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jope said:
I am by no means an english language expert. But i can't think of an instance where a double negative would create extra emphasis, without sacrificing understanding or perception.


'I am not unconvinced by his argument' vs. 'I am convinced by his argument'.
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The argument was mildly persuasive, but not forcefully so.


jope said:
Talk as you may, for i will not stop you, but never will you find me using phrases such as 'I haven't not', 'We didn't see nothing', 'She never danced with nobody'.

Although we can make sense of such phrases, within the structure of such usages tends to create an intrinsically biased perception from the listener in most circles. That you either are 'uneducated' or that you aren't credible with what you are talking about, whether either are true are beyond the point.
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I don't disagree with you on the bias, unfair as it is, and I don't expect you to use language in a way you find uncomfortable.
 
I just looked at the Lakers' schedule and wow... they play the Bucks and then it's a bunch of West playoff teams....and us. The fate of the future will really come down to that game.

Lindsey, I'm going to ****ing kill you if you don't sit players in that game.
 
Core4 said:
Is Nawlins even a word? I'll be the locals hate that as much as San Francisco natives hate "Frisco."
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They'll get over it as they cheer their team to win. Them picking up a win will make one team that much les slikely to pass Utah.
 
If Mark Madse can shoot 7 threes in 9 minutes, why can't we unleash Gobert-for-three! or at least some half-court Biedrins-to-Lucas alley-oops?

https://probasketballtalk.nbcsports...06-season-wasnt-a-blatant-attempt-at-tanking/
The*Minnesota Timberwolves*power forward who had not taken a three-point shot in 135 games and 1,617 minutes over parts of the previous three seasons took seven shots from beyond the arc . . . in a span of 9 minutes 4 seconds. …
None of them went in. Madsen finished 0 for 7 from behind the arc (one for 15 overall) during the Timberwolves’ 102-92 loss. Not surprisingly, he doesn’t recall the experience fondly.
“Imagine being out there, catching the ball at the three-point line and the whole arena is yelling, ‘Shoot,’” Madsen said this week. “It doesn’t make me feel good. So in my mind, I’m like, you know what, I’ve worked hard on my game. I’m going to go out there and knock these down.” …
“There was a role that I felt I could have played and I had a number of DNPs that year,” Madsen said. “I was frustrated with that. I wanted to go out there and show people some of the things I could do, some of the things I had been working on.”
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This week will be a big one for GS/Dallas/Memphis because they play each other. I still haven't given up hope that GS drops out of contention. I am also cheering for the Suns too. GS needs to lose both to Dallas and Memphis this week if I have any chance to have my wish come true.

They are only a game ahead of Memphis and 2 games ahead of Dallas. Come on GS tankers start tanking you were good at it last year.

Lakers must beat the Bucks. It is a must win. I want Boston to win a few more games. LA/Kings play again so that helps either way. The Lakers schedule is brutal the rest of the schedule. It would really go a long way in the tank if Utah lost against Detroit. They widen the gap between the Jazz and them.

I am worried about Lakers/Boston, Sacramento. I am a little worried about Detroit. The Bucks, Magic and 76ers have sewed up their spots and embarrassed their cities.
 
Still waiting to hear the news on Embiid, but I think it's more than a 5-player draft. I still see Wiggins, Parker and Exum (along with Embiid) as real prizes. Then this Randle, Vonleh, Gordon, Smart mash could go anyway. So that's a 7 or 8 player draft.

Who are your '5' ?
 
I think we're only going to get 2 or 3 more wins. Boston has two more games with Philadelphia and maybe one or two more winnable games.

This is going to be close with Boston too.
 
Catchall said:
Still waiting to hear the news on Embiid, but I think it's more than a 5-player draft. I still see Wiggins, Parker and Exum (along with Embiid) as real prizes. Then this Randle, Vonleh, Gordon, Smart mash could go anyway. So that's a 7 or 8 player draft.

Who are your '5' ?
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Tier 1: Wiggins
Tier 2: Jabari, Exum, Embiid
Tier 3: Randle

Those are my '5'.

Tier 4: Gordon, Vonleh, Smart


Tier 4 is a step below tier 3 because each player seems have major question marks: Gordon (FT, shooting), Vonleh (size), Smart (shooting, TO prone for PG, lack of size for SG).
 
cowhide said:
This week will be a big one for GS/Dallas/Memphis because they play each other. I still haven't given up hope that GS drops out of contention. I am also cheering for the Suns too. GS needs to lose both to Dallas and Memphis this week if I have any chance to have my wish come true.

They are only a game ahead of Memphis and 2 games ahead of Dallas. Come on GS tankers start tanking you were good at it last year.

Lakers must beat the Bucks. It is a must win. I want Boston to win a few more games. LA/Kings play again so that helps either way. The Lakers schedule is brutal the rest of the schedule. It would really go a long way in the tank if Utah lost against Detroit. They widen the gap between the Jazz and them.

I am worried about Lakers/Boston, Sacramento. I am a little worried about Detroit. The Bucks, Magic and 76ers have sewed up their spots and embarrassed their cities.
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Don't worry bout sactown and the motor city.
We must focus all of our cheering to the lakers and Celtics.
 
fishonjazz said:
Don't worry bout sactown and the motor city.
We must focus all of our cheering to the lakers and Celtics.
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Why wouldn't you be worried about Detroit. Jazz pull out the win tonight and they're only win one short of the Pistons, with Detroit having fewer home games. Granted, they play Milwaukee and @Philly, but I'd still be somewhat concerned.
 
This game is so HUGE. Jazz could have pulled to within 1 1/2 of Detroit. Now it's 3 1/2. Need to finish 5th at worst so even if the lottery doesn't go our way, the Jazz have ZERO chance of falling outside of 8th.
 
Core4 said:
Why wouldn't you be worried about Detroit. Jazz pull out the win tonight and they're only win one short of the Pistons, with Detroit having fewer home games. Granted, they play Milwaukee and @Philly, but I'd still be somewhat concerned.
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I knew detroit would beat utah tonight.

Without burks the jazz never had a chance ;-)
 
Core4 said:
Doesn't matter...nbadraft.net has Utah taking Stauskas with the GS pick. Nikkk will save us!

And IF Utah does get Stauskas, his nickname HAS TO BE Hot Nik.
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I'd be pretty happy with that pick, but his stock is probably going to rise with a good tournament.
 
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