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it's a spectrum imo and dwight is on the ass end of it but it's still a spectrum

Kev otm shaq was pretty fun up until his late career. Dwight just wanted to be like shaq and failed. Embiid is fun I’m a fan but could see it going sour VERY fast. He’s done some pretty dickish and petty things tho for sure. He’s a bad sulky loser for one, not a fan of that side of him. I like how he’s willing to call other centers out and back it up (drummond, whiteside etc)

Gotta say I’m proud of Brett brown for doing stuff. Made the right choice to sit TJ and play jimmy at backup PG. jimmy is now involved and unlocked. Moved embiid to siakim, jimmy to Lowry, Ben to kawhi and tobi to gasol. Rolling with a 7 man lineup and hoping that one of Ennis or Scott knocks down a few shots and keeps the defense honest. Working out currently.

On the other side... not much nurse can do about cowards.

embiid is a decent counter balance to the moody millennials durant and kyrie

and it sure beats a teammate the revels in farting up the locker room

Nurse has to sit gasol right? The best version of this team was when Ibaka was starting center no?

Gotta say I’m proud of Brett brown for doing stuff.

― but I can't let Trae do it I got Huerter on my mind (Spottie), Thursday, May 2, 2019 11:34 PM (twenty minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

also put simmons more in the mix off the ball setting screens and cutting rather than parking him halfway down the baseline which gummed everything up

hmm well los angeles has great weather

Ok, I had to double check those Kawhi on/off numbers for this series.

Kawhi ON:
110.0 offense, 100.6 defense
+9.4 net

Kawhi OFF:
56.7 offense, 109.7 defense
-53 net

Kawhi’s 27 minutes OFF in this series have been historically devastating.

— Duncan Smith (@DuncanSmithNBA) May 3, 2019

kawhi is v good but the rest of that toronto team outside of siakam has been BOOOOOOOOTY

its a shame bc on paper that team should cook but that team on paper has kyle lowry tho

gasol has been a huge disappointment im hugely disappointed in him

Also rmmbr vanvleet last year was like 6th man of the year runner up or whatever this year he looks like a g league call up.

the struggles to date of the east top 4 dont bode well for their hopes of challenging the warriors. i expected the raptors would be much better in the offs tbh

does losing 1 game count as struggle

gasol has been a huge disappointment im hugely disappointed in him

― lag∞n, Friday, May 3, 2019 12:26 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

he’s always been overrated imo but he’s old now what do we expect

theyd probably like to have valenciunas and delon wright about now

i doubt it. if the raptors are having problems scoring w/ kawhi off the floor i think the blame falls mostly on the ball dominant PG making $31 million whose been on the team for 7 years

the whole theory of toronto was to play swarming lockdown defense and figure it out on offense so it’s a problem when the swarming lockdown defense doesn’t show.

also maybe embiid’s career scoring avg against memphis wasn’t a sample size worth making major decisions on.

https://giphy.com/gifs/nba-funny-joel-embiid-TgKEs2CboEcRB0NYie

this here's for lagoon
https://www.theringer.com/nba/2019/5/3/18527999/jayson-tatum-khris-middleton-celtics-bucks

the other component is defending middleton. giannis will get his but they can't let middleton kill them.

― call all destroyer, Monday, April 22, 2019 8:46 PM (six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

hes not really that good

― lag∞n, Monday, April 22, 2019 5:54 PM (one week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

articles telling yer boy that he needs to level up to a player who's not that good. you hate to see it.

that article is pretty dumb

i mean its two games

not to mention middleton is 27 and tatum is in his second year

it's weird to see any NBA player described as "only an average athlete"

middletons a lil better now but tatums obvs going to have a much better career

i just think you underrate middleton and overrate tatum a little is all. tatum's gonna get traded this offseason and you'll never think about him again anyway.

middletons a classic borderline allstar type which is p much tatums floor

dont necessarily disagree but I think thats a pretty good floor

....i don't think jayson tatum should try to be khris middleton

i think kris middleton shd try to be kris middleton when hes playing the celtics instead of steph curry

i mean that article could have just said "jayson tatum needs to play better" and yes, i agree

agree. he could stand to shoot more threes too tho. he's really good at those.

there are three deer in my backyard right now, that has to be a good sign

are you afraid?

players and dancers warming up at the same time is curio of nba pregame

Jaylen Brown follows the ball with his eyes pic.twitter.com/Ueq39wbLA1

— BBALLBREAKDOWN (@bballbreakdown) May 3, 2019

brooklyn arena has an extra court u can see near the entrance not sure if it ever gets used

good beard imo

ridic

Kyrie with the pull back. Smooth pic.twitter.com/yZ3bPoWWkh

— BBALLBREAKDOWN (@bballbreakdown) May 4, 2019

Celts hitting a lot of crazy shots we’ll see if they keep it up

Can’t believe that Pat Connoughton is the Bucks mvp right now

markief wearing marcus kanas jersey last playoffs, wearing his celtics one this year as hes not on a current nba team to offend

bledsoe lol

Bledsoe really not having a good game

JAYLEN KILLED A MAN pic.twitter.com/yxWrFCs0Ez

— Max Carlin (@maxacarlin) May 4, 2019

tense game out there

idk if "foul Giannis on every play" is gonna be a winning strategy

Bucks finally with a 2 possession lead

celtics don't defend against hoisting very well

YESSSSSSS

that wasn't even a trip, blesdoe just slipped and fell and was awarded free throws