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is there a chance Shay plays himself out of OKC? OKC clearly wants to tank at least this 1 more year (chet out and wembeyama)...
 

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is there a chance Shay plays himself out of OKC? OKC clearly wants to tank at least this 1 more year (chet out and wembeyama)...

Huh?

He is their best player by a very large margin lol.

Chet could be injury prone, and the same thing could happen to Wemby if the Thunder win the lottery.

Only way Shai leaves is through free agency, Presti isn't a fukking idiot
 

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That Dort & Chet combo on defense next season :wow:

Aaron wiggins is such a steal at 55 too, presti in his bag with this team :wow:

is there a chance Shay plays himself out of OKC? OKC clearly wants to tank at least this 1 more year (chet out and wembeyama)...

I've seen nothing to suggest we clearly want to tank lol. We playing vets( muscala kenrich etc) in games to win them and benching players when they're shyt on defense. A part of building a team is roster development, we're already loaded with young talent Victor would just be icing. We don't need him. We will end up with a lotto pick and a pretty good player regardless. Player development is important we have too much talent not to have them try to compete
 

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Cam Thomas in the dog house? Joe tsai care more about Kyries reading material than firing Steve nash
 

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Yea, Giannis deserves early season props for having MIL 5-0 out the gate without Khris.

I have my doubts on him being able to stack ’ships with his current team since Khris and Holiday are too sketchy/inconsistent offensively compared to Giannis's HoF contemporaries (who had legit top 5-10 players as their “sidekicks” enroute to multiple rings/Finals appearances).

However, the East doesn’t have any such stacked teams that Giannis himself can’t overcome if both Kris/Jru are on the floor and at least decent. Will be interesting to see a healthy version of MIL vs healthy versions of CLE and BOS.
 

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is there a chance Shay plays himself out of OKC? OKC clearly wants to tank at least this 1 more year (chet out and wembeyama)...

"clearly" They're currently on the top of the division with a three game winning streak. This without Giddy and with no Chet for the remainder of the year. They're go enough to at the very least be a PLAY-IN.

Why tank when the squad they have is seriously going be a problem as they grow.
 

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"clearly" They're currently on the top of the division with a three game winning streak. This without Giddy and with no Chet for the remainder of the year. They're go enough to at the very least be a PLAY-IN.

Why tank when the squad they have is seriously going be a problem as they grow.
They're 0-3 in the division and its only October :dead:
 
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With some Dame has enough help hot sauce.

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That Dort & Chet combo on defense next season :wow:

I’m sorry but it’s incredible how this slow ass nikka is able to get these beautiful shots off with that kind of defensive pressure on him :mjlol: its like molasses in motion
 

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With some Dame has enough help sauce.

shaq-hot-wings.gif
You really trying push that narrative now. :beli:

Also Dame will be out next week as well...


side note:
I'm impressed by CJ's assist numbers. Dude has been regarded as being a selfish ball handler in portland. But seeing dude average 8+ assist is crazy.

He wasnt doing anywhere near those numbers when dame was out.
 

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I’m sorry but it’s incredible how this slow ass nikka is able to get these beautiful shots off with that kind of defensive pressure on him :mjlol: its like molasses in motion

Helps that like most stars he gets away with shyt. This clip alone he throws both arms out at different times to get separation from Dort (who also gets away with stuff on defense because he built up a rep on that end)
 

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Yea, Giannis deserves early season props for having MIL 5-0 out the gate without Khris.

I have my doubts on him being able to stack ’ships with his current team since Khris and Holiday are too sketchy/inconsistent offensively compared to Giannis's HoF contemporaries (who had legit top 5-10 players as their “sidekicks” enroute to multiple rings/Finals appearances).

However, the East doesn’t have any such stacked teams that Giannis himself can’t overcome if both Kris/Jru are on the floor and at least decent. Will be interesting to see a healthy version of MIL vs healthy versions of CLE and BOS.
Boston would put up the better fight as Cleveland doesn’t have the defensive wings to stop Milwaukee.
 
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