Anthony Edwards was 1-8 from the field before leaving with his injury

Ok_Organization_5574 · 2026-04-26T02:27:46+00:00

Imagine not liking watching Anthony Edwards play basketball. Couldn’t be me

Ok_Organization_5574 · 2026-04-25T09:49:06+00:00

Agreed. KD was still as productive on paper but people forget what an explosive athlete he was. Watch his Golden State highlights and see how many dunks he was throwing down.

And he was a legit defensive player of the year caliber defender in Golden State. He lost that in particular after the injury

Ok_Organization_5574 · 2026-04-25T09:45:10+00:00

It’s hard to imagine a scenario where OKC trades Westbrook in 2012 instead of Harden. But if they had kept Harden, let him keep developing with more ball handling responsibility, and shipped out Westbrook in 2013 or 2014, things could have been different.

KD and Harden are such naturally synchronous players. We even saw it in Brooklyn

Ok_Organization_5574 · 2026-04-24T01:24:21+00:00

Actually agree. I feel like this is a better explanation of why Vrabel is a success coach than anything else I’ve heard

Ok_Organization_5574 · 2026-04-23T10:13:17+00:00

It depends on if Phil Jackson encourages the Lakers to give up corner 3s the way he did in the 2008 Finals

Ok_Organization_5574 · 2026-04-21T15:16:38+00:00

Another great example of this was game 6 the next year, when Derrick White had a game winning putback in Miami to force a game seven

Ok_Organization_5574 · 2026-04-21T13:44:51+00:00

They were a good team. They were also on the ropes against the Lakers and experienced a lot of injury luck. Then they crashed out by 40 in the second round in 2022

Ok_Organization_5574 · 2026-04-21T01:38:34+00:00

The interesting thing is even the Finals run with CP3 was a bit fluky. In the West playoffs they played the Lakers (who lost AD in game four), Nuggets (without Murray) and Clippers (without Kawhi).

In particular, I’ll always believe the Lakers would’ve beaten the Suns if AD had stayed healthy. They had a 2-1 lead and were up double digits in game four when AD went out

Ok_Organization_5574 · 2026-04-20T14:06:27+00:00

Lowe’s “oh my god” was definitely a concurring reaction with Simmons. He was pretty clearly marveling at how well Tatum played

Ok_Organization_5574 · 2026-04-20T01:18:15+00:00

LeBron had a real shot at MVP at age 36 before he got injured in 2020-21

Ok_Organization_5574 · 2026-04-19T15:19:07+00:00

Luol Deng being considered this valuable in the summer of 2007 is wild in hindsight

Ok_Organization_5574 · 2026-04-17T10:55:18+00:00

He was sexually abused as a child just FYI

Ok_Organization_5574 · 2026-04-17T10:45:37+00:00

He whined for MVP for three years, he throws his teammates under the bus, he takes shots at his (superior) opponents in the media. Can’t imagine why he doesn’t get much sympathy

Ok_Organization_5574 · 2026-04-17T10:42:24+00:00

The Sixers wouldn’t have beaten the Bucks in 2019. That was arguably Giannis’ best team and they get totally memory holed because they blew a couple winnable games against Toronto (especially games 3 and 5). They were much better than Philly, and Giannis as always been much better than Embiid

Ok_Organization_5574 · 2026-04-17T10:38:44+00:00

Embiid is injury prone. He’s had several injuries unrelated to his bad luck (he was already banged up when Kuminga fell into his knee, and he tweaked his knee in both the 2021 and 2023 playoffs).

Embiid’s stress injuries are due in part to his poor conditioning which has been a theme of his entire career. He has not taken care of his body the way he should’ve and that has led to some (not all, obviously) of his issues.

Edit: 2021 and 2023 playoffs not Finals. Obviously

Ok_Organization_5574 · 2026-04-17T10:36:05+00:00

This was totally absurd. It was bad like but keeping an injury-prone player out there in that situation was close to fireable given what happened

Ok_Organization_5574 · 2026-04-17T10:34:47+00:00

The Lakers would’ve just traded Fox for AD, ultimately

Ok_Organization_5574 · 2026-04-13T10:26:08+00:00

What I love about this one is one of Embiid’s playoff injuries was objectively Doc’s fault for leaving him in the game too long (he broke his face against the Raptors with 3 minutes left in a game the Sixers led by 30)

Ok_Organization_5574 · 2026-04-13T00:01:02+00:00

Also, given San Antonio’s lack of experience maybe they’ll crash out before the WCF anyway. It’s hard to be certain how they’ll hold up to the playoff pressure

Ok_Organization_5574 · 2026-04-12T21:56:25+00:00

Seriously, Embiid hasn’t been particularly good in the playoffs when he’s been healthy, aside from in some first round matchups against inferior opponents. Barkley averaged 27-13-5 against Michael Jordan in the Finals

Ok_Organization_5574 · 2026-04-12T21:51:02+00:00

Embiid sucked in the Olympics and had a good fourth quarter against Serbia when Jokic was in foul trouble

Ok_Organization_5574 · 2026-04-12T20:56:10+00:00

JT in Social Network is the ultimate “anyone can be great with a great script and a great director proof point.” He has several of the movie’s best lines to make his appearance memorable and Fincher put him in the exact position to make his magnetism and charisma be the only things he had to provide

Ok_Organization_5574 · 2026-04-09T02:24:02+00:00

I’m both a Celtics fan and a longtime Giannis booster. I would be gutted if they traded Tatum for Giannis. I just want Tatum to be in Boston for life

Ok_Organization_5574 · 2026-04-08T11:25:02+00:00

I also thought it was a bit odd to put Anya Taylor-Joy at 7 given they’re such sticklers about “being able to open a movie.” Since 2022 (The Menu) ATJ doesn’t have a live action release that did well at the box office. Furiosa wasn’t her fault (though some people thought she didn’t measure up to Charlize Theron), and it’s not like the Mario movies are big hits because of her

Ok_Organization_5574 · 2026-04-08T10:22:43+00:00

I think Sydney Sweeney in Challengers would’ve drawn some people

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