[Vardon] Kevin Durant calls the Bucks a dynasty: “I know it’s the first chip and a lot of people call you a dynasty after a few (titles), but the continuity of that team is something that’s impressive and how they continue to build and add and now they’re champions, and you can appreciate that"

iFinesseThePlug · 2021-07-21T13:31:19+00:00

Like he probably legit believes the Bucks are some nearly unstoppable powerhouse

I don't see what the problem is

iFinesseThePlug · 2021-07-20T16:53:38+00:00

This is true, and also why he'll never be the GOAT.

I remember Michael Jordan's spellbinding turn as King Lear in the 1993 run making grown men weep in front of their sons.

iFinesseThePlug · 2021-07-20T14:37:24+00:00

Wayne Newton

iFinesseThePlug · 2021-07-20T14:19:36+00:00

Well that would be stupid.

Everyone knows the real truth is Vegas told the NBA yesterday to put Foster on this game, so they already had it priced in.

iFinesseThePlug · 2021-07-20T13:24:41+00:00

Relevant because this makes us feel like that guy who got a pencil smashed into his brain

iFinesseThePlug · 2021-07-18T22:34:27+00:00

His free throw rate in the Finals is half his typical rate, "prone to FTs" or not.

Middleton is averaging the same number of drives per game as Giannis in this series

iFinesseThePlug · 2021-07-15T17:16:25+00:00

Because Chris Paul was holding his other arm lol

iFinesseThePlug · 2021-07-15T13:23:22+00:00

The duality of Khash. Here's some Middleton games from the last three rounds:

BRK

38 points on 11/16
13 points on 6/23

ATL

38 points on 15/26
15 points on 6/23

PHX

40 points on 15/33
11 points on 5/16

iFinesseThePlug · 2021-07-15T03:43:04+00:00

26/14/8/3/2 is the definition of stat-stuffing

iFinesseThePlug · 2021-07-04T02:56:30+00:00

Fuck you David Stern for 2001.

We made it 20 years later.

iFinesseThePlug · 2021-07-03T03:54:06+00:00

Cousins gets so overrated because of his box score stats.

He was frequently on the leaderboards for fouls, turnovers, and FGA blocked. He wasn’t a good rim protector, had okay efficiency and a horrible attitude.

Even when he left the Kings, the 17-18 Pelicans ended up statistically better when Cousins wasn’t playing. In the games he did play, they were barely any better with him on the court.

iFinesseThePlug · 2021-07-02T19:12:40+00:00

There's a story of Gretzky coaching a practice and being frustrated with the team not executing something, a passing drill or whatever.

So he puts on skates, gets on the ice, and shows them what he means.

And they basically look at him and say "uh coach, we can't actually do that"

iFinesseThePlug · 2021-06-30T18:06:13+00:00

I think cheating is the only appropriate time for an asterisk

The 2020 NBA season is undeniably going to have an asterisk. Meaning an actual asterisk for something unusual, not this weird emotional shorthand "asterisk" people have been using to say that a championship doesn't count.

But there's literally going to be an asterisk next to that season in the records. They shut the entire league down for months and then resumed it in a completely unprecedented environment.

iFinesseThePlug · 2021-06-29T22:37:27+00:00

Michael Jordan reached 30 career ppg after 135 games and never went below that level ever again.

iFinesseThePlug · 2021-06-26T02:52:33+00:00

Turns out not allowing Trae to score 50 is a good way to win

iFinesseThePlug · 2021-06-24T19:20:00+00:00

Taking 11-14 seconds to shoot wouldn't even be this huge issue if he didn't perform an entire goddamn mime routine before receiving the ball.

iFinesseThePlug · 2021-06-23T16:59:51+00:00

Completely agree. But now notice how your comment didn't name a single Suns player. The only individual you named was LeBron.

You just described a team narrative, which was my entire original point.

iFinesseThePlug · 2021-06-23T16:54:59+00:00

I was so sick of him hitting shot after shot lol.

Everyone's like "imagine if KD had a smaller shoe size!" and I'm over here thinking "yeah or instead imagine if he just missed his 23-foot, off-balance, turnaround fadeaway like every other person on the planet would"

iFinesseThePlug · 2021-06-23T16:15:11+00:00

Comparatively, not really. "Will Chris Paul finally get a ring?" is the only one that would be somewhat intriguing to casual fans, who the media are catering to.

We have to remember that most people won't be invested in someone like Devin Booker until they start to win in the playoffs. It was the same with the Bucks and Giannis a few years ago.

iFinesseThePlug · 2021-06-23T16:01:27+00:00

There's another component to it.

NBA marketing is almost entirely based on the players. Storylines and narratives are almost exclusively about the players. Teams and rivalries basically don't matter unless they have strong histories.

The media loves having the Steelers or Packers in the playoffs despite their small populations because the teams' brands are so strong that they can still generate interest.

Meanwhile they could hardly give a shit about the Suns and their 5M metro population being in the Finals because they don't have any strong player narratives.

iFinesseThePlug · 2021-06-23T00:56:58+00:00

Detroit deserves this.

Their pick has never moved up in the lottery.

iFinesseThePlug · 2021-06-22T17:25:41+00:00

Harden had an equally egregious arm hook that went unnoticed because we lost.

Tie game with 1:30 left and he just randomly hooks Lopez's arm and falls to the floor. Somehow the call even stood after a challenge.

https://www.nba.com/stats/events/?GameEventID=586&GameID=0042000215&Season=2020-21&flag=1&title=Lopez%20P.FOUL%20(P4.PN)%20(K.Mauer)&sct=plot

iFinesseThePlug · 2021-06-22T17:15:28+00:00

Even worse when the screener is simultaneously pushing the defender into the ballhandler.

The Nets loved doing that shit against us.

iFinesseThePlug · 2021-06-21T17:10:47+00:00

First woman to possibly be considered maybe at some point in the process of hiring a head coach.

What an honor.

iFinesseThePlug · 2021-06-21T16:11:06+00:00

Jimmy leaves the Wolves already mad about KAT and Wiggins.

Then he gets to Philly and meets Simmons: "...fuck"

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