kd wanted out he was pouting all of 2019 everyone could see it, draymond just decided not to pussyfoot around it. i love dray cos he wins and cares and is unafraid.
― a talented ‘Rebel’ with Balls (Spottie), Thursday, 23 September 2021 00:12 (two years ago) link
he should have pussyfooted around it!
― lag∞n, Thursday, 23 September 2021 00:13 (two years ago) link
he was already gone. he and kyrie had it all planned out already
― a talented ‘Rebel’ with Balls (Spottie), Thursday, 23 September 2021 00:14 (two years ago) link
draymond created that ideal role for himself.
not trying to take anything away from him but playing with two of the greatest shooters ever is good for him
― lag∞n, Thursday, 23 September 2021 00:16 (two years ago) link
― a talented ‘Rebel’ with Balls (Spottie), Wednesday, September 22, 2021 8:14 PM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink
if you let kyrie win at mind games thats on you
kd made his bed
― a talented ‘Rebel’ with Balls (Spottie), Thursday, 23 September 2021 00:20 (two years ago) link
kd is doing fine, the warriors on the other hand...
― lag∞n, Thursday, 23 September 2021 00:21 (two years ago) link
feel like you guys are being a little stubborn about this
Huh? I'm not anti your theory.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, 23 September 2021 00:22 (two years ago) link
it seemed like you were
― lag∞n, Thursday, 23 September 2021 00:23 (two years ago) link
I just think it's funny that Simmons is somehow LESS of a shooter than Draymond, and that Draymond is like a "legit" center despite being like two feet shorter than Simmons or whatever.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, 23 September 2021 00:24 (two years ago) link
dray plays center great but has never been there full time i guess because of concerns that it will take too much of a physical toll which i think does make sense for him hes such an effortful physical player that banging with the bigs all season would prob be too much for him or at least an injury risk, simmons plays more athletic less physical so i think itd be ok
― lag∞n, Thursday, 23 September 2021 00:27 (two years ago) link
anyway recruiting kd in the first place was the original sin, but once you do that you have to be nice to him hes a huge baby everyone knows that
― lag∞n, Thursday, 23 September 2021 00:28 (two years ago) link
Personally I have no problem with it. We got two rings out of the devil's bargain and now we get to root for a moderately fun squad. I'd take that any day.
I don't know anyone who wanted KD to stay.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, 23 September 2021 00:30 (two years ago) link
i mean yeah they never shouldve gotten him in the first place
― lag∞n, Thursday, 23 September 2021 00:31 (two years ago) link
I assume you mean like "it was uncool" and not that it was a bad business decision.
How many rings would they have without him? They were going to max Harrison Barnes! Yikes
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, 23 September 2021 00:33 (two years ago) link
theyd love to have harrison barnes right now tho lol
― a talented ‘Rebel’ with Balls (Spottie), Thursday, 23 September 2021 00:34 (two years ago) link
they had one ring and had the best record ever the next year i think theres a good chance they add at least another two without him and they keep the vibes good
― lag∞n, Thursday, 23 September 2021 00:35 (two years ago) link
a massive 'what if' for sure.
― a talented ‘Rebel’ with Balls (Spottie), Thursday, 23 September 2021 00:37 (two years ago) link
maybe the bigger what if is not chasing the regular season record
― lag∞n, Thursday, 23 September 2021 00:39 (two years ago) link
even tho it was extremely sweet
the thing w draymond is that his one non duplicable attribute is his mind. you can look at players with similar size skill and athleticism and map them onto his general role in your head but dray’s brain is 1 of 1, it’s just the thing you can’t see
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 23 September 2021 00:40 (two years ago) link
that said it’s a great analogue for simmons the way draymond grabs a defensive rebound and goes up the court with the offense at his fingertips. that’s the situation ben needs, with shooters spacing around him he can pass to
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 23 September 2021 00:41 (two years ago) link
This guy is really plugged in and gets fed a lot of "scoops" by local teams, betting the rumor are true. Also, it's the Wolves so of course it's going to be the most absurd/hilarious reason
We have said on Ch. 5 at 5p and 6p that this isn't anything related to basketball.— Darren Wolfson (@DWolfsonKSTP) September 22, 2021
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 23 September 2021 00:41 (two years ago) link
yeah i dont think simmons will be playing inside linebacker blowing up plays before they happen like dray does, but still playing a dray type role makes sense for him
― lag∞n, Thursday, 23 September 2021 00:43 (two years ago) link
the closest thing to dray on the mind wave level is prob marcus smart
― lag∞n, Thursday, 23 September 2021 00:44 (two years ago) link
rosas, man. unbelievable what supposedly intelligent people will do.
the simmons center thing, i get it but don't get hung up on the positions, i think the way i look at it is ideally you want to have only one nonshooter on the floor so however you accomplish that around simmons is what you want to do. and even then most teams end up having to play minutes with two nonshooters, like the warriors will probably start draymond/looney and then not finish that way.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 23 September 2021 00:46 (two years ago) link
With degrees from MIT and Stanford, Gupta is an analytics ace who began his career at ESPN, where he developed the popular website feature known as the "NBA Trade Machine" that calculates the salary-cap ramifications of any potential deal that a fan wants to plug in.
Gupta developed the trade machine, nice
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, 23 September 2021 00:59 (two years ago) link
salute
― lag∞n, Thursday, 23 September 2021 01:27 (two years ago) link
in other news andrew wiggins refuses to get vaxed and i guess won't be able to play home games?
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 23 September 2021 01:54 (two years ago) link
Loooooooool ok WCCO reporting, it's a wrap
BREAKING: Gerson Rosas is out as Timberwolves President of Basketball Operations for creating a toxic culture and an "inappropriate relationship." WATCH NOW as Mike Max has the latest on the firing on CBSN Minnesota: https://t.co/K69mHc1wEh | Read more: https://t.co/MPCRQV3UDA pic.twitter.com/VsNinAf1yB— WCCO - CBS Minnesota (@WCCO) September 23, 2021
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 23 September 2021 01:55 (two years ago) link
alright well there you go
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 23 September 2021 01:59 (two years ago) link
my understanding is the sixers have been trying very hard to make him into a shooter the whole time and he simply will not shoot, interview with doc today where he said simmons has a shooting coach and a free throw coach lol
― lag∞n, Wednesday, September 22, 2021 7:58 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
I forget everyone hasn't been reading the Philly papers/sites, etc. for the last 4 years on a daily basis so hasn't lived through this stuff.
Simmons didn't just not shoot 3s or long 2s. His rookie year he shot 78.7% of his shots from within 10 ft of the basket.
It was assumed by most fans/media that, as a young player, he was going to develop an outside shot and every offseason we would get bombarded with stories about Simmons working on his game with shooting coaches, videos of Simmons shooting 3s (many posted by him or his people), and pre-season discussion with the staff about him shooting more.
The opposite happened: his second year in the league he shot 89.7% of his shots from within 10 ft of the basket; 94.2% his third year; then 91.0% last year.
― Taliban! (PBKR), Thursday, 23 September 2021 02:36 (two years ago) link
what are the details on this “inappropriate relationship”? the athletic called it a “consensual” relationship
― mens rea activist (k3vin k.), Thursday, 23 September 2021 02:56 (two years ago) link
i'm not tracking everything i'm seeing closely but i guess my sense is consensual relationship with a subordinate.
when your title is president that aren't really any coworkers you can bang appropriately.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 23 September 2021 02:59 (two years ago) link
Yeah having sex with his assistant is the word
Saw a rumor they were at a Twins game together
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 23 September 2021 03:02 (two years ago) link
Jon K posted a long story about the lead up to this, apparently things had been bad before the incident
Posted in the Athletic thread
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 23 September 2021 03:05 (two years ago) link
wow some ppl were ready to unload on this guy
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 23 September 2021 03:13 (two years ago) link
rip bob
Report: Mavericks drop Haralabos Voulgaris https://t.co/d9MOBTT3Fa— Kurt Helin (@basketballtalk) September 23, 2021
― lag∞n, Thursday, 23 September 2021 16:59 (two years ago) link
Best org in sports
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 23 September 2021 17:09 (two years ago) link
why did they wait lol
― a talented ‘Rebel’ with Balls (Spottie), Thursday, 23 September 2021 17:13 (two years ago) link
Valar Morghulis, Haralabos Voulgaris.
― Taliban! (PBKR), Thursday, 23 September 2021 17:16 (two years ago) link
you guys aren’t gonna believe this but sounds like kyrie has not gotten vaxed yet.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 23 September 2021 22:18 (two years ago) link
That dude basically drove Rick Carlilse out right?
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 23 September 2021 22:31 (two years ago) link
possibly yeah
― a talented ‘Rebel’ with Balls (Spottie), Thursday, 23 September 2021 22:48 (two years ago) link
the stuff i’ve read and heard makes me think he was one of a number of factors that led to that and probably not the biggest one. i think luka was done with rick.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 23 September 2021 22:57 (two years ago) link
yeah my read is luka got them both fired, maybe not intentionally tho
― lag∞n, Thursday, 23 September 2021 22:58 (two years ago) link
luka and carlisle had a power struggle that carlisle was never gonna win plain and simple. haralabob and donnie nelson had a separate power struggle over the front office that they both lost. it’s all in that athletic article
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 23 September 2021 22:59 (two years ago) link
it said the luka hated the mere sight of bob too
― lag∞n, Thursday, 23 September 2021 23:00 (two years ago) link