is that even a real guy sounds like a name you make up under duress
― lag∞n, Monday, 16 October 2023 03:46 (eleven months ago) link
https://x.com/bballbreakdown/status/1716968412407279792?s=46&t=XlsbhgknQH65_CH00_uPqw
if the bench guys can just tread water in the half court, it would be so huge.
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 25 October 2023 19:22 (eleven months ago) link
Why’d someone clip that with their mouse in the center.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 25 October 2023 19:25 (eleven months ago) link
tough out there for a keyboard warrior smh
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 25 October 2023 19:28 (eleven months ago) link
TY for that endorphin feel—the comment that LA wasn’t that far from making it work also true
― BEWARE! SPOOKY! BOO! (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 25 October 2023 20:15 (eleven months ago) link
https://x.com/swipacam/status/1718071065660837923?s=46&t=XlsbhgknQH65_CH00_uPqw
― k3vin k., Saturday, 28 October 2023 01:26 (eleven months ago) link
not possible to judge since the camera couldnt keep up
― lag∞n, Saturday, 28 October 2023 01:30 (eleven months ago) link
https://x.com/katywinge/status/1718094575435227319?s=46&t=XlsbhgknQH65_CH00_uPqw
4 the haters
― k3vin k., Saturday, 28 October 2023 04:21 (eleven months ago) link
This is the angle pic.twitter.com/G5LufJT7hB— Katy Winge (@katywinge) October 28, 2023
― symsymsym, Saturday, 28 October 2023 05:04 (eleven months ago) link
how do you get it to embed??
― k3vin k., Saturday, 28 October 2023 17:08 (eleven months ago) link
change x.com in the url to twitter.com:
i.e. https://twitter.com/ katywinge/status /1718094575435227319
with no spaces
― symsymsym, Saturday, 28 October 2023 17:12 (eleven months ago) link
thx!
― k3vin k., Saturday, 28 October 2023 18:11 (eleven months ago) link
highlight reel
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 28 October 2023 18:12 (eleven months ago) link
https://x.com/katywinge/status/1718782583302180878?s=46&t=XlsbhgknQH65_CH00_uPqw
― k3vin k., Monday, 30 October 2023 00:15 (eleven months ago) link
pic.twitter.com/xdw7V4N1tM https://t.co/cS9bCIbQ58— Katy Winge (@katywinge) October 30, 2023
initial thoughts through three games: obviously the returns have been pretty uniformly positive. it’s actually a pretty surreal feeling to look at the schedule and just feel like the team should win every game, something I’ve never experienced as a nuggets fan in 21 years watching the team. even stranger is the way everyone talks about them, the skepticism has almost completely evaporated across the spectrum from casual to national reporter. the tone reflecting on the win over the thunder yesterday is a perfect encapsulation of this: a lot of talk about how great the thunder look, how much potential they have, and almost an air of indifference to the fact that they lost by 28: you can’t really blame them, they were playing the nuggets, after all. just things you don’t usually hear
the starting lineup as expected has been fantastic: these guys can just read each other’s thoughts at this point. every jokic-based lineup is just murdering. most encouraging is that different combinations of 3- and 4-starter lineups have been more than holding their own, obviously a small sample so far but all the indicators look really good. michael porter has been playing on a bud ankle and is grabbing 11 rebounds a game.
the bench has been really, really encouraging. there is still no can’t-miss “fifth starter” type a la brucie B, but christian braun has been as good as one can hope so far given his experience level. he had 7 rebounds, 7 assists, and zero turnovers yesterday. peyton watson has shown real promise as a prospect, particularly defensively. if his decision-making and execution on offense can just be good enough, he gives the nuggets amazing defensive lineup flexibility with braun alongside KCP and aaron gordon. zeke nnaji and reggie jackson have also done more than enough so far to justify legitimate rotation minutes. and I still think julian strawther will emerge as a 8-10 min a game guy by the end of the year. dude can really stroke it
aside from interior rim protection there’s basically nothing this team doesn’t do well. they can defend/switch multiple positions while putting 5 shooters on the floor, they’re bigger than anyone and completely dominate he glass (which makes up for their lack of rim protection), and most crucially they have utterly insane chemistry.
there doesn’t really seem like there is a team in the west who is anywhere near their level at the moment, but of course it’s a long season and they’re always a key injury away from being mortal. I’m just lucky to be a fan of this team at this moment, really seems like something organic and beautiful that comes along every 15-20 year or so
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 31 October 2023 00:06 (eleven months ago) link
nuggets fans and media are also just in this insane delirious state, we don’t know how to act fuck all yall
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 31 October 2023 01:10 (eleven months ago) link
It's kind of reminiscent of when the Broncos first got good in the mid-70s.
Jon Keyworth - Make Those Miracles Happen
Of course, it took the Broncos a couple decades after that to actually win a championship.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, 31 October 2023 01:25 (eleven months ago) link
i hope colorado goes nuggets i encountered one serious nuggs fan the whole time i lived there
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 31 October 2023 02:01 (eleven months ago) link
nikola’s shooting 70% on twos and 43% on threes through 4 games
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 31 October 2023 10:18 (eleven months ago) link
this is also obv a small sample but according to the crude shot distance tracking on basketball-reference: 75% from 0-3 feet, 67% from 3-10 feet, 80% from 10-16 feet, and 67% from 16-23 feet. how are you supposed to guard that lol
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 31 October 2023 10:21 (eleven months ago) link
having an unstoppable guy is a big advantage
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 31 October 2023 12:51 (eleven months ago) link
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/38796077/beethoven-how-nikola-jokic-became-best-passer-nba-history
jokic getting his close-up this year
― k3vin k., Friday, 3 November 2023 00:59 (eleven months ago) link
"Listen, I don't want to take credit," Vicentic said. "Some (people) ask me, 'Hey, you create Nikola Jokic?' I don't know how to make Nikola Jokic. I was blessed to have him on my team."
some ask me hey you create jokic too
― lag∞n, Friday, 3 November 2023 01:22 (eleven months ago) link
I actually created him tbh
― k3vin k., Friday, 3 November 2023 01:24 (eleven months ago) link
hey you create jokic
― lag∞n, Friday, 3 November 2023 01:36 (eleven months ago) link
I loved this in that ESPN profile:
On the first day of his evaluation in August 2014, the readings were historically disappointing. Jokic recorded what was then -- and still is -- the lowest standing vertical leap of any NBA player they had ever assessed, a group that is now more than 1,000 players. Seventeen inches.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Friday, 3 November 2023 02:54 (eleven months ago) link
it’s true he doesn’t really do jumping
― k3vin k., Friday, 3 November 2023 02:57 (eleven months ago) link
quoting a euro scout who evaluated joker in his teens and wasn't impressed, "i fell into the trap of looking for athleticism".
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Friday, 3 November 2023 03:01 (eleven months ago) link
Victory of Socialist Basketball
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 3 November 2023 03:51 (eleven months ago) link
in jokic’s first yrs manning was here and i told a coworker jokic’s court awareness and ball movement was as good as peyton’s and got eyerolled so now i share that story every time i drink two beers really
― BEWARE! SPOOKY! BOO! (Hunt3r), Friday, 3 November 2023 05:11 (eleven months ago) link
I’m struggling to remember the last player who was such a joy to watch. Magic, maybe?
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 4 November 2023 03:38 (eleven months ago) link
Jokics floaters are so wet Im going call them soakers.— D-Line (Denver Man) ((Eric Wedum)) (@DLineCo) November 4, 2023
remind me to find a highlight reel of all of jokic’s buckets from tonight, all shots the league shoots 39% ok and he’s 11/12
― k3vin k., Saturday, 4 November 2023 04:18 (eleven months ago) link
Nikola Jokic vs Dallas Mavericks33 PTS14 REB9 AST1 STL1 BLK14/16 FG+17 in 35 minutes#MileHighBasketball W pic.twitter.com/WZ7ZA9TGS3— A Walking Highlight (@11AWH) November 4, 2023
― k3vin k., Saturday, 4 November 2023 11:31 (eleven months ago) link
shooting 71% from floater ranger this year
― k3vin k., Saturday, 4 November 2023 12:48 (eleven months ago) link
christian braun guarding alex caruso *spiderman pointing meme*
― k3vin k., Sunday, 5 November 2023 01:52 (eleven months ago) link
The numbers are great but 28-16-9 doesn’t even do it justice. +30 in 33 minutes doesn’t even do it justice. https://t.co/SzwTkGO1Z1— Adam Mares (@Adam_Mares) November 5, 2023
― k3vin k., Sunday, 5 November 2023 03:26 (eleven months ago) link
― k3vin k., Saturday, November 4, 2023 8:48 AM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
noticed when hes taking a floater he really does it intentionally and therefor gets good looks, like a lot of guys will be driving get stoped and decide to flip up a floater which ends up being a really tough shot but jokic in accordance with his general world best anticipation looks like hes often driving to take floaters, he gets close and all squared up with his defender backpedaling and just flips it in, then he has all sort of other floater range shots hooks and where his touch really come into play all the insane lil flip shots that are more improvisational and really have no business going in but do
― lag∞n, Sunday, 5 November 2023 14:46 (eleven months ago) link
yeah he’s really got it down to a science
jokic fg% by distance through 7 games
0-3ft: .6923-10ft: .70710-16ft: .63616-23ft: .6673pt: .400
― k3vin k., Sunday, 5 November 2023 17:12 (eleven months ago) link
Need to get 3pt over 60. You can do it.
― Jeff, Sunday, 5 November 2023 17:14 (eleven months ago) link
lol
― lag∞n, Sunday, 5 November 2023 17:21 (eleven months ago) link
jokic is the rare player rn where taking long 2s is actually a better shot (for points per shot) than his 3 (which is v good), just insane
― oatly carmichael (m bison), Sunday, 5 November 2023 20:39 (eleven months ago) link
I just feel like his scoring isn’t enough of a focus of conversation, like I’m happy that everyone understands what a passing savant he is, but he’s *also* possibly the most unguardable complete three-level scorer in the league, the splits he puts up are truly silly
― k3vin k., Monday, 6 November 2023 01:02 (eleven months ago) link
one of the reasons his scoring is so good is hes impossible to double because of his passing
― lag∞n, Monday, 6 November 2023 01:04 (eleven months ago) link
also if he wants to be recognized as one of the best scorers, hes doesnt care, if kevin wants him to be recognized as one of the best scorers he should shoot more
― lag∞n, Monday, 6 November 2023 01:05 (eleven months ago) link
high level one of the things that makes him so great is his decision making, he makes the right play consistently, which naturally leads to shooting less than the very top scorers, if he shot more his percentages would come down cause he wouldnt be making perfect decisions, however he has so much wiggle room he could probably lead the league in scoring and still be the most efficient high usage guy, tho steph maybe could beat him there
― lag∞n, Monday, 6 November 2023 01:09 (eleven months ago) link
I just feel like his scoring isn’t enough of a focus of conversation
the conversation around here is comfortably unfocused and that's how I like it
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Monday, 6 November 2023 01:10 (eleven months ago) link
i for one would like to see a shooting more joker and in fact have been a long time supporter of said concept
― lag∞n, Monday, 6 November 2023 01:11 (eleven months ago) link
also worth considering that moving a 7th 300lb body around is a lot of work and scoring more involves more moving than not scoring
― lag∞n, Monday, 6 November 2023 01:13 (eleven months ago) link
all I was saying was that for a guy who scores 27 points a game his shot appetite is quite varied and equally impossible to stop! his passing opens up plenty for sure, but it’s still pretty hard to score as consistently from so many different places on the court, it’s just a cool thing that should be talked about more
― k3vin k., Monday, 6 November 2023 02:56 (eleven months ago) link