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02-28-2022, 08:08 PM | #361 |
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02-28-2022, 08:12 PM | #362 |
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02-28-2022, 08:33 PM | #363 |
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You stay off the bandwagon I’ve been on for 48 Hours!!!!
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02-28-2022, 08:50 PM | #364 |
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Haven't seen that type of ridiculous shit since Vince Carter.
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02-28-2022, 08:55 PM | #366 |
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I've been a developing a man crush on him lol. Since Wade retired I've been a free agent fan and Morant is making a case. And for whatever reason they are on Bally Sports Midwest.
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02-28-2022, 09:05 PM | #367 | |
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It sure as hell beats the LeBron ball washing of one particular poster here. LeBron and the Lakers are going nowhere! They don't matter. |
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02-28-2022, 09:24 PM | #368 | |
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02-28-2022, 09:28 PM | #369 |
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Poeltl isn’t an elite rim protector by league standards these days but he’s actually a very impressive defensive big. Makes the Morant play even better that it isn’t just on some scrub.
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02-28-2022, 09:30 PM | #370 | |
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02-28-2022, 09:31 PM | #371 |
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When he blows past his guy at the arc, he pushes as though he can either cut baseline or back to the middle. The center thinks he has help to the middle so you can see him hesitate toward cutting off the baseline. But Morant is so damn fast that he beats the angle of the inside help and then essentially sets up the center. Wherever that guy went, Moran was going to eat him alive. If he sold hard middle, Morant was going to torch him baseline. When the C tried to cheat a little to the baseline, Morant saw it and blew straight through him. It was one of those 'man, NBA defenses suck!' moments you hear from guys that simply don't respect how hard the players make it to D them up. Morant put 3 guys in no win situations because he's just. that. good. That wasn't bad defense, it was freakishly talented offense. |
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That was solid defense. Man was dead and just didn't know it yet... |
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02-28-2022, 09:37 PM | #374 |
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Most Laker fans are apathetic toward LeBron. That tells you all you need to know about his significance.
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Kuzma, Caruso and kinda sorta KCP were the only guys on that squad who there was an emotional investment in. Avery Bradley, Danny Green, Rajon Rondo, JaVale McGeee, Quinn Cook, Markeiff Morris, Troy Daniels, Jared Dudley....Jesus - who cares? Howard was more fun to hate than cheer for. It was a couple of superstar mercs, Kyle Kuzma (who the 'organization' preferred over Brandon Ingram because he he did such a nice job of rearranging Jeanie Buss's guts on the reg), another Klutch Sports charity case w/ KCP and scraps. This team wasn't any fun when they were good apart from being one of the few teams that could go out there and bludgeon teams defensively, which was novel if nothing else. It made it a lot easier to ignore them when James decided he wanted to cancel the season over COVID, started making up racist graffiti when other people were getting attention and he didn't feel oppressed enough and then started passing blame to anyone but himself. Gonna be really happy when he's gone even if it does mean 5-10 years wandering the wilderness. At least it might be some sort of team at that point. |
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