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PostPosted: Mon Feb 20, 2017 11:39 pm    Post subject:

Oh man... That vid of Boogie crying while trying to speak at some type of press gathering... #thefeels
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Good luck with that Vivek!

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Source familiar w/ Kings’ thinking: "Vivek thinks Buddy [Hield] has Steph Curry potential.” Am told that fixation was a key driver in deal.


Good luck with that Vivek!

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Source familiar w/ Kings’ thinking: "Vivek thinks Buddy [Hield] has Steph Curry potential.” Am told that fixation was a key driver in deal.


Good luck with that Vivek!

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you laugh but it will happen. What is curry? A guy who can hit a lot of threes and has a great cast around him for everything else. All he is doing is hitting threes. There are literally 10-20 players that can do the same right now. It will happen, it's very realistic. Curry is not doing anything that sets him that far apart from the likes of Lillard, irving, and ahandful of other 6'4" and under guards with elite shooting skills.
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22 wrote:
fiendishoc wrote:
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Baxter Holmes ✔ @BaxterHolmes
Source familiar w/ Kings’ thinking: "Vivek thinks Buddy [Hield] has Steph Curry potential.” Am told that fixation was a key driver in deal.


Good luck with that Vivek!

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you laugh but it will happen. What is curry? A guy who can hit a lot of threes and has a great cast around him for everything else. All he is doing is hitting threes. There are literally 10-20 players that can do the same right now. It will happen, it's very realistic. Curry is not doing anything that sets him that far apart from the likes of Lillard, irving, and ahandful of other 6'4" and under guards with elite shooting skills.
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Baxter Holmes ✔ @BaxterHolmes
Source familiar w/ Kings’ thinking: "Vivek thinks Buddy [Hield] has Steph Curry potential.” Am told that fixation was a key driver in deal.


Good luck with that Vivek!

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you laugh but it will happen. What is curry? A guy who can hit a lot of threes and has a great cast around him for everything else. All he is doing is hitting threes. There are literally 10-20 players that can do the same right now. It will happen, it's very realistic. Curry is not doing anything that sets him that far apart from the likes of Lillard, irving, and ahandful of other 6'4" and under guards with elite shooting skills.


Totally unbiased opinion, right? BTW weren't you the one who started the thread about Lillard being better than Curry? So now Buddy Hield will be like Curry? Wow, just wow!
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 1:26 pm    Post subject:

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Baxter Holmes ✔ @BaxterHolmes
Source familiar w/ Kings’ thinking: "Vivek thinks Buddy [Hield] has Steph Curry potential.” Am told that fixation was a key driver in deal.


Good luck with that Vivek!

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We'll see but short of him being a perennial all star the Kings were robbed......
A lot of these superstar in their primes for potential superstar usually ends up in the favor of the superstar....
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 5:47 pm    Post subject:

Hmm, imagine if New Orleans had an all-star point guard to pair with Boogie and Brow...

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SuperboyReformed wrote:
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22 wrote:
fiendishoc wrote:
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Baxter Holmes ✔ @BaxterHolmes
Source familiar w/ Kings’ thinking: "Vivek thinks Buddy [Hield] has Steph Curry potential.” Am told that fixation was a key driver in deal.


Good luck with that Vivek!

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you laugh but it will happen. What is curry? A guy who can hit a lot of threes and has a great cast around him for everything else. All he is doing is hitting threes. There are literally 10-20 players that can do the same right now. It will happen, it's very realistic. Curry is not doing anything that sets him that far apart from the likes of Lillard, irving, and ahandful of other 6'4" and under guards with elite shooting skills.

You're confusing Curry with Klay Thompson. No worries - probably a common mistake by many people who clearly don't watch a lot of basketball.
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SuperboyReformed wrote:
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22 wrote:
fiendishoc wrote:
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Baxter Holmes ✔ @BaxterHolmes
Source familiar w/ Kings’ thinking: "Vivek thinks Buddy [Hield] has Steph Curry potential.” Am told that fixation was a key driver in deal.


Good luck with that Vivek!

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you laugh but it will happen. What is curry? A guy who can hit a lot of threes and has a great cast around him for everything else. All he is doing is hitting threes. There are literally 10-20 players that can do the same right now. It will happen, it's very realistic. Curry is not doing anything that sets him that far apart from the likes of Lillard, irving, and ahandful of other 6'4" and under guards with elite shooting skills.

You're confusing Curry with Klay Thompson. No worries - probably a common mistake by many people who clearly don't watch a lot of basketball.




Kings owner has had some wild ideas, I believe he mentioned using a cherry picking offense in the D-league to see how it might work...
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 23, 2017 12:58 pm    Post subject:

They'll be on the floor tonight against the Rockets. I'll definitely tune in. If Cousins can cap the volcano it's will be interesting how they play together. Can they share the ball. Gentry has his job cut out for him.

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Buck32 wrote:
SuperboyReformed wrote:
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22 wrote:
fiendishoc wrote:
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Baxter Holmes ✔ @BaxterHolmes
Source familiar w/ Kings’ thinking: "Vivek thinks Buddy [Hield] has Steph Curry potential.” Am told that fixation was a key driver in deal.


Good luck with that Vivek!

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you laugh but it will happen. What is curry? A guy who can hit a lot of threes and has a great cast around him for everything else. All he is doing is hitting threes. There are literally 10-20 players that can do the same right now. It will happen, it's very realistic. Curry is not doing anything that sets him that far apart from the likes of Lillard, irving, and ahandful of other 6'4" and under guards with elite shooting skills.


Totally unbiased opinion, right? BTW weren't you the one who started the thread about Lillard being better than Curry? So now Buddy Hield will be like Curry? Wow, just wow!



He's also the guy who thinks Tim Duncan and Lebron in their primes were "average players."
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 23, 2017 8:08 pm    Post subject:

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this is huge. the pelicans are set now. they can be better than the warriors and cavs within a year. easy. wow.


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Can that frontcourt really work though?

oh yea. cousins can dribble like a pg. he's a very talented and clever player. you can't take you're eye off of him, unlike any other big int he league. and now he's paired with davis, who can basically do everything and is athletic. it's unstoppable as far as i can see.


30 point loss on their home floor to kick-off this sanguine Pelicans era suggests otherwise ...
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 23, 2017 9:07 pm    Post subject:

I still remember Cousins really hurting Team USA and that team looked much better with DeAndre Jordan on the floor. How could he not do better on that kind of a team? He was playing against weak competition.
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Can that frontcourt really work though?

oh yea. cousins can dribble like a pg. he's a very talented and clever player. you can't take you're eye off of him, unlike any other big int he league. and now he's paired with davis, who can basically do everything and is athletic. it's unstoppable as far as i can see.


30 point loss on their home floor to kick-off this sanguine Pelicans era suggests otherwise ...

cousins looked great today. what's your point, that he sucks?
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Can that frontcourt really work though?

oh yea. cousins can dribble like a pg. he's a very talented and clever player. you can't take you're eye off of him, unlike any other big int he league. and now he's paired with davis, who can basically do everything and is athletic. it's unstoppable as far as i can see.


30 point loss on their home floor to kick-off this sanguine Pelicans era suggests otherwise ...

cousins looked great today. what's your point, that he sucks?


There are two points, actually: (1) great individual play doesn't always translate into actual team success ... you lived through the 2005 - 2007 timeframe just like the rest of us, so this shouldn't come as a surprise to you. And (2) great talent on a team lacking team-oriented leadership doesn't always translate into actual team success, either ... again, you lived through the 2011 - 2013 timeframe just like the rest of us, so this shouldn't come as a surprise to you.

Cousins is a great talent, and he's capable of selfless leadership. But it won't be easy, and they certainly looked stoppable on Day 1 ...
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the association wrote:
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SuperboyReformed wrote:
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Can that frontcourt really work though?

oh yea. cousins can dribble like a pg. he's a very talented and clever player. you can't take you're eye off of him, unlike any other big int he league. and now he's paired with davis, who can basically do everything and is athletic. it's unstoppable as far as i can see.


30 point loss on their home floor to kick-off this sanguine Pelicans era suggests otherwise ...

cousins looked great today. what's your point, that he sucks?


There are two points, actually: (1) great individual play doesn't always translate into actual team success ... you lived through the 2005 - 2007 timeframe just like the rest of us, so this shouldn't come as a surprise to you. And (2) great talent on a team lacking team-oriented leadership doesn't always translate into actual team success, either ... again, you lived through the 2011 - 2013 timeframe just like the rest of us, so this shouldn't come as a surprise to you.

Cousins is a great talent, and he's capable of selfless leadership. But it won't be easy, and they certainly looked stoppable on Day 1 ...


They'll live and die with Jrue Holiday. Outside of the two beasts, he's the only other player worth a damn on that team.
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SuperboyReformed wrote:
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SuperboyReformed wrote:
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Can that frontcourt really work though?

oh yea. cousins can dribble like a pg. he's a very talented and clever player. you can't take you're eye off of him, unlike any other big int he league. and now he's paired with davis, who can basically do everything and is athletic. it's unstoppable as far as i can see.


30 point loss on their home floor to kick-off this sanguine Pelicans era suggests otherwise ...

cousins looked great today. what's your point, that he sucks?


There are two points, actually: (1) great individual play doesn't always translate into actual team success ... you lived through the 2005 - 2007 timeframe just like the rest of us, so this shouldn't come as a surprise to you. And (2) great talent on a team lacking team-oriented leadership doesn't always translate into actual team success, either ... again, you lived through the 2011 - 2013 timeframe just like the rest of us, so this shouldn't come as a surprise to you.

Cousins is a great talent, and he's capable of selfless leadership. But it won't be easy, and they certainly looked stoppable on Day 1 ...


They'll live and die with Jrue Holiday. Outside of the two beasts, he's the only other player worth a damn on that team.


Yeah, agreed on that ... I like Holiday, too, but I don't think that's near enough of a foundation to eclipse Golden State, San Antonio, Cleveland (and apparently, Houston ... at least not yet) ...
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jonnybravo wrote:
the association wrote:
SuperboyReformed wrote:
the association wrote:
SuperboyReformed wrote:
LakersNewEra wrote:
Can that frontcourt really work though?

oh yea. cousins can dribble like a pg. he's a very talented and clever player. you can't take you're eye off of him, unlike any other big int he league. and now he's paired with davis, who can basically do everything and is athletic. it's unstoppable as far as i can see.


30 point loss on their home floor to kick-off this sanguine Pelicans era suggests otherwise ...

cousins looked great today. what's your point, that he sucks?


There are two points, actually: (1) great individual play doesn't always translate into actual team success ... you lived through the 2005 - 2007 timeframe just like the rest of us, so this shouldn't come as a surprise to you. And (2) great talent on a team lacking team-oriented leadership doesn't always translate into actual team success, either ... again, you lived through the 2011 - 2013 timeframe just like the rest of us, so this shouldn't come as a surprise to you.

Cousins is a great talent, and he's capable of selfless leadership. But it won't be easy, and they certainly looked stoppable on Day 1 ...


They'll live and die with Jrue Holiday. Outside of the two beasts, he's the only other player worth a damn on that team.


Yeah, agreed on that ... I like Holiday, too, but I don't think that's near enough of a foundation to eclipse Golden State, San Antonio, Cleveland (and apparently, Houston ... at least not yet) ...


For sure. Holiday and a few guys come off the books this summer. They'll have something like 20-25M to play around with in the off-season. I mentioned it on the day he was traded (and I'm sure others have come to the same conclusion as well), but the Pelicans would be an ideal landing spot for Chris Paul. The Clippers may be past their expiration date and AD/Boogie is a massive upgrade over Blake/DeAndre imo.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 23, 2017 11:10 pm    Post subject:

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For sure. Holiday and a few guys come off the books this summer. They'll have something like 20-25M to play around with in the off-season. I mentioned it on the day he was traded (and I'm sure others have come to the same conclusion as well), but the Pelicans would be an ideal landing spot for Chris Paul. The Clippers may be past their expiration date and AD/Boogie is a massive upgrade over Blake/DeAndre imo.

Hard to disagree, and a great homecoming story to boot!
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For sure. Holiday and a few guys come off the books this summer. They'll have something like 20-25M to play around with in the off-season. I mentioned it on the day he was traded (and I'm sure others have come to the same conclusion as well), but the Pelicans would be an ideal landing spot for Chris Paul. The Clippers may be past their expiration date and AD/Boogie is a massive upgrade over Blake/DeAndre imo.

Hard to disagree, and a great homecoming story to boot!


Someone told me Chris Paul had already verbally agreed to an extension? Is this true at all?
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Source familiar w/ Kings’ thinking: "Vivek thinks Buddy [Hield] has Steph Curry potential.” Am told that fixation was a key driver in deal.


Good luck with that Vivek!

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you laugh but it will happen. What is curry? A guy who can hit a lot of threes and has a great cast around him for everything else. All he is doing is hitting threes. There are literally 10-20 players that can do the same right now. It will happen, it's very realistic. Curry is not doing anything that sets him that far apart from the likes of Lillard, irving, and ahandful of other 6'4" and under guards with elite shooting skills.


What is Curry

Arguably the best shooter in the league
Arguably the best ball handler in the league
One the most efficient guards if not the most efficient guard in the league
2 MVP
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and just to put the icing on the cake he will give you a good effort on defense

but yea Curry is = Lillard, Irving and a handful of other 6'4 guards
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CandyCanes wrote:
22 wrote:
fiendishoc wrote:
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Baxter Holmes ✔ @BaxterHolmes
Source familiar w/ Kings’ thinking: "Vivek thinks Buddy [Hield] has Steph Curry potential.” Am told that fixation was a key driver in deal.


Good luck with that Vivek!

Million to 1 shot doc, million to 1



you laugh but it will happen. What is curry? A guy who can hit a lot of threes and has a great cast around him for everything else. All he is doing is hitting threes. There are literally 10-20 players that can do the same right now. It will happen, it's very realistic. Curry is not doing anything that sets him that far apart from the likes of Lillard, irving, and ahandful of other 6'4" and under guards with elite shooting skills.


What is Curry

Arguably the best shooter in the league
Arguably the best ball handler in the league
One the most efficient guards if not the most efficient guard in the league
2 MVP
2 finals appearances
47-42-90
and just to put the icing on the cake he will give you a good effort on defense

but yea Curry is = Lillard, Irving and a handful of other 6'4 guards


Forget about Curry, why even compare Hield to Irving and Lilliard as if they are scrubs?
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