aaaaaaand the Raptors lose to the Cadavers. Did nazi that one coming. Sometimes I don't understand this league at all.
Do Sacramento next! Let's talk about teams that have somehow avoided major injury problems this year.
Do Sacramento next! Let's talk about teams that have somehow avoided major injury problems this year.
I'm giving some credit to DeJesus here for the Raptors surprising blowout loss to the Cavs.
After a bad Celtics loss, he is always warning us that "bad losses" happen throughout the NBA on a nightly basis. Case in point tonight.
After a bad Celtics loss, he is always warning us that "bad losses" happen throughout the NBA on a nightly basis. Case in point tonight.
In fact he has already risen again.
(though I don't remember his former screen name.)
It might be more. This is pretty unprecedented for this era of NBA basketball. I guess Chriss and Ibaka didn't have the benefit of playing AAU ball together...
Monday, March 11th must be some sort of holiday in OKC where past and present Thunder players are threatening everyone within reach...
He apparently Tweeted a bunch of stuff out about how Russ needed to get his ass kicked last spring. Thunder fans have already doxxed him and are going after him hard. Suboptimal for all involved.
Meanwhile kudos to your Clippers. Tonight's result is no fluke.
Eh. Celtics were without the next Kobe. I'd put a big asterisk on this one.
Although i love this squad. They've played hard all year.
Edit: I was wrong about the n bomb. But telling a black player "to get down on your knees like you used to", is really bad.
Although i love this squad. They've played hard all year.
Edit: I was wrong about the n bomb. But telling a black player "to get down on your knees like you used to", is really bad.
Its horrible and uncalled for. He is going to pay for it - all of his personal information including his place of work is now on Twitter.
Hopefully by this afternoon we’ll be calling it his “former” place of work if they have any decency. Robin Ficker should have a training school for sports heckler where it is taught where a line is drawn.
It's interesting. On paper Butler looks like a really good player; he plays hard on both ends, has improved his three point shooting over the years, gets to the line a lot, can do some playmaking, etc. However, I think his problem is that to unlock all those aspects of his game, he needs to have the ball in his hands and be the focal point of the offense. I don't know how good of a team you can have when Jimmy Butler is commanding your offense as the primary creator. In Philly he hasn't been bad, but he isn't the same player that he was in Chicago and Minnesota, because the 76ers have better options.
Klay is the opposite, while playing in Golden State certainly is a bonus for him, I imagine that if you dropped him into any other situation he would be the exact same player. That is really his brilliance; he's the absolute perfect third-banana on a legendary team. The guy he reminds me of is Robert Parish, which is funny because their respective style of plays is so different. However they had the same role on their teams; they do a few things remarkably well, play hard, never rock the boat and ultimately gain the respect and admiration of everyone involved.
So much of the NBA is determined now on fit and how everyone is going to play together, which makes Klay such an interesting prospective free agent. Klay can fit in on any NBA team and do well. If I had to absolutely avoid staying out of the lottery and I needed to build my team around Klay or Jimmy Butler, I would probably pick Butler because he has so many different skills. However, if I was trying to put together an actually good team that could contend, I'd pick Klay as a cornerstone well ahead of Butler.
I don't think Klay could fit in many places where he was expected to be the primary creator. And if he is getting a max contract elsewhere, he will be expected to be that player.
I don't think you would see any depreciation in his numbers though. Maybe he wouldn't shoot quite as well from three; but even if he were to go to a completely ass team like Phoenix, I don't see him scoring any less. I also don't think simply getting a max contract means you are expected to be the primary creator; plenty of teams have multiple max guys. If he were to get a max deal from somewhere like Dallas, or Atlanta, or Chicago, or Phoenix, or some other crappy team, he wouldn't be expected to be the primary creator.
We have to stop giving so much credit to Twitter lip readers. He could have been saying so many things in that clip.
If you want to win a championship in the NBA, you need to have multiple max players (or guys who deserve the max). There are tons of teams who already have elite primary creators who become a lot better if they had Klay Thompson on their team.
Let's run through teams that will have cap space, where Klay wouldn't have to be a primary creator, and would make the team much, much better on a max deal:
- Philly (sure, probably used up by Harris, but Klay probably makes them better than Harris does, especially if both are getting maxed)
- SAC
- Indy
- Brooklyn
- Knicks if they signed Durant or Kyrie
- Clippers
- Lakers
- Suns
- Mavs
I tried to only include teams that will have max space or close to it with simple moves. If I listed all the teams that would like to have Klay Thompson at the max if they could do it in a S&T, I'd just list all contenders, because almost all of them would jump at the chance to have him, and he'd make them all much better.
That idiot fan claimed in an interview after the incident he told Westbrook to ice his knees. So either he was backsliding after making a rude comment, or Russ mis-heard him. I'm guessing from his past social media act, he was backsliding.
He used the N work in a contentious social media post. The Jazz might want to do more than just warn this customer.
https://www.theroot.com/well-what-do-you-know-turns-out-the-fan-involved-in-t-1833231970
Good job, Jazz. Logistics question: how do teams actually enforce a ban? I presume they could press charges if he showed up again but how exactly does it work if he, say, bought a ticket on stubhub and just acted normally during a game?
I’d assume he’d be arrested for trespassing. Given that his face is now notorious I’d guess this guy would have trouble avoiding detection by security, ushers, as well as other patrons.
Maybe if he tried to go next week or something. But what about next season when this incident will have been forgotten by just about everyone and security staff has turned over 60% or whatever? These bans seem to be more symbolic than anything. I would actually be quite impressed if a team could root out a guy like this a year from now.
I dunno. Literally every patron in this guys section will recognize him. Even new security people will know his face. I mean if he was able to pull it off once good for him but I don’t see how he avoids being arrested if he tries.
He's a classic Gamma on a championship team. Anyone bringing him in to be an Alpha is just trying to make a splash.
But Gammas get maxed too. A lot of people don't get that and are future disappointed fans.
The guy said "get on your knees like you're used to". Isn't he referencing fellatio? It's certainly not a cool thing to say. But I don't see how it's racist. I seem to remember a lot of "jeter swallows" t shirts around fenway. Not that homophobic remarks should be condoned, I just find it odd that others have interpreted his remark differently.
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I guess that's one way to look at it. I interpreted it as a slave kneeling down to his master or what have you.
Sorry, you don’t get the benefit of the doubt when you tweet N-bombs, call African countries “shitholes,” and tell Russ to “go back where he came from #MAGA.”
Many, many idiots are.
Those who realize that "max guy" <> "savior" are quite happy with Al and what he does.
I am betting on SAS but after that offensive foul call on Aldridge it’s clear that the refs are betting on DAL
Klay reminds me of Ray Allen in a lot of ways. He's a pure catch-and-shoot 2 who can also create his own shot and play as a complimentary 1 in initiating the offense which Ray did plenty of earlier in his career. Both can fit into any offense as they don't need the ball in their hands to create and are exceptional moving without the ball. Neither was ever going to be a #1 guy on a contender but ideal 3rd wheels on championship teams while not embarrassing you as the 2nd banana......but in their prime both are clearly max guys.
Washington's Thomas Bryant has a chance to join Kevin McHale, some guy named Dave Twardzik and David Lee as the only players to shoot 60% from the field and 80% from the line. Unlike the other guys, Bryant has attempted 65 3s and has made 35.4% of them. Myles Turner is still on pace to become the first player ever to shoot 40% or better from 3 while blocking 2 shots a game, he's at 40% and 2.9 bpg atm. Other players have come close (Serge Ibaka a few times, Kristaps, even Chris Webber.) Brock Lopez is currently at .366 and 2.2.
Brogdon is set to join the .50/.40/.90 club, currently at .507/.430/.928.
Malcom Beasley is very close, at .494/.427/.898.
Brogdon is set to join the .50/.40/.90 club, currently at .507/.430/.928.
Malcom Beasley is very close, at .494/.427/.898.
That's Old Dominion University and Virginia Sports Hall of Famer Dave Twardzik to you!!!!
He also started for the NBA champion Trail Blazers in '77.
He's interesting in that he was a PG and only 6'1. The other guys are all PF types.
He was known for his penetration - nicknamed "pinball" because of all the contact he took.
What a team the 77 Blazers were.
http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindblazersbeat/2009/12/blazers_top_40_no_26_dave_twar.html
I just saw Harden get ‘fouled’ on a three where he both jumped into and kicked out at the defender who was trying to defend his shot and jumping to the side.. something needs to change with that rule or threes can’t be defended.
CP3 is almost as good as Harden at drawing those calls. The more remarkable thing was Harden successfully boxing out Boogie. How does that happen?
