After getting fined $25k for cursing out a fan, KD is back again:

One of the most insecure people out there.

And....this happened (allegedly, may be fake news): 

arsedoc md wrote:

Lakers are finding it difficult to beat cleveland. You can't make this up

Warriors 4 game losing streak...

Meanwhile, the Grizzlies are the #1 seed in the West right now

Beating the Cavs isn't so easy after all!

he's also blaming the wrong thing

Big game yesterday with the Raptors sneaking a win in OT against GSW.

Durant was unplayable. Felt like he didn’t miss a shot in the second half.

Fourth game this season we’ve let Kawhi handle the ball on the final play and the fourth time that he has fucked it up.

arsedoc md wrote:

Fuck off harden. Fuck off.

Harden not fucking off. He is now playing defense using his patented "sneaky" powers.

That’s embarrassing

interesting times for the sixers.

butler seems really happy in philly and hes only the 4th option on offense. it feels like we havent scratched the surface with him yet, we're not utilizing much PnR (not surprising, since we're basically last in the league in PnR usage) but its been decently effective when we have. hes already got great synergy with simmons. hes actually been great defensively the last few games, it seems like they really needed to iron out how to play against guards between him/ben/jj.

the fultz thing is going to come to a resolution in the next 2 weeks, i think. december 15th is the date that all free agents who signed over the summer can be traded. i expect fultz will be moved before the february trade deadline. entering next summer, assuming fultz is traded for an expiring contract and butler signs for the 5 year max, we'll still have about $20m in cap space. i think redick comes back on the MLE, which means we might possibly be able to make a run at a guy like tobias harris, which would be the dream situation.

as it stands now, we need a 3 or 4 because that is our weakest spot on the bench.

Seems like there is finally a diagnosis.

The nerves that go in between his collarbone and first rib (the brachial plexus) is being compressed.

i honestly dont even know what to say anymore. this is one of the most bizarre sports stories of my lifetime

OKC can’t stop won’t stop. We’ve now won 16 of the last 19, and this was a special one from Paul George. Scored 47, pouring in 25 in the last 7:11. It was surreal to witness.

Here is Jared Dudley’s reaction to the game winning shot even before George let’s fly:

That's a shame.

I'll tell you what. We'll give you Valanciunas, who scored 26 on Embiid the other day, and Fred Van Vleet, who played well for about 5 games last season and has been a liability since and we'll sort that problem you've got by taking Joel off your hands. What do you reckon?

flobaba wrote:

OKC can’t stop won’t stop. We’ve now won 16 of the last 19, and this was a special one from Paul George. Scored 47, pouring in 25 in the last 7:11. It was surreal to witness.

Here is Jared Dudley’s reaction to the game winning shot even before George let’s fly:

Hahaha that's great.

He would've been celebrating every time he saw one the Raptors players line up a three tonight. Outside of Kawhi we went 6 from 29, most of which were open shots.

Thunder look like they're starting to gel. George has had a great start to the season. Being a Kiwi I've got a soft spot for them.

arsedoc md wrote:

Even the commentators are discussing harden flopping half the time, how are the refs not doing anything against this nonsense! they just keep giving him fouls. Such rubbish

Yeah, Lebron was afraid to have his hands out because they would just jump into them to draw the foul. 

Here's a good laugh, left me dying  : 

saw that.

this sixers team isnt good enough to win anything this year, but there are like 8 sub-plots that make the team so fucking interesting to follow

How come you were so close last year, and then you add an all star Jimmy Butler, yet you think you’re not good enough? Once JB settles and Embiid and Simmons (and the coach) figure out how they want to play together you’ll have a much improved team come playoffs.

Yeah. Seems like a bit of a cop out writing them off this early.

All we heard during the offseason was that Philly was ready to take the next step. They’ve had some growing pains but it’s still too close between the 6ers, Celtics, Bucks and Raps to rule any of them out.

No one’s good enough to beat the Warriors 4 times in a fortnight but i can see any of those four coming out of the East.

the sixers roster is extremely flawed, and its partly by design.

last summer, they wanted to sign lebron and put all their eggs in that basket. because of that, we didnt spend our remaining cap space on quality depth/bench guys. we took on wilson chandler, and that was basically the only addition to the team.

right now, we have 3 all stars, jj redick, and then a bunch of guys who either cant shoot or cant defend. we get cooked by even mediocre point guards/shooting guards if they know how to run a functional pick and roll. when embiid leaves the floor, our defense is one of the worst in the league.

the big issue last year against boston is we didnt have switchable wings who could guard their guys and we didnt have anyone who could create their own offense off the dribble. butler helps on both fronts, but him alone isnt enough.

this summer, after we max butler, we'll have about $20m to spend, $30m if we dump fultz. that money should be spent on actual bench/depth. and i think we'll be able to make noise next season. but short of some kind of blockbuster deal that adds 2/3 high quality bench guys to this current team, the best we'll be able to hope for is the 3 seed and then getting bounced by toronto or boston. toronto absolutely owns us

yeah, tell me more about how awesome the sixers are.

no butler tonight, no chance to beat a mediocre pacers team.

Still a chance for some cake! What in the world is going on

mdgoonah41 wrote:

the sixers roster is extremely flawed, and its partly by design.

last summer, they wanted to sign lebron and put all their eggs in that basket. because of that, we didnt spend our remaining cap space on quality depth/bench guys. we took on wilson chandler, and that was basically the only addition to the team.

right now, we have 3 all stars, jj redick, and then a bunch of guys who either cant shoot or cant defend. we get cooked by even mediocre point guards/shooting guards if they know how to run a functional pick and roll. when embiid leaves the floor, our defense is one of the worst in the league.

the big issue last year against boston is we didnt have switchable wings who could guard their guys and we didnt have anyone who could create their own offense off the dribble. butler helps on both fronts, but him alone isnt enough.

this summer, after we max butler, we'll have about $20m to spend, $30m if we dump fultz. that money should be spent on actual bench/depth. and i think we'll be able to make noise next season. but short of some kind of blockbuster deal that adds 2/3 high quality bench guys to this current team, the best we'll be able to hope for is the 3 seed and then getting bounced by toronto or boston. toronto absolutely owns us

You’d know more than i would, mate.

As you say, 3 all stars, one of which is a legitimate mvp candidate, and a knock down shooter as consistent as JJ is more than 28 teams in the league have. No teams are without weaknesses. Writing this season off because you don’t have four all stars is outrageous if you ask me.

When the playoffs come and lineups get shorter i think you guys will be in the running.

Simmons deciding to spend the summer with Kardashian’s instead of working on a jump shot probably hasn’t helped things though.

arsedoc md wrote:

Pacers quietly in 4th in the east....interesting. Raptors without kawhi blew out the full strength dubs too yesterday...interesting.

We play better without Kawhi. Not sold on him at all tbh. The only offence we can run to keep him involved is hero ball and he’s not a good enough scorer for that to work. We’re seeing that tonight against Portland. Down by 8 at half time and playing like shit.

Bosscielny wrote:

mdgoonah41 wrote:

the sixers roster is extremely flawed, and its partly by design.

last summer, they wanted to sign lebron and put all their eggs in that basket. because of that, we didnt spend our remaining cap space on quality depth/bench guys. we took on wilson chandler, and that was basically the only addition to the team.

right now, we have 3 all stars, jj redick, and then a bunch of guys who either cant shoot or cant defend. we get cooked by even mediocre point guards/shooting guards if they know how to run a functional pick and roll. when embiid leaves the floor, our defense is one of the worst in the league.

the big issue last year against boston is we didnt have switchable wings who could guard their guys and we didnt have anyone who could create their own offense off the dribble. butler helps on both fronts, but him alone isnt enough.

this summer, after we max butler, we'll have about $20m to spend, $30m if we dump fultz. that money should be spent on actual bench/depth. and i think we'll be able to make noise next season. but short of some kind of blockbuster deal that adds 2/3 high quality bench guys to this current team, the best we'll be able to hope for is the 3 seed and then getting bounced by toronto or boston. toronto absolutely owns us

You’d know more than i would, mate.

As you say, 3 all stars, one of which is a legitimate mvp candidate, and a knock down shooter as consistent as JJ is more than 28 teams in the league have. No teams are without weaknesses. Writing this season off because you don’t have four all stars is outrageous if you ask me.

When the playoffs come and lineups get shorter i think you guys will be in the running.

Simmons deciding to spend the summer with Kardashian’s instead of working on a jump shot probably hasn’t helped things though.

76ers owner thinks Kendall Jenner has been great for Simmons! 

But 76ers co-owner Michael Rubin is coming to Jenner's defense. As People reports, in a recent interview Rubin shot down the petition. “I think it’s ridiculous,” he said. “I think Kendall’s awesome. I’ve spent a bunch of time with her.”

He also called the model a great influence on young Simmons. “I was with Kendall a few days ago and Kendall insisted on going home and getting a good night’s sleep when Ben wanted to stay out for a late dinner,” he added. “So, Kendall’s been a great influence on him, and we’ve won every game she’s been at but one so far.”

simmons spent the summer working on his post game, which was something he absolutely needed to do since he still wont shoot from outside 5 feet.

the jenner stuff is nothing. if she makes him happy (why wouldnt she?) then im happy for him.

our defensive system is built around embiid dropping deep now instead of switching everything. our guards are fucking terrible defensively, so when teams run a pnr, our guards get caught or dip under, leaving the ballhandler with tons of space for open 3s or mid range shots. when embiid does switch onto a guard, the roll man just dunks on redick or shamet or tj or korkmaz. the solution is a pat beverley type PG who can actually defend 1s and 2s, but i doubt we're going to find one of those for free.

offensively, our system is built to play 5 out, except we dont have 4 shooters around embiid. its a complete and total mess.

on the talent of the big 3, we should be able to get a 4 seed, win the first round matchup, and at least get to 5 or 6 games against either boston or toronto, but unless the GM radically overhauls spots 7-9, we have no chance to compete. even with shorter playoff rotations, we cant play embiid 40 minutes a night.

One of the best performances I've seen this season from the Lakers.