Cousins only played about 25 games with the Pelicans. Too soon to assess. I think the Pelicans will be better than the Wolves this year which means they will be about 5 or 6 in the conf. I think the Thunder will get up with G.S.with what they have now and I also believe that with Wade they'd be the favorites. Westbrook has been to an NBA finals before and he was the MVP last season. This stuff about not being able to win with him is foolish.

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Adding Wade to OKC would mean nothing. They still won't get out of the first round. Wade is a 10th man at best at this point of his career.

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Presenting Wade and Rondo as signature signings last year and then cutting both the next year is grounds for termination and for never being hired again for a front office job.

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Successful calls:

Kyrie Irving will never win anything as a team's alpha: check
T.rubisky is a bust: check
Ben Simmons is a liability: check
The Fields Cult is dumb: double check

2013 CSFMB ROY

Douchebag right again

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.

He is?

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Pretty much always. He is an NBA sage.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

No doubt DB is right about Wade.

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Successful calls:

Kyrie Irving will never win anything as a team's alpha: check
T.rubisky is a bust: check
Ben Simmons is a liability: check
The Fields Cult is dumb: double check

2013 CSFMB ROY

they just need more advising/training

Not always

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

It's called tanking 101.

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last 3 years, how many full Thunder games have you watched? No judging, just curious.

It's not tanking 101. It's we suddenly have Wade knocking on our door and sure, we'll throw out everything we were going to do for one more season of try hard. Ooops.

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

Tanking 101

1.) Make playoffs
2.) ????
3.) Profit!

Reading comprehension 101?

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.

I responded to two separate posts of yours in one.

So, the question stands...

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

I responded to two separate posts of yours in one.

Neither one all that effectively. The Bulls are tanking this season and they were content to make the playoffs last season. Not all that hard to figure out. Wade and Rondo helped them achieve that but somehow it was stupid to sign them. Doesn't make sense and it hasn't since people first began criticizing them for it. GarPax were a year late on the "rebuild". Should have done it last season. Once they decided not to trade Butler then they had to put guys around him to make the team more competitive. They did that and they were a Rondo injury away from pulling off one of the biggest upsets in playoff history. There were no free agents out there last season and the best people can come up with are pie in the sky hypotheticals.

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The Cavs are morons if they really promised Wade a starting spot. There's no way they can have Wade, Thomas/Rose, and Love on the floor at the same time against anyone that's any good. The Warriors might put 150 on that lineup.

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Successful calls:

Kyrie Irving will never win anything as a team's alpha: check
T.rubisky is a bust: check
Ben Simmons is a liability: check
The Fields Cult is dumb: double check

2013 CSFMB ROY

They have to trade Thompson now. He knocked up a Kardashian.

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.

If they'd have traded Butler last season you along with the rest of the perpetual GarPax detractors would have relentlessly bashed them. Wait that sort of happens anyway.

Trading Butler a year late isn't anything to get up in arms about. Not trading him at all would have been a far greater error

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I give up.

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.