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SchoolboyC

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I 100% agree with Tim Hardaway. Pacers played the Pistons a few weeks ago and he was talking so much and enticing confrontation. Not one time did the refs tell him or the Pacers to stop. Yet several Pistons players got techs.

When the pressure really on Haliburton won't step up

Sounds like we need that Pacers/Pistons 4/5 matchup :ehh:
 

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the suns thought they'd bring in another championship coach with a better offensive track record, bring in a couple point guards so booker can play more off ball, a little more size and they'd be improved. it clearly hasnt worked, they went from 9th in net rating last year to currently 20th. the problem used to be they were good when durant was on the court now theyre only a + 0.1 net rating even when hes on the court. thats not to say he doesnt have any impact because theyre 2-11 without him this season but they arent good. nick richards had a few good games early on mostly against bad teams now this is 8 straight games where his plus/minus is negative.

whats really concerning is 5 of their most used 12 lineups this season have a net of -18.6 or worse. how is it even possible to be that bad? thats also with 8 of those 12 lineups being a net negative.

The elephant in the room that no one wants to address is that Kevin Durant is not that guy anymore because of his age, and does not have an impact on winning like he did before
 

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The elephant in the room that no one wants to address is that Kevin Durant is not that guy anymore because of his age, and does not have an impact on winning like he did before

I was waiting for someone to bring this up cuz imo this is unwarranted. He still gets buckets and is efficient but of course at his age he won't impact winning.

Devin Booker escapes all criticism. He's in his prime but he doesn't elevate a team or a franchise
 

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