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    Player The unfortunately low-ceilinged Shaolin monastery of Victor Wembanyama

    Yeah. Wemby should leave and that would be a great thing because you’d be gone too. Can’t wait.
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    Player The unfortunately low-ceilinged Shaolin monastery of Victor Wembanyama

    Kornet, poeltl, and diaw all got better stats after joining the spurs. Barnes stayed steady, maybe a bit better. Conversely dejounte got worse. White got better. Derozan was an all star before and after the spurs, led the league in 2PM after the spurs, made all nba second team twice and...
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    Player The unfortunately low-ceilinged Shaolin monastery of Victor Wembanyama

    Again, the MVP is a moving target, and it really depends on how the media wants to define it. If you are talking strictly valuable, Wemby has as strong a case as anyone. He is the entire Spurs offence and defence and it shown time and again that without him on the floor, the Spurs crumbles...
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    Player The Lifelong Residency of the Ever-Important Heart and Soul of the Spurs, Keldon Johnson

    So happy for Keldon. I never wanted him traded but purely because he is such a nice guy, this year, it's because he is a vital cog in the machine. Heart and soul of the team, Fox/Barnes will bring the experience and steadying hand, Keldon will bring the fire, Wemby will bring the goods.
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    Spurs biggest weaknesses right now?

    When the main complaint is our broadcasting team I can tell two things: 1) the spurs are doing swell 2) spurs fans will never run out of things to complain about.
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    Spurs biggest weaknesses right now?

    Given the profile of wemby I’m giving up on having a backup who can fill in on defence to even remotely that level, as long as it’s not a layup line then it’s good enough, just so long as the backup can score and set screens for our second unit to keep up on offence then I’m fine. So I’m other...
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    Player The blessed howl's moving Castle of Stephon Javonte

    I read on titan based on the recommendation of a teenager a few years ago, gotta say I have no clue what the big deal is. The concept itself is problematic, lots of connections to Japanese imperialism. Then read death note, which was actually really good at the beginning, but then kept dragging...
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    Player The blessed howl's moving Castle of Stephon Javonte

    I never really got this move, see them quite a lot in those streetball clips, but why would you show the ball to your defender when a simple spin would have done? Somebody better at basketball (and that would be almost everyone) please explain to me.
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    Draft Atlanta Hawks Pick-Swap Watch Thread

    Wanted NAW for free agency, but as a replacement for Vassell, while having Sochan and Keldon man the PF spot. Obviously, Sochan didn't work out, and Vassell stepped up and filled the role admirably, so I am not mad. The one I wanted to keep was Micah Potter though, was very happy when we...
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    Player The Theater Marquee of Plumdog Millionaire

    Given he's 36 years old, with lots of mileage under him who was dependent on his athletic traits, it's not a surprise he is pretty much done. I don't think he is as washed as Biz, but fact is he has played in like 30 games in the last 3 seasons, dealing with injuries and such, I am not holding...
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    NBA 2025-26 NBA Thread

    I have no problems with players stat-padding as anyone in attendance would want to see a piece of history, the NBA is ultimately entertainment. Besides, Miami didn't intentionally foul to get the ball back until the last little bit of the game, which was what the Spurs did for the Admiral to...
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    Player The unfortunately low-ceilinged Shaolin monastery of Victor Wembanyama

    You can double or triple back then, you just can’t guard empty spaces. It’s mostly to avoid having defenders leave their man (mostly a non shooter) out in the perimeter while clogging driving lanes or doubling a post player without the ball. The new rules led to an emphasis for better shooting...
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    Player The blessed howl's moving Castle of Stephon Javonte

    Full disclosure, I think I wanted Sheppard, Starr then castle. So wrong.
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    Player The unfortunately low-ceilinged Shaolin monastery of Victor Wembanyama

    #1 in blocks, drating (bball ref, but #4 on nba advanced stats), DWS, defensive rebound and blocks %, per 36 and per 100. 3rd in DFG%, 1st in defensive LeBron,
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