2014-15 NBA season (or, will the Sixers go 0-82?)
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I'll throw that team out there then.
Washington has been doing surprisingly well. I would honestly be stunned to see the Cavs eventually take the top spot. Maybe next year after they get all of the kinks with team chemistry and play style out of the way. Stranger things have happened though, so we'll just have to wait and see. They're going to have to play hard this whole season, and Lebron is used to coasting through the season with the Heat so he may not have it in him.
I would love to see an MVP winner not named Lebron, Durant, or Bryant this year.
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I wouldn't mind seeing any of them get it just to blow people's minds. An MVP from the Kings, Pelicans, or Warriors? Totes cray cray yo. Totes.
A foolishly optimistic part of me would love to see Goran Dragic go into beast mode like he did last year and have a shot at it, but that's looking increasingly unlikely.
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Durant is out of the running due to his injury, and LeBron is off to a slow start- Brow has to be the front-runner right now, I think. His PER is like 34.6 or something insane? I also really like Curry and Cousins, and the other guy I'd throw out there is Marc Gasol- Grizz are killing teams and he's having a real nice year. By the end of the year, I fully expect to see Russell Westbrook go full beastmode and have carried the Thunder to the playoffs in the West on, I dunno, 26-5-8 line or so, that should get him in the conversation as well. And you know LeBron is gonna come around.
But yeah, seems like someone new could grab the trophy this year.
But yeah, seems like someone new could grab the trophy this year.
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A handful of players are off to absurd starts as far as PER goes. That'll wear off. Davis should have a shot at beating MJ's PER though.
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Man, Jabari Parker can play. I should know, of course, but I haven't seem him this good in the NBA before 
It's up to that fuckface Kidd and Brandon Knight not to hold him back any more. He's ready for some serious minutes.
It's up to that fuckface Kidd and Brandon Knight not to hold him back any more. He's ready for some serious minutes.
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Man, Jabari Parker can play. I should know, of course, but I haven't seem him this good in the NBA before
It's up to that fuckface Kidd and Brandon Knight not to hold him back any more. He's ready for some serious minutes.
J. Kidd making it look like he knew what he was doing- the Bucks are looking solid this year. Also, holy shit, the Warriors' starting 5 is ridiculous. Steve Kerr is doing some great work out there (and Mark Jackson is an idiot).
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And that's a starting 5 not counting the "non-popularity contest all star" David Lee, who has been injured.
There are some good fresh storylines that can develop this (post)season. Curry and Klay vs. LeBron and Love would probably top them all, stemming from Curry's "we're not trading Klay for Love" stance before this season.
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The Cavs narrowly beat the Knicks last night at the Garden. I anxiously anticipate tonight's game in Toronto. We'll see if they're able to keep up with a good team (who admittedly is lacking one of their best players in DeRozan).
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There really is no excuse for losing to any team from the east. I have no idea how tonight's game will go, though.
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Suns whipped up on the Mavs in Dallas last night as they lost their first game that they've scored over 100 points in. Scoring 69 points in the first half and shooting 59% for the game does wonders, especially after that clunking of a lost at home against the Magic last weekend.
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That Suns game gave me a raging boner. They played at their best level with tons of energy and heart. If they played like that every game, they'd be a top three team in the league.
Tough road trip ahead for them though. Last night was the first game of four in five nights. It'll be tough to keep up that level of energy and momentum against tough West teams.
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I wouldn't say I root for the Blazers, but I enjoy watching them, along with other young and exciting West Coast teams (Warriors, Thunder & Suns come to mind).
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I haven't been upset about a game in a long time like I've been with the Suns loss against the Clippers tonight. Clippers won on a fluke 3 pointer from Griffin in OT.
The game shouldn't have even gotten that far, but the refs kept giving the Clips total BS calls while they flopped on the court like epilepsy sufferers. They acted like total punks.
The Clippers are now the biggest punk team in the league.
The game shouldn't have even gotten that far, but the refs kept giving the Clips total BS calls while they flopped on the court like epilepsy sufferers. They acted like total punks.
The Clippers are now the biggest punk team in the league.
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The Clippers have been the biggest flopping bitches for a long time. Their expected success went to their heads about as soon as Chris Paul got there.
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It was neat to see Dikembe Mutombo and "the Royal couple" (even though I don't really give two shits about them) in attendance at the Cavs/Nets game last night. LeBron and company put on quite a show starting in the 3rd quarter. Jay Z's facial expression after LeBron hit that ridiculous turnaround jumper was pretty priceless.
I can't wait for the Cavs to play the Raptors in Cleveland tonight.
I can't wait for the Cavs to play the Raptors in Cleveland tonight.
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