En Dub
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Last team with 5 all-stars from the previous season were the 75-76 Celtics. Who had a notoriously weak bench for the league at the time. This is just ridiculous. I'll watch the Boston games because damn I love the team we've assembled, but this is so disheartening. It's just so boring.
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This is definitely the first move in a series of moves. Lebron alone moves LA from a probable 9-10 seed up to a 4 or 5 (leaving room for Golden State, Houston and an outlier like OKC or NOLA). Add in Boogie this offseason and Kawai next year and that makes them cemented in the top 3. The main thing with Lebron is courting those other star signings just got infinitely easier by picking up the best basketball player in the world. Now we have an offseason to watch SanAn refuse to trade Kawai to the only team that's going to offer for him. No one is touching him now unless it's a sign and trade as the Laker superteam is so painfully obvious.
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New Celtics Mission Statement: Stay healthy and casually stroll to the NBA Finals. Put me in the boat of waiting to see more. As it is, I don't see Lebron and LA being any better than Lebron and Cleveland. Kuzma and Ingram are damn fine stars, but they need another couple of performers who are instant threats alongside Lebron. George would have filled that role, as will Kawai or Boogie if they show up. Otherwise I still think he would have been better off in Phillie. The west is gonna be an absolute dog fight this year. Gonna be interesting to see what middle of the road teams do. Especially Memphis. They have to be thinking of moving Gasol soon to get some kind of rebuild going.
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I'm a Celtics fan tried and true and really want banner 18. But I don't want a dead east with everyone in the west so we can get an easy road to the warriors. LeBron in Phillie is my personal hope just because it sounds ridiculously fun, albeit a little terrifying. But then again I've been pulling for Durant to go to the Wizards every year since he took the Golden State deal.
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Boston has resigned Aaron Baynes, 2 year 11 million. There's step one, now resign Smart. With all the talk of Boston chasing Kawai or Lebron, I really will be happy if we just keep our same team and remain healthy for a change.
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Obviously didn't want the season to end tonight, but I'm very proud of what this team accomplished. Without the doubtlessly two best players, they made the conference finals and pushed it to game 7. Sure, they crumbled and played really sloppy at the end but that's just a sign of youth for Brown and Tatum. Those kids are gonna be something special, especially if they stick together. I especially loved the bookends for Tatum's season of him having his first dunk blocked by Lebron, then getting the huge dunk on Lebron tonight. Mostly just looking forward to next season and how ridiculously good this team will be with Kyrie and Hayward back. Now for the love of all things good, Save_us.Houston
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*ahem* FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK. There goes Hayward's season, hopefully that's all. Gotta feel terrible for the guy, but I can't imagine how Stevens is feeling. He brings in Hayward as his protege and to be his ace and this happens first game. Besides that, loving Brown's energy and Smart's development. Kind of surprised they threw Tatum in the deep end, starting his first career game against the Cavs.
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Had a good draw earlier today, placing as top 20 and ended with three kills before dying to hubris. I got a pick that late in the game and went to loot too quickly, getting picked off in the process. Still my best to date. I just need to make myself do more with the resource building aspect so it feels less like PUBG.
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The season hasn't even started yet and I already miss Avery Bradley.
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I have the game on PS4 and absolutely love it. I've not run in to too much toxicity, but I also don't invite it with team chat unless I'm in competitive and even then, if someone gets obnoxious I just mute them on the next death. The game is a ton of fun and blizzard is just constantly releasing new free content for it, special events, skins, characters, maps, new modes.
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Reports I'm reading are that they're moreso threatening to undo the trade in exchange for the Lakers pick. This is a real bad scenario for the Celtics. Do you get strong armed into overpaying for Kyrie (which some people think happened with the trade in the first place) or do you undo the trade and bring back isiah who is reportedly really hurt over this whole trade fiasco? The best case in seeing right now, unfortunately, is sending the lakers pick and getting Crowder back. Though I was excited for the open roster spot and possibly signing Tony Allen back to Boston
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I love Isiah. I love Crowder. And I hate giving up a potential number one pick. But isiah was leaving after this season, we simply didn't have the cap space to give him the max deal he wants. Crowder was gonna be relegated to the bench most likely. And...well....we didn't NEED another top 5 pick. And we still have the laker pick from the trade with Phillie this year. All in all, we have a Kyrie/Hayward/Horford core for at least the duration of Kyrie's contract and that is exciting to me. Does it beat Golden State? Who knows. But it gets us there.
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I'm still logging in for the Vipers but honestly that's about it. I definitely got fatigued, but that's always been the case for me and supercard. I'll gladly hand someone else the owner slot on the team if they'd like.
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Oh no. Kyrie. Stop. Don't blow up the Cavs. Wait.
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Yeah Hawks have just fully embraced a rebuild. Which is a shame, they were always a fun team to watch. But better to be the Sixers for a few years than to do what the Grizzlies are doing, trying to remain relevant in the west with Conley and Gasol is just...not enough.
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@VerbalPuke The Celtics are trading Avery Bradley for Marcus Morris. Obviously I wanted to keep Bradley, but of the three he made the most sense for a trade. How's Morris?
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It's only been two summer league games, so I'm trying not to get too excited, but he's definitely looking like a stud. One day I'll learn to shut my mouth and just trust Danny Ainge.
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Yeaaaaahhh....they'll sooner waive people than give that up for someone who is already a sure thing. Ainge is invested in Jaylen Brown and has no interest in trading lottery picks. We would sooner package Crowder and Horford for Gasol than send Brown and lottery picks to Utah.
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Well as far as the Jazz front office trying to salvage something, they've contacted Boston about a sign and trade deal. Reportedly it will involved Jae Crowder, which is great for Utah. He's on a very team friendly deal and is a dominant player who has improved every year in Boston. I am also irrationally excited about the rumors of us trading for Marc Gasol, even though I know it's basically impossible with our current roster and cap space. We would probably have to trade Horford which........why? I love Gasol but Horford is a better fit for the east and has an extra year on his deal. Edit: didn't see Tyrone's edit. It helps Boston too, clearing the space we need to sign Hayward's deal.
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There's gonna have to be an exodus to the east sooner than later, everything is too unbalanced after Butler and George went west this off season. Glad to have Hayward in green. We still need to address the rebounding issue but this deals with the problem of relying too much on Isiah for scoring.
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Boston will welcome you with open arms, @Pooker. In other news, The Warriors have signed Jamal Crawford and are still heavily pursuing Nick Young. Because they didn't have enough scoring options.
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That's no way to talk about the newest Celtic. (Seriously, nothing is confirmed yet.)
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I'll only really be bummed if he chooses Miami. Obviously I'm pulling for Boston here, but I never have a problem with a guy wanting to stay loyal to his team. I also don't get the appeal of going to the Heat when they couldn't even make the eastern playoffs last year.
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So reports are rolling in now and, similarly to what happened with Butler, the Celtics offered a MUCH better package that ultimately got rejected because people are expecting Ainge to empty his war chest for one guy. At the trade deadline in February, they offered the Brooklyn pick this year (which became number 1 and Markelle Fultz). During the off season, three non-lottery first round picks, Jae Crowder and Avery Bradley. Celtics have built up so many assets that now they can't actually get a fair trade and teams are underselling as a result.
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Huh.....so...George and Westbrook get a year practice before going to LA. For a league dominated by superteams last year, these have all been very non-superteam decisions. George/Hayward was always the longest of long shots, but I was holding out a sliver of hope. Oh well. I would've rather CP3 gone to the Spurs as well, maybe they snag Rondo? I don't know what's happening this off season.
