Sam Quinn

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Sam Quinn

@SamQuinnCBS

@CBSsports NBA reporter. Contact at [email protected]

New York Katılım Ağustos 2013

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Sam Quinn@SamQuinnCBS·15m

Kevin Love is one of the co-captains of my “remembered for who they were when they won their ring and not who they were at their peak” All-Star Team along with Ray Allen.

El Jefe@ChaseEnCashe

Calling Cam Boozer “another Kevin Love” is not a diss. It only reiterates the point that a lot of y’all just started watching basketball

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Sam Quinn@SamQuinnCBS·1h

I think peak Luka is a better floor-raiser and peak SGA is a better ceiling-raiser, though they both obviously also raise the ceiling/floor a ton.

SportShorts@den_shorts

This version of Luka clears SGA btw.

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Sam Quinn@SamQuinnCBS·1h

Those are different things. The guy who takes the second most shots and has the ball the second most isn’t necessarily the second most influential player on the team because there are a million ways to impact the game without the ball and LeBron is doing many of them.

Arasaka@arasaka222

@SamQuinnCBS How many times are people gonna say lebron 3rd option. Im literally watching him be the 2nd most influential guy on the field cause Reaves has been doing fuck all on defense and just doing his job on the other side. What are you guys actually watching

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Sam Quinn@SamQuinnCBS·1h

If we get a truly healthy Nuggets vs. Lakers first-round series that’s up there among the greatest first-round matchups in NBA history. And that’s how the bracket looks today. Just hoping Denver can get everyone back up to full strength.

Revisionist History@Mast3rmo

@SamQuinnCBS @Nbamed1313 Jokic with Watson in the lineup will not lose to this team. Even though they match up better, I don't trust their defense or shooting

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Sam Quinn@SamQuinnCBS·1h

They’re clicking in basically all the ways they hoped they would when they built this roster. Like everyone is doing the exact things they needed them to do in order to reach their peak. The Spurs and Thunder just pose such a specific matchup problem with all that athleticism.

Mike@mikeowens1

@SamQuinnCBS I'm not saying they're contenders, but I do think they have an NBA Finals ceiling now. LeBron seems to have accepted his role as a third banana, Ayton has improved over the last month on both sides, and as a whole, their defense has looked much better to go with an elite offense.

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Sam Quinn@SamQuinnCBS·1h

Between the levels Luka, SGA and Wemby are at right now and where Jokic and Giannis were before they got hurt earlier in the season, I can’t remember the last time the NBA had a top five this deep. Not sure if it’s ever happened.

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Sam Quinn@SamQuinnCBS·1h

This actually raises an important question I’m too lazy to research: what is the second night of a back-to-back scoring record?

Kevin O'Connor@KevinOConnor

This Luka Doncic run keeps getting crazier. 60 on the second night of a back to back is insane.

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Sam Quinn@SamQuinnCBS·1h

Lakers are now 10-1 in their last 11. But the Thunder are 13-1 in their last 14 and the Spurs are 20-2 in their last 22. It’s just a testament to how incredible those teams are that the Lakers can be playing this well and still not gain ground on them.

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Sam Quinn@SamQuinnCBS·1h

@Nbamed1313 I struggle with that because their biggest weakness is still San Antonio and OKC’s strength. They just really struggle with elite athleticism. Right now I feel better about them in the West than any non-OKC/SAS team, but those are just such tricky matchups for them.

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taurean prince muse@Nbamed1313·1h

@SamQuinnCBS Sam, you have one of the most reasonable basketball takes on NBA twitter. Realistically, are the lakers contenders this year? Especially after this win streak

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Sam Quinn@SamQuinnCBS·2h

The Lakers are even winning the schedule losses now damn.

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Sam Quinn@SamQuinnCBS·1h

Like if Luka ever has a 30-point first quarter at home, the Lakers fans will demand he take every shot the rest of the way. They want that non-Wilt record back.

Sam Quinn@SamQuinnCBS

As I think about cracking a joke about Luka having the most impressive scoring game involving the Miami Heat this season, it occurs to me that he’s probably the likeliest 84-point scorer in the NBA solely because of how badly his home crowd will want him to be the one to top Bam.

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Sam Quinn@SamQuinnCBS·3h

LeBron James is shooting 18-of-19 from the field in his last six quarters.

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Sam Quinn@SamQuinnCBS·5h

… Most MVP candidates aren’t the best defender on their own team and Luka certainly isn’t.

🪄🐴@Luka77_x

@SamQuinnCBS Shai isn't even the best defender on his own team that title would go to Dort and Caruso and he also has a DPOTY candidate in Chet who is able to clean up Shai's mistakes

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Sam Quinn@SamQuinnCBS·8h

What drives me crazy about this is that the supermax rules show that the NBA is willing to trust voters to determine how much players get paid but not give them full freedom to choose properly. Like do we trust the voters or not?

Esfandiar Baraheni@JustEsBaraheni

My biggest gripe with the 65-game rule is that you are actively telling people that you don’t trust voters to be able to discern between like 62 games played and 67 games played.

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Sam Quinn@SamQuinnCBS·9h

I missed the edit window but *tanktastic.

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Sam Quinn@SamQuinnCBS·10h

The Wizards have Anthony Davis and Trae Young and didn't use either of them. Kyshawn George didn't play in that game either. Alex Sarr played 20 minutes. The issue wasn't a lack of talent, it was that they were using their tantastic C-team and it was poorly coached.

NBACentral@TheDunkCentral

Tracy McGrady says Bam Adebayo dropping 83 points on the Wizards is proof that there isn’t enough talent in the league for an expansion (🎥 @dpshow )

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Sam Quinn@SamQuinnCBS·10h

This year? Something pretty substantial. I'm not sure what exactly that would entail to be honest just because so much of the season has already happened, but Luka would have to be leaps and bounds ahead of SGA the rest of the way just considering both teams are down to their last 13 games.

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Pras@PrasFrancis·10h

@SamQuinnCBS I've been skeptical of your argument, but appreciate you demonstrating your rationale - especially with prior MVP years. Maybe something else that would be helpful: If possible, what would it take for you to change your mind?

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Sam Quinn@SamQuinnCBS·11h

Better efficiency. Half the turnovers. Better defense despite that tiny sample isolation stat that's been making the rounds. This is what I hate about the MVP race. By all means, support your guy, but it always devolves into "you're an idiot for picking anyone else."

Dick Carlisle@DickCarlisle

Nobody can give a good reason as to why SGA is the MVP besides “SGA’s team is better.” Since when was that the criteria for MVP?

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Sam Quinn@SamQuinnCBS·10h

@Tysingerlaw This is a very interesting concept (and I wouldn't be surprised if teams have proprietary stuff on this), but it's also something that would need a lot of context. Teams will very offense run offense at the opposing star not because he's a bad defender, but to wear that guy out.

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Alan Tysinger@Tysingerlaw·10h

@SamQuinnCBS Someone who’s doing the advanced metrics should track ball movement in relation to the proximity of a specific defender. In other words, what defenders does the offense target to get the ball over? Versus what players does it run screaming the other direction from?

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Sam Quinn@SamQuinnCBS·1d

I have a lot of disagreements with this sentiment but the immediate one is that Wemby is more impactful defensively than those guys. He just warps the court in a way no other player can.

#ihatepra #lesspra@POAdefenseFC

The wemby glaze will make ppl act like they value defensive impact more than they actually do and it will only ever apply to wemby, these same pll wont/dont rank gobert top 25, chet top 15 etc it wont apply for anyone else

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