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@NBAMemes Thunder and spurs are gonna be the rivalry of the future

It’s weird cuz just about every player talks about how all that matters to them is wether they win or lose but fans care more about whatever individual stats push their narrative

Ever since the Westbrook MVP people have increasingly cared about losers more, and Westbrook isn’t even the worst example of it at this point

@DaneMooreNBA I think ant is a victim of wanting to guard the best player, when he just isn’t good enough to do that while also expending enough energy to carry the offense

The Wolves with Anthony Edwards ON the floor this season O-rating: 119.7 (same as No. 3 ranked NYK) D-rating: 116.0 (same as No. 18 ranked PHI) Net rating: +3.7 (same as No. 10 ranked DEN) Total possessions: 4287 The Wolves with Anthony Edwards OFF the floor this season O-rating: 114.1 (same as No. 22 ranked NOP) D-rating: 109.8 (same ad No. 2 ranked DET) Net rating: +4.3 (same as No. 7 ranked CLE) Total possessions: 2302 Asked Finch about this non-Ant version of the Wolves, and if this version will rely more on a defensive identity to drive winning in Edwards' absence. "I have seen the numbers. I do know that they're true. Ant's defensive impact has, at times, been up and down. I think we just have to rely more on a complete game, whether it be offensively or defensively."

The magic actually giving out the Netanyahu shirts

It took Porzingis 5 games to pass podz’s career high with the warriors

Magic Johnson was a top 4 seed every season in his career, and only had 2/40 playoff series where he was a lower seed than the opponent

What argument remains for Jokic over Luka in mvp rankings

Daignault learned from his mistake in the playoffs when he let Jokic check in on a late game timeout

It’s crazy Bam doesn’t have the highest fga game this season. Cade really scored 46 on 45fga and 18fta

Letting bam play the fourth locks spo as a greater coach than Kerr all time

Since 1973 only Greg Popovic and Phil Jackson have won coty and the championship in the same year. Maybe there is a coty curse

Post allstar game paolo is within 1% of jokic in efg and ts and has double his net rating

That also isn’t to say to predict the team that did hit it because in 2021 the suns reached it and bucks didn’t

The last time both finals teams beat the 40-20 rule was in 2019

I get people being mad about the apple Liquid Glass, but the fact the update broke search indexing is so much worse

@Three_Cone People love to hate on low assist numbers and overlook low turnover numbers

Gets nowhere near the credit he deserves as a playmaker

@D0z_M4n_D4rk I feel like there is a big asterisk for 2 for the 2023 nuggets which just had Deandre Jordan who hadn’t been all defense in like 6 years and played less than 15 total minutes the whole playoffs

Rules for NBA champions ranked by how many times it was broken: 1) Star player experience past Round 1 (0x) 2) Current or former All Defensive Team member on roster (0x) 3) Top 3 seed (2x) 4) 40/20 rule (4x) 5) Current or former All-NBA First Team member on roster (4x)

@RustyBUCKETS321 You mentioned UAE so have you considered in some follow up also touching on the sports gambling epidemic. I’m sure you as someone who has received some offers have unique insight into how much incentive someone has for “selling their soul”. Both issues are largely greed based.

I think this criticism is 100% valid, however I'd like to point out a few things. 1st. We're making a part 2 to this video, getting more in depth into ownership around the league, and their ties to Israel, as well as UAE and sports washing in general. and 2nd. The aim of this video primarily was to discuss Israel/Palestine. The actual NBA discussion is maybe 15% of the video? I'm fully just using the popularity of these players to platform a far more important conversation. A bit of a bait and switch. These 3 are certainly not the biggest culprits in the NBA by any means, but they are the most famous ones, which gets more people to click, which gets more people to hear about the history of Palestine. That was my only goal.

The key point is that this year Wemby has been consistent enough to be one of the winningest players. Specifically against the good teams, with him currently 9-2 against top 3 seeds in both conferences

Wemby continues to have one of the largest gaps in his stat splits between wins and losses, indicating that him playing at his best directly leads to the team winning (essentially the opposite of empty stats).

The spurs have only lost 3 games when Wemby had a positive +/-, all three of which were one point losses