Holyyyyyy. I’ve been on the Bruins tonight, but this looks like a great one
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Seems like a silly review.
OK, I guess not. I just don't think of that as a clear path situation.
OK, I guess not. I just don't think of that as a clear path situation.
The Murray/Mitchell battle has been awesome to watch.
I know Denver wants to keep Jeremi Grant, but I wonder what he’ll command, even with the diminished cap. Solid rotation guy.
Its staggering how good some of these players are. The shot making is the best I've ever seen because while the old school defense was a lot more physical, the defensive schemes most teams in the NBA currently use is way more elaborate than the handcheck days. Guys like Spida and Murray can do so much with tiny windows.
Murray following up 50-11-7 with 42-8-8
13/23 from 3
35/57 overall
No turnovers?
Ridiculous!
Plus two Saturn-sized nuts. Bonkers. And he’s probably not even the best 23 year old guard from Kentucky!
Paul George looks like he found his shot, just in time for the Clip. Doc looks like he’s having a blast tonight.
It was pretty obvious in the replay immediately afterwards that he did it intentionally. I'd be shocked if he's punished by the league, but his rep will take a bit of a hit. Shitty thing to do to a guy who is fighting through an ankle problem.
Yeah, I’ll say that’s like 97% intentional. Just isn’t a natural movement of the foot when you’re trotting up to someone.
Pacers fired Nate McMillan...two weeks after extending him. Something had to happen, because well look at this petty shit.
View: https://twitter.com/SBondyNYDN/status/1298644945344106498?s=20
View: https://twitter.com/SBondyNYDN/status/1298644945344106498?s=20
I always though McMillan has been an underrated coach. His lack of success in the playoffs can be attributed to terrible injury luck (Oladipo last year, Sabonis this year) rather than bad coaching. I suppose Indiana thinks they can land a top coach who can take the team to the next level (Woj has already speculated that they are looking at D'Antoni) but McMillan probably got the most out of what he was given. Never figuring out the Turner/Sabonis situation seemed more like a front office problem.
It looks intentional - that is for sure.
Its hard to say anything about Mook's reputation in the league but everyone watching this series now definitively knows that the Clippers think the key to slowing Luka is to be as physical as possible with him. They are literally trying to beat Luka and intimidate him - I am guessing he has or had a reputation for getting taken out of his game by this approach.
While injured lower extremity stomping may be extreme, I suspect Doncic has to prove to some people that he can win regardless of how much abuse he takes.
View: https://twitter.com/FOXSportsSW/status/1298478191519191040?s=20
well, Ryan Mcdonough isn't hiding his thoughts.
View: https://twitter.com/McDNBA/status/1298482880360767488
View: https://twitter.com/McDNBA/status/1298482880360767488
Is his rep all that good to begin with? I thought both of the Morris brothers were known for their attitude problems since their days at KU, but I could definitely be misremembering.
And I wish the league would take action on stuff like this. I, and I am guessing most casual fans of the NBA, don't tune in to Mavs-Clips to watch the Morris's of the world. This series loses a ton of its luster if Doncic, Kawhi, or George are not playing, especially if they are not playing due to an obvious cheap shot.
I think it’s absolutely intentional. I’ve been a Mook fan, despite of his annoying habits, both as a player and as an instigator, but fuck that. I hope the league comes down hard. That’s some serious bullshit.
Yeah they have been trying physical and mental intimidation the whole series, as they should. It's win or go home, and the guy is the Mavs best player, is a highly skilled player, and is very young. It's what any smart team would do. But dirty is dirty.
At the of the day it's not a clothesline or even a Zaza. It's just unprofessional and low-risk dirty. Easy to get past Montrezl's trash talk, but I wouldn't blame Luka for thinking ill of MaMo.
I went into viewing that video with an attitude of “Here we go again. People assuming there’s malice where none exists.”
That was 100% intentional.
That was 100% intentional.
Yeah, most guys get taken out of their games if you sweep the ankle
.Physical play is one thing. The BS we see in the above videos is not that.
I wasn't suggesting that so forgive me if that was what you took away from the post. My point is that, this move aside, the Clippers have been all over Doncic testing his physical as well as mental toughness.Yeah, most guys get taken out of their games if you sweep the ankle
Physical play is one thing. The BS we see in the above videos is not that.
As the sideline angle shows, it’s not just the unnatural extended step, but the fact that he starts heading up court with the rest of his teammates until he sees that it’s Luka who grabs the board and then turns around and makes a beeline for him. Mook ain’t Jevon Carter at WVU, dude isn’t doing that to apply the 90 foot press.
Mostly agreed, but when you get swept out of the playoffs in back to back years (as the 4 seed this year, 5 seed last year) there's a problem, no matter who is injured or what the team's makeup is. They were also swept in the first round in 16/17. They've probably overachieved slightly in the regular season over the last few years, but when you barely show up in the playoffs, you're on the hot seat.
The Clips have one of the more oft-injured superstars in the game. Not sure I want to take the risk that anyone will cheap-shot Kawhi because I tried to re-roll an ankle. It was intentional and it was dumb.
No worries. I am just a child of the 1980s and 1990s who grew up hearing how the Pistons/Knicks/Heat played "physical" basketball. Obviously they did but that physicality veered into cheap shot territory way too often.
Definitely right that the Clippers are testing Doncic. A lot of fun to watch, both the testing and how he responds.
Yeah, seriously. It’s fun to watch if they’re bodying him up like the Pistons used to do with MJ. It’s 100% not fun to watch when a dipshit like Morris intentionally and successfully aggravates his ankle injury.
I like watch a healthy Luka. Watching Luka with one healthy leg is much less fun.
Yeah when people glamorize the Bad Boy Pistons they talk about being physical with Dumars on Jordan and all of that stuff, and often neglect to talk about Mahorn stepping repeatably on McHale's sprained ankle.
Sorry, the physical (non cheap shot edition) and mental testing of Doncic, and how he responds, is fun to watch. The trying to break his ankle on purpose is not fun to watch.
Very sad. Really liked watching him as a player, particularly on those UConn teams.
