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  1. Julio

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    I was actually referring to Stephon Castle on the Spurs. I’d call him on it literally every time down.
     
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    I don't think teams would try to game plan to attack williams on defense - I don't recall last year any playoffs trying to get him into mismatches. Reaves OTOH - uggh. Hoping Reaves can improve on this - needs to get stronger so he can hold his base and take the initial contact without giving up space. OKC exploited him not just with Shai or Mitchell but even in the regular season Cason Wallace just bully balled him in iso.

    I have hope for AR because you could see that JJ got to Luka who got a ton better on defense IMO as the season progressed even in iso but AR's defense is going to be a concner for this team. Teams have gameplanned to go at him too many times now to ignore it (from denver to okc)
     
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  3. FrontOfJersey22

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    A team rebuilding around Chet?
    Hilarious.
    This is the guy who said he and FloppyLips could take Shaq and Kobe then proceeded to sh$t the bed for nearly every game of the series.
    As Abeer said, this guy can’t get his own shot- all he can do is finish a lob and make a three. He can also easily be scored on in the post by anyone who drives it into his body. He’s extremely easy to knock off balance because he’s so weak.
    Thanks for the laugh.
     
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  4. FrontOfJersey22

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    More than half the NBA carries the ball, including LeBron.
    They stopped calling this around 15 years ago.
     
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    You get the award for “Troll Comment of the Year” for this take.
    Hilarious.
    Haven’t you learned what they say about those who assume too much?
     
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  6. Pioneer10

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    One of the game was the NBA cup finals game - this is website is for basketball junkies.
     
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    Yeah Ayton disappointed me that he couldn’t destroy him. He looked small against Holmgren.
     
  8. LTLakerFan

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    Yeah weird, another better than you type of comment Vlade? Why do you do those? Especially since You didn’t watch.

    :KobeConfused:
     
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    I don’t know why it’s laughable. I said he would be a tank commander because he can’t win games in his own… if you put him with a high end wing like a Flagg, I can see him being a good building block. He can guard the rim and spread the floor, that’s a really useful mix.
     
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    It’s weird that people have so much attitude towards one another when they haven’t met or know each other from a bar of soap. I get we have different opinions - but we’re basketball nerds posting on an old school forum… it’s not that deep.
     
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    Wemby is different. This Sours team is a different watch. They are entertaining. This is Mitch Johnson’s blueprint not Greg Popovich offense. Not boring. Tony Parker Sean Elliot Bruce Bowen Manu Ginobli Mario Ellie Tim Duncan it was the big fundamentals.

    Wemby plays aggressive. He dunks he’s empathic. Step back 3’s. Funny is OKC was the boring team.

    So this Spurs team we all watch. It’s not like those boring 2007 Spurs champion team. I still hate them though.

    But guys like Castle and Harper are interesting to watch.
     
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    Allllll you people talking about basketball!! What the heck, dontcha all have anything better to do with your time??

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