Reporters call him contemptuous. His teammates call him the most genuine superstar ever.
From $8k tips for housekeepers to gifting a teammate the bracelet off his wrist, here is the side of Russell Westbrook that he hides from fans and media:
www.sportingnews.com/us/nba/sacra...
"he wasn’t arguing against criticism of his game. he was arguing against a characterization of his mind. the problem is he bundled that argument with everything else." || "zero turnovers," from bang! bangnba.substack.com/p/zero-turno...
Ethical tanking. Poor Beam didn't know what they did to deserve this.
Raynaud is looking great. Time will tell how the 3 pt shooting, strength, and defense come along. He's shown the touch is solid though. He's at least going to be at worst a solid backup big depending on what happens the next couple years.
For decades, three roster construction tools have dominated the NBA.
- The draft
- Free agency
- Trading
With the NBA possibility diminishing the effects of the draft, and with free agency essentially dead, what exactly are teams to do?
My latest at Y! Sports:
sports.yahoo.com/nba/article/...
Accurate. Haven't seen the beam in months.
I wonder if the aliens miss the beam
Doug seems to be a great players coach, but I have seen nothing strategy wise on offense or defense that shows promise. Don't get me started on the TO management either.
I do appreciate the willingness to get downhill, it seems that he is a limited option driver. It's either a dump off if the big helps or the shot is going up. Even when he's guarded well, he'll go to several pivots to get the shot. The Kings offense has no flow in general, but it sticks out to me.
Not going to get my hopes up for next year. This was an issue going into the off season and the FO did nothing to improve that (Nique, Raynaud, Schroeder, all average to below average shooters).
A good FO will know they need to get some shooting to balance out the team this off season but we'll see
Small, old, AND can't shoot. Rough combo.
Hoping this is the thread that shows if Bluesky really cares about basketball or not, because this is probably going insta- viral in the bad place.
My dad and I are both haters. He's happy that the Patriots are losing because "they already won too many". I couldn't agree more.
Nique Clifford's past three games:
20.0 PTS
3.0 REB
3.7 AST
1.3 STL
1.0 BLK
55% FG
53% 3PT
87% FT
33.0 MIN
Really coming into his own while being thrown into the fire.
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Law Dork:
The Sacramento Kings with their rapidly-aging veterans who they're the worst team in the league with
the meme where spongebob and patrick are running around having fun outside while Squidward is inside depressed, but NBA Trade Deadline is Patrick and Spongebob and Kings Fans is Squidward 👑🏀
Nique Clifford has had some crafty finishes in transition tonight. He continues to look more comfortable on the attack.
9 PTS | 3 REB | 4/6 FG | 1/1 3PT | 12 MIN
Nique Clifford is starting to get it folks.
Grizzlies missing half their team, still going bucket for bucket with the Kings.
Maybe kings ownership will finally figure out they're not going anywhere and approve some tear down trades...
I know I like the Ja one the least. I'd rather be bad than bring in someone who can't seem to stay healthy on the court and has had issues off the court.
Think it's much preferred that they move in this direction or be a bulls or Kings situation where they just keep grasping at straws until there's nothing left to keep moving forward.
Never underestimate the therapeutic benefit of freshly-baked emotional support cinnamon rolls.
We finally got another trade! For @spotrac.com, I broke down the Cavs-Kings-Bulls swap:
🏀Cavs save a lot, while improving backcourt depth
🏀Kings got a combo forward, but added a lot of money
🏀Bulls facilitated to get assets...huh?
Read more from all angles:
www.spotrac.com/news/_/id/32...
Excellent article. Covers a lot of ground and is very in depth.
Few things give me as much joy as seeing Lakers fans leave a game early.
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It hasn't mattered much this season, but Christie's TO management has been consistently awful. Even when we're in close games, we still don't have any timeouts to get a good shot off with the game on the line. Mike Brown used to call quick timeouts, but he had some when it mattered.
