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i always think nick van exel influenced nash to shoot 3s with no conscience when they were mavs together

ha good shout out.

was thinking more about this earlier and another name that came to mind was Sam Perkins, was he the first center to hoist? dude gave the 2nd half of his career a real boost w the hoisting,

pretty sure my dying words will be "the history of the nba would be radically different had sabonis come over in his mid-20's"

good last words

it's early yet, but harden may join that list for his extreme threes/rim/foul shots scoring distribution

Dude what happened to Sam after 91-92?? That's crazy. Though the one 3 I remember of his was game 1 of the '91 Finals.

https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/p/perkisa01.html

did AI get the league to remove the hand check rules too?

him getting to the rack so consistently in a. that super physical era while b. being so slight and c. on a team with no other threats is an underrated accomplishment

always thought pound for pound, inch for inch, he was the best I've ever seen

Hand check rule changed in 2004 so not directly an AI thing.

that game 1 win in the 2001 finals against the Shaq/Kobe Lakers was one of the best things I've ever seen.

greatest game i've ever seen (well listened to on a tiny contraband radio but still)

Yeah on a size adjusted basis ai is like almost indisputably one of the best players ever

Once in a while I think about what he could do if you teleported him into today, p sure he would lead the league in scoring and it wouldn’t be close

I mean he did it four times anyway (!!!) in a hand check era and with no talent around him, bet he could average 40 now

i love how manu is a. not euro and b. not the 1st nba player to have the euro step in his arsenal but is none the less c. undisputedly the euro step godfather

― lag∞n, Thursday, March 29, 2018 1:37 AM (thirteen hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

All hilarious

I also have very specific memories of highlight packages breaking down his eurostep in slow mo and explaining how it works and how it’s not a travel popping up every time there was a big game especially in the playoffs the first few years of manus prominence

but he was a subpar 3pt shooter and that could limit is scoring in a post-Thibs defensive schemes era

Yahoo Sports story: McDonald’s All-American Darius Bazley decommits at Syracuse, becomes first top high school prospect to choose turning professional in the NBA G League. https://t.co/aM7VW2GF9M

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) March 29, 2018

crazy

wonder if the college payola has dried with all this legal/media exposure

some kids/families may not need/want it and/or want to play it straight maybe?

yeah i guess if you were strictly focusing on basketball development the g league wld be the way to go

also once u do that i guess u have access to getting money via signing with an agent/sneaker company/etc

presumably this will shuffle some big coaching talent to the g league pr quick

xp plus a basic g league salary. was listening to the open floor pod and ben golliver brought up some good points. basically the g league competition is much better than college (like dudes with fully formed bodies, etc) so these top prospects might just kind of blend in and may not dominate/stand out like they could in college + there's no exposure as currently constructed. I think this is a cool first step but they need to bring a lot more to the table if they are gonna convince kids to skip the opportunities that come from college ball.

but if the nba is gonna strike there's never been a better time

yeah suspect itll end up resembling a true minor league, like the nba will let teams draft hs kids again and they can use the g league to develop them if theyre not ready for the bigs

Sixers announce Joel Embiid will undergo surgery to repair an orbital fracture in his left eye. Timetable TBD.

— Zach Lowe (@ZachLowe_NBA) March 29, 2018

Pending the results of surgery, Embiid could return to play in 2-4 weeks, per league source. First round obviously in some jeopardy.

— Zach Lowe (@ZachLowe_NBA) March 30, 2018

sixers cooked if joel doesnt play in the 1st round

this is also bad for the celtics hopes of getting on the other side of the east bracket from bron

We’re gonna get masked embiid for the offs

yeesh stupid fultz just smacked him in the face

fultz shoulder kept him out almost the whole season now its got embiid out for the rest

he really followed through and kept his arms high at least

IT out 4 months. Wonder what kind of offers he will get.

they're.....not going to be good

everyone is injured

except lebron lol what a machine

good year for houston to have nearly impeccable health down the stretch

CP hammy could be a thing tho

westbrook is just complete trash close and late

my guy dejounte had him WRAPT. UP.

i could also wrap up a dude who had no better moves than rushed 30-footers.

heh, well i meant throughout the game. he's beasting on dudes defensively

WTF was KD just ejected for?

He offered to buy him some taco Bell.

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5 this season

— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) March 30, 2018

pimple faced baby bron in 2001
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russ is so weird

Here’s Russell Westbrook on the late 3-point attempts: pic.twitter.com/hDNmcdpkTp

— Royce Young (@royceyoung) March 30, 2018

Fropez was fired tf up

Robin Lopez gets ejected. 😂pic.twitter.com/gYnuRnkz4V

— Leading NBA (@LeadingNBA) March 30, 2018

chris paul is just gonna have a season ending injury in game 5 of the second round.... like he always does

Steve Nash and Giannis really went for 94 headers 😯 pic.twitter.com/qWZJQmuQ1b

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) March 28, 2018