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Eric Apricot's avatar

Part 2 of my conversation with NBA shooting coach Marc Campbell is coming at 8pm Pacific. Move over there whenever you’re ready.

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belilaugh's avatar

I understand why there are criticisms about the announcing crew but I think the criticisms miss what is actually grating about the crew.

Jefferson is the problem to me, and Redick was the problem before him. And the issue is simple, these broadcasts for these events are supposed to exist separately from the internet monoculture and belong to a different and better world. But these two guys are way too online to be able to do that. A few years ago Redick made a criticism of Bob Cousy that he was playing against "plumbers and firemen", a played out Twitter joke. Jefferson in Game 1 mentioned that Haliburton's stat line looked like "tour dates", a super played out Twitter joke that was being used about like James Harden stat lines in 2019. Today Jefferson threw out the "triple single" joke, which we are all well acquainted with. Maybe he'll make a "get ready to learn Chinese, buddy" joke in Game 3, who knows.

We need more distance in these broadcasts from the troll slop trough we feed on online. The Breen/Burke/Third combo probably would have worked if Doc Rivers didn't ditch ESPN to go lose more playoff games, but Rivers doomed us.

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dinohealth's avatar

Well, so far, that is a bit of thunderous bounce-back game by OK...

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Sleepy Freud's avatar

Bob Myers is such a doofus as an announcer. His next interesting comment will be his first.

It’s the NBA Finals. Still can’t believe these four clowns are the best a major network thinks it can do.

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Basketball Jones's avatar

Who is gonna turn down that easy money? Can't blame Bob for letting a network shovel cash into the trunk of his car. lol

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JZAlvarado's avatar

I mean he was pretty brutal interview as a GM though. His saving grace is that beautiful mane he hauls arounds

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Alex's avatar

He was a good interview as a GM!

Unless you mean his Wiseman interview. In which case, brutal.

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Guifus's avatar

As GM, he always came off like a good guy.

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GovernorStephCurry's avatar

Good guy but annoying to listen to.

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GlennR's avatar

Pacers missing some open shots. Would be much closer if they just made their averages.

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dinohealth's avatar

Yep, unfortunately Thunder are showing they are able to play some mean defense, also...

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AttilaTheHun's avatar

Pacers down 21 now but the main thing is I don't like the way Indy's offense looks vs OKC's D. OKC has them on their heels.

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Guifus's avatar

I don’t know why the national media hasn’t picked up on the main thing being how you feel about Indy’s offense.

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AttilaTheHun's avatar

Is that snark or do you have a point?

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Guifus's avatar

I was just busting your balls.

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AttilaTheHun's avatar

Fair enough!

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Sleepy Freud's avatar

Now get your shine box! 😂

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EyeBlack22's avatar

Pacers down double digits early to OKC... They have the Thunder right where they want them!

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SabWrites's avatar

Ohkaycceee sucks

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Loon Gehrig's avatar

So far anything but a blowout. I still think OKC wins this game easily in the end, but the longer the game goes without a big run, the more pressure builds up.

Edit: there it is, although there's still a ways to go until halftime

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cpt nemo's avatar

What a day of sports - I saw the ending one of the greatest French open finals ever - Alcaraz came back from down two sets, and then down 3 championship points in the 4th set to win in a 5th set tiebreak against Sinner - absolutely terrific 5hrs 30 mins of tennis!

Then a great soccer match between Spain and Portugal - also ending in penalties and Portugal finally beating Spain in a championship game.

Lets hope the nba game can come close to either of these two games!

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SabWrites's avatar

And LA protesters are up 1-0 on NG and US troops. I don't expect that to hold.

I might be a little tipsy.

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SabWrites's avatar

Alotta tiosy

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Hall of Fame head coach and former Dallas Mavericks coach Don Nelson called out the team's decision to trade Luka Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers during the 2024-25 season.

"My philosophy was always, when you've got a great player, he's yours for a lifetime," Nelson said, per NBA insider Marc Stein. "You don't get rid of great players. When that happened, I was pretty disappointed."

Nelson also called Dončić a "dear friend" and revealed his plan to wear the star forward's shoes to "protest" the trade when receiving the 2025 Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award (via Stein).

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/25203635-hofer-don-nelson-rips-mavs-luka-doncic-trade-you-dont-get-rid-great-players

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Alex's avatar

These shoes are also, conveniently, designed by and for his body type.

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Sleepy Freud's avatar

Chris Webber says, “hi.”

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Guifus's avatar

Ha! Got halfway through that quote and started thinking about Webber.

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AttilaTheHun's avatar

Mitch Richmond also sends greetings.

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Abaddon's avatar

My perhaps fuzzy recollection was Webber wanted out and forced the trade. Doncic, clearly, did not.

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AttilaTheHun's avatar

Webber had a falling out with Nelson that Nelly made no effort to heal. As I recall, both of them handled the situation poorly. Webber at least had the excuse of being young and foolish. Nelson was mature and foolish.

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GovernorStephCurry's avatar

I think Webber was pretty overrated

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Guifus's avatar

Even if you that, it’s hard not to think a team with Webber, Hardaway, Mullin, Sprewell, Seikaly and Donyell

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GovernorStephCurry's avatar

haha, it is hard not think about that team

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Loon Gehrig's avatar

yeah, definitely a 'pot-meet-kettle' moment.

Nelson: "someone said pot?"

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Five Alarm Freddy's avatar

My first thought…

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Loon Gehrig's avatar

OT: Nations League final starting soon on Fox (Spain vs Portugal: Yamal vs Ronaldo)

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Chadara's avatar

Klay, Rocco, and the Bay Area-

From Peter Hartlaub in Sf Chronicle:

https://www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/article/rocco-klay-thompson-bulldog-bay-area-20359076.php

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JZAlvarado's avatar

For those that follow football closely: is Lamine Yamal the real deal?

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Loon Gehrig's avatar

Hype-wise, in NBA terms, it's sort of like 17-year-old (he turns 18 in July) LeBron, except that Yamal is a key starter in some of the biggest games in the world (both for Barca and for Spain), so maybe like if LeBron averaged 20/7/7 at 17 while helping the Cavs to the best record in the league and reaching the conference finals (although Barca has a lot of great players, and winning LaLiga is a huge achievement separate from their Semi-Finals loss in the Champions League).

Yamal has better stats than Messi at 17, but that's probably only because Messi couldn't get as much playing time at 17 for a variety of reasons. Also, Yamal passes the ball a lot (they had Lewandowski and Ferran Torres at striker and Raphina on the other wing), so he can definitely play like football 'combo-guard' more than a pure scorer.

Yamal is also a top-3 finalist for the Ballon D'or (doesn't mean a whole lot, but there's a good chance he wins it before he turns 20, which would break Ronaldo (Nazario)'s record.)

TL:DR: The best 17-yr old in decades (if ever). Probably won't be the GOAT, even on his own team or even La Masia (because of Messi). Plays in a similar position to Messi, so can continue to score and assist, and like Messi is too well-rounded to solely focus on goals. Messi is a once-in-a-century player, though (IMO), whereas Yamal could be a generational player (or better).

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TakeUrZoloft's avatar

Recent Barca / La Masia products have been slightly overhyped too right? Not saying they're terrible at all but haven't some of them run into issues recently? (Injuries, overexposure and lack of consistency.)

Course I could be totally misreading them.

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Loon Gehrig's avatar

Yeah injuries have been bad.

Gavi could be amazing but his recent career has been badly messed up by injuries.

Eric Garcia has been up and down.

Ansu Fati - what a weird arc - loaned to Brighton (!) and now out of the starting lineup

Balde and Cubarsi - good, especially Pau

Casado - was good, has an injury

Fermin (Lopez) - was amazing at the Olympics, but might be transferred this summer

Olmo - good, but just came back after he left at age 16

And Yamal, of course. Don't know anything about the next generation still at the academy.

So, quite a few starters on a La Liga-winning team and a UCL semi-finalist. Definitely not Messi, Xavi, Iniesta, Fabregas, etc, but a big improvement from before.

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SabWrites's avatar

Me seeing unnecessary contact no calls in the WNBA..."that's a flagrant if Draymond did that."

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Nellie's avatar

It’s even crazier watching old games from the W—say from ten years ago. The amount of contact they allowed was wild. Like if every player on the court was Steph going against the Rockets.

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Chadara's avatar

Interesting to me seeing how much Pacers's assistant coach Jenny Boucek seems to be doing diagraming plays etc. even at the ends of close playoff game. And just as interesting is how little attention this seems to be getting from national media (although correct me if I'm wrong as I usually watch with sound muted).

I had heard about other female assistant coaches in NBA, but was not aware of her. Solid experience in WNBA, including Sacramento Monarchs head coach.

Great to see that girl power is not just limited to their physical abilities but also recognized for their BBIQ!

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Guifus's avatar

Wife and I were just speculating that we’re not too far away from a female NBA HC

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Chadara's avatar

Golden State's Natalie Nakase may be ready when Steve Kerr's contract expires...

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