Betrayer
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So much Fox usage in that 4th quarter.
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And it cost them the game
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Fox is so bad. Capped by that move right there. You have the lead and you can run out the clock or just let them foul you. What does he do? Try to take the contested shot and get it blocked so NYK gets another shot to win it.
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I see they called in Zach Zarba, the NY native, to officiate this game. I remember how fun that was for the Pistons last year.
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Adam got what he wanted.
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Moving Thompson would be the dumbest thing this team could do. Cade is the engine that makes your offense exist. Thompson is the engine that makes your defense exist. The defensive turnaround for this team was night and day when he came into the starting lineup and his on/off stats prove it as well (on both ends). Obviously I'm in favor of moving Duren for numerous reasons, but let's ignore the money stuff and just talk about this notion that you can't have two non-shooters starting. I don't buy it. This was one of the final 8 teams standing and very close to being one of the final 4. However, you can't do it with Tobias as your starting 4 and Robinson as your starting 2. If Tobias shot 40% from three and was willing to take all the open threes they kept getting him in the playoffs then things look very different. Replace him with a competent and willing shooter (who can defend a bit) and this team is at least in the ECF against a Knicks team they dominated in the regular season. Same with Duncan. Replace him with someone who is still a solid shooter, but adds either shot creation or defense (both would be tough since that's an All-Star). I have no ideas what trades are out there to make my plan happen, but they're obviously bringing Duren back. It would be monumentally dumb for them to compound one bad move (overpaying Duren) with an even worse move (trading Ausar).
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It was never about his skill and always about his attitude and approach to the game.
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They'll say it's player coddling...sorry, "relations". We wouldn't want to upset the pampered star making 30-40 mil a year by allowing the market to set his value.
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Exactly. Pistons have all the leverage here if they let him test the market...but they won't.
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Spurs are showing their youth.
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Weaver drafted a lot of these guys. He gave up future assets to bring in Stew. He traded up for Sasser as well. They have a lot of Weaver's favorites they can dangle. Ideally, I'd love for it to be Duren, but I doubt the organization will do it.
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I'm sure it's a tough decision for him. Who does he favor? On the one hand, having a title in NYK would be huge for league $$$. On the other hand, he gave Wemby to the Euro team (Spurs) to increase the interest in that market for eventual expansion. It's basically a win/win for him.
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His FG% actually went down. He simply had more usage, taking 11.5 shots per game instead of the 7 shots he took the year before when we had Beasley and THJ chucking instead. Rebounds were flat. Assists went down. Stocks went down. Turnovers went up. So, basically JD is getting paid for usage, not improvement.
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The good news is this is just another story. I've heard reports of 36M, 37M, 40M, and now this one for 44M. This is a lot of guessing. My only hope is that it's closer to 35 than 40M. I'd obviously prefer 25-30M, where he actually belongs, but we all know that's not happening. I do love how defenders of this always justify it with, "He's only 22 so he'll get better", but nobody can offer up an answer for WHAT he'll get better at. What skill does he have that we're betting on him improving? Dunking? He's shown zero ability to be a stretch 5 and you don't suddenly learn defensive instincts and gain perimeter footspeed. I'd be more willing to bet that this season was his ceiling than that he will suddenly turn into a Embiid, Jokic, or even Gobert.
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If you're giving me other options, then yeah, I'd much rather S&T Duren for Trey Murphy.
