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birdman:
Embiid, thank you for letting me down just in time, just like you did in fantasy playoffs lol

meanwhile, we need your commentary on the impending beatings your Lakers will collect tonight

3-0. Beatings confirmed.
Bring out the brooms gentlemen! Steady's man had better retire.

SmooshCHN:
Draymond and Harrison Barnes were the culprit in that series. I hate to remember that year. Yes he played the best games of his life when he returned but his dirty plays was what led to game 4. I'm never forgiving Barnes by the way. All he had to do was hit those open corner series.

After the slap on the wrist from the KD situation, the Poole incident honestly felt inevitable. It’s what happens when bad behavior keeps getting excused instead of addressed. The right move would’ve been to trade him, trade Klay as well since he was already frustrated with the team, but the Warriors had no spine.

Now we’re stuck paying him $27M a year to put up 8 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 5.5 assists.

At this point, we deserve every bit of nonsense coming our way.

More nonsense coming GSW's way. Look at the team. Porzingis, Butler, Horford. GSW is the new retirement home.

birdman:
Embiid, thank you for letting me down just in time, just like you did in fantasy playoffs lol

meanwhile, we need your commentary on the impending beatings your Lakers will collect tonight

Lol, everybody go collect ontop OKC hand no worry. That team na cheat code SGA has not had a single good game in this series yet dem don blow us out for all the games

greypencils:
3-0. Beatings confirmed.
Bring out the brooms gentlemen! Steady's man had better retire.

There's no shame in getting swept by the best team in basketball with your Batman out injured and your Robin playing like crap

steady986:
There's no shame in getting swept by the best team in basketball with your Batman out injured and your Robin playing like crap

That's the point. No shame!

steady986:
Lol, everybody go collect ontop OKC hand no worry. That team na cheat code SGA has not had a single good game in this series yet dem don blow us out for all the games

Its ok, I want your Lebron led Lakers to collect, specifically Make e go rethink retirement life

steady986:
There's no shame in getting swept by the best team in basketball with your Batman out injured and your Robin playing like crap

There is shame o, for goat like player to be swept. If they get swept, it will be a big shame. They need to at least win one.

Silver did the Kings and Pacers dirty

Wemby gets ejected at Q2 and SAS loses by only 5points away from home. That is a team right there.

More than ever, I need SAS to win this series. I need OKC shook.

Roland17:
The Meerkat converted the corner pieces (JB & Tatum) of the franchise into 3 point spammers. I mean we watched JB and Tatum under Brad and Udoka and neither player was jacking up 3s like they are doing under this Meerkat. When you look at JB and Tatum's physical attributes, they should be driving to the paint. We saw JB during the regular season even after Tatum returned, he was driving to the bucket and punishing teams, so what changed? Tatum has become too lazy, scared of getting injured or comfortable with the 3 ball that he no longer drives.

I remember several seasons ago banging the drum about the evils of 3pt spamming and how it makes you a lazy hooper. Guys like you listed there Tatum and Brown are a good example of that.

The other aspects of your game suffer. This was what the 🐐 MJ specifically said when they asked him why he didn't take a lot of 3s. For guys like Harden it's already too late but the likes of Tatum and Brown can still be salvaged

We are seeing it in real time with Donovan Mitchell. He has become such a 3pt spamming merchant now he doesn't even get to the free throw line anymore. Besides the last two games

Roland17:
When you look at our typical starting 5 of D. White/ Hauser/ JB/ Tatum/ Queta, outside of Hauser, which other player is a recognized career 3 point shooter? D. White is the worst of all with his irresponsible attempts. He was known for his defense when he was with the Spurs and when he attacked he drove to the bucket but somehow, the Meerkat gets a hold of him and converts him to a 3 ball spamming merchant.

Naah but look at OKC for example and look at your role player guys. Scheirmann, Pritchard, Walsh all these guys besides Pritchard are basically useless outside of 3pt spamming. OKC have guys like Mitchell, Wallace, Caruso who can either score and or facilitate. Your role players are mostly specialists that are useless at everything else

The White example is another one. His skillset IMO has always been limited but being a high volume low efficiency 3pt spammer is basically suicide

Roland17:
As for JB/ Tatum, I think we expect too much from them. Most 1-2 punches never get along, especially outside the court and they are not different. What makes it worse, is that they are distinctively different people outside the court. JB has shown he can be the number 1 in any franchise but I don't think he will get it as long as Tatum is still on the team. I think we have reached the ceiling for both and it may be time for one to move on.

Not getting along off court is one thing but I don't know that they get along on court.

When you come out and say the season where your most prominent teammate is out for the majority and you blew a 3-1 lead is your best season thus far, even above the season you won a title and were recognized as both ECF and Finals MVP. We have to wonder, what means the world to you is it winning or being recognized as the guy over Tatum.

benji93:
I especially agree with the last part. I do not think we win that championship without it going down to the wire. It's hard to defend the position. He played the last two games as you pointed out. Surely if his getting suspended led to a loss of momentum, his return should fix it. It didn't. Which means there's probably something else. My guess is that the star players weren't experienced enough, and not as stacked as people make it seem. They won 72 games because they were doing something relatively new. The run to the 2022 championship was the first year i could properly judge Stephen Curry in isolation(as much as i could come close to it). As in can he really carry a team, given his size? I am glad he proved that he could.

In short, GSW going up 3-1 was the anomaly. But i understand why Draymond and others would buy into the idea that his suspension was the reason. Anything to make myself more important than i am is welcome.

For the first line, while it may be true that GSW cuddled him, I do not know if there's any other way to manage such an oversensitive player without hitting his performance( i maintain that he was important in every championship). You cannot also cuddle such a player without enabling him. So as a business you have a choice to make. They made theirs , and it produced 4 championships. Most owners would take that. It increased the value of the team.

An underrated element in that Warriors collapse that is often swept under the rug and also explains why Draymond returning to the last two games ultimately didn't matter was the injury to Bogut

Overall that Warriors team pre KD were not as stacked as people think. That is myth and urban legend. They had no size compared to the Cavs and actually over achieved

When you look at the perimeter and bigs, Love, Thompson, LeBronze, Jr Smith, Shumpert, Richard Jefferson compare that to the Warriors and you see what I'm saying.

Draymond to his credit was actually very good in the 2016 series but that says a lot to how poorly Steph and especially Klay played

Draymond IMO should have been kicked out after the Poole incident. He was mostly useless in the 4th title run and actually ran off the best young player that might have extended Steph's title window.

Now you're stuck with 3 old guys that are going to trick themselves again into believing they can compete next year once Jimmy returns

Does this group have a WhatsApp group?

Following up on info here is not that accessible.

greypencils:
Wemby gets ejected at Q2 and SAS loses by only 5points away from home. That is a team right there.

More than ever, I need SAS to win this series. I need OKC shook.

Good statistics to reveal but one game is just one game in the playoffs..the next game could involve Wemby and San Antonio could still lose the game regardless by a 5 or 15 point deficit.

That being said I think most of us believe Spurs are the best team than can ruffle OKC..and I personally believe if Wemby is healthy they can win it all but the OKC bench is the X factor; they literally bring points, treys and the sink to the table!

Ajay Mitchell. Omo where OKC dey see these boys. This is literally his second season in the league and he looks so polished. This is elite scouting by Presti

Wtf is up with Chet?? Is it this style he wan use against Wemby? Assuming the Spurs advance? Cos what Wemby would do to him will be a war crime

A40:
Ajay Mitchell. Omo where OKC dey see these boys. This is literally his second season in the league and he looks so polished. This is elite scouting by Presti

While I will give Presti his due, I will praise Mark Daigneault even more. He gets the best out of average players. I mean look at what he has done with players like Dort! Opponents used to leave Dort open from beyond the arc but today he has become lethal. He has also made him a better defender and he sticks simple plays. McCain comes in and does the same thing, C. Wallace.. Put another coach on that bench and they look like players with the Wizards.

nomorespams:
Good statistics to reveal but one game is just one game in the playoffs..the next game could involve Wemby and San Antonio could still lose the game regardless by a 5 or 15 point deficit.

That being said I think most of us believe Spurs are the best team than can ruffle OKC..and I personally believe if Wemby is healthy they can win it all but the OKC bench is the X factor; they literally bring points, treys and the sink to the table!

True! But OKC's feathers were shook during the regular season. 8-0 in the playoffs is diabolical. I need them shook. If Timbs is gonna do the job, let them go ahead. If not, let them give way for a better prospect.

LEBRON JAMES IS THE FIRST PLAYER IN NBA HISTORY TO BE SWEPT IN BOTH CONFERENCES AND SWEPT IN 3 DIFFERENT DECADES

THANK YOU GOAT 🐐😆

RIP Brandon Clarke. Only 29

Terrible news. I remember him battling injuries the past 3 seasons for the Grizzlies. Was an energy guy off their bench. Most likely a O.D

greypencils:
LEBRON JAMES IS THE FIRST PLAYER IN NBA HISTORY TO BE SWEPT IN BOTH CONFERENCES AND SWEPT IN 3 DIFFERENT DECADES

THANK YOU GOAT 🐐😆

Make I like your post. What an achievement. First player to be great in 3 different decades

Roland17:
While I will give Presti his due, I will praise Mark Daigneault even more. He gets the best out of average players. I mean look at what he has done with players like Dort! Opponents used to leave Dort open from beyond the arc but today he has become lethal. He has also made him a better defender and he sticks simple plays. McCain comes in and does the same thing, C. Wallace.. Put another coach on that bench and they look like players with the Wizards.

I will give Presti the credit cos he brings the groceries, it's an endless conveyor belt. And he's the one that has been doing the wheeling and dealing. Getting Shai, picking up Hartenstein from the Knicks, McCain from the Sixers

Ajay Mitchell is on an $8m contract for the next 3 years. Nuggets paid Christian Braun $125m for 5 years. Swap Nuggets roster with OKC roster and let's see what Daigneault does.

So I do think while Daigneault is a really good coach Presti is the real cheat code, compare him to the Pacers GM that skipped on a loaded draft class to trade for Ivica Zubac

Wemby is something else. This is shaping up to be a great series. The refs are allowing them play. A physical series and that is the only way they can stop Wemby.

Roland17:
Wemby is something else. This is shaping up to be a great series. The refs are allowing them play. A physical series and that is the only way they can stop Wemby.

At this rate, he might get injured. I need him uninjured against OKC. I am not a basketball ashewo for nothing.

What a pass from Wemby...

The Wolves have no answer for that Wemby pick and roll. Players like K. Johnson have come alive as well.

A40:
RIP Brandon Clarke. Only 29

Terrible news. I remember him battling injuries the past 3 seasons for the Grizzlies. Was an energy guy off their bench. Most likely a O.D

Very sad news. He battled with drug abuse. Looks like he ODed.

I still dont understand why no one draws plays for Rudy Gobert. Ordinary lob sef, the guy no dey see. I dont understand why his height is not being utilized effectively. 4 FGA in this game? 4? It doesnt make sense. Every other short person is running around throwing bricks when there is a lobable giant in the paint. As how na? Abi the guy no sabi catch lob ni? I understand that Wemby is tall and would intercept that shit. But the likes of Giannis would still drive to the hole, dunks, layups, lobs, the whole package. OK Giannis is overstretching it. (There is a reason he is called a Freak) Jokic nko? Embiid nko? Wetin do Gobert nitori olorun? Is he that slow?

Roland17:
Very sad news. He battled with drug abuse. Looks like he ODed.

He's been out injured for like 3 seasons barely playing. It's very easy to stumble on other demons.

These athletes really go through a lot. Look at the NFL alone this past season we had two players that committed suicide as well.

I won't be surprised if he stumbled into some darkness that not being able to play can lead to.

Roland17:
Very sad news. He battled with drug abuse. Looks like he ODed.

I kept trying to find cause of death in the presser, to no avail. Makes sense now

birdman:
I kept trying to find cause of death in the presser, to no avail. Makes sense now

Yea, it is a difficult topic and I don't expect the team to divulge it or any thing that may suggest such. The focus will be to celebrate him.

Like A40 said, these professional cats deal with a lot of demons. Most don't surround themselves with the right minds.

greypencils:
I still dont understand why no one draws plays for Rudy Gobert. Ordinary lob sef, the guy no dey see. I dont understand why his height is not being utilized effectively. 4 FGA in this game? 4? It doesnt make sense. Every other short person is running around throwing bricks when there is a lobable giant in the paint. As how na? Abi the guy no sabi catch lob ni? I understand that Wemby is tall and would intercept that shit. But the likes of Giannis would still drive to the hole, dunks, layups, lobs, the whole package. OK Giannis is overstretching it. (There is a reason he is called a Freak) Jokic nko? Embiid nko? Wetin do Gobert nitori olorun? Is he that slow?

Once you get pigeonholed into one role in the NBA, thats it. I dont think we have crazy scheme coaches in the league anymore, that would run plays for players you arent expecting. There probably are some more recent ones, but I immediately think of Rick Adelman, Don Nelson

I had to look up Don Neslon just because, ol boy . He coached Mavericks like early 2000s. Like play like play, 25 years ago. I know steady986 was not born then. Otherwise he would have showed up by now to explain his sorry Lakers

Roland17:
Yea, it is a difficult topic and I don't expect the team to divulge it or any thing that may suggest such. The focus will be to celebrate him.

Like A40 said, these professional cats deal with a lot of demons. Most don't surround themselves with the right minds.

You saw the Stefon Diggs trial? At least guy man escaped with acquittal. Either the drugs or the women, both out to get you. And if you escape that, congrats, you get to deal with relatives