Kyrie Irving Presser

Heim

Heim

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Dude doesn't want to play. He looked despondent, tired today. Sure he said all the right things but you could tell something is amiss.

He's a good guy. Bought a home for George Floyd's family....set up a slush fund for WNBA players who didn't want to play over health concerns, and involved in many charities.

He has a savior complex, he wants to save the world. That's why he always looks tired. Basketball low on his list. He'll play tomorrow with a coach he never wanted and a team now favored to win it all, but after this season your guess is as good as mine where he's going. Mentally and physically.
 
WildBill

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Harden going to take on the Kyrie role, they can move him and get some defensive assets to get even better. Question now is where would he even want to play? And if you are the Nets do you willingly trade him to say an LA team knowing you could be giving them what they need to beat you later?
 
John Kelly

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I'd be exhausted too if I tried to solve every problem in the world.

Kyrie missed seven games -- five for personal reasons and two for conditioning purposes.

Somewhere Isiah Thomas and Joe Dumars are shaking their heads in disbelief.
 
Crazy Pete

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Floyd’s family could settle for several million dollars right now.
It would be more deserving to buy a house for the black woman who’s pregnant stomach BLM hero Floyd pointed a gun at & threatened to shoot if she didn’t let 4 of his thug friends rob her house.
 
FairWarning

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Crazy Pete said:
Floyd’s family could settle for several million dollars right now.
It would be more deserving to buy a house for the black woman who’s pregnant stomach BLM hero Floyd pointed a gun at & threatened to shoot if she didn’t let 4 of his thug friends rob her house.
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LeBron? Anyone?
 
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I would imagine after he fulfills his contract he is done playing ball. If dude wants ti grow flowers so be it but he needs to be locked in now not only for his teammates but for himself. If playing with Durant and Harden doesn't drive you with a shot to face LeBron in the championship then that's a concern.

But it shows money doesn't solve everything. If you're not mentally right nothing else matters.
 
John Kelly

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IWishIWasAPro said:
I would imagine after he fulfills his contract he is done playing ball. If dude wants ti grow flowers so be it but he needs to be locked in now not only for his teammates but for himself. If playing with Durant and Harden doesn't drive you with a shot to face LeBron in the championship then that's a concern.

But it shows money doesn't solve everything. If you're not mentally right nothing else matters.
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Excellent point, Pro.

Depression is a deadly disease.
 
John Kelly

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Kyrie Irving missed seven games over 11 days and then played a career-high 48 minutes and 22 seconds and scored 37 points in a 147-135 double-overtime loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday night.

Quick rematch is set for Friday night.

In Wednesday's game, Brooklyn closed a 10.5-point favorite with a total of 226.5 at Circa, Westgate and William Hill.
 
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Heim said:
Dude doesn't want to play. He looked despondent, tired today. Sure he said all the right things but you could tell something is amiss.

He's a good guy. Bought a home for George Floyd's family....set up a slush fund for WNBA players who didn't want to play over health concerns, and involved in many charities.

He has a savior complex, he wants to save the world. That's why he always looks tired. Basketball low on his list. He'll play tomorrow with a coach he never wanted and a team now favored to win it all, but after this season your guess is as good as mine where he's going. Mentally and physically.
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Says who?
 
GameBred

GameBred

I Trade Therefore I Am
Heim said:
Dude doesn't want to play. He looked despondent, tired today. Sure he said all the right things but you could tell something is amiss.

He's a good guy. Bought a home for George Floyd's family....set up a slush fund for WNBA players who didn't want to play over health concerns, and involved in many charities.

He has a savior complex, he wants to save the world. That's why he always looks tired. Basketball low on his list. He'll play tomorrow with a coach he never wanted and a team now favored to win it all, but after this season your guess is as good as mine where he's going. Mentally and physically.
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Fake News. I just checked, UniBron is like 10 win probability points ahead. What are you talking about?
 
Heim

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John Kelly said:
Kyrie Irving missed seven games over 11 days and then played a career-high 48 minutes and 22 seconds and scored 37 points in a 147-135 double-overtime loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday night.

Quick rematch is set for Friday night.

In Wednesday's game, Brooklyn closed a 10.5-point favorite with a total of 226.5 at Circa, Westgate and William Hill.
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Sexton went nuts for the win, however Net loss showed Harden is willing to play a more team oriented game. If it is a sign
of things to come......trophy moves cross country imo
 
GameBred

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I Trade Therefore I Am
Heim said:
Sexton went nuts for the win, however Net loss showed Harden is willing to play a more team oriented game. If it is a sign
of things to come......trophy moves cross country imo
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Different opinions is what makes a market.
 
GameBred

GameBred

I Trade Therefore I Am
Heim said:
Close everywhere now. BRKLYN went from +700 to +300. Lakers a little lower. Geez!
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Not that I don't believe you, I don't trade the NBA so I don't know if BF being 120 ticks above most Fixed-Odds Shops is odd or not.... no pun intended. Maybe I should buy the Nets and short them on the way down :)
 
WildBill

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My thought is the defense wins championships thing might be overrated at the moment. Yes if the Nets played better D we'd be much more confident they could win, but when it comes down to it maybe the reason why defense wins titles is because we have never seen a situation like this. Its easier to have a good D than a good O normally, but I don't know what you do when you face a team that can run it at you so many ways. Long term I don't know if Nash and D'Antoni are the guys I want coaching this team, but their offensive minds combined with the abilities of these three guys makes me think why can't they just outscore everyone when it matters? I'm not really going to read much into regular season games, they clearly have motivation issues at times, but come playoff time I'd love to see what defense can beat them in a series.
 
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boston massacre said:
They Have a Defensive Coordinator ?

It's Not Nash.
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I remember watching a game involving Steve Nash as a rookie with the Phoenix Suns in the mid-1990's.

Utah Jazz point guard John Stockton destroyed Nash every trip down the court.

Nash had no idea how to defend anyone, let alone the great John Stockton.

In his rookie season, Nash averaged only 10 minutes per game.

At the time, I thought Nash would struggle to stay in the league.

Not the case.
 
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John Kelly said:
I remember watching a game involving Steve Nash as a rookie with the Phoenix Suns in the mid-1990's.

Utah Jazz point guard John Stockton destroyed Nash every trip down the court.

Nash had no idea how to defend anyone, let alone the great John Stockton.

In his rookie season, Nash averaged only 10 minutes per game.

At the time, I thought Nash would struggle to stay in the league.

Not the case.
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Tom Thibodeau one of The Best DC in NBA.
 
WildBill

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Watched an interesting video about how some coaches are changing their views on how to play defense. To a lot of old timers and anyone who played basketball "the right way" in the past you would cringe, but the point was instead of just trying to D up and contest everything, the smarter theory is to prevent the 3s and layups style of game that has been mostly proven to be optimal. Give your opponents uncontested 20 footers, switch your assignments and strategies almost at random and basically just make your opponent take the shots you want them to take. This strategy seems weak, but it thrives on the fact that most players in the league can't hit 20 footers anywhere near 50% of the time and limits the two things you don't want to happen on the D end of the court in fouls and using up the energy of your best offensive players. It does call for you to continue to contest 3s, but makes the point that if your opponent makes them there really isn't much you can do about it.
 
Heim

Heim

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Irving is tending to a personal matter, and he will not be in the lineup Tuesday versus the Trail Blazers.


:rolleyes:
 
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boston massacre

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Heim said:
Irving is tending to a personal matter, and he will not be in the lineup Tuesday versus the Trail Blazers.


:rolleyes:
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He's Missing The Whole 4 Game Road Trip.

Family Reasons Reported.

Does The Owner Have To Pay Him For Those Games ?

What The Fuck is Wrong With The Guy ?

Hell of a Talent.

One of Best Handle in League.

Unreliable Mentally.
 
WildBill

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Heim said:
Irving is tending to a personal matter, and he will not be in the lineup Tuesday versus the Trail Blazers.


:rolleyes:
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And who won the game? These guys get regular season breaks, call it paid time off vacation if you want, NBA stars think of regular season games about the same as most of us think of preseason games.
 
WildBill

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All I know is a locked in Harden playing team ball, KD with a lot of rest and Kyrie with his motivation back because it's the playoffs is a scary combo. Plus the role guys they are using now look like a reasonable crew. Not certain they win it, but I can't see betting anyone else.
 
Heim

Heim

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Opened 8.5 and closed 13. Don't think Nets every cut it to 13 after the first.

Joke what's happening...at least fans aren't paying for this 💩
 
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IWishIWasAPro

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I understand guys not wanting to play the entire 82 game slate (even though the money suggests otherwise) for the sake of preserving your body for playoffs but here's the problem with the Nets.

How many games have the big 3 actually started together and played?

I bet not many. Not enough to where you feel comfortable they will compete with quality teams.
 
Heim

Heim

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IWishIWasAPro said:
I understand guys not wanting to play the entire 82 game slate (even though the money suggests otherwise) for the sake of preserving your body for playoffs but here's the problem with the Nets.

How many games have the big 3 actually started together and played?

I bet not many. Not enough to where you feel comfortable they will compete with quality teams.
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Seven
 
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