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jrueships · 2 years

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IT'S FINALLY FINISHED THANKS TO THE COLLECTIVE EFFORTS OF THE NBA MOOTS!! WE WIN!!!

let's begin 😎

OK so girlboss n malewife position dynamics differ from the str8 up position dynamics cus it relies more on the comparison to another person namean? like standalone steph klay jalen trae ja jimmy, theyre switchy, but shits a lil different here? expect some unexpected tops/bottoms! k so some MORE girlboss people I didn't have room for

Girlboss top: jimmy butler, MICHAEL JORDAN, jaylen brown, Robin lopez, Kawhi, Marcus smart, Rudy gay, Jonas valafuckthisshitbro, ja morant, OG, Fred vanvleet, pat bev, alex caruso LMAO, montrezl harrell, Charles barkley, BOBBYPORTIS WDJHD

Girlboss switch: rj barrett, dennis smith jr, Victor oladipo, collin sexton, de'aaron fox, Zach lavine, d'angelo Russell, immanuel quickley, Brandon ingram, javonte green, danny green, AI, pascal siakam,

Girlboss bottom: Chris Paul (powerbttm paul..), Donovan mitchell, kris dunn, tyrese maxey, keldon johnson, darius garland, dejounte murray, demarcus cousins, GP2, terry rozier, Wendell Carter jr

FOR THE MALEWIVES

Malewife top: boban, brook lopez, joel embiid, lebron, John wall, bam adebayo, myles turner, jarrett allen, royce o'neal, Ivica zubac, juancho hernangomez, Lou will, cade cunningham, shaq

Malewife switch: Jamal murray (confirmed by THE GURU and the guru's BELOVED!!), Devin Booker, luka doncic, carmelo anthony, Rudy gobert, KAT, Jordan poole, dwight howard, Giannis, Jordan clarkson, khris middleton, tyrese haliburton,

Malewife bottom: jrue holiday, Scottie pippen, Tobias harris, KD, Andre drummond, AD (unibrow bro), Jayson tatum, markelle fultz, Jae crowder, Andrew wiggins, Norman powell, Penny hardaway, coby white, jaesean tate, Daniel gafford, Blake griffin

#theres even intricacies in intricacies!#john wall n beal are tough cus it's like they took turns bein girlboss #but in the end theyre just two different spectrums of malewife!#some are wifeboss!! i think giannis would be very wifeboss!#some relationships can be girlbosstopmalewifetop!#LOTS OF PILE ON PILE THINGS TO THINK ABT !!#ted toiletries #THANK U MOOTS FOR THE HELP I HOPE THIS SENDS WELL #cj rlly out here thinking hes girlboss like dame wasnt right there next to him being a girlgod #insane #unrelated note but i actually hate jokics face here so bad WHY DID HE TAKE THAT PHOTO 😭😭#freddie benson ass pose !!

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ballplayersxo · 3 years

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why does everybody hate the clippers 😭??? tf they be doing to y’all lmao I get that maybe cause they also in LA which is a majority laker city but still like everybody from everywhere hates the clippers and I don’t know why? pat bev can be annoying but he’s actually a really cool person off the court he makes jokes about himself too. the pg hate is overdone too but that only 2 players that get people riled up (for nothing really). maybe I’m just crazy but I like the clippers more than the lakers 🤷🏾‍��️

last season they were very unlikeable. the pg/bev and dame situation, lou & morris did too much like especially morris during the luka situation and i don’t even like luka but still, harrell was annoying and liked to cause problems, and overall they just weren’t fun to watch. clippers slander last year was just hilarious too. but this season? i don’t think people even know themselves why they don’t like the clippers. especially on twitter. it’s all groupthink. like with the pg slander, it’s been completely blown out of proportion when it comes to his game. if you dislike him for personal reasons i get that, but acting like he’s a scrub? very unnecessary. hating on the clippers gets easy retweets. i like watching the clippers this season though and annoying as pat bev is, if you’re a fan of the game, you love the energy and intensity that he brings. pg playing like he did in indiana is fun to watch too. i don’t have a problem with them. lakers are just whatever to me, i only care about lebron

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thelaclippings · 3 years

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A Season in Retrospect

So, turns out Kawhi’s knee injury was significantly worse than we thought. I mean, it’s not career ending (at least that we know of), but the reality is that he never was coming back to the 2021 Playoff Picture. Do I think the Clippers handled this information well? Maybe. Do I think the Clippers should do everything in their power to keep Kawhi around long-term? Probably. But do I think betting everything on Kawhi coming back to his prior form justifies selling the farm? Absolutely not.

Here’s the thing: as a Clippers fan I am absolutely happy to see Kawhi having chosen the Clippers as his team of the future two years ago. I was excited to see Paul George traded to LA and not end up in the purple & gold, a year removed from spurning the Lakers in free agency, even if it broke my heart to see SGA heading back to OKC in return. I was happy to watch them piece together a team that could legitimately combat LeBron and his then-new running mate Anthony Davis. But the season came, the Clippers looked great (especially against LA - trust me, I was there opening night in a sea of crying Laker fans) and it took a pandemic to derail everything.

Now, I am not a Bubble-whiner, but was it ideal to have the Bubble be the lasting impression of what it prototypically means to traverse the grueling 82 game season and battle the best of the best? No. The Bubble had it faults, but the Clippers had every shot to win it all just like anyone else that was there. Their collapse is historic and another black mark on the Clipper name, but for me that was greatly the fault of Doc Rivers and his relentless approach at sticking to his guns and NEVER making the unconventional adjustment. He’s absolutely known for it, and the Bubble proved it. Would this have been any different if there had not been the bubble? Maybe not, but the many factors of what happened between stopped play and restarting in the Bubble had more effect than is given credit for (i.e. Montreal Harrell and the loss of his best friend, his grandmother).

This last season showed that the Clippers can be scary when everything is clicking. Yes, other teams suffered injuries throughout the season but the Clippers always appeared to be playing at a 7 with intent to turn it up to 11 when the playoffs came. But their secret weapon was the adjustments Ty Lue was willing to make. If you rewatch each series, you will see the EXACT same formula in each one. Games 1 & 2 were close losses, and by Game 3 the adjustments would kick in. Each series had a young Superstar taking the reigns and showing they were unstoppable. Stephen A. Smith talked about it after every game and even went so far to declare Donovan Mitchell the “greatest Jazz player of all time” based on his performance against the Clippers. Then, the Clippers would put that fire out and the rest of the team would have to pick up the slack. And despite the positive depth of each team (and the universal agreement that the Clippers lacked depth), the Clippers rose to the occasion time and time again.

And when Kawhi went down, we didn’t blink. The momentum of confidence from the coaching staff gave guys like Terrance Mann & Luke Kennard the added support to produce some amazing performances. I firmly believe the Clippers could have won it all had Game 1 of the WCF had a couple calls go our way and PG hit a single Free Throw at the end of Game 2. Then some adequate rest between the WCF and the Finals might have recharged enough for a true run of the Bucks. BUT this isn’t a woulda-shoulda-coulda. Like the team, even I was exhausted by Game 6 following a marathon of games every other day for a solid 3 weeks.

So it’s on to the next season. A chance to let the excitement and accomplishments from this past season settle in and optimism of the future. Except we are now regularly inundated with news about Kawhi and his future with the team and what the extent of his injury might mean. And while it is probably the most unpopular opinion on the internet, I’ll be the first to say it: if Kawhi doesn’t want to be here, then he needs to go.

If Kawhi wants to be in Dallas or Miami, then let him. If his only avenue there is through a sign and trade, then get some quality in return for his loss and move on. Make more adjustments, get into the right groove, and move on.

I’ve watched nearly every game of the last two seasons and Kawhi on the floor is universally the best player. But there are moments - regularly - where I am not confident that he inspires his teammates. He is known to be low-key on his attitude and that can be jarring. I want passion, emotion, excitement. I personally thrive off the energy of others and maybe that’s where seeing Kawhi on TV or from a distance at the Staples Center doesn’t always translate. But PG’s energy does. Even when he’s saying some dumb stuff (Playoff P...) he still seems to have the support of his teammates. Without PG we wouldn’t have kept Reggie Jackson at next-to-nothing. PG might be the reason Reggie sticks around on a reasonable contract over the loads of money another team might throw at him.

Kawhi brought us Ibaka, sure, and barring the injury might have been a really great impact on the playoffs. But it’s the role players that carried us through the playoffs when Kawhi went down. And if Kawhi still had a big hand in keeping them motivated, then let’s not lose him. Let’s hope that matters enough for Kawhi to not only want to stick around but keep this team together.

The idea of trading away the bench in order to bring in another question-mark player is nauseating to me. If we have to lose guys like Patrick Beverly, Marcus Morris, or Terrance Mann, I don’t want to see the return be mid-level guys who need to jive in a new situation. If the return is anyone but Damian Lillard, I don’t want them. No John Wall. No Russell Westbrook. No Ben Simmons. No middle-of-the-road players that don’t truly elevate over what we have. Marcus Morris was once seen as one of these guys, and at his best still is. Why trade him unless you are absolutely certain the guy coming back is better? Pat Bev is the heart of our team, and proved that in crunch time he is still easily the most effective defensive stopper in the league. Don’t believe me, listen to comments from the Jazz series on guys not wanting to get stuck with him on them.

Yes, their contracts are high. And yes, nothing can be done without moving on from these guys. But why does anything need to be done? If there’s one for certain that needs to be addressed, it’s Kawhi. If he is not the leader of this team, which I would argue Paul George has more of the proven leader qualities than Kawhi has outwardly shown, and he might want to play somewhere else, then use his albatross contract and the unknown of his injury and how it affects his future as the last-ditch-effort trade chip to bring some talent back and give us the flexibility.

Would I be opposed to Kawhi-to-Dallas? Mostly, as I don’t like enough of the surrounding talent to come back as collateral. Short of getting every draft pick imaginable from Dallas, guys like Tim Hardaway, Jr. or Kristaps Porzingis don’t give me the confidence that I would want to be traceable assets or reliable otherwise. Hardaway had a great resurgence, sure, but he needs to find a way to Indiana to keep playing for Rick Carlisle. Porzingis on the other hand is still a good player, but has proven he’s not worth the contract and thus untraceable to a third team so you’re stuck with him. And he does not signlehandedly replace what Kawhi brings. I like guys like Maxi Kleber, but then we have so many bigs we wouldn’t know what to do with, and trading away Zubac’s to accommodate incoming bigs would be a huge mistake. I also would hate the combination of Luka & Kawhi from a competitor standpoint. If we ran into Dallas a third time in the playoffs next season, but they now have Kawhi instead, we are toast. Bottom line.

I’d send Kawhi to Miami. Mostly because he would only be our problem if they made it to the finals, and as a basketball fan I’d love to see that Miami team go head to head with the Nets for a couple seasons and see what shakes out. If Kawhi joined Jimmy Butler in Miami, the East would, in my opinion, have effectively balanced itself back out with the West. I also think the return would be better. Guys like Tyler Herro, Duncan Robinson, Kendrick Nunn all have trade value. Get some picks in return as well and we have some quality building blocks. Or truly pull off the incredible by making this trade as a stepping stone to another one that nets the Clippers Damian Lillard.

I’ve tinkered with the NBA Trade Machine and made this work a variety of ways. Sending Ibaka to the Blazers and Kawhi to the Heat allows the Clippers to bring back not just Lillard, but potentially one of Miami’s sharpshooters or even a talent like Jones Jr. or Kanter. Sporting a lineup that includes George and Lillard without giving up guys like Morris, Zubac, Mann, or Beverly would be a huge win. Keeping Rondo for experience and leadership would be welcome though he likely wouldn’t play much, and spending the remaining resources on retaining guys like Nic Batum & Reggie Jackson would be crucial.

All in all, I would hate to see Kawhi leave a team that could have won it if the injury never happened. I would hate to see this team broken up at all. Bring back Batum, bring back Jackson. Bring back guys like Cousins or even Pat Pat (despite his effective 0 minutes played in the playoffs). Leadership and chemistry is the final piece in this already established puzzle.

But if Kawhi needs to follow his own path, then I think the Clippers need to suck it up and move on.

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harrelltut · 8 years

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junker-town · 5 years

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When is Kevin Durant going to get some help?

We have that and more in Thursday’s NBA newsletter.

The Clippers beat the Warriors at Oracle Arena again, winning Game 5 on Wednesday 129-121 to stay alive in the 3-2 series going back to Los Angeles. Kevin Durant had a career playoff high 45 points, but it wasn’t enough as the Clips shot 54 percent from the floor with 10 total turnovers. Lou Williams 33 overall, and 11 in the crucial fourth.

Why is this happening? Why are the Warriors having so much trouble putting the No. 8 seed away? The biggest reason has nothing to do with Golden State or its chemistry or its lack of urgency or its exhaustion after four straight NBA Finals runs or its general ennui with coming end of the dynasty. The biggest reason is that the Clippers are really darn good. You usually don’t win 48 games on accident.

L.A. surprised us by being a playoff contender last year after trading Chris Paul, DeAndre Jordan and (in midseason) Blake Griffin. The team was even better this season, traded Tobias Harris midway through, and kept it up. There is just a lot of evidence here that this team, this collection of players and coaches is really, really good.

Lou Williams is a nightmare cover, Montrezl Harrell is the platonic ideal of the type of he has become, Danilo Gallinari is nice, Patrick Beverley is nasty, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Landry Shamet have no business being this good as rookies, JaMychal Green does stuff, and Doc Rivers is one of the greatest coaches of his generation. It all adds up to something real nice.

The Warriors have Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, and two more All-Stars. This shouldn’t matter. But it does, and Durant (+2 in 41 minutes, Warriors were -10 in the seven minutes he sat) can’t do it alone. Now the Rockets get to rest while the Warriors have to head back to L.A. (where they won Games 3 and 4) to grind with Bev and the Clips some more. This is not how they wanted this series to go.

Scores

Jazz 93, Rockets 100 Houston wins series 4-1

Clippers 129, Warriors 121 Golden State leads 3-2

Schedule

Nuggets at Spurs, 8 ET, TNT Denver leads series 3-2

Quick lookahead so you can plan your Avengers: Endgame and/or wholesome outdoor activity outing: Game 6 of Warriors-Clippers will be Friday night. Saturday will feature either Nuggets-Spurs Game 7 or Nuggets-Blazers Game 1 plus Game 1 of Raptors-Sixers. Sunday will give us either Warriors-Clippers Game 7 or Warriors-Rockets Game 1 plus Game 1 of Celtics-Bucks at 1 ET. And also the most hyped T.V. battle episode ever.

Links

Houston won another really ugly game to clinch their series with the Jazz. Utah had a great season and a flat, disappointing playoffs. I will be so glad to not see Utah’s defensive gameplan again. (Please don’t adopt it Golden State.)

Dame Time! A rundown of every clutch Damian Lillard shot ever. (There are a lot.) Was Dame’s shot bad according to philosophists? In defense of bad shots. Every angle of the shot. Chris Haynes had the lede of the century in his Dame piece. Redefining what a good shot is.

And the other side ... Zito Madu on Russell Westbrook’s inability to overcome Russell Westbrook. Me on the Thunder’s future and the allure of running it back. Dan Devine on buying time.

Inside the final days with Donald Sterling as franchisee of the Clippers, five years ago.

Two ways to attack the Raptors’ excellent defense.

An argument that the Kings should part ways with Luke Walton given the type of defense his lawyer seems to be employing.

The Nets’ rise from laughingstock to respected franchise is truly amazing. Other franchises have no excuses.

Detroit’s playoff crowds prove the city just wants a decent basketball team to root for.

The FBI is now involved in the investigation into accused Big Baller Brand fraudster.

Be excellent to each other.

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