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New E1P thread coming at 1:30p.

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Podz per 36

Last season: 12.5 pts on .540 TS

This season: 15.0 pts on .540 TS

Took him a while to recover from the awful, concussion-hampered start, but he’s gotten there. .577 TS in March. And somehow 15 pts per 36 seems like an important threshold to be able to say he’s actually a little bit of a threat to score.

Those four threes last night right after Steph sat late in the 3rd (a moment where the Spurs could still theoretically have made a game of it) were spectacular.

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Friends! Allies! We are betraying the team we love with scattershot rooting. We need to do better!

Yes, we oppose the Lakers, but then again the Clippers, but also Minnesota -- but it's confusing for the Warriors when we send mixed vibes. Our team sits around waiting to receive our vibes and we need to be focused. We have extremely powerful vibes that largely determine these outcomes, but we need to be organized!

Everyone, get on the same page. The plan is from here on out: "Take down Memphis first. Then turn your attention to other teams."

Memphis is a messy team, they lost their coach, Ja's health is a big question mark, and we get to play them. This is the most vulnerable zebra in the herd. Start there.

If Memphis is not playing, you have permission to root against other teams. In that case, your next target is the Clippers, and then Minnesota. But DO NOT LET YOUR ATTENTIONS BECOME TOO DIFFUSE. When that happens, it's like dating eleven different people but committing to none of them. Sure, that can seem appealing and fun, but it's a short term plan with no focus and in the end there will be hurt feelings, most likely your own.

LOCK IN, PEOPLE

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I am in full agreement with the opposition to Memphis -- won't be sorry if teams kick them while they're down -- but tonight's game is tough for me. It is axiomatic that I cannot root for the Lakers. Not ever.

So tonight, I'll be rooting for triple OT, with LeBron, Luka, Ja, and JJJ each playing 60+ minutes. Go overtime!

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SOMEONE isn't locked in

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Even without Coach Curious, rooting against Memphis is never difficult (the team, not the city, which I hear is pretty cool and an important part of the American story)

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OMG, Memphis is incredible. Wife and I spent a few days in Memphis during our Big Ass Train Trip criss-crossing the country and absolutely loved it. It and New Orleans are the two most must-visit cities in the south.

Someday, I’ll get around to making a video from all the footage I shot, but there’s a shit-ton to see and do:

Loraine Hotel/National Civil Rights Museum (very moving)

Stax Records

Beale Street

Rock and Blues Museum

Blues Hall of Fame

Sun Records

Graceland (there’s a whole bunch of museums besides the house and we both liked it more than expected)

The Bass Pro Shop Pyramid (former home of the Grizzlies)

Great BBQ

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Right we oppose the team, but are you LOCKED IN? Do you wear warrior gear during Memphis games and scream at the tv? I need full commitment

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Does anyone who follows the G-league have a report on Taran Armstrong, now that he's been there three weeks or so?

Stats-wise (SSS alert, though he does have 116 attempts)

10 games, 28 min/game

63% TS on 11 attempts a game, and despite shooting a brick-y 53% on FTs.

5.5 rbs per game

7.8 assists and a 2.6 ast/TO ratio

Considering how much of a hot dog that guy is when he passes (Steph has nothing on him in that regard), the ast/TO ratio seems even more impressive.

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That FT mark might be enough to keep him out of the NBA

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He shot 79% from the FT line in the NBL.

Hopefully, it's just SSS noise. I'll be very interested to see if they call him up at the end of the season for roster spot 15 (though I suspect it will be Key, to get another body with size to defend).

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I know this has been mentioned before, but I just can’t shake the irony of a 7 foot center named Post being Klay lite.

It would be something to pair him with Wiseman if Wiseman recovers fully and finally becomes a guy who can stay on the court and be a positive, not a star, just a solid big.

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If Wiseman could be a Mark Williams/ Daniel Gafford type, he’d be an awesome addition. And while we’re at it, If TJD could put on 15 pounds of upper body and be Beef Stew, that would be nice, too.

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Wiseman? James Wiseman? What does he have to do with this? This is a board for discussion of NBA players and he has not shown himself to be one.

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Poor James. Have you no mercy for this guy? Worst injury luck I've seen in some time. I hope his NBA story has one more chapter so that it doesn't have to end on another injury before he has accomplished anything in the league.

At least he's a wealthy young guy who can pursue whatever profession he wants, whether it is basketball overseas or becoming a doctor/lawyer/interpreter here in the US.

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It’s not personal. It’s not about mercy. As far as I can tell he’s a nice guy and I hope his life goes well.

But his NBA career has been very poor. If we root for his success we are by definition rooting for some other young player on the fringes to not find a roster spot. Do we have no mercy for that player?

I wouldn’t think of the two players — Wiseman and some other young hopeful — as equivalent in my rooting interests if Wiseman had ever earned my affections as a Warrior by stellar play or unusual community work or personal traits like being super funny. But none of that is true. I wish him well and I wish other people well.

If anything, the emotional foot is more in the other shoe, if that’s a saying. Meaning that I already spent a lot of good will wishing the guy success and learning about him and clapping when he scored when he was a Warrior. We tried, we broke up, I don’t wanna follow his Insta any more

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My Team Of Highest Variance nomination is the Clippers. This award goes to the team you feel has the most equivalent likelihood of either flaming out or winning it all. I really don't know what to tell you about them. With Kawhi now playing healthfully (for at least the next ten minutes) maybe they are a real contender. Or maybe they are just a confusing mess. Is there a higher variance team? Maybe Houston is a contender when they are very good, but their massive inexperience might show up?

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My vote is the Timberwolves. Bizarrely dormant for the first half of the season, bizarrely dominant after someone explained to them the difference between Play-In and Playoffs. They live and die with the attention span of a charming Gen Z superstar, and their late season surge suggests that OKC and Denver's only chance against them in the playoffs is to show up wearing Jazz or Wizards uniforms.

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Really need the Cavs to show up and beat them tomorrow afternoon…

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Seriously. Cavs need to thump Clippers. It's not negotiable.

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Unfortunately, the Cavs have been ‘slowing’ down. They’ve lost 5 of their last 10 games, one of them to the Clippers on March 18 by 13 points. Hope the Cavs will avenge that loss.

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Kawhi might be sitting out vs the Cavs.

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Ooohh exciting.

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Side note: the Cavs now cannot finish the reg season with a better record than the 14/15 baby Warriors.

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Or the 16/17 GOAT Warriors.

67-15

73-9

67-15

Was quite the run.

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All I know is that I do not want to play the Clippers in the play-ins or playoffs. We’ve lost our last three games this season without Kawhi even playing. They are just a bad matchup for us.

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Zubac looks at us like I look at a pecan pie

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I feel like the Warriors may be up there in this category, being as dependent on JB and Steph as they are.

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I considered them but I think that the veteran nature of Steph, Draymond, Jimmy, Kerr means that they will be well prepared and not likely to change character much in the cauldron of pressure like other teams might. You're right, depending on Steph that much means if he has a bad game we lose, but being steady of mind helps a lot, as does a pretty deep rotation.

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Well, I would see their issue more as injury variation. A few missed games for any of the old guys could sink them

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Today I learned that having Steph in the lineup really makes a difference

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The crazy thing is, it may have made a difference even when he wasn't quite ready to go. Just leaving him out there as a decoy messes with defenses. They can't afford for him to go off, and I'll bet it would open just enough room...

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Yep. To think they would have lost to a horrible Pelican team missing their 5 best players is not comforting.

Being even after 3 quarters is also not comforting.

I wouldn’t call it a bounce back win.

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Who knew? 🤷🏼‍♂️

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Tonight - Lakers and Grizz - loser will be only one game ahead of Dubs in loss column and they each have one more game with Dubs.

Tomorrow - let's hope Dubs take care of business at Spurs. Clips are at Cavs and Wolves host Pistons. Good chance to regain the sixth slot and possibly put some more distance between Dubs and Wolves.

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Also of note today, Spurs vs. Celtics. Hopefully SA is feisty and competitive so they play the starters a lot of minutes before playing the Dubs tomorrow.

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You can be sure that the Spurs will be bringing their A game against us (all teams do), especially, ex-Warriors Barnes and CP3.

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Morant’s status has been upgraded to questionable, so he may finally be able to play today. Reaves is also questionable.

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In retrospect, very happy to have those 2 wins over Detroit this year. They are a handful for other top teams.

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I like this optimistic take

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Steph is now 18 behind Beasley for the 3PM lead. Needs some hot shooting to catch up over 9 games… Beasley has played one more game, so there’s a chance, but a long shot, for sure

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I'd love for Steph to get hot, but I hope he doesn't chase this. The team is struggling enough offensively without him gunning indiscriminately. OTOH, he has a wide range of what would be considered a reasonable shot -- wider than anyone who has ever played the game -- so who knows?

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Player A/B, Bahamas edition (per 36)…

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Player A:

17.5 pts / 5.1 reb / 2.7 ast / 1.4 stl

.560 true shooting

Age: 32

Salary: $8.8M

Attitude: relentlessly positive

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Player B:

18.6 pts / 4.7 reb / 2.7 ast / 0.9 stl

.552 true shooting

Age: 35

Salary: $15.9M (turned down $9M more than that to avoid having to play in the Bay Area with Steph)

Attitude: entitled and sometimes surly

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This one’s a toughie, I know…

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Ouch. Hard way to remember Klay. I want to remember him as he was in the pre-injury days when he seemed more carefree, more team-oriented, and just a little goofy.

But in 2025, give me Buddy -- and as inconsistent as he's been, that's saying something.

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Is this BH and KT?

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Bud E. Love, all the way.

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That’s enough, sir. The horse hasn’t been breathing for months.

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I will never look at horses the same way again after watching Death of a Unicorn.

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Well, this side of the Mediterranean, anyway. 😊 🇬🇷

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huh? Antipodean here. Don't get the reference

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There's a poster on this board who very much believes the horse to be alive, and more. The comment is a reference to said posters physical location.

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NOW I GET IT!!!

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🥶

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Ouch

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At least we get to guess this time...

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Go Lakers, I guess… sigh. I’m seeing things line up for the Lakers and Clippers to be in that 4/5/6 range, for sure. That means I want them at 4/5 against each other. Not that I think the Warriors can’t beat them, I just hate when the Warriors play those LA teams.

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3PM as a rookie:

BroLo 0

Love 2

Dirk 14

KAT 30

Bird 58

KD 59

Post 66 (and counting)

Most impressive thing for me is not just QP’s elite efficiency (.429) but also the crazy-high volume (9.4 attempts per 36).

3PM / 3PA per 36, career:

Klay 3.5 / 8.5

Post 4.0 / 9.4

Steph 4.2 / 9.8

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So you're saying that all QP has to do is up his frequency a little, then play into his early-to-mid 40s and he'll catch Steph?

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What I find most impressive about Posts game is how little he has to improve. More specifically, how few big weaknessss he has to his game. Even in things he’s not great in like perimeter defense against guards, he’s serviceable.

Right now, his only big weaknesses is his lack of rim pressure resulting in a terrible fta rate. I think if he utilizes his floater more (7/9 efficiency) it would create more openings for him to attack the rim and get fouled.

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Love him. Hope he gets stronger (core & legs) so he can hold his own against the big, bully centers. Lots of other stuff has already improved!

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He talked about this in his post game. He said that they started telling him in the G League stint to shoot more, and more, and he said that he had never shot that many threes in college and wasn't used to it, and they said, keep shooting. And no one in GSW has ever told him he shoots too much, so he's going to keep shooting that much. He also said that over the summer before draft he practiced the pro three intensively for the first time, and now feels comfortable with it. So really, it's possible he gets better since it's a work in progress.

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There are some guys that when you see them shoot the ball you just know they are for real and not going to comeback next year and shoot 36%.

Post really seems like one of those guys.

He has a tenacity about him. He wants to take the shot and believes. Very odd for a guy his size.

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I also appreciate his suddenness. Like other great shooters, there seems to be no thought, as soon as the pass starts going his way, he seem sure he's going to shoot and it's going in the basket.

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When you’re a great shooter, it’s the easiest read in the game to receive a pass with space to get off a shot: You just shoot it. And because it’s such an easy read, it becomes such a sudden, confident decision (unless you’re in a slump)

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I would be more curious how it ranks to modern bigs, TBH (say came into the league post-2018).

All those guys in the first list started playing well before the value of shooting a 3 was understood.

Doesn't diminish what Post is doing (which is excellent), but I'm wondering how many other bigs are following the same career arc and where he would fit in that group. Those guys are likely to rewrite all the shooting numbers for bigs.

But, yeah, if he's shooting 9.4 as a rookie, you kind of wonder where his upper efficient limit is.

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Honestly, I looked the other day and couldn’t find anything close among rookie bigs, old or new. MPJ is the closest thing I could find to a “young big” among league leaders and he shot 42% as a rookie, but on much lower volume 2.7/game…and never has approached QP’s volume.

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Chet will get there (and possibly surpass Post), but he's been hurt. MPJ is a good comp.

edits (as I think of guys):

Chet: 4.7 3PA/36, .355

Markkanen, 9.7 3PA/36, but only at .346

Porzingis, 7.3 3PA/36, .403 (came into the league before 2018)

JJJ: 6.3 3PA/36 .375

Makes Post look pretty, pretty good.

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I believe you looked up what guys doing /this/ year. To Sleepy’s point above, comparing QP to what other bigs did as rookies makes it even more impressive.

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Oh sure, but he's also a much more mature player than most rookies.

In the list above, JJJ is the same age as Post, and Markkanen is only two years older, despite this being JJJ's 7th year in the league and Markkanen's 8th.

I'm not trying to diminish what Post is doing. It's remarkable under any circumstances. But he has benefited from some of his circumstances (coming into the league when stretch-5s are the rage, older rookie).

Very glad to have him, though.

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> Chet will get there (and possibly surpass Post)

Your own stats cited show Chet isn’t in the conversation. I’m assuming the comment was before looking up the stats….

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Chet came in with a rep as a great big man shooter. And he’s a great FT shooter. So people will just assume he’ll figure it out and become an elite 3pt shooter… but that doesn’t always happen. Post backing up consecutive years shooting 43% from 3 (not big sample) with a… 43% stroke in the NBA on even higher volume and rate Instills far more confidence about his ability to continue to knock them down at elite rates. He needs to hone defense and find a post move he can go to when switched onto smalls. With his Klay-esqe ability to shoot without any dip, maybe a face up 10ft jumper right over them?

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A Dirk one-footed fade-away would be sweet!

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Nah forget the post move, he needs to utilize the push shot floater on the roll or in the dunkers spot to generate shots inside.

He already has great touch given his shooting and he’s shooting 7/9 for the year on floaters. Expand that volume!

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He's not yet, I agree.

I'm assuming his numbers are somewhat depressed by the injuries and being on the same team as Shai (high usage player).

Yes, you're correct. the statement was before I looked up Chet's numbers.

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I don’t think he ever will be, the 3pt percentage is just not in the same continent, although he did shoot 39% in his one year of college.

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If he makes 22 more, he’ll match Towns and Larry Legend combined, so we could say he’s sitting on the KAT-Bird seat.

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I liked it, but I didn't like that I liked it.

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That was a groaner, but as time passes I've actually come to grudgingly admire it.

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I got to watch Steph Curry play basketball

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What will happen if you don’t?

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These are existential dilemmas that will test us all...

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I hear that woodworking is a useful pastime.

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Better late than never: E1P! E1P! E1P!

Man we needed that win!

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https://www.nba.com/stats/events?CFID=&CFPARAMS=&GameEventID=563&GameID=0022401072&Season=2024-25&flag=1&title=Post%2017%27%20Pullup%20Jump%20Shot%20(10%20PTS)%20(Hield%202%20AST)

This looks like a play from 2010. Someone needs to tell Post you don't do this anymore, you stay where you're at and shoot the three.

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It won’t load but if I remember correctly it felt like a savvy play (plus showed his ability to shoot off the dribble)

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It loaded for me but I recall that shot anyway. I thought the step-in was exactly the right thing to do, and he nailed it.

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If we’re talking about his step in midrange shot, I agree. It was absolutely the right play for that moment. The team was scuffling from the 3pt line, and we just needed a good shot.

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And seeing a mid-range like that going through often helps a shooter that has been struggling with the long ball. Post immediately drained a contested corner three on the next trip down that was key to extending the lead.

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I wasn't able to watch, but I don't love that Buddy was closing over Moody.

Also, I know single game plus minus is misleading but JK being the only minus - was that deserved?

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JK played well, at least offensively (I wasn't watching his defense much).

Buddy was pretty good, too.

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