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Hawks, Bucks, Suns and Clippers only teams left and none of them have won for 50 years.

 

no real superteams, I don't think (maybe the Clippers). This may actually be worth watching...

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Milwaukee outscored Atlanta 30-17 in the fourth quarter, with Kris Middleton accounting for 20 of those points as the Bucks win game 3.
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New LeBron James Action Figure Comes With Real Flopping Action

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Wonder if I could get the version that goes when it sees Xi?

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Bucks go into the 4th quarter leading by ten, get their lead cut to just one via good Suns defense and five missed Milwaukee free throws in the last minute. Suns blow the comeback when Booker goes one on three, freezes and gets it stolen. That's three straight wins for the Bucks, led largely by breakout clutch performances by Middleton.
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I turned on the game just in time to see the Suns’ last big run, so I turned it off. Bucks win, thanks to me!
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I turned on the game just in time to see the Suns’ last big run, so I turned it off. Bucks win, thanks to me!

:lol:

 

So, do the Bucks complete the sweep at home?

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I turned on the game just in time to see the Suns’ last big run, so I turned it off. Bucks win, thanks to me!

:lol:

 

So, do the Bucks complete the sweep at home?

 

:yes: :yes: :yes: :yes:

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I turned on the game just in time to see the Suns’ last big run, so I turned it off. Bucks win, thanks to me!

:lol:

 

So, do the Bucks complete the sweep at home?

 

:yes: :yes: :yes: :yes:

Solid!
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Clippers moving to Inglewood.

 

https://abc7.com/cli...arena/11027368/

Just what the world needs, a $2 billion basketball arena.

 

:facepalm:

 

California can kiss my ass.

 

Even though they're my team, this ain't it. Inglewood is Laker town with or without Staples center. They should have just stayed at the Memorial Sports Arena until it got demolished. First game I went to was in November 1989 with my dad against NY Knicks and Patrick Ewing.

 

My mom and late ex stepdad (and dad of my half sister) saw Mellencamp on the Lonesome Jubliee tour there as well in early 88.

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Just when the different forms of disappointment seemed to have peaked, the underperforming Ben Simmons has now said f-ck you to the Sixers and our fans. Now we are stuck with him, he is demanding to leave, no one wants him and he's expensive.

 

Why, why God have you forsaken us again?

 

Trust the process they said.

 

Phooey.

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Y'all don't need to be told this, but Ben is DONE in this city. IF he takes the floor (and I suspect he wont) he will be booed and screamed at in a manner that will approach the infamous throwing snowballs at Santa (he deserved it by the way).

 

And if and when he visits with another team... oh boy... that will be spectacular too.

 

Not that ANY town would enjoy this, but we don't go for this shi-t here like AT ALL.

 

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Philadelphia 76ers suspend Ben Simmons for their season opener after spat in practice

 

12:24 PM ET

Tim Bontemps

ESPN

 

 

 

CAMDEN, N.J. -- In the wake of the Philadelphia 76ers suspending Ben Simmons for their season-opening game in New Orleans on Wednesday night, superstar center Joel Embiid said he has yet to speak to Simmons, and declared -- several times -- that it isn't his job to "babysit" anyone.

 

"I'm trying to win," Embiid said after Simmons had been tossed from Tuesday's practice by 76ers coach Doc Rivers. "And to win, you have to have that relationship with your teammates. I do have that relationship with all my teammates.

 

"But at the end of the day, our job is not to babysit somebody. We get paid to produce on the court, go out, play hard, win some games ... that's what we get paid for. We don't get paid to come out here and try to babysit somebody. So that's not our job, and I'm sure my teammates feel that way.

 

"We're really focused on just winning and playing as a team."

 

The 76ers announced late in Tuesday's practice that Simmons has been suspended one game for conduct detrimental to the team, a suspension he'll serve for the opening game Wednesday against the Pelicans.

 

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Simmons had been thrown out of practice by 76ers coach Doc Rivers after he declined several times to sub in for a drill, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.

 

"I just thought he was a distraction today,'' Rivers said Tuesday after practice. "I didn't think he wanted to do what everybody else was doing. It was early. It wasn't a big deal. I just told him he should leave. We went on with practice.''

 

The 76ers have fined Simmons $1.4 million for his absence from four preseason games ($360,000 each) and levied numerous team fines for missed practices, on-court workouts and meetings, sources told Wojnarowski. Simmons hasn't earned any money since returning to the team on Oct. 11.

 

By being suspended for Wednesday's game, Simmons will lose roughly another $227,000.

 

Simmons' reluctance to physically and mentally engage with the Sixers since his return has been a consistent theme, sources told Wojnarowski.

 

"I mean today, no," Rivers said with a smile, when asked if he thinks Ben wants to be there. "We told him to go home. But, hopefully at some point, yeah, I do."

 

Tuesday felt like a boiling point for a situation that's been simmering for several months. Wednesday will be four months to the day of Game 7 of the Eastern Conference semifinals against the Atlanta Hawks -- the game Simmons passed up an open dunk that would've tied the game with less than four minutes left, and the Sixers went on to lose and see their season come to an end.

 

A short time later, Simmons asked for a trade, and he then held out the first two weeks of training camp in an attempt to force the 76ers to make a deal. Instead, he reported to the team last week, and after going through several days of re-entry protocols, Simmons practiced with the team Sunday and Monday before being tossed from Tuesday's practice.

 

Since returning to the team, Simmons has not spoken to the media, and hasn't said anything publicly since that Game 7 loss. That has left Rivers and his teammates to answer questions about the situation for him.

 

Embiid and Rivers both tried to spin the situation by saying the rest of the team is focused and engaged, but Embiid, in particular, couldn't hide his frustration with the fact this situation has gone on as long as it has.

 

"At this point I don't care about that man," Embiid said, referring to Simmons. "He does whatever he wants. That's not my job. That's [the front office's job].

 

"I'm only focused on trying to make the team better, win some games, play hard every night, try to lead the guys we have here and I'm sure they feel the same way because our chemistry has been excellent despite everything that's been happening the past few months.

 

"So, like I said, I don't really care."

 

"At this point I don't care about that man. He does whatever he wants. That's not my job. That's [the front office's job]."

Joel Embiid, on Ben Simmons

Rivers, meanwhile, attempted to strike a conciliatory tone. When asked if Simmons would be back on the court the next time Philadelphia practices -- possibly as soon as Thursday or Friday morning ahead of the team's home opener against the Brooklyn Nets -- Rivers said, "We're gonna expect that, yes."

 

And, when asked what he should do with a player that has shown he doesn't want to be part of the team, Rivers said that doesn't change his job description.

 

"Every day, every single moment, I'm going to give Ben a chance to join the team, and be part of the team," Rivers said. "He's under contract to be part of the team, and that's not going to change. Sometimes it happens quick and guys join back in, and sometimes it doesn't. I've been in both situations, and I'm fine with that.

 

"My job as a coach is to keep trying to get guys to buy in, to be in, and unfortunately this is tougher, this situation, but that's my job. I'm not going to stop my job."

 

What's also clear, though, is that this situation isn't going away anytime soon. Philadelphia has remained steadfast in its belief that it will only trade Simmons if it is a deal that allows the team to remain the championship contender it believes it is with Simmons. Until such a deal materializes, the 76ers will expect Simmons, who has four years remaining on his contract, to be part of the team.

 

Sources said Rivers has made it clear since Simmons reported back to the team last week that he would not play until he showed engagement and positive energy -- and that those factors are being evaluated as much as his conditioning.

 

Now the 76ers are off to New Orleans for Wednesday's game, where -- at least for one day -- there won't be a possibility of Simmons returning to the court. But it doesn't remove it from being a story Embiid and his teammates will have to keep answering questions about.

 

"I get paid to deliver, and that's to win games, and obviously the ultimate goal is to win a championship," Embiid said. "But, like I always say, I can't do it alone. I need these guys, the guys that are here are willing to help me, and I'm willing to help them, and we're going to continue to do it together."

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^^^ Good riddance.

 

We've got a limo gassed up and running 24/7 ready to take him to the airport....

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The Sixers are on on my Mount Rushmore of despised franchises with the Dolphins, Canadiens and Yankees. When other Celtics fans chanted "Beat LA," in 1982, I was hoping either the Forum or the Spectrum would suffer a roof collapse. Only over the court and benches, of course. :)
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The Sixers are on on my Mount Rushmore of despised franchises with the Dolphins, Canadiens and Yankees. When other Celtics fans chanted "Beat LA," in 1982, I was hoping either the Forum or the Spectrum would suffer a roof collapse. Only over the court and benches, of course. :)

Why do you hate the Dolphins? Because they gave your Bucs a game for 2.5 quarters? Or because they always beat your former team in Florida?

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The Sixers are on on my Mount Rushmore of despised franchises with the Dolphins, Canadiens and Yankees. When other Celtics fans chanted "Beat LA," in 1982, I was hoping either the Forum or the Spectrum would suffer a roof collapse. Only over the court and benches, of course. :)

Why do you hate the Dolphins? Because they gave your Bucs a game for 2.5 quarters? Or because they always beat your former team in Florida?

 

Because growing up they always beat the Patriots, especially when it mattered. That is, until the Word became flesh in the third game of the 2001 season. ;)

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Well, any of you who are feeling bad about your team can enjoy watching the Mav's melt down this season. Yet another year of one of the best players on the planet will be wasted due to the ignorance and hubris of one Mark Cuban, Kidd has never been a coach and never will be. He was a savant as a player, an idiot as a coach. If we win 35 games I'll be surprised.
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