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Hell yea

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Some interesting stats on Wiggins here:

"He’s 10th in the NBA in points scored since his rookie year in 2014-15 and averaging 19.5 points a game."

https://www.sportsnet.ca/nba/article/andrew-wiggins-moment-bust-hometown-raptors-will-wait/

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Dec 18, 2021Liked by Eric Apricot

All the E1Ps are great, but I really enjoyed this one in particular.

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After Steph's floater, I like seeing Kanter (née) standing there with his arms to the side – à la his Bang Bang pose – albeit without the "arms going up and dropping" phase.

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Curry should add a floater into his package. He's got the touch and the added physicality of the NBA makes it an important addition/threat.

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Also want to put in a plug for “player’s mental health” vs fan/media expectations, these are not normal times and players already deal with so many stressors being on that “big stage” for 10 months a year, it’s easy to sit back and attribute what we’re seeing from super athletes to our usual biases when there’s so much more cooked into it, this season won’t look like any other season and we shouldn’t start holding athletes to some impossible standard just cuz they’re on multimillion $ contracts, an example (in my mind) is Kyrie Irving, who knows how this pandemic is affecting him psychologically, his outlook on life is already so different from so many and probably for more complex reasons than “selfish Prima Dona”

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Dec 18, 2021Liked by Eric Apricot

Truly one of the best E1P’s. This collection of historical videos should be preserved at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC.

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Great work!! Especially the SC30>GPII celebration.

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