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Jason Sitoke

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  1. Watched the Spurs last night. Catch them a couple times a year when they’re on TV. They don’t look like a well coached team. Offense is disorganized and they do some really dumb things on defense. They do play hard…but otherwise it’d be tough to guess a HoF coach was on their bench by just watching the team. Either Pop is doing an awesome stealth tank job, or he’s mailing it in. We’ll find out I guess since he just got extended
  2. As a Nuggets fan, a healthy Minnesota team would scare me as much as anyone. Big front court with long defensive wings and a stud playmaker.
  3. I agree that OKC is up there. Lots of people writing them off due to inexperience. I think their style of play is suited for the postseason
  4. West is shaping up to be a bloodbath in the postseason. Hard to find a definitive easy out in the top 10.
  5. Pop has been mailing it in for a couple years, IMO. Spurs haven’t had a ton of talent, but they have looked like a poorly coached team on both ends of the floor for awhile now. The Sochan point guard experiment was silly. Pop is a so called defensive genius, yet they’ve consistently been a poor defensive team. I’ve watched them a few times and they look like they’re just making things up on offense. Only thing I can remember him doing recently if not was going full Karen-pop mode and scolding spurs fans when they booed Kawhi.
  6. I think Lebron should be appreciated for having some perspective. But he comes off just as egotistical as MJ. Jordan was cutthroat as a competitor and had a gambling issue. And yes his HoF speech came off as petty. Otherwise I’d say Jordan was every bit as impressive considering the mania he dealt with in his early twenties. No legal issues or controversy really followed him. He was very careful not to tarnish the Air Jordan brand he was building.
  7. Defender of all things Mav and Mavs
  8. So your argument is that referees get paychecks from their employers, therefore game is compromised. Don’t all leagues work this way? Don’t college officials get paid by their conferences, and wouldn’t these conferences have the same financial motivation as any of the professional leagues? So then, by your logic, aren’t all athletic organizations that are primarily revenue driven no longer sports, but rather ‘businesses meant to resemble’ their respective sports? Couldn’t let this one go either….Michael Jordan got on ‘the good side’ of David Stern? What, by being a transcendent athlete that grew the popularity of the league of which he was commissioner?
  9. This madness started when they first cut holes in the peach basket. That was the first BS rule to increase scoring and ruined the game I love.
  10. So you think the NBA wants to manufacture superstars by giving players that (according to you) are less than superstars preferential treatment. So the refs send them to the line over and over because free throws are…entertaining? Or could it be that rules that favor the offense probably need to be tweaked because gifted offensive players have gotten so good at initiating contact and grifting calls? I’m not going to argue that referees are impervious to being star struck during a game. But it’s not a directive given from up on high by Adam Silver. Btw, Embiid is absolutely a superstar. As is Durant. As is SGA. Kawhi is back in that realm as well.
  11. I honestly don't know what this even means. If the point is that the NBA is meant to be entertaining as a priority, I agree. If the implication is that you're not seeing 'real' basketball and competition, then I''m not sure what you're watching. I think there are purists for every sport, and most of those people believe today's game diverges from what the game is 'supposed to be'. Baseball fans I think are the best example of this today. A lot of older fans hate that there is now no real emphasis on baserunning or situational hitting. It's all launch angles, exit velocities, and baserunners waiting around for the long ball. Batting averages, OB%, stolen bases have been marginalized. I miss those things, but I don't necessarily think that MLB is foresaking the pure game in favor of entertainment necessarily. I think it's more a consequence of the athletes that make up the game and an understanding of the analytics behind these strategies. @Mavric Can you clarify what you mean with examples and why they go against 'basketball'?
  12. Really enjoyed Steph burying the suns a couple weeks ago. Cannot stand Phoenix.
  13. Nuggets appear to be rounding into form. I honestly had last night chalked up as a loss (even took the Warriors in a pick em before the game) to a hot Warriors team trying to avoid the seconds straight season sweep. Warriors jumped out with Klay turning back the clock. Nuggets just kind of imposed their will and fell into their 2 man game and 3v2 high-low. Look pretty locked in at the moment.
  14. He's been on a couple NBA rosters before. I think he was with Philly last year or the year before. 2-way roster spots are generally reserved for young guys with high upside that teams are trying to develop into rotation players in 1-2 years. He's also just 6'2", which yes means he probably won't be able to guard most NBA players, and at that height his shooting numbers would almost assuredly drop in the NBA from what they are in G-League. I don't think he's part of an NBA championship roster, but you can't tell me he'd be any more of a liability than Jordan Poole is on the Wizards, and for much much cheaper.
  15. I think Luka gets worn out. I do believe (just my opinion) that his usage rate as a point guard can be detrimental to the flow of an offense, but with the Mavs supporting cast being so inconsistent, I can't really blame him. We'll see how things evolve in the next few years.
  16. Are your mavs gonna get it together soon? Lot of good teams in the west and not sure Luka’s gonna like being a lottery team 2 years in a row.
  17. I actually felt bad for Philly fans in Denver that paid money to see him in uniform. As a nugs fan, if you want to gift us a free win at home every year, fine by me. West us tough and we need the help
  18. Why can't he do a TPS report? Did he not put on the cover sheet? Did he even get the memo about the new TPS cover sheets?
  19. Still trying to figure out what Steve Kerr thought was important enough to publicly admonish jokic instead of talking to his own team during a timeout.
  20. Funny enough, Tony Brothers is Jokic’s Scott Foster. They do not like each other
  21. I agree that there is some inconsistency with how stars are officiated. I will say that as a Nuggets fan, there seems to be a league wide consensus to beat up jokic on a nightly basis. Lots of grabbing, and body checking as he comes off flare screens or short rolls. The whistle he has gotten this year has been ridiculously bad. He was averaging less than 6 FTA a game before yesterday. The Warriors without draymond were being physical with him and put the burden on the refs to call fouls…which they did weirdly. I personally didn’t like the game either with that many free throws. But you have to adjust to how the game is being called. Just a few days before the nuggets got 6 FTA for the entire game…a team that lives in the paint. Embiid and Giannis have shot 30 FTs multiple games this year. TL;DR, I agree with the overall point Kerr made…but find it funny that Jokic is now the poster child after last nights complete aberration for him. He is not the foul merchant that other guys are in the league and generally gets a pretty poor whistle.
  22. We all have our own list I’m sure. Which players/officials do you think he’s suggesting?
  23. Same reason I put out a tweet thanking Nebraska coaching staff…and ‘that being said’ was reopening my recruitment.
  24. Ah. It uses the melody of achy breaky heart. I hear it now.
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