Ant's personality is way more marketable than Jokic. Jokic acts like an aloof person who goes about like basketball is just a 9-5 job.
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It's been pretty clear for a while that Ant is a very special player, but the league and their media partners decided to not bother putting the team he plays for on national TV most of the year. The media is, by and large, having an "oh I guess I wasn't familiar with your game!" moment about Ant. The "boy it's going to be fun when Ant is on a coastal team in a few years" shit is already fucking starting.
KAT looked absolutely lost out there in game 4. He and Gobert need to work something out because they are integral to winning this series and they have both looked pretty bad the past 2 games.
I'd like to see Naz get more minutes, and I'd like to see Kyle Anderson get less.
Props to Aaron Gordon for hitting the craziest hot streak I've seen in a while.
I'd like to see Naz get more minutes, and I'd like to see Kyle Anderson get less.
Props to Aaron Gordon for hitting the craziest hot streak I've seen in a while.
I'm again feeling like nobody was paying attention when Randle, Brunson, and Anunoby were all healthy and the Knicks were casually crushing some of the best teams in the league.
Nevermind the egregiously bad timing for another "Knicks are better without Randle" take lol. They are so desperate for bodies that Jericho Sims is playing meaningful minutes. Put the most bad fit star imaginable on the Knicks' playoff roster and the series is 3-1 at worst now.
I'm saying! us Knick fans right now are reminiscing that month of Januray where we had the best record of the league!(I think we went 15-2) we put the whole leauge on notice...then Randle got hurt and all the injuires that followed. I'm still rooting for my Knicks to win this series but damn does it hurt thinking about what it could've been if everyone was healhy.
whatever happens on the off season just don't blow this team up; anyone with eyes can see we have incredible potential....GIVE OG HIS EXTENSION NOW!!!!
They just need to put the TWolves on national TV more next year. He doesn't need to go to a coastal to get the coverage I would hope.
p.s. Ant, please come to the Clippers. heh.
If he wants national games why would he head to Californias basement team?
Cause we are the best. Don't ya know. Bless daddy Ballmer. Inglewood up to no good.
Lakers reportedly want LeBron back 'on any term that he wants.' Including possibly drafting Bronny.
The Lakers are a star-driven franchise and there is still no bigger global basketball star than LeBron James.
www.nbcsports.com
Hollywood really is the nepo baby capital of the world 😂
saw a tweet saying Bronny's absolute ceiling is someone like Caruso. Bronny has a similar build, active defense, does a lot of the connector things well even if his shot isn't there. sounds about right to me
They're definitely not blowing the team up lol. Just about everyone is under contract for 2+ more years, and they're absolutely going to be looking to give OG a contract. Hartenstein is the only likely loss.
Even if they try to trade for another impact player, it will likely be using their draft capital for the biggest part of the leverage.
i'll eat a hat if Bronny is ever as good as Caruso. That's incredibly unlikely.
if he gets drafted he will be the worst player in the nba by far.
They were doing good then but Hartenstein really came into his own without Randle so it's a give and take for sure. But we also forget that Randle basically all but quit on his team in last year's playoffs, so who knows which Randle would have showed up.
For whatever reason, KAT is the only big who doesn't need a lot of help with Jokic. Having the ball in Gordon's hands more often means they can't just shade Rudy off of him, and KAT is not able to chase him around the whole game. Naz was getting murdered on pick & rolls all game last night. Slow-Mo has been a nightmare every time he's touched the court. They have to figure out a way to scheme this better.
The ghastly stretch at the start of the 2nd quarter where Denver ran their lead up to 15 was with Ant, Gobert, & KAT off the floor. That particular lineup had never played together during the regular season: Slow-Mo, Naz, Jaden, NAW, Conley. All of those guys but Naz have been terrible offensively this series. They can't get cute with lineups to try to steal minutes or something. They basically need two of Ant, Karl, and Rudy on the floor at all times.
The horrible shit at the end of the 2nd quarter absolutely cannot happen against a team as disciplined as the Nuggets. The foul call on Rudy right before that all happened was such a ticky tack call. That negated a turnover, which led to the KCP 3 (which was probably the best shot they could give up in that situation, and it was the only 3 he hit all game) and kind of sent everything off the rails. That's not the reason they lost the game, but it certainly derailed every bit of momentum they'd built up to that point.
KAT had a horrendous shooting night, Rudy couldn't control the ball at all, no one could hit their free throws, and Gordon & Denver's bench mob wouldn't miss.
Like, if just two or three of these things went wrong the Wolves are probably sitting 3-1 right now. It's frustrating for sure, but these teams are extremely evenly matched, and this was never going to be an easy series.
The ghastly stretch at the start of the 2nd quarter where Denver ran their lead up to 15 was with Ant, Gobert, & KAT off the floor. That particular lineup had never played together during the regular season: Slow-Mo, Naz, Jaden, NAW, Conley. All of those guys but Naz have been terrible offensively this series. They can't get cute with lineups to try to steal minutes or something. They basically need two of Ant, Karl, and Rudy on the floor at all times.
The horrible shit at the end of the 2nd quarter absolutely cannot happen against a team as disciplined as the Nuggets. The foul call on Rudy right before that all happened was such a ticky tack call. That negated a turnover, which led to the KCP 3 (which was probably the best shot they could give up in that situation, and it was the only 3 he hit all game) and kind of sent everything off the rails. That's not the reason they lost the game, but it certainly derailed every bit of momentum they'd built up to that point.
KAT had a horrendous shooting night, Rudy couldn't control the ball at all, no one could hit their free throws, and Gordon & Denver's bench mob wouldn't miss.
Like, if just two or three of these things went wrong the Wolves are probably sitting 3-1 right now. It's frustrating for sure, but these teams are extremely evenly matched, and this was never going to be an easy series.
then he hopefully stays in college 4 years and tries to achieve an international career if he wants to.
if LeBron wants to nepo baby him then he should get him an internship at klutch or something like that.
The NBA is the hardest major sports league to get into, and its draft is arguably the most significant to teams since there's only two rounds. Yet somebody much more deserving is going to be denied an NBA roster spot and a team is really going to use precious draft capital to take Bronny.
Which is a damn shame! Dude has been absolutely solid with Robinson out for most of the season and now.
I'd love for them to keep Hartenstein but I doubt they're going to match the money he's going to be offered to go start somewhere.
Going from discussions of "is Jokic even top 20?" + a fraud MVP, to Nuggets now have the series in the bag is peak NBA discourse.
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yeah absolute ceilings are often incredibly unlikely by definition. I don't think most players hit their ceiling
just a general comp on playstyle at least so far, that's all
I think bronny's absolute ceiling is much higher than that. he simply hasn't played enough to make that statement
Is Ballmer world order afraid of Klutch mafia
Can see him draft Bronny to try to get LeBron
Gotta sell tickets
Can see him draft Bronny to try to get LeBron
Gotta sell tickets
He's too short and doesn't have the offensive game to make up for the height. He'd be a first rounder a few inches taller just due to the athleticism, but he's not.
I got hypebole. I think all series are going 7. I'm iffy on the Mavs/OKC. The way the Mavs are moving, might not get there.
And Knicks players might fall apart too and it not go 7.
And Knicks players might fall apart too and it not go 7.
Tatum and Butler have consistently had the most commercials for basically the past 4 years straight. I don't think anyone else comes very close.
Lebron? He hasn't really led the league in commercials in forever imo. Not since sprite and Nike had him everywhere over a decade ago
KAT already disappears on them. They don't need Dlo doing it too, while also playing much shittier defense than Conley
The only recent LeBron commercials I remember are ATT during march madness (maybe this was last year) and new Taco Bell ones. And the SpaceJam ones count I guess, haha.
This Jokic pony commercials are dumb and slightly funny at the same time, hah.
This Jokic pony commercials are dumb and slightly funny at the same time, hah.
He's in the Ruffles commercials with Tatum/Chuck too, though it's a little old now. I really only see Jokic and Tatum lately
Ah yea, I forgot about that one, chuck calls him old man.
Yea, it's alot of Tatum and Jokic right now. Seems like Tatum bas been going strong for a bit. I remember seeing Butler more. I see Melo alot recently.
Lebron also does the Tonal (home gym) commercials, though don't know how prevalent those are
If A-Rod gets control of the Wolves and they salary dump KAT I could absolutely see Ant asking out in a few years, unfortunately
Zaslav gets his tax write-off. Ernie has said he won't leave Turner and maybe Chuck can find a spot somewhere.
I can now skip all halftime and post game shows in the future, heh.
imo, even if Chuck goes to the other network, it's not gonna be the same without Ernie that production stuff and the energy they have in ATL.
imo, even if Chuck goes to the other network, it's not gonna be the same without Ernie that production stuff and the energy they have in ATL.
Goober ain't ever getting traded
DPoY and they gave up that package for him so they don't want to seem like dummies
KAT for Randle and picks gonna be a nuke this offseason
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DPoY and they gave up that package for him so they don't want to seem like dummies
KAT for Randle and picks gonna be a nuke this offseason
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Got my Summer League tickets, going to see how long I can convince people that I'm a scout for a Greek team.
Fuck yeah, summer league can be fun as hell
Yeah those were common, especially around a year or 2 ago.
Between carmax and subway, stephs had a big increase since the chip. Giannis consistently will pop up every once in a while.
But for the past 4 years, I can't think of a time in which Tatum and butler were not in an ongoing ad campaign.
You're not watching the playoffs then?
Or have some arena only settings?
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