Wizards are a terrible rebounding team.
Official NBA 2018-2019 Thread - the end of the regular season is near
Shamet wilin' with 8 3's through 3 quarters. 
Golden State to the league: "Ay Shawty look into that McCaw situation for me. Something ain't right. Cavs on the sneaky shit."
I'm so sick of the Cavs.
https://cavsnation.com/cavs-news-cl...rick-mccaw-escape-restricted-free-agency/amp/
Wow. This shit kind of deep.
I got a real question for y'all. Does the regular season matter to you personally? I think a lot of fans have been turned off by the regular season and even beginning of the playoffs because the results have typically been the same. I would think this is what it was like in the Bird-Magic days.
Nuggets fan aside, I think this regular season has been the best we've seen in a long time.
Nuggets fan aside, I think this regular season has been the best we've seen in a long time.
Damn Kyrie Irving got dunked on nasty
What the fuck is up with the youngsters?!! C'mon Kuz, no more brick sessions.
Man Lonzo is awful most nights.
Lonzo's shooting 
Wizards are better without Wall....surprise
The South Beach ones are dope
Wizards are better without Wall....surprise
The South Beach ones are dope
I swear Patrick Beverley is like the mini version of Draymond Green for fake thug bitchassness. I wish they were around during the 90s/early 2000 era so they could get checked by players who were really bout that life
Pistons' Blake Griffin scores 44 vs. Clippers, says he didn't snub owner Steve Ballmer
LOS ANGELES -- Detroit Pistons forward Blake Griffin turned in an emphatic, 44-point performance in his first meeting at Staples Center against his former team, as the Pistons prevailed over the LA Clippers, 109-104, on Saturday.
"It was nice to get that game over with," Griffin said. "I kind of compare it to the first game of the year in a way. There's such a big hype leading up to it, and then once it's done, you have to play 81 more. Now we have to play 41 more or whatever it is. It's over and I'm moving on, they're moving on."
The sold-out crowd at Staples Center received Griffin warmly during player introductions. During the first timeout of the game, the Clippers honored Griffin with a video tribute, a compilation of career highlights and some of his trademark endorsement campaigns. After the presentation, Griffin received a rousing standing ovation and waved to the crowd.
"I didn't see all of it, but I saw bits and pieces," Griffin said of the video. "It was really cool to be welcomed back like that. It means a lot. I appreciate all these fans here."
In late December, Griffin told ESPN that, as a player who is propelled by emotions, he imagined Saturday's game would be a passionate event. After the game, Griffin said that when he woke up Saturday morning, that sense of anticipation wasn't as acute as he expected.
"I thought I did a good job for the most part [of managing emotions]," Griffin said. "I've played in some big games, and it was easier than I thought. I wasn't overhyped -- I was properly hyped."
Griffin dominated the action in the first half, scoring 26 points on 10 field goal attempts -- including 3-for-6 beyond the arc -- before intermission. As the Clippers cut a double-digit lead to two points in the fourth quarter, Griffin drained a layup inside of the three-minute mark over two defenders to give Detroit a 107-99 lead. He also assisted on two crucial 3-pointers by Reggie Bullock, another former Clippers draftee, at a juncture when the Pistons were having a difficult time manufacturing baskets.
Tobias Harris, Avery Bradley, Boban Marjanovic and a 2018 first-round pick. Griffin learned of the transaction from a third party and has expressed misgivings about the process.
"Most trades and departures don't go very well, for the record," Clippers coach Doc Rivers said during his pregame media availability. "They just don't. They don't go well. They all come back eventually."
Prior to the game, Clippers owner Steve Ballmer waited for Griffin to conclude his warm-up routine. As Griffin finished, Ballmer called out to his former superstar from the sideline and extended his hand. Rather than greet Ballmer, Griffin made his signature nonstop sprint after his final shot from the court through the tunnel and to the locker room. At his postgame news conference, Griffin maintained that his longtime ritual took priority over any perceived snub.
It's an impossible job that yields mostly poor results, so why does the NBA executive/coach still have a future in the league?
"For nine years now, as soon as I'm done doing my pregame shooting, I make sure there's a path, and I take off running to the locker room and I don't stop running," Griffin said. "I don't change that for anybody ... That's what it was, plain and simple. It wasn't anything planned."
Griffin exchanged words at the buzzer with Clippers guard Patrick Beverley, never one to extend hospitality to an opponent, but traded hugs with former teammates Lou Williams and Montrezl Harrell.
Griffin was drafted first overall by the Clippers in the 2009 NBA draft. After missing the entirety of his first season to injury, he stormed onto the scene in 2010, winning Rookie of the Year in a unanimous vote and was selected to the All-Star Game five times as a Clipper. During Griffin's tenure with the team, the Clippers enjoyed their most successful stretch in franchise history, including six consecutive playoff appearances.
"The best thing to be a part of is something bigger than yourself," Griffin said. "That's what it was. I don't look at it like what I did."
Rivers said that Griffin was the most vital presence in turning around the image of the previously woebegone Clippers franchise.
"Blake, individually, is the one who started it all," Rivers said. "He's the dunk contest winner. He wore a Clipper jersey. People understood. And now when you hear our name, you don't think of those bad Clippers before Blake. So for me, Blake is the one who started that, so any success we had, in my opinion, from this point forward, is due to Blake, [DeAndre Jordan] and Chris [Paul] -- and in that order."
LOS ANGELES -- Detroit Pistons forward Blake Griffin turned in an emphatic, 44-point performance in his first meeting at Staples Center against his former team, as the Pistons prevailed over the LA Clippers, 109-104, on Saturday.
"It was nice to get that game over with," Griffin said. "I kind of compare it to the first game of the year in a way. There's such a big hype leading up to it, and then once it's done, you have to play 81 more. Now we have to play 41 more or whatever it is. It's over and I'm moving on, they're moving on."
The sold-out crowd at Staples Center received Griffin warmly during player introductions. During the first timeout of the game, the Clippers honored Griffin with a video tribute, a compilation of career highlights and some of his trademark endorsement campaigns. After the presentation, Griffin received a rousing standing ovation and waved to the crowd.
"I didn't see all of it, but I saw bits and pieces," Griffin said of the video. "It was really cool to be welcomed back like that. It means a lot. I appreciate all these fans here."
In late December, Griffin told ESPN that, as a player who is propelled by emotions, he imagined Saturday's game would be a passionate event. After the game, Griffin said that when he woke up Saturday morning, that sense of anticipation wasn't as acute as he expected.
"I thought I did a good job for the most part [of managing emotions]," Griffin said. "I've played in some big games, and it was easier than I thought. I wasn't overhyped -- I was properly hyped."
Griffin dominated the action in the first half, scoring 26 points on 10 field goal attempts -- including 3-for-6 beyond the arc -- before intermission. As the Clippers cut a double-digit lead to two points in the fourth quarter, Griffin drained a layup inside of the three-minute mark over two defenders to give Detroit a 107-99 lead. He also assisted on two crucial 3-pointers by Reggie Bullock, another former Clippers draftee, at a juncture when the Pistons were having a difficult time manufacturing baskets.
Tobias Harris, Avery Bradley, Boban Marjanovic and a 2018 first-round pick. Griffin learned of the transaction from a third party and has expressed misgivings about the process.
"Most trades and departures don't go very well, for the record," Clippers coach Doc Rivers said during his pregame media availability. "They just don't. They don't go well. They all come back eventually."
Prior to the game, Clippers owner Steve Ballmer waited for Griffin to conclude his warm-up routine. As Griffin finished, Ballmer called out to his former superstar from the sideline and extended his hand. Rather than greet Ballmer, Griffin made his signature nonstop sprint after his final shot from the court through the tunnel and to the locker room. At his postgame news conference, Griffin maintained that his longtime ritual took priority over any perceived snub.
It's an impossible job that yields mostly poor results, so why does the NBA executive/coach still have a future in the league?
"For nine years now, as soon as I'm done doing my pregame shooting, I make sure there's a path, and I take off running to the locker room and I don't stop running," Griffin said. "I don't change that for anybody ... That's what it was, plain and simple. It wasn't anything planned."
Griffin exchanged words at the buzzer with Clippers guard Patrick Beverley, never one to extend hospitality to an opponent, but traded hugs with former teammates Lou Williams and Montrezl Harrell.
Griffin was drafted first overall by the Clippers in the 2009 NBA draft. After missing the entirety of his first season to injury, he stormed onto the scene in 2010, winning Rookie of the Year in a unanimous vote and was selected to the All-Star Game five times as a Clipper. During Griffin's tenure with the team, the Clippers enjoyed their most successful stretch in franchise history, including six consecutive playoff appearances.
"The best thing to be a part of is something bigger than yourself," Griffin said. "That's what it was. I don't look at it like what I did."
Rivers said that Griffin was the most vital presence in turning around the image of the previously woebegone Clippers franchise.
"Blake, individually, is the one who started it all," Rivers said. "He's the dunk contest winner. He wore a Clipper jersey. People understood. And now when you hear our name, you don't think of those bad Clippers before Blake. So for me, Blake is the one who started that, so any success we had, in my opinion, from this point forward, is due to Blake, [DeAndre Jordan] and Chris [Paul] -- and in that order."
The kids a fucking grade A level clown.
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I respect he's doing it directly and not passive aggressively like Lebron
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Leadership
