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Post by YoungThundercat on Aug 23, 2020 17:40:43 GMT -5
For clarity: I will NEVER sell any of you Luka. I will sell you my real life son before I give any of you Luka.
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Post by doakley8 on Aug 23, 2020 17:52:10 GMT -5
I'm officially a Luka hater. He's in the LBJ group. Elite, great, fantastic player. I just don't like or pull for them He's so good..I'll give him that, I'll just stick to watching the box scores.
However.. WTF is Doc doing. You got 2 perennial DPOY candidates in PG13 and Kawi. And you let Morris & Reggie Jackson check him for 90% of the game.
PG13 can't throw it in the ocean with his knuckleballs so if he wants to contribute. Pick Luka up full court and pressure him all game.
I'll also preference that if I had Luka on my Fantasy team..I'd probably be a fan lol but he just annoys me.
and who the hell didn't see a step back 3 coming.
C'mon Doc
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Post by eddieeddie on Aug 24, 2020 15:52:59 GMT -5
The Clippers didn't fight hard enough on those screens to have Kawhi end up on Luka. They just seemed OK with letting Reggie or Morris switch off. Which turned out terribly numerous times.
Clippers are really missing Beverley right now. Say what you will about the guy but Luka is having a much harder time with PatBev on him.
Glad to see Kemba tearing it up. It's not Charlotte numbers but I'll take 24-4-4 with 2 threes and 1 steal, which is what he did in the Sixers series. Bam doing his usual thing thus far in the postseason. basically 15-9-5-1-1 with solid percentages. Toss in Ayton doing really well in the bubble and Siakam and the suckfest that is PG and my 5 are a no brainer.
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Post by doakley8 on Sept 17, 2020 8:12:02 GMT -5
Steve Kerr on Klay Thompson: He looks fantastic. He’s strong and moving really well. And feeling feeling really confident and excited about the camp on and he’s where he should be. I mean he his surgery was over a year ago, I think. It was 14 months ago now, so he’s he’s ready to roll.
Klay & Jimmy leading his team to the finals, big shot Buckets is as well
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Post by eddieeddie on Sept 17, 2020 10:43:49 GMT -5
Bam in the postseason: 16.4ppg 11.1rpg 5.2apg 0.9spg 0.9bpg 52.7fg%
Not bad for his first meaningful time in the playoffs. With Miami preserving 2021 cap space, they aren't going to extend him this offseason so he's going to be hypermotivated next season to prove he is worth a MAX contract. Expect big things from Bam in 2020-20201.
With Miami having several key free agents - Dragic, Crowder, Derrick Jones, Leonard - and the aforementioned 2021 cap space plan, there could be a legitimate roster shakeup and the team could ask Bam for more offense. He was actually only 5th on the team in shots per game behind Nunn, Butler, Dragic, Herro. So room for his role to grow. So I hope he puts in the work this summer to take that next step as an offensive force. No reason why he can't be a 20ppg scorer with more touches.
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Post by doakley8 on Sept 17, 2020 10:48:43 GMT -5
Yea, Bam's not a sexy named keeper..but he fills the stat sheet. If he gets his blocks up near 2 with some 4-5 block games, would be even better.
Miami has so many wings and shooters and so much depth, they're not really a dump into Bam type
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Post by eddieeddie on Sept 17, 2020 11:22:09 GMT -5
Miami has so many wings and shooters and so much depth, they're not really a dump into Bam type
Yup. With the team constructed as is, he's not needed to be an offensive focal point - which just makes him averaging 16ppg in the regular season and playoffs all the more impressive. Certainly efficient with his touches.
Which is why if they lose some of their perimeter depth and scoring power - namely Goran who is a top 2 scorer on that team alongside Butler - they're going to have to replace that offense. Should mean an uptick for Bam but logistically speaking, Herro could be the biggest beneficiary.
The Heat have the perimeter depth to weather losing Dragic. It's a blow but with Butler and Bam, the team doesn't need a pass-first PG (which Dragic never was for Miami anyways) and if they opt to slide Herro in there rather than Nunn, that guy could certainly blow up. In the postseason he's already 14.4ppg 5.5rpg 3.9apg in 33mpg off the bench. Make him a starter, give him 3 or 4 more shots a game and more ball-handling duties and maybe he becomes an 18-5-5 guy with even more room to grow given he is still just a 20 year old rookie at this moment.
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