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Son_Of_Saul

Son_Of_Saul

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cornbreadnmilk said:
Whatever man. I have been watching the playoffs and noticed him flopping and didn't remember him doing it at UK. If that's pissing all over him you might be too sensitive.
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It is when that's literally your first and only observation about him.

Not his 52% from the field.
Not his 33 points/game.
Not his elite-level defense.
Not his 68 wins on a team that doesn't have another player in the NBA top 50.

Nah, just his flopping. Let's point that out.
 
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jessieshorts8

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Son_Of_Saul said:
It is when that's literally your first and only observation about him.

Not his 52% from the field.
Not his 33 points/game.
Not his elite-level defense.
Not his 68 wins on a team that doesn't have another player in the NBA top 50.

Nah, just his flopping. Let's point that out.

That's why you contrarians are annoying.
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Sorry I didn't realize you were God and I had to ask your permission for what I am allowed to post. Just scroll by my posts and I will yours. This is stupid.
 
Runt#1969

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OKC and Minnesota
SGA and Randle

Knicks Pacers
Brunson, Towns and the entire Pacers team !

damn fine final four this year. I've no who idea comes out of that, but my money all along was on SGA and Oklahoma City this year.

Denver pushing them to seven games finally looks to have made them grow up.

They have that look. But I've been wrong before. We shall see.
 
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runt#69 said:
OKC and Minnesota
SGA and Randle

Knicks Pacers
Brunson, Towns and the entire Pacers team !

damn fine final four this year. I've no who idea comes out of that, but my money all along was on SGA and Oklahoma City this year.

Denver pushing them to seven games finally looks to have made them grow up.

They have that look. But I've been wrong before. We shall see.
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Cason is on the OKC team too.
 
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Son_Of_Saul said:
I don't understand how any self-respecting Kentucky fan would hate on SGA's style of play, especially considering he is about to become our first ever MVP. He plays smart. You don't like that? Then you don't like to take advantage of the rules either.

Some of our fans are just smug contrarian weirdos.
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Wellllll. I root for him, but I totally understand why some fans (and were talking NBA fans, not UK fans), aren't the biggest fans of his game. His nickname "free throw merchant" isn't completely unfounded. I dont think his game is anything like Hardens or on that level. but I do understand why other NBA fans are a bit irked by the number of free throws and the way he draws contact.
 
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LineSkiCat14 said:
Wellllll. I root for him, but I totally understand why some fans (and were talking NBA fans, not UK fans), aren't the biggest fans of his game. His nickname "free throw merchant" isn't completely unfounded. I dont think his game is anything like Hardens or on that level. but I do understand why other NBA fans are a bit irked by the number of free throws and the way he draws contact.
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He's a great player. Reminds me of Chris Mullin. That subtle change of speed just keeps the defender off balance. He never lets the defense force him to anything. If it's there he takes it. if it's not he adjusts to something else and reloads. He has to be a joy to play with. And it shows. He was always going to be good at the NBA level. But I can't imagine anyone thinking he would be this good.
 
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ukcatz12

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LineSkiCat14 said:
Wellllll. I root for him, but I totally understand why some fans (and were talking NBA fans, not UK fans), aren't the biggest fans of his game. His nickname "free throw merchant" isn't completely unfounded. I dont think his game is anything like Hardens or on that level. but I do understand why other NBA fans are a bit irked by the number of free throws and the way he draws contact.
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It's not just fans. His flopping is bad enough he gets mocked by other players. He can be one of the best players in the league and also be a really annoying foul baiter and flopper at the same time.

 
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Shai is the MVP of the NBA. His team defeated Jokic's team. Yeah they may have a better squad top to bottom than Joker has, but I mean cmon, he had Murray.
 
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Aaron Gordon with a grade 2 hamstring strain: "I'll fight through the pain. Its either that or we go home".

Curry with a grade 1 strain: "pack your bags, I wont be playing another minute this series."

.. It's at least a little embarrassing.
 
*Fox2Monk*

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SemperFiCat said:
Was a game 7, with 4 OTs too much to ask for?? And again, I didn't care who won. You gotta play someone. The good thing about playing the Knicks is Thibs doesn't like to play more than 6 or 7 guys. That's not gonna work really well and the Pacers. Knicks look good, but we have a chance in a long series.

...and I'm soooo looking forward to watching more of Brunson pushing off, head flailing, and throwing himself down on the court for an entire series. I simply can't wait.
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Yeah I’m hoping the Pacers pace of play wears them down. I worry about KAT dominating this series a bit in the post though. All depends on what they let Brunson get away with and how well Bridges and OG play for who wins. I think the Pacers have played the best ball of any playoff team so far though.
 
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runt#69 said:
OKC and Minnesota
SGA and Randle

Knicks Pacers
Brunson, Towns and the entire Pacers team !

damn fine final four this year. I've no who idea comes out of that, but my money all along was on SGA and Oklahoma City this year.

Denver pushing them to seven games finally looks to have made them grow up.

They have that look. But I've been wrong before. We shall see.
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I’d like to see OKC and the Pacers play for the title. That would be a heck of a fun series. I would finally love to see the Pacers finally win a title and Halliburton is the most overlooked player in the league to me.
 
LineSkiCat14

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Alright let's not keep kicking the dead dog that is the Knicks. They will surely do it to themselves before these playoffs are over.
 
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ukcatz12

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I'm sorry, but SGA just plays a horrible brand of basketball. The flopping he did in the first few minutes of the game was embarrassing. He sacrificed a clean shot to lean into a guy and draw a foul instead, and then missed on the free throws. Just play the game and try to make shots. There's a difference between playing smart and drawing contact when it's there and constantly foul baiting.

He was mocked by Murray last round for flopping and Edwards got a tech for tossing the ball back to him after he flopped tonight. This isn't "smart basketball", it's cheap flopping.
 
Shaudylo

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ukcatz12 said:
I'm sorry, but SGA just plays a horrible brand of basketball. The flopping he did in the first few minutes of the game was embarrassing. He sacrificed a clean shot to lean into a guy and draw a foul instead, and then missed on the free throws. Just play the game and try to make shots. There's a difference between playing smart and drawing contact when it's there and constantly foul baiting.

He was mocked by Murray last round for flopping and Edwards got a tech for tossing the ball back to him after he flopped tonight. This isn't "smart basketball", it's cheap flopping.
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Cheap or not you can’t say it’s not smart if it works .

Blame the refs for allowing it . It I’m a player in taking full advantage of it .
 
Shaudylo

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Also Ant Edwards has to develop some kind of midrange game . Unacceptable for him to be so nonexistent in the second half .
 
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LineSkiCat14 said:
Aaron Gordon with a grade 2 hamstring strain: "I'll fight through the pain. Its either that or we go home".

Curry with a grade 1 strain: "pack your bags, I wont be playing another minute this series."

.. It's at least a little embarrassing.
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Curry wanted to play but the staff would not let him. Furthermore, Gordon was only going to play one game (Game 7), while Steph would have had to play three. There's a big difference. Warriors would have beaten the Wolves in six with a healthy Steph, and had a good shot at OKC, and you know it.
 
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LineSkiCat14

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lakercat said:
Curry wanted to play but the staff would not let him. Furthermore, Gordon was only going to play one game (Game 7), while Steph would have had to play three. There's a big difference. Warriors would have beaten the Wolves in six with a healthy Steph, and had a good shot at OKC, and you know it.
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You're delusional lol. If Aaron Gordon plays game 7 and WINS, they are then playing the next series only a few days later, still having a grade 2 strain. It was not some "final game" regardless of outcome. If Denver wins, Aaron Gordon is going to have to play again by game 2 or 3, at the absolute worst.

And I call absolute ******** that Curry wanted to play. It's the playoffs and Golden State was a very hot team. You do what you can to move on to the WCF. If he wanted to play, he'd be in there. Same thing when he was able to come back from a hand injury in like 2019, but because Klay and others were off, he just decides to fold the season. Yeah, you tell Kobe with a trip to the WCF that he's not playing because of a minor hamstring strain... Curry and Kerr and the organization basically gave up.

Nick Wright had a great point on this. Funny that the decision for Curry to sit, in a playoffs that they were inevitably not going to win anyways, almost was done to save his image/status.

 
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Baller Val said:
Totally understand if you hate the NBA......but the NBA playoffs are absolute entertainment.
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Completely different than watching a regular season game. It’s crazy. It’s almost like everyone WANTS to win???
 
LineSkiCat14

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Nice run by the Knicks! It honestly seems like Brunson might have been trying too much hero ball, because one he went out with that 5th foul, Knicks went on a run. Things sort of flowed better.
 
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Knicks have got this one. 123 -118 34 secs to go , but the Pacers have done everything exactly right and had every break go their way in winning games exactly like this the whole playoffs. I'm guessing they're gonna come up a little short in this game at MSG tonight. But I'm sure not counting them out.
 
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