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UNC_Samurai
2023-02-09 7:42:50 AM  
How do the Nets get anything other than an F- for their failed superteam?
 
drewogatory
2023-02-09 7:43:06 AM  
The NBA is a joke.
 
NewportBarGuy [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-09 7:48:43 AM  

UNC_Samurai: How do the Nets get anything other than an F- for their failed superteam?


The owner is still a billionaire and has zero f*cks to give.

The fans? Well, they are Brooklyn fans so.. make of that what you will.
 
natural316
2023-02-09 8:16:48 AM  
How long until he's miserable there and wants out?
 
Scorpitron is reduced to a thin red paste
2023-02-09 8:18:56 AM  

UNC_Samurai: How do the Nets get anything other than an F- for their failed superteam?


Pandemic and Krazy Kyrie did them in.
 
The Prionic Woman
2023-02-09 8:24:06 AM  
Nets got the Double Cams now baby!
 
LucklessWonder [TotalFark]
2023-02-09 8:28:23 AM  

natural316: How long until he's miserable there and wants out?


How many games under .500 are they?
 
Joe_diGriz [BareFark]
2023-02-09 8:48:12 AM  
Dude, they still have Ben Simmons, so it's all good. Simmons is the perfect leader to build a team around.
 
DrMaturin
2023-02-09 8:50:03 AM  
Kevin Durant seems like an alright guy, Devin Booker though...
 
IAmRight [TotalFark]
2023-02-09 8:55:06 AM  
Guess building a superteam isn't actually easy.
 
LewDux [OhFark]
2023-02-09 9:04:14 AM  

DrMaturin: Kevin Durant seems like an alright guy, Devin Booker though...


it's true, I read it on twitter
 
TheTossedCoin
2023-02-09 9:12:54 AM  

UNC_Samurai: How do the Nets get anything other than an F- for their failed superteam?


The honest answer is they were just KD's big toe away from making the Finals the year the Bucks won and, thanks to this trade, they netted enough draft capital to offset most of what they gave up to build this "super team".

However, as a very casual NBA fan, there is no doubt it's freaking hilarious what has happened to the Nets and, honestly, couldn't have happened to a more deserving team. Also, not sure how KD keeps up his good-guy reputation when he is frequently demanding trades and  quitting out of teams and leaving them in crappy situations all while defending Kyrie.
 
djfitz
2023-02-09 9:16:37 AM  

Joe_diGriz: Dude, they still have Ben Simmons, so it's all good. Simmons is the perfect leader to build a team around.


Wait a minute... Simmons is still on the Nets?? 😂

It's hard to think how the Nets recruiting could be any worse, except we have the Lakers to contend with. Also the Nets got out of massive contracts and got many of their draft picks back. So they look at it like a wash, rather than another wasted season.
 
DrMaturin
2023-02-09 9:26:36 AM  

LewDux: DrMaturin: Kevin Durant seems like an alright guy, Devin Booker though...

it's true, I read it on twitter


Which part? Or both? I don't know since I don't read twitter so I need more specificity.
 
rickythepenguin
2023-02-09 9:45:21 AM  
Four #1s?  I knew Durant's price would be one, minimum, probably two, but......FOUR?

Suns do know the 2023 season is half over (in about a week), right?  This isn't 2017 KD, this is probably KD just about to start sliding down the apex of his career, KD.

Four 1s.  the role players we gave up, ok, salaries have to match (and Crowder wanted out anyways) but....four 1s.  astonishing.

The West is going to be a bloodbath, re playoffs.

and poor Brooklyn.  All they did to get Irving, KD, and SImmons, and now Simmons is I guess *smirk* the pillar of the organization.
 
youngandstupid
2023-02-09 10:20:26 AM  
By far the person I feel worst for in this shiatshow is Seth Curry. Poor guy.
 
LewDux [OhFark]
2023-02-09 10:26:03 AM  

DrMaturin: LewDux: DrMaturin: Kevin Durant seems like an alright guy, Devin Booker though...

it's true, I read it on twitter

Which part? Or both? I don't know since I don't read twitter so I need more specificity.


First part
 
rickythepenguin
2023-02-09 10:48:03 AM  

DrMaturin: Kevin Durant seems like an alright guy, Devin Booker though...


uhh..........................KD quit on like, 2 franchises and engineered his way out.  Book stayed with Phoenix when we sucked, and is beloved in the Community.  The "worst" thing you could say about him is he's pretty reserved of the court.  That said he does do community appearances and has leaned into his Hispanic heritage, something he admits he never was really raised with in his native Michigan.

Book, a bad guy?  uh......ok?  i never heard of him getting into Twitter fights via burner accounts or asking to be traded from a championship team or as we saw last year, trying to engineer his way out of a team he handpicked (only to do it 10 hours ago).
 
DrMaturin
2023-02-09 11:08:08 AM  

rickythepenguin: DrMaturin: Kevin Durant seems like an alright guy, Devin Booker though...

uhh..........................KD quit on like, 2 franchises and engineered his way out.  Book stayed with Phoenix when we sucked, and is beloved in the Community.  The "worst" thing you could say about him is he's pretty reserved of the court.  That said he does do community appearances and has leaned into his Hispanic heritage, something he admits he never was really raised with in his native Michigan.

Book, a bad guy?  uh......ok?  i never heard of him getting into Twitter fights via burner accounts or asking to be traded from a championship team or as we saw last year, trying to engineer his way out of a team he handpicked (only to do it 10 hours ago).


Well I'm no Durant fan other than I enjoy watching him play so I'm not going to spend time sticking up for the guy if he's a douche on the internet. He seems to lack something mentally as far as killer instinct goes and maybe I cut him some slack for that, but also I'm not on twitter (or any social media in general) and I get my NBA gossip from Fark if that tells you anything. But watching Booker annoys me a tiny bit. He's a really good player but on the court he can be obnoxious, and as someone who doesn't root for the Suns that annoyance could quite possibly be amplified by seeing him side by side with Chris Paul. But I do honestly think it'll do Booker some good to be on a team with a guy that's better than he is.
 
TempeSun
2023-02-09 11:38:19 AM  
I wonder if we can make a trade with New Orleans to get our old medical staff back. The ones who kept Nash, Hill, and Shaq playing far past their expiration dates. CP3, Book, and KD haven't exactly been the poster boys of health in recent years.

rickythepenguin: The "worst" thing you could say about him is he's pretty reserved of the court.


Booker is a whiny biatch on the court. That's why fans don't like him. Complains to the refs after every call and never helped teammates up or even gave high fives until Monty and CP3 got to town. Love having him for his scoring ability but between him, CP3 (who does more than his share of dirty plays), and now The Snake, we might have one of the least liked teams in the NBA. But it will all be worth it if we go all the way.
 
Joe_diGriz [BareFark]
2023-02-09 11:51:44 AM  

youngandstupid: By far the person I feel worst for in this shiatshow is Seth Curry. Poor guy.


Maybe the Sixers have something they can offer to get him back? I heard Korkmaz wants to be traded, and I'd much rather have Seth than him.
 
Eddie Hazel's E string
2023-02-09 12:00:52 PM  

Joe_diGriz: youngandstupid: By far the person I feel worst for in this shiatshow is Seth Curry. Poor guy.

Maybe the Sixers have something they can offer to get him back? I heard Korkmaz wants to be traded, and I'd much rather have Seth than him.


I miss Seth's shooting, but how weird is it to be coached by your father-in-law?
 
Poldana
2023-02-09 12:01:07 PM  

TempeSun: I wonder if we can make a trade with New Orleans to get our old medical staff back. The ones who kept Nash, Hill, and Shaq playing far past their expiration dates. CP3, Book, and KD haven't exactly been the poster boys of health in recent years.

rickythepenguin: The "worst" thing you could say about him is he's pretty reserved of the court.

Booker is a whiny biatch on the court. That's why fans don't like him. Complains to the refs after every call and never helped teammates up or even gave high fives until Monty and CP3 got to town. Love having him for his scoring ability but between him, CP3 (who does more than his share of dirty plays), and now The Snake, we might have one of the least liked teams in the NBA. But it will all be worth it if we go all the way.


As a Detroit Pistons fan of the Bad Boy Era, winning a championship with a team that everyone else hates is the sweetest flavor in sports.
 
rickythepenguin
2023-02-09 12:26:05 PM  

DrMaturin: . But watching Booker annoys me a tiny bit. He's a really good player but on the court he can be obnoxious, and as someone who doesn't root for the Suns that annoyance could quite possibly be amplified by seeing him side by side with Chris Paul


yeah, the local STR folks say that.  he does talk shiat on the court, gets fired up, but his off-the-court "presence" is kinda lacking.  he started doing commercials for a local energy drink chain, every grocery store/gas station has a life size cardboard cutout of him and the joke was, "this is the most we've seen Book in public since, well, ever."  some folks want the quote unquote face of the franchise to have a more fan friendly/public role.

but yeah to the "bad guy" or whatever you said - and not arguing with you or looking ofr a fight, that has just never been said of him, whereas KD beefs with folks on twitter.
 
links136
2023-02-09 12:37:49 PM  

rickythepenguin: Four #1s?  I knew Durant's price would be one, minimum, probably two, but......FOUR?

Suns do know the 2023 season is half over (in about a week), right?  This isn't 2017 KD, this is probably KD just about to start sliding down the apex of his career, KD.

Four 1s.  the role players we gave up, ok, salaries have to match (and Crowder wanted out anyways) but....four 1s.  astonishing.

The West is going to be a bloodbath, re playoffs.

and poor Brooklyn.  All they did to get Irving, KD, and SImmons, and now Simmons is I guess *smirk* the pillar of the organization.


uhhhhhhh, dudes shooting 57% from the midrange this year, with only Derozan shooting more midrange shots.

To put in perspective, there isn't anyone for at least a decade, if ever, haven't looked that far, to reach that %.  The closest are Leonard when he played 9 games and Curry when he played 26.

That's to go with his 60% in the paint, 77% at the rim and what 38% from 3?

He may not be an explosive driver anymore, but he doesn't really need to when he's a 7 foot shooting god.

Even Jordan in his last 2 Bulls seasons (the earliest you can check shooting stats at NBA.com), Jordan only shot 43% and 48% in the midrange.

So if your gonna go all in, why not go all in on that.
 
Joe_diGriz [BareFark]
2023-02-09 12:41:48 PM  

Eddie Hazel's E string: I miss Seth's shooting, but how weird is it to be coached by your father-in-law?


Maybe they can trade coaches as well? (Much like Brett Brown, the Sixers are going to wait a year too long to get rid of Doc...)
 
puffy999 [TotalFark]
2023-02-09 1:29:54 PM  

rickythepenguin: DrMaturin: Kevin Durant seems like an alright guy, Devin Booker though...

uhh..........................KD quit on like, 2 franchises and engineered his way out.  Book stayed with Phoenix when we sucked, and is beloved in the Community.  The "worst" thing you could say about him is he's pretty reserved of the court.  That said he does do community appearances and has leaned into his Hispanic heritage, something he admits he never was really raised with in his native Michigan.

Book, a bad guy?  uh......ok?  i never heard of him getting into Twitter fights via burner accounts or asking to be traded from a championship team or as we saw last year, trying to engineer his way out of a team he handpicked (only to do it 10 hours ago).


I won't disagree on Durant being a peenass, but Booker is basically the Memphis Grizzlies rolled up into one player.
 
puffy999 [TotalFark]
2023-02-09 1:31:21 PM  

Poldana: TempeSun: I wonder if we can make a trade with New Orleans to get our old medical staff back. The ones who kept Nash, Hill, and Shaq playing far past their expiration dates. CP3, Book, and KD haven't exactly been the poster boys of health in recent years.

rickythepenguin: The "worst" thing you could say about him is he's pretty reserved of the court.

Booker is a whiny biatch on the court. That's why fans don't like him. Complains to the refs after every call and never helped teammates up or even gave high fives until Monty and CP3 got to town. Love having him for his scoring ability but between him, CP3 (who does more than his share of dirty plays), and now The Snake, we might have one of the least liked teams in the NBA. But it will all be worth it if we go all the way.

As a Detroit Pistons fan of the Bad Boy Era, winning a championship with a team that everyone else hates is the sweetest flavor in sports.


TBF, people didn't hate the Pistons because they were good, they hated the Pistons because they ruined basketball.
 
Eddie Hazel's E string
2023-02-09 1:33:06 PM  

Joe_diGriz: Eddie Hazel's E string: I miss Seth's shooting, but how weird is it to be coached by your father-in-law?

Maybe they can trade coaches as well? (Much like Brett Brown, the Sixers are going to wait a year too long to get rid of Doc...)


They sure are. I don't know how you don't win with that roster, so I'm left to conclude that Rivers can't motivate or discipline. Need new blood at the helm.

When Curry was here, I used to imagine how awkward his Thanksgivings were. Seeing the boss on your day off? Making small talk when your wife's dad has seen you in the showers? Or let's say he felt super tired one day, is Doc thinking about what he was doing at home the night before? Lol.
 
Gonz
2023-02-09 2:31:40 PM  

Poldana: As a Detroit Pistons fan of the Bad Boy Era, winning a championship with a team that everyone else hates is the sweetest flavor in sports.


Second sweetest. The best is when everyone agrees that the team you cheer for is simply the best and most professional in the Association, rather than hated by anyone.

Go Spurs Go.
 
puffy999 [TotalFark]
2023-02-09 2:58:11 PM  

Eddie Hazel's E string: Joe_diGriz: Eddie Hazel's E string: I miss Seth's shooting, but how weird is it to be coached by your father-in-law?

Maybe they can trade coaches as well? (Much like Brett Brown, the Sixers are going to wait a year too long to get rid of Doc...)

They sure are. I don't know how you don't win with that roster, so I'm left to conclude that Rivers can't motivate or discipline. Need new blood at the helm.

When Curry was here, I used to imagine how awkward his Thanksgivings were. Seeing the boss on your day off? Making small talk when your wife's dad has seen you in the showers? Or let's say he felt super tired one day, is Doc thinking about what he was doing at home the night before? Lol.


On this note, did you see Scottie Pippen Jr. is now on the same team as his mom's.cream machine?
 
Eddie Hazel's E string
2023-02-09 3:11:49 PM  

puffy999: On this note, did you see Scottie Pippen Jr. is now on the same team as his mom's.cream machine?


Woof. I don't follow tabloid stuff too closely, but I'd hope the GM would know something like that about players he trades for. Wonder if he said "f*ck it, they can get past it" or if he had a blind spot.
 
Stud Gerbil
2023-02-09 4:36:49 PM  
Phoenix is a great place for an aging star who wants to finish his career compiling outrageous numbers, relax in the sunshine by the pool, pace yourself, and not have to worry about the pressure of a championship run.   An older star could do worse than that comfy team.
 
Poldana
2023-02-09 6:10:03 PM  

Gonz: Poldana: As a Detroit Pistons fan of the Bad Boy Era, winning a championship with a team that everyone else hates is the sweetest flavor in sports.

Second sweetest. The best is when everyone agrees that the team you cheer for is simply the best and most professional in the Association, rather than hated by anyone.

Go Spurs Go.


I stand corrected. Big Admiral fan.
 
TheJoe03
2023-02-09 8:00:16 PM  

Stud Gerbil: Phoenix is a great place for an aging star who wants to finish his career compiling outrageous numbers, relax in the sunshine by the pool, pace yourself, and not have to worry about the pressure of a championship run.   An older star could do worse than that comfy team.


This move was done entirely to go on championship runs.
 
links136
2023-02-10 12:11:47 AM  

Stud Gerbil: Phoenix is a great place for an aging star who wants to finish his career compiling outrageous numbers, relax in the sunshine by the pool, pace yourself, and not have to worry about the pressure of a championship run.   An older star could do worse than that comfy team.


you're thinking of the Lakers
 
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