*skatin' the rings of saturn*


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

Went winless during preseason and have blown multiple big leads to some of the worst teams in the league oh and also have had the easiest schedule but apparently it’s November so things will be ok

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>Went winless during preseason and have blown multiple big
>leads to some of the worst teams in the league oh and also
>have had the easiest schedule but apparently it’s November
>so things will be ok

LeBron's 1st year in Miami they were close to .500 around the same time and still made it to this Finals.

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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

Lebron had played in one finals and 66 total playoff games.

He's now played in ten finals and has played 261 total playoff games. Oh and he's 11 years older, too.

AD is 28, which was the point at which DWade had a few elite years left but had started the decline.

Westbrook is 33.

You see that these scenarios, outside of the total number of games played before December, are not the same, right?

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Was he playing that bad?

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and he is going to run hot and cold....Thibs can't compute that... he wants Red Hot Kemba for 27 minutes a game...well in reality, you get cold Kemba for 14 minutes, savvy Kemba for 7, and 6 minutes when he can hit shots from anywhere in the building. Been the same since he was at UCONN. He manages the game much better of course, but the scoring is going to be sketchy, especially with his age. Thibs should start Burks, who has been nuts, and play Rose, Kemba AND McBride based on who is on fire, matchups, etc.

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decision now

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

but Thibs is making changes because he got backed into a corner by injuries. The depth the Knicks have can only been capitalized upon with a fluid approach to minutes, and Thibs continues to be a one trick pony with his rotation.

Now by accident, he found out his best point guard was his backup shooting guard, and his starting shooting guard plays BETTER with this point guard. He could have found that shit out a month ago if he did any experimentation.

He is still lost on the fact that Obi and Jules are lights out together. Thank Goodness Jericho Sims and Grimes got some minutes....now if we could get the ole ball coach to sub in McBride, we could go 10-12 deep and keep his favorites fresh for the spring.

At this point, I consider this year 2 of a three year relationship and then we'll get a championship coach, Mike Brown or someone of that ilk.

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Our offense revolves around DeRozan/LaVine isolation and fast breaks created off turnovers.
That works if a team is guarding us man to man, but soon as they put up a zone, it's a wrap.
Plus when the Bulls don't force turnovers, we struggle.

I'm putting this squarely on Donovan.
He's gotta find a way to move the ball more.

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Garland and Allen are CLOWNING in the pick and roll.

Even Okoro was going off. Damn.

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

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probably would have stolen one of that brutal "Nets Sandwich" stretch where Mobley and Allen were both out. Losing that Celtics game also sucked. Their asses are gonna get cooked on the next go round.

there are really only 2 bad things going on right now: the team lacks shooting (corner 3 percentage is abysmal, even Detroit is better), and turnovers. getting really sloppy with that (esp. from both guards)

but I love what I'm seeing from the bigs, and from both Kevin Love and Lauri Markannen.

Mobley, Markannen, Rubio. 3 dudes together changing the fortunes of this team.

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

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https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1465359434801192960

those back issues aint no joke. you can pretty much scratch his career (at least in terms of returning to…or exceeding…whatever level he was previously at).

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

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Part me hopes that modern medicine in 2021 can rehabilitate him so he can come back playing near his full potential.
Our thoughts on ACL tears are much different today than they were 10-15 years ago.
Can the same be said for the back?
Granted, I know a knee is a lot different than what holds your entire body together.

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:/

Smart on his part, but one of the dumbest operation moves in basketball
history.

As great as Pippen was, Jerry wasn’t going to shell out loot to him, and almost
every season they tried to trade him because they knew his back was
a ticking time bomb. He held up for his entire Bulls career, but then his
back gave out during their last championship.

Denver better hope that Porter has the same trajectory.

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I do not play a doctor so this is wild speculation, but he could still have an impactful career.

He may have to play fewer minutes (be a sixth man but close the game) or be cautious relating to his health, but his talent, especially his shooting is not likely to fade. From what I saw and read, his game was built on savvy and less on sheer athleticism.

Granted the track record for players with back surgery is not good. R wight.

But Dwight's game *was* built on athleticism, so when his back went out, so did his key advantage.

Plus we see now that medical science has advanced to the point where serious injuries, even Achilles injuries are not the end of a career, e.g. Durant, Hayward

<--- Me when my head hits the pillow

Listen, I love that the front office added Caruso.
It's not hard to see how he impacts the defense on the floor.

BUT...I can't stand that he gets MVP chants at the free throw line.
These white Bulls fans are so hard pressed for a hero sometimes.

Both LaVine and DeRozan are top 10 in PPG.
But Caruso gets MVP chants?

Am I making too much of this?

https://digife.com

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

I think it’s harmless. Nobody actually thinks caruso is the mvp but his wave is just some fun shit

<--- Big Baller World Order

I just find it corny.

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But we always said he was much more than a meme, and a lot of fanbases didn't get that.

I do hate that he's meme-ified so much - including MVP chants, calling him GOAT, etc. because it undermines how good he actually is.

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but shit, he is doing the damn thing in Chi. Don't be mad, y'all winning.

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Of course he isn’t MVP.

Since the story came out that he was willing to take less money than what the
Bulls were offering to stay with the lakers, people have been celebrating
his talents. They basically do it to ridicule the Lakers.

Plus he got MVP chants at MSG by Knicks fans when
he played for the Lakers.

He is a fan favorite, so it’s sort of a running gag in a positive sense.

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gave him a $40m bag to be a backup, good for him. For the Lakers it was basically a decision between paying him or THT and they felt like THT had the more long term potential.

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

.

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

Hope he's ok.

Thankfully he's...fully vaxxed as far as we know.

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we saw how he came out after his suspension

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

Embiid was out 3 weeks (fully vaxxed too I believe). The rest is great and all, but if it's a bad case of covid then that's...bad.

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>Embiid was out 3 weeks (fully vaxxed too I believe). The rest
>is great and all, but if it's a bad case of covid then
>that's...bad.

True but with the way LeBron spends money on his body he'll probably get those 45 presidential meds

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

<--- Big Baller World Order

2nd in assists
2nd in triple doubles

People have no idea of what this guy is doing right now.

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>2nd in assists
>2nd in triple doubles
>
>People have no idea of what this guy is doing right now.

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

Hard to see this squad losing if both of them are healthy (at least getting to the finals), and they have the right folks healthy around them, Kyrie or not.

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He was genuinely not good at the start of the season, but now that he can get separation a little more like he's used to, he's back closer to his normal self.

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He could be a good stop gap for them now that both Murray and Porter Jr. are out.

Maybe Brooklyn since Kyrie is out. Maybe the Clippers?

<--- Me when my head hits the pillow

Lived there for 7 years. Thank you.

That game was everything and lived up to its billing,
and this Warriors v Suns game is electric as well.

Teams came to hoop tonight.

Lakers getting murked by the Kings as I type this...

What a lovely night so far.

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the whole nets team did . they blew a 16 point lead and nearly lost.

it should have been a blowout from the 2nd quarter on

joe harris and blake griffin need to GO


>Lived there for 7 years. Thank you.
>
>That game was everything and lived up to its billing,
>and this Warriors v Suns game is electric as well.
>
>Teams came to hoop tonight.
>
>Lakers getting murked by the Kings as I type this...
>
>What a lovely night so far.

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the brown figures on the walls of my apart-a-ment...

The Suns played well, yes. But giving up the ball 20+ times and Steph not showing up did them in. (there's 3 minutes left but this is over.)

<--- Me when my head hits the pillow

Bridges played Steph very well tonight too

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

i dont know what kerr is or isnt doing but the carelessness with the ball should have been fixed seasons ago.

>i dont know what kerr is or isnt doing but the carelessness
>with the ball should have been fixed seasons ago.

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and how frustrating they are for such a good team.

the majority of the times they lose is them giving up a ton of points off turnovers.

.

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

and likely were the source of so many of those turnovers. but also, Steph was having a truly ordinary day

This series between these two and the over race for the top seed is going to be fascinating all season long.

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suns did all the things.

props to them. hope booker is okay and not out too long.

iggy would have been helpful.

peace & blessings,

x.

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focus on working hard you end up making someone else rich and
not having much to show for it. (c) mad

There’s some dead weight on this team.

DJ is done done. Start Dwight. I know it’s the Kings but he’s just so much better.

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>There’s some dead weight on this team.
>
>DJ is done done. Start Dwight. I know it’s the Kings but
>he’s just so much better.

I feel like people put too much hype on who "starts" and finishes. JaVale wasn't don't much 2 years ago.

Back during the Shaq/Kobe 3-peat era we started people like old ass AC Green, old ass Horace Grant and Samaki Walker but it didn't matter because Horry usually finished games.

Similar to Horry Dwight has a tendency to pick up silly fouls early when he starts.

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Then more teams will (continue to) do it.

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not sure why the league decided to make a thing out of it this year. a salty person/organization probably snitched.

There's zero chance people sign at 12:01am on a multi-year, big money contract after reviewing it for...a minute?

Seems weird to penalize these deals when it's so clear it's BEEN happening. Were Chicago/Miami just super sloppy or something?

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How did they escape any punishment?

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https://twitter.com/InStreetClothes/status/1466139316950867972?s=20

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the last time the Cavs won against them, they were also without Jimmy, and it took overtime to do so.

This time, after a brief faltering to start the 4th, they ran up the score so much, they had several minutes of garbage time, ended up with a 26 point win in the end. In a game where they had a lot of turnovers (over 20) and some defensive sequences I REALLY didn't like.

Kevin Love went OFF on both sides of the floor.
Mobley continues to Mobley.

Heat defense cut off the alley oops, but Garland and Allen still cooked them.

Even Okoro and Stevens were hitting 3s and good shots.

Lauri came in to run up the score with a late 3.

First win in Miami since Shaq was a Cavalier.

Let's go. 2-0 so far on this road trip

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

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

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I wanna go to where the martyrs went
the brown figures on the walls of my apart-a-ment...

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

Nets traded him for Kevin Durant ,

Warriors sucked without Klay and Steph


and Minnesota is on the rise!!!

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the brown figures on the walls of my apart-a-ment...

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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/MarkG_Medina/status/1466467923707539467

i wasnt aware they could do that...but no complaints here.

https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1466544081635627012?s=20

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

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Full Metal Vucevic

Come on Thibs, let Jericho hack for a few fouls!

IQ is starting, with Burks, Fournier, Randle and Mitch.

If IQ can do his thing against Lonzo, I will be sold on this move.

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fascinating sense of entitlement!

lol @ the irony of caruso playing tough (and legal) defense and making a thibs coached team cry.

Right?…

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and were down 74

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TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*

<--- Big Baller World Order

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

Ty Jerome played 35 minutes. PAIN.

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

*skatin' the rings of saturn*


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

Lots of signs they still have a ways to go with giving up big leads with stagnant offense via opposing teams playing better defense. BUT, they’ve been able to fight through these situations, generally. Like I think we have yet to see the best of this team. Vuc has basically been a fourth option because they haven’t figured out a way to fully integrate him yet. These guys barely know how to play with each other.

The defense is legit too.

I may be biased, but at the moment I see this team getting better with time.

I’m happy as shit that we are doing well. However, Vucevic is still a disease on
defense, and the Knicks don’t really have an interior. Randle’s big ass plays from
the outside, and Robinson and Nerlens are just rim protectors with zero offense. Vucevic can handle them with ease without worrying about having to play defense.

When we go up against teams with size and who play with a high IQ,
our weaknesses become glaring. Don’t get me wrong, this team can compete
with any team in the NBA, but we still have a lot of issues that need to
be corrected.

If Coby White can drop 15 a night off the bench, that will make up for
the points we give up in the paint due to our interior defense being weak.
Coby is the X factor.

The true test will be the Cavs, Wizards and the Bucks...Those teams
have paint monsters. Those games will let us know if we can really do something
in the east.


We will do no worse than the 8th seed, that’s for sure.

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

>I’m happy as shit that we are doing well. However, Vucevic
>is still a disease on
>defense,

I think this is an exaggeration. Defense is contagious, and
playing with Ball and Caruso (who has been directing not only him
but the entire team like a middle line backer) has made
him serviceable on defense.

>If Coby White can drop 15 a night off the bench, that will
>make up for
>the points we give up in the paint due to our interior defense
>being weak.
>Coby is the X factor.

Ha. Coby has played half the season. Bulls have kinda figured
things out without him. In fact, Ayo has been getting a lot of White's minutes.

Vucevic is the x factor.
He seems to have played through his slump.
If teams have to account for him, the game becomes easy for DeRozan and LaVine.

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He doesn’t have the experience yet, which is why his minutes
aren’t consistent. He has been a DNP-CD in a few games, especially
when white is a available.

Our big three are going to do what they do, but to have us highly
competitive against the top teams we are going to need point
production off the bench to match those team’s bench production.

The big three all scored near 30 and we almost lost the game in the closing
minutes. We got no double figure scoring from the bench. In the previous
game we got 14 from White to close it out.

White is being counted on and expected be the leading scorer off the
bench to compliment the big 3 to really give us a chance against elite teams.

The clarksons, the porters, the Harrells...their bench scoring puts their
teams over the top... We are going to need Coby to continue to emulate that.

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play anybody over 6'6"? against teams that actually have someone that plays in the post that could be a problem.

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

But I agree he's not an answer to a back up center.
Tony Bradley started while Vuc had Covid, but he's only used
when we go up against teams with real size.

Not sure who will be available by the trade deadline.

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

which is sad.

We have zero rim protection due to lack of size and ability.

Vuec has zero athleticism when it comes to protecting the rim.
He is an offensive beast, but defensively the awareness just
isn’t there. It’s so easy to go up and around him, and the blocks
he does get come from the outside. He doesn’t get those meet you at
the rim blocks.

We have no athletic big, which is needed to really be competitive.

A looney, a Capela, a gafford( rolls eyes), a Gobert, a Mobley or Allen,
a Lopez....I have no idea why they didn’t go after Whiteside when he was
available.

Shit man, I’m willing to take a chance on Marvin Bagley because he is a legit
rim protector and he wants out of Cali.....but he comes with a lot of baggage.

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Especially down the stretch. I think Billy D is not really getting much flow out of his offense - way too many Demar and Zach isos.

The ball should be in Lonzos hands and he should be running 90% of the offense, finding all 3 of his guys in their spots. If shit fails then go to D for the iso. I'm tired of seeing D or Zach bring it down court, dribble 20 seconds and then miss a fuckin layup while everybody else is just in the corner watching.

Cause I'm doing better now, don't mean I never lost shit/ I was married to a state of mind and I divorced it -- Black Thought

>Especially down the stretch. I think Billy D is not really
>getting much flow out of his offense - way too many Demar and
>Zach isos.

Isolations and turnovers.

That's the crux of our offense.
And as more teams play zone and figure us out,
we'll struggle.

Like you I'd like to see more ball movement.
If guys are cutting and moving, I'm sure Lonzo would find them
if he running point more.

BUT, when either DeRozan or Lavine run PNR with Vucevic, it's dangerous.

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