*skatin' the rings of saturn*


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

RJ Barrett has come alive with Rose running the point.

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but from what I've seen, Payton is much more capable of staying in front of opposing point guards than Rose is. Rose is much better at penetrating at his advanced age compared to Payton, which is sad on multiple levels, but I have to think Thibs values Payton's defensive capabilities over Rose's.

I suppose time will tell if Payton will get relegated to the bench once his hamstring injuries improve.

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

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

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

<--- Big Baller World Order

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Fuck a sig, my presence is enough.

Beal gone after this season. gotta be.

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Pissed that win away

<---
Fuck a sig, my presence is enough.

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Smh

Dude already cracking under the weight of having to carry a team for the 1st time of his career




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DALLAS LAKERICKS LETS GO!!

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

Dray went out of the game too, but the Lakers were up by 30 or so by that point.

I don't think the Lakers are thinking about them like that.

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

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Lakers fans mad as shit. GS went to Five straight Chips.

And all of his Chips came from beating Lebron, with and without KD


They built a dynasty and changed the NBA to what it is today. Teams built their
teams to go up against GS.

And he has GS right now in the Top 8 of the West! And is a MVP candidate.

Y’all mad as shit. LOL

ALL HAIL THE KING of LOSING: LEBRON
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They tasted blood in the water and went for it after that embarrassing L vs them earlier this year

<--- Big Baller World Order

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

Not going to go the Joe Johnson route here.

ball when he is bailing out of a drive to the basket. I feel for everyone of them dudes that are stuck with Wall.

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This year he is averaging 38 mins a game.

This is why you don’t hire Thibs. SMH.

Hopefully, he can stay healthy.

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https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1366503507109564424

https://digife.com

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

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

They did it right before the AllStar game, which is in Atlanta. Pierce was highly
involved with securing Allstate Arena as a polling place for the recent presidential
election.

I guess they wanted to wait until the end of Black History month to
sack him.

ALL HAIL THE KING of LOSING: LEBRON
Bulls | Bears | White Sox | Yankees | Notre Dame | Illinois | Chelsea | Real Madrid

They did it right before the AllStar game, which is in Atlanta. Pierce was highly
involved with securing Allstate Arena as a polling place for the recent presidential
election.

I guess they wanted to wait until the end of Black History month to
sack him.

ALL HAIL THE KING of LOSING: LEBRON
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<---
Fuck a sig, my presence is enough.

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all-star starter last year was the worst thing that could’ve happened

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

and it starts w/ him

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Carmelo had five MF steals!

This has to be his best defensive work

ALL HAIL THE KING of LOSING: LEBRON
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"Take the surprise out your voice Shaq."-The REAL CP3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2H5K-BUMS0

>Carmelo had five MF steals!

tail end of a road trip, 2nd night of B2B, and down 3 starters

This dude is efficient as fock this season. Harden and Lillard are doing sick
ass balling right now.

MVP race is unreal right now.

ALL HAIL THE KING of LOSING: LEBRON
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To people like US, a record is a piece of history. A moment in time.
Most people don't get it.

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

https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1367124793242382337?s=20

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

if you want to add some funny to those 2, cut Chuck an extra check.
Chuck knows better when to pick his spots to try and be funny and when to let the Xs/Os folks get their shit off

<--- Big Baller World Order

>Chuck knows better when to pick his spots to try and be funny
>and when to let the Xs/Os folks get their shit off

Not that Chuck is a fount of XO's insight, mind you, but I'd say Shaq is much more limited in that regard.

>if you want to add some funny to those 2, cut Chuck an extra
>check.
>Chuck knows better when to pick his spots to try and be funny
>and when to let the Xs/Os folks get their shit off

I think Gary Payton might be good

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

He kills off his strengths, but doesn't do much to shore up his weaknesses- and even wears that as a badge.

His value to ITNBA is entertainment, and he hugs the curbs of easy, surface level talking points. There's a reason he always runs straight to his rings and either avoids or attempts to shut down any sort of nuanced discussion.

Shaq's an old head who doesn't get that the game is different, and in general, has always head flippant, simplistic perspectives on most things.

Conversely, Candace doesn't sound like she came prepared, so much as she sounds like someone who eats, breathes and understands the game on a much deeper level than Shaq ever did.

He's one of the funniest motherfuckers alive. Same with Chuck, really. But the second they start talking about the modern NBA, they reveal all the shit they don't know. They're still thinking it's the same game as 30-40 years ago. It also doesn't help that they clearly don't watch tape, as shown by that "Name That Player" segment, lmao.

So if he realized he's there to pop shit, be funny, tell some fun "back in the day" stories, and bust some balls occasionally? He's perfect at that. But he can't hang with Candace in a breakdown of the intricacies of the modern NBA. Be it age or unwillingness to learn... he's just never gonna come across well in a convo like that.

Candace is, unsurprisingly, brilliant and fantastic at her job. (D-Wade is also really good from what I've seen.)

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>He's one of the funniest motherfuckers alive. Same with
>Chuck, really. But the second they start talking about the
>modern NBA, they reveal all the shit they don't know. They're
>still thinking it's the same game as 30-40 years ago.

that's a little bit of exaggeration Shaq just retired 10 years ago and his last title was 15 years ago. The game has changed dramatically during that relative short time.

>It also
>doesn't help that they clearly don't watch tape, as shown by
>that "Name That Player" segment, lmao.
>
>So if he realized he's there to pop shit, be funny, tell some
>fun "back in the day" stories, and bust some balls
>occasionally? He's perfect at that. But he can't hang with
>Candace in a breakdown of the intricacies of the modern NBA.
>Be it age or unwillingness to learn... he's just never gonna
>come across well in a convo like that.
>
>Candace is, unsurprisingly, brilliant and fantastic at her
>job. (D-Wade is also really good from what I've seen.)

I LOVE Candace and she knows her shit.

I'm a huge fan of Shaq as a player but honestly I don't think he's good in this role on Tuesdays or Thursdays. On Thursdays Kenny used to provide balance with Chuck but for whatever reason they thought Shaq would add something but he doesn't.

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

clown comedy at BEST.

He gets by on being a huge, physically imposing, dominant athlete who is always goofing off and smiling.

But there's very little that he says or does that's *actually* funny.

Even his dynamic with Chuck is a one trick pony that works, but is also one that's been worn extremely thin. He has the biggest negatives and smallest positives of any of the Inside guys.

He detracts far more from the show than he brings to it.

He's a big goof who can be fairly entertaining. I enjoy him on the show overall, but "one of the funniest motherfuckers alive" is a gross overstatement.

Man, we all know that feeling when you talking about something and then some know nothing gotta add their two cents.

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"You can't beat white people. You can only knock them out."

at the level of attention this is getting on twitter. It shouldn't be that odd for folks on a sports talk show to have differences in viewpoints of the game.

I wonder why this is gaining online traction; is it because of a woman clapping back at what is a typically male dominated sport in professional basketball? Is it because folks are tired of Shaq running his trap?

It's interesting, at least to me.

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

deservedly so

He’s never been LOVED on that show by the fans but now he’s actively a detriment to the enjoyment of the show because he can’t take an L or a joke

<--- Big Baller World Order

Personally, he doesn't rub me the wrong way like Screaming A or Kendrick Perkins does, but at the same time it is annoying to see Shaq get so sensitive or take it personally when folks disagree with him when he is so quick to throw shots at other individuals.

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

He offers no insight and (imo) he's not funny/entertaining within the context of Inside.

ANOTHER HOT TAKE: The guy is so busy doing commercials for literally every product on the market that he doesn't seen to have the time or energy to put forth on the TNT gig. He's half-assing it and really offers nothing. And like you said, he's a detriment to the show. Doesn't seem like he truly cares and is doing it for (another) check. There are talented people more deserving of being in that chair.

But yeah, HOT TAKE ALERT.

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

To people like US, a record is a piece of history. A moment in time.
Most people don't get it.

It's weird, because he was the guy everyone loved during the Kobe-Shaq feud, players and fans alike, unless you were a Kobe fan.

As a former player, he's given little to the game or it's players, while Kobe solidified himself as one of, if not the, GOAT in terms of what he gave back to the game.

Kobe did Detail, breaking down what makes players so great, trained with and mentored young players, and wrote a whole damn book that spoke on the greatness of other players.

Shaq went on to shit on Dwight, Javale, Gobert, Mitchell, etc.

He's a horrible ambassador for the game.

He said man-up, as in man to man defense. He was saying
that players need to stay glued, even on the PnR, which they don’t.

PnR isn’t anything new. That was Utah’s bread and butter back in the 90s
, and they had good shooters. But Bulls had Pippen, Jordan and Rodman, who
stay glued or knew how to switch.

Players depend on system defenses now, and they lack man to man ability.
Milwaukee has too much length to not know how to defend against Jokic on the
PnR.

The problem is players are playing lazy defense.

ALL HAIL THE KING of LOSING: LEBRON
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it used to be more situational to switch everything but in a copycat league coaches came to favor shooters more than plus defenders until it became basic NBA defensive philosophy. Players don't even try to fight through or over the screen no matter how weak it is.

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

I think it helps that Parker is getting a lot of traction in general because of how fucking great she is at breaking down the game. Putting her next to Chuck or Shaq is going to make them look out of touch because, well, breaking down game just isn't really their strength. They barely know who the coaches and players are on the teams.

And yeah, as mentioned above, Shaq's been doing a lot of grumpy old man "back in my day, kids were tougher" shtick recently. So to have this clip where Parker calmly and effectively explains the modern game, and Shaq comes back with something that may have worked thirty years ago but no one really does today for a reason, and she looks over at D-Wade like "is he serious?"? Yeah, it's definitely a lot of things coming together in a perfect clip, lol.

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>I think it helps that Parker is getting a lot of traction in
>general because of how fucking great she is at breaking down
>the game. Putting her next to Chuck or Shaq is going to make
>them look out of touch because, well, breaking down game just
>isn't really their strength. They barely know who the coaches
>and players are on the teams.
>
>And yeah, as mentioned above, Shaq's been doing a lot of
>grumpy old man "back in my day, kids were tougher" shtick
>recently. So to have this clip where Parker calmly and
>effectively explains the modern game, and Shaq comes back with
>something that may have worked thirty years ago but no one
>really does today for a reason, and she looks over at D-Wade
>like "is he serious?"? Yeah, it's definitely a lot of things
>coming together in a perfect clip, lol.


I think what hurts Shaq from his myopic point of view is that the big man is obviously dying out in the modern NBA and Shaq has less and less possible basketball insight to delivery if he isn't present to crack jokes. IMO, he's pretty lacking in the comedy department because he isn't able to crack jokes at himself for the most part and instantly becomes extra sensitive or defensive when the jokes are pointed his way, but I suppose that just a matter of my personal opinion.

Barkley seems to have enough self-knowledge to know not to take himself too seriously, at least from what I've see from the NBA Turner broadcasts. I'm curious if he actually does X's and O's breakdowns when he does television work for NCAA. I don't watch because I don't watch college ball, but he's been back multiple years, so I would hope he does a decent enough job for whatever his role is for those NCAA broadcasts.

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

seriously than Chuck, Chuck has accepted the fact that he's there for comic relief and embraces is with his "guarantees" and other antics. Shaq thinks he can sit up there and say "I got 4 rings" and it automatically validates everything he says. I hate saying this but I wouldn't mind seeing Tim Duncan in his spot.

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

1. Lillard and Harden are MVP runners. Hands down.
2. Utah is serious. Even when they lose they win. They lost their last two games
because of Refs. But they are on the Road balling and taking it to every top team.

Refs focked Utah hard and I loved what Mitchell had to say. Love that kid.

ALL HAIL THE KING of LOSING: LEBRON
Bulls | Bears | White Sox | Yankees | Notre Dame | Illinois | Chelsea | Real Madrid

1. MVPIID
2. IDC if you’re getting mauled, your franchise player cannot get tossed in that situation...IDC, IDC, IDC.

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If you can't understand it without an explanation

you can't understand it with an explanation

That game was over. Utah had the W. Royce saved the ball, and then
the ref said the ball touched him. They had a ref issue against Miami.

I know one thing this Utah team plays every quarter, every second, every game.
They make you work. Can teams deal with that in a seven game series?

ALL HAIL THE KING of LOSING: LEBRON
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What’s the issue with that call?
It’s the right call
Ball touched ref out of bounds = out of bounds
?

He also got the benefit of jumping sideways into Seth on a 3pt attempt that is the literal definition of not being a natural shooting motion...in the final minutes of the game

We get those 2pts he made on the FTs back?
Of course not...

12/34 and an L = madmaking

Let’s be real.

I have more of an issue with this not being a nationally televised game

#1 in the west vs #1 in the East...and the league is more focused on BK and LAs

Talk about that disrespect...but blaming refs, when you shoot 44 3pters and are facing the #2 team in post up possessions

GTFOH.

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you can't understand it with an explanation

in how refs have been impacting games and ejecting players. It’s a problem, a
serious problem. I’m glad he spoke on it. That his first ejection of his career.
So you know it’s a problem.

And Mitchell still went 33-8-6 and was 5-12 from 3
, on the Road in an OT game. So dont Pat yourself
on the back too much, worry about how Phila can’t beat a Lillard team without
his starting players (twice!) or Brooklyn without Durant.

Philly got the W at home, but hardly convincing.

ALL HAIL THE KING of LOSING: LEBRON
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Still #1...and u mad.

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you can't understand it with an explanation

But it wasn’t a convincing win, ball doesn’t touch the ref, game over
Utah wins. And actually it was Harris who was big in that game as well.

I’m just saying it could have easily been a L for Philly and it took everything
for them to win it.... far far from dominating or like Mitchell was lockdown.

Philly won, cool. But Utah ain’t no focking joke, not at all.

ALL HAIL THE KING of LOSING: LEBRON
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all taking games heading into the break, I wonder if any will take games off coming out

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

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

-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.

-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.

https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1367884166348562433?s=20

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

https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1367898577616334854?s=20

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

Brooklyn needs interior defense not floor spacers, although at this point I'm not sure you can refer as Blake as a spacer since he shot really poorly this year.

I read in The Athletic that BOS might be a better fit. He would give them some playmaking, likely off of the bench.

<--- Me when my head hits the pillow

dude can't jump or move laterally with any quickness at this point.

his skills are there, but his outside shot isn't even consistent because he doesn't have lift from his legs

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

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

Which is very generous of him.

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I hadn't seen it

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

that's not bad

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

This isn’t a Rondo or Carmelo situation. He isn’t old. He is only 31 years old.

His knees are toast. He can’t Jump. It’s more like a Chris Webber situation.

Some Youth is still there, but the parts are badly damaged.

ALL HAIL THE KING of LOSING: LEBRON
Bulls | Bears | White Sox | Yankees | Notre Dame | Illinois | Chelsea | Real Madrid

surprised if he rediscovered some skills and bounce with a new team

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

he's either out of the league soon, or he was doing one of the most masterful tank jobs in history

>he's either out of the league soon, or he was doing one of
>the most masterful tank jobs in history

I feel like if he was on his way out he wouldn't have taken a buyout. He could've sat home the rest of this season and next season and collected a fat check

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

in two years

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https://www.yahoo.com/now/nba-all-star-covid-19-impact-joel-embiid-ben-simmons-uncertain-76ers-161350811.html

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

Yeah let’s take the most important players in the league and put their
health in jeopardy by having a meaningless ASG. That’s the ticket.

What could go wrong?

These players could all contract Covid while being under the same roof,
and be forced to quarantine, which would leave them unavailable for their
regular teams for up to 2 weeks.

I guarantee you there will be positive tests when they get tested after the
games are over.

ALL HAIL THE KING of LOSING: LEBRON
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on his head about this.

It was then and it is now all about money like everything else.

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

And the players money is tied to this too soo.....

-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.

Shoulda stuck all these guys in Sacramento lollll

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

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