#wtf was that sixer ball shit?

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i was searching for more schedules to watch and found this older Jazz one in legos.. the person really gave lowry the fuckin hobgoblin lil legs wtf 😭😭

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WTF DID RINKU JUST DO I DONT BELIEVE THIS SHIT 5 SIXERS ON 5 BALLS NO THIS IS A JOKE RIGHT

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March 3, 2021,

Wednesday was such a busy day (fun busy). I woke up at like 11:30 cause I didn’t have class and already finished my work for the week so I figured I’d sleep in. I was hungry and wanted to eat but was going to all you can eat sushi at 1 so I just suffered thru the hunger. But I showered and cleaned up the house while waiting for Joe to pick me up for sushi. It was such a nice day I didn’t even have to wear a sweatshirt so that was also really nice. But anyways I got the sushi with Tash, Joe, Justin, and Aaron. I frickin love that place and want to go every week. But after that I went straight inside to change before picking up Mike for basketball. I parked at Joe’s then walked to the courts with just Mike since the others were already there. It was so sad cause I got a cramp literally just walking to the courts so I knew it was going to be rough running. But it was so nice out and I really wanted to play some ball so it didn’t matter. Got to the courts and saw Teddy, Josh, Joe, Justin, Aaron, Jeff and some other guys I knew. There were a lot of people I knew so it was fun. Anyways I got so tired so fast in the first game. My legs were so tired that my feet literally went numb. This was a wake up call that I need to start doing cardio lol so I’m going to aim to start either running or playing basketball 4 days a week. But my team won the only 2 games I played. I would have stayed longer but the second game ended at 4:30 and I had class at 5 so I had to go. I let Mike take my place on the court since the winning team stays on so Mike just replaced me. I told him I’d drive him home after my class if he just came back to my house, but Justin actually offered to drive him back after they were done which was really nice. Sammi and Jamie also wanted to hangout so I told them to come over while I was in class to hangout on the patio. It was nice having class outside besides for the fact I couldn’t see my computer screen. But luckily class ended after just 25 minutes even though it’s supposed to be over an hour long. So that was a nice surprise. So then I showed the girls my design for the pong table and they wanted to help paint/draw it, so we all went to Walmart to get some supplies (and snacks lol). But while we were in Walmart someone announced over the whole store’s speakers that an ambulance was needed for someone in one of the bathrooms and just had me wondering wtf was going on. Then while shopping I randomly got super light headed and felt like I was going to pass out. Sammi also started feeling like shit and was going to throw up so we quickly left. I dropped the girls off at their apartment then went back to mine and laid down since my head was killing me. I took some Advil and tried eating rice but that didn’t help at all. I also instantly regretted making rice and just wanted some cereal, but the rice was already left over and I felt like I didn’t want to recool it after that. I then picked up Tash to have a sleeve over and watch Deadpool (one of my favorite movies just because of how funny Ryan Reynolds is). We finished the first movie before midnight so we started the second but basically fell asleep at the end so we turned it off. But both were struggling to sleep so I had the genius idea of smoking to fall asleep easier. Tash agreed even tho she was on a ‘t break’. So we smoked but kinda woke up after that so we finished the movie then went to sleep.

I almost forgot, I also made a $5 bet to win $70 that the Sixers will win the NBA finals. I’m not expecting it to happen but the odds were good and the Sixers are looking good this year so I figured I’d take a shot at it.

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‘Rebound jousting’ is an NBA epidemic that’s not stopping anytime soon

Joel Embiid cursing out Ben Simmons for hitting him in the face is the latest example of a rising trend. Here’s why we see it more.

A lot of strange stuff happened in the 76ers’ 119-113 win over the Los Angeles Clippers on New Year’s night. There was a skirmish between Joel Embiid and Patrick Beverley, after which Embiid paid Beverley some respect. There was a shoving match between Jimmy Butler and Avery Bradley later in the fourth quarter, which got both players ejected. We got Ben Simmons sealing the game with this dastardly bit of trickery.

But I want to talk about this particular moment in the third quarter, because it illustrates a trend that’s becoming more and more common. Let’s call it “rebound jousting.”

Embiid to Simmons: “What is he doing? Fighting for a f—ing rebound?!” pic.twitter.com/LtBR5Recuo

— SPORTSRADIO 94WIP (@SportsRadioWIP) January 2, 2019

What’s happening here?

Bradley missed an open three, and both Embiid and Simmons went for the board. Embiid was closer to it, but Simmons instinctively flew in and slammed Embiid in the face while reaching for the ball.

Embiid grabbed the board and immediately cursed while falling out of bounds. As he stayed in the backcourt, the 76ers called timeout. The camera panned back to Joel, who was caught shouting “WHAT IS HE DOING FIGHTING FOR A F****G REBOUND” on the hot mic. That’s clearly directed at Simmons for endangering Embiid’s face on a rebound the Sixers were going to claim easily.

Does this reveal some HUGE RIFT between the 76ers’ two franchise players?

Nope, settle down. Here’s what Embiid said after the game.

Sixers’ Joel Embiid on his frustrated reaction to taking a blow from Ben Simmons during fight for rebound: “I felt an elbow on my face and I kind of freaked out because that’s my same face I had surgery on. That’s why I lost it. It’s a basketball play. Nothing to talk about.” pic.twitter.com/KyvS37GXrI

— Ben Golliver (@BenGolliver) January 2, 2019

Embiid is referring to the orbital bone fracture that kept him out of the end of last year’s regular season.

Even independent of that, you try staying calm in the moment when a teammate smacks you in the face. Frustration is understandable, especially for a hyper-competitive dude like Embiid. It doesn’t mean he hates Simmons forever.

So why’d Simmons go for that board anyway?

The 76ers’ broadcast suggested that Marcin Gortat pushed Embiid into Simmons, causing the collision. I’ve seen Marcin Gortat’s work up close, and yes, he does have a reputation for subtle shoves in the back on rebounds. (I remember Taj Gibson telling me about Gortat’s dark arts during the Bulls-Wizards 2014 first-round playoff series). But I can’t spot much of anything there, even if I slow down the video.

Stat padding is often a culprit in situations like these, hence the more common term of “rebound stealing” that is often associated with these situations.

But it’s hard for me to see this as a case of two guys wanting to improve their stats. That board would have been Simmons’ ninth of the game, It was Embiid’s ninth. There were nine and a half minutes in the third quarter, which would’ve given both plenty of time to get to double digits.

The most likely explanation is the simplest and most boring: two guys who just so happen to be the franchise’s two pillars went for the ball, and shit happened. Embiid wanted that board because he’s a big man that loves to play like one. Simmons wanted that board because it would’ve kick-started another fast break, where he’s at his best. It was an accident.

But rebound jousting is an accident happening more often around the league

Teammates “rebound jousting” with each has become more and more common, but I’ve never seen it more than this year.

The most visible example was when DeAndre Jordan damn near ran over Luka Doncic chasing for this board.

DeAndre Jordan just blatantly stole a rebound from Luka Doncic. It's not the 1st time but you could see Doncic really hated that one. He was like WTF?!? pic.twitter.com/GxrPJTIJHd

— Sportinfo.si (@Sportinfosi) November 3, 2018

This spawned a mini-controversy in Dallas, with ESPN’s Tim MacMahon reporting that the moment was a poignant example of how Jordan “has rubbed teammates the wrong way with what they perceive as selfish play.” Rick Carlisle even admitted that he it was “over the top” and later “addressed” with Jordan.

But there are more mundane examples of rebound jousting every night in the Association if you watch closely enough. I’ve been taking note when I see it happen in the games I watch. Here are just a few examples, pulled at random from my notebooks:

Last I checked, there’s no secret beef between Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Patrick Beverley; or Tony Snell and D.J. Wilson; or Al-Farouq Aminu and C.J. McCollum. These things just happen, at increasing regularity.

But why so much this year?

My theory is simple:

Teams are trying to push the ball, and the quickest way to get it up the floor is to grab it and just go. (Russell Westbrook pioneered this approach to hilarious degrees during his MVP season).

As a response to that (and before it as well), fewer teams actually try to get offensive rebounds.

Let’s unpack that second point. With teams prioritizing transition defense more than ever, league-wide offensive rebounding has dwindled. In 2003-04, 24 of the 29 teams snagged more than 30 percent of their misses. This season, only five have. Last year, only two did. Denver’s league-leading 32 percent mark would have been 16th in 2003-04.

With pace up and actual contested rebounds way down, that leaves tons more rebounds that only one team is trying to get. And when only one team is trying to get those rebounds — and get them quickly to push the ball back at their opponent, at that — there’s a rapidly increasing chance the only obstacle in the way is a teammate. Hence, the rise in rebound jousting.

This is a weird quirk that’s not going away anytime soon, so get used to it instead of wondering if every moment like the Embiid-Simmons one reveals something deeper.

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Morning Wood: Inserting Them Into The Conversation

This site was built for days like this.

For a while now, people have complained that we’re too negative, too cynical, too… whatever. The problem is, for five years we’ve had little to celebrate. No team has won a playoff series since 2012 – when the Sixers beat a decimated Bulls team in the first round – and together they have endured a stretch that we haven’t seen in this town since the early 90s. Since then, at least one team has always made a run– the Flyers in the mid and late 90s, the Eagles in the early 2000s, and the Phillies after that. But since 2012? Nothing. Pure misery in almost all regards. Failed coaching experiments, busts, injuries, tanking, malaise, epic flameouts– you name it, we’ve had it.

Meanwhile, the world has changed around us. Social media, mobile devices, cord cutting and even fantasy sports have changed our consumption habits. The last time a Philly team was truly good (not counting Villanova because the assholes in the comments don’t like it when I do), our system of fandom had us immediately turning to Postgame Live to celebrate and regale. It had us listening to sports talk radio to feed our inner beast. And it had us turning to websites like this one to keep up with the daily deluge of masturbatory takes.

During the absence of quality local sports, regional sports networks have been turned into an unnecessary redundancy, good only for broadcasting games and not much else. Sports talk radio has given way to podcasts, which better serve die-hard fans. And we’ve been forced these last few years to shit on all the things that deserved shitting on, finding our lane only when there was a genuine controversy or to report on the palace intrigue of sports talk radio. But for those who were with us from 2010-2013, when the Flyers made their Stanley Cup run, the Phillies ran a train on the National League for two seasons, and the Eagles stormed out of nowhere during Chip Kelly’s first season, then you know when this site is at its best.

That is all a very long, and very self-serving way of saying that WE’RE FUCKING BACK. Our teams have turned the corner and hit the accelerator. It’s time to dive into the giant pool of coconut oil, rub some on our loins, and get lubricious on our ass, because we have wins to celebrate, opponents to mock, and fucking trophies to grab.

The Eagles are contenders, if not favorites. Go ahead, bask in it.

What they did yesterday to a good Denver defense was remarkable. But it’s not just the sheer volume of points they point up, it’s the efficiency with which they did it.

First of all, they only punted twice, which is stupid.

But they were downright efficient on their touchdown drives:

7 plays, 75 yards

3 plays, 15 yards

6 plays, 75 yards

4 plays, 75 yards

13 plays, 77 yards

3 plays, 11 yards

5 plays, 48 yards

Remove that one 13-play drive, and the Eagles had six touchdown drives with an average of 4.6 plays per drive. Prior to yesterday, the average plays per touchdown drive in the NFL was 7.3, with no team coming in under 5.9 plays. The Eagles were 11th in the league at 6.9 per drive. Yesterday, even if you include the 13-play drive, they were at 5.9 plays per drive. Remarkable. So much for Doug’s dink-and-dunk, tuna can offense. Howie Roseman went out and got him gamebreakers, and Pederson has played to each guy’s respective strengths, scheming up a fucking menu of effective plays to disrobe a defense and leave their nuts hanging out in the sun, which, according to Gabe Kapler, might do them some good anyway.

And the Eagles did it in a variety of ways. The run-pass option to Alshon Jeffery, the shovel pass to Corey Clement, the home run by Jay Ajayi, the deep pass to Trey Burton. Carson Wentz was downright vicious in his ability to quick-strike. He only wound up with 199 yards, but threw four touchdowns. It’s silly, really.

The most impressive thing is the plug-and-play ability. Oh, hey, is our best receiver out? No problem, we’ll put 792-year-old Brent Celek out there in the passing game and then throw a ludicrous deep ball to Trey Burton as we line him up out wide.

Did Darren Sproles go down? No problem, we’ll rely on LeGarrette Blount and Corey Clement for a few weeks and then we’ll go out and get Jay Ajay and his weird-ass partial English accent and he’ll smash a 49-yard run on one of his first carries. And then we’ll rely on Clement some more, because why the fuck not?

What Pederson is doing with the running backs feels A LOT like what Bill Belichick does with running backs– using them unpredictably and playing to each of their respective strengths. It’s a fucking box of chocolates, and you just never know what you’re going to get! Perhaps against Dallas we’ll bite into a thick load of Smallwood, or get blasted by the Jay Train running behind Johnson, or get pounded out by Blount chewing up yards behind Big V. Oops, did I just get sexual? I THINK I DID!

Wtf is this kid doing @CrossingBroad ? http://pic.twitter.com/4cnY0C8yjW

— Bro's Trust Tree (@BrosTrustTree) November 5, 2017

Let’s Wood!

  The Eagles ran out of fireworks

Apologies, we actually ran out of fireworks at @LFFStadium. #FlyEaglesFly http://pic.twitter.com/4uXjPPRSDe

— Philadelphia Eagles (@Eagles) November 5, 2017

This is my favorite thing of the day. They might want to consult with the Phillies 2008 guy– they’re gonna need more of those.

  Ajayi in the dark

Welcome to Philadelphia, Jay Ajayi https://t.co/ECXi6zekFC http://pic.twitter.com/mPfolloPaI

— The MMQB (@theMMQB) November 5, 2017

If you read these dots very carefully, they actually spell out “FUCK YOU, ADAM GASE.”

Probably.

  2004 vs. 2017

2004 Eagles vs. 2017 Eagles, through 9 games. #FlyEaglesFly http://pic.twitter.com/79qRFGi7QP

— Michael Stubel (@MichaelStubel) November 5, 2017

I love this graphic. The similarities are striking. Not identical, but close.

That Eagles defense, with Brian Dawkins, was legendary in its ability to turn the frickin ball over. The game has changed, too, so that offensive output may be even more impressive in retrospective, but they did it with a veteran-laden group whereas this team is doing it with many new faces and a second-year quarterback. That group was more or less destined for the Super Bowl. I’m not sure we’re there with this team yet… but it’s hard to argue with results.

  Demoralized

#Broncos @Derek_Wolfe95 provided Cliff Notes version of loss. #Denver7 http://pic.twitter.com/Mq9pnLRFCC

— Troy Renck (@TroyRenck) November 5, 2017

Ass kicked. Sad. Hurts.

  Rooting for each other

LeGarrette Blount ran from the sideline to the end zone to celebrate Jay Ajayi’s first TD. He was super hype. #Eagles http://pic.twitter.com/jPqLDW5nqQ

— Brandon Lee Gowton (@BrandonGowton) November 6, 2017

I thought I saw Blount in there. He wasn’t on the field. This tells you everything you need to know about Blount as a teammate.

  G Cobb

How Eagles fans are feeling this morning: "Give em some of this HERE!!!" @JOEL9ONE #Eagles #FlyEaglesFly #VictoryMonday http://pic.twitter.com/yZsfWCeo7H

— Alex Holley (@AlexHolleyFOX29) November 6, 2017

I think I just saw him have sex.

  Coots, G and Reader

Sean 1Couturier having a grand ole time at the Eagles game. http://pic.twitter.com/ODm1485b0w

— Zach Siskind (@ZachSiskind) November 5, 2017

While at the @philadelphiaeagles game we ran into @philadelphiaflyers @28cgiroux @MReader24 @sean_couturier @slaughts21 @mandog1990

A post shared by Chris & Kim McBride (@afeagle2) on Nov 5, 2017 at 1:49pm PST

A MATT READ SIGHTING!

  Embiid loves sports

#TrustTheProcess chants at Eagles game with @JoelEmbiid & Justin Anderson on big screen ✌

Joel wearing Philly vs Everybody shirt http://pic.twitter.com/4y3JcfMDFo

— John Clark NBCPhilly (@JClarkNBCS) November 5, 2017

  Four seed

Photo Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports

This isn’t just about the Eagles. The Sixers have arrived. They’re 5-4 and are mere possessions away from being 8-1, just like the Eagles. They, too, have a tough test coming up, with road games against the Jazz, Kings, Warriors, Clippers and Lakers, so we’ll find out more about exactly what sort of team we’re dealing with. But Ben Smmons had another triple-double and JJ Redick lit the building with his shooting in one of the more raucous affairs on Friday. Just like the Eagles, I think we can begin to call the Sixers “good” with confidence. The addition of Richaun Holmes gives them substantially more reliable depth in the middle. I have nothing else to add here, but we have two super fun teams both on the verge of taking the league by storm.

We’re back, baby.

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