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  • ggsimmonds
    Hall Of Fame
    • Jan 2009
    • 11235

    #76
    Re: Western Conference 1st Round Games Discussion Thread

    Originally posted by ProfessaPackMan
    Oh my post wasn’t in reference to yours. It was the whole “Edwards is a fraud!” post from inkcil that I was speaking on. But like I said, this goes on every year in the playoffs.

    I haven’t watched them enough to know if he’s a good coach or where he excels at the most to form any opinion on him.
    All good, I didn't think it was. I just wanted to own it and warn everyone in advance so that if/when they lose next time you know its coming from me lol. I don't think its a hot take, definitely lukewarm though

    I don't watch them a lot. I've barely watched any games the past 2 months period, and staying up for western conference games is usually too ambitious for me. But every time I do watch them, they follow the same pattern. If at least one guy gets hot they look very good. But when no one is hot and they have to create buckets, they usually falter.

    There was a period during the third quarter when Kat was on the bench that I liked what I saw. It was a pretty standard 4-out with Anderson occupying that mid college 3 area and they ran a lot of action off that that created good looks. Think they had two straight trips where they ran a dribble handoff that led to good buckets at the rim, and in that same ~4 minute span is when Reggie made the remark about all the cutting. But then the 4th happened and it was just like what are you guys doing.

    On Ant being a fraud, its that rubberband effect. Some people overhype a guy and when that person fails to live up to that unreasonable level, we get people that go on the complete opposite end of the spectrum instead of the middle where they should go. Like recoil from a rubberband. Don't say a guy is trash because some other people crowned him too early

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    • jeebs9
      Fear is the Unknown
      • Oct 2008
      • 47568

      #77
      Re: Western Conference 1st Round Games Discussion Thread

      Ant will bounce back. He got a lot of attention early on from the Lakers. I don't see how he's a fraud one bit. I don't know where people get this BS from after one game. I've been watching them all year long.

      Not to mention KAT and him have only played like 20 games together this year. Their next game should be interesting.
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      • inkcil
        All Star
        • Jul 2002
        • 5253

        #78
        Re: Western Conference 1st Round Games Discussion Thread

        Lol I thought I safely qualified the "fraud" comment by specifying it to the hype, but my original point was really to give the lion's share of the blame to Slo Mo, especially with how he played in the 4th quarter and OT. After all that drama on Sunday, dude needed to be better. Think the Wolves could have used Gobert last night?

        Plenty of blame to go 'round, from Towns foul trouble, to anemic late game offense, to players punching walls, to the head coach not really being able to "figure out blowing leads," to Slo Mo having the ball at times I personally thought Conley should have the ball. I mean, like, with 26 seconds to go in regulation why is Conley not handling the ball? Instead you got Mr. Wierdo dribbling it between his legs into the backcourt.

        And back to Finch, he had Nowell and Alexande-Walker but gave too many minutes to McLaughlin, who was awful from jumpstreet. Nowell should have gotten all of those minutes.

        Alright, hopefully Wolves win on Friday. I think Wolves/Nuggets will be more fun to watch than Nuggets vs OKC or Pels (without Zion).
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        • jeebs9
          Fear is the Unknown
          • Oct 2008
          • 47568

          #79
          Re: Western Conference 1st Round Games Discussion Thread

          JV should have a huge game vs Williams
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          • ojandpizza
            Hall Of Fame
            • Apr 2011
            • 29807

            #80
            Re: Western Conference 1st Round Games Discussion Thread

            I thought Ant man had a good year, really strong first playoffs last year. I can’t jump on the fraud/revoke nickname talk based on one bad game.

            Not making excuses for him playing like ***, like DLo played like ***. But dudes are going to have bad games. Not like he just blew an entire playoff series.

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            • jeebs9
              Fear is the Unknown
              • Oct 2008
              • 47568

              #81
              Re: Western Conference 1st Round Games Discussion Thread

              Originally posted by ojandpizza
              I thought Ant man had a good year, really strong first playoffs last year. I can’t jump on the fraud/revoke nickname talk based on one bad game.

              Not making excuses for him playing like ***, like DLo played like ***. But dudes are going to have bad games. Not like he just blew an entire playoff series.
              If he makes 2 or 3 more shots. Your talking about a different game.


              Jalen Williams is going to need to knock down those open jumpers to stay on the floor for me. He can't box out JV right now.

              BI has been really making great passes the last week and half.
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              • jeebs9
                Fear is the Unknown
                • Oct 2008
                • 47568

                #82
                Re: Western Conference 1st Round Games Discussion Thread

                Dort getting in the lane easy. Thunder getting wide open jumpers.

                Don't sleep on them.
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                • MrDubya
                  MVP
                  • Aug 2016
                  • 1500

                  #83
                  Re: Western Conference 1st Round Games Discussion Thread

                  Originally posted by ojandpizza
                  Well looks like I’ll finally get to watch Bron in a playoff game.
                  Enjoy it, man. If I was still living in Henning, I’d have tried to get a ticket to go to one of the Memphis games there. Pistons ain’t gonna be any good anymore before he retires, so I’m out of luck being here.
                  Last edited by MrDubya; 04-12-2023, 09:37 PM.
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                  • jeebs9
                    Fear is the Unknown
                    • Oct 2008
                    • 47568

                    #84
                    Re: Western Conference 1st Round Games Discussion Thread

                    Holy **** this is good game. Back and forth

                    SGA playing terrible right now
                    Last edited by jeebs9; 04-12-2023, 09:51 PM.
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                    • ojandpizza
                      Hall Of Fame
                      • Apr 2011
                      • 29807

                      #85
                      Re: Western Conference 1st Round Games Discussion Thread

                      Originally posted by jeebs9
                      Holy **** this is good game. Back and forth

                      SGA playing terrible right now

                      I worried about him a bit come playoff time just because his game was so dependent on getting to the FT line.

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                      • ojandpizza
                        Hall Of Fame
                        • Apr 2011
                        • 29807

                        #86
                        Re: Western Conference 1st Round Games Discussion Thread

                        Murphy playing well.

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                        • ojandpizza
                          Hall Of Fame
                          • Apr 2011
                          • 29807

                          #87
                          Re: Western Conference 1st Round Games Discussion Thread

                          That move from SGA oh my goodness

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                          • ojandpizza
                            Hall Of Fame
                            • Apr 2011
                            • 29807

                            #88
                            Re: Western Conference 1st Round Games Discussion Thread

                            Not Lisa reading off SGA’s “special rhyme” [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]

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                            • jeebs9
                              Fear is the Unknown
                              • Oct 2008
                              • 47568

                              #89
                              Re: Western Conference 1st Round Games Discussion Thread

                              Originally posted by ojandpizza
                              That move from SGA oh my goodness
                              He's getting off now. BI is getting his too now. This is fun lol
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                              • ojandpizza
                                Hall Of Fame
                                • Apr 2011
                                • 29807

                                #90
                                Re: Western Conference 1st Round Games Discussion Thread

                                Nah that’s good defense by Jones.

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