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There is, however, one player who's developed a reputation for duping defenders with his body language—so much so that he was singled out by Barnes, former player Caron Butler and also Mavericks rookie Dennis Smith Jr.

"Any time Manu puts his hands on his knees, he's getting the ball," Smith said, referring to San Antonio Spurs veteran Manu Ginobili.

Said Butler: "Manu is the king of that. He always puts his hands on his knees and acts like he's out of the play, and that's almost always followed by a cut and him getting the ball."

And then there are players like Sixers rookie Ben Simmons, who acknowledged not caring for treaties made between opponents.

"You should be playing hard every time you step on the floor," Simmons said. "Guys get paid to rebound. You don't know if the ball's not coming to you. When someone says that, or that they're not really picking me up full-court, I know I got you."

And so, Simmons said, he's developed a routine for handling those moments.

"They ask me if I'm going, and I usually say 'No' then go for the rebound," he said. "Maybe after that they learn their lesson."

are these crazy tight standing in the west historically unprecedented or does it just feel that way?

I can't recall anything quite this extreme in terms of a playoff seeding traffic jam happening this late in the season.

this is crazy. there's often a couple teams fighting for the 8th seed or a couple others shuffling around in the middle seeds but to have 5-9 still un-clinched with 2 games left is not normal.

love to clinch 9

https://cleaningtheglass.com/stat-of-the-week-jokics-d/

ban falk makes the case that jokic is an underrated (even good) defender. echoes what I've been saying for a little while about importance of rebounding to defense, and also adds to that his low foul rate and apparent ability to keep opponents from getting off shots close to the rim

are these crazy tight standing in the west historically unprecedented or does it just feel that way?

― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, April 9, 2018 1:27 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

gotta be

lol mitchell nice

love that 'players taking plays off' article. ive done that for years in pickup ball nice to know the pros do it too.

yeah good piece, cooperation between competitors is an interesting phenomenon, in cycling its a huge deal and theyre completely bitchy and vindictive towards guys who dont obey the unwritten rules

ben simmons pvmic

saying shit like that as a rookie well i have no choice but to tip me cap

in cycling its a huge deal and theyre completely bitchy and vindictive towards guys who dont obey the unwritten rules

tbh this is probably the best part about cycling

i love how cycling is low key the most lunatic sport

i feel like most americans think it's this wussy sport practiced by skinny wimps when like have the guys are competitive sociopaths

also ppl literally die

and theyre all juicing

kind of have to be that kind of person to succeed in just about any individual sport

well like tennis those guys have dedicated their lives since childhood but a lot of it is predicated on being able to see and hit a ball good where cycling you need extreme pain tolerance

its insanely gnarly

The Armstrong saga was madness, imagine if that would have been Kobe or Brady

Kobe would have agreed to "retire" and play baseball for the Angels instead of getting suspended or banned.

Armstrong i think was even among sociopathic sports maniacs a pretty singular figure of evil.

yeah he seems like he cld be an actual medical sociopath

WOJ BOMB

The Cavaliers are signing 13-year NBA vet Kendrick Perkins with final roster spot for playoffs, league sources tell @Mcten and me. Perkins played part of season at G League affiliate after Cavs released him in preseason.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) April 10, 2018

lol

man props to perk for loving the game that much that he's grinding in the G league

otm

crazily late addition wonder what the cavs are thinking

fucking malone subs jokic out with a minute to go in the second quarter with two fouls in a must win game and the blazers promptly go on a 6-0 run to close out the half, nice

its ok at least you're not at home losing to the kings by double digits in a must-win-to-clinch game

unlessss...are you the spurs?

fucking malone subs jokic out with a minute to go in the second quarter with two fouls in a must win game and the blazers promptly go on a 6-0 run to close out the half, nice

― k3vin k., Monday, April 9, 2018 10:07 PM (nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

if they can't survive 1 minute without jokic to close a half......

there was just no reason to take him out with 2 fouls there!

nice lil run here

the spurs are in the playoffs, so hopefully i can get some free coffee soon

shabazz napier is just brutal to watch

he had a solid run in mid-season but has regressed quite a bit as of late

this is like a game 7 no one can make a shot but every possession is huge

xp to myself ok I didn’t realize jokic had played the whole half

murray choosing an unfortunate time to have a bad game

milsap too. still their game to lose despite it

great pass by jokic

wow barton needs to take a deep breath

put in harris

(gary)

yeah that pass by jokic was sick, as was murray’s cut

dont think they can overturn this

WOW

bizarre call change there

that seemed *clearly* like denver ball!