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anakha posted:For all we know, it could be Kyrie with the carry job in that series. Not sure how much carrying Luka can do on that knee. 
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Paul Zuvella posted:If the Mavs win literally any series it’s because Luka carried them.Thats how being the best player on the team works Well see how much of the SGA whistle he's gotten all season matters in a closer series
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Papercut posted:Imo Jamal Murray should try playing well He's definitely playing hurt.
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Paul Zuvella posted:If the Mavs win literally any series it’s because Luka carried them.Thats how being the best player on the team works And if they lose, blame Jason Kidd
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May 5, 2024 15:44
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Okay, it took me a while to come around on Ant, but I think he’s a very talented young player with upside potential.
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In their defense, Ant is almost as good as Dion Waiters thinks he is.
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If we’re posting old stuff. https://x.com/rbillsimmonspod/status/1786957666314596836?s=46
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soggybagel posted:If we’re posting old stuff. Please don't remind me that there is a podcast about a subreddit about a podcast about basketball.
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May 5, 2024 17:34
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Im not going to listen to that podcast clip, but to defend Simmons, in Jan of 2021 the wolves didn’t have Gobert and Finch wasn’t their coach. Ant is incredible but the Wolves are an entirely different team as well.
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May 5, 2024 17:46
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Doltos posted:I personally would be honored to get a JR Smith comp He loving rules. ANT talks hypothetically about how he could have played all those different sports and JR Smith literally went back to school and became a golfer.
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ScooterMcTiny posted:Im not going to listen to that podcast clip, but to defend Simmons, in Jan of 2021 the wolves didn’t have Gobert and Finch wasn’t their coach. Ant is incredible but the Wolves are an entirely different team as well. No its more fun to crush him for takes that went sour in retrospect.
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soggybagel posted:If we’re posting old stuff.
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temple posted:People listen to him for bad takes. This made me realize I've never ever seen or heard anyone reference him in regards to a perceptive insight or good prediction
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Still time for round 2 predictions! https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=4058634&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=4#post539314431
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indigi posted:This made me realize I've never ever seen or heard anyone reference him in regards to a perceptive insight or good prediction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ke61FRra9k
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Those weren't predictions, the comparison to Coby White/Dion Waiters was after Ant's rookie year. There definitely was good reason to be skeptical Ant would be what he is now, but everyone who watched him his rookie year saw tons of potential and it was pretty clear he wasn't some big bust. Ant came in a solid 2nd in RotY voting, it was pretty well understood the guy could ball. Simmons was pushing his weird thing against the Wolves for not interviewing him for a GM job 15+ years ago.
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Lockback posted:Those weren't predictions, the comparison to Coby White/Dion Waiters was after Ant's rookie year. There definitely was good reason to be skeptical Ant would be what he is now, but everyone who watched him his rookie year saw tons of potential and it was pretty clear he wasn't some big bust. Ant came in a solid 2nd in RotY voting, it was pretty well understood the guy could ball. He goes further and says the wolves gm should've been fired for not taking wiseman. https://twitter.com/rBillSimmonsPod/status/1787072202640163042
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Rooting for the Wolves to win it all, so we can get a Gobert press conference where he simply yells, OVERRATED MY rear end! before spraying himself with champagne.
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Lockback posted:Those weren't predictions, the comparison to Coby White/Dion Waiters was after Ant's rookie year. There definitely was good reason to be skeptical Ant would be what he is now, but everyone who watched him his rookie year saw tons of potential and it was pretty clear he wasn't some big bust. Ant came in a solid 2nd in RotY voting, it was pretty well understood the guy could ball. big bust? where
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May 5, 2024 18:56
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temple posted:He had one good take this century and it ironically contradicts the ant prediction He also called Odom and arguably for the right reason and we all thought it was dumbs as poo poo at the time, myself included
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May 5, 2024 19:02
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Simmons also insisted the Heat were still the biggest threat to the Celtics in the middle of last season despite their meh record
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big boi posted:Simmons also insisted the Heat were still the biggest threat to the Celtics in the middle of last season despite their meh record Ime's penis was the biggest threat to the celtics last season
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Simmons is more offensive because it feels like he earnestly believes his bad takes instead of being clickbait like all other talking heads
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fart simpson posted:big bust? where quote:but none of these players’ careers represent a desirable outcome for a no. 1 pick. Nobody on Edwards’s list has ever made an All-Star team. That was written AFTER his rookie year, and while they don't use the B word "Non-desirable outcome for the no 1 pick" is calling him a bust, especially if you say his comps are all guys who never even made an all-star game.
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Doltos posted:Simmons is more offensive because it feels like he earnestly believes his bad takes instead of being clickbait like all other talking heads On top of that, for somebody who actually cares, he doesn't seem to work or know poo poo about poo poo anymore so it's doubly annoying.
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Doltos posted:Simmons is more offensive because it feels like he earnestly believes his bad takes instead of being clickbait like all other talking heads Yeah Simmons seems to have bought into his own bullshit and hype as some basketball savant with a narrative eye and believes if he has an idea it drat well is right
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We all know that NBA players take a few years to come into their own, and this is year four for Ant. There’s good reason to be excited. But also some of y’all are crowning him because he had a big night in a game that was actually won by the other guys on his team playing really good defense.
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rjmccall posted:We all know that NBA players take a few years to come into their own, and this is year four for Ant. There’s good reason to be excited. But also some of y’all are crowning him because he had a big night in a game that was actually won by the other guys on his team playing really good defense. He also played really good defense...
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rjmccall posted:We all know that NBA players take a few years to come into their own, and this is year four for Ant. There’s good reason to be excited. But also some of y’all are crowning him because he had a big night in a game that was actually won by the other guys on his team playing really good defense. Ant was really good last year and improved this year, and is averaging 33/7.8/5.6 on 53%/43%/86% shooting in the playoffs so far. I guess you could criticize it's only 5 games but that's only because he hasn't lost yet. This is his 2nd playoffs in a row where he average over 30pts on 60%+ TS. He's really good and it's not a fluke thing.
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Mean Baby posted:He also played really good defense... Yeah there is literally no reason to be tut-tutting people who are gassed up about ant right now. He is super good, cool, and fun.
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Salvor_Hardin posted:Yeah there is literally no reason to be tut-tutting people who are gassed up about ant right now. He is super good, cool, and fun. oh so Being A Hater isn't a good enough reason anymore? this isn't the NBA i thought it was smh
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Aye Doc posted:oh so Being A Hater isn't a good enough reason anymore? this isn't the NBA i thought it was smh Crotch chops makes you immune to mid-level hating like that,
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Yeah I was turbo wrong about Ant coming out. His Georgia tape was so inconsistent and like he'd have games where he just completely checked out. I didn't trust him as a prospect. Turns out, he just did not give a poo poo about college basketball, outside of that one game he got real mad against like Michigan State and went supernova. He's been good for a while now.
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Dexo posted:Turns out, he just did not give a poo poo about college basketball, He's just like me fr
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