Scholarship table
Do we think the narrative becomes "injuries are a main reason the Warriors won the title" if it's the Warriors who win it this year, like it did with the Bucks last year?The Nets injuries helped the Bucks last year no doubt. But that's the risk of eating your way out of a franchise. Sometimes your hammy doesn't hold up like it should if you're in peak professional athlete shape. Then the narrative was "the Bucks were luck to play the Hawks in the ECF" - well, the Hawks beat the fully healthy 1 seed 6ers on their home court in game 7. And then it was "the Lakers and Clippers weren't healthy." Turns out the Suns were probably simply the best team in the West, and Paul George, Anthony Davis, and Kawhi Leonard are simply susceptible to injures.
Honest question: are we supposed to feel sympathetic for Ben Simmons?
Because of possible mental health issues?
I take him at his word, but (spoken as someone who is not a professional athlete, an unprofessional athlete, or an athlete) is it possible he just doesn't have the moxie to play on the biggest stage?
This series/game is awesome.I really want to like KAT because he’s clearly not been “the problem” in MN, but the wining to refs and trying to trash talk…he’s just not that guy.I REALLY like Clark.
This was a serious choke job by Minnesota.
Unless they win in overtime.
Every little call went Memphis wayBut Wolves cant complain. Completely gagged another.Awful rebounding fighting each other for boards. Clarke owened them.I agree and thought they hagged and played with 0.0 discipline. Good point on Russell at the end.Ant ISO ball was a jokeRussell showed why 3 teams didnt want him. Most disgustingly selfish shot ive ever seen.And Ant with the dumbest defensive play the game has ever seen.
Man that Ja dunk was something.
TAMUI do know, Newsie is right on you knowing ball.
Kyrie has already won a title. And KD was (by a decent margin) the best player on the GSW teams.
KD was (by a decent margin) the best player on the GSW teams.
Disagree, Steph was the best player on those teams.
KD wasn't even on GS's first title team (2015), or on the team that won 73 regular-season games but lost to LeBron in the Finals (2016) -- so Steph obviously was the best on those teams. In his first GS season (2016-17), KD finished a close second to Steph in regular-season scoring and just ahead of Steph in postseason scoring; in KD's second season (2017-18), they tied for the team scoring lead, though KD had the advantage in the playoffs. So I'm not sure I'd say that either was much better than the other -- though there probably are advanced stats that would make a case for one or the other. All's I know is that they both were effen great.
re: Ja's dunk. Somewhere, Joey Hauser feels a little better.
Ja Morant is the new AI. Might not be the best player in the league, or his position even (I give the nod to Luka for the new class), he's not a complete player...but he will be the constantly emulated player in driveways and have an outsized effect on social media and culture. He's simply must watch by this point cause he's the definition of electric.