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Brunson has passed Luka and Melo. I for one will put him over KD if he leads these Knicks to another chip

Roland17:
You no sabi Aldon Smith, LB/DE made his name with the 49ers? He was versatile and strong.

Kid was something else when he was drafted. He had insane speed and tackled with force.

He just couldn’t stay out of trouble. He was constantly in and out of detention but drugs were the worst. He was found unresponsive inside his car..

Sad end.. but too young.

Damn. I remember the dude. He was a part of that defense with Patrick Willis, Navorro Bowman and the likes. I just saw A smiths and was wondering

There's a reason kid's participation in Gridiron keeps dropping. A lot of these guys are not right in the head. Another guy I'm observing now is Brandon Aiyuk. Remember Chandler Jones, Jon Jones younger brother had a meltdown a while ago and their older brother Arthur recently passed as well only 38 or so.

The way Brandon Aiyuk has been moving I suspect that guy is also not well and by the time it hits him the amount of money he's deliberately lost when he cannot play anymore the crashing out will be a movie.

The rash of guys under 40 sometimes under 30 dying in this sport is the craziest I ever seen

Roland17:
The news of A. Smiths passing is a tough one. Man was only 36. His demons fought him out of the league at a very age and have finally ended him.
#RIP

?? Who's that

A40:
Spurs just seem like a team of destiny to me. Though I worry that Knicks can take advantage of their inexperience like the Thunder failed to do cos make no mistake they caught a huge break with Mitchell and Williams out

And that's why I'm leaning towards the Knicks

If you know ball these things are not that hard to call.

Spurs are a special group. That boy Dylan Harper is going to be a star for sure. But nothing compares to sheer experience. You no fit skip steps and the Knicks showed that here.

Every game it didn't matter the lead you just knew the Knicks would walk them down. 16 pt lead again today. 29 the other day

And shout out to Mike Brown. Nobody deserves this more than him. How he tried to help our D'Tigers basketball team even though NBBF incompetence tried to frustrate. He was easy to root for

Bridges wtf man. Why are these guys suddenly Ben Wallace at the line?

OG and now Bridges. If the Spurs somehow make their shot and tie this they might rue this opportunity

Big Body Brunson. Showing how you carry a team. Not the fake and stat pad carrying Bronsexuals be yapping about.

Towns MVP talk lasted all of 2 games. He's been horrendous since.

Wemby just not that guy yet. His time will come. He must earn his lumps like everyone before him

raumdeuter:
You have to consider there will be other ethnicities too

Asians, Hispanics being the major ones. And they will align to one side or the other

If you think whites are racists towards blacks, let me introduce you to Asians. Which include everyone from middle east to far East including China India Japan Korean etc even if you haven't lived close to them, see how they treat Africans whether within Africa or in their country

The way Hispanics are growing they might become the majority and they cant be accused of slavery or they don't send, are not woke and cannot be guilt tripped

An Asian Rick Chow shot a black kid to death. In his back and was found not guilty.

Black people are less outraged about the guy that shot a kid on his back and went free and instead are defending a boy who actually killed somebody.

I don't like downplaying racism but I find it amusing that black people think these so called minorities are not even more racist than the whites but you can't blame them cos a lot of them don't travel

It's only people that have not experienced proper Arab and Asian racismo that will still see white racism as the worst. Cos at least those ones still care about being Politically correct

Ibime:
From what I'm seeing online, come 30th of June, Zulus will start a genocide of Africans in South Africa

The irony that a lot of South Africans are pro Palestine is not lost on me

Bluelines69:
This Karmelo Anthony case just made my fear for Black Americans go up a notch, you stab another kid to death in high school and you got people defending you and donating almost a million for your cause, what exactly is black America all about?

They are not fans of order and normalcy. On one hand I will not deny they have suffered a disproportionate amount of racial injustice but certain things are indefensible.

The fact that they also kill each other at a higher clip and are never as outraged I also find very confusing

Yeah KAT cannot possibly be in the MVP conversations with all these fouls. If it ends today Brunson is the only choice

I saw them spamming 3s up 25 early in the clock and I said it here if the Knicks can just cut it to 12-14 entering the 4th the Spurs are in soup. The problem with 3pt spamming you don't realize when it's left you. Took 8 straight and missed

I was telling Roland about Wemby the other day. You see how he picked another flagrant today.

Further proof he didn't learn from the Brunson shove. This one was less egregious but he's building a rap sheet now to where he's not going to get the benefit of doubt anymore

He might be facing suspension in Game 5 if the refs did the needful in Game 3

He needs to cut these shenanigans from his game. Can't be of any help to your team when you're always a Flagrant foul or ejection threat every game.

donlittle25:
Three three bricks to end the game then couldn’t dribble to end the clock? unbelievable.

The fact that he's their most experienced player yet making the most rookie mistakes.

Always considered him a tad overrated. One of those guys compiling stats on bad teams.

donlittle25:
Tf is wrong with fox? what kind of choke job is this?

The guy na double agent atp. Such a disappointment for San Antonio

OGUGUA Anunoby. Epic. Give him FMVP

Clutch free throws from Castle

Brunson. They take the lead. My goodness. 29pt comeback

Biggest free throws of Wemby life. And he missed both. Fuckin hell

Holy shit. Holy shit

larride:
OG has been hot

His efficiency is crazy

4 pt game. Wowzers

Castle on 5 fouls. Knicks gotta attack him

OG!

3 minutes. If you're the Knicks you want to cut this lead down to like 10 worst case scenario 12 entering the 4th

And hope the shot making gods smile on you and you get hot in the 4th.

Ron Harper must be so proud of his boy.

This is some of the most insane shot making I've seen. All you can do if you're the Knicks is hope they go cold and you can halve the deficit somehow cut it to where the Spurs begin playing tight. 60% from the field. 14 3s at the half. How do you even combat that

Holy shit the Knicks are getting smoked. Brunson can't buy a bucket. KAT not aggressive.

When Carter Bryant starts making shots you're fried

Spurs can't miss from 3. 5 in 4 minutes. Insane

Ballsy from the Canes there. After blowing that 3-1 lead they could have easily folded but went on to win 5-3

Roland17:
I bleed Green, the Knicks are like a last born that thinks himself a first.

This has been a physical series and the refs have allowed them play throughout the series until the end of the 3rd when they started calling those ticky tack fouls, particularly against the Spurs. The only thing we have realized now is that the physicality favors the Spurs and suddenly Brown is crying about FTs. Brunson foul baits players with the offensive foul nonsense. He sets screens in the worst places so he can get run into and a foul is called. What business does he have guarding Wemby if he wasn't trying to foul bait Wemby? I am glad Wemby batted him like a fly.

You can't get FTs if you don't attack the paint and the Knicks can't attack the paint because they are getting swamped once they cross into the Spurs half of the court. If they make it to the rim, the Spurs are contesting well and rebounding well. Coach Brown acknowledged the Spurs did a great job at keeping them away from the rim but in the same breath complain about FTs? That's lazy if you ask me. The Knicks also got away with a lot of home cooking. Why did Brown focus on the FT disparity only in the 2nd? Do you know how the disparity in the 1st? The Knicks had 14 FTA to the Spurs 8! The Knicks should be looking at the number of unforced errors that led to TO points for the Spurs and stop this whining about officiating.

You are making my point. The Knicks chose to play through Brunson in game 3 and it was evident in the way KAT was moved away from the paint to create ISO opportunities for Brunson. Issue is, everytime Brunson went on those ISO inside the paint, he is swamped and he can't see above the players so it leads to a TO. The Spurs are staying discipline and not biting on his pump fakes. He took way too many shots. If the offense runs through Brunson, the others don't eat, they get bored and cause stupid fouls, look no further than KAT and Bridges. Josh Hart had the most points he has ever had this series, do you know why? He was spaced out in the corner shooting 3. Brown needs to run the offense through KAT inside the paint. He can see above the crowd when doubled or tripled and that means he can make those passes.

Ohh. Na because them beat una last year you dey vex? But you guys gawked yourselves na. I warned you about the 3pt spamming. When Tatum picked up that habit and when Mazzulla pushed it to the rest of the team

There's no excusing what Wemby did to Brunson. If he wasn't the NBA Golden child he would be rightfully facing a suspension. I don't dispute that he also gets held from time to time but Brunson was not doing that. He damn near gave the guy whiplash. From the Naz Reid incident to now this. If that was Draymond we would be calling it a dirty play

The Spurs spent the entire second half on the foul line and shot a total of 24 throws in a half. That's just ridiculous. This series is being artificially extended and we don't need to pretend otherwise. There's incentive to do that

13 to 8 turnovers is not a wide margin and the Knicks made as many shots as the Spurs in the two point area. They put 64 points in the first half on San Antonio so that offense was working just fine

Where we agree is that Brunson is taking way too many shots. Midway through the 3rd he missed 3 straight shots and a turnover and that's when the game turned. He sat at the towards the end of the 3rd I think 3mins to go and by the time he returned I they were 7pts down

There's not a lot they need to change though. They played flawless basketball in the 2nd quarter for example and absolutely dismantled the Spurs. They were in control for the most part till the refs interfered and Brunson tried to be the hero

Amigoos1:
Kim Kardashian must be a demon under the sheets cause how else does she keep bagging these male celebrities. So Lewis Hamilton can't find someone younger to date it's an old hag like Kim.

Lmaoo she's a fine woman. Plus she's rich. What's not to like? If you're a man who doesn't want kids or already has kids why would you look for clout chasing small pikin

People need to realize for this life na rich people dey marry rich people for the most part

raumdeuter:
Many of us have agreed that these traditional religion are inferior to the imported ones, So its not fashionable to be publicly seen doing Isese. Some people who codedly still visit Isese will not want to be seen ding it in public

Also lack of proper documentation has eroded many of the knowledge in these African Religion, so it just looks like the current day practitioners are making up shit as they go

And the more people make stuff up, the more it lacks authenticity, even if you look at the new generation Christianity, it looks more like content creation than the structured orthodox churches we grew up with. Over time it will water it down an look like a joke

Depends for your adugbo tbh. There are certain lungu I dey enter that they still practice.

They have their festivals where them dey kpai Malu and dogs as well.

They have their own crowd though where it's generally accepted and don't really intermingle with Christians and Muslims but them dey do am openly

Roland17:
Naaaa.

The Knicks just need to stop forcing this Brunson thing. There is no game in this series where Brunson is going to be the best player on the court. Tonight he played desperately for the MVP with the number of shots he attempted.

They need to go back to what has worked and that is playing through KAT. He is their best player in this series and he needs his touches. He had over 20 shots attempt in the previous 2 games, guess how many he got today? 10!!!! If that doesn’t tell the story, I don’t know what does.

The Spurs have players who move their feet when guarding the key, in addition to lengthy wing spans that will continue to choke Brunson. He needs to give it up, this isn’t about him.

Just play through KAT! Wetin be my own, I don’t think I can live through a Knicks title.

Why? Wetin Knicks do you??

Wemby should have gotten a Flagrant one or two for nearly pushing Brunson head of his neck for one. There was a time Harper was on the court and the Spurs had 6 men on the floor. That's an instant tech. Somehow the refs missed it. Plus a lot of ticky tack fouls.

Let's be honest. A finals sweep does nothing for the NBA. This thing is one big TV show, that is why ratings matter and they keep track of it they tweak and certainly make things interesting and it was glaring

Now to KAT and Brunson. I mostly agree but is it Brunson fault that KAT is not aggressive and demanding the ball? I think the Knicks are at the best when their offense is egalitarian. Not just KAT, Anunoby is another efficient scorer that should be getting more touches. They are going back to old habits of over Brunson reliance and it's on Mike Brown to nip that in the bud quickly

Still I think we saw a reverse home cooking. If the refs did their jobs the Knicks would be 3-0 up

Seems Adam Silver has put a call out that he don't want a sweep. Spurs have lived on the line

Knicks fans are going to blame Trump for this

I thought the Spurs were dead at halftime. Apparently not