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Wasn't he missing tendons in his knees?
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Wasn't he missing tendons in his knees?
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League changed so much. And Blair had a horrible knee if I recall. In another era, with good health, he’s probably one of those perennial 17 and 10 guys.
Farried too. Guy went from a great contributor to “outdated” seemingly overnight. I remember accidentally catching him in a summer league game at a bar with my brother and we were both in awe. Guy was dunking everything in sight, rebounding, hustling all over...just a step ahead of everyone athleticism and hustle wise. He was a player...in another era that didn’t require it’s 4’s to be ball handlers and perimeter threats.
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I was obsessed with Kenneth Faried. I vividly remember trading for him in 2K and developing him into a post-scoring god to go along with his absurd rebounding too lol.
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He was so much fun. I was literally bummed out when the game phased him out.
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I think another thing that killed Faried (and many other players like him) is that teams eventually figured out that being a great rebounder and hustling like crazy doesn't mean you're a good defensive player. He went from being perceived as a hustle guy/good defender to just a hustle guy and that's just a lot less valuable. Same thing happened to Tristan Thompson.
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It’s amazing. And that was before the playoffs started. Now that the playoffs are here, I kinda think, and I don’t say this lightly at all, that when we get back to “normal” I’m gonna be waxing poetically about that year(I hope) when the playoffs were held in the bubble. This on its own is amazing, if you ignore all the other BS that caused it.
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But I think that’s related to teams playing guys at the 4 who in past years would’ve been 3s, based on offensive skills.
He could’ve guarded the “old school” 4s, just fine.
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Apparently the game hours have lead to quite a bump in European gambling on the games so much so NBA may work some more afternoon action in the future
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Yeah I think he was missing an ACL or something? Not great!
Fun (?) fact: Kenneth Faried is 30 years old. Dude played for team usa!
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Oops.
Orlando are the kings of game 1 it appears.
Orlando beat Toronto last year in game 1. Toronto won the title.
Milwaukee is going to beat Orlando this series.
If they don’t that is the biggest choke job in NBA history.
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Don Nelson was 25 years ahead of his time. Webber ruined it by not wanting to play Center and demanding a trade.
* I used to bench George Zidek and roll with JR Henderson at center on Coach K for Sega. Edney-Bailey-Obannon-Obannon-Henderson. Visionary.
Don Nelson was 25 years ahead of his time. Webber ruined it by not wanting to play Center and demanding a trade.
* I used to bench George Zidek and roll with JR Henderson at center on Coach K for Sega. Edney-Bailey-Obannon-Obannon-Henderson. Visionary.
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It would have been stupid for Boston to draft Ball [who was being mocked to then at #3 amidst rumors that the Lakers were going in another direction], when they had a glut of guards -- including a lead guard who played a lot who wasn't a good shooter [Smart]. Drafting a taller version of the same player wouldn't have made sense.
Taking a quality 3, however, made a lot of sense. Especially because Boston's lineup was "weak" at small forward. There were two WF's that year who were projected as high picks, a kid from Kansas who was similarly perimeter challenged and Tatum. Having seen him at Duke, I was vociferous about the C's drafting him. Knew he had the potential to be very good. Didn't expect him to be as great as he is.
Portland’s perimeter defense will be there undoing once LeBron starts driving the ball.
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Melo's been blown by twice. He's holding his own on the O end tho.
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Melo really did himself a favor by using the COVID-19 season postponement to work himself into peak shape. Especially for someone his age -- playing lighter has put an extra bounce in his step.
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He really is. He was playing pretty well just 4-5 games ago but he looks lost out there of late.
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Yep, if Bron is blowing by you, so be it, he's Bron. He has not been terrible on D and he has his role on O.
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