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Dec 15, 2021Liked by Eric Apricot

Eric! you're so good. I'm officially starting the campaign for you to replace Fitz or Kelenna. Either one, your pick.

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Dec 14, 2021Liked by Eric Apricot

So happy you got a "Looney Looney" in there. A few things I noticed: 1) On the Brogdon drive/Sabonis dish, Dray shouldn't have left his feet. Brog was too far out to make a decent shot, and Dray gave up the pass when he jumped like that. 2) My guess is that when Curry sees a screen coming like that, he makes his first dribble early (before the screen can be set) and then the screener knows to screen the other side so Steph can crossover. This also cuts down on the possibility of an illegal screen because it gives the screener more time to establish a position. 3) Otto should get an assist for that tip to Looney. 4) Monty Python Peasant Iguodala is my Halloween costume next year.

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I think Iguodala was complaining about the uncalled foul.

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Dec 14, 2021Liked by Eric Apricot

That 3-man game between Steph-Dray-Loon is such a thing of beauty. Imagine a JK or Wise (in Loon's position) that can make that read /and/ have the option of taking one dribble into a dunk or kick out to Klay in the corner...

Ignoring the rough shooting, Turner was still very underwhelming. Not one point in the game did he feel like he was the biggest guy in the court... I was surprised he had nearly the same number of boards (10) as Sabonis (11). He also got beat by a Looney drive from the arc that he recovered to block... but the IND feed had a slow-mo replay that pointed out it was actually a goaltend.

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Dec 14, 2021Liked by Duby Dub Dubs

Anyone else get the feeling Klay won’t be back for Christmas? I guess the next home game after is the nuggets.

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Dec 14, 2021Liked by Eric Apricot

1. Apricot: "If Wiggins were being remote-controlled by Draymond...." If? IFFF??

2. The players said after the game that the Looney-Draymond-Curry tic-tac-toe play was not planned.

3. This was the Secret Strategy for the last Indiana possession:

Kerr: I'm going to put the All-World Defense out there: GPII, Draymond, Looney, Wiggins and JTA. I'll have GPII or Draymond hawk the ball-handler and switch everything.

Caris Lavert: I'm going to dribble for a while and try to avoid GPII just stealing it, then drive into the middle of the lane where Draymond and Wiggins will help GPII, then throw it out of bounds so as to avoid the Passing Penalty.

Kerr: That's next level, bro. Uh, what's the Passing Penalty?

Lavert: Any player, upon possession of the ball with a live dribble or having terminated his dribble, who knowingly and with intent passes the ball to a teammate, will be assessed a five-shot foul penalty. Pretty sure that's right. It's what I've always gone by.

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