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Dejan Bimble posted:demarcus cousins could have been 90% of jokic if he hadn’t had the world’s largest chip on his shoulder one of my big basketball theories is that one of the most important differences between great players and everyone else is that some players have Touch and some do not, and no amount of skill training can give a player Touch. Some guys throw up a shot and it goes in and some don't. Boogie was Jokic without Touch. Jokic shoots 75% around the basket to Boogie's 60%, Jokic shoots 60% from floater range while Boogie shot 40%. Completely changes how you gameplan against them.
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Metapod posted:And if the kings didn't fire Malone
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kingcobweb posted:one of my big basketball theories is that one of the most important differences between great players and everyone else is that some players have Touch and some do not, and no amount of skill training can give a player Touch. Some guys throw up a shot and it goes in and some don't. Cousins would throw the ball at the backboard and maul his defender for the rebound and easier putback
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His wife is having a baby. Shoulda had the kid a week ago against KD, smh
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From the outside, Kidd figured out how to optimize Kyrie and Luka.
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Imagine having sex with your wife nine months before the NBA playoffs, let alone as a player
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big boi posted:Imagine having sex with your wife nine months before the NBA playoffs, let alone as a player
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Lockback posted:His wife is having a baby. Jokic planned this somehow Gobert played off the floor by a baby smh
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yessssss https://twitter.com/NBCSWarriors/status/1787531788342239706
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yeah he fits in perfectly there with all of their perimeter players who can't hit shots
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Would really enjoy seeing Steph in a Raptors jersey in a couple years. I don't hate the Warriors but I think all of them should end like Patrick Ewing on the Sonics.
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Hell yeah signing an aging 3 point shooter has never backfired on the magic before
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kingcobweb posted:one of my big basketball theories is that one of the most important differences between great players and everyone else is that some players have Touch and some do not, and no amount of skill training can give a player Touch. Some guys throw up a shot and it goes in and some don't. What? “Touch” is just a combination of strength and direction/arc which is very practice-able. NBA players aren’t chosen by basketball gods. WRT Boogie/Jokic, Boogie did play with more force which probably made his shots come out harder more frequently, whereas Jokic doesn’t seek out as much contact which gives him more control.
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Blind Pineapple posted:What? “Touch” is just a combination of strength and direction/arc which is very practice-able. NBA players aren’t chosen by basketball gods. I just don’t think that’s true. Plenty of people have practiced as much or more than Jokic on those same shots and they’re not making 60+% on floaters. Also saying that Jokic doesn’t seek out as much contact… we must be watching two different players. Every time he makes a post move you could call either an offensive or defensive foul.
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I wonder if this rule was applied to Haslem
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I think you can practice Touch to a certain extent, the problem is it's a lot harder to use it in-game when your adrenaline is going. kinda like how some guys with bad FT% can reliably beat 90% in practice
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Blind Pineapple posted:What? “Touch” is just a combination of strength and direction/arc which is very practice-able. NBA players aren’t chosen by basketball gods. yes they are
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Isentropy posted:I wonder if this rule was applied to Haslem He did say something today to the effect of "Haslem needs to remember he works for the Heat".
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I hope Jarret Allen is back versus the Loston Smelltics
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Boogie definitely had touch, imo, not Jokic level of course but he had it. A player without touch is Gobert. Like his attribute must be -15
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mikhail maloneavich watching a YouTube compilation of fat kids falling off horses so he can learn to teach touch
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Lockback posted:His wife is having a baby. I approve of the strategy of letting game 2 go so Gobert can come back with the FVV Baby Boost.
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Lockback posted:His wife is having a baby. Was it an MLB commentator or something that was like "if you're missing a game to be with the woman whos having your child you're letting the team down. Especially if it isn't even your first kid." Also if I remember correctly it wasn't even a playoff game. The guy was pissed that the MLB player was taking off like, game 4 of 162 or something.
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Veryslightlymad posted:I'm proud but I do have questions on the logistics here, namely, how the hell did you hit the front of your head? I think it was an elbow yeah. I have some funny photos of just afterwards - I look like a mad Viking with a mouth full of blood.
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loooool https://x.com/PompeyOnSixers/status/1787539839509753926 way to trash the guy on the way out Morey WhyteRyce fucked around with this message at 20:47 on May 6, 2024 |
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https://twitter.com/Mavs_FFL/status/1787536637464903885 No good news out of Dallas today.
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This cast of support guys I assembled was badquote:"We're not going to have continuity," Morey said Monday at the 76ers' headquarters in New Jersey. "We'll have continuity with our stars and our head coach, but we're going to have a lot of changes this season."
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WhyteRyce posted:loooool
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kingcobweb posted:one of my big basketball theories is that one of the most important differences between great players and everyone else is that some players have Touch and some do not, and no amount of skill training can give a player Touch. Some guys throw up a shot and it goes in and some don't. fine motor control to the level of precision jokic has , especially with long limbs and thus longer neural pathways, is indeed rare
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It brings me only joy to declare that The Process has failed. Although it's funny saying it's a championship chase and not the process now, like, what were you doing since 2019 with Jimmy Butler and then James Harden? That wasn't a rebuild team, they've been trying to win now for longer than Anthony Edwards has been allowed to open a bank account.
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The process failed as soon as they fired the guy with the plan and let 3 different gms try to spend the assets.
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If Buddy were still on the Pacers and everything else stays the same, the Bucks win that series easily
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That's a really weird opinion but I guess it's not a Hield worth dying on.
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Everyone who leaves Philly should go to china and market their own wine and hold a press conference where they call Darryl Morey a liar
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