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Mitch Cumsteen

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  1. Giddey a smooth -20 in 10 minutes tonight. Woof. Looks like we got ourselves a series.
  2. I don’t know if Dallas can play much better than this and they’re only up 3 after 1q. I guess they could knock down some of those open threes but if I’m okc I’m feeling pretty good.
  3. Yes. You’re crazy if you think he’s called a good playoffs. He is way more tolerable with a second guy because it’s cutting down his air time but he still sucks.
  4. OG done for the night. I’m no Knicks fan but I respect the hell out of this team.
  5. I’m no expert but I think the Knicks might not be as good if Brunson can’t go.
  6. Should we be that surprised that two teams that had tied for the best record in the conference (along with Denver) are favorites for the WCF? Maybe, but they are also the only two teams without any injuries. To me, that's the biggest factor in all of this. I think the playoffs look a bit different with teams at closer to full strength: I think New Orleans gives OKC a series with Zion. Not that he's ever healthy or that they would have won, but if you had to draw up a bad matchup for OKC, it would be an paint bully like him. Phoenix was a horribly flawed and thin team that wasn't going to win that series regardless, but Grayson Allen being out made it damn near hopeless for them. Not that the Clippers are ever healthy, but losing Kawhi Leonard is kind of a big deal. Luka is clearly hurt for Dallas. He can hardly move out there. Beyond that, I lost track of how many open threes they missed last night that maybe they have a better shot of making if Maxi Klieber is taking them instead of Tim Hardaway Jr? Klieber has been on fire this post season. Even the shitty Lakers were down Vanderbilt, who would have been a useful defensive rotation piece in some tight games. Jamal Murray is not anywhere close to 100%. Hell, he's so beat up he could barely reach the court with his heating pad. He's the only guy who can create off the dribble (other than Jokic bully ball) for Denver and they have become completely stagnant. That doesn't even include what is going on in the East - Giannis, Lillard, Butler, Embiid at half strength, Randle/Bogdanovich/Robinson, etc. But we see this every year and I'm always somehow surprised by it. Maybe I have selective memory, but I just don't remember this many injuries in the playoffs back in the day. It's counterintuitive with the advances in science and medicine that it's worse now than it was 30 years ago. This is for another discussion that I think we've had elsewhere, but my working theory is that allowing more physical defense where guys just can't run and jump and move freely was actually causing less wear and tear than the repetitive stress from the pace and space era.
  7. I do think it's a little funny that the Wolves played their best game in probably the past 20 years when Gobert sat. They are 100x more difficult to defend when Reid is out there, and their defense actually got better. When you have two bigs who can shoot threes in KAT and Reid, the entire floor opens up for Edwards. It's difficult to help off of him and not leave somebody open. That was probably the best defensive game I've ever seen out of KAT. It's like Anthony Edwards performed a brain transplant on him.
  8. This isn’t even the same sport that we saw from October to January. And Murray has to be punished for that. That’s ridiculous and embarrassing.
  9. If it came from their bench, it was probably a maxi pad. There are playing like pussies tonight.
  10. The refs are really letting them play. Denver needs to stop complaining and man up. Minnesota is choking their ass out.
  11. I would very much like to see a playoff game there. And Brunson is an animal. I went to game 3 of the 1999 finals when the spurs played the Knicks in the garden. It was pretty awesome even though the spurs lost that one. The refs were just as horrible that night as they were tonight. I generally hate the nba ref conspiracy theories, but there was a reason Dick Bavetta was called Dick the Knick, and sure as shit he called that game which was the only one the spurs lost that series.
  12. All of this, especially the Heather Thomas part. That was soul crushing. She looks like a science project that went horribly awry. I thought she was the hottest thing ever in about 1983. If you had told 13 year old me that was the same girl that I paused Zapped at the exact moment that Willie Aimes took that snapshot... there's no way I would believe you.
  13. Seconded. I've only been to the downtown location next to the Alamodome but I'm a big fan. Good food, good vibe. They also have a cool downstairs bar.
  14. That's where I'm at. Again, I suppose it's all worth it for a franchise that just won its first playoff series in twenty years, but they have a real opportunity to build something sustainable. Once Edwards escalator kicks in, they are going to be damn close to the second apron before next season starts with only 9 guys under contract. It's just not feasible to have three max contracts on your cap any longer with the new CBA. And their ownership situation is messy right now.
  15. The Gobert trade only looks good because Edwards went supernova, the Conley trade, and the incredible growth from Reid and McDaniels. It was still a horrible overpay and they’re about to be a second apron team because of his dumb $44 million / contract. Nobody ever said he was worthless on the court, it’s what they gave up for him and his cap figure.
  16. Well, that’s certainly one take on Kawhi’s history.
  17. He’s been incredible. Maybe he’s grown up? Maybe he realized how much money he cost himself? Maybe he’s still a time bomb ticking? Things were great in Boston and Cleveland until they weren’t. And his durability is always a question but holy hell he plays a beautiful game. I saw game 6 and it was fun. Mitchell was incredible. Orlando has a very nice young core. Point of clarification: he signed up for the Kawhi experience. It’s completely his fault. He had other options.
  18. I loved Fujiya, especially the original location on Fred but also when they moved to Wurzbach. Other than Nikkis, that was the only place to get sushi in SA back in the day.
  19. Not sure how you fire the guy who just coached you to the In-Season Title.
  20. Anybody up for some chicken wings and jenga?
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