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Watching them v. Atlanta is something else. Leonard is a bigger menace than Pippen ever was. Just all over the fukking place and then he would move off the ball like a mofo and his on the ball skills was good too. You really don't realize it but this dude truly developed into a fukking all around supermenace. But truly, Spurs without Gasol on the floor defend the PnR as good as any team I've seen in the last 30 years. That includes last year's Hawks and Spurs which Leonard was a part of. Leonard is the game changer. I don't see how anyone doesn't think he's a top 2-3 player. Outside of LeBron, who has his impact?

As far as MVP voting.. theres a few guys ahead of him due to circumstance... as far as impact? He's right under LeBron right now for me :manny:
 

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just watched DVR of wolves/6ers. Atrocious energy from everyone in the first quarter, then it got a bit better until hero/iso ball (fukk you KAT) took place. My first biggest takeway was wiggins' complete lack of interest defensively, his settling for long twos, and just general lack of hustle/effort. Not to mention, he gets stripped 2-3 times a game when trying one of his awkward drives to the hoop. I almost forgot he was out there in the 4th quarter until he hit 2 FTS. My second and biggest takeaway was KAT. This may have been dude's MOST SELFISH game this season (and tht's saying alot with how selfish he's been overall), especially in the 2nd half. So many forced/contested shots trying to make a statement against embiid. More terrible 3 pointers. Stealing rebounds from teammates. Absolutely horrid/absent passing to open shooters (lavine was open at least 5 times for him in the 4th quarter, but he absolutely refused to pass it). Rushing shots like a chicken with his head cut off. Excess complaining and whining leading to a tech. Not inbounding the ball to rubio when they got a 5 sec call. That was some of the most "me first" ball I've seen any player play this season. Just absolutely pissed off. I literally yelled "pass the ball!" on a couple possessions in the 4th and almost woke my wife up. Next up is aldrich. How is this dude getting paid to play basketball anywhere, much less the nba? I don't think he ever looks at the goal when he attempts a shot. Feet are made of cement. Lazy rebounding. I'm too tired to post anything else and have to be on call in 6 hrs. fukk.
 
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just watched DVR of wolves/6ers. Atrocious energy from everyone in the first quarter, then it got a bit better until hero/iso ball (fukk you KAT) took place. My first biggest takeway was wiggins' complete lack of interest defensively, his settling for long twos, and just general lack of hustle/effort. Not to mention, he gets stripped 2-3 times a game when trying one of his awkward drives to the hoop. I almost forgot he was out there in the 4th quarter until he hit 2 FTS. My second and biggest takeaway was KAT. This may have been dude's MOST SELFISH game this season (and tht's saying alot with how selfish he's been overall), especially in the 2nd half. So many forced/contested shots trying to make a statement against embiid. More terrible 3 pointers. Stealing rebounds from teammates. Absolutely horrid/absent passing to open shooters (lavine was open at least 5 times for him in the 4th quarter, but he absolutely refused to pass it). Rushing shots like a chicken with his head cut off. Excess complaining and whining leading to a tech. Not inbounding the ball to rubio when they got a 5 sec call. That was some of the most "me first" ball I've seen any player play this season. Just absolutely pissed off. I literally yelled "pass the ball!" on a couple possessions in the 4th and almost woke my wife up. Next up is aldrich. How is this dude getting paid to play basketball anywhere, much less the nba? I don't think he ever looks at the goal when he attempts a shot. Feet are made of cement. Lazy rebounding. I'm too tired to post anything else and have to be on call in 6 hrs. fukk.
Sixers just lack talented but they are well coached, they have a system, they stick to it and they play hard. They just lack talent outside of Embiid not to mention depth.

Wolves on other hand play some of the ugliest Basketball known to man. They are literally this generation's 90's young Bullets. A lot of talent but no one has a define role. Selfishness. Everyone wants to be a fukking star. This should have been a blow out for Minny based on talent but talent isn't everything.
 

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So am I to assume this whole stapling T.J Warren to bench during his semi-breakout season is something Watson is going to continue to do? I'm just checking the box scores I didn't watch the game tonight, but how is P.J Tucker getting so many minutes?


:mjgrin:Tell me more about this PJ Tucker guy....
 

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Timberwolves need to see if they can get that Jimmy for Wiggins and the wolves current 1st and a future 1st.

I think both teams would benefit from this.

Timberwolves win every time Wiggins has a good game. Replacing Wiggins with butler would be like having good wiggins consistent with better defense.

Bulls would benefit because realistically they aren't gonna do anything these playoffs. They need an influx of young talent. Andrew obviously isn't the player butler is but he still has potential and I feel like Wade would be the perfect mentor for him. And that wolves puck should be valuable. Plus with a core like rondo, wade and Wiggins the loses would abound. That's an easy tank.
 

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Chandler Parsons is looking so washed. Might be the WOAT contract.

Grizz fans come playoff time, relying on Chandler and his deteriorating knees (and the next 3 years after this one).
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Timberwolves need to see if they can get that Jimmy for Wiggins and the wolves current 1st and a future 1st.

I think both teams would benefit from this.

Timberwolves win every time Wiggins has a good game. Replacing Wiggins with butler would be like having good wiggins consistent with better defense.

Bulls would benefit because realistically they aren't gonna do anything these playoffs. They need an influx of young talent. Andrew obviously isn't the player butler is but he still has potential and I feel like Wade would be the perfect mentor for him. And that wolves puck should be valuable. Plus with a core like rondo, wade and Wiggins the loses would abound. That's an easy tank.

Replace wiggins with Lavine and add dunn and I'd do that in a heart beat.The bulls do need to do the bolded but I think these short sighted fools are gonna try to build around jimmy who will be 28 this year.Bulls front office has no vision at all.They will do somethin stupid like max paul millsap this summer and put together a perennial 5-6 seed with no chance of winning the east instead of adding young high upside talent.
 
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