Westbrook has been to the west finals and Dirk won a ring
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
Embid deserved MVP this year, just as Jokic deserved it last year. Post season failure should have no reflection on who should have been MVP. Jokic is my MVP but Jokic didn't outshine Embid nor Giannis. You have to be spectacular just to win the double, let alone triple MVP award (in a row).
Doc Rivers is a best choker to ever live. Guy can't close out series - it is pathetic.
Doc Rivers is a best choker to ever live. Guy can't close out series - it is pathetic.
Nope, just be the best player in those years, the degree of difficulty shouldn't go up based on you having won it before.
Jokic was the MVP and got robbed.
We're never making it to the Conference Finals, are we. Should have closed it in game 6.
While the players will rightly take the blame for that awful performance, can we please finally show Doc out the door.
While the players will rightly take the blame for that awful performance, can we please finally show Doc out the door.
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People screaming last part is out of context quote to fit some narrative (guess as a thrower of others under the bus - which he already did after prev game) but in full answer, suddenly basketball is a team game, blame spreading on all, specially after game where he and James were the worst in that team.
I think it’s meant in their career and not specifically for that season. So Westbrook made it to the finals before and Dirk obviously won a championship.
Otherwise Jokic lost in the first round last season as well.
Stop believing the media bullshit. There’s no rule that says it should be harder to win consecutive MVPs in a row.
Tree taking no prisoners as always, but do you know how big of an egg had to be laid before he made a video about basketball? Ouch!
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Poor Joel, him and Harden were so amazing last night but were let down so badly by all those underperforming teammates.
Poor Joel, him and Harden were so amazing last night but were let down so badly by all those underperforming teammates.
Poor Joel, him and Harden were so amazing last night but were let down so badly by all those underperforming teammates.
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To be fair to him, he was injured and shouldn’t have even played in those 2 games against Bucks. He couldn’t ever run.
Embiid and Harden shot 27% and 25% FG. The rest of the team? Harris 53%, Tucker 57% and Maxey 41%. I think it’s obvious who needed to find ways to be better last night
Boston-Miami for the third time in 4 years too. Lakers and Nuggets finally healthy again after 2 seasons derailed by injuries for both
He also played with a knee brace though. That's Embiid's biggest problem, he just can't stay healthy in the playoffs. He's the big man version of Chris Paul
Tatum is the player I'd most want to sign for my team, just ridiculous
Spot on Joel, you were immaculate last night, just spectacular, carrying the team to a tight 24-point loss on your back with your superb performance. One could only think how far from competitive you'd have been without your 5 made shots. 5 shots. Not 1, not 2, not even 3. NOT EVEN 4. YOU MADE FIVE !!!!!! Five is five times more than one, and far more than three.
If only those other fecks could do their job. It's so unfair.
That means Harris missed 47% of his shots. Tucker missed 43%, and Maxey missed 59%. If you feel that's good enough, Joel will never be able even if he's this amazing. He can't carry them on his back if they all miss almost half of their shots (or even more in Maxey's case). Success is not built on missed shots, it is built on made shots.Embiid and Harden shot 27% and 25% FG. The rest of the team? Harris 53%, Tucker 57% and Maxey 41%. I think it’s obvious who needed to find ways to be better last night
Yeah, I think he also has a soft spot for the Lakers being such a big Kobe fan when he was young(er).
Can't see it happening though with his ties to Boston right now, at least not in the near future. But he's an absolute stud.
For grinding his knees good portion is on him, most of the time when he flops and hunts for gifted FTs he ends up on his ass in some form because in regular season by doing it, he sells a flop easier, which leads him to have what 11-15 FT per game, not saying he is not getting fouled but good % of those are just on baiting, flopping, hitting a ground, such a easy way to rack up points, specially when you are great FT taker of 85% +
I mean watched some highlights vs Nets, its pure comedy show. Who ever told him to kiss a ground after every 2nd attempt, did not do him any favors.
Emiid is the one talking about teammates needing to do better while shooting 27% and literally missing all of his 3 attempts. League average is around 46%, if you have role players shooting well above league average while the two star players are bricking everything, it'ts pretty lame of the star player to come out and blame the embarrassing loss on the lack of help from the role players.
You are blaming Embiid for missing 73% of his shots while forgetting he actually made 27%, and those 27% were just so important and perfect.
Pretty sure that Sarni post was full on sarcasm mode
27% important shots of true mvp calibre, one might add.
Like I wasn't sure. I knew the other reply to the Lillard tweet was blatant but it was hard to tell for sure with the reply to my post. My bad bro @SarniPretty sure that Sarni post was full on sarcasm mode
No worries.Like I wasn't sure. I knew the other reply to the Lillard tweet was blatant but it was hard to tell for sure with the reply to my post. My bad bro @Sarni
Yep, I misinterpreted the stat.
I see. In that case, very interesting stat.
ESPN is so itchy to drop this whole shit on Harden`s head, by SAS words, Harden was so bad that there was no space for him to even mention Embiid initially.
Harden was bad in most of the series but he actually won them two games. He was the main reason why the series even went 7, strangely.
If Embiid was able to win them 2 games as well in the same fashion, they'd have won the series.
Sarni. Embiid hater by day, mathematician by night.
I don’t really hate Embiid. I rate him highly as a player, I think the blame game he’s been playing for a while at Sixers is a bit embarrassing though.I'm kidding, I have the exact same opinion. The other day I was wondering which other player can be at the same time as pathetic as Embiid while being objectively great. He brings the best of both worlds.
Playing alongside the league MVP I'd rather that my second option is as steady a contributor as can be, rather than win you some games but completely disappear in others. He has (or should have, at least) enough experience by now to know what's needed of him in that team to gain an advantage in the series over Boston, but going on hot/cold stretches like he did barely ends well - and of course especially not if Embiid is indeed unable to step up in the games that you disappear.
I'd have the trophy odds as Denver > Boston > Lakers > Miami at the moment but it's close imo. I give Boston a ~65% to go through and Denver a ~60% chance, I think.
Jokic vs AD will be fascinating.
I'm scared about Jokic just wearing him down honestly - potentially into injury given AD's history. When we beat them in the bubble a large part of that was Howard getting under Joker's skin, getting him into foul trouble and generally making life difficult for him. Whenever we had AD on him Joker feasted.
I repeat, how AD and we as a team attack Jokic is gonna be more important than what we do defensively
I repeat, how AD and we as a team attack Jokic is gonna be more important than what we do defensively
Fair points. Hopefully Mo Bamba is back and can give us some meaningful minutes to rest AD from time to time. We can't go small against Denver or Jokic will ruin us.
this has gotta be Denver's year, surely.
Media who vote for MVPs basically said that - You can't be just the best player, you have to be clearly the best player. Had Jokic gotten triple double average, I think he would have gotten it. But honestly - feck it - I think MVP puts target on your back. I like it that he has to face AD without any additional pressure.
Yea and like you said, i also find him to be a great great player but holy shit he has few unlikeable traits, you just cant ignore it.
Even if you ignore flopping, his whining campaign for MVP etc., his trait to out runs blame train and start pushing anyone and anything under it when question comes is just...ugh.
Did Perkins say anything about MVP Embid's terrible Game 7 performance? Or did he too blame the supporting cast?
That’s my point. They’re making shit up just to justify not giving Jokic the MVP when he has had a better year than Embiid.
He was pretty empathic in his blame of Embiid and Harden on Twitter. I think he said Doc will eventually get all the blame when his stars did nothing.
I'm always surprised why Tobias Harris never gets more attention, the guy is on a max contract and is no where close to being an all star. One of the worst contacts right now.