I mean, he was coming off an injury, unless you think he faked it? And I meant in the Pels series. He looked better for Dallas before COVID.INFORMER wrote: ↑Tue Jul 19, 2022 2:07 pmHe had games of 35, 30, and 28 against Dallas. I wouldn't play the "Booker was coming off injury" card.Indy wrote: ↑Tue Jul 19, 2022 1:43 pmTheir best player was out for 3.5 of the 6 games and didn't look right when he did come back.INFORMER wrote: ↑Tue Jul 19, 2022 1:35 pmIt's not about him. It's about the team. Like Sauce said in the other thread: it's more than just Game 7. It wasn't "just a bad." They shouldn't have been pushed to 7 by Dallas; they shouldn't have been pushed to 6 by the Pelicans. And in back to back years, they've surrendered a 2-0 series lead. There's the "holistic" view.
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So now we're saying Booker had COVID in game 7? He had just got it in March and was asymptomatic. But he got it again in Game 7 and that affected his play?
And it seems we're getting a lot of mileage out of report that said one Suns player and two staffers tested positive.
And it seems we're getting a lot of mileage out of report that said one Suns player and two staffers tested positive.
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Multiple players were positive for games 6 and 7. I don't know how many staff. And then Luka (and I don't know how many other Mavs) were sick with covid during the Warriors series. Same thing happened in the east between Miami and Boston.
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I think you're treating speculation as fact.
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I need to hear something on Paul’s performance. Like, even just that he experimented with psychotropic drugs at his 37th birthday party and it affected his balance for a few weeks. I can’t deal with the threat of this guy turning into Marcus Banks during a random point every playoffs hanging over us like the sword of Damocles.
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Apparently Jimmy Jones is fine with it.
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Marc Spears interview with Wolf & Luke:
https://omny.fm/shows/wolf-luke/marc-j- ... -andscap-2
Interesting take from Spears at the end, saying that Ayton is basically irreplaceable and that he is very valuable because he is a center. The opposite of a lot of what you hear lately.
https://omny.fm/shows/wolf-luke/marc-j- ... -andscap-2
Interesting take from Spears at the end, saying that Ayton is basically irreplaceable and that he is very valuable because he is a center. The opposite of a lot of what you hear lately.
"I'm a Deandre Ayton guy."--Al McCoy, September 21, 2022.
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Take a few minutes before you stand up so people don’t noticeJeremyG wrote: ↑Tue Jul 19, 2022 6:36 pmMarc Spears interview with Wolf & Luke:
https://omny.fm/shows/wolf-luke/marc-j- ... -andscap-2
Interesting take from Spears at the end, saying that Ayton is basically irreplaceable and that he is very valuable because he is a center. The opposite of a lot of what you hear lately.
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Should he trade Paul? What's the right decision if you were James Jones?
What is smallball? I play basketball. I'm not a regular big man. I can switch from the center to the guards. The game is evolving. I'd be dominAyton if the WNBA would let me in. - Ayton
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INF has been strongly against getting Chris Paul from the beginning, and keeping him.AmareIsGod wrote: ↑Tue Jul 19, 2022 7:49 pmShould he trade Paul? What's the right decision if you were James Jones?
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The first rule of living with covid is not talking about it. We act like it doesn’t have a hand in league play. It’s not about excuses but clearly they’re enabling players’ don’t test don’t tell.
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Yeah, to the extreme of going invisible instead of giving him props when the team was rolling.Indy wrote: ↑Wed Jul 20, 2022 7:56 amINF has been strongly against getting Chris Paul from the beginning, and keeping him.AmareIsGod wrote: ↑Tue Jul 19, 2022 7:49 pmShould he trade Paul? What's the right decision if you were James Jones?
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I don't think James Jones would ever trade Chris Paul, so I won't even discuss that. And I wasn't implying that he should. My point was that we've seen him fall apart in the postseason two years in a row. And CamPayne was awful last year. You have to go into this offseason with backup point guard as a priority. We can't rely on Payne, and Landry Shamet has now put together a substantial track record of doing nothing in the playoffs (LAC/Brooklyn/PHX).AmareIsGod wrote: ↑Tue Jul 19, 2022 7:49 pmShould he trade Paul? What's the right decision if you were James Jones?
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This is a very inaccurate and ignorant statement to make; you're better than this Aztec. And I wish all that had happened that made me go "invisible" was trying to avoid giving Chris Paul credit.Aztec Sunsfan wrote: ↑Wed Jul 20, 2022 10:14 amYeah, to the extreme of going invisible instead of giving him props when the team was rolling.Indy wrote: ↑Wed Jul 20, 2022 7:56 amINF has been strongly against getting Chris Paul from the beginning, and keeping him.AmareIsGod wrote: ↑Tue Jul 19, 2022 7:49 pmShould he trade Paul? What's the right decision if you were James Jones?
Regardless, here are the receipts:
Game Day Playoff Edition — Round 2, Game 1 — Denver Nuggets @ Phoenix Suns, Monday 6/7/2021
Game Day Playoff Edition: Suns (1-2) @ Lakers (2-1), Sunday 5/30/21
INFORMER wrote: ↑Sat Apr 10, 2021 7:14 pmAgreed.specialsauce wrote: ↑Thu Apr 08, 2021 4:47 pmI’m with Indy. We certainly wouldn’t be a top seed.
If we ran back last years team we’d be fighting for the play in games, which currently would be 24-28 wins.
Game Day: Suns (10-8) @ Mavs (8-12), Mon, 2/1/2021
Game Day: Suns (9-8) @ Mavericks (8-11), Sat, 1/30/2021
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Just trying to do some ribbing, I was at some point truly worried for your prolonged absence.
My sincere apologies Inf, specially if I brought you back bad memories.
My sincere apologies Inf, specially if I brought you back bad memories.