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May 22Liked by Eric Apricot

Looks like Cameron Christie declared for the draft, and could be a candidate for inclusion in the tournament as a projected 2nd rounder: https://www.si.com/college/minnesota/gophers-basketball/expert-thoughts-on-cam-christie-after-nba-draft-combine-01hy6arr66pz

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Looking over the Ringer's mock second round, I think Pelle Larsson and Melvin Ajinca could also be candidates and potential fits for the Warriors - the former as an older immediate contributor, the latter for upside.

https://www.si.com/nba/draft/prospect-profiles/nba-draft-scouting-report-arizonas-pelle-larsson

https://www.si.com/nba/draft/prospect-profiles/nba-draft-scouting-report-frances-melvin-ajinca

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Being a UCLA fan I have a personal aversion to Larsson (from Arizona), but having watched him play a couple of times not sure I’m a fan of his game.

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I'm all for letting guys play through contact especially if the player on offense is initiating it but you gotta call fouls when guys are just blind swiping down. It's impossible to handle the ball if you can just karate chop at a guy's arm and get away with it. Just saying in general

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Yeah, that looked bad.

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Did somebody get hacked in the game. The Celtics will likely get all the key calls

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Saw a replay of Pritchard karate chopping Hali's arm on a fastbreak causing him to lose the ball completely and there was no call. I guess NBA guys are more than likely to swipe it clean but I feel like they have to wear sensors on their arms to get that call more accurately

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Demoralizing loss.....

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Celtics beat the Pacers 133-128 and are up 1-0 in the ECF.

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Game was pretty much in the bag for the Pacers and they decide to throw the dumbest inbound pass ever lol

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And they had two timeouts remaining so they could have called one and then inbounded at midcourt with a 3 point lead and 10 seconds left

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Maybe was thinking they would call a timeout if they couldn't get it in, or got trapped?

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That's on the Rick Carlisle there. He's coached in enough big games to recognize and the situation at hand properly. Let his inexperienced team down

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Agreed

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Hali had a couple horrendous turnovers

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Sounds... like the Giants game today.

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I don't really watch baseball but I know it's been pretty painful for both Bay teams here since the last world series win in 14

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Today, Giants started the 9th inning with a 4 run lead, proceeded to walk two guys, drop a double play ball, and let the Pirates tie the game. Then the game went to OT and the Giants lost.

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That’s real tough to do and somehow they managed it, that too, to one of the worst teams in the MLB

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21 turnovers for the Pacers. Yikes.

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Gave game away...

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Barf this game is the opposite of the WC series so far. Not really entertaining

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East is Boeing - can’t wait for o e of the western conference teams to thrash Boston

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Celtics losing would have been entertaining.

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Idk I’ve found it fun trying to figure out which team will outchoke the other.

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"Somebodys gotta win" type of game

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WOW...INDIANA shot 56-37.5-100 and may blow it...

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Too many turnovers for the Pacers, and tons of FTs for the Celtics.

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YEP

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I know Brown hit that game tying 3 but holy hell man.... Boston is probably the least clutch team out there. Brown and Tatum will hit some shots here and there but honestly I'm more scared of Derrick White hitting a dagger than either of them. They either dominate you or they choke

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They are also the most boring characterless and joyless team in the nba - at least that option would get my vote

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Game heading to overtime.

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Two bonehead Pacers errors let the win slip away.

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Imagine losing a playoff game after taking 20 more free throws than your opponent. Pacers in 4 (barring disaster in the next 10 seconds)

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Disaster is trying to brew lol

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I should’ve just waited 10 seconds lol

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Yes, that one didn't age well :)

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At least i left allowance for potential disaster lol

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Of course - you're a Dubs fan! We had more than our share of games we vomited away in the closing seconds

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Welp there it is lol

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Celtics celticing.

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Oh wow. Celtics had a chance to tie the game with a Tatum three or score off of Haliburton's turnover, but failed.

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Ws may not have drafted Hali, but at least we didn't trade him away?

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OT: Our week here in Yellowstone and Grand Tetons has been incredible. We’ve averaged seeing 7-8 bears a day, wolves, eagles, bison, elk, coyotes, pronghorn and mule deer, moose, marmots, etc. and that’s before all the amazing scenery.

I’m way behind in editing videos so it’ll be a while before I get to this part of the Big Ass Road Trip, but this place has blown me away. As a wildlife enthusiast, it’s been heaven. Will definitely be back.

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May 22·edited May 22

Looking forward to the video to find out how the two of you eat that many bears each day.

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We cooked them over an open fire because we like them Smokey.

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Keep on scoring, Pacers.

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