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Posts posted by WJC88
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Fields and O'neal have been so consistently great the last 2 games.
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They need to allow the advancement of the ball. Women are doing it.
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1 hour ago, ztejas said:
If you don't have LeBron and AD both back healthy for the playoffs you're cooked. Nets need KD back, though. Maybe.
Are the Lakers going to make the playoffs? AD and LBJ are out 4-6 weeks, right?
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2 hours ago, Wally Pryor said:
Baylor plays defense, better than anyone remaining and it's not close. It's an afterthought for Gonzaga.
I think you'll be surprised when you watch Gonzaga play. While not at Baylor's level, they are a really good defensive team when they feel challenged. Suggs and Ayayi are very good on the perimeter. Their bigs are good situational defenders. Would be a great matchup with Baylor.
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4 hours ago, shadow_operative said:
i actually agree with everything you said after this, but this part isn't true. i really wish that i could expound more, but i can't do so without outing/doxxing the former players who've told me some stories about Shaka. the bottom line is this (and i've alluded to this before)- i know for a fact that Shaka, who does represent the university well and who puts up a pretty great public image, has a nasty habit of playing mind games with/freezing out guys who aren't "his guys". whether it's a player he inherited, or a player who for whatever reason found himself at odds with Shaka, coach Smart has treated some of his players in some seriously immature and at times downright fucked up ways. like, you'd be upset and angry and like, "ok, fuck Shaka Smart" if you knew what i know. again, this is such lame shit for me to be posting; i know that. i wish i could get more specific, but i can't.
here is something i can say though- during the entire six years that Shaka was here, how many of his starters were ever demoted or benched, and how many of his bench players ever *earned* a larger role? we all know that these things rarely happened during Shaka's time as HC here, and that is emblematic of what i'm talking about. if you're one of Shaka's guys, what can you do to get benched? to lose minutes? to have your role reduced? unfortunately, the only answer (which is "cross Shaka Smart") has nothing to do with on-court performance. his guys are his guys, and the other guys don't matter.
Jordan Barnett and James Banks? Shaka had no use for them; G Tech and Mizzou were very happy to take them off his hands. Prince Ibeh? gets no PT until Cam breaks his foot. Turns out to be the Big XII DPOY. Royce Hamm and Brock Cunningham? these dudes couldn't even get meaningful run in November/December games, and then all they did was save Shaka's job when injuries forced him to play them during the stretch run of Big XII play. Demarcus Holland and Kendal Yancy? Holland went from the team captain, senior leader, first-in/last-out, Big XII all-defense team member to being demoted and actually sat out of games that he was healthy for. Yancy rode the pine on our 11 win team until Shaka said "fuck it" and played him and it turned out that he was one of our more steady, calm, and consistent players. Greg Brown gets upset with something and, as sometimes happens with teenagers, needs to be calmed down. the result? he plays a total of 6 minutes vs ACU in a game where they outrebound us on the offensive glass 18-5. Matt Coleman could have taken three consecutive shots from half court and not been punished at all, but GB III needs to be taught some lesson for being upset with Shaka, in the most important game of Shaka's career no less.
meanwhile, Ramey and Jones will pull up from 23 feet with 25 seconds left on the shot clock with Texas down by 7 with 2:30 left and it doesn't move Shaka's needle. Matt Coleman can *disappear* for an entire half or more, and there will be no discernible amount of coaching, benching, teaching, nothing from Shaka. Matt will just play his standard 35 minutes and he'll either figure it out at some point or he won't. Ramey can aimlessly drive, leave his feet, take a bad shot/turn the ball over three times in five possessions, and Shaka doesn't notice. meanwhile Royce Hamm breathes wrong and he's out of the mix.
again, i seriously wish that i could tell specific stories without doxxing people who trusted me with said stories, but i can't. all i can do is point to the above anecdotes and hope that y'all can connect the dots here with regards to Shaka being this "great man". if you're his guy, he's your mentor and role model. if you aren't, then the guy can be a total charlatan who fucks with your head and tries to gaslight you into submission. there are certainly worse guys out there- he's no Gregg Marshall- but he's not the guy he portrays himself to be, and i won't be rooting particularly hard for him moving forward.
I appreciate your take.
The title is still fucked up.
44 minutes ago, DiceHands said:I dont get why we never even tried that here. I thought that was why we hired him. We never got that same Shaka we saw at VCU.
We did get the Shaka from VCU. People didn't watch enough VCU basketball to be informed.
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Damn that was fun to watch! Oregon up 56-46 at the half.
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Really enjoyed the first episode of "The Inside Story". It was great seeing footage from the early days with all the different host. Hearing the stories from the behind the scenes people. Great job from the TNT crew.
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Damn this team looks loaded. Back row defense is improved.
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Curry has 1 win in 6 tries in the 3 point contest. Is it really crazy to pick a guy that won it 3 times over him?
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I want them to add these two shows to the lineup.
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7 hours ago, mdmost said:
I'm thankful this is a weekly release and not a binge release all at once. It's been fun having something to look forward to watch every Friday. Plus we can have enjoyable discussions and theories about what's happening that you wouldn't get with a binge show.
3 hours ago, Drew said:Also, I have no fucking clue what's going on since every time I think I got it, they throw something else out there.
Such a great show.
It's bringing me back to the 80's when I read comics on a regular basis. Totally enjoying this experience.
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15 minutes ago, Dr. Beeper said:
Yes it is a contrarian take. The majority of boards have Brown as a borderline lottery guy and Kai as a borderline 1st rounder. Some boards don’t have Kai at all (like even in 2nd round). When considering their current talent and contribution to the team it is very much a contrarian take. And I love Kai and his play. Love watching both play too.
Greg has been an elite prospect since he was 9-10 yrs old. And training as one. Kai just started playing the game seriously at 15. I think that makes a difference in the players we see right now.
Most draft boards don't have Kai high on their boards because they are just noticing him. He looked so raw as a freshman. The improvement he has shown in one year is impressive. He is showing improved range, better ability to put the ball on the floor and get a basket. The NBA is famous for drafting on potential. If he continues to develop his game he will move up those draft boards as he has since this season started.
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30 minutes ago, ztejas said:
So you wish he wasn't as good?
He's incredible for an 18 year old. Extremely polished. Going to be a good amount of games like this one where he won't be able to simply will you to a win by himself, though.
27 minutes ago, 'stache said:I wish he could grow with the other young guys. It really sucks that we didn’t have some veterans and let Cade take us up to another level, but everyone else is young and Cade won’t single handedly get us further that somewhere in the middle of the standings, hopefully. We dominated TCU most of that game and still lost at the end. Really painful.
Cade is very good. Reminds me of Jimmy Jackson at Ohio State.
Great win for UT. Happy for GB having a big game.
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2 hours ago, Vertigo said:
Ya, but it was wind aided so it doesn't count.
I will see you in hell cause I LOL'D at this.
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On 11/30/2020 at 1:50 PM, WJC88 said:
I can't recall a guy, anywhere, that has played as much as Coleman and looks basically the same as when he started.
STFU
Sincerely,
Matt
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If football can hire Urban Meyer regardless of his past, basketball should be free to bring in Kelvin Sampson.
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1 hour ago, Bottlecap said:
coleman legit sucks. this guys a senior?
8 minutes ago, dcar00 said:with his best roster ever he will be lucky to be .500 in big 12 this year. same bullshit going on year 6. the fact that Sr year Matt Coleman is slightly better than Frosh Matt Coleman says volume
I can't recall a guy, anywhere, that has played as much as Coleman and looks basically the same as when he started.
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On the radio call, they were discussing AD having an injury. Y'all didn't notice anything on the broadcast? If he's injured, how will that impact game 6?
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On 9/30/2020 at 10:26 AM, Brisketexan said:
And we fight so, so, so hard to avoid admitting it.
Surely you've done something at some point in your life you're genuinely ashamed of, because it was genuinely bad -- you cheated on a partner, you stole something from someone, whatever. If you've ever done something like that, and THEN you confessed your wrongdoing....you know how amazing, and cleansing that is. Once it is done, you realize that you, and those you have wronged, can genuinely move forward and eventually move beyond the original wrong.
Slavery and racism are our original sins. And they aren't just incidental/products of circumstance. They were woven in from the very beginning; they were embedded in our founding document; even after a Civil War over the legal status of black people (slaves or free?), we then spent a century fighting to insure that, even if free, they had a status that was less than fully American, less than fully free. These weren't bugs of our system - they were features.
ACKNOWLEDGE IT. ADMIT IT. CONFRONT IT. Only once you do those things can you heal. We are doing everything we can to PREVENT healing. We wrap ourselves in the flag and crow about how exceptional we are, and just shout over any mention of our sin. We do everything we can to avoid the one thing that can actually make us better: admit the wrong, and seek healing.
Truth. Until this takes place this country will never be whole.
On 9/30/2020 at 3:15 PM, Born to Run said:Secondly, last night galvanized me to do everything I can in the coming weeks. I I will vote early and encourage others to do so in person, and I am signing up to be a poll monitor. Let the magats try to intimidate people at the polls.
I'm working a polling location on election day for the first time. Also voting early.
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1 hour ago, Kermit said:
John Prine dead, goddamn corona virus, stupid ass government shit, fucking politicians, 200,000 dead, no sports, economy tanking, mass unemployment, hurricanes, fires, Chadwick Boseman, NO GODDAMN TOP GUN 2...but 2020 had a little sunshine in it. Jokic and the weird pubes guy came through. Thanks guys.
Yep. The world is on the way back to "normal". The Clippers winning a title would have signaled the end of the world as we know it.
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Raps-Celtics was a lot of fun! Both teams gave great effort.
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