Crazy that it’s been a whole year already. This is a great instance, very well maintained, and I’m grateful for all of the hard work that goes into it.

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He’s definitely not a great coach, but I’m not even sure I believe he’s a good coach. He’s had some incredible rosters and consistently produced mediocre results, with the only exception being the year the C’s landed KG.

Ah, I see. I didn’t realize those instances actually blocked down votes for posts in other instances as well.

Would be great if it had a general prohibition symbol over it, instead of being removed.

Detroit, I thought you were gonna get that one. Would have been epic. I’m rooting for you on Saturday.

I was just using the language Kerr uses in the clip. I think you’re right, most of these were real fouls. Jokic definitely has some flaily tendencies, (he got his last two free throws throwing his arms up while setting a screen on Wiggins on a handoff, for example, which was a questionable call at best) but overall he is not on the level of Embiid. My point was just that Kerr only seems to think it’s a problem when his team is being disadvantaged. Curry gets a pretty friendly whistle in this league too. CP3 as well. Both benefit from marginal contact calls and the latter is notorious for baiting refs into calls.

If you watch the whole press conference (or at least what is posted on nba.com) he spends 20 seconds talking about how they played well, but not good enough, and then gets asked about the Jokic free throws, and spends a full minute talking about how the league is failing us all and then abruptly excuses himself. It just rings hollow to me. Not saying I disagree with the sentiment, just saying that he may not be the best messenger.

his sentiment that it makes the NBA as a product much worse is absolutely true.

I couldn’t agree more, that’s why I said he isn’t wrong here. Too many foul calls overall. Particularly in situations where the contact is so marginal. Would love to see the players do more playing.

Kerr isn’t wrong here, but he’s also a massive part of the problem and his inability to call out his own players for this exact foul baiting behavior makes his point much less profound. He loves to point his fingers at “the league” when he’s losing.

I was in Iceland in the spring of 2021 and saw the volcano that was actively erupting at that time and it was one of the most incredible things I’ve ever seen in my life.

He did have 40 pts too, so yeah, basically on easy mode. 😆😆

Would be better if it was permanently.

Great performance by AD and good game for the most part, with the glaring exception of three point shooting.

Somehow Perk got way more obnoxious after he retired. If that happens with Dray, we’re all in trouble.

Savage.

Agree, but CP is as much a part of this problem as Foster is. At this point CP is basically baiting him into dishing out techs and this time Foster bit. There’s no debate that CP deserved the first tech and if CP had just STFU, there never would have been another, but when you keep pointing and cussing at the ref after he tells you to stop this is what happens.

Yeah, he’s another guy that likes to have the ball in his hands, but it’s hard to believe they won’t be improved with him in the lineup.

They’ve been aggressive. They’ve got above average or elite personnel at every position defensively, with the possible exception of Towns, but he’s been much improved defensively as well this year. They been running good schemes, covering each other’s backs, rotating on the perimeter, getting in passing lanes and playing phenomenal on ball defense. Jaden McDaniels is criminally underrated. I don’t understand how he wasn’t in the dpoy conversation last year. He guards the best player on the opposing team almost every night and really throws them off their game.

Timberwolves in a league of their own on D.

This post would be more useful if it included a link to the product or perhaps a more thorough description of what makes it useful.

Hate to see this. Such a hard working guy. Loyal to his team and playing great basketball. Sucks for him and Denver fans.