Tripledouble

Josh Hart on ignoring analytics: "Analytics are like lamp posts to a drunk person. You can lean on them, but they won't get you home."

@na7ural_ @blazers_palace Ok I stand corrected on that. But I also found out the Blazers got swept, not 4-1 like you stated. My money still on the Warriors, you are obviously biased and thinking LA would have turned that series around is a big hypothetical. Blazers still got swept without Durant.

@Tr1pledoubl3 @blazers_palace Wrong, Durant didn’t play in the western conference finals.

Underrated career hurt by his own decisions. Should have stayed in Portland.

@na7ural_ @blazers_palace Durant did not get hurt until the actual finals. Blazers were not beating a fully healthy Warriors team in 2019, I don’t care how you put it. Then you would still need to beat the Raptors with prime Kawhi/Siakam/Vanvleet. Gasol gave Embiid and Giannis hell.

@Tr1pledoubl3 @blazers_palace 2019 we’d 100% beat the warriors and make the finals with no KD available, 2016 we lost 4-1 but lost 1 game by 4 and 1 in OT. That series gets flipped with Aldridge imo. But overall the structure of the team would be way different, if L-Train didn’t Wes and Batum stay

@na7ural_ @blazers_palace Please tell us when. 2011-2019 had LeBron on the Heat, Spurs dynasty with Kawhi, and Warriors dynasty. Like when was Portland supposed to win?

@blazers_palace We 100% chip if he had stayed

@Vhoyde And Caruso not getting 30+ again…

This is what the best player on the other team has to do to barely beat OKC. And he has to do every game in the series.

@SleeperPicksHQ Make it 14.5 so it’s an actual discount. Not much value added when you change pitching outs from 17.5 to 15.5

Eddie Outs 🐍 Game time 1:10 PM PT ⏰

SOCCER TACO HIT

Most blocks in a playoff game in NBA history: Victor Wembanyama - 11 (and counting) Andrew Bynum - 10 Hakeem Olajuwon - 10 Mark Eaton - 10

@SleeperBlazers Sounds pretty straightforward

Victor Wembanyama: “It was good, it was fun, but Portland is a pretty straightforward team.. Stephon Castle: “It will be similar to, but not as straight forward as Portland.. Thoughts on these guys calling Portland "Straight forward" ? 👇

@neckobi @chriszy25 @CryptoMikli Wrong

@chriszy25 @CryptoMikli You get it from fats.. Fats is more efficient energy source than carbs.

Ashton Hall reveals he never trains abs despite having an insane six pack “I don’t do core. I didn’t do core for like 10 years. We all have a six pack, you just might not see it because of your diet. That’s why I do no carbs, the diet is for the core” “If you want a smaller waist, you don’t train core at all, you just make sure you’re in a caloric deficit so you can lose the fat over it”

@Seekay9 @iky_fwjett Wtf is a lawyer going to do here?

@iky_fwjett Should of said let me tell my lawyer that.

@Sharp_Like_HD @PolymarketHoops Only if you don’t know ball

@PolymarketHoops lol sounds dumber everytime he tries to explain it

Steve Kerr on his decision to bench Jayson Tatum during the Olympics “We had LeBron James and Kevin Durant ahead of him… They’re two of the greatest players of all time. Jayson happened to be playing the same position as them. If I had just said, “I'm going to play the best five guys” or whatever, then, yeah, Jayson’s probably out there. But you’re trying to put together a team. And so, ironically, the guys I played ahead of him were also Boston Celtics: Derrick White and Jrue Holiday. We needed guys who were on-ball defenders, facilitators, who would make Steph and LeBron and Kevin better. Jayson wasn’t really suited for that role as well as those other guys.” 😬 (via @NewYorker)

Shams: Victor Wembanyama (concussion protocol) will play Sunday.

@LACLIPPERS2408 @Fullcourtpass @LegendOfWinning @CelticsDale Why would you put one of these guys on Maxey when you have Derrick White who is a better matchup?

@Fullcourtpass @LegendOfWinning @CelticsDale Crazy how two of the best defensive players on the team is trying game plan for a “3rd” option!! Have yet seen them two on maxey

Jaylen Brown to Jayson Tatum when he was winded “Take a breath, I got George” (h/t @CelticsDale)

LeBron lobs it up for Bronny!

Jalen Williams (hamstring) considered week-to-week.

@BlazersLead Spurs in 4

In Game 1, San Antonio shot 19% better from three. They were given seven more free throw attempts. Wembanyama played a near perfect game — all of that and Portland still hung around The Blazers won the minutes when their starting lineup (Jrue, Scoot, Deni, Tou, DC) were on the court together. This is not a series where we are severely outmatched talent wise This is a series where shooting will fluctuate and we will get our opportunities. This is a series that will be won on the glass and in the margins. The Spurs were better in those margins in Game 1, but we lost by as much as we did because of the stark three-point shooting discrepancy We are not outmatched, we just have to play our best to win. Tonight I think the Blazers bring an extra level of intensity. The Spurs will have a Game 1 hangover from their Fiesta, let's punch them in the mouth in Game 2

@UnderdogNBA He thinking too much about that 60K

LaMelo Ball's first half: 2 PTS 1-6 FG 0-2 3PT Hornets trail the Magic by 31.

@yaboi_cj @BillChamberlay @okcclips @nickbateman33 Dude same lmao

@BillChamberlay @Tr1pledoubl3 @okcclips @nickbateman33 Clicked on your profile to see if that was Eric Mays and got flashed wtf 😭😭

97% arena capacity is actual genuine bullshit that is a blatant lie.

@BillChamberlay @okcclips @nickbateman33 shouldn’t all the sales even general admission be accounted within that 100%?You can’t just blindly continue to sell tickets even if they’re for general admission. There is a number that gets them to 100% capacity, if they can continue to sell tickets, they are not 100% sold out

@Tr1pledoubl3 @okcclips @nickbateman33 Some arenas have general admission so you can sell additional tickets to fill box seats, and on the top floor etc