are filled with pro athletes following her public threats to release alleged sex tapes with NBA star Zion Williamson.

Mills — a former adult film star and current Only Fans creator — said in a Monday interview with TMZ that going public with her alleged relationship with the Pelicans player has business booming, including some social media inquiries from other pros.

However, she did not name names.

Last month, Mills made headlines when she claimed she had sexual relations with Williamson around the time his apparent girlfriend, Ahkeema, announced they’re expecting a baby girl together.

At the time, the internet personality threatened to release alleged sex tapes with 22-year-old Williamson — and also shared screenshots of an apparent Snapchat exchange with Williamson, one of which implied an offer to fund a move to New Orleans.

Mills told TMZ on Monday that she has yet to hear from Williamson’s legal team regarding her public threats to release the alleged raunchy content — adding that she is confident the two-time NBA All-Star would never go through with a lawsuit...

[TDub]

Zions played enough games to make an all star team?

[twocoach]

That's bc my Celtics are killing it.
Blowing teams out with their best players sitting.

Yes. Celtics are in a great spot if they stay healthy. Holiday was a huge addition, especially defensively.

And the Bucks are still the Bucks.

Hard to see the 76ers getting by both of those teams....and that's before even considering the strong teams from the West.

It's weird that the East is all of a sudden just three relevant teams. I doubt that Philly can count on whoever ends up as the 4 seed rising up and picking off the 1 seed in the Eastern Conference semis seeing that 4-7 in the East are a mushed pile of Orlando, the Knicks, the Heat and the Cavs. I don't think any of them could worry the Celtics in a 7 game series.

[pdub]

I dunno.
Jimmy Buckets in the playoffs is a terror.

[DeletedUser]

I dunno.
Jimmy Buckets in the playoffs is a terror.

Playoff Jimmy and Playoff Heat are not the same as regular season Heat. They can pull off an upset in the playoffs. Key word being "upset". Not sure they will this year though. Boston Philly and the Bucks are all stacked. Especially Boston. Jrue Brown Tatum Porzingas are the best core 4 in the league.

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

I dunno.
Jimmy Buckets in the playoffs is a terror.

Playoff Jimmy and Playoff Heat are not the same as regular season Heat. They can pull off an upset in the playoffs. Key word being "upset". Not sure they will this year though. Boston Philly and the Bucks are all stacked. Especially Boston. Jrue Brown Tatum Porzingas are the best core 4 in the league.

Speaking of Cores and the playoffs.
This is kind of crazy to me.
The Thunder are 18-8. 2nd best record in the West.

Top 8 scorers.
Gilgeous-Alexander 25 years old
Holmgren 21 years old
Jalen Williams 22 years old
Giddy 21 years old
Dort 24 years old
Joe 24 years old
Wallace 20 years old
Wiggins 24 years old

[twocoach]

I dunno.
Jimmy Buckets in the playoffs is a terror.

Playoff Jimmy and Playoff Heat are not the same as regular season Heat. They can pull off an upset in the playoffs. Key word being "upset". Not sure they will this year though. Boston Philly and the Bucks are all stacked. Especially Boston. Jrue Brown Tatum Porzingas are the best core 4 in the league.

Speaking of Cores and the playoffs.
This is kind of crazy to me.
The Thunder are 18-8. 2nd best record in the West.

Top 8 scorers.
Gilgeous-Alexander 25 years old
Holmgren 21 years old
Jalen Williams 22 years old
Giddy 21 years old
Dort 24 years old
Joe 24 years old
Wallace 20 years old
Wiggins 24 years old

And 4 first round picks in each of the next two NBA drafts.

https://www.si.com/nba/thunder/draft-co ... raft-picks

[pdub]

I dunno.
Jimmy Buckets in the playoffs is a terror.

Playoff Jimmy and Playoff Heat are not the same as regular season Heat. They can pull off an upset in the playoffs. Key word being "upset". Not sure they will this year though. Boston Philly and the Bucks are all stacked. Especially Boston. Jrue Brown Tatum Porzingas are the best core 4 in the league.

Derrick White is also underrated.

[DeletedUser]

I dunno.
Jimmy Buckets in the playoffs is a terror.

Playoff Jimmy and Playoff Heat are not the same as regular season Heat. They can pull off an upset in the playoffs. Key word being "upset". Not sure they will this year though. Boston Philly and the Bucks are all stacked. Especially Boston. Jrue Brown Tatum Porzingas are the best core 4 in the league.

Derrick White is also underrated.

Yes. He can't be a top 3 player on a contender, but he's a damn good 5th-6th best player. They just have a really solid rotation that is built for the playoffs (if fully healthy).

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

When LAST season started, what odds could I have gotten that on December 23rd 2023 the Thunder would have the 2nd best record in the West, the Suns and Warriors wouldn't be above .500 (both are 14-14), and the Grizz would be at least 10 games under .500 (currently 11 games under .500 at 8-19)?