EMPEROR OF BASKETBALL
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@Crimsonorblue22 said in EMPEROR OF BASKETBALL JAY WRIGHT:
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his pantsForgot about that, tried to block it out
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Baylor is unreal lucky
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Vital is so sneaky, and they flop a lot. We use to piss him off and he lost focus!
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Cole Anthony not hi bbiq
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Well, that made me look foolish
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I thought he needed to run clock
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That Baylor-OSU game was one of the most poorly officiated games Iāve ever seen.
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Hurt, zero pts
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Call sucks
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Out of bounds
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On the sideline?
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Ya Ted Valentine missed that call. It should have been a foul on Duke.
Even Baylor fans are saying Oklahoma St got jobbed by the officials. Yikes
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@BeddieKU23 said in EMPEROR OF BASKETBALL JAY WRIGHT:
Baylor is unreal lucky
Okie State got hosed in those last minutes. As you know that was not any 8 point game , not even a four point game. ā I donāt blame Boyton AT ALL
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@KirkIsMyHinrich said in EMPEROR OF BASKETBALL JAY WRIGHT:
That Baylor-OSU game was one of the most poorly officiated games Iāve ever seen.
Understatement of the night
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@KirkIsMyHinrich said in EMPEROR OF BASKETBALL JAY WRIGHT:
Ya Ted Valentine missed that call. It should have been a foul on Duke.
Even Baylor fans are saying Oklahoma St got jobbed by the officials. Yikes
Which call? They called an offensive foul on likekelia making a basket and nobody knows what they called besides getting it wrong
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How they miss the foul call on Moore that gave them possession is one of those calls only a Duke gets
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Boyton handled it better than most coaches. He even shook the Baylor team and coaches hands on his way out. The problem I have is that if we win ether of those games in that fashion it would be on ESPNs home page like it has in the past with us. This not a chance, they donāt have the balls to ever question a Dook game. They wonāt with Baylor because it wasnāt us and no one cares about basketball in Texas.
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ROUGH GAME FOR JAYBALLERS EMPEROR SCOTT DREW
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@BShark oh no!
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Haha here we goā¦
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@BShark said in EMPEROR OF BASKETBALL:
ROUGH GAME FOR JAYBALLERS EMPEROR SCOTT DREW
your right. - -Have a nice day
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@BShark lmao, Iām rolling brother!!
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@jayballer73 you are a sport buddy
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https://247sports.com/player/angelo-brizzi-46085167/
How many threes will this kid hit against us in the tournament as a RS JR for Nova?
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@BShark zero!
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@Crimsonorblue22 I was thinking eight and Jay wins again.
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@BShark you doomsday dude!
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Bill needs to call Jay for tips with this yearās roster.
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This team does not have the DNA for a typical Self offense. Need to scrap the screen game because Mitch and Dave suck at it. Drive and kick. Minimize dumping it into Dave. Spray threes.
Bill is smart, excited to see the post Christmas offense.
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https://twitter.com/cstonehoops/status/1332422355210137601
BILLANOVA LMAO
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I was told we donāt want to go Rockets/Warriors small ball because it doesnāt win
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@Kcmatt7 said in EMPEROR OF BASKETBALL:
I was told we donāt want to go Rockets/Warriors small ball because it doesnāt win
I see someone likes twisting what other people say to fit their narrative instead of using statements in context.
I never mentioned the Warriors because they never played a 5 guard line up. They always had a post player whether it was Andrew Bogut, Javale McGee, Kevon Looney, or Boogie Cousins.
And guess what, the Rockets small ball experiment failed because they got ran off the court when they ran into a team with a legit front court.
A 5 guard line up can win games, but it doesnāt win championships. KU will not win a national title with Jalen Wilson at the 5.
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I think itās pretty clear this team isnāt winning a title, they might be a second weekend team though. Next year could be really promising.
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@Texas-Hawk-10 I didnāt twist anything.
And this team isnāt winning a title with Dave at the 5 either lmao
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Also the Warriors played small ball lol.
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Rockets only lost when the lakers switched to small ball and stopped playing davis at the 4. They got worked when they played Howard and McGee. Lakers were just better at small ball lolā¦ this team can absolutely win playing small. They have several 6ā5-6ā8 guards. No reason to think you need a big guy. Sure there will be a game that Dave or Mitch will help but the best team ku has is playing small
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@jayhawks2010 said in EMPEROR OF BASKETBALL:
Rockets only lost when the lakers switched to small ball and stopped playing davis at the 4. They got worked when they played Howard and McGee. Lakers were just better at small ball lolā¦ this team can absolutely win playing small. They have several 6ā5-6ā8 guards. No reason to think you need a big guy. Sure there will be a game that Dave or Mitch will help but the best team ku has is playing small
Rockets got their ass kicked by Anthony Davis because they didnāt have anyone big enough to guard him. Thatās the damn point is that Rockets got their asses handed to them once they ran into a legit big man in Anthony Davis. None of the Lakers wins were competitive at all and even in the one game the Rockets won in that series, Davis still dominated the paint.
Donāt come at me trying to claim the Lakers played small ball against the Rockets when Anthony Davis played more minutes than anyone for LA in that series because the Rockets couldnāt stop him with anyone on their roster.
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Literally nobody stopped AD all year though
. Small or big. Heās a top 5 player in the world rn. It had nothing to do with strategy.
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@Kcmatt7 said in EMPEROR OF BASKETBALL:
Literally nobody stopped AD all year though
. Small or big. Heās a top 5 player in the world rn. It had nothing to do with strategy.Actually that was their strategy because the Lakers played through AD instead of LeBron James that entire series except for game 1. But if you think AD is a better player than LeBron and that the Lakers played through AD instead LeBron all year, I canāt do much for you on that one. That was their game plan because the Rockets literally had nobody to match up with Davis unlike LeBron and the Lakers exploited the hell out of that strategy to run the Rockets off the court in games 2-5.
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@Texas-Hawk-10 pick any 5 in the NBA, put them on the Rockets, and the Lakers are still the NBA champs
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@Kcmatt7 said in EMPEROR OF BASKETBALL:
@Texas-Hawk-10 pick any 5 in the NBA, put them on the Rockets, and the Lakers are still the NBA champs
No shit, how many times have I told you specifically that the Rockets system would never win a championship? And guess what, it got Mike DāAntoni fired because his system cannot beat elite teams. Heās proved it in Phoenix with Nash and Stoudemire by failing to beat Kobe, he proved in New York where the Knicks were an absolute shitshow and he proved it in Houston with Harden and Paul/Westbrook that even with elite players, his system doesnāt win championships.
It also doesnāt change that LA played through AD instead of LeBron against the Rockets because the Rockets didnāt have anybody capable of slowing him down unlike LeBron.
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@Kcmatt7 And now Iām supposed to think that copying that system is going to be what puts KU over the top?!?! GTFO with that shit take. KUās only shot this year is to to working to develop Dave so thereās an post presence.
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@Texas-Hawk-10 Do I wish we had a formidable front court?
Absolutely. āNo shitā
Do we? Nope.
So run and gun small ball is how this team will perform the best this year. It isnāt that hard to see.
That isnāt a āshit takeā it is just a regular one.
The Warriors have won it all with small ball being an integral part of their strategy. As has Villanova.
Yes, Dave will need to put in 15-20 minutes a game for this team to be successful.
If KU loses in the tourney because they run into a good front court it wonāt be because KU played small. It will be because KU lacked the talent/depth to play big.
There is a difference.
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@Texas-Hawk-10 I feel like you didnāt watch the series. Lakers play davis at the 4 normally. Against the rockets they couldnāt do that and had to stop playing their centers. Davis went to the 5 and had a mismatch but he is also a modern big guy who can step awayā¦ if you watched the series you know that the best line up plus to minus ratio was the Rondo, LeBron, Morris, Caruso pairing. With either kuzma or davis in the gameā¦ yes a legit center who can stretch the floor is better, but if you donāt have it on your team, 5 guards is an option. Rockets still had a great season, but lost to a better teamā¦ looks like so far you were wrong on your Wilson take to start the season. He looks like he will have an impact this year.
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No one is saying you have to totally throw away the idea of McCormick playing but if he doesnāt play better you have to make the change. This team can be a top 10 team playing 5 guards.
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@jayhawks2010 are you saying the Lakers realized they sucked with their 5 and decided they had a lot of length and decided to just use that instead of trying to play a worse player? And they won!?
No. Canāt be true. Doesnāt work. Iāve āspecificallyā been told.
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@Kcmatt7 lol i know! Itās shocking how much sense that makes to just play the 5 best people!
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I think Dave will have to earn his minutes on the floor just like the other guys will. This already feels a bit like last yearā¦ when we kept trying to force two bigs on the floor and it just didnāt work. Nowā¦ itās just one.
I do think it is too early to know how it will go, but from what I saw in two games, I think the only time we ever showed in game flow was the second half of todayās game with 5 guards. Harris was sick. It was like turning a switch on when he came out there.
I know, I knowā¦ guard the paint. But thatās only true if your big guy is moving his feet. I was hoping to see big improvements in Daveās feet but didnāt really see that in these two games. He definitely is in better shape and moves betterā¦ but not seeing him being a real force enough yet to say letās slow the game down for Dave.
With Harris out there we started running St. Joe right out of the gym. Fast break finishes? Huh? Us? Seems like forever since we had scoring from the open court.
That period where Harris came in and we watched the game tempo change should be a definite lesson. Tempo is key to success with this team. The Zag game and the first half and some minutes into the second half we looked stiff and tentative. Harris enters the game and quickly draws his first charge. He was involved in several defensive stops and that alone made a big difference. Then add in the flow he brought to our offense. That was a fun part to watch. The ball didnāt stick!
Iām not even sure we would have won that game without Harris. We kept letting St. Joe stick around, just like we let the Zags keep pulling away. In those moments we had no control of tempo and played awkward and sluggish.
Even in half court offense, Harris made a big difference. Heās a natural play makerā¦ setting guys upā¦ sometimes even a few passes ahead of the finish, like a chess pro plays moves ahead. He definitely sees more of the game than others and the game moves slow for him. As of right now, he looks like our salvation to run him with Marcus because Iām just not convinced Marcus is enough of a play maker to run the show. Could be we do what we do best, and run two PGs (or slip Marcus back to the 2).
I know we have to see more evolve before jumping to conclusions. But I am feeling jazzed up with Harris. He performed just like his reputation that preceded him. I think heās the real dealā¦ and hope itā¦ because I want to see the brand of basketball he brought today on a regular basis! Heāll make all our guys look a lot better and they will all spark up and perform at a better flow!
