NBA Thread: Jontay Ohtani

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  1. Gaknight

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    Only Nate McMillan would treat the first preseason game like a playoff rotation
     
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  2. Gaknight

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  3. MG2

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    My favorite post of the year so far was Gaknight posting this gem in the MLB thread a few days ago about Met fan homerism without an ounce of self awareness regarding his NBA thread posting.

     
  4. Gaknight

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    Imagine thinking I'm actually reading a bunch into a preseason game and not fucking around in the middle of the work day
     
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  5. LuPoor

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    It's indistinguishable in tone from your regular season and playoffs posting
     
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  6. MG2

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    and draft day and free agent signing period and summer league and general offseason posting.
     
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  7. NCHusker

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    Hawks fans seem to be leaning into their homerism in an attempt to seem tongue in cheek and give themselves plausible deniability
     
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  8. BudKilmer

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    WE ARE GOING 82-0 MOTHERFUCKER


    PLAUSIBLY DENY THAT AS YOU STEP BACK AND FUCK YOUR OWN FACE
     
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  9. LuPoor

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    Kilmer watched gaknight during the ECF fluke run and decided he wanted that for himself
     
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  10. Marty Kaan

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    looks to me like he didn't finish the play and the bucks still scored
     
  11. Corch

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    I'm convinced if you woke up in a room with no windows or doors and no concept of date or time you could accurately create a calendar down to the week based on tmb hawks fans posting. The cycle never fails.
     
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  12. LuPoor

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    Gaknight is smug as fuck that they're up to homecourt in the play-in. Must be March.

    Gaknight says he's not going to watch any more this season. Must be December.
     
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  13. BudKilmer

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    I really leaned into it with all the Trae hate. Multiple threads and engagement from fans of teams that weren’t Dallas were like PEDs for me. I wanted Luka at the time but I love my guy

    if anything I should be listened to for saying Luka and JJJ were the best 2 in that draft at the time.

    ITS QUIET AS FUCK IN HERE :lovelove:
     
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  14. RSK

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    Yall are just traeters
     
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  15. LuPoor

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    Sheesh. Woe upon the fans of every single team that won't employ this man
     
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  16. joey jo-jo jr shabadoo

    joey jo-jo jr shabadoo you know for me, the action is the juice

    gimme some frozen ping pong balls and send slick vic to the garden
     
  17. bertwing

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    Good thing he got the stare down in rather than giving up the easy offensive rebound put back
     
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  18. football501

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    It's cliché at this point but he seems to be a legitimate 2K Create-A-Player come to life, 7'4" and Curry range

     
  19. hood b. goode

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    when OKC drafts him and he gains 40 lbs off chicken friend steak >>>
     
  20. LuPoor

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    It didn't work for Poku :awshucks:
     
  21. southlick

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  22. BudKilmer

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    Speaking of Poku, Presti has had some bad drafts since he got Roberson.

    Other than Dort who he didn’t draft, he’s whiffed on a bunch
     
  23. bertwing

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  24. bro

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    hey SAS, it isn't an obligation. It is a privilege.
     
  25. LuPoor

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    Well we were drafting pretty low for a lot of that time. Tough to roast a guy for not picking winners at like pick 26. I do mourn Terrence Ferguson and Mitch McGary not working out though
     
  26. Clown

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    He gets credit for Sabonis as well
     
  27. gowolverines8

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    Honestly is Wembanyama approaching best draft prospect in modern nba history?
     
  28. Fusiontegra

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    Lebron happened so I’m going with no.
     
  29. The Goat

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    How soon we forget Cam Reddish.
     
  30. BudKilmer

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    He’s no Darko
     
  31. Celemo

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    Really digging what I’ve seen from Nikola Jovic
     
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  32. Handcuffed

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    1. Lebron
    2. Wembayana
    3. Oden
    4. Wiggins
    5. Zion

    i would guess Iverson, Duncan, Yao, Durant, Rose, and maybe AD are also top 5 contenders, but I was a little too young to remember the guys in the 90s and think the hype around the top 5 i chose was superior to the later guys.
     
  33. Celemo

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    Lebron
    Wembayana
    Kobe
    Garnett
    Kenny Anderson
    Damon Bailey
    Felipe Lopez
    Pat Ewing
    Jason Kidd
    Greg Oden
     
  34. Imurhuckleberry

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    I’d go

    1: Shaq
    2: Lebron
    3: Duncan
     
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  35. Gunners

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    In a league with Lebron, KD, and Giannis; it’s absolutely wild that there can be a new unicorn amongst them
     
  36. ohhaithur

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    David Robinson should only be excluded from these lists if you're including his expected military service
     
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  37. BudKilmer

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    Scoot would be the first pick in how many of the last 10 drafts? Pretty amazing that teams that tank but don’t get number 1 will get a really good consolation prize
     
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  38. w2b

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    since ‘80 the “generational” guys everyone planned a year beforehand were:

    Sampson
    Akeem
    Ewing
    Robinson
    Shaq
    Duncan
    LeBron
    Oden (but KD had made debatable by draft time)
    Zion
     
  39. Lyrtch

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    Kareem LeBron wemby
     
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  40. MG2

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    I don't remember (or guys were just before my time) some of the hype in terms of this far before the draft people talking about a prospect in this way. I'm guessing that's an extremely small list that only includes maybe Oden, LeBron and a few others.

    But if we're just talking about guys who it was clear were considered "holy shit" guys and true prizes as potential #1 picks that you'd sell your soul to get, Anthony Davis is on that list. To maybe a slightly lesser extent, Wall and KAT were talked about that way, too.
     
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  41. TAS

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    I remember substantial hype around John Wall when he was in like 9th or 10th grade
     
  42. Corch

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    Yeah AD is probably the only holy shit guy for me since Lebron, other than Victor.
     
  43. MG2

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    I remember the year that Derrick Rose went #1 that several draft guys on the internet were saying Wall was going to be a clear step above him as a prospect in the following draft. I don't remember if that was still the sentiment by the time his draft rolled around, but Wall was the clear #1 guy before he got to UK.
     
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  44. TAS

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    Not a huge stretch for a guy that went #2 overall, but I felt like Durant was a lock to be an all timer after watching his freshman year at UT. He seemed otherworldly
     
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  45. NCHusker

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    I feel like they might need to patch Victor for balancing reasons
     
  46. Handcuffed

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    anyone in here subscribe to slam magazine still?

    that's basically how I am judging hype of draft prospects; if i remember specific covers from slam (or SI/ESPN)
     
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  47. Handcuffed

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    27 PTS (10-13 FGM), 3 STL, 2 BLK



    sharpe is ready to dominate second-division israeli basketball
     
  48. Clown

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    KAT was absolutely not talked about like that, he was a elite defensive prospect with raw/limited offense to start and everybody got it wrong
     
  49. Beeds07

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    Gonna see a lot of this from teams