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@BarryOnHere This is about to be the 2nd year (and potentially more than that) that everyone is going to realize Jokic should’ve won MPV, and one of those seasons he won the chip….💀

This series has been legitimately damaging to SGA's legacy. Hasn't even been the best player at his own position on his team. That should never happen to a player in an MVP season

@ig0tnfts Don’t think I’ve seen one media person talk shit or say Wemby is a dirty player like they did with Melo, shit, every person in the media had something to say about it and most of it was negative. Actually crazy😐

LaMelo Ball seemingly responds to the NBA after Victor Wembanyama avoided fines or discipline for elbowing Naz Reid on Sunday night.

@banslovesmom @LeebanDC Haven’t heard shit about wemby being a dirty player. Crazy how that works 😐

but yall treated lamelo like he was the devil🤨

@TheDunkCentral @HornetsReddit That family only has boys, except Zo😂😂😂

LaMelo Ball and Ana Montana have welcomed a new son into the world named LaOne ❤️ Congrats to them 🙏 (h/t @HornetsReddit )

@SJCollier11 @yunckerzach @whatsontapnba You don’t always have to get a whistle when you flop, and actually a lot of the time they don’t get called

@yunckerzach @whatsontapnba If you say that we get a favorable whistle, that is kind of something you have to support with facts

All of these can be true about the OKC 1. OKC is on an all-time trajectory 2. Shai is generational 3. The greatest rebuild ever and a lot of respect is deserved there 4. There’s a valid frustration about HOW they draw fouls in contrast to how physical they can play defensively 5. Flopping is bad for the sport 6. 29 other fanbases aren’t crazy for their frustrations

@RTNBA @TMZ She’s fucking psycho, and his life was changed forever because of it, sad times man…

Miles Bridges was reportedly granted a restraining order against ex-girlfriend Mychelle Johnson after she allegedly faked a pregnancy involving another woman to push his lawyers into arranging a paternity test, per @TMZ Bridges’ legal team reportedly scheduled the DNA test before discovering the entire situation was allegedly a hoax.

Because he’s not the best in the world, Jokic is, and the fact that this has been a debate for the past couple years and people are just now starting to realize is crazy. People just think that because OKC is good but look at that team compared to the nuggets and tell me without Jokic, the nuggets would win like OKC does without Shai.. it’s a completely different story. Jokic is the MVP for his team in the league

Nick Wright says Shai Gilgeous-Alexander downgrades to a Dwyane Wade-level player when he doesn’t get foul calls 😬 “When he’s guarded normally and plays normally, he goes down from peak Michael Jordan to peak Dwyane Wade.” (h/t @HeatCulture13 )

@jageipech97029 @tylerbritton_ Watch the entire game again and tell me Okc isn’t foul baiting and manipulating the hell out of the refs. You won’t be able to

@AMAJ1999 @tylerbritton_ tell me if this aren't ballant fouls, y'all engagement farming bots need to watch games live not on tiktok

Shai took 3 free throws. OKC took 12. They won by 18. I opened this app after the game and immediately saw 3 straight "FT merchant" tweets. Might actually be the most successful media psyop since Rudy Gobert playoff talk.

@AshNicoleMoss But in a different light - I haven’t seen one positive comment about watching OKC this year in the playoffs. No one wants to watch their games😂

OKC is going to be our first dynasty since GSW. this generation will view them the way we viewed the Warriors

@SamQuinnCBS This is what makes Lamelos scoring even more impressive, has multiple games without shooting a single free throw but still can score 30 points - if his whistle changes his entire game changes

JJ's right. Drawing fouls is explicitly a skill. However, I think a lot of fans feel it's a skill the NBA should try to legislate out of the game. It's a bit like tanking in that it's a viable strategy to exploit the rules, so it's on the NBA to make the rules less exploitable. Some players are just naturally going to get to the line more than others through their playing style. Guys who attack the basket should get to the line more than jump shooters. That's fine. But there's a gamesmanship to foul-drawing that I think most fans dislike. The rules shouldn't reward making it look like your defender broke the rules. It's a skill but I'm not sure it should be.

@PastorCoach917 @Joworthsr @TheEXECUTlONER_ Exactly, you see his teammates remind the first runner to touch the base, and then again, all of them were looking down to see the second runner touch the plate and once he did they celebrated. They both touched the plate and it was mostly due to the team😂

@Joworthsr @TheEXECUTlONER_ Look at the video again. His teammates told him to touch the plate and he the did right after they reminded him to, WHILE the ump was looking…

This umpire was calling a 9U baseball game. A player came up to bat and hit a home run. What happened next is anyone’s guess. Most are saying the umpire blew up after he lost his mind and robbed a 9 year old of a home run. What do you think the call should be? Do you think k he blew it big time or do you agree with the call?

@BarryOnHere Also should matter when discussing the mvp race between him and Jokic, but some way somehow I think Shai is going to win (he shouldn’t for many reasons that being one of them)

SGA was horrible tonight and his team still coasted to a 20 point win. Great player. Tremendous scorer. But he's a cog in a well-oiled machine. He's not the engine like so many other great players are required to be for their teams to win. That matters when ranking him historically.

@Hero_OfThe_Day This guy is about to win MVP over Jokic bro….

VIDEO: 2 minutes 15 seconds of Shai/OKC flops & flails. It’s only halftime of Game 1!! 😭😭

@getnickwright He gets bailed out by the refs all the time, basically showing he can’t finish the play - which was proven when he turned the ball over after foul baiting during a jumpshot but no foul got called. Can’t bother to watch this dude play…

Call me old fashioned, but I think the soon to be 2x MVP should drive to the basket with the intent to score instead of driving to the basket with the intent to trick the ref.

@BrickCenter_ @LeebanDC Shai is a great player, but these clips show you how much he gets bailed out when the refs call fouls for him

SGA is flopping on EVERY PLAY 😭

@HornetsReddit @bartranized Umm, maybe they’d struggle in the playoffs because they’ve never been there before?? Crazy how that works, get them some damn experience, no matter what you’ll have the main core for a while so just make a move

🗣️ Rick Schnall: "We have arrived at the point where we feel great about our leadership team, and we feel great about where we are, but we have a lot of work to do. You look at the playoffs, we would have had a tough time in the playoffs. We have to continue to build the team." "We have competitive players. We have high-character players. We have players who want to win. Gabe (Plotkin) and I are incredibly competitive, as is our ownership group and as is our leadership team. We're not going to be satisfied just being a competitive team. And so we will do everything we can to get better." More at @theobserver 📰 charlotteobserver.com/sports/charlot…

@SleeperHornets @AllAboutHornets @hornetslatino @HornetsCentraI @MuseHornets_ @HornetsPortugal @Out_of_Hornets @Sleeper_Hoops Have to cut Kon, start Melo bench Brandon

START🏃‍♂️BENCH🪑CUT✂️ Hornets Trio Edition— LaMelo Ball🏀 Brandon Miller🍻 Kon Knueppel👌

@GhostJones91 @Meloleague @SnapshotKyle Absolutely not, I’ve just never seen it. May be that he’s playing 5v5s with nba players with no cams, just doubt it

@AMAJ1999 @Meloleague @SnapshotKyle So he can never play regular pick up again? What if he does both.

LaMelo BBB Hoops!!!

@clprfn @Meloleague @SnapshotKyle Have you ever seen him play in any summer leagues with Nba players? Yes, I think it’s for fun and I know he trains in the summer, but it would be nice to see him in some 5v5s with players on his level, all I’m sayin

@AMAJ1999 @Meloleague @SnapshotKyle this is for fun mainly bro. u think this is his real traning?🤣🤣🤣