Media holding a grudge clearly

I’ve always hated Gobad so I’m definitely not stopping now

Wemby would’ve blocked Luka’s shot or at the very least forced a miss.

He’s the real DPOY. Not Fraudbert.

He lost a possession against one of the best offensive players ever.

Towns needing more hate than Gobert. This was another KAT classic playoff dud

Wolves need to trade Towns for a point guard. Conley isn’t getting any younger.

Towns / Trae / 3rd team in a 3 way deal if Hawks don’t want Towns. imho

and isn't he also at the top of most hated in these player polls and stuff? i asked before why everyone hates him and ppl just lol'd like it was obvious so idk

fwiw my buddy met him outside some fiba thing (worlds?) in germany and said he was nice, posed for a pic and everything


is his technique correct though? he also does that crossover stepping instead of shuffling his feet, and then gets puts in the spin cycle looking like bambi on ice when the guy crosses over. it looks really bad anyway. also giving up the 3 instead of not, forcing him into the paint and chasing from behind with size/reach.
(though yeah it'd prob just collapse the d and leave an open 3, but ... they don't have to do that, you can make luka take a tough shot for the tie)

genuinely asking, not really up on my coaching/strat stuff

Gobert is goonish, he nails dudes (perhaps unintentionally due to awkwardness) and it hurts more bc he's a literal giant

again: giant

You can't have size and the ability to move ftmp. That's why the freaks are freaks. Gobert is still amazing in a relative sense and exemplifies why Wemby is beyond singular.

Being French obv doesn't help.

His rep would be more as a badass intimidator if he was from Detroit, Memphis, or Nigeria.

(Setting aside the whole wiping Covid on the mics thing.)

true, true


the covid thing is dumb, but was just fuel on the fire for how ppl already felt about him

People hate Gobert because even though you can't exactly pinpoint the what or why, he just seems to have a very sissy aura about him. Weak men create hard times yada yada yada.

Haliburton out tonight as expected after re-injuring the hamstring injury he's been dealing with since Jan.

Who's the best healthy player the Celtics will have faced until Luka/ANT? Bam?

has been noticeably worse at home this postseason for whatever reason. but he only played 26 minutes. made no sense to me that he sat for last 9 minutes of the game. keep naz out there, sure, but you can swap kat for rudy (whose rim protection abilities were totally neutralized by luka P&Rs) and be more effective on both ends of the floor. he's at least more capable of switching to luka on the perimeter.

dallas would score at will if gobert wasnt out there

its just an easy thing to visualize putting someone on the court thats way better on offense than gobert when things are going bad for the wolves since pretty much all of their losses are offensive losses

will be exciting to have a new asterisk champ

Case in point, JB being a likeable guy just isn't nearly as fun. Hart is kinda fun as an enemy tho (and he's 100% right on Long's Bakery)



Got me thinking, exactly how similar is the East going to look next year?

BOS-Literally every player that matters is under contract for next year

NYK-Going to re-sign OG, Hartenstein is the biggest question mark

MIL-Beasley and Crowder are UFAs, but everyone else is back

IND-Going to re-sign Pascal, entire lineup is back assuming the keep Obi in RFA

Philly is the only team that's really up in the air, but they've got so much cap space, they're likely to add someone like PG13. East could be fun if everyone doesn't die

Would much rather see an asteroid champ.

Ben Sheppard's only contribution to the pacers is his moustache

Wemby? More like Nemby amirite?

TJ getting the home cooking tonight from the refs

Pacers confirmed better without Hali.

What do you think you could get for him in a trade?

Perhaps a point guard who doesn’t Travel Every Single Time he shoots a 3!??

easiest money you can make

TEEJ

I don't know if this is true or not, but I've heard rumors that the US shows videos of the Pacers defensive rotations to prisoners in Guantanamo Bay