I like his smirk after the reporter said, "You guarded Draymond Green..." Same smirk he gave when the reporter said, "You almost dunked yourself through the rim." He's in a good place right now, and it's great to see that from him.
2 flagrant points away from another suspension as well now
Man, I think most of that is true, but one thing that's stuck out to me is how him and KD seem to have a really awkward relationship. I've watched intently on their interactions, and between the KD FU 3x, and Waiters cashing that dunk last game, and running down the court and ducking KD's head slap very weirdly, I don't know. I'm hoping I'm making too much out of it, but all the court signs to me seem real weird at least. Again, he's in a good place and I hope he stays and grows..
Everything I've read from people who follow OKC is that they are that tight that they do weird stuff, if that makes sense.
I hope for sure. It just doesn't seem that way. But huge props to them for even being in this scenario.
It goes both ways too. Before KD said , Waiters was cursing KD out while passing him the ball lol.
That would be cool but I could also live with him sinking the Raptors.
Defense?! He can't play defense. He was in the Syracuse 2-3 zone for 2 years. He will never be able to play defense.
If you're going to overpay, do it on a player's 2nd contract. At least you'll overpay someone coming into their prime and that may still improve. Lot less risky than other options.
Numbers look good but Thompson had what 19 in a row in a six minute span in the 3rd when his team was not in the game. Green's numbers always look good because of his versatility. Ridiculous or not, numbers or not, they have not been as effective in this series. A stat is created on every play so numbers are going to be accumulated. Both have been good, but both have not been as good as they were when Curry was healthy. On either end of the court.
Actually, I disagree. M2M defense is about a whole lot more than effort. If it was about effort alone, than Kenneth Faried would be a great defender. The nice thing, as I have mentioned before, is that modern NBA man-to-man incorporates so many zone principles that players leaving Syracuse aren't at that much of a disadvantage at all. In fact, I dare say that Syracuse's zone is closer to NBA D than Tony Bennett's pack-line, for example.
