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anakha
Sep 16, 2009


https://twitter.com/statmuse/status/1764479006185775487

The only other rookies to get 30-10-5 with 5 blocks in a game? David Robinson and Tim Duncan.

San Antonio - the place for generational big men (and big ol' women).

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anakha
Sep 16, 2009


Shear Modulus posted:

Yeah I'm ok with wemby not winning the head-to-heads against the #1 and #2 players as a rookie

DeimosRising posted:

absolutely, and embiid for example went off on gobert as well. it's not even really what that kind of player is for, he's there to defend the other 4 guys. it's just not accurate to say he isn't getting bullied, bigger stronger centers do just move him out of the way and score on him regularly

A year or so of growing more into that frame and working on core strength and crazy poo poo like absorbing a shoulder from a charging Giannis and still recovering for the block will be a more regular occurence.

https://twitter.com/nbainfoid/status/1743106712469725532

anakha
Sep 16, 2009


Hashtag Banterzone posted:

Wemby is going to be too good next year for them to tank.

The exact same team even with Wemby's improvements next year is still gonna be a play-in challenger at best in the West.

Some load management DNPs here and there, some minutes restrictions, the occasional rest for nagging injuries, and the Spurs will be right back in the lottery. Making major moves now would be dumb as gently caress unless they fell rear end-backwards into a trade offer that they couldn't refuse.

anakha
Sep 16, 2009


Ammanas posted:

who give a single gently caress? eat what you want

This.

(Bites into a spicy sausage topped with egg salad made using kewpie mayo)

anakha
Sep 16, 2009


https://twitter.com/WorldWideWob/status/1769473135202742353

Tie game, shot clock's off, ball in his hands, and Cade decides to launch a pullup 3 with 10 seconds left.

Have I ever said what an amazing job he's doing as Tank Commander?

anakha
Sep 16, 2009


wandler20 posted:

I knew they'd delete the post so I got the screenshot.



Fuckers coulda gotten Jalen Suggs in that pic and made it absolutely legendary.

anakha
Sep 16, 2009


All of that over a non-call caused by Oubre being too much of a dumbass to shoot before the clock expired. :laffo:

anakha
Sep 16, 2009


Motherfucking Jokic gets blocked by Wemby 6 times and still ends up 18 for 32.

E: 6 blocked Wemby shots and went 1-6 from three. Basically his 2-pointers were going in if they weren't blocked. Jesus.

anakha fucked around with this message at 04:58 on Apr 3, 2024

anakha
Sep 16, 2009


Red Rox posted:

I think the Celtics are gonna stroll through. Bastards. Denver will probably give them a tough battle but they’ll be banged up after a long season last year and getting out of the west this year.

Sometimes everything just goes your way - the perfect combination of preparation and luck.

:golfclap: Great jinx post :golfclap:

anakha
Sep 16, 2009


Lebron taking out his frustration over a no-call on Deni Avdija.

anakha
Sep 16, 2009


NickRoweFillea posted:

Doc Rivers is perhaps the biggest fraud in the association maybe of all time

Already has more losses than Griffin this season.

anakha
Sep 16, 2009



Even the bus driver got thrown under the bus smh

anakha
Sep 16, 2009


Lockback posted:

Keeping Jrue is super defensible (I mean, it's worked out great for Boston)

Jrue's working out great for Boston because he doesn't need to be an offensive contributor given the weapons the Celtics already have.

With Middleton's injury issues, he was being asked last year to both guard the best perimeter guy on the opposing team and carry some of the offense. Not really his fault, but that's asking too much of him and that meant the Bucks were realistically capped in how far they could go with that lineup.

anakha
Sep 16, 2009


predicto posted:

I know, I’m just saying that Jahlil Okafor isn’t Roy Hibbert. Because of his inside scoring there is a least a possibility of finding a way to make him a useful part of a rotation..

anakha
Sep 16, 2009


https://twitter.com/tomerazarly/status/1777891365134983206?s=46&t=BMhIOvm2tVQtH5L1R6yjoQ

anakha
Sep 16, 2009


He's just standing there... menacingly!

https://twitter.com/WorldWideWob/status/1777871505852133754

anakha
Sep 16, 2009



His Shammgod against Gobert was better IMO.

https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1778060386958217216

https://twitter.com/SpursCulture/status/1777920210839728316

anakha fucked around with this message at 15:24 on Apr 10, 2024

anakha
Sep 16, 2009


Salvor_Hardin posted:

Nice. The team is basically locked in for next year. After that gets dicey.

Celtics are gonna be a second tax apron team and can't aggregate salary in trades so the Jrue extension actually makes sense as a trade chip in the future. Lotta other guys in that 33-35M salary range.

anakha
Sep 16, 2009


https://twitter.com/LawMurrayTheNU/status/1778240291960733937

anakha
Sep 16, 2009


So much for that Luka for MVP push that was all of 2 days old

anakha
Sep 16, 2009


Speaking of Bud:

https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1779213353082331548

anakha
Sep 16, 2009


Mean Baby posted:

Most of the top teams get one or two guys in the draft then identify a top tier player to acquire.

I think if you can get a top-25 player like Mitchell or Young and you pass up on it, that opportunity may not come up again.

You realistically need two drafted guys that you have Bird rights on, to maximize flexibility for after you make that key trade. The Spurs still need that second guy since I see Vassel as a 3rd option on a contender at best.

Trying to nail this upcoming draft then looking to make moves the following offseason might be the smartest move they can make. Step 1 is gonna be tricky as gently caress with this draft class though.

anakha
Sep 16, 2009


I'm torn on whether I want that Toronto pick to convery to the Spurs this offseason or in the next.

anakha
Sep 16, 2009


I didn't know Monty remarried - I just remember his wife passing away in 2015 or 2016.

E: oof, his current wife has breast cancer? Makes that Pistons offer even more lucrative.

anakha
Sep 16, 2009


Shear Modulus posted:

Spurs beat guy unconfirms spurs trading for trae young

https://x.com/mikefinger/status/1779857746239594983

That's more saying the Spurs don't want to trade for Young at the Hawks' current asking price. And they very well shouldn't given how many of Atlanta's upcoming picks they control.

anakha
Sep 16, 2009


Lebron winning, and Steph crashing out of the playoffs in grand style?

Perfect time to lift the monkeu perma :getin:

anakha
Sep 16, 2009


Bulls should get a special compensation for injuries due to dumbass.

:wtc: Drummond :wtc:

anakha
Sep 16, 2009


I love how Doris and JJ were trashing social media for hating on Embiid right before this poo poo happened.
https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1780741927647715716
Gee, I wonder why he gets hate online.

anakha
Sep 16, 2009


Dexo posted:

Trae Young to San Antonio for ATL to get some of their picks back and for SA get someone who can pass and dribble for Wemby's development makes too much sense.

And if anyone can turn around Trae Young it's gotta be pop right?

And the Spurs know it.

They're gonna wait for Atlanta to lower their initial asking price for Young before seriously considering any trades. They don't mind letting the Hawks roast over the coals for a while because those picks are gonna retain value.

E: looking at some other teams, the Jazz/Pelicans/Nets may have the combination of assets/picks to trade with Atlanta as well.

anakha fucked around with this message at 09:03 on Apr 18, 2024

anakha
Sep 16, 2009


Salvor_Hardin posted:

It is pretty crazy that a starting 4 of Trae, DJ, Bogdan, and Capella seems like a very solid starting point to a competitive team. It just never really worked.

As a Spurs fan I was skeptical of benefits of the trade for Atlanta from the beginning.

Dejounte's All-Star season was a result of him basically being given the green light to do whatever on offense and control the ball. That had anti-synergy with Trae and reduced the rest of the Hawks sharing the floor with them to simple play finishers.

And his defense which was supposed to compensate for Trae's has been overrated since the ACL injury. The Spurs were able to obfuscate his degraded defense because they had Derrick White and Jakob Poeltl.

anakha
Sep 16, 2009


Punkin Spunkin posted:

The greatest trick the devil ever played was convincing the world that Dejuan Blair might be good at basketball.

Punkin Spunkin posted:

The greatest trick the devil ever played was convincing the world that Gary Neal might be good at basketball.

Punkin Spunkin posted:

The greatest trick the devil ever played was convincing the world that Jonathon Simmons might be good at basketball.

Punkin Spunkin posted:

The greatest trick the devil ever played was convincing the world that Bryn Forbes might be good at basketball.

anakha
Sep 16, 2009


Yeah the Blair scam on the Mavs was a degenerative knees issue rather than a skill issue. His rebounding plummeting after his sophomore season should have raised red flags though.

anakha fucked around with this message at 19:16 on Apr 18, 2024

anakha
Sep 16, 2009


1. Wemby based af for turning down Drake
2. :laffo: at the shade thrown by JJ praising Duncan and Steph as low-maintenance superstars on Melo's podcast

https://twitter.com/BasketballOnX/status/1781037131151843524

anakha
Sep 16, 2009


Well, this wasn't on my bingo cards.

https://twitter.com/katywinge/status/1781730368413954070

anakha
Sep 16, 2009


Veryslightlymad posted:

Players grossly overrate iso defense, which doesn't tell you who is a good defender, but might tell you about who is dumb on offense.

That may be true, but that also wouldn't explain why Wemby won the defensive player poll. Especially with these quotes:

quote:

“He just makes it so hard to finish at the rim,” one opponent said of Wembanyama.

Another player said: “He’s changing the game. Players — you can’t say ‘scared’ — but he’s changing their shots. He deserves it.”

“He really, like, affects everything in the paint. He has dudes not even trying to go to the rim. He drat near leads the league in blocks right now, and this is his first year. He’s doing it in limited time too.”

Gobert is always gonna be disliked by the players in general and I do hope the Wolves win one title with him just so he can lord it over the league once.

anakha
Sep 16, 2009


Pulling on Robinson's legs, kicking him in the balls, kneeing Hartenstein in the balls, all in the same half?

Hope his bitchmade rear end never sniffs the second round for the rest of his career.

anakha
Sep 16, 2009


Somehow, this was a no-call.

anakha
Sep 16, 2009


piratepilates posted:

Either very impressive that he managed through his knee the Raptors year, or if it was the Raptors year that blew it out completely. He played the hell out of that year and hasn't looked the same since.

He only played 60 games in that 2018-2019 regular season which isn't far off from the 57, then 52, that he played on the Clippers the two seasons after. 2019 and 2020 are also the last two seasons he played in every possible playoff game his team was in.

The Raptors very carefully managed his regular season availability to save him for the playoffs, and that worked out. The Clippers were hoping to do the same, but it only worked for that first year.

Toronto lucked out but that degenerative knee finally caught up with him after.

anakha
Sep 16, 2009


Good thing Minnesota got the sweep.

Ant tweaked his ankle twice in the same game and is gonna feel that in the morning. And hopefully the team can plan around Finch being out for extended time if that injury is a bad one.

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anakha
Sep 16, 2009


No way is Ant not starting over Booker on the Olympic team after this performance right?

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