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Declan MacManus posted:i am so tired of talking about ben simmons. can we talk about jaylen brown or sabonis or malik monk or devin vassell or franz wagner or MPJ has truly Overcome The Haters so far this year. He’s genuinely decent at defense now, knows where to be, and the occasional players who remember his old rep and try to ISO against him haven’t done great. When he’s launching shots, it’s not because he’s breaking off a play, but because it’s the result of good offensive process. Huge relief of a comeback season for him.
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kingcobweb posted:MPJ has truly Overcome The Haters so far this year. He’s genuinely decent at defense now, knows where to be, and the occasional players who remember his old rep and try to ISO against him haven’t done great. When he’s launching shots, it’s not because he’s breaking off a play, but because it’s the result of good offensive process. Huge relief of a comeback season for him. What does he do well on offense other than shoot
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I really like Dyson Daniels but I worry about his lack of wiggle on offense. Probably won't ever be much of an initiator despite his fantastic passing. It helps that he is stouter-Herb on defense and has a set 3pt shot that is on the verge of being something defenses have to respect. I'm excited for him. Somewhat relatedly, this team really loving misses Jose who has been injured for a while now. He doesn't turn the ball over much, keeps the offense moving and aggressively going to the paint, and is a pest to ballhandlers on defense. No one else has stepped up to provide those qualities off the bench. Herb is having a sophomore slump while also getting negative respect by refs for his defense. harumph Trey Murphy has added some driving to his game which has really opened things up for him. They are mostly straight line drives attacking closeouts, but he is still dangerous with it and has been pretty good at avoiding charges when attacking the rim from the corner.
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morestuff posted:What does he do well on offense other than shoot He's a good cutter and dunker. He's 6'10" so he's had some great follow-up rebounds and dunks. Plus he's a really really good shooter so I don't know that he needs to do too much beyond that on offense.
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Declan MacManus posted:i am so tired of talking about ben simmons. can we talk about jaylen brown or sabonis or malik monk or devin vassell or franz wagner or Jaylen Brown -- pretty good-- Spiritual powers activated Sabonis- prety good- large Malik Monk- pretty good-but what order of monk Davin vassell- fast and has shadow mode enabled franz wagner-- Good at Ball
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Skrill.exe posted:He's a good cutter and dunker. He's 6'10" so he's had some great follow-up rebounds and dunks. Plus he's a really really good shooter so I don't know that he needs to do too much beyond that on offense. Yeah, nailed it. I also trust him to make one (1) dribble to drive, pull up, or relocate, which is an infinite improvement from his previous zero.
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https://www.reddit.com/r/DetroitPistons/comments/12980k0/james_wisemans_post_ups_by_the_numbers/quote:In 19 games as a Piston: the ultimate poster is an nba player, who knew
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drat that sucks oh well *watches the cavs* hell yeah/ ah poo poo but its at least fun
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It would be a fun experiment to swap Brunson with Kyrie on the Knicks just to see what the net effect would be.
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Dejan Bimble posted:Jaylen Brown on Jayson Tatum: We're part of each other's destiny Full thing with Shams https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1643301166044831774 The full quote is pretty clear he wants to stay.
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morestuff posted:I don't think they should give him a five-year deal either but that's like the reason why you don't trade for Kyrie Yeah exactly Bringing in a guy to be the second star while also not wanting to make a second star level commitment is so Mark Cuban it hurts. But I guess he's gotta save money for Twitter Premium
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Despite everything I can see plenty of avenues for the Mavs to turn this ship around in coming years, with or without Kyrie, but like imagine Warriors lightyears ahead guy only instead of feeling a little cocky after winning a bunch of championships he was feeling really cocky because in 2013 he cleared max cap space, demonstrating unmatched understanding of the CBA. I used to think Dirk was rated about properly but now I think he's the most underrated player of all time, to carry this heap
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Didn’t the mavs gently caress up Steve Nash and dirk together in their primes
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Dutchy posted:Despite everything I can see plenty of avenues for the Mavs to turn this ship around in coming years, with or without Kyrie, but like imagine Warriors lightyears ahead guy only instead of feeling a little cocky after winning a bunch of championships he was feeling really cocky because in 2013 he cleared max cap space, demonstrating unmatched understanding of the CBA. I used to think Dirk was rated about properly but now I think he's the most underrated player of all time, to carry this heap When he finally won, he had good help from Tyson Chandler and Shawn Marion, who were both fairly underrated in their own ways. And JET, of course. Edit This reads too much like a correction. I otherwise agree with you. Dallas prolly didn't know what they were getting, either.
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pentyne posted:you can always tell a milford man Lol
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Veryslightlymad posted:When he finally won, he had good help from Tyson Chandler and Shawn Marion, who were both fairly underrated in their own ways. And JET, of course. They definitely didn't know what they were getting with Chandler, they got him less than a week after signing Brendan Haywood to a six year extension and it was considered something of a disappointment because the Mavs media appendages had been hyping up the expiring and non-guaranteed Erick Dampier contract as the Key Piece that would bring in a Big Star and at the time Tyson was like an 8/8 guy who was always hurt and the presumed backup center, it was really a breakout year for him. And of course I love that team and it had a bunch of good players but even by 2011 Tyson Chandler and JET as your 2 and 3 would not exactly seem up to snuff. Definitely not compared to what the Heat had just done. But I'm not even really referring to the championship but how the Mavs were like an automatic 50+ wins for a decade despite every loving thing they do being as stupid as possible. The title is the crown jewel but the fact the franchise was good enough for it to be disappointing they hadn't won a title yet is, in retrospect, a loving miracle. Sorry if I'm getting too Book of Basketball, it's just I figured putting together a losing team with post-rookie year Luka should be literally impossible so watching it happen has made it even more impressive to me that with Prime Dirk it basically was (some years with more help than others)
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Jason Terry was a key part of the championship run but lets not forget he was brought in to replace Steve Nash
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morestuff posted:I used to be pretty confident the Mavs would eventually figure it out because Luka is just that good but pretty much no matter what they do this off-season I think they’re screwed The story of how one man painted a mural on a wall, made an owner meltdown, and caused an entire franchise to implode.
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These overhead shots of the Grizzlies' paint this year have been amazing https://twitter.com/memgrizz/status/1643409222523146241?s=46&t=0x_opuk5bo0lymk_1YRzgQ
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Holy poo poo this owns e: for the real heads, its a defector article. https://defector.com/they-turned-this-museum-into-a-basketball-court-and-it-rules
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Woozie66 posted:Cavs 50 wins...that's good, right?
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Keegan hit 200 3 pointers Kings pacific division champs Trump got perp walked What a day
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Bismack Billabongo posted:We can talk about josh okogie if you want. A little. As a treat I'm happy he escaped Minnesota and apparently became good. He was always very high motor and it was cool when from time to time he'd get an open court to just run and do stuff
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Franz Wagner owns so much. This team is getting a Championship in the next few years.
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Telluric Whistler posted:I'm happy he escaped Minnesota and apparently became good. maybe I'm missing something by just looking at stats but he looks to be the same player he was in Minnesota. His points are up but that's just because they're letting him shoot more, his shooting splits aren't any different.
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Kilometers Davis posted:Franz Wagner owns so much. This team is getting a Championship in the next few years. Franz and Paolo are amazing. Getting Fultz back healthy has been the real key. Orlando Magic are going to be the sexy pick for playoffs next season and I am so hype for it.
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Nystral posted:Franz and Paolo are amazing. Getting Fultz back healthy has been the real key. Hell yeah buddy It’s such a fun team too, really enjoyable to watch
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IcePhoenix posted:maybe I'm missing something by just looking at stats but he looks to be the same player he was in Minnesota. His points are up but that's just because they're letting him shoot more, his shooting splits aren't any different. Good is an overstatement, but he looked completely washed the last couple years and now looks like a competent energy guy who has even played himself into the starting lineup (where he actually has put up respectable numbers). I think the biggest difference is he's seemed to have found his 3 again (which was never good but is now just below average)
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Telluric Whistler posted:Good is an overstatement, but he looked completely washed the last couple years and now looks like a competent energy guy who has even played himself into the starting lineup (where he actually has put up respectable numbers). I mean I must repeat, the numbers are the same he's just getting higher volume (either minutes or shots), so the counting stats look higher but the rate stats are basically all the same. He probably just looks better because he has a better team around him. Don't get me wrong I liked watching him on the wolves but it's not exactly an uncommon thing for role players to suddenly look better when they upgrade their scenery. e: the 3pt shooting is better I'll give you that (helps that he's playing with CP3 instead of D'lo) but I'd want to see him maintain it over more than one year before I believe it. IcePhoenix fucked around with this message at 04:52 on Apr 5, 2023 |
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Dutchy posted:They definitely didn't know what they were getting with Chandler, they got him less than a week after signing Brendan Haywood to a six year extension and it was considered something of a disappointment because the Mavs media appendages had been hyping up the expiring and non-guaranteed Erick Dampier contract as the Key Piece that would bring in a Big Star and at the time Tyson was like an 8/8 guy who was always hurt and the presumed backup center, it was really a breakout year for him. Iirc They knew what they were getting with Chandler. (To some extent) They got him because their trainer, Casey Smith was with Team USA that summer and convinced the team to trade for him.
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