*skatin' the rings of saturn*


..and miles to go before i sleep...

Now has 14 straight 30/10 games. He's pretty good.

https://x.com/derekbodnernba/status/1742370238065168785?s=46&t=mtZQwMgiY2rWw-moDLHthQ

“So back we go to these questions — friendship, character… ethics.”

I knew he wasn't going to play in the 4Q.
Plus this team as constructed can't compete
if Coby White goes 0-7 from behind the arc.

https://digife.com

>Now has 14 straight 30/10 games. He's pretty good.

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that shit was FUN!!

...I'm from the era when A.I. was the answer, now they think ai is the answer - Marlon Craft

-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

idk if i trust such a young roster with very little collective post-season experience once april rolls around but currently they are a joy to watch. i don't think they need to make any swings this year but hopefully next season they somehow land anunoby or some similarly talented and skilled 3&D as a replacement for giddey. honestly it's almost unbelievable that they have a top 3 defense and top 7 offense with giddey as the proverbial third nipple

Interested to see how far OKC can go.

*maybe* Luka, but I would give the nod to Shai. Every time I watch him play he hits multiple shots where I'm like, how the fuck did he even get that shot off?

>Interested to see how far OKC can go.

Sí, sí, I'm very intrigued! (c) Gonzalo 'Papi' Le Batard

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I wonder how well Quickley will compare with Tyrese Maxey.

"Sean sparks like John Starks, nah, Sean ball like John Wall" - Rest In Power Forever Sean Price.

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and don't let Book start cooking lol

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2H5K-BUMS0

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The knick roster is quite rootable with the exception of his surly ass.

-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

Not saying I'm a big Randle fan, but as long as he's on the roster, I've grown to appreciate his positive attributes as a player. Outside of his scoring capabilities (which is huge, given the roster) , I appreciate his rebounding. Any extra possessions are key for this roster given how shaky the Knicks are defensively.

Outside of him beating your Bulls yesterday, what else do you dislike about him? Trust me, I know the dude has his weaknesses (inability to handle double teams in the low post and one-on-one defensive ability), but what don't you like about his game?

"Sean sparks like John Starks, nah, Sean ball like John Wall" - Rest In Power Forever Sean Price.

mans can put up all the numbers in the regular season bulldozing his way to the rim past half-ass defenses. but hat shit ain't working when it matters most. and it's just ugly looking basketball overall.

and shit

-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

to somewhat diversify his offense. It appears he stopped shooting as many threes as he did last year. To his credit, it appears he is looking to pass the ball a lot more than he did in prior years.

I have no clue how he'll perform in the playoffs since he's going to see a ton more double teams then he would during the regular season. Dealing with double teams and/or holding onto the ball for longer than 4 seconds in the high or low post are when things tend to go south for Randle.

"Sean sparks like John Starks, nah, Sean ball like John Wall" - Rest In Power Forever Sean Price.

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-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

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That shit was cringe at the time

But now?

This team is hot trash, injuries be damned

-Sig-

“Why didn’t you do this in your own god damn country?"

-All Stah's view on undocumented immigrants wanting to be treated like human beings.

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-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

is causing a "rift between him and the locker room".

...I'm from the era when A.I. was the answer, now they think ai is the answer - Marlon Craft

he doing dumb shit just for the fuck of it

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But uh, Cam Reddish and Vando starting made pretty much no sense even on paper.

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its everyone's fault but the person putting the rosters together

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2H5K-BUMS0

Giannis was Giannis.

Wemby had a quarter season of highlights in that game, lol.

I can't wait to see him develop.

..the close of each game was beyond entertaining.




*skatin' the rings of saturn*


..and miles to go before i sleep...

up 18 w/ 6 mins left.

now, you gotta just tip your hat to that last shot...but they have no business being tied up with you.

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Giannis is a physical freak force of nature at the height of his powers, and Vic was not intimidated at all and went right back at him. All his physical size/gifts aside, this kid just turned 20 yesterday (had no idea it was his birthday yesterday until I just looked up his stat page today.) Incredibly impressive to see him rise to that challenge like he did.

Awesome game, they put on a hell of a show.

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and i'm not sure if you could tell on video but in the photo Giannis is mushing Wemby's entire face.

to get your face mushed by a giant hand and still get that block? more impressive.

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>*skatin' the rings of saturn*
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my life.

Cam Thomas under 5.5 assists+rebs per game is a sure fire bet tho so there's that.

-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

Field goals, not free throws. FIELD GOALS.

The 39th of which was a game-winning, 40 footer to send a thoroughly washed team even further into crisis. Although I give AG more credit for that comeback overall. He’s been balling since he got his face chewed off.

Just checking in.

I could look to see if he normally attempts such a low amount of shots per game, but I'm too lazy to look up his stats on basketball-reference.

Kudos on him being so efficient obviously. The relatively low amount of shot attempts for those last four games is what stood out the most to me honestly before looking at his accuracy.

"Sean sparks like John Starks, nah, Sean ball like John Wall" - Rest In Power Forever Sean Price.

-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

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that he isn't gonna let him reach his full potential.

...I'm from the era when A.I. was the answer, now they think ai is the answer - Marlon Craft

Kuminga gets yanked if he sucks for 2 min. Kerr gonna let Wiggins suck for 2 years. Also Kuminga one of the few players on the dubs w/credible defense, so the fact that he was on the bench while Denver was going off is even less excusable.

In a generation of swine, the one-eyed pig is king.
-Hunter S. Thompson

Kuminga usually come in at the 6 min mark but they were up 18. Then when Denver started to cut into the lead, it didn't feel like the right time to bring him back bc he had been sitting for a while. whaaaat?

-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

they should have just had Mase appear out of nowhere and hit him with the "c'mon, my nigga"

...I'm from the era when A.I. was the answer, now they think ai is the answer - Marlon Craft

but only JUST now is he really getting the criticism he deserves.

it's always "the team is poorly constructed" or "so and so is playing poorly."

Steve is part of the issue and I think it's MOSTLY cuz he's high of his own supply (to shoot him a little bail, he has RANGZ...lots of em, so i get it a LITTLE bit).

MAYBE, now that people are finally starting to REALLY talk about it he MIGHT have some self awareness and course correct.

I follow the Dubs, mostly on here and Twitter, and I am always a little perplexed by the amount of criticism he gets from Warriors Twitter.

Like, I get that there are only so many shots you all are gonna get while Steph is still playing at a Super Saiyan level, like he has the last couple of years. So, you want to make sure you win another one while there's a legit chance with a player good enough to be a #1 on a title team.

But, as an outsider, I don't see quite why Kerr should be getting a lot of criticism. I think he's managing some unprecedented challenges. And while the team could be winning more, I guess, to me, the team's issues seem to be aging and a player with poor impulse control.

But, then again, I'm only mostly following national coverage of the Dubs, which seems maybe too favorable to Kerr.

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hes been acting like a total shithead this entire season, from excusing Draymonds headlock to whining about flopping (even though he has one of the most egregious floppers in NBA history on his team) to this...

the dynasty is dead, accept it with grace or go out sounding like a bitch...he's choosing the latter.


>Kuminga usually come in at the 6 min mark but they were up
>18. Then when Denver started to cut into the lead, it didn't
>feel like the right time to bring him back bc he had been
>sitting for a while. whaaaat?

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Kawhi had similar complaints with Pop in SA and he was Finals MVP

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"Take the surprise out your voice Shaq."-The REAL CP3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2H5K-BUMS0

In a generation of swine, the one-eyed pig is king.
-Hunter S. Thompson

-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

Kawhi was at least getting 30 min a night though.

In a generation of swine, the one-eyed pig is king.
-Hunter S. Thompson

The lesson went players shouldn't complain

-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

just for the sake of it. The Warriors are fucking up.

In a generation of swine, the one-eyed pig is king.
-Hunter S. Thompson

-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

and current personnel decisions

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2H5K-BUMS0

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for Pop again that’s why they eventually traded him

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2H5K-BUMS0

Kawhi never had this type of concern or complaint about Pop. Kuminga is 21, complaining that Kerr is holding back his development. At the same age, Kawhi was averaging 30 minutes a game. Kawhi's only beef, if you will...before the actual real beef with the injury stuff was that he wasn't interested in doing all the Pop culture stuff. He just wanted to play basketball.

...I'm from the era when A.I. was the answer, now they think ai is the answer - Marlon Craft

Damn what the records say.

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"Take the surprise out your voice Shaq."-The REAL CP3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2H5K-BUMS0

I mean...

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-Sig-

“Why didn’t you do this in your own god damn country?"

-All Stah's view on undocumented immigrants wanting to be treated like human beings.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2H5K-BUMS0

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I'm not a Lakers fan, but beating that Clippers team should count for something.

"Sean sparks like John Starks, nah, Sean ball like John Wall" - Rest In Power Forever Sean Price.

but Purposeless P decided to throw away 3 possessions in a row during crunch time. "dribbling aimlessly" seems like a bad approach but that's what he went with. i'm sure there is some subtle defensive stuff LAL was doing that was affecting him. i still have no idea why kawhi was on the bench until the last 10-15 seconds

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Somewhere, Dr. Claw bangs his fist on a table in classic Dr. Claw fashion.

Yes, I'm mad. Let's move on.

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During that stretch (which included some games without Donovan Mitchell and even Caris LeVert), the Cavs have won most of their games, including a 20 point comeback against the Mavericks. Notable losses to Bucks, Raptors post-trade, and Pelicans (which was off a back to back).

And in the rubble has emerged Jarrett Allen on a redemption tour. In the last 11 games he has averaged:

19.4 PPG
69.8 TS%
13.2 RPG
4.0 APG
2.0 STL + BLK

and also has taken the new role of a playmaking hub, which is a reason his assist totals have gone up. Some (self-included) have taken to calling him "Frokic".

Did a decent job taking the assignment of guarding Wemby today in a very close win accentuated by Cavs confusion/mistakes in the last minutes. I will say this, the less Wemby is on minutes restriction the more of a problem he is for teams, especially those like the Cavs who are vulnerable to taller opponent lineups.

Sam Merrill is another guy who has emerged -- Cavs fans (self included) took to calling him "Luke Kennard at home", but this guy has some very Steph Curry-esque offball movement and absolutely ridiculous speed at launching shots beyond the arc. Add this to Max Strus who has proven to be worth every penny thus far and the spacing of this team has greatly improved.

And though I think he's very vulnerable in trade talks, Caris LeVert has been ballin'.

Cavs play in Paris next against the Nets (who have been looking like ass as of late).

Still need DG and Mobley back. And that will prove to be a real challenge for JB Bickerstaff, because the concerns about team fit are real. Absent DG and Mobley, the starting lineup has included Isaac Okoro and Dean Wade, which really isn't terribly much in the "spacing" department (and when Strus was moved to the 2 in Donovan Mitchell's absence, the effect was the same). But there has been a lot more ball movement and better looking shots created out of the offense, which had way too much reliance on high PnR since the dreaded day of December 15th.

I think they will be fine, but everyone needs to commit to the idea of ball movement and better shots. JBB needs to find minutes for Merrill when Mobley returns.

With Ricky Rubio's retirement I expect Craig Porter Jr to get converted to a real contract.

I have doubts Ty Jerome plays meaningful minutes this season.

Yes, I'm mad. Let's move on.

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Not that had much interest in seeing Taj Gibson get playing time, but I make this post for two reasons

1) He reportedly was a Knicks fan as he grew up in Brooklyn, so I would imagine getting cut right before his contract would have become guaranteed was a stinging blow on multiple levels. Wonder if there's a team out there that will pick up him.

2) The Knicks reportedly cut him to make a roster spot available, which means the OG trade won't be the sole one the Knicks will make this season. Have to wonder outside of Fournier, who the other active player will go and more importantly, who will the Knicks get back in return.

"Sean sparks like John Starks, nah, Sean ball like John Wall" - Rest In Power Forever Sean Price.

>Not that had much interest in seeing Taj Gibson get playing
>time, but I make this post for two reasons
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>1) He reportedly was a Knicks fan as he grew up in Brooklyn,
>so I would imagine getting cut right before his contract would
>have become guaranteed was a stinging blow on multiple levels.
>Wonder if there's a team out there that will pick up him.
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>2) The Knicks reportedly cut him to make a roster spot
>available, which means the OG trade won't be the sole one the
>Knicks will make this season. Have to wonder outside of
>Fournier, who the other active player will go and more
>importantly, who will the Knicks get back in return.

I had no idea he was still in the league but apparently that was his 2nd stint with the Knicks

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injury

-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

but cutting taj seems to be because they have achiuwa now

I'm sure he knew it was coming

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

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...I'm from the era when A.I. was the answer, now they think ai is the answer - Marlon Craft

I just hope he doesn't relapse into his bad behavior since he'll be away from the team.

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also, Tyrese Haliburton left the game with a nasty hamstring sprain. hope that doesn't keep him out long.

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From "gets the help he needs" to his whole "I was gonna retire, because 'it's all just too much'"

What the hell are we talking about here? Draymond is an asshole. The end. The rest of this shit is just noise.

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