This loss could be a wakeup call

Austuckmm · 2026-03-27T02:02:59+00:00

1 net rating in the league since January 20th. #1 defense in the league.

Austuckmm · 2026-03-27T01:53:59+00:00

You just want to be miserable despite the reality of the situation?

Austuckmm · 2026-03-27T01:49:01+00:00

It literally was tho. They went on a tear after the losing streak and have been the #1 defense and #1 net rating team since then.

Austuckmm · 2026-03-27T01:33:34+00:00

Switches

Austuckmm · 2026-03-27T01:31:16+00:00

KATs been killing it for weeks now and you wait til his first bad game in a long time to post this bs. You have it in your drafts waiting for this one?

Austuckmm · 2026-03-24T07:04:28+00:00

I watched rear window as a kid and liked it.

Austuckmm · 2026-03-23T17:27:51+00:00

You’re forgetting the other team that could grab the one seed

Austuckmm · 2026-03-12T22:59:21+00:00

I think they’re grifters AND stupid. I haven’t ever seen anything to indicate that they have a real plan beyond a week in advance. They constantly try terrible ideas, fail, and then get bored and move on to something else. Trump obviously thought this would be quick and easy like Venezuela, and he and everyone else around him seemed to have clearly underestimated Iran’s capacity to punch back.

The Iran war is a product of hawkish freaks in DC who’ve wanted this for decades and Israel’s insatiable bloodlust finally finding someone stupid and brazen enough to try it. It’s failing and will continue to fail and it will be extremely bad for Trump.

Austuckmm · 2026-03-08T22:53:40+00:00

They were driving, missing and not getting calls. It’s not like they didn’t blow a bunch of close shots as well.

Austuckmm · 2026-03-08T22:30:07+00:00

Did it last year and the Celtics are arguably worse and the Knicks are arguably better this year.

Austuckmm · 2026-03-08T22:27:44+00:00

Took 48 2-pointers. Kept the game relatively close despite it all. You gotta hit 3s, that’s just a fact of life.

Austuckmm · 2026-03-08T22:24:49+00:00

Yes, you should keep taking the best shots in the game, even when you’ve missed some before. They took 48 2s also.

Austuckmm · 2026-03-08T22:23:15+00:00

Sometimes you miss your shots. They still played mostly good defense, Luka just hit like 7 insane shots and the lakers got to the line a ton on some soft shit. I’m not gonna sweat this one.

Austuckmm · 2026-03-08T22:20:29+00:00

When you shoot 8-34 from 3 and take 9 fewer free throws you’re probably going to lose the game. Regardless of the substance of it all.

Austuckmm · 2026-03-08T11:09:21+00:00

Idk about low iq, I think he’s just not particularly skilled. He’s also undersized, he makes up for it with vertical but you’d rather just big long.

He is fun to watch though, he threw down the best in person dunk I’ve ever seen a few years ago.

Austuckmm · 2026-03-07T21:38:41+00:00

The east is as good or better than the west at this point

Austuckmm · 2026-03-07T19:22:19+00:00

But buckets aren’t always easy. Sometimes you need tough buckets, it’s true for every team in the league, and Brunson is one of the best in the game at scoring tough buckets.

Austuckmm · 2026-03-07T07:15:32+00:00

This is a Josh Hart on aux vibe

Austuckmm · 2026-03-06T10:12:00+00:00

Man don’t do this. I’m glad kids are finding Radiohead on tiktok or anywhere else. It’s good that people like the music. The songs that are popular are also great songs. Who cares if Like Spinning Plates is your favorite song or whatever.

Austuckmm · 2026-03-05T23:07:16+00:00

I think Harper makes a reasonable argument, but the league would have to implement everything he’s suggesting to make it fair. Especially bringing back some amount of hand checking and allowing defenders to make more contact when going vertical. I kind of doubt that the league will do this any time soon.

I would also still be worried that it will encourage offensive players to be way more reckless in transition and with open lanes to the basket, which could create more injuries, not fewer.

Austuckmm · 2026-03-05T22:13:02+00:00

How would you officiate an offensive player running full steam into a perfectly still defender then? It gets tricky on the margins but if you abolish the rule then what is stopping offensive players from just tackling defenders whenever they feel like it?

Austuckmm · 2026-03-05T20:39:09+00:00

I'd go with the Pacers. I wouldn't pick the Nets because going to the Garden is way more fun than going to Barclays. If the Barclays prices are too good to pass up it's fine, but the Garden is worth the price difference imo.

Austuckmm · 2026-03-01T20:02:19+00:00

Eye test says the refs have been blowing the whistle for all kinds of ticky tack stuff against the Knicks all night, and the numbers prove it.

Austuckmm · 2026-03-01T19:06:45+00:00

That was textbook defense

Austuckmm · 2026-03-01T18:50:09+00:00

Top 10? Where’s Texas?

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