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Back to Back “prove it” games for the Bulls v. Nets and Bulls and they get undressed. They’ve had a great season so far, but of all the teams with good records, they’re the biggest pretenders of the bunch.
 

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Back to Back “prove it” games for the Bulls v. Nets and Bulls and they get undressed. They’ve had a great season so far, but of all the teams with good records, they’re the biggest pretenders of the bunch.

Lavine went out, mri coming on the knee.
 

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Back to Back “prove it” games for the Bulls v. Nets and Bulls and they get undressed. They’ve had a great season so far, but of all the teams with good records, they’re the biggest pretenders of the bunch.

They struggle defensively, if they can't draw a team into a shoot out they are in bad shape. They're a year or two away (or a couple solid defenders). Levine being out would be a serious blow, he's a lousy defender but he can light it up in a shoot out.

On a Suns note, we are 15-5 against winning teams this year, by several games the best margin in the NBA.
 
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Mavericks are signing Marquese Chris to a 2-year contract.

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I've always liked WCS. We don't have a need though with Ayton, McGee, and Biyombo now at C. I'm a little surprised the Mavericks prefer Chriss over him but Jason Kidd is their coach and I can see him thinking Chriss' athleticism is more valuable.
 
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I've always liked WCS. We don't have a need though with Ayton, McGee, and Biyombo now at C. I'm a little surprised the Mavericks prefer Chriss over him but Jason Kidd is their coach and I can see him thinking Chriss' athleticism is more valuable.

I'm sure some team will pick him up. He must not have had any trade value.
 

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WCS still needs to sharpen that basketball IQ. I view him as McGee and will probably get better as he matures in the league. He also needs someone to feed him, hard to do with Luka dominating the ball.
 

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Durant went down with a knee injury tonight. Bent backward on a collision. Kinda reminded me of Giannis’ bend in the playoffs last year. Looked bad but might be nothing serious.
 
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Kevin Durant's injury is reported as a left knee sprain but he will get an MRI.

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Durant went down with a knee injury tonight. Bent backward on a collision. Kinda reminded me of Giannis’ bend in the playoffs last year. Looked bad but might be nothing serious.

I wonder who he'll blame it on in his burner account.
 

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Man, I hope not! I think Philly would be unbeatable between LeBron and Embiid.
I think you are right. However the Lakers were not unbeatable even with a healthy AD and LeBron. The rest of the Philly cast is probably better though.
 

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I think you are right. However the Lakers were not unbeatable even with a healthy AD and LeBron. The rest of the Philly cast is probably better though.
The rest of the Philly cast is MUCH better than the Laker scrubs. And I don't know if AD and Lebron have ever been fully healthy at the same time for the Lakers for any real stretch of time.
 

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Age. And I thought Philly wanted a lot more than CJ that's why it never happened?

Well that’s silly if true. Simmons had a meltdown in the playoffs then quit on his team not to mention he’s a flawed player that’s never shown the ability or motivation to improve his game.
 

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How is a player that can’t net CJ McCollum getting Lebron James who is still a top-3 player?
In my scenario it's three months of LeBron and he retires. And the Lakers would also get a combo o younger players and or picks. Just a wild idea.
 

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