Talk About Tennis 2.0

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Wed May 03, 2023 2:37 pm
Five years in a row now of foreign MVP's. Obviously the longest stretch in the league's history.
Good for Joel.

Joel is foreign born, but not remotely a foreign product, so a bit different.

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Wed May 03, 2023 2:36 pm

JazzNU wrote: ↑Wed May 03, 2023 3:38 am "Under any circumstances"

Serious here. Why go the extreme of such forceful language? It is not as if Dillon has committed crimes outside the court. I know he led the league in technicals, but "under no circumstances"...
Could have let it out and it would have still been an equally forceful statement.

It's the best marketing move the Grizzlies could've made. The announcement and the wording are some of the most liked Tweets I've ever seen from these accounts, and that is really saying something. The Grizzlies went from one of the teams people were most excited about to one of the teams people were happy to see lose, you'd think because of all of Ja's problems it would be him that was the true source of that downfall, but it truly isn't, people were raving about him just last week, his game is such that he can make people forget the rest while watching him and he still comes across as a fun loving guy.

Dillon, on the other hand, is that version of hated, has made people lose interest in the team quickly, and he definitely helped bring about the end of their season. Would the Lakers have won anyway? Probably, but he guaranteed it when he ran his mouth in such epic fashion. That has quite literally, never worked out for anyone trying to clown LeBron. All it does it make him more dialed in. He didn't say a damn thing in response to that nonsense, just got more locked in, went at him one on one and showed him up, beat his team, and then publicly told his ass off. If this was the only thing he had done or the techs were the only thing he had done, it would be one thing, but these are just the some of the more recent in a long, long, long list of ish he has started. I saw someone say they could see him landing with the Cavs and someone replied, you must have lost your damned mind or you've forgotten about the ish he started with Donovan Mitchell and the person replied, I did forget about that beef because honestly, he has so many. There's a reason there are neverending playing in China jokes about him right now. He's burned so, so many bridges, but in his case, they are more torched than burned.

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Devin Booker goes for 47 in a game 3 of the playoffs. But that is not it. He went 20 of 25 from the field.
Has anybody ever shot 80% from the field in ANY game, with a large number of shots?
I know that Curry's 50 on Sunday was impressive. I think this is even more so.

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sat May 06, 2023 3:09 pm Devin Booker goes for 47 in a game 3 of the playoffs. But that is not it. He went 20 of 25 from the field.
Has anybody ever shot 80% from the field in ANY game, with a large number of shots?
I know that Curry's 50 on Sunday was impressive. I think this is even more so.

Not more impressive than Curry, but impressive on it's own for sure. If Devin Booker does that in a Game 7, let alone a Game 7 on the road, it'll be more impressive. But Game 3 is Game3, no matter how necessary this win was to stay in the series. It's not a true win or go home scenario.

Yes, it's been done before, but it's a short list in the playoffs. One of the most notable things about Book's performance was that he didn't get a single free throw shot until the very end of the game. That's an even shorter list that he joined. So all very impressive. Book's having an incredible playoffs, the question is will he make it count.

But Curry's not joining the list, he bested the list of Game 7 performances so more impressive, but even more so for doing it on the road.

We'll disagree I just don't know how somebody can shoot 80%. Sure, Steph shot 71% and it was a game 7, so if you limit it to GAME 7 performances, Steph is by his own.
But this was almost an elimination game for the Suns. Had they lost, you know about the famous 0-3 hole.

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sat May 06, 2023 8:03 pm We'll disagree I just don't know how somebody can shoot 80%. Sure, Steph shot 71% and it was a game 7, so if you limit it to GAME 7 performances, Steph is by his own.
But this was almost an elimination game for the Suns. Had they lost, you know about the famous 0-3 hole.

You've most likely watched the other 80% performances and you don't remember them. This will be another forgotten performance. Game 3 is Game 3 and Game 7 are the two greatest words. "Almost an elimination game?" As the saying goes, almost doesn't count.

And yeah if that had been Draymond...

ti-amie wrote: ↑Mon May 08, 2023 9:17 pm
And yeah if that had been Draymond...

My main issue. Also would've been ejected from the game on the spot because that's what the rule is. And that would've happened with a host of other players as well not just Draymond and has very clearly been enforced with an ejection and suspension in the past. I hope the double standard doesn't go unnoticed. It's obvious and getting annoying.

Lakers fans have "No AD" trending at the moment.

Was he eligible? He missed so many games.

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Tue May 09, 2023 9:54 pm Was he eligible? He missed so many games.

That was my first thought but I don't really pay attention to the Lakers.

This is...something

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He's free to vote for whoever he wants isn't he? How did this even become public?

So a fan account got the pile-on started. Insanity.

Yes, AD was eligible, the limitations on that don't kick in until next season.

The Nikola Jokic hype machine on Twitter is as obvious as it is exhausting and nothing about their zeal will make him an actually popular player.