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Quote from: Baofeng on August 29, 2018, 05:32:05 PM

Just to lighten up the atmosphere around, anyone heard on this new NBA snicker policy?

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/24507661/nba-loosens-color-restrictions-sneakers

Now, players are allowed to freely expressed themselves because the NBA has lift the color restrictions.
Gonna be interesting to see which players will have color palette snickers. hehehe.

Nice, it's good for the fans and most probably it will increase the market of the sponsors because it's not gonna a lot of sponsors who
will take this opportunity, they are in uniform but not with shoes, interesting. With a lot of news around the corner, I feel like the NBA will really start soon.

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Just to lighten up the atmosphere around, anyone heard on this new NBA snicker policy?

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/24507661/nba-loosens-color-restrictions-sneakers

Now, players are allowed to freely expressed themselves because the NBA has lift the color restrictions.
Gonna be interesting to see which players will have color palette snickers. hehehe.

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Quote from: Theb on August 29, 2018, 02:32:28 PM

I can only imagine that being a Spurs fan this season is really tough right now aside from trading away their superstar even though they got a good player in return didn't relieve all the memories they have from Kawhi. Aside from that hearing the news about Tony Parker signing with the Charlotte Hornets is one tough blow to take as he has been the atarting point guard for the Spurs in a long time. And now the biggest blow the last of their original Big 3 will now be gone for his retirement, I think Manu really waited for this moment as his other teammates are now gone.

It's really for difficult a long time Spurs fan to see that the old Spurs are now gone. Honestly I see that some of the fans are still on a process of moving on when Duncan hang his jersey couple of years ago. And now Parker gone.. Manu retire... Kawhi Leonard supposedly the new face of the franchise but does have "personal reason" why he intend to left. Same story when Bryant left the league.

As a long time NBA enthusiast, I now understand the feeling of those fans who see the actions of the past era then as time passes by, the players are retiring one by one.

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Quote from: beerlover on August 28, 2018, 11:25:19 AM

~snip~

I can only imagine that being a Spurs fan this season is really tough right now aside from trading away their superstar even though they got a good player in return didn't relieve all the memories they have from Kawhi. Aside from that hearing the news about Tony Parker signing with the Charlotte Hornets is one tough blow to take as he has been the atarting point guard for the Spurs in a long time. And now the biggest blow the last of their original Big 3 will now be gone for his retirement, I think Manu really waited for this moment as his other teammates are now gone.

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Quote from: milewilda on August 29, 2018, 12:57:44 PM

Quote from: harizen on August 29, 2018, 12:37:23 PM

Quote from: Indamuck on August 29, 2018, 12:09:13 PM

Quote from: justspare on August 29, 2018, 11:22:18 AM

I do not think derozan will keep playing like what derozan used to play on toronto but you guys are forgetting one thing. Yes in 2014 when spurs won the title they played the best team basketball there is but two years ago spurs was heavily reliant on kawhi making plays for himself and scoring, last year it was mostly on lamarcus aldridge and his 1 on 1 with his defender
on low block.

Mainly spurs is not playing the "beatiful game" we remember, they did turned to a more isolation related game, which derozan excells at. He might share the ball a lot more because its spurs, they pass more than others, however not like used to so derozan will be required to do ISO even if not as much. They do not have that many scorers on that team, this year they will only be derozan and lamarcus, anyone else scoring is just open shots, the ppg for all others will be low.

You need at least two or three superstars to win in todays NBA. The days of a solid group of role players winning a title are long gone. We won't see a nother team similar to the 2004 pistons for a long time.

To be honest, the NBA has gotten a lot less exciting because of the Golden State Warriors. There team is stacked to the max with all their star players and it's just causing other players to form their own superteams. Everyone wants to team up in todays NBA instead of taking the difficult path.

For a recap, Golden State Warriors doesn't have a superstar when they began dominating the league until they get into what team they are now. No superstars at all. They all start from a scratch.

Meaning whatever trend in the NBA right now, no need for 2 or 3 superstars just to win a championship*. Yes having a superstar is an advantage but let's not closed the door that soon, some "team" will shine on it's way up bounded by role players.

I believed other teams are doing their best to revamp their respective lineup. Last season, Warriors also have a bad game during their Season games. Meaning they are not the dominant the whole season. They also struggles at Western Conference Finals, , meaning a team can matched them. A competition is still there and no such thing as Warriors owning the NBA.

That's the challenge for other teams now, show what they got. We just have to wait and see what will be the happenings in the upcoming 2018-19 season.

Agree on what you have said and each season we can really potentially see up some teams that might really show up on next years basing on their recent performances.I remember those days where Warriors doesnt have much that performance but they able to snatch out championship. Each team do have the chance and we do all know that the ball is round which anything can happen unexpectedly because nothing do really last on top spots even how dominating they are there would really be a time that a team can possibly break it up and this is what excites me on which team would kick out Warriors. Tongue

And i don't think a lot of people gave the 2004 pistons a chance of beating a shaq-kobe led lakers that time but they did. The entire league was exoecting the lakers to overpower the superstar-less pistons. Who knows, we'd probably see an unconventional champ this time.

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Quote from: harizen on August 29, 2018, 12:37:23 PM

Quote from: Indamuck on August 29, 2018, 12:09:13 PM

Quote from: justspare on August 29, 2018, 11:22:18 AM

I do not think derozan will keep playing like what derozan used to play on toronto but you guys are forgetting one thing. Yes in 2014 when spurs won the title they played the best team basketball there is but two years ago spurs was heavily reliant on kawhi making plays for himself and scoring, last year it was mostly on lamarcus aldridge and his 1 on 1 with his defender
on low block.

Mainly spurs is not playing the "beatiful game" we remember, they did turned to a more isolation related game, which derozan excells at. He might share the ball a lot more because its spurs, they pass more than others, however not like used to so derozan will be required to do ISO even if not as much. They do not have that many scorers on that team, this year they will only be derozan and lamarcus, anyone else scoring is just open shots, the ppg for all others will be low.

You need at least two or three superstars to win in todays NBA. The days of a solid group of role players winning a title are long gone. We won't see a nother team similar to the 2004 pistons for a long time.

To be honest, the NBA has gotten a lot less exciting because of the Golden State Warriors. There team is stacked to the max with all their star players and it's just causing other players to form their own superteams. Everyone wants to team up in todays NBA instead of taking the difficult path.

For a recap, Golden State Warriors doesn't have a superstar when they began dominating the league until they get into what team they are now. No superstars at all. They all start from a scratch.

Meaning whatever trend in the NBA right now, no need for 2 or 3 superstars just to win a championship*. Yes having a superstar is an advantage but let's not closed the door that soon, some "team" will shine on it's way up bounded by role players.

I believed other teams are doing their best to revamp their respective lineup. Last season, Warriors also have a bad game during their Season games. Meaning they are not the dominant the whole season. They also struggles at Western Conference Finals, , meaning a team can matched them. A competition is still there and no such thing as Warriors owning the NBA.

That's the challenge for other teams now, show what they got. We just have to wait and see what will be the happenings in the upcoming 2018-19 season.

Agree on what you have said and each season we can really potentially see up some teams that might really show up on next years basing on their recent performances.I remember those days where Warriors doesnt have much that performance but they able to snatch out championship. Each team do have the chance and we do all know that the ball is round which anything can happen unexpectedly because nothing do really last on top spots even how dominating they are there would really be a time that a team can possibly break it up and this is what excites me on which team would kick out Warriors. Tongue

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Quote from: Indamuck on August 29, 2018, 12:09:13 PM

Quote from: justspare on August 29, 2018, 11:22:18 AM

I do not think derozan will keep playing like what derozan used to play on toronto but you guys are forgetting one thing. Yes in 2014 when spurs won the title they played the best team basketball there is but two years ago spurs was heavily reliant on kawhi making plays for himself and scoring, last year it was mostly on lamarcus aldridge and his 1 on 1 with his defender
on low block.

Mainly spurs is not playing the "beatiful game" we remember, they did turned to a more isolation related game, which derozan excells at. He might share the ball a lot more because its spurs, they pass more than others, however not like used to so derozan will be required to do ISO even if not as much. They do not have that many scorers on that team, this year they will only be derozan and lamarcus, anyone else scoring is just open shots, the ppg for all others will be low.

You need at least two or three superstars to win in todays NBA. The days of a solid group of role players winning a title are long gone. We won't see a nother team similar to the 2004 pistons for a long time.

To be honest, the NBA has gotten a lot less exciting because of the Golden State Warriors. There team is stacked to the max with all their star players and it's just causing other players to form their own superteams. Everyone wants to team up in todays NBA instead of taking the difficult path.

For a recap, Golden State Warriors doesn't have a superstar when they began dominating the league until they get into what team they are now. No superstars at all. They all start from a scratch.

Meaning whatever trend in the NBA right now, no need for 2 or 3 superstars just to win a championship*. Yes having a superstar is an advantage but let's not closed the door that soon, some "team" will shine on it's way up bounded by role players.

I believed other teams are doing their best to revamp their respective lineup. Last season, Warriors also have a bad game during their Season games. Meaning they are not the dominant the whole season. They also struggles at Western Conference Finals, , meaning a team can matched them. A competition is still there and no such thing as Warriors owning the NBA.

That's the challenge for other teams now, show what they got. We just have to wait and see what will be the happenings in the upcoming 2018-19 season.

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Quote from: justspare on August 29, 2018, 11:22:18 AM

I do not think derozan will keep playing like what derozan used to play on toronto but you guys are forgetting one thing. Yes in 2014 when spurs won the title they played the best team basketball there is but two years ago spurs was heavily reliant on kawhi making plays for himself and scoring, last year it was mostly on lamarcus aldridge and his 1 on 1 with his defender
on low block.

Mainly spurs is not playing the "beatiful game" we remember, they did turned to a more isolation related game, which derozan excells at. He might share the ball a lot more because its spurs, they pass more than others, however not like used to so derozan will be required to do ISO even if not as much. They do not have that many scorers on that team, this year they will only be derozan and lamarcus, anyone else scoring is just open shots, the ppg for all others will be low.

You need at least two or three superstars to win in todays NBA. The days of a solid group of role players winning a title are long gone. We won't see a nother team similar to the 2004 pistons for a long time.

To be honest, the NBA has gotten a lot less exciting because of the Golden State Warriors. There team is stacked to the max with all their star players and it's just causing other players to form their own superteams. Everyone wants to team up in todays NBA instead of taking the difficult path.

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Quote from: justspare on August 29, 2018, 11:22:18 AM

I do not think derozan will keep playing like what derozan used to play on toronto but you guys are forgetting one thing. Yes in 2014 when spurs won the title they played the best team basketball there is but two years ago spurs was heavily reliant on kawhi making plays for himself and scoring, last year it was mostly on lamarcus aldridge and his 1 on 1 with his defender
on low block.

Mainly spurs is not playing the "beatiful game" we remember, they did turned to a more isolation related game, which derozan excells at. He might share the ball a lot more because its spurs, they pass more than others, however not like used to so derozan will be required to do ISO even if not as much. They do not have that many scorers on that team, this year they will only be derozan and lamarcus, anyone else scoring is just open shots, the ppg for all others will be low.

Actually I am kind of excited of their line up now.

New players and there might be new plays that we will see. But we can still see how Pops works on his plays. There might be some isolation for Aldridge but that is also the Duncan move which he already prepared a long time ago.
They are stretching all the plays they can get last year because of Kawhi's injury.
Let us face it too, Ginobili was not that fast anymore last year but he still did a great performance.

DeRozan
Aldridge
Mills
Gasol
Rudy Gay
and their #18 pick Walker
New acquired three pointer Belinelli.

Now they need a good 2nd team.

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I do not think derozan will keep playing like what derozan used to play on toronto but you guys are forgetting one thing. Yes in 2014 when spurs won the title they played the best team basketball there is but two years ago spurs was heavily reliant on kawhi making plays for himself and scoring, last year it was mostly on lamarcus aldridge and his 1 on 1 with his defender on low block.

Mainly spurs is not playing the "beatiful game" we remember, they did turned to a more isolation related game, which derozan excells at. He might share the ball a lot more because its spurs, they pass more than others, however not like used to so derozan will be required to do ISO even if not as much. They do not have that many scorers on that team, this year they will only be derozan and lamarcus, anyone else scoring is just open shots, the ppg for all others will be low.

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Quote from: Reid on August 28, 2018, 09:58:27 PM

Quote from: LogitechMouse on August 28, 2018, 09:28:34 AM

Quote from: Reid on August 28, 2018, 08:47:50 AM

Goodbye to the big three of San Antonio but they are now Legends. Hall of Famers which made a big impact on how a team play should be.
Defense then a higher percentage of a field goal after a good D.

This three made NBA look great. Of course it includes their roster. Horry, Bowen and so much more.

Yeah they are legends now. Duncan is the first one who retired and now Manu did retire now and after this season, I believe Parker will be retiring too.

The Spurs are reshuffling their roster now and they acquired new and young members in their team. I'm thinking how will DeRozan fit in their roster. Any ideas??

Well, DeRozan can create shot using the isolation type but it could not always go that way.

I do believe in Pops though. He could change the way that man play and maybe give him some courage when they reach the playoffs.
We know ehat happened with DeRozan at that time in Toronto where he was a little shaken.
Here he could take back what he had loss and maybe get to the Finals with his skills.

Experienced wise, coach Pop has all the tools under this belt to take DeRozan under his wing and blossomed him to be the next big player in San Antonio, he is young, very talented but lacks composure that separate him from being a elite player. Might take a couple of games for him to adjust, but I think he will do good under coach Pop and we don't know, maybe he can bring back the glory days of San Antonio again.

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Quote from: LogitechMouse on August 28, 2018, 09:28:34 AM

Quote from: Reid on August 28, 2018, 08:47:50 AM

Goodbye to the big three of San Antonio but they are now Legends. Hall of Famers which made a big impact on how a team play should be.
Defense then a higher percentage of a field goal after a good D.

This three made NBA look great. Of course it includes their roster. Horry, Bowen and so much more.

Yeah they are legends now. Duncan is the first one who retired and now Manu did retire now and after this season, I believe Parker will be retiring too.

The Spurs are reshuffling their roster now and they acquired new and young members in their team. I'm thinking how will DeRozan fit in their roster. Any ideas??

Well, DeRozan can create shot using the isolation type but it could not always go that way.

I do believe in Pops though. He could change the way that man play and maybe give him some courage when they reach the playoffs.
We know ehat happened with DeRozan at that time in Toronto where he was a little shaken.
Here he could take back what he had loss and maybe get to the Finals with his skills.

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Quote from: batang_bitcoin on August 27, 2018, 06:51:04 PM

So sad that one of my favorite player is going for the retirement. Sad

Spurs' Manu Ginobili announces retirement after 16 seasons
Manu Ginobili Announces Retirement from NBA After 16 Seasons with Spurs
Ginobili's Retirement Marks End of an Era, Leaving Spurs to Wonder What's Next

I thought this news was unreal.

He is not getting any younger, he has a good record and we will always cherish that.
The big 3 of spurs before will complete their retirement because I believe after Manu, it's going to be Parker who will follow to retire.

That's really sad. He's one of the best players that I loved watching.

I also seen a tribute video on how his move became popular and was imitated by many superstars. I'll try to look for that video. SAS has been one of the most loved teams of all when they were playing with Tim Duncan and their tandem has been liked as well.

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Quote from: batang_bitcoin on August 27, 2018, 06:51:04 PM

So sad that one of my favorite player is going for the retirement. Sad

Spurs' Manu Ginobili announces retirement after 16 seasons
Manu Ginobili Announces Retirement from NBA After 16 Seasons with Spurs
Ginobili's Retirement Marks End of an Era, Leaving Spurs to Wonder What's Next

I thought this news was unreal.

Oh, sad day for San Antonio fans, Robinson, Manu, Duncan and Parker was the core of the team during its run as champion in the early 2000's. That's why I think that getting Leonard was a start of a dynasty for them but it didn't turn out that way. We enjoy Manu throughout his NBA stint and we will not forgot those amazing defense and offence he has shown us, specially his EURO step. Pretty sure that he will be a HOF.

This is rrally sad. I remember the time when the coach of Golden State Warriors is talking to Manu saying that he can still continue to play as long as he wants too, he even gave some example of players that did. I just feel so old remembering the great team of San Antonio Spurs when it is still one of the greatest team of NBA.

Oh well, San Antonio has given us good games specially during the prime days of their big 3 or 4. So there's nothing to be sad about Manu leaving the game. I do hope that we can see him in the background though, just like any players who have retired, who either became a assistant coach or head coach after some time. San Antonio should give me some potential position from behind because Manu has a lot of offer and teach young and upcoming NBA players.

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Quote from: btc_angela on August 28, 2018, 11:25:03 AM

Quote from: batang_bitcoin on August 27, 2018, 06:51:04 PM

So sad that one of my favorite player is going for the retirement. Sad

Spurs' Manu Ginobili announces retirement after 16 seasons
Manu Ginobili Announces Retirement from NBA After 16 Seasons with Spurs
Ginobili's Retirement Marks End of an Era, Leaving Spurs to Wonder What's Next

I thought this news was unreal.

Oh, sad day for San Antonio fans, Robinson, Manu, Duncan and Parker was the core of the team during its run as champion in the early 2000's. That's why I think that getting Leonard was a start of a dynasty for them but it didn't turn out that way. We enjoy Manu throughout his NBA stint and we will not forgot those amazing defense and offence he has shown us, specially his EURO step. Pretty sure that he will be a HOF.

This is rrally sad. I remember the time when the coach of Golden State Warriors is talking to Manu saying that he can still continue to play as long as he wants too, he even gave some example of players that did. I just feel so old remembering the great team of San Antonio Spurs when it is still one of the greatest team of NBA.

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It is sad to see Manu go but people are reacting like spurs are gone as a franchise and will never be like the good old days. First of all they had a 40 year Manu last year, even tho he played well and provided with some bench and veteran presence he wasn't the person who change the course of the team or something. Secondly they had Kawhi but he played like 9 games and was gone, he didn't play at all so when they traded Kawhi and got Derozan back, that is a HUGE improvement for them, not because Derozan is such a great player (he is tho) but because they basically got Derozan in exchange of nothing (maybe green). So basically this year they will have a all-defense point guard at Dejounte, a Rudy gay that is healthier, a Derozan, lma and Pau at big. This team is once again a 50+ win team and can even content if they can improve from last year (hardly enough to beat warriors but who knows what happens). So even tho Manu going is end of one era, it also creates a whole new era for spurs.

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Quote from: batang_bitcoin on August 27, 2018, 06:51:04 PM

So sad that one of my favorite player is going for the retirement. Sad

Spurs' Manu Ginobili announces retirement after 16 seasons
Manu Ginobili Announces Retirement from NBA After 16 Seasons with Spurs
Ginobili's Retirement Marks End of an Era, Leaving Spurs to Wonder What's Next

I thought this news was unreal.

Oh, sad day for San Antonio fans, Robinson, Manu, Duncan and Parker was the core of the team during its run as champion in the early 2000's. That's why I think that getting Leonard was a start of a dynasty for them but it didn't turn out that way. We enjoy Manu throughout his NBA stint and we will not forgot those amazing defense and offence he has shown us, specially his EURO step. Pretty sure that he will be a HOF.

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Quote from: Reid on August 28, 2018, 08:47:50 AM

Goodbye to the big three of San Antonio but they are now Legends. Hall of Famers which made a big impact on how a team play should be.
Defense then a higher percentage of a field goal after a good D.

This three made NBA look great. Of course it includes their roster. Horry, Bowen and so much more.

Yeah they are legends now. Duncan is the first one who retired and now Manu did retire now and after this season, I believe Parker will be retiring too.

The Spurs are reshuffling their roster now and they acquired new and young members in their team. I'm thinking how will DeRozan fit in their roster. Any ideas??

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Goodbye to the big three of San Antonio but they are now Legends. Hall of Famers which made a big impact on how a team play should be.
Defense then a higher percentage of a field goal after a good D.

This three made NBA look great. Of course it includes their roster. Horry, Bowen and so much more.

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