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@_itskellyo

guitars and basketball

Queens, NY Tham gia Mayıs 2017
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After last night's Warriors' game, I watched James Wiseman's minutes with a friend who works in basketball. Here's a thread that builds on some of the things we discussed and the interesting details he pointed out.
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James Harden has infected this Cavs team with the spirit of defeat. Pretty funny watching another one of his teams quit mid-game
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Mike Mekus@mmekus18·
This is how videos of “Steph-stoppers” look btw lmaooo just not participating in the rules of the sport
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@aryh21 😭😭😭

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Do not understand why the Knicks spent most of the game willingly creating 4 on 3’s and opening up the paint for the Cavs by doubling PNR’s but here we are
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The Knicks have stopped doubling James Harden and now it’s a close game!!!! Finally
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James Harden’s drives to the hoop amuse me. His Moreyball programming is so deep-rooted that when he gets into the paint and doesn’t have an easy layup, you can watch him look for kickouts until the very moment he’s forced to take a floater
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play-in game hater@_itskellyo·
@TommyGunnNBA No coincidence Dray had a rough series against Siakam in similar circumstances: bad wing depth (one quarter of KD, Klay misses a game, McKinnie and Cook crunch-time mins) and reduced big man depth (Loon’s broken collar bone, Cousins hobbled, Bogut old, Damian Jones roster spot)
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Every NBA great has his pale imitation: MJ and Drexler, Steph and Lillard, LeBron and Carmelo. Wemby has Chet, the perfect embodiment of Zoomer’s worst traits: white with a blaccent, only semi-literate, and terminally detached. May Wemby make OKC a 1-and-done finals team forever
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Mike Mekus@mmekus18·
Reminder elderly Draymond had this guy in prison and 52-year-old Steph Curry and that skeleton squad took em down in b2b games lolololol #different
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play-in game hater@_itskellyo·
I know more about the NBA and its players and history than most civilians. But when I see a national TV game at a bar, mismatching jerseys and non-compliant color lines in these jerseys force me to decipher what team and what players I’m watching. Imagine how casual fans feel
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play-in game hater@_itskellyo·
Well said. Under Silver, the NBA has sought to maximize and diversify its revenue streams with little regard for long-term consequences. Few things exemplify this better than Nike’s churn of jerseys
Rob Perez@WorldWideWob

I see we have some new players in the NBA jersey arena. Its ethos, and our fight, has been centered around one key principle: home basketball teams wear white at every level of the game, in every league in the world. It is quite simply a basketball tradition, without it being a written requirement. What Nike has done has not only oversaturated the market with mostly unpopular designs, but uniforms that get left behind after just one season. The constant turnover has one goal: sell as many jerseys as possible, at any cost, even at the expense of the franchise’s brand equity. It is a statistical fact and focus group tested/proven that children like new jerseys, and their parents buy them. Non-white City Edition/Classic uniforms are often worn at home, it has a minimum appearance mandate because of the NBA’s partnership with Nike, forcing the away opponent to have to wear their home whites when they’re chosen. Every NBA game that’s played where the home team is not wearing white is a papercut to the sport’s tradition. Not the NBA’s, but basketball’s. It won’t be a tradition that’s destroyed overnight, but as children grow up and it becomes more-and-more accepted because it was never something they cared about or understood, the home whites will eventually be perceived to be just another option. You will rarely, if ever, see an NHL home team in their away white sweaters. Even though it’s the opposite of basketball, NHL/hockey have always maintained the tradition of the home team’s fashion look. I like to think they do this because it is something their paying customers appreciate and continue to support with their wallets. What the NBA doesn’t understand is the sales spreadsheet may suggest that this new jersey strategy is working because so many people are buying them, but what they are sacrificing to achieve these short-term results is the legacy of the sport that made them so cool in the first place. This business strategy, undoubtedly, will lead to apathetic fashion, market dilution, and diminishing returns with no ability to revert back — because that culture, both literally and figuratively, will be dead.

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@Joissbert Talented players force a coach’s hand. That’s exactly what is supposed to happen. Wanamaker got benched after Poole came back from the G-League because Poole forced the issue, and then Wanamaker got traded
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play-in game hater@_itskellyo·
Basketball is so much better when the refs let players play. Cleveland’s mini-run at the end of the 3rd quarter was fueled by soft calls in their favor. Jarrett Allen poked the ball out of bounds — 5th foul on Barnes. Allen missed a hook, FTs, misses a dunk, FTs and putback dunk
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play-in game hater@_itskellyo·
Steve Kerr played a second-year Jordan Poole the final 18 minutes without rest of the play-in loss to the Grizzlies in 2021. Poole started at SG in the 18-2 run of 21-22 season. If you’re talented and follow Kerr’s game plan, you will play. FOH
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"There are players the FO wants but they know Steve Kerr won't play" "I'm was @ the Wolves game where Ayo dropped 42 & ppl asked me hey why didn't you guys get him." "But Steve likes a Gui Santos type of guy". Marcus Thompson This is why I say Kerr needs to go!🤬

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TG@TommyGunnNBA·
“Increased accountability for Steph Curry” 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Needed a laugh to start my Friday. Thank you for this.
Fullcourtpass@Fullcourtpass

Steve Kerr returning to the Warriors depends on “alignment” of several key factors, per @MontePooleNBCS - Increased accountability for Steph Curry and Draymond Green - Roster construction & offseason plans - Freedom to speak on sociopolitical issues - Flexibility with coaching schemes/young players (h/t @TheNBABase)

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play-in game hater@_itskellyo·
@warriors24seven I’ll be more specific: Draymond’s shooting decline started with KD. The rest of his offense declined too and he’s got plenty of blame. Dray used to punish mismatches in the post, now he baits for fouls on post ups, his finishing is also is tainted by ineffective grifting
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warriors24seven@warriors24seven·
@_itskellyo I’m sorry but I’m not buying this whole Draymonds offensive decline is the victim of greats around him. If anything he has so many opportunities to perfect his 3 point shot. They are wide open. Now and then.
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play-in game hater@_itskellyo·
Draymond’s shooting decline can directly be tied to KD’s arrival. The guiding principle of passing up good shots for better shots with KD on the roster made it easier for teams to sag off of him and it started a vicious cycle. Dray isn’t wrong
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I will tilt at these windmills till my dying breath
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My timeline showed me unmarked ads every 5, 4, 2, 4, 4, 4, 2, and 4 posts. I’ve reported every single one and now… my reports aren’t going through because of errors. Funny
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