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Jun 11, 2018 10:04:51 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2018 10:04:51 GMT -5
I was doing some math. Cavs score against teams from WC this regular season: 15:15 (50%-50%). Against teams from EC: 35:17 (67.3% - 32.7%) So, if Cavs were part of Western Conference, and if they had to play 52 games against teams from WC, they would have 26 wins with that 50%-50% score. And against East, they would have 20-10 score. So, their final score would be 46-36, which is the same score that Nuggets had this year. And they were in 9th place. This is not how statistics should be done. I get what you're premise is, but the methodology is flawed. One can not simply assume that a team would perform similarly as their record suggests over the course of a full season. NBA schedules are not balanced at all. While Cleveland did have a Strength-of-Schedule of 25th on April 30th... the Phoenix Suns (of the WC) sat at 23rd. Did the finals have the two best teams in it? Nope. That's easy to see, but that also doesn't mean that Cleveland would somehow have been terrible in the WC. Odds are they would have made the playoff anywhere from a 6-8 seed. Then lost before the conference finals. Which should have happened in the East as well, but injuries can really throw a league out of whack.
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Jun 12, 2018 12:33:36 GMT -5
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Post by oasisserbia on Jun 12, 2018 12:33:36 GMT -5
I was doing some math. Cavs score against teams from WC this regular season: 15:15 (50%-50%). Against teams from EC: 35:17 (67.3% - 32.7%) So, if Cavs were part of Western Conference, and if they had to play 52 games against teams from WC, they would have 26 wins with that 50%-50% score. And against East, they would have 20-10 score. So, their final score would be 46-36, which is the same score that Nuggets had this year. And they were in 9th place. This is not how statistics should be done. I get what you're premise is, but the methodology is flawed. One can not simply assume that a team would perform similarly as their record suggests over the course of a full season. NBA schedules are not balanced at all. While Cleveland did have a Strength-of-Schedule of 25th on April 30th... the Phoenix Suns (of the WC) sat at 23rd. Did the finals have the two best teams in it? Nope. That's easy to see, but that also doesn't mean that Cleveland would somehow have been terrible in the WC. Odds are they would have made the playoff anywhere from a 6-8 seed. Then lost before the conference finals. Which should have happened in the East as well, but injuries can really throw a league out of whack. They would actually have even less wins because they would be more tired with more tough games that they played. My opinion anyway. Im not saying that James is not the best player in the world but this has been an alibi season for him. If there was no East and West, like in Euroleague for an example, he would be eliminated in round of 16 or quarterfinal and everybody would look at him as a loser. This way, he wins against weak team in east and then in Finals, its not his fault, he did all he can, his teammates are bad blah blah blah. He always has perfect alibi this way.
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Jun 12, 2018 23:20:46 GMT -5
Post by Let It 🩸 on Jun 12, 2018 23:20:46 GMT -5
Draymond Grren isn't good enough to talk as much trash as he does.
Ugly as shot.
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Jun 21, 2018 18:54:24 GMT -5
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Post by oasisserbia on Jun 21, 2018 18:54:24 GMT -5
Top 4 picks all going to Western Conference. Like that West is not already so much stronger.
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Post by Let It 🩸 on Jun 22, 2018 17:56:17 GMT -5
Luka Dončić's mom is smoking hot....
Hvala.
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Jun 26, 2018 3:03:44 GMT -5
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Post by Elie De Beaufour 🐴 on Jun 26, 2018 3:03:44 GMT -5
Ben Simmons Rookie of the year but no shot. 'But but he can dunk', I take it NO ONE saw the Boston series
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Post by Lennon2217 on Jun 26, 2018 9:33:13 GMT -5
LeBron should always be MVP. Joke.
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Jun 26, 2018 17:51:04 GMT -5
Post by Let It 🩸 on Jun 26, 2018 17:51:04 GMT -5
LeBron should always be MVP. Joke.
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Post by Lennon2217 on Jun 26, 2018 21:29:14 GMT -5
LeBron should always be MVP. Joke. You take LeBron off that Cavs team and they don't sniff 20 wins.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2018 9:03:04 GMT -5
Anyone else think Kawhi Leonard is a moron?
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Jul 1, 2018 19:21:12 GMT -5
Post by oasisserbia on Jul 1, 2018 19:21:12 GMT -5
LeBron in LAL.
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Jul 2, 2018 4:24:23 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2018 4:24:23 GMT -5
The Western Conference should be fun to watch this coming season. And surely this now gives the Celtics a free pass to the finals (assuming everyone stays healthy)?
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Jul 2, 2018 5:01:00 GMT -5
Post by oasisserbia on Jul 2, 2018 5:01:00 GMT -5
Well, maybe 76ers can beat Boston. Big maybe. It is possible to have that big Lakers-Celtics final. But I don´t believe that will happen. Eastern Conference is now closer to quality to Euroleague than to Western Conference.
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Jul 2, 2018 16:45:29 GMT -5
Post by Let It 🩸 on Jul 2, 2018 16:45:29 GMT -5
People wanna play and work for Magic Johnson because he's a top 5 player ever, and because he's a nice guy....
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Jul 3, 2018 2:38:30 GMT -5
Post by Let It 🩸 on Jul 3, 2018 2:38:30 GMT -5
LéBron going to the Lakers is interesting; Demarcus Cousins going to the Warriors is absolutely ridiculous....good job for ruining the NBA, Warriors.
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Post by Let It 🩸 on Jul 3, 2018 2:40:48 GMT -5
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Jul 3, 2018 2:42:45 GMT -5
Post by Let It 🩸 on Jul 3, 2018 2:42:45 GMT -5
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Jul 7, 2018 8:12:09 GMT -5
Post by oasisserbia on Jul 7, 2018 8:12:09 GMT -5
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Jul 13, 2018 19:11:22 GMT -5
Post by Let It 🩸 on Jul 13, 2018 19:11:22 GMT -5
I heard this story on the Dan Le Batard with Stugotz Show awhile ago and meant to post it....one example of why Michael Jordan is the best ever..... Gary Payton told stories about his childhood and his time on the Seattle Supersonics for a Players’ Tribune piece that published on Thursday. One of the best stories he included was about the first time he faced fellow Hall of Famer Michael Jordan as a rookie and made the mistake of talking trash. At that time in 1990, as Payton explains, Jordan wasn’t a legend yet. This was before the six championships, so when young No. 2 draft pick Payton went up against the Chicago Bulls that preseason, he had the mindset of, “I don’t care who the hell Michael Jordan is … OK, he’s good … but he’s not all that.” Payton says he dropped 19 points while Jordan was on the bench for most of the Bulls-Sonics preseason game, and while he was doing it, he ran by the bench to talk trash to MJ and stare his opponents down. The 22-year-old Sonics guard thought he was on top of the world. But then, Jordan turned it on for their first regular season matchup. Payton recalls before the game, MJ refused to shake his hand and said out loud, “Leave the (expletive) rookie to me.” Here’s the rest, in Payton’s own words via The Players’ Tribune: In a matter of minutes, I’m in foul trouble. K.C. benches me. I didn’t really go back in the game much more after that. I remember I finished with no points — played about seven or eight minutes. MJ ended up going for 33.
But that wasn’t the end of it. Near the end of the game, I’m sitting on the bench, and MJ comes over to our bench — comes right up to me while the game is still going on. Coach is standing right there. Everyone on the bench is staring at him.
Looks right at me. “That (expletive) you talking in preseason?”
The wild thing is, MJ isn’t even mad or nothing. He’s chewing his (expletive) gum.
“This is the real (expletive) right here. Welcome to the NBA, little fella.”The Bulls won the title that season, and then five more before he was done. ftw.usatoday.com/2017/12/gary-payton-michael-jordan-story-rookie-year-trash-talk-nba
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Jul 15, 2018 11:36:07 GMT -5
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Post by Elie De Beaufour 🐴 on Jul 15, 2018 11:36:07 GMT -5
Denver has agreed to send Kenneth Faried, Darrell Arthur, a 2019 protected first-round pick and a future second round pick to Nets for Isaiah Whitehead, league sources tell ESPN. Salary dump according to some too.
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Jul 15, 2018 11:42:12 GMT -5
Post by oasisserbia on Jul 15, 2018 11:42:12 GMT -5
That was like 5 days ago :-)
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Jul 18, 2018 19:19:41 GMT -5
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Post by Elie De Beaufour 🐴 on Jul 18, 2018 19:19:41 GMT -5
Boo hoo butt hurt Simmons fans, you never supported a team before Ben so stfu
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Post by Let It 🩸 on Aug 4, 2018 15:59:32 GMT -5
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Sept 25, 2018 4:13:10 GMT -5
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Post by oasisserbia on Sept 25, 2018 4:13:10 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2018 7:28:08 GMT -5
Kawhi Leonard is the Andy Bell of basketball. He's got some game, but he's about as interesting as a wet mop.
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