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El Gallinero Gros posted:A youtube fella did a breakdown of Raptor FA targets Vid is really well done. Even if you don’t care about the Raptors at all might be worth watching since they explain some basic cap stuff.
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Rick posted:Vid is really well done. Even if you don’t care about the Raptors at all might be worth watching since they explain some basic cap stuff. Agreed, the cap explanation stuff was helpful.
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looking at the list of free agents trying to find MLE level wings Utah could go after and man it's grim I'm just muttering things like "well if Otto Porter Jr could just stay healthy..." to myself
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MourningView posted:looking at the list of free agents trying to find MLE level wings Utah could go after and man it's grim I'm just muttering things like "well if Otto Porter Jr could just stay healthy..." to myself one of the lingering pandemic images i have is otto porter partying with kirkland champagne in the middle of the outbreak.
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MourningView posted:looking at the list of free agents trying to find MLE level wings Utah could go after and man it's grim I'm just muttering things like "well if Otto Porter Jr could just stay healthy..." to myself It's a really bad free agent class.
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MourningView posted:looking at the list of free agents trying to find MLE level wings Utah could go after and man it's grim I'm just muttering things like "well if Otto Porter Jr could just stay healthy..." to myself Rick posted:It's a really bad free agent class.
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Will someone finally pay Noel
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He’s definitely going to be a target for Charlotte and they’re going to overpay someone somehow to get a center
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three posted:What about Ben Simmons is out of his control? I meant like Philly media and fans dogging on him. Obviously Ben can choose to shoot whenever, but KD is proof positive that players are reading and plugged into what folks say about them online. KD posts through it, Ben seems to have gotten the yips or whatever. The goalie comparison was good, since like a goalie he seems to be doubting fundamentals (shooting for Ben/positioning for goals) and then second guessing (passing out for Ben/overplaying the shot for a goalie). Not implying he has a mental disease, just a lot of bad vibes directed at him and a clear case of the yips.
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So what your saying he needs to spend the off-season learning the art of the poster Because I agree
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and them I found this LOL Shaq on Ben Simmons: 'If he was in my locker room I would have knocked his a-- out'
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CharlestheHammer posted:So what your saying he needs to spend the off-season learning the art of the poster I think all athletes would benefit from being posters. Roberto Luongo is the first pro poster I remember distinctly, and he lived his best life despite the haters.
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https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1407329086041595905?s=19
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Those seem like 3 good choices. I'd like to see someone new get a chance in Hammon/Billups but that situation looks great for D'Antoni too.
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R.D. Mangles posted:one of the lingering pandemic images i have is otto porter partying with kirkland champagne in the middle of the outbreak. Thank you for reminding me of this. As a fellow Costco Guy, I feel a deep spiritual bond with OPJ.
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https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1407372846670749706?s=19
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Hope this also includes "Swinging arms into defender in legal guarding position"
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I want Hammon to get a job but Portland and D'Antoni is such a good fit.
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Don't gotta play defense when you score 150 every game
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Mavs are going to mess around finding a GM and miss out on the best available coaches. Yay.
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Azathoth posted:Don't gotta play defense when you score 150 every game I have discovered this is not true
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havelock posted:Mavs are going to mess around finding a GM and miss out on the best available coaches. Yay.
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MourningView posted:I have discovered this is not true As did Suns fans
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edit: wrong thread
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https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1407462153704165376?s=19
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Lockback posted:Hope this also includes "Swinging arms into defender in legal guarding position" James Harden will have a real hared time next sseason
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https://twitter.com/JChengWSJ/status/1407496373885452290?s=19
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I’m not an expert but KD doesn’t seem as great on defense as he used to be and I’m wondering if that’s the case or not. when people say “the old KD is back” I wonder if it’s that my memory of him is just rose colored glasses or that people are giving him a pass on defense because of the injury. (I don’t mean this question as a diss cause the fact that he’s still an offensive monster is loving amazing and I love watching him play )
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# ? Jun 23, 2021 04:54 |
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He's definitely a step or two slower. It's easy to miss it on offense because he really didn't need much speed there with his length but it really does show up on defense. Still is probably the Nets best defender.
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indigi posted:I’m not an expert but KD doesn’t seem as great on defense as he used to be and I’m wondering if that’s the case or not. when people say “the old KD is back” I wonder if it’s that my memory of him is just rose colored glasses or that people are giving him a pass on defense because of the injury. He’s much worse on defense though still fairly good. He can’t make the hairpin turns to block shots of guys coming in behind him or switch relentlessly onto smaller guys cause he’ll get burnt now. Still long as gently caress with good awareness so there’s a floor there
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indigi posted:I’m not an expert but KD doesn’t seem as great on defense as he used to be and I’m wondering if that’s the case or not. when people say “the old KD is back” I wonder if it’s that my memory of him is just rose colored glasses or that people are giving him a pass on defense because of the injury. Above me answered well, but I'd also say while he isn't as good at perimeter D (which is a lot easier to "spot" but only 1 part of defense), he spent more of this season dropping back or doing weakside-D stuff, which doesn't stand out as much but is generally more important. So while he's not quite as good, he's adjusted what he's doing on defense to make up for it.
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indigi posted:I’m not an expert but KD doesn’t seem as great on defense as he used to be and I’m wondering if that’s the case or not. when people say “the old KD is back” I wonder if it’s that my memory of him is just rose colored glasses or that people are giving him a pass on defense because of the injury. KD has never really gotten enough credit for how good his defense was so when people say he's back they just mean the shot making.
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thanks for the great answers everyone. perimeter defense being easier to see definitely is part of it + I have no idea what to look for away from the ball lol MourningView posted:KD has never really gotten enough credit for how good his defense was so when people say he's back they just mean the shot making. that also makes a lot of sense
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to be fair, he did kill a guy (by accident). also WSJ posted:The 6-foot-9-inch Mr. Harper says he lost 40 pounds in detention after being fed paltry meals of sometimes bug-infested rice. Des Moines Register posted:Harper said he lost 30 pounds while mostly on a rice-based diet. “They treated me well,” he said. Stevie Lee fucked around with this message at 14:46 on Jun 23, 2021 |
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Stevie Lee posted:to be fair, he did kill a guy (by accident). also good ol WSJ
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MourningView posted:KD has never really gotten enough credit for how good his defense was so when people say he's back they just mean the shot making. Like a lot of dudes that’s because he was just bad for the first half decade of his career. He only really became a positive defender late in his thunder days and with the warriors. It’s hard to shake a rep when people only watch a few games a year
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KD manned up and guarded anyone on the Bucks, instead of hiding like Giannis. I was impressed.
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three posted:KD manned up and guarded anyone on the Bucks, instead of hiding like Giannis. I was impressed. He also gassed the gently caress out and was eating the front of the rim by the end of the series. It’s a bad plan to have your offensive engine also guarding the best players on the other team, not that the Nets had much choice
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DeimosRising posted:Like a lot of dudes that’s because he was just bad for the first half decade of his career. He only really became a positive defender late in his thunder days and with the warriors. It’s hard to shake a rep when people only watch a few games a year I think he got good at it earlier than people give him credit for he just makes everything look so easy that it seemed like he wasn't trying, as opposed to Russ who was/is a bad defender but had a strong rep on the end forever because he's always flying around and looks like he's trying hard.
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DeimosRising posted:Like a lot of dudes that’s because he was just bad for the first half decade of his career. He only really became a positive defender late in his thunder days and with the warriors. It’s hard to shake a rep when people only watch a few games a year He was good pretty early on in the Thunder days (as soon as he put on a little bit of weight). I loved the stretch where people were like "Durant, Ibaka and Perkins are all terrible at defense" while the thunder were like top 5 defense. What he got better at was swallowing up guys at the perimeter, but he's always had great hands and he knows how to use his length.
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