Ayo low-key, I never wanna hear shit from any Nuggets fan about how this team would be a D3 college team without Jokic. That talk is so fucjing annoying Jesus Chris.
Good victory by the Nuggets. Big Gov always delivers when it counts.
I feel like Fox would feast in international ball. Dude is so quick. I’m not seeing him on many lists though but he could easily be the third guard imo.
He doesn’t usually get credit for his defense because it’s not good enough to be considered superstar level, but he’s still REALLY good at it.
Steph got more buzz for playing above average defense(which fr fr makes him an absurd player overall) than Durant did for playing great on that end.
Idk good basketball that matters. It’s all arbitrary dude.
Honestly it usually comes as a counterjerk to Durant. He got it with Steph/Harden and last year it was Booker. Initially in every thread giving those guys praise folks had to add in something along the lines of “By GSW/BKN/PHX’s best player”
It’s being flipped now but that’s how it started.
He stayed in to try and get that 30 streak(and then the game somehow got close) and the warriors definitely knew.
I say this as a hater. Rudy has been fucking hooping this year.
The volume discrepancy in this list is insane.
I don’t think many teams are that high on any of these guys.
It’s the Wizards but man every time I see him hooping I gotta laugh at Mavs fans trying to cope that he wasn’t that good
It’s crazy how much better he looks when his team isn’t missing 2 of their top 3 guys.
I think a lot of yall have it mixed up. Steph showed people it was possible to win it all as a high volume 3 point guy, but the rockets were the team that made every team think they can trot out slightly above average 3 point shooters and have them chuck. They were very open about the numbers if the game in a way the warriors weren’t.
Additionally their tactics were built around the numbers. The warriors wanted good shots, regardless of if they were 3 pointers or not. They merely used the 3 as a catalyst to blow the doors off a game and open everything else up.
In a vacuum not good. The Nuggets have dome a great job of building a roster around him that let’s him do the things on defense that he’s good at, while de-emphasizing what he’s bad at.
Tier 4 player btw.
I think it might be another GSW case. Imo he’s better than book (but its super close) however given the needs of the team they need a secure ball handler and facilitator more than they need a two way wing.
Dude is still elite, they just went all in on star power and that doesn’t work as well when two of the three are always out.
That’s pretty much Dame’s whole career. He’s always been allowed to do what other players get dogged on for without catching heat. It’s what made some people turning on him this off season kinda surprising for me.
Bron gotta be somewhere punching there air right now lmao.
I hope the Hawks can make some noise this year in the playoffs. With how the east is building how funny would a hawks vs heat ECF be?
Cam Thomas is my favorite gun in the league. Luka put on a clinic too, but I remember the days when folks were saying Cam isn’t a starting caliber player.
This was a pretty sloppy game from Phoenix and it was as clear as day that the Warriors were missing Dray offensively.
The Suns will be a lot better moving forward but man Durant and Curry both played like ass this game. I guess they are besties after all.
I mean you don’t have to act like a failed season was a success unless you’re the bucks ig, but I feel like the approach is often wrong. You could spin anything to be positive even while making critique, and I feel like due to the pursuit of clicks its not often done.
“The Mavs roster is garbage” can easily be “looking forward to seeing what acquisitions they make before the deadline”