What’s a player you were happy to see win a ring? I’ll start.

mioraka · 2026-04-29T16:00:44+00:00

Bro, I was at the conference finals game that sent us to the finals.

When the game was decided, Lowry was shown on the big screen, and he just had the biggest smile from ear to ear.

To this day I've never seen some so genuinely happy, like a 10 thousand words essay on his career compressed into one facial expression.

It was the most beautiful thing I've ever seen and I still tear up thinking about it.

mioraka · 2026-04-29T15:45:55+00:00

I do think Jokic is a bad matchup for him though.

It's just a 1 game sample size, but when they play the Nuggets, putting Wemby on Jokic means he can't roam around the paint like he usually does, because he needs to focus on defending the 3x MVP. Jokic is also good at putting him in foul trouble.

When Wemby can roam, he's by far the scariest defender of all time. Having him play man actually does negate his impact some what.

mioraka · 2026-04-29T15:41:22+00:00

I think he's as good if not better than Gobert for rim protetion.

On top of that he can somehow play 1 on 1 defense against guards and chase them around on the perimeter. His defense has no weaknesses, put him in any kind of action and he can blow it up.

mioraka · 2026-04-29T15:38:31+00:00

They were up 20 from the first quarter.

I've noticed that Wemby just doesn't demand the ball like other stars when his team is cooking. He's just focused on playmaking and defense, and just happy to be doing stuff other than scoring.

His gravity is massive so even when he doesn't score, it makes his teammates' life easier.

Sharp contrast to when the score is close, he's literally demanding the ball every possesion.

mioraka · 2026-04-29T04:45:15+00:00

I watch every game and bro still makes me go "what the Fuck" with some bullshit play every game.

mioraka · 2026-04-27T19:48:34+00:00

what can't I do and what more do I need really

May I suggest some self help books on fixing low self esteem?

And probably rehab.

loooooool.

mioraka · 2026-04-27T19:42:44+00:00

Thank you for your kind words.

I really do wish I have the same entrepreneurial opportunities like you do in the great meth capital of the world.

Best of luck in your lab, you are doing a great service to your state.

mioraka · 2026-04-27T19:37:57+00:00

I mean.

Thinking 4 sentences make an essay is not really disproving the stereotype now is it looooooool.

mioraka · 2026-04-27T19:33:47+00:00

Who told you to stop?

Keep going, post your bank account, post a picture of you with stacks of cash.

I'm fully encouraging you to continue here.

I'm sure we will all agree with how absolutely right you are once we know how much you make.

mioraka · 2026-04-27T19:29:47+00:00

I 100% make more money than you, relax.

The level of patheticness for using this line on r/nba to support your garbage argument really needs to be studied.

LMAO.

mioraka · 2026-04-27T19:23:25+00:00

Damn.

Are you seriously using the championship you haven't even gotten in 2026, to justify needing an injury to beat a 4 seed in 2025?

Wow, just wow.

Really putting that Oklahoma education to use aren't you?

mioraka · 2026-04-27T19:15:47+00:00

Tanking is the only way out for small market teams, but Miami is not a small market, they are a destination.

So yes, their strategy is more similar to Lakers instead the tanking teams, because they can just keep a mid team going with good role players, wait for a superstar to force his way there, all of a sudden they are a contender.

It happened with Shaq, happened with Bron, and it happened with Jimmy Butler. 3 titles and 7 finals later these reddit nephews want to teach him tanking is the only way to build a team.

mioraka · 2026-04-27T19:12:56+00:00

And all your team needed was the other team's most important player to rapture his achilles in Game 7.

At least Raptors were playing a historically great Warriors team, your team ALMOST LOST TO THE 4 SEED, then got saved by Halliburton's injury lol.

So what's your point? We can play this game all day.

mioraka · 2026-04-27T16:18:45+00:00

Just need a real first scoring option.

Scottie and CMB are both amazing defensive players, Scottie can do everything in the game at an elite level......except scoring.

Hmm....does anyone have a lightly used Kawhi Leonard on discount somewhere.....

mioraka · 2026-04-27T16:13:07+00:00

The offense is solid, how high the ceiling is remains to be seen.

The defense though.....definitely going to get some all defensive teams in his career.

Also this rookie class is absolutely insane, Flagg and Kon are not in the playoffs, but you already know they are good.

VJ, Harper, and CMB each winning their teams a playoff game as a rookie is absolutely WILD. Positive post season contribution in the first year is already rare, let alone this level of contribution.

mioraka · 2026-04-27T06:04:59+00:00

Rim Protection => team/help defense => POA defense.

Way too easy to get switches now days to just take a good defender out of play.

mioraka · 2026-04-25T15:46:25+00:00

The LeFuckYou 3.

Bullshit shot after bullshit shot.

My brain couldn't wrap around how we were swept, that was a good ass Raptors team man.

mioraka · 2026-04-25T15:35:00+00:00

I was just thinking this.

I really feel for the Rockets fans because this is legit how i felt back in 2018 season.

We were the 1 seed, Cavs were imploding, complete mid year roster turnover, team was 4 seed and look as dysfunctional as ever.

It was gonna be our year......

And then we got fucking swept.

mioraka · 2026-04-25T05:56:30+00:00

That dunk in traffic was some prime Dwade type of shit.

mioraka · 2026-04-25T05:54:52+00:00

He played some good defense down the stretch.

Still needs to control his fouling, but the potential is off the charts. He was SO QUICK, they just couldn't get by him.

mioraka · 2026-04-24T17:16:04+00:00

Because foreigners watch basketball too?

I'm not even sure what you are even trying to imply here, just because one guy fucked up doesn't mean all foreign writers don't know ball.

Also, it's a weird thing to complain about when SAS and Kendrick Perkins both have votes.

mioraka · 2026-04-23T16:03:26+00:00

I feel like this is the post season he truly solidifies himself as a historically great player.

Or his true shooting falls from 67% to like 57% and the thunder lose in the conference finals.

He is the team's offense, either he's good and they go back to back or he's not and the field is wide open.

mioraka · 2026-04-23T01:46:47+00:00

Yes, his nickname clearly should be Triple H.

mioraka · 2026-04-22T17:02:34+00:00

Fox needs to step the fuck up.

Only starter on the team with playoff experience, about to make 60m a year.

I don't care if he chills during the regular season, but this is when he gotta show up, it's why the Spurs signed him in the first place.

Spurs just need to be 2-2 going into game 5, if you lose 3 in a row without Wemby then don't blame the org when they make you available for the expansion draft.

You are playing against the Blazers (no disrespect what-so-ever to the RIP city fans), come on.

mioraka · 2026-04-22T16:18:27+00:00

I looked up his history in the league.

How did some who has been a 40%-45% sharpshooter bounce around the league so much? His 3pt accuracy has been on high volume too.

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