These Westbrook-vs-Durant storylines and trashtalk are a bit diminished by the fact that their supporting casts are... of different caliber, to say the least.

JimmyJRaynor

Canada17708 Posts

February 12 2017 07:39 GMT

#766

former boston celtic dies at 26: cause unknown. a 2012 1st round pick.
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/18668751/former-syracuse-boston-celtics-center-fab-melo-dies-brazil

icystorage

Jollibee19350 Posts

February 12 2017 08:32 GMT

#767

i thought it was because of a heart attack?

JimmyJRaynor

Canada17708 Posts

February 12 2017 18:43 GMT

#768

that story is out there but its unconfirmed and no news organization with credibility seems willing to provide a cause of death at this point.

with the last dust-up happening between LBJ and Cavs management i'm surprised LBJ is still flapping his gums about personnel decisions. now that he has declared himself the "new sheriff in town" i guess he wants Williams as part of his new posse.
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/18669745/lebron-james-wants-derrick-williams-extend-10-day-contract-cavaliers

JimmiC

Canada22817 Posts

February 12 2017 18:51 GMT

#769

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MassHysteria

United States3678 Posts

February 12 2017 21:02 GMT

#770

Nurkic was playing pretty bad and didn't mesh well with Jokic on the court. This forced them to use Faried as a backup C, which also did not really work well. They are so stacked with young players under age 22-23 and a first round pick soon that they didn't really need the pick. They addressed all those thing with the trade and now have 2 of the best passing big men. They are hoping it works on the court when they are together but they didn't give up too much.

Came on to post the big man image that shows their passing btw, one sec...

MassHysteria

United States3678 Posts

February 12 2017 21:16 GMT

#771

Every week I try to highlight an interesting read or graphic or video that I find...

2/12/2017:--
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Update it with source in bit when on PC...

andrewlt

United States7702 Posts

February 12 2017 21:41 GMT

#772

The weirdest part of this trade for me is that these two teams are competing for the same playoff spot.

MassHysteria

United States3678 Posts

February 13 2017 01:33 GMT

#773

Ya IKR, I don't remember ever seeing that before. I don't think either team really won or lost the trade (initially at least) but if I HAD to pick who went more with the win-now mentality it would probably be Denver.

JimmyJRaynor

Canada17708 Posts

February 13 2017 14:38 GMT

#774

the Raptors can't win with a front court that has no one over 24 years old? i'm shocked and stunned.
Patterson makes up for so many mistakes by the young guys.