[NBA] Comments that don't warrant a thread (OCT)

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Tetsujin

Tetsujin

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Not me googling to see if the Mavs have any protections on their first round pick after watching them look terrible to start the season.
 
kingsboi

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I have to question if Victor's legs will hold up a long season with those twig legs, ideally you get him to work on his base first and foremost and endlessly all season long in small increments
 
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Beal and Booker likely to sit tonight. Their Big 3 would already be up to 3 total missed games. People write the Kings off because we were healthy, and yeah, a lot of injuries are random bad luck. But missed games are also part mindset and chronic health issues. Some of the Kings injury "luck" is attributed to a desire to play and a history of being healthy. Some guys are able to play a lot, and others aren't.
 
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ESP47

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Hate the Lakers but I enjoyed watching Durant fail miserably there. Looks like he really does need to be surrounded by other stars in order to be successful.
 
LoungeLizard

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ESP47 said:
Hate the Lakers but I enjoyed watching Durant fail miserably there. Looks like he really does need to be surrounded by other stars in order to be successful.
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I don’t know…he looked pretty good for 3 quarters but that 4th quarter was some terrible basketball. By both teams.
 
funkykingston

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ESP47 said:
Hate the Lakers but I enjoyed watching Durant fail miserably there. Looks like he really does need to be surrounded by other stars in order to be successful.
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I don't know that I agree with that. He put up 39 & 11 on 50% shooting even while being the only real scoring threat and while having a poor night shooting from three.

He was getting to his spots and getting whatever shots he wanted last night. I'd say there's a difference between needing to be surrounded by stars and having the ghost of Eric Gordon as your second best player.
 
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ESP47

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funkykingston said:
I don't know that I agree with that. He put up 39 & 11 on 50% shooting even while being the only real scoring threat and while having a poor night shooting from three.

He was getting to his spots and getting whatever shots he wanted last night. I'd say there's a difference between needing to be surrounded by stars and having the ghost of Eric Gordon as your second best player.
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Did you pay attention to the 4th quarter when the Suns went ice cold? He spent numerous possessions walking the ball up the court while shooting a lazy contested 3 early in the shot clock. He definitely wilted under pressure. Lebron on the other hand had a poor game for his standards going and then turned it up in the final minutes and iced the game with consecutive hoops.
 
funkykingston

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ESP47 said:
Did you pay attention to the 4th quarter when the Suns went ice cold? He spent numerous possessions walking the ball up the court while shooting a lazy contested 3 early in the shot clock. He definitely wilted under pressure. Lebron on the other hand had a poor game for his standards going and then turned it up in the final minutes and iced the game with consecutive hoops.
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Yeah, he got tired of carrying an entire team by himself. Happened to Mitch Richmond quite a few times with the Kings too.

I love Durant's game, but I'm not really a fan of him per se. But most guys aren't LeBron. Tough to ask a 35 year old with his injury history to play 37 minutes and be the only real scoring threat. The team was +27 with Durant through three quarters and -23 for the game when he sat.

I'm not sure how that loss is on him.
 
SacTownKid

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funkykingston said:
Yeah, he got tired of carrying an entire team by himself. Happened to Mitch Richmond quite a few times with the Kings too.

I love Durant's game, but I'm not really a fan of him per se. But most guys aren't LeBron. Tough to ask a 35 year old with his injury history to play 37 minutes and be the only real scoring threat. The team was +27 with Durant through three quarters and -23 for the game when he sat.

I'm not sure how that loss is on him.
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Agreed. Durant is a killer but the knock still sticks, does he make the players around him better? Nope, never really has.
 
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