Dan M

"Deadlock movement is too slow" said one of my gamer friends lmao

@fanatic_clipper He's under contract for next year, no shit he's going to say that.

L Frank literally said today we’re sticking with Kawhi

@BreidenFehoko Because of a play in game with two bad teams?

Yeah don’t ever put Lebron in Steph talks again. One guy can actually will his team to victory without his co-star playing.

@Jacobtheclipper 5/11 from the field with 4 FTAs for 14 points in the first half isn't "amazing." It's pretty middling.

Disappointed Kawhi Disappoints us AGAIN Pease trade this dude Please I’m so TIRED of this dude being on my team

@DimeDropperPod @Jrub317 People use coaches as a cop out usually to deflect blame elsewhere (in this case, probably Kawhi). The team just isn't/wasn't that good and Kawhi looked pretty bad tonight, especially 2nd half.

@Jrub317 How’s it Ty fault

@DimeDropperPod Fire Ty Lue, there is no if ands or buts, this is the most pathetic loss of the season, how are we losing to this bum team with a crippled Steph

@paul_lewis94 @ash4nd1021 @ClappedCollins He was abysmal in all of the away games tho

@ash4nd1021 @ClappedCollins I mean he went for 24 in game 6, also an elimination. he had some huge plays, including a massive dunk over MPJ and Murray. so idk about that one…

If Ty Lue had the balls to do this last playoffs on my soul the clips beat denver

Parry turnaround! #Deadlock

@Jacobtheclipper @ReddRodrick808 How about we start here - why is there a clip of him traveling when he's on the Lakers? Does KD never travel? That's Jabari Smith Jr and Dillon Brooks in the first highlight, that means the clip is from '23-'24 at the earliest. How is that relevant to '18 Bron?

@Niceguydan8 @ReddRodrick808 still nothing was countered in the video waiting

“I think [LeBron] is still better than KD. I don’t think there’s been a day in human history where Kevin Durant was better than LeBron James.” - Nick Wright We have the film Nick, Bron ducked KD all of 2018 😂

@Jacobtheclipper @ReddRodrick808 You posted a 1:18 video TikTok clip of a full season + postseason. Bron was better than KD in 2018, that's not at all controversial

@ReddRodrick808 counter anything that was said in the video? it is all facts nobody hates him we just like to be honest about the situation yall just glazers for a living and cant see it

Big midboss fight! #Deadlockgame youtu.be/B-ERvCVDpmg

DEATH SLAM for the comeback! #Deadlock youtu.be/UqecQQIECMQ

Basically, the feedback I'm seeing is that they want to turn Marathon into Hello Kitty Adventures so that dads who play for an hour a day have a chance to beat Cryo Archive. Sacrificing the game's entire identity just to keep extreme casual players happy is a terrible idea.

@purehoops35 He was not elite. He was great for his height.

@Niceguydan8 He was a great playmaker at his peak yes

We live in a world where majority of people think Russ is better than Harden KD can’t play-make Steph is only a shooter KD is only scorer Russ is a better playoff performer than harden Yes you are all wrong

@Jacobtheclipper Man that would be Scalabrine vs some dude off the street vol 2. We all know your entire schtick is disingenuous rage bait but man Bronny would smoke probably 99% of the human population due to athleticism alone. That includes you, me, and everyone else commenting.

“Jacob, Bronny would cook you 1v1” — Bron fanboys Bronny is 2 inches taller than me and 20 lbs heavier. He can’t shoot- just like his dad. I would guard him like the Spurs guarded Bron: give him two feet of space and dare him to shoot. Best out of three, I am coming out on top, I PROMISE you that 👊 Revenge season is officially complete ✅ We got 2nd place last season (albeit I was out of the country and left my guys hanging in the final; we lost by 20). So this season I told the guys we will win it all and NOBODY will even get a win on us. Promise complete: 12-0 and we won the chip. The team we beat was actually up 9 in the first half. They finally played me man to man and I had to hit contested 3s. I shot poorly from downtown- I think I went 2/5 but I just kept attacking and good things happened. This was an ugly game that ended 46-41. Best feeling is when the other team puts their heads down and you know the game is over. My pick and roll and free throws iced the game. I had the game-high 19 points 🤝

@wizard_bz @Invicta_D2 This is a take from almost 20 years ago during the late 2000s era. That hasn't really been a thing for almost 20 years.

@Invicta_D2 People are so used to not having a color palette outside of a desert in the games they play. The art style was actually the first thing that drew me into the game, I didn’t even know it was a game at first when I saw vague ads about it.

Streamed Marathon to one of my closest friends that I used to trio Trials with and he stopped watching within 5 minutes and just said it was ugly and that they should have made Destiny 3 instead. Does the art style really filter people that badly?

@PaulTassi @Forbes

Checking In On ‘Marathon’ A Month After Launch via @forbes forbes.com/sites/paultass…

@purehoops35 @JokesonJ194224 Insane for a player of his size, but not insane for all players in the league. Same thing with his playmaking.

@JokesonJ194224 Insane

Kevin Durant at his peak might the the only player without a flaw in the history of basketball. Scoring - None Shooting - None Playmaking - None Passing - None Defending - None Not 1 flaw. #KevinDurant

Seasonal declining population is totally normal but there's really nothing odd about the discussion unless you are talking about the weirdo doomers that celebrate games dying. The game clearly didn't sell *that* well and the player population is almost certainly a lot lower than most of us expected.

Another odd thing about the whole Marathon player population argument is, isn't a downward trajectory throughout the current season completely normal? I'm at a point where most of my upgrades are done, vault is full and wallet looks good, so my playtime is winding down. But when that wipe hits and new content drops for season 2 I'm looking to go all in again. Would love to hear from EFT/DF/Rust players?

@CoachCucharas @HPbasketball That doesn't really make sense given what Matt is saying, though. Because he's aware of both of those things and it still doesn't feel that way to him

@HPbasketball Because most people don't actually watch the games, they form their opinions based on highlights and media/internet discourse. OKC's dominance is based on defense + efficiency, which don't play well on tiktok or sports debate shows.

I'm really interested by the idea that the Thunder are, objectively, an All-Time team. Wins. Point Differential. Defense. Defense with Offensive Capability. Led by MVP. Depth. Coaching. Culture. Execution. But they do not feel like the all-time great teams *to me* and I do not know why. (Thunder fans, I get they fell like that to you and that people SHOULD view them that way. Read the first part again.) If you're not a Thunder fan, does OKC feel like an all-time great team on par with Warriors 2016, 2017, or say, Heat 2012 (who were objectively much worse than OKC), OKC 2014, 01 Lakers, etc? If not, why not?