I’m not saying this means anything but the nuggets are doig a pretty good job of beating bad teams since murray’s gone down.
― k3vin k., Thursday, 29 April 2021 03:31 (three years ago) link
Campazzo was a clutch signing, he’s been huge in the games with Barton out
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 29 April 2021 03:33 (three years ago) link
who’s in second for MVP now? is it giannis or has curry overtaken him?
― k3vin k., Thursday, 29 April 2021 03:48 (three years ago) link
tbh maybe it’s kawhi, feel like he’s having a really great under the radar season and is making a great case in the MVP race, for second place
― k3vin k., Thursday, 29 April 2021 03:55 (three years ago) link
dame's been nursing an injury* and the blazers have been shit so it is not him
*(also seems to me like teams started trapping him in pretty clever ways and he sorta fell off a ledge since this has been happening?)
― Clay, Thursday, 29 April 2021 04:01 (three years ago) link
yeah everyone ignores the clippers but kawhi is having a really good season
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 29 April 2021 04:01 (three years ago) link
everyone ignores the clippers
The Jazz and Suns are novelties and that generates buzz for them. Plus the Lakers always suck massive attention towards themselves. Also, the PG Playoff Effect may have something to do with people discounting the Clippers. Once the 'offs are underway the reg season doesn't matter anyway.
― sharpening the contraindications (Aimless), Thursday, 29 April 2021 04:10 (three years ago) link
chris paul should get some mvp vote u wld think
― Clay, Thursday, 29 April 2021 04:10 (three years ago) link
embiid will finish a distant second
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 29 April 2021 04:21 (three years ago) link
Paul third imo
― Draymond is "Mr Dumpy" (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 29 April 2021 05:35 (three years ago) link
If we're going by the "Best player on the best/2nd best team in the league" criteria that's seemed to been the norm for the award over the past ~20 years outside of the Westbrook outlier season Paul should be first IMO. Absolutely ludicrous how he's taken one of the most inept franchises in the league from a decade straight in the lottery to 1 game off best record in the league basically overnight in his first season going on 36 years old.
― Sabre of Paradise (trevor phillips), Thursday, 29 April 2021 06:02 (three years ago) link
He absolutely took over in that game vs the clips tonight. Cooked pg no problem.
― i was too much listening to your accent (Spottie), Thursday, 29 April 2021 06:20 (three years ago) link
Did the same a couple days ago to the Knicks to end that 9 game tear they were on too.
― Sabre of Paradise (trevor phillips), Thursday, 29 April 2021 06:27 (three years ago) link
Lakers might end up with the 6th seed...
― i was too much listening to your accent (Spottie), Thursday, 29 April 2021 06:45 (three years ago) link
Battle of LA first round would be insane
― Wayne Grotski (symsymsym), Thursday, 29 April 2021 07:01 (three years ago) link
I have been right about chris paul for 15 years straight now but this year has been especially satisfying
― k3vin k., Thursday, 29 April 2021 10:26 (three years ago) link
last night was the first suns game i've seen in about a month or so. i like the style of swarming, fast pass, high energy ball they're playing and can think of a few western contenders that might well be flummoxed by it during the playoffs.
― Draymond is "Mr Dumpy" (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 29 April 2021 14:50 (three years ago) link
Missed this until now:
That's some high IQ ball right there, @iAmSJ pic.twitter.com/Y5N6ckYCgS— Toronto Raptors (@Raptors) April 27, 2021
Today's Athletic has an EXTENSIVE mea culpa from Love, here's the bulk of it... dude sounds like he's in a bad place.
I know that I fucked up,” Love said. “I apologize for that. I don’t go out there meaning to upset anybody, to embarrass myself, to embarrass the organization because I feel like I’m a part of something of bigger than myself here.My intent wasn’t to disrespect the game. My intent wasn’t even for the damn ball to go inbounds. It was a moment that I got caught up in. I didn’t even really understand what happened as the possession played out. I think I was a little dumbfounded. I even heard a couple of coaches saying the ball wasn’t in. My idea was that I was going to go grab the ball and pass it right back into DG. But that obviously wasn’t the case. I kept playing hard, didn’t play the fourth quarter. Other guys got to see minutes, but I didn’t realize how bad it looked really until after the game, I truly didn’t.I just completely shut down because I never want that to be who I am. I don’t want to be here and defend my character whether it being Chris Fedor saying I blatantly lost the game or whatever he said in the media, which was brought to my attention by different players and the coaching staff, who knows I would ride or die with them. Everything I do comes from a good place. Whatever was said outside of it was a way bigger deal than … I know that I fucked up. This isn’t, ‘Woe is me.’ These guys ride with me. I apologized. We’ve moved on. We even talked about it today, but I mean I know the perception and the way people want to make this. Me being a leader for the team and I know I’m going to take that on the chin. I’m going to be a man and take it on the chin.I apologize for that lack of judgment because that wasn’t me. Truly wasn’t me. I truly believe that all the good that I do should outweigh the bad.I’m slightly broken-hearted because I have had the game taken away from me. I have missed games and I feel a lot of guilt. That’s another thing on top of imposter syndrome and I mentioned feeling that guilt in missing games and letting my teammates down, letting the fans down and then having a setback and returning to play and not being able to be my old self. I’m so frustrated that I can’t be my full self right now for my teammates and that … you know I can’t be better for them and that was part of the moment of frustration that I had, that was a big part of it. And for that, I apologize too.This isn’t something that happened last year, where, yes, that was something that was not coming from a good place. But this wasn’t that. DG even made light of it after the game, and I had to kind of say, ‘Hey, listen, guys. No, that was a really bad situation.’ I know, of course, they come down and hit a 3 out of it. But it was nothing about them. It was nothing about the coaching staff. Part of it was the officiating, part of it was how I’ve been playing, the back-to-back, us having four or five games out, but those just sound like excuses. I take this one on the chin, naturally, I’ll do that as a man, I’ll do that as a teammate. And just, again, like I said, continue to get better. That’s really all I can do. And like I said, this one hurt me because it wasn’t coming from a bad place.I’ll say it again and again, I fucked up. But at the same time, my relationship with the coaches, my teammates, front office, people want to make something about Koby (Altman) or Andrae Patterson or Jason Hillman, we’ve never had a better relationship than we’ve had now. I’ll ride or die for J.B. and our coaching staff, and I’ll ride or die for our young guys, even when I’m given 60 percent, 70 percent of myself up right now because I’m still getting over the hump with my injury.I’m not saying that what was said about me or any of our team or anything is unjust. I believe that we have to be better and especially me being a leader, I have to be better. But I know that I’m a good human being. I know in some cases that I’m misunderstood. And that’s fine. And that’s fine. I love Cleveland, I’ll fucking rock with Cleveland ’til the day I die. I believe that I’ll come back here, whether anybody’s opinion of me has soured because I haven’t been available or my play this year hasn’t quite been there because I’m off balance, and I’m not able to get in the shape I want to be in because I’m held back, fine. Those can all sound like excuses. But this is just me leaving it all out there. being truthful and just being Kevin. I mean, at the end of the day, that’s all I can be.
My intent wasn’t to disrespect the game. My intent wasn’t even for the damn ball to go inbounds. It was a moment that I got caught up in. I didn’t even really understand what happened as the possession played out. I think I was a little dumbfounded. I even heard a couple of coaches saying the ball wasn’t in. My idea was that I was going to go grab the ball and pass it right back into DG. But that obviously wasn’t the case. I kept playing hard, didn’t play the fourth quarter. Other guys got to see minutes, but I didn’t realize how bad it looked really until after the game, I truly didn’t.
I just completely shut down because I never want that to be who I am. I don’t want to be here and defend my character whether it being Chris Fedor saying I blatantly lost the game or whatever he said in the media, which was brought to my attention by different players and the coaching staff, who knows I would ride or die with them. Everything I do comes from a good place. Whatever was said outside of it was a way bigger deal than … I know that I fucked up. This isn’t, ‘Woe is me.’ These guys ride with me. I apologized. We’ve moved on. We even talked about it today, but I mean I know the perception and the way people want to make this. Me being a leader for the team and I know I’m going to take that on the chin. I’m going to be a man and take it on the chin.
I apologize for that lack of judgment because that wasn’t me. Truly wasn’t me. I truly believe that all the good that I do should outweigh the bad.
I’m slightly broken-hearted because I have had the game taken away from me. I have missed games and I feel a lot of guilt. That’s another thing on top of imposter syndrome and I mentioned feeling that guilt in missing games and letting my teammates down, letting the fans down and then having a setback and returning to play and not being able to be my old self. I’m so frustrated that I can’t be my full self right now for my teammates and that … you know I can’t be better for them and that was part of the moment of frustration that I had, that was a big part of it. And for that, I apologize too.
This isn’t something that happened last year, where, yes, that was something that was not coming from a good place. But this wasn’t that. DG even made light of it after the game, and I had to kind of say, ‘Hey, listen, guys. No, that was a really bad situation.’ I know, of course, they come down and hit a 3 out of it. But it was nothing about them. It was nothing about the coaching staff. Part of it was the officiating, part of it was how I’ve been playing, the back-to-back, us having four or five games out, but those just sound like excuses. I take this one on the chin, naturally, I’ll do that as a man, I’ll do that as a teammate. And just, again, like I said, continue to get better. That’s really all I can do. And like I said, this one hurt me because it wasn’t coming from a bad place.
I’ll say it again and again, I fucked up. But at the same time, my relationship with the coaches, my teammates, front office, people want to make something about Koby (Altman) or Andrae Patterson or Jason Hillman, we’ve never had a better relationship than we’ve had now. I’ll ride or die for J.B. and our coaching staff, and I’ll ride or die for our young guys, even when I’m given 60 percent, 70 percent of myself up right now because I’m still getting over the hump with my injury.
I’m not saying that what was said about me or any of our team or anything is unjust. I believe that we have to be better and especially me being a leader, I have to be better. But I know that I’m a good human being. I know in some cases that I’m misunderstood. And that’s fine. And that’s fine.
I love Cleveland, I’ll fucking rock with Cleveland ’til the day I die. I believe that I’ll come back here, whether anybody’s opinion of me has soured because I haven’t been available or my play this year hasn’t quite been there because I’m off balance, and I’m not able to get in the shape I want to be in because I’m held back, fine. Those can all sound like excuses. But this is just me leaving it all out there. being truthful and just being Kevin. I mean, at the end of the day, that’s all I can be.
― Draymond is "Mr Dumpy" (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 29 April 2021 15:01 (three years ago) link
damn man
― k3vin k., Thursday, 29 April 2021 15:26 (three years ago) link
tbf i have never really seen a professional athlete just tune out like that
it's like if a center fielder just stopped running and let the ball land next to him and just kept standing there
― One Of The Bad Guys (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 29 April 2021 15:58 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/u1sE83d.gif
― lag∞n, Thursday, 29 April 2021 16:02 (three years ago) link
lol totally
― One Of The Bad Guys (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 29 April 2021 16:14 (three years ago) link
i am somewhat equally confused by Darius Garland's response? He just sorta looks around.
― Draymond is "Mr Dumpy" (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 29 April 2021 16:15 (three years ago) link
love still has two more seasons after this on that contract...
― i was too much listening to your accent (Spottie), Thursday, 29 April 2021 16:22 (three years ago) link
seems like he might want to think about retiring idk
― lag∞n, Thursday, 29 April 2021 16:23 (three years ago) link
hard to walk away from 60M no matter what your mental state is.
― i was too much listening to your accent (Spottie), Thursday, 29 April 2021 16:26 (three years ago) link
love's long documented issues with mental health always make it difficult for me to want to lean too hard on himbut he is getting paid millions of dollars to play a game where tall men put a ball in a peach basket so you kinda want him to be able to be semi-functional on the court
― Draymond is "Mr Dumpy" (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 29 April 2021 16:28 (three years ago) link
i mean thats the other thing hes just not good anymore/cant stay healthy, maybe the cavs cld buy him out
― lag∞n, Thursday, 29 April 2021 16:30 (three years ago) link
im sure they will in his final season
― i was too much listening to your accent (Spottie), Thursday, 29 April 2021 16:39 (three years ago) link
this is a weird column
My Column: Inside Damian Lillard’s most frustrating season and how his inaction led to inaction from a franchise destined to be yet another postseason tuneup for legitimate championship contenders. https://t.co/Go8VRkrVWq— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) April 30, 2021
― call all destroyer, Friday, 30 April 2021 15:51 (three years ago) link
is haynes speaking for lillard?
― i was too much listening to your accent (Spottie), Friday, 30 April 2021 16:32 (three years ago) link
if i were a western conf team id be interested in talking about a non conf playoff seeding format
― lag∞n, Friday, 30 April 2021 16:34 (three years ago) link
it’s long past time and I think the rivalry argument was always weak but I just don’t see why it matters these days with players changing teams all the time, era of league pass and whatnot
― k3vin k., Friday, 30 April 2021 17:21 (three years ago) link
imo the rivalry argument is legit but its just not enough
― lag∞n, Friday, 30 April 2021 17:23 (three years ago) link
something that was rare already becoming 50% less common idk, what are the current rivalries
― lag∞n, Friday, 30 April 2021 17:24 (three years ago) link
― i was too much listening to your accent (Spottie), Friday, April 30, 2021 12:32 PM (fifty-eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
they are pretty tight as superstars and journalists go
― call all destroyer, Friday, 30 April 2021 17:32 (three years ago) link
but I just don’t see why it matters these days with players changing teams all the time, era of league pass and whatnot
― k3vin k., Friday, April 30, 2021 1:21 PM (ten minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
this is a very good point as someone who has supported the rivalry argument in the past. the 90s aren't coming back. the late 2000s aren't even coming back.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 30 April 2021 17:33 (three years ago) link
IMHO
eliminate conferences, play 58 games each team home and away, eliminate back 2 backs, 12 playoff teams with the top 4 getting byes with the first round being short series so the top teams dont have to sit for too long / make the 1st round more exiting / give teams more incentive to try to get those byes
my proposal for the nba to focus on quality instead of just racking up increasingly meaningless quantity
― lag∞n, Friday, 30 April 2021 17:35 (three years ago) link
imo it should be 60 games with every team assigned a regional rival they play a second home&away against
― ciderpress, Friday, 30 April 2021 17:38 (three years ago) link
yeah thats cool i like it
― lag∞n, Friday, 30 April 2021 17:40 (three years ago) link
They added Covington, they added Norm Powell... it's not like they didn't do anything. It's a strange thesis
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Friday, 30 April 2021 17:40 (three years ago) link
tho if you get a real shitty rival thats nice lol xp
teams realizing that resting their guys is a competitive advantage has really become a big problem in a situation where even before that it was obvious there were too many games, we hardly ever get big national games with full strength lineups anymore, got to find a place where teams actually want to win every game
― lag∞n, Friday, 30 April 2021 17:42 (three years ago) link
i just hate the number 58 is all
― ciderpress, Friday, 30 April 2021 17:42 (three years ago) link
the other fix is to add a 31st team
its true 58 is a pretty lame number
― lag∞n, Friday, 30 April 2021 17:43 (three years ago) link
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Friday, April 30, 2021 10:40 AM (fifty-eight seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink
he even mentioned that but just kinda threw it away. im not sure what else they can do if they are married to the idea of paring dame with cj (which caps how far they can go).
― i was too much listening to your accent (Spottie), Friday, 30 April 2021 17:44 (three years ago) link
i suspect theyd trade cj but offers that makes sense for them just arent out there
― lag∞n, Friday, 30 April 2021 17:45 (three years ago) link
xp it's time for the Las Vegas Blackjacks to finally take the court
― Draymond is "Mr Dumpy" (forksclovetofu), Friday, 30 April 2021 17:46 (three years ago) link
teams realizing that resting their guys is a competitive advantage
― lag∞n, Friday, April 30, 2021 1:42 PM (three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
a funny thing about this is how many rings the spurs won off it before the rest of the league got wise, hmm san antonio went on another late season tear weird oh well back to playing my star 43mins a night
― lag∞n, Friday, 30 April 2021 17:48 (three years ago) link