2016/17 NBA Regular Season Thread

[Paulius]

[Wright] Thibodeau on Kawhi: "When you are as dominant as he is defensively, to me he is the defensive player of the year candidate. He is always on top every year. He is disruptive, and the demeanor that he plays with gives their team a lot of poise."

 

[Pugz]

Very heated , quit the sim league

CC start a new one

i like this idea

 

[Rios15]

Only way I'm joining a sim league again is if cc is running it and we have at least 10 OGs up in that bitch.

 

[bosoxlover12]

Only way I'm joining a sim league again is if cc is running it and we have at least 10 OGs up in that bitch.

id be in for sure -- could possibly help with the file if needed

 

[Hurricane Season]

I'll do it.
 
I have no idea what to do, but I'm in.

 

[dez]

Only way I'm joining a sim league again is if cc is running it and we have at least 10 OGs up in that bitch.

Yessir

 

[Pugz]

come on colin

 

[CameronCrazy06]

come on colin

#FatherPugzForCommish

:cheese:

 

[Big Bid'Ness]

 
The 76ers are expected to pursue former Sixers point guard Jrue Holiday in free agency.

 
Ummm

 

[Paulius]

 
Ummm

Bad moves begin without the man hinkie

 

[Mexi]

Fuck bryan

The whole process stuff is a huge slap in his face
He's a cuck

 

[bosoxlover12]

Interesting
I just learned through the Globe of the ASG voting tally procedure
 
This year, the fan vote only counts for 50% of the vote. Media accounts for 25%, and the players count for the final 25%. But what is interesting, is that the numerical differences don't really matter.
 
For each category (fan, media, player) it is ranked from 1 through whatever, and those numbers are added together, and divided by 4. The players with the lowest scores are the starters
 
So for the East backcourt, the fanvote is currently Kyrie at 971K, followed by Wade at 514K, Derozan 453K, and Isaiah 401K. Lowry is 5th with 256K.
 
But despite Kyrie having more than Wade and Demar combined, he doesn't get that huge of an advantage. He's listed at 2, while Wade 4, Demar 6, Isaiah 8, and Lowry 10. 
 
Now according to a strawpoll from the Globe that featured 1/4 of the Media voters, Isaiah led with 17/25, followed by Demar 14/25, Lowry 10/25, Wall with 5/25, and Kyrie with 4/25. Obviously this is just a sample, nor is it official, but based on this, Isaiah would get a 1, Demar 2, Lowry 3, Wall 4, Kyrie 5.
 
So based on Fanvote+media sample, Kyrie is at 7, Derozan 8, Isaiah 9, Wall 18 (7th in fanvote). Idk how they'd value someone with no media votes -- maybe put an arbitrary value to them, or just eliminate them, but I'm pretty sure this means Wade nor Zaza will start.
 
 
Should be really interesting to see who gets the starting nod. Obviously the fan vote helps some like Kyrie, but I think it overstates guys like Zaza who will not get the other 50% of the vote to get the starting nod

 

[Paulius]

Russ / Kyrie
Harden / Butler
KD / Giannis
AD / Lebron
Boogie / ? Dont know, dont care

Thats what id wanna see

IT over Kyrie is cool with me too, hes been a dog

 

[bosoxlover12]

Butler is a forward, not a guard.
 
My guess for how it ultimately unfolds
 
Irving / DeRozan / Butler / Antentokoumpo / James
Westbrook / Harden / Leonard / Durant / Davis
 
with the closest races being the two East guard spots of Irving /  Thomas / DeRozan all being really close to one another, and Curry/Westbrook for the 2nd guard spot
 
The forward are locked imo

 

[Paulius]

I like that

Best big man in the game not starting isnt right but oh well

Wouldnt mind derozan not starting and having IT/Kyrie backcourt

 

[Paulius]

My favorite scenario

IT / Kyrie / Butler / Giannis / Lebron
Russ / Harden / Leonard / AD / Boogie

But Kds bitch ass is doing good so fuck it

 

[Paulius]

Derozan for sure had a great start to the season right out the gate but he slowed down and so did his team while ITs game has been ridiculous and the team is getting better

I value ITs situation more, bostons on the come up, about to snag the second seed , gotta vote IT ppl

 

[bosoxlover12]

I have no problem with Demar starting. Dude was straight up filthy against us
 
Isaiah should start over Kyrie, but its also an exhibition basketball game and there is almost no chance Isaiah doesn't make it anyways, so its really not a big deal

 

[elcheato]

Kyrie should start every year if the game is about putting on a show. Every damn year

 

[Paulius]

For show and entertainment purpose id go with kyrie and derozan then

DD for sure gonna throw down some 360s