Agent23 Posted July 13, 2023 Author Share Posted July 13, 2023 Oh, on my flight to Vegas last Friday, I sat with Desmond Bane, his gf/wife (had a solid ring on) and their 13ish month old. There were at least 2-4 other guys on the flight I didn’t recognize, one with Grizzlies gear on. I had the window seat, so I had headphones on and was watching stiff on my iPad. Wifey was in the middle with the kid on her lap most of the flight. I chatted with them briefly, but mainly related to the toddler who would occasionally try to reach out at me or try grabbing/touching stuff out of curiosity. He was super well behaved for a 3.5hr flight tho and most of the small talk was letting her/them know he was fine and that I wasn’t bothered. Should I have let them know I recognized him or just engaged them in passing-the-time conversation in hopes of getting invited to summer league parties, or did I make the right play just keeping things polite and minimal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bwestbrook36 Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 1 hour ago, Agent23 said: Oh, on my flight to Vegas last Friday, I sat with Dillon Brooks, his gf/wife (had a solid ring on) and their 13ish month old. There were at least 2-4 other guys on the flight I didn’t recognize, one with Grizzlies gear on. I had the window seat, so I had headphones on and was watching stiff on my iPad. Wifey was in the middle with the kid on her lap most of the flight. I chatted with them briefly, but mainly related to the toddler who would occasionally try to reach out at me or try grabbing/touching stuff out of curiosity. He was super well behaved for a 3.5hr flight tho and most of the small talk was letting her/them know he was fine and that I wasn’t bothered. Should I have let them know I recognized him or just engaged them in passing-the-time conversation in hopes of getting invited to summer league parties, or did I make the right play just keeping things polite and minimal? Should of talked sheet to him and tell him lebron owns his ass lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent23 Posted July 14, 2023 Author Share Posted July 14, 2023 2 hours ago, Bwestbrook36 said: Should of talked sheet to him and tell him lebron owns his ass lol Yeah but he could probably own mine so I still might come out on the bottom we were talking about crazy arse Dillon Brooks at work today so I think it was an unintended type of the fingers. Desmond Bane is who I was seated next too, so I need to go back and update my original post 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bwestbrook36 Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 31 minutes ago, Agent23 said: Yeah but he could probably own mine so I still might come out on the bottom we were talking about crazy arse Dillon Brooks at work today so I think it was an unintended type of the fingers. Desmond Bane is who I was seated next too, so I need to go back and update my original post Lol, I've run into some players a time or 2 I always just let them be or just say hi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent23 Posted July 15, 2023 Author Share Posted July 15, 2023 22 hours ago, Bwestbrook36 said: Lol, I've run into some players a time or 2 I always just let them be or just say hi. Run into vs seated side by side for 4 hours while his toddler (innocently) hits me or grabs at my drink/iPad/headphones cord a few dozen times is slightly different circumstances tho lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bwestbrook36 Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 1 hour ago, Agent23 said: Run into vs seated side by side for 4 hours while his toddler (innocently) hits me or grabs at my drink/iPad/headphones cord a few dozen times is slightly different circumstances tho lol You know what I meant! Lol. I'm saying I would of just played it cool like didn't know who he was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent23 Posted July 15, 2023 Author Share Posted July 15, 2023 14 hours ago, Bwestbrook36 said: You know what I meant! Lol. I'm saying I would of just played it cool like didn't know who he was. I was being attacked by these two the whole time tho! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkippyX Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 On 6/14/2023 at 10:57 AM, DaEagles4Life said: That is what happens when you are the #1 sees you face lower level seeds. Lakers were #2 best team in the playoffs and they swept them. It's okay to admit your boy is a perennial loser. Lol at the Lakers being the 2nd best. The Heat(13-10) and Celtics (11-9) won more playoff games and both would have beaten LA (8-8). Milwaukee, Sacramento, and Philly would have beaten them as well. The Lakers faced a Grizzlies team that imploded (2 guys with actual mental problems) and a very flawed Golden State team that had no answer for Anthony Davis. The Nuggets faced 4 teams that were a combined 20 games over .500. That's the definition of easy button. Golden State's opponents last year were a combined +86 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broncos72 Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 17 hours ago, SkippyX said: Lol at the Lakers being the 2nd best. The Heat(13-10) and Celtics (11-9) won more playoff games and both would have beaten LA (8-8). Milwaukee, Sacramento, and Philly would have beaten them as well. The Lakers faced a Grizzlies team that imploded (2 guys with actual mental problems) and a very flawed Golden State team that had no answer for Anthony Davis. The Nuggets faced 4 teams that were a combined 20 games over .500. That's the definition of easy button. Golden State's opponents last year were a combined +86 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaEagles4Life Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 18 hours ago, SkippyX said: Lol at the Lakers being the 2nd best. The Heat(13-10) and Celtics (11-9) won more playoff games and both would have beaten LA (8-8). Milwaukee, Sacramento, and Philly would have beaten them as well. The Lakers faced a Grizzlies team that imploded (2 guys with actual mental problems) and a very flawed Golden State team that had no answer for Anthony Davis. The Nuggets faced 4 teams that were a combined 20 games over .500. That's the definition of easy button. Golden State's opponents last year were a combined +86 I'm sure you know that the Lakers had the best record after the All Star break. Just maybe the two time MVP playing his best basketball of his career and a Top 20 player in Murray who was healthy were that good. Armchair expert watches 5 games and understands basketball. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkippyX Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 4 hours ago, DaEagles4Life said: I'm sure you know that the Lakers had the best record after the All Star break. Just maybe the two time MVP playing his best basketball of his career and a Top 20 player in Murray who was healthy were that good. Armchair expert watches 5 games and understands basketball. Best basketball of his career? Laughable. His +- was terrible. His 3-point shot in a 3 point league was abysmal. He was the 96th best 3 point % player in the playoffs but insisted on taking the 18th most per game 🤡 He was a +12 in +- over 16 games when he was on the floor in the playoffs. AD was a +53. Reaves was a +71. He had the 143rd best 3-point % in the regular season. 🤡 His win shares per 48 was 59th best in the league. His team won those series because different role players went nuts when needed. He had a couple monster games like the 20 20 and AD had about 4 monster games. Its not excuses to say the 7th seed in the west was not a great team. Those numbers are facts. Your sniffing his jock is opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaEagles4Life Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 8 minutes ago, SkippyX said: Best basketball of his career? Laughable. His +- was terrible. His 3-point shot in a 3 point league was abysmal. He was the 96th best 3 point % player in the playoffs but insisted on taking the 18th most per game 🤡 He was a +12 in +- over 16 games when he was on the floor in the playoffs. AD was a +53. Reaves was a +71. He had the 143rd best 3-point % in the regular season. 🤡 His win shares per 48 was 59th best in the league. His team won those series because different role players went nuts when needed. He had a couple monster games like the 20 20 and AD had about 4 monster games. Its not excuses to say the 7th seed in the west was not a great team. Those numbers are facts. Your sniffing his jock is opinion. Yo clown, I was talking about Jokic. You know the guy that actually has a guy on his team with a last name of Murray. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha_TATEr Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 somebody is using chat GPT and still F'd it up .... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkippyX Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 yo clown, you think LeBron is awesome and the Lakers were 2nd best to Joker's team. Weird how they only swept the Lakers. More on +- Hachimura was +19 Schroeder was +44 Game 6 vs Golden State: LeBron was -8 and Lonnie Walker IV was +8 in the one game they needed him. LeBron is still a gifted ESP level passer in his current age. He's a good rebounder but it has more to do with volume (bad team shots and minutes played per game) ( he's about 28th in rebounds this year but about 47th in TR%) He is a bad ball handler He is a terrible shooter. He is lazy/tired on D maybe because he plays too many minutes. He is often banged up partly because he plays too many minutes. Who needs to talk about Joker who was good enough to be a 3 in a row MVP and just got his title. No one is pretending about him. You are slurping LeBron and the Lakers and reality finds that amusing. I am just pointing out reality. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaEagles4Life Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 3 hours ago, SkippyX said: yo clown, you think LeBron is awesome and the Lakers were 2nd best to Joker's team. Weird how they only swept the Lakers. More on +- Hachimura was +19 Schroeder was +44 Game 6 vs Golden State: LeBron was -8 and Lonnie Walker IV was +8 in the one game they needed him. LeBron is still a gifted ESP level passer in his current age. He's a good rebounder but it has more to do with volume (bad team shots and minutes played per game) ( he's about 28th in rebounds this year but about 47th in TR%) He is a bad ball handler He is a terrible shooter. He is lazy/tired on D maybe because he plays too many minutes. He is often banged up partly because he plays too many minutes. Who needs to talk about Joker who was good enough to be a 3 in a row MVP and just got his title. No one is pretending about him. You are slurping LeBron and the Lakers and reality finds that amusing. I am just pointing out reality. And all your doing is validating my point, I that they were the 2nd best team in the playoffs. Where did I say anything about LeBron. I didn't, you too busy sucking off MJ, to realize this. Corn hole or pickleball might be up your alley because basketball seems like it is too hard to understand for you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha_TATEr Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 did this suddenly turn into the grinder thread ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent23 Posted July 21, 2023 Author Share Posted July 21, 2023 I placed a bet in Vegas for Golden State to win the 2024 title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mat Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 https://www.instagram.com/p/CvH7LJEMYCo/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Omega Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 Hope he’s ok 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent23 Posted August 17, 2023 Author Share Posted August 17, 2023 Schedule release at 3 eastern today. I already have travel out of state booked for thanksgiving so hopefully golden state doesn’t play here in MN again that weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xzmattzx Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 Adam Silver said over the summer that expansion is on the horizon. Seattle and Las Vegas are the front runners. Other cities like Louisville and St. Louis may be considered, if bids are put in. How would the divisions look if Seattle and Las Vegas enter the league? Here are my initial thoughts: EASTERN CONFERENCE NORTHEAST Celtics Knicks Nets 76ers GREAT LAKES Wizards Raptors Cavaliers Pistons MIDWEST Bulls Bucks Pacers Timberwolves SOUTHEAST Hawks Hornets Heat Magic WESTERN CONFERENCE GULF Pelicans Grizzlies Rockets Spurs CENTRAL Mavericks Thunder Nuggets Jazz SOUTHWEST Suns Lakers Clippers New Las Vegas team PACIFIC Kings Warriors Trail Blazers New Seattle team It's not perfect, but this seems to be about best if you do 4 divisions with 4 teams per conference, like in the NFL. There are some teams that stick out: Washington has to fit in with the other four Boston-to-Washington teams, or it has to fit in with the other four Southeast teams, so they are in no-mans land. The three Texas teams would probably have to get split up. Utah isn't really a team in the central US. Maybe if the western Southeast teams, like the Grizzlies and Pelicans, move to the Eastern Conference, and then you move more Midwest teams like the Bucks and Bulls to the Western Conference, you can have better geographical divisions. But fans may not like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent23 Posted August 18, 2023 Author Share Posted August 18, 2023 37 minutes ago, xzmattzx said: Adam Silver said over the summer that expansion is on the horizon. Seattle and Las Vegas are the front runners. Other cities like Louisville and St. Louis may be considered, if bids are put in. How would the divisions look if Seattle and Las Vegas enter the league? Here are my initial thoughts: EASTERN CONFERENCE NORTHEAST Celtics Knicks Nets 76ers GREAT LAKES Wizards Raptors Cavaliers Pistons MIDWEST Bulls Bucks Pacers Timberwolves SOUTHEAST Hawks Hornets Heat Magic WESTERN CONFERENCE GULF Pelicans Grizzlies Rockets Spurs CENTRAL Mavericks Thunder Nuggets Jazz SOUTHWEST Suns Lakers Clippers New Las Vegas team PACIFIC Kings Warriors Trail Blazers New Seattle team It's not perfect, but this seems to be about best if you do 4 divisions with 4 teams per conference, like in the NFL. There are some teams that stick out: Washington has to fit in with the other four Boston-to-Washington teams, or it has to fit in with the other four Southeast teams, so they are in no-mans land. The three Texas teams would probably have to get split up. Utah isn't really a team in the central US. Maybe if the western Southeast teams, like the Grizzlies and Pelicans, move to the Eastern Conference, and then you move more Midwest teams like the Bucks and Bulls to the Western Conference, you can have better geographical divisions. But fans may not like that. I don't typically see NBA "rivals" in the same was as we get with college conferences and NFL divisions... so changing division rivals or even conference shouldn't be a huge deal. Hell, most people see rivalries being things like Lakers-Celtics more than Celtics-Raptors or Celtics-Nets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaEagles4Life Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 6 hours ago, xzmattzx said: Adam Silver said over the summer that expansion is on the horizon. Seattle and Las Vegas are the front runners. Other cities like Louisville and St. Louis may be considered, if bids are put in. How would the divisions look if Seattle and Las Vegas enter the league? Here are my initial thoughts: EASTERN CONFERENCE NORTHEAST Celtics Knicks Nets 76ers GREAT LAKES Wizards Raptors Cavaliers Pistons MIDWEST Bulls Bucks Pacers Timberwolves SOUTHEAST Hawks Hornets Heat Magic WESTERN CONFERENCE GULF Pelicans Grizzlies Rockets Spurs CENTRAL Mavericks Thunder Nuggets Jazz SOUTHWEST Suns Lakers Clippers New Las Vegas team PACIFIC Kings Warriors Trail Blazers New Seattle team It's not perfect, but this seems to be about best if you do 4 divisions with 4 teams per conference, like in the NFL. There are some teams that stick out: Washington has to fit in with the other four Boston-to-Washington teams, or it has to fit in with the other four Southeast teams, so they are in no-mans land. The three Texas teams would probably have to get split up. Utah isn't really a team in the central US. Maybe if the western Southeast teams, like the Grizzlies and Pelicans, move to the Eastern Conference, and then you move more Midwest teams like the Bucks and Bulls to the Western Conference, you can have better geographical divisions. But fans may not like that. Memphis is the only team East of the Mississippi that is in the Western Conference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent23 Posted August 18, 2023 Author Share Posted August 18, 2023 7 hours ago, DaEagles4Life said: Memphis is the only team East of the Mississippi that is in the Western Conference Vancouver tho? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaEagles4Life Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 On 8/18/2023 at 1:55 PM, Agent23 said: Vancouver tho? Well they are in Memphis not Vancouver so not sure how that relates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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