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    Jazz sign Tonje on a 2-way contract

    Definitely more upside, but Tonje is a better shooter.
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    How Many Basketball Hoops are in Your Neighborhood?

    It is very similar to wood as far as traction goes, maybe even better. When playing you don't notice any difference other than the sound as the tiles are not as solid. With the metal building dribbling is loud, even with underlayment and insulation. The Sport Court brand were quieter but almost...
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    How Many Basketball Hoops are in Your Neighborhood?

    My friend did too. They installed a retractable net to keep ball off windows and the kitchen. My friend's mom hated it. :)
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    How Many Basketball Hoops are in Your Neighborhood?

    I have a small 3 bd lake house in MT. My wife kids love it. Lots of visitors. Lots of work for me. A boat would make it worse. I like whitewater, not lakes. We have human powered boats/sups. No motorized boats to tow and do maintenance on. I'll keep for another 10 years for the kids and then...
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    How Many Basketball Hoops are in Your Neighborhood?

    We use ours for birthday parties, kids ride bikes (no skidding!) scooters, play soccer, badminton year round. Such a bonus in the short days in winter. I shoot for an hour most nights, Have kids practices there and can walk inside the house after (my court is in an outbuilding). Saves me from...
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    How Many Basketball Hoops are in Your Neighborhood?

    Utah has an indoor court every four blocks, many of which doors pop open with a hard pull (power of the priesthood I expect). I lived in Indiana (would not go back). Was much easier to find good runs in Utah. I live on 13 acres in WA, so not a lot of neighbors. At least two neighbors on my...
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    Quinton Grimes

    The Sixers would likely hit the 2nd apron to sign Grimes to a contract. Make an offer and see if they match. Worse case is the Jazz get a bit more coming to them in cash from their portion of luxury tax revenue.
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    The R.I.P. Thread

    Kids these days have no idea how good they have it. Streaming, ipods and bluetooth headphones instead of a 2 lbs walkman pulling down your shorts, rewinding, etc. At the same time, I liked the more simple free range childhoods we were afforded and would not trade it. An ipod would have been...
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    The R.I.P. Thread

    He looked pretty haggard at the concert two weeks ago. Rocked it till the end. Many days mowing the lawn with a walkman with a Paranoid cassette. Good times.
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    NBA Summer League Wild Overreaction Thread

    True, but it was a poorly constructed team, and I am not a fan of Steve Pickiell as an x's and o's coach. They often looked like they were not running anything.
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    The R.I.P. Thread

    Crazy, but that's how it goes...
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    The R.I.P. Thread

    That was Geoffrey Owens not Warner.
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    Burying the dumb **** about Clayton Jr not being "athletic"

    WCJ has the same height and wingspan as Curry and Brunson fwiw. He is good at shooting on the move and has a quick release. I think he'll be fine.
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    Cody Williams Hype and Appreciation Thread

    The Curry effect is a double edged sword. Kids focus more on shooting, but want to shoot 3s too fast. It is rare I see kid level coaches stopping it. And often they encourage it.
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    Cody Williams Hype and Appreciation Thread

    It could be many things, but as a former D1 shooting coach I can tell you a lot of it is in game confusion. What I mean by that is when we correct form, it is easier to use a modified form when shooting lots of reps in practice, but in game shots often revert to the old form or something in...
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