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12-05-2019, 11:40 AM | #781 | |
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12-05-2019, 11:47 AM | #782 |
I Like The Kansas City Chiefs
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Devonte Graham is having a great season so far with the Hornets.
Just set a franchise record with 10 3’s in a game last night. Also, he’s averaging around 19 points, 8 assists, and 4 rebounds per game. Absolute steal as a second round pick last year. |
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12-05-2019, 11:50 AM | #783 |
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Yeah. I’m stoked for him. I wish he was on a better team, but the rule changes on physical play really opens up the door for a guy like Graham. And quite frankly guys like Graham are more fun to watch than 90s ball.
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12-05-2019, 12:03 PM | #784 |
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Agree on all points...except it allows James Harden types to thrive. Which is a downside, at least for me. But its so much more fun to watch free flowing offenses instead of Bill Lambeer or Dennis Rodman mug ppl
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12-05-2019, 12:28 PM | #785 |
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I’m not a Harden hater per se. Its not how I’d prefer the game be played but he is a hell of a talent. My issue is more with the officiating of Harden specifically. Somehow or another when he tosses a dude off to the side when he crosses over it isn’t a foul. And they should tag his ass for flopping. I really think officiating most dudes get applied to Harden fixes most of what pisses us off about Harden.
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12-05-2019, 01:00 PM | #786 | |
Sometimes it's black and white
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12-05-2019, 01:37 PM | #787 | |
Like I woke up in Wonderland..
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I'm even more shocked we didn't win the title or at least make the F4 the year we had Mason, Graham, and Josh Jackson. |
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12-05-2019, 02:01 PM | #788 | |
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Mason much better driving in the paint and craftiness inside of the arc. Something Grahams never figured out. |
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12-07-2019, 07:27 AM | #789 |
Who's your daddy?
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Bryce Thompson playing in Norm Stewart Classic on ESPNU. The kid can play.
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12-07-2019, 10:14 AM | #790 |
Like I woke up in Wonderland..
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Better shooter? FM3 shot 47% from 3 his senior year. He was also the only one who didnt piss down his leg against Oregon in the E8.
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12-07-2019, 10:55 AM | #791 |
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Yep. Mason was better. The problem with Graham was his extreme inconsistency. For instance his Sr year he had a 4 game stretch where he shot 12-50 from the field. That’s just awful. He would have huge games then disappear for others. He only scored 11 points against duke in the elite 8 and had 8 vs seton hall in the second round. I never thought he would be consistent in the nba but here we are.
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12-07-2019, 11:07 AM | #792 |
Perpetual Mediocrity
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Graham was the senior leader of a team that went to the FF and only lost to one of the best teams of the past decade. Very good NCAA player. Surprising that he's turning out to be this good a NBA player, but it's not a major shock.
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12-07-2019, 03:47 PM | #793 |
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Oh trust me, I love Mason. Way more than Graham even. Frank Mason is my favorite player of all time but when considering only 3 point shooting I'm going to go with Graham. Quicker release, better looking stroke, he just takes worse shots. Mason was the smarter basketball player while at Kansas. Graham had somewhat of an issue taking bad shots, which led to a lower percentage but it really handicapped him from 2point range morso.
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12-07-2019, 04:39 PM | #794 | |
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I used to love how he would go body seeking whenever we needed a bucket. Dude would drive right into the paint and draw contact from the other team’s big. And he was money from the free throw line. Tough as nails. |
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12-07-2019, 04:43 PM | #795 |
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My all time Kansas lineup of my favorite players (only from my lifetime-born in 1989).
PG-Frank Mason: tough as hell. Competitor. Smart. Fearless. SG-Kirk Hinrich: such a smooth player. Seemed to be good at everything. Gritty competitor. SF-Paul Pierce: my first favorite player. PF-Nick Collison: probably my favorite player ever. Dude deserved a title. Named my son Collison. C-Joel Embiid: most gifted player I’ve ever seen at Kansas. Go watch the game at Iowa State. Niang looked completely helpless when trying to defend Embiid. |
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