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Helico-pterFunk

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KingTaharqa

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I smell a sweep

Not gon lie

Imagine Joker getting swept, I can't see it.
Joker is already a top 10 great, so this series is far from over. George Karl said he has the highest IQ in the game, even higher than Bronze's. He will find Minny's weakness and exploit them in Game 2.
 

KingTaharqa

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Funny how they aren't a bunch of Joker troll tweets and memes in here after he loses. Nobody's clowning his shitty defense, everybody is all serious and reserved. :yes: Mods didn't even create an alt for him. That behavior is reserved exclusively for wealthy Black Americans like LeBron James and James Harden. White people don't like making fun of white people in sports, just the niggas!!!! :roflmao:
 

KingTaharqa

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Bruh, I been searching all morning. These white tech geeks ain't shit. :lol: They havent made no troll memes or viral tweets for Jokic losing. Not even an image of Ant standing over Joker. :smh: CORNBREAD still be posting joke memes bout the Lakers who ain't played in a week, but if he wanted to make fun of the most popular and celebrated white player, he has nothing to share here. White people gon make sure they look good to the world, even when they are losing and get outperformed. :yes:
 

KingTaharqa

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Bout time someone else said it. Hopefully the mindless suits in sports media can pick it up and address finally.

I get trolled in this thread for posting LeBron, The GOAT, but the only person to point out the soon to be 3XMVP's defensive struggles this playoff BEFORE LAST NIGHT was me. Some of us watch and analyze basketball, others live and die off narratives. Mike and Kobe never taught them the game. :smh:
 

DC_Dude

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Didn’t he go first? If so the Warriors had no shot at drafting him because they had the 2nd pick

Report: Timberwolves tried to deal 2020 No. 1 overall pick to Warriors​

ESPN’s Brian Windhorst says Minnesota was attempting to recoup the first it gave up to the Dubs in the D’Angelo Russell/Andrew Wiggins trade.​

Jas KangMay 5, 2021, 7:07pm PDT
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After an injury-filled 2019-20 season, the Golden State Warriors went into the last offseason with a major asset in their pockets. The Dubs wound up with the second overall pick in the 2020 NBA Draft and knew they would be able to trade the selection or add a youngster to join their championship core of Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green.

General manager Bob Myers reportedly took calls about the pick, including from the only team slated to pick ahead of the Warriors at last year’s draft. ESPN’s Brian Windhorst says the Minnesota Timberwolves were trying to make a deal with Golden State that would have seen the Dubs acquire the No. 1 overall pick (h/t Drew Shiller of NBC Bay Area).

“To go back to draft night — the Wolves were very interested in trading out of this pick,” Windhorst said on the most recent episode of his Hoop Collective podcast. ”They were trying up until they were on the clock, from what I have been told, to get the Warriors interested in moving up.
“The Warriors have their draft pick this year depending on where it falls, and I think they wanted it back quite frankly. They were saber-rattling, according to the stories, that they were gonna take James Wiseman.
“The Warriors were really locked in on James Wiseman.”
The Timberwolves wound up taking Georgia guard Anthony Edwards No. 1 overall, and the Warriors got their guy in James Wiseman at No. 2. I caught up with Windhorst leading up to last year’s draft, and he told me Golden State was locked into taking Wiseman after a pre-draft workout with the big man in Miami.

“I think the people in the league think that if they hold the No. 2 pick, and if James Wiseman is there that they will take him. That’s what people in the league believe. I know that they they got some headlines because they became known that they were looking at Avdija, they were looking at him in Atlanta last week. But, before that they spent two days in Miami with Wiseman.”
Wiseman’s rookie year ended with a torn meniscus that will keep him out for the season. The 20-year-old played in 39 games and averaged 11.5 points and 5.8 rebounds in 21.4 minutes. Although his stats look good for a rookie, the underlying numbers aren’t kind to Wiseman. Golden State’s net rating is 11.4 points better per 100 possessions with Wiseman on the bench. His 110.6 defensive rating is fourth-worst out of any Warrior who has played meaningful minutes, per NBA.com.

But Wiseman will improve with more experience. He only played in three college games before making the jump to the pros, and playing your first year in the league during a pandemic certainly didn’t help.

Myers wound up getting his guy without having to give up any future assets. Minnesota was likely trying to get back its 2021 top-three-protected pick that becomes unprotected in 2022. By keeping that asset, the Dubs will likely be able to add either one more youngster to the rotation or use the pick to try and make a move for another star-level player to join Curry, Thompson and Green.

Even if the Timberwolves went with Wiseman — which was unlikely given that they have Karl-Anthony Towns — the Warriors would have kept the pick and went another direction. Anthony Edwards and LaMelo Ball are having strong rookie campaigns, while Israeli forward Deni Avdija was also an intriguing option.

Myers was right to stay put at No. 2 and not give in to a desperate Minnesota squad. The Timberwolves currently have the third-best odds to win the 2021 NBA Draft Lottery but could worsen their chances for the No. 1 pick.
 

BrownTurd

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Report: Timberwolves tried to deal 2020 No. 1 overall pick to Warriors​

ESPN’s Brian Windhorst says Minnesota was attempting to recoup the first it gave up to the Dubs in the D’Angelo Russell/Andrew Wiggins trade.​

Jas KangMay 5, 2021, 7:07pm PDT
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Santiago Mejia/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Imagesnormal
After an injury-filled 2019-20 season, the Golden State Warriors went into the last offseason with a major asset in their pockets. The Dubs wound up with the second overall pick in the 2020 NBA Draft and knew they would be able to trade the selection or add a youngster to join their championship core of Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green.

General manager Bob Myers reportedly took calls about the pick, including from the only team slated to pick ahead of the Warriors at last year’s draft. ESPN’s Brian Windhorst says the Minnesota Timberwolves were trying to make a deal with Golden State that would have seen the Dubs acquire the No. 1 overall pick (h/t Drew Shiller of NBC Bay Area).


The Timberwolves wound up taking Georgia guard Anthony Edwards No. 1 overall, and the Warriors got their guy in James Wiseman at No. 2. I caught up with Windhorst leading up to last year’s draft, and he told me Golden State was locked into taking Wiseman after a pre-draft workout with the big man in Miami.


Wiseman’s rookie year ended with a torn meniscus that will keep him out for the season. The 20-year-old played in 39 games and averaged 11.5 points and 5.8 rebounds in 21.4 minutes. Although his stats look good for a rookie, the underlying numbers aren’t kind to Wiseman. Golden State’s net rating is 11.4 points better per 100 possessions with Wiseman on the bench. His 110.6 defensive rating is fourth-worst out of any Warrior who has played meaningful minutes, per NBA.com.

But Wiseman will improve with more experience. He only played in three college games before making the jump to the pros, and playing your first year in the league during a pandemic certainly didn’t help.

Myers wound up getting his guy without having to give up any future assets. Minnesota was likely trying to get back its 2021 top-three-protected pick that becomes unprotected in 2022. By keeping that asset, the Dubs will likely be able to add either one more youngster to the rotation or use the pick to try and make a move for another star-level player to join Curry, Thompson and Green.

Even if the Timberwolves went with Wiseman — which was unlikely given that they have Karl-Anthony Towns — the Warriors would have kept the pick and went another direction. Anthony Edwards and LaMelo Ball are having strong rookie campaigns, while Israeli forward Deni Avdija was also an intriguing option.

Myers was right to stay put at No. 2 and not give in to a desperate Minnesota squad. The Timberwolves currently have the third-best odds to win the 2021 NBA Draft Lottery but could worsen their chances for the No. 1 pick.
Now that I think about it it did work for the Warriors in the end as they did get a title.
 

KingTaharqa

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If you saw him at Georgia you wouldn't have been impressed

He treated college like Ben Simmons....he took the money and put a half ass effort out there

Guess that's how he went #1. :rolleyes:

The reality is, the last 4 years Ant was too Black American and dark skinned to be a star. He had to cut those Ja Morant locs off, cut back on the off the cuff Black American jargon and slang in interviews, and stop being represented by LeBron James sports agency just to break thru with the coons and middle America. This is the first year most of the fans Ant will have thru out his career started paying attention to him as a basketball player. Adidas is selling him to Mike and Kobe's old fans now, and it's working. The young man has a bright future.

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Helico-pterFunk

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Helico-pterFunk

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KingTaharqa

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:lol:


Why can't Anthony Edwards just be Anthony Edwards and have his own legacy? He doesn't play like none of the people they tryna compare him too. :smh: Jordan or Wade could never shoot 3's this good, and he's waaaaay more athletic than MJ was. It just highlights how much old heads and NBA media has given up belief in today's Black American players. You didn't believe in LeBron fucking James so we know you don't really believe in anybody that's coming after him.

 

footloose

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Why are people acting like this was a blowout or flat out domination? Wolves needed 43 from Ant to beat the Nuggets with a hobbled Jamal Murray. If Jamal Murray was even close to himself, the Nuggets win that game. Jamal being hurt is concerning but nobody is afraid.
1). Nuggets home court. Game 1
2) this the most I seen jokic trying to run and move and he looked tired.
 
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