142 Comments

Best Plays From NBA All-Star Starter Steph Curry | 2022-23 NBA Season | NBA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Elyh-gxwYJI

Expand full comment

Ayton had 19 points and 20 rebounds tonight, but he was 6/20 FGs and 7/10 FTs. Yikes.

Expand full comment

Thankful that neither Van Gundy called the game last night.

Expand full comment

CP3 misses the 3. Mavs beat the Suns 99-95. Mavs move to 26-24 while the Suns fall to 25-25.

Expand full comment

i guess Chris Paul lost?

Expand full comment

i guess Chris Paul lost?

Expand full comment

i guess Chris Paul lost?

Expand full comment

Bullock gets fouled, hits 1/2 FTs. Second missed FT is rebounded by Powell, who is fouled. He makes 2/2 FTs, and the Mavs are up 99-95 with 9 seconds left to go.

Expand full comment

Game over - mavs win

Expand full comment

Suns are having a hard time scoring even though they have several more off. rebounds than the Mavs. Mavs, meanwhile are hitting their shots tonight without Luka.

Expand full comment

Mavs up 54-48 at the half. Looking at the box score, Ayton has 13 boards and put up 12 shots (4/12) while D Lee played 13 minutes and didn't shoot once.

Expand full comment

D Lee still hasn't scored in three quarters. What are the Suns doing with him? He has 0 points, 1 assist, 2 rebounds, 2 turnovers, 2 steals, and 4 fouls in nearly 18 minutes.

Expand full comment

They're wasting his prime.

Expand full comment

With Luka out, Dinwiddie decides to take over.

Expand full comment
Jan 27, 2023Liked by punk basketball

Uh-oh. Luka had to head to the locker room earlier. He was limping and favoring his left ankle.

Expand full comment

X-rays negative but he's out for the game

Expand full comment

😳

Expand full comment

Okay so suns in 6th play mavs in 7th and dubs are in 8th…

I’m tempted to simply root against chris paul and devin booker (that kardashian connection just makes me want to throw feces)

Expand full comment

Knicks win!

Expand full comment

Oh my. Jaylen Brown missed both FTs, which would've either tied the game or have them take the lead, and the Celtics are forced to foul.

Expand full comment

Tatum's three pointer misses. Horford gets the rebound and passes the ball to Brogdon, but his three pointer is blocked by Brunson. Knicks beat the Celtics 120-117 in OT.

Expand full comment

What the...? Hornets beat the Bulls and Pistons beat the Nets on the road.

Expand full comment
author

'Steph Curry is one of the best players in the world. Guarding him every single day practice is the biggest challenge for me. I learn and I grow from that every single day.'

- Jonathan Kuminga, who has become a key ball-pressure defender for Warriors

https://twitter.com/montepoolenbcs/status/1618760300966342658?s=61&t=HcIm02RE77K1Wk5PAqw1MA

Expand full comment

I wonder how he does on curry lol

Expand full comment

Is this Asher’s agent?

Expand full comment

LeBron started his career before YouTube was *founded*. Crazy.

Expand full comment

-Embiid's not a starter? Bruh.

-Zion's great and all, but I think Sabonis deserves a spot over him.

Expand full comment

Starters are always a popularity contest.

Expand full comment
Jan 27, 2023Liked by punk basketball

I still remember when Wiggins was announced as an All-Star starter last year. People were MAD.

Expand full comment
Comment deleted
Expand full comment

People are idiots.

Expand full comment
Jan 27, 2023Liked by punk basketball

"It was even tougher guarding Kyrie than guarding Ja."

- Warriors forward Jonathan Kuminga, who has defended both Kyrie Irving and Ja Morant in the last two games. Says Kyrie ‘has everything.’

https://twitter.com/MontePooleNBCS/status/1618715073895346176

Expand full comment
Jan 27, 2023·edited Jan 27, 2023

Kyrie has an offensive bag but does he empower his teammates and create for them too?

He’s a handful for a few games a year, and drags his team down at least every other season. I enjoy watching Kyrie when he’s on and especially enjoy the fact that he’s irrelevant to the championship conversation.

Ja, on the other hand, seems to empower and embolden his teammates so people make remarks about how amazing the Grizz drafting has been. Even when we all know Brooks sux.

Expand full comment

Surprised Monte didn't mention that Kyrie was kind of a mentor to JK - JK's senior year of HS was at the same high school Kyrie had gone to. It adds some background to JK's opinion.

https://www.nj.com/nets/2022/01/kyrie-irving-gives-jonathan-kuminga-his-jersey-in-meeting-of-former-patrick-school-stars.html

Expand full comment

Oh crap, I hope they didn't have the same science teacher.

https://tenor.com/view/flat-earth-dinosaur-meme-meteor-gif-13792633

Expand full comment

Ja hasnissues with kumingas strength and im sure hes suprised when kumingas big ass stays with him with his quickness. First matchup ja settled for a lot of threes on kuminga

Expand full comment

In terms of on-court skills and nothing else, Kyrie has the closest level of magic to what Steph has that I've seen, and trust me, I hate saying that.

Expand full comment

In terms of ballhandling and finishing I'd give him that, hell he might be a better ballhandler than Curry, but Kyrie has always heavily lacked as a distributor.

Expand full comment

Who needs to pass when you can put the ball in the bucket?!!

;-)

Expand full comment

Steph / McCartney

Kyrie / Lennon

Expand full comment
Jan 27, 2023·edited Jan 27, 2023

i'm gonna realize kyrie is an enlightened political genius and prefer his solo career over anything he did with steph? and my favorite two things they did together will turn out to be harrison (barnes)?

Expand full comment

Steph: Hendrix

Kyrie: Clapton

Expand full comment

Wait wouldnt these analogies be

Steph is to Kyrie

As

Hendrix is to Clapton

So steph:kyrie

As. Hendrix:clapton

Otherwise it reads

Steph is to Hendrix

As Kyrie is to Clapton. Which seems to make less sense. I mean I got what was being said… but I’m fianlly sitting at home after work, trying to ignore my family to be a good dnhq reader!

Expand full comment

Kyrie does such an amazing job of using his off arm to create space in ways that the refs don't call fouls...

Expand full comment

Irving vs. Morant stats:

Irving: (36 games)

36.9 minutes/game, 26.8 points, 48.7% FG (9.9/20.3), 37.1% threes (3.2/8.6), 57.2% twos (6.7/11.7), 90.3% FT (3.9/4.3)

5.1 rebounds (1.0 off.), 5.2 assists, 1.0 steals, 0.8 blocks, 2.2 turnovers, 2.7 fouls

Morant: (40 games)

32.3 minutes/game, 27.3 points, 46.5% FG (9.7/20.9), 31.7% threes (1.7/5.2), 51.4% twos (8.1/15.7), 74.3% FT (6.2/8.4)

5.5 rebounds (1.1 off.), 8.0 assists, 1.0 steals, 0.3 blocks, 3.5 turnovers, 1.7 fouls

Expand full comment

Most guys in the league would probably say the same. Ja has blazing speed and athleticism but he doesn't have the wide range of skills that Kyrie has.

Expand full comment

Agreed. With Kyrie, you have to worry about his jumper in addition to his craftiness. Don't have to worry as much about Ja pulling up for a jumper, but he does have a pretty deadly floater altho that's when he's pretty deep in the lane already.

Expand full comment

If you compared early Kyrie on the Cavs (before LeBron) to Ja the comparison would be very different. Kyrie is probably in his prime right now and at the peak of his abilities. Ja, assuming he can stay healthy, is going to get better and better with time. No idea where he will end up relative to this version of Kyrie.

Expand full comment