2018-2019 NBA Regular Season Thread

[tlance]

If the Lakers dont add major assets this summer, the signing of James will turn into huge mistake/miscalculation IMO.

It would be fair to call it a disappointment perhaps.

But a mistake?

I can see it now.

LeBron: hey Magic, I want to sign with the Lakers.

Magic: nah man. We good. Think we might be able to win 40 games with our current core. Good luck!

Would never happen.

 

[CitySushi]

If I were to move, i would look at Colorado or pacific northwest i think. San Diego if i had a ton of $ maybe.

San Diego is where it's at. Perfect weather year-round. Beaches and sunshine, great food, hot women and overall really chill for a college/city vibe.

 

[CitySushi]

LA is awesome to visit and a lot of fun- i have a good buddy that lives in Huntington Beach.....

but he lives in a box and his taxes are insane. and its not even like he has a bad job.

if I was really rich living in LA would be cool.....but if you arent rich it can be a pain in the ass. Lot of fun to visit, but the taxes, cost of living smog, traffic, earthquakes, wildfires, droughts....ill deal with the really crappy winters.

do they offer 100 year mortgages?

Not gonna lie, it does suck to live in California at times. I live in the Bay Area and rent for a 1 bedroom apartment in SF is an average of 3k per month. The taxes are ridiculous.

I used to watch House Hunters all the time until I got super pissed off seeing home prices elsewhere. I was like "I could pay that shit cash right now!" and yet still not be anywhere close to actually buying a home half the size in the area I live.

You need at least a 20% down payment in SF and the median price of a home is somewhere north of like 1.2M. That means you need at least 300,000k cash up front. Even then you're looking at a mortgage in the range of like 5K a month. Then add property tax and insurance and you're upwards of 6k per month on a mortgage for a home. That's 72K per year on your home alone. Oh and the home that you bought for 1.2M is likely a 1,500 square foot, 3 bedroom 2 bath house.

 

[dtgold88]

That would not surprise me.

As great as LeBron is a decent a player, he seems to be a pretty awful judge of talent/fit with his own game.

Maybe but think he knows he likes the lane to be clear with shooters to pass to.

 

[bksballer89]

It would be fair to call it a disappointment perhaps.

But a mistake?

I can see it now.

LeBron: hey Magic, I want to sign with the Lakers.

Magic: nah man. We good. Think we might be able to win 40 games with our current core. Good luck!

Would never happen.

If they never get our of the 2nd round in his 4 years here, what would you call it?

 

[msgkings322]

Not gonna lie, it does suck to live in California at times. I live in the Bay Area and rent for a 1 bedroom apartment in SF is an average of 3k per month. The taxes are ridiculous.

I used to watch House Hunters all the time until I got super pissed off seeing home prices elsewhere. I was like "I could pay that shit cash right now!" and yet still not be anywhere close to actually buying a home half the size in the area I live.

You need at least a 20% down payment in SF and the median price of a home is somewhere north of like 1.2M. That means you need at least 300,000k cash up front. Even then you're looking at a mortgage in the range of like 5K a month. Then add property tax and insurance and you're upwards of 6k per month on a mortgage for a home. That's 72K per year on your home alone. Oh and the home that you bought for 1.2M is likely a 1,500 square foot, 3 bedroom 2 bath house.

This is all absolutely true, I live in SF itself. But it's expensive because.....it's in high demand! But definitely not for everyone

 

[dtgold88]

If they never get our of the 2nd round in his 4 years here, what would you call it?

A failure, but a mistake implies they never should have tried it.

 

[CitySushi]

This is all absolutely true, I live in SF itself. But it's expensive because.....it's in high demand! But definitely not for everyone

I was born and raised in SF and lived there for the first 26 years of my life. I definitely miss it and hate that I've been essentially priced out of the city I grew up in. It's not like I live far away, but just being able to say I live in the city was a source of pride for me.

 

[msgkings322]

If they never get our of the 2nd round in his 4 years here, what would you call it?

A massive disappointing failure. But still not a mistake. When LeBron made it clear he wanted to go there, it would not have been correct to tell him no thanks. It just may not work out.

 

[dtgold88]

No.

He had good scoring games at 75% because he is a great player.

Keep fighting the good fight..no matter how absurd this is.

 

[msgkings322]

I was born and raised in SF and lived there for the first 26 years of my life. I definitely miss it and hate that I've been essentially priced out of the city I grew up in. It's not like I live far away, but just being able to say I live in the city was a source of pride for me.

I'm a non native and understand your pride. My kids were born here and I never want to leave
I'm lucky that I'm financially able to afford it but i can see the appeal of paying 1/8 what my house costs to live in a bigger place in the suburbs of Austin like my sister. Then again she lives in the suburbs of Austin! I'd die of boredom.

Basically, you get what you pay for, and different strokes for different folks

 

[dtgold88]

It isn't though.

Specifically in the Finals against GS,

Cleveland has played almost as many minutes with Love as without. I didn't turn matj a couple months ago and They actually had a worse plus minus in the Finals with Love on the court than with him off.

He is a good player and a good fit with LeBron.

But the Warrior matchup is brutal for him. Just like Boston is a brutal matchup for DeMarcus Cousins.

So again, no. Not the same.

And the great Bogut in his whopping 60 minutes had a -25.

Love, of course, came through with a solid Game 7, but that's none of my business.

 

[bksballer89]

Lebron should have went to the Clippers.

Same city
Same arena
Better coach
Less pressure
More fans would appreciate you

 

[CitySushi]

Lebron should have went to the Clippers.

Same city
Same arena
Better coach
Less pressure
More fans would appreciate you

Only problem is his jersey doesn't say "Lakers" on it. But overall from a competitive stand point, I'd agree.

 

[dtgold88]

I'm a non native and understand your pride. My kids were born here and I never want to leave
I'm lucky that I'm financially able to afford it but i can see the appeal of paying 1/8 what my house costs to live in a bigger place in the suburbs of Austin like my sister. Then again she lives in the suburbs of Austin! I'd die of boredom.

Basically, you get what you pay for, and different strokes for different folks

Agree with the different strokes, but seems you aren't getting what you pay for.

 

[CitySushi]

After reading @bksballer89 last post about the Clippers, I'd like to deliver a PSA regarding them:

I'd like to formally apologize for all the Doc Rivers slander I've sent his way during the Lob City era. It's kind of funny how Doc's coaching is one of the real reasons the Clippers have been doing so well. Just so happens for me that my opinion of Doc's coaching got immediately better once Chris Paul left. Wonder if that's a coincidence....

 

[CitySushi]

Agree with the different strokes, but seems you aren't getting what you pay for.

Honestly you are though. If you've never lived in the city and experienced it on a year round basis, you don't understand the appeal. It's truly a great city. As long as you can avoid the Tenderloin and Bayview districts you're good. But even those are being gentrified right now, so the it's not really that bad.

Shit I remember when I was growing up the area where AT&T park(now Oracle Park) was one of the worst areas in the city. As soon as they built that stadium, high rises started getting build and the overall land value tripled over night. If you visit there now, you'd never know it used to be one of the most dangerous areas of the city.

 

[Black Adam]

the river caught fire in the 70's. Almost 50 years ago

and, ill tell ya, there isnt smog like this in Cleveland

87 days of smog: Southern California just saw its longest streak of bad air in decades

could you even imagine breathing that in on a daily basis?


meanwhile, in Ohio, Lake Erie is doing very well-

A New Ohio Walleye Record? It Could Happen at Lake Erie This Year — Press Pros Magazine

This year the Lake is doing so well that it was a RECORD for walleye hatches in Lake Erie- a sign that the reforms are doing an amazing job.

OR bursting water pipes in the winter...

 

[Black Adam]

San Diego is where it's at. Perfect weather year-round. Beaches and sunshine, great food, hot women and overall really chill for a college/city vibe.

great location and weather, pricey as fuck...

 

[Black Adam]

It would be fair to call it a disappointment perhaps.

But a mistake?

I can see it now.

LeBron: hey Magic, I want to sign with the Lakers.

Magic: nah man. We good. Think we might be able to win 40 games with our current core. Good luck!

Would never happen.

sometimes I hate when you're right...