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NBA Regular Season & Playoffs 2017-18
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Mass brawl in World Cup Qualifiers:
Shocking stuff, big suspensions coming for a lot of these guys. Chairs thrown, Filipino officials holding one of the Australian Players while another punches him etc. Watched the post game interviews/news reports and the Head of Filipino Basketball and the Coach did not cover themselves in glory basically blaming the Australians and the refs and taking no responsibility themselves. While the refs were reviewing the tape the Filipino players took a group selfie - classy.
Filipino player basically starts it but it erupts when an Aussie retaliates with a big forearm. Then it goes WWE.
Ended up 5 v 3 (4 Aussies and 9 Filipino players DQ'ed), then one of the last Filipino players fouled out at which point game was abandoned. One Aussie got his a$$ royally kicked for being under the mess, and then got ejected.
There's an Aussie player under this:
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While you can possibly understand some of the things they said after the game with emotions running high etc., this is just laughable from the Filipinos. They're just making things worse tbh.
This guy is an idiot:
https://twitter.com/Liam_Santa/status/1013805210051928064
Philippines coach Chot Reyes laid the blame squarely with the Australians, claiming they had created an atmosphere that prompted his players to react as strongly as they did, due to underhand treatment of his players earlier in the night.
That's a very one-sided view of what transpired. The Aussies aren't blameless in this by any means, but the Filipinos are by far the biggest offenders here.
Sobey gets a can of whoop ass opened on him...and then gets ejected for it. This after already taking a haymaker from Blatch under the basket.
https://twitter.com/Liam_Santa/status/10139347478090219520 -
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http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2784798-carmelo-anthony-thunder-reportedly-parting-ways-this-summer-via-trade-buyout
Carmelo Anthony, Thunder Reportedly Parting Ways This Summer Via Trade, Buyout
July 6, 2018
Sue Ogrocki/Associated Press
The Oklahoma City Thunder are reportedly planning to part ways with veteran forward Carmelo Anthony this offseason.
According to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski and Royce Young, OKC is working with Melo's agent, Leon Rose, to either trade him, use the stretch provision or utilize a combination of the stretch provision and a buyout.
Anthony recently exercised his one-year contract option to return to the Thunder in 2018-19 at a value of nearly $28 million, per Spotrac.
If and when Anthony hits the open market, the Houston Rockets will be among his suitors, according to Marc Stein of the New York Times.
Houston was rumored to be in the market for Melo last offseason before he was dealt to OKC.
Per Wojnarowski and Young, the Thunder will look to move Anthony to a team that wants to acquire an expiring contract in order to create salary-cap space for next offseason.
Failing that, using the stretch provision would allow the Thunder to save $107 million on their 2018-19 payroll and tax bill.
In that scenario, Melo would count for $9.3 million against OKC's cap over three years.
The stretch could be a desirable option for the Thunder considering they currently have an NBA-record $310 million payroll and luxury-tax bill.
Moving on from Anthony would also make sense from a basketball perspective since Melo is reportedly unhappy with his role as a stretch power forward.
He played small forward for essentially his entire career, and the switch led to a significant drop in production last season.
The 34-year-old averaged a career-low 16.2 points per game to go along with 5.8 rebounds and 1.3 assists. He also shot just 40.4 percent from the floor and 35.7 percent from long range.
Prior to last season, the 10-time All-Star had never averaged less than 20 points per game in a single campaign.
According to Wojnarowski and Young, Melo has no interest in being relegated to a bench role.
:rolleyes::rolleyes::D
The Thunder acquired Anthony last offseason in a trade with the New York Knicks that sent Enes Kanter, Doug McDermott and a second-round pick to the Big Apple.
Although Melo and the Thunder reached the playoffs, they were ousted by the Utah Jazz in the first round.
With guard Russell Westbrook running the show and Paul George back in the fold, there is hope for OKC to be a threat in the Western Conference once again next season.
Assuming Anthony isn't part of the equation, the Thunder may opt to go with a big lineup that features both center Steven Adams and recently signed big man Nerlens Noel on the floor at the same time.
Rounding things out is forward Jerami Grant, who will likely pick up many of the minutes vacated by Anthony.0 -
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVUth1m5Dvs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeTFmx4eyOs
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