NBA Starts Tonight
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Wigging is not a bust. Perhaps he has not lived up to the lofty expectations that many have of the top draft pick but he has been a solid player. He was Rookie of the Year and he signed a maxed out contract so his team obviously believes he is that good and worth the money. Butler is a malcontent with a chip on his shoulder who thinks he is better than he really is and believes he has more leverage than he really does and this is why there has not been much interest on him. I imagine most players would not be happy having him as a teammate since he has done what players just will not do, throw teammates by name under the bus publicly. Many veteran players will call out players but it is normally done in private, in the locker room and the few times it is done publicly it is normally a general criticism and specific players are not named.
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@dylans I think KT in a recent interview made similar comments about Wiggins having great talent but apparently not focused on giving 100% all the time. I think in an article about Grimes having a similar tendency? Someone hopefully correct me if I am incorrect on which current player.
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@JayHawkFanToo Ya it was Butler -how funny is that? – my last name too should of known. - Your probably right a lot of this about bust IS coming from the lofty expectations , I wasn’t very solid on him being a bust - -just kind of disappointing some times
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@mayjay You are spot on.
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Graham had his NBA debut for Charlotte. 6 minutes, 1 assist, 1 foul. Not much, but far better than spending all season in injury rehab.
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Svi played a little last night.
Morris and Oubre were huge for Washington.
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Josh had a great first game, but his last two he is 2-12 from the field and his minutes are declining.
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Josh needs to go to the D-League for a bit. It would be in the Sun’s best interest.
NBA teams keep trying to complain that players don’t come out prepared. But they put players in impossible situations at this point. Teams trade away all of their talent and tank harder than ever. Then they draft a guy and expect him to come in and be the savior of a Franchise.
JJ was rough around the edges at KU. He needed a full year in the G-League right of the bat just to work on his offense.
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Luka Doncic is the truth.
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BShark said:
Luka Doncic is the truth.
HMMM young with 35 points the other night – 1 tonight
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jayballer73 said:
BShark said:
Luka Doncic is the truth.
HMMM young with 35 points the other night – 1 tonight
Young is quite good, but of course most rookies will have tough games here and there.
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Embiid’s antics starting to wear a little thin. He flopped on Drummond last night which got Drummond ejected. Joel got up clapping, smiling, taunting the Detroit crowd. If I was a Detroit fan and didn’t care about KU I’d hate the guy. It was really classless.
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Yeah I mean, I’d love Draymond if he was a KU guy. Comes with the territory.
He did get warned for the flop though, the NBA is on the ball about that crap.
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Watching Jo Jo tonight - - what a game for him last night. - Last Night Jo Jo had an awesome line even though he lost:
He had 33 points - - - 11 rebounds - - -7 assists - - -& 3 blocks. - -can’t ask for much more - -that’s our boy – ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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@BShark my fantasy team, so far, is the worst in my league
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approxinfinity said:
@BShark my fantasy team, so far, is the worst in my league
RIP.
My football team is like that. Well, not the worst, but I’ve had two straight losses by less than 4 total points or I’d be in strong playoff contention…
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wissox said:
Embiid’s antics starting to wear a little thin. He flopped on Drummond last night which got Drummond ejected. Joel got up clapping, smiling, taunting the Detroit crowd. If I was a Detroit fan and didn’t care about KU I’d hate the guy. It was really classless.
YA? – And how long has we watched Smart do that classless act - did it at OSU - -doing it with Boston. - -Just like they said about Jo Jo – they pick the top 5 players at this point that’s 25 and under - -Jo Jo comes in at # 3 -they saying Health is the only thing to keep JO Jo from being a absolute super star, and Jalen said that on top of Jo Jo’s talent is - - he owns a lot of real estate in opponents head lmao - - -his flop is wide spread through out the league - - -I’ll take him any time - -any day - -anywhere. I forget they were talking last night during the game , Jo Jo is the only player to start a season with their 1st four games to average 25/15 in like the last 53 seasons. - -I’m good with him. - -my thoughts on him is , if the fans can talk shit, do their antics, and other things that I’m not even going to mention - then I’m good with him - -it’s called karma. - -O know there is not ANYONE here that is that naïve to not know how some drunken or not even that fan they way they talk all the way from you name it - -talking shit on a players family - - spitting at them - -throwing shit at them. Why you think so many other players where they end up enough they eventually go into the stands after a fan - - Jo Jo is fine
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@jayballer73 Did you watch the video of the incident? He looked like a fool out there. Seriously. I held back in my other comment, but since you called me out on it, I’ll say it. It was embarrassing to see that crap. If he’d done that while a member of the Jayhawks a lot of us would have called him out on it. And because Marcus Smart is an all time moron, I’m supposed to give Joel a pass because he’s not as bad as Smart?
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I love Joel, but I gotta side with @wissox on this it was a bad look.
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@wissox I would like to see a replay of the feet. JoJo fell as if Drummond’s foot was on his, but he defintely took advantage of it. Don’t call it a flop. Let’s just call it “enhancing gravity.”
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I have said for a while now that JoJo’s act is wearing thin and fellow NBA players do not appreciate it. He is a professional now and needs to act like one.
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mayjay said:
“enhancing gravity.”
Lawyer: “Judge it wasn’t a flop”
Judge: “what was it then?”
Lawyer: “He was enhancing gravity”
Judge: “Guilty”
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wissox said:
@jayballer73 Did you watch the video of the incident? He looked like a fool out there. Seriously. I held back in my other comment, but since you called me out on it, I’ll say it. It was embarrassing to see that crap. If he’d done that while a member of the Jayhawks a lot of us would have called him out on it. And because Marcus Smart is an all time moron, I’m supposed to give Joel a pass because he’s not as bad as Smart?
man you always take things the wrong way from me - -but I’m not backing down from what O said either- - I’m NOT commending him-- I am simply saying he by far is not the only one that does this - -I don’t give a dam about what he looked like , now that you brought THAT UP - -and I didn’t call you out, but if that’s what you think it’s ok - and no one is asking for " your givness - -I’m sure Jo Jo is living on the edge worried about whether yo give him a pass or not.
I seen it - -thanks for saying it in stead of holding it in makes me feel a lot better-- so I guess you hate 3/4 of the NBA players and the things they do, but you know what - -hope you have a great day. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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@jayballer73 If you look at your initial response to my comment you went on a rant. I was just responding to your rant at me. 2 other people wrote comments they agreed with me which means I guess I’m not the only one. We all know Joel is a great player. It doesn’t give him license to do what he did last night. Your response indicates since he’s a great player he can pull childish stunts. I disagree. I hope he learns his lesson.
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wissox said:
@jayballer73 If you look at your initial response to my comment you went on a rant. I was just responding to your rant at me. 2 other people wrote comments they agreed with me which means I guess I’m not the only one. We all know Joel is a great player. It doesn’t give him license to do what he did last night. Your response indicates since he’s a great player he can pull childish stunts. I disagree. I hope he learns his lesson.
Have a great day - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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BShark said:
approxinfinity said:
@BShark my fantasy team, so far, is the worst in my league
RIP.
My football team is like that. Well, not the worst, but I’ve had two straight losses by less than 4 total points or I’d be in strong playoff contention…
IMPORTANT UPDATE: DESHAUN WATSON FINALLY SHOWED UP LAST NIGHT.
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Why did Drummond get thrown out? It just looked like he got tangled up with Embiid’s feet? I’d put that on the ref, but Embiid was acting like a clown too. As much as I love me some Embiid he’s pretty immature and inflammatory at times.
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@jayballer73 There is no doubt fans and players all provoke each other. I think the larger concern being expressed here is that Embiid has the chance to be the most popular player in the league since Magic. Fans have loved his antics and his pure joy in playing the game.
But he is wrong if he thinks his personality will immunize him from widespread backlash from pretending to be fouled, or provoking technicals to opponents, or by doing things that appear to many to be mocking anyone. And frankly, he is doing great but he appears when he does shit like this like he is not noticing that his team is not exactly dominating anyone.
I love the guy–so far. But he could be approaching a thin line here–and I don’t want to see his career get reduced to being an extraordinarily talented clown who wasted his appeal. (Edit–@dylans beat me to it!)
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@dylans The ref T-d him up for the faux foul and it was his 2nd T of the game, thus the ejection.
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@Crimsonorblue22 Great find! The more I peruse box scores the more I wish we’d had Kelly on campus for more than one year.
