Kerr was asked in the postgame presser what he thought of KPJ trashtalking Steph in the 4th Q: "I didn't notice it ... but I highly encourage it."Steph going nuclear in Q4 with Kevin Porter Jr bumping his gums
I think they said in the broadcast it was his first 20pt 4th quarter in his career...which didn't sound right?
It was his 38th career 20-point quarter — which, to clarify, passed Kobe as the most by any player *since 1996.* Before that, they didn’t keep track of play by play data. I think we can assume Wilt for starters racked up more than that while averaging 35-50 ppg in his prime.
Yeah, rebounding is one skill that tends not to improve or develop throughout a player’s career so much as just fluctuate based on role or gameplan (e.g. Loon playing more with four small guys, or Westbrook “improving” from 5-7 rpg to 10-11 by making Steven Adams box out for his uncontested defensive rebounds). By the same token, tho: some guys just seem to have a innate knack for grabbing boards (Westbrook or Looney, e.g.) while some guys do not (say, Jordan Crawford or Davion Mitchell).
Drummond hasn't been in a good situation since he left Detroit. Cleveland was an awkward fit with a bunch of other bigs needing minutes, and the Lakers situation never made any sense. Stuck behind Embiid he isn't going to play a ton in Philly and they really aren't going to play together.
Drummond’s passing skills are creative. Bounce passes from the high post. Sometimes behind the back. Touch passes. He played over 40 minutes last night, surprising because he’s so thick. Great pickup by Brand/Morey. 76ers are better with Drummond than Dwight Howard, although he was effective, too.
man, never graduate to being a backup Center in the modern NBA
I mean wtf is he doing? It was a blatant violation of the rule. That’s on Ingram imo.
Yeah, IDK about ejection but he swats the shot, then squats down in the guys face and screams at him. That's an easy T evert time.
He needs to start turning the skill set into results, because he has a ton of talent. He’s a great shot blocker, but he’s a horrid rebounder, and he’s shooting 42/31 from the field, after 42/28 last season.
OKC went right at Luka in OT and he couldn’t stop anything. Just pathetic on d with very little effort.
Whoever pushed the term "unicorn" should be shot into the sun. The whole point is that the unicorn shouldn't exist because it is a myth. Now every time a big guy displays any type of ball-skill, they get labeled a unicorn.
I doubt he coined it, but I associate Bill Simmons with pushing the term for a while: https://www.theringer.com/2016/12/21/16041164/battle-of-the-nba-unicorns-bdf6c4a7b331
I dunno. He reminds me of DeRozan’s younger days in the sense that his impact on the floor differs greatly from what his advanced stats show as he opens the floor up for others. He adds another dimension to the Grizzlies on both ends of the floor. His DPOY odds have gone from 150-1 to start the season to 50-1 two weeks ago to 6-1 today.
C's have Detroit and Orlando coming up before the Nets game. We could well be tied with them going into that game in Brooklyn. And no Irving.
Hopefully, he does something equivalent on 3/3 when the Grizzlies play the C's.
Pretty sure if you had given me 1,000 guesses, I never would have reached Juancho.
Either you are MUCH older than I thought, or congrats on the newborn.
LOL, it will be his 14th birthday on 2/22/22. He's been weirdly looking forward to this one for a few years....I'm still trying to figure out how to ruin it for him, like any good father would in my position.
Which is less than what separates #1 from #3 in the west, despite #3 in the west having a better record than any team in the east.
Klay: 22 minutes, 23 pts on 8-11 fg (7-9 from 3), 5 reb, 7 ast
Beast! There had to be something going on in Brooklyn with the veterans for him not to be there right now. Crazy.
Oh no! Brooklyn is down 30 to Utah late in the third quarter, just hate to see it.
