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The lowest form of basketball conversation is ring culture slop

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Davante Adams. Timeless.

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I don’t understand how anybody who “watches alot of NBA” could come to this take.

You don’t even have to deep dive.

Watch a SINGLE quarter of the Miami Heat, the Houston Rockets, the Denver Nuggets, and the Boston Celtics and tell me you watched the same thing.

[NBA Courtside @NBA__Courtside]

Brendan Haywood says offensive identity has left the league:

“I call a lot of college basketball last year, and I do pro. And the one difference I see is offense identity. If you watch a college game, Duke don’t play like Carolina, Carolina don’t play like Michigan, Michigan don’t play like Nebraska or whoever, or Kansas, right? But when you watch a NBA game everybody plays the same but it didn’t used to be like that. Because when we came in the league the Nets was running the Princeton, the Lakers were running the triangle then you had Sacramento running the high post offense with Vlade and them boys. Golden State run and gun, low post offense, cross screens. Everybody played to their strengths because they said this is what we do. Then you know what happened everybody came in with the IPads and everything else and analytics, and they said, “Hey, we want to be pace and space and shoot threes mid pick and roll spread game the whole NBA plays like that.”

You watch every NBA game now a days you see the same offense it is hard to tell each teams identity when you all play the same style.

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This is the kind of nerd draft i’m looking for at the end of August

[Ben Pfeifer @bjpf_]

myself, jack and pablo drafted our best NBA offenses and defenses for next season, with cumulative CTG relative offensive/defensive rating as the target variable

who will win this draft?

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Brewers could’ve genuinely won the world series this year if they just went against their philosophy ONE TIME and traded for the Skubal rental

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One of the most unique superstars probably in the history of the league. Well documented my thoughts of his post prime career, but his rim pressure combined with his playmaking ability had him at one point one of the leagues very best.

[Shams Charania @ShamsCharania]

After 18 NBA seasons, Russell Westbrook has retired. A legendary career: NBA’s top 75, 2017 league MVP, nine-time All-Star, nine-time All-NBA, USA Olympic Gold Medalist and the all-time record for triple-doubles.

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Hate this decision. Probably would’ve been last of my realistic destinations for him. LeBron can fit with anybody, but this is the most poor fit of any team.

[Shams Charania @ShamsCharania]

BREAKING: LeBron James is signing with the Philadelphia 76ers on a two-year, $8 million deal with a player option, Klutch Sports Group and Klutch CEO and Game Over show host Rich Paul tells ESPN.

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Celtics won the trade

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Would love to see LeBron end up in San Antonio or Minnesota

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In love with the Spurs pick here at 20. Kornet minutes were so troublesome for SAS, now can replace those with at the very least an elite defensive big in Quaintance, and I also think they could also be scary on the court together.

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Pre-draft reports is quite literally always all just noise. When the lottery ends you basically know how every pick is going to go until the blue chip guys run out. 8/8 right now on these picks without a sweat.

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Think Darryn is the most ready to make big impact now, and if they keep AD the Wiz will be a play-in team.

If UTA doesn’t bring back Kessler, I’m endlessly fascinated with the Lauri-Jaren-Cam front court.

AJ and Wilson both end up in fun landing spots.

Garland-Wagler backcourt

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Not a mock draft, but rather what I think would be the most fun outcome tonight.

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Trade Dame to Miami and the Milwaukee Big 3 can play with the type of supporting cast they desperately needed in 2023 lmao.

[NBACentral @TheDunkCentral]

Khris Middleton is a name that has been linked to Miami, per @WindhorstESPN

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Yeah, you traded your franchise icon and may never see a player of this magnitude on your team again, no trade was going to make you feel completely full.

Yet I think based on what the offers were at the deadline, to trade him six months later for this is a win for Milwaukee.

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Giannis fits into Miami’s no P&R drive and kick offensive scheme, and this team is going to have some championship level defensive upside, and yet I don’t think this is a finals level team.

I’m overall down on Giannis as a BITW candidate, and the team around him is just… solid.

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I actually like the trade more for Milwaukee because they got more than I was expecting for an expiring 31-year-old Giannis.

A good collection of young players, Herro who they can keep or flip, and a haul of solid draft capital.

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Every team that passes on Peterson is going to forever regret it

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Giannis and Jrue are legends, and throughout the entirety of the season likely had more net impact. However, neither were late clock/late game offensive engines. Khris was their closer, and every big game/moment of that run he came through.

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Happy Knicks parade day and happy Khris Middleton Game 6 vs Brooklyn day. One of the most underrated individual playoff runs in my time watching this spot. Bucks don’t sniff the title without him!

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Buy low thinking Zion to the right team in need of rim pressure and has defensive stability and primary ball handling. On a smaller scale maybe Malik Monk?

Sell high obvious one is J-Brown, but how about quietly Deni Avijda? Could probably get a nice haul while questions remain.

[Josh Eberley 🇨🇦 @JoshEberley]

If you are looking around at the league this offseason, who is the best buy low and the best sell high players in the league right now?