highlight from my sonics-fan-turned-bandwagon-okc-fan friend's and my text thread from last night:
J: Not into this brand of "basketball". ... Hoisters rule. You have two great hoisters. ... Let me know how your hoisters play against the East. Spottie: The cavs been hoisting more than the warriors btwJ: Nope. They SHOOT threes, not jack them. There is a difference. My game is gone. Enjoy your game. Spottie: wtf are you on about?J: I don't like how your team plays, at all. I'm into tough, not cute. ... Bird/Payton, not Curry/Thompson. Enjoy. Spottie: why u gotta harsh my vibeJ: Perhaps defense will return? Probably not. Hoisters rule.
Spottie: The cavs been hoisting more than the warriors btw
J: Nope. They SHOOT threes, not jack them. There is a difference. My game is gone. Enjoy your game.
Spottie: wtf are you on about?
J: I don't like how your team plays, at all. I'm into tough, not cute. ... Bird/Payton, not Curry/Thompson. Enjoy.
Spottie: why u gotta harsh my vibe
J: Perhaps defense will return? Probably not. Hoisters rule.
― Spottie, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 03:44 (seven years ago) link
get new friends
― Nhex, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 03:45 (seven years ago) link
your friend disapproves of players making baskets?
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 03:46 (seven years ago) link
xp nah he's fun to raz with. i lost a seahawks vs 49ers bet a couple years back to him and had to where his seahawks helmet at work for the whole day.
also pretty sure he is an alcoholic and he's always drunk during these text threads. he sends my a simple text saying "sorry." pretty much every morning after a game
― Spottie, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 03:48 (seven years ago) link
xp apparently!
― Spottie, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 03:50 (seven years ago) link
how dare they make fantastic unbelievable 3-point shots at a 45% rate
― Nhex, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 03:54 (seven years ago) link
"Bird/Payton"
― Sufjan Grafton, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 03:58 (seven years ago) link
Nhex otm. You deserve better. And sometimes better is closer than you think...
― Jenny Ondioleeene (Leee), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 03:58 (seven years ago) link
Not that this has anything to do with anything, but sometimes I look at the halftime score and don't watch the rest of the game just because I care. So. Much.
― Jenny Ondioleeene (Leee), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 03:59 (seven years ago) link
who the fuck thinks bird and payton were the same era, unless he means walter payton
― balls, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 04:00 (seven years ago) link
o wait seattle, he means sue bird
leee haha
― Spottie, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 04:04 (seven years ago) link
yeah he def meant sue bird lol
― Spottie, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 04:05 (seven years ago) link
what a hoopsdolt, hoisting is dope
― 6 god none the richer (m bison), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 04:07 (seven years ago) link
"Hoisting" v "shooting 3s" a comparison not unlike Eddie Murphy "yea I FUCKED her...but I MAKE LOVE to you" reasoning
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 04:09 (seven years ago) link
i'm only into dunks
― Clay, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 04:13 (seven years ago) link
I prefer bloopers
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 04:16 (seven years ago) link
We're all a bunch of chucker chasers.
― Jenny Ondioleeene (Leee), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 04:17 (seven years ago) link
lmao
― Spottie, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 04:20 (seven years ago) link
Champs, these?Bitch, pleaseAnyone can hoist threesIt's shit basketball to me
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 04:31 (seven years ago) link
lol
― marcos, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 10:19 (seven years ago) link
ok that exchange has sold me on wanting the dubs to win
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 13:00 (seven years ago) link
everyday i'm hoistlin'
― ulysses, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 17:16 (seven years ago) link
just because i didn't see much conversation about it in the media: though donovan's coaching was generally pretty astute, the decision to let Adams and Ibaka follow Steph and Klay to the perimeter in that last game was a terrible one.after the spurs/dubs series, I have come around to Adams as an elite player and possibly top five center. curious to see if his body can stand up to the pain he's putting it through and deliver the same results in '17.
― ulysses, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 22:39 (seven years ago) link
Adams had a good playoffs but idk if he's better than many of the other good centers that people forget about since they're on bad teams like vooch and gobert
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 23:15 (seven years ago) link
http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/hollinger/statistics/_/position/c
― Spottie, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 23:17 (seven years ago) link
id def rather have adams than vuch or golbert his combination of mobility athleticism and finishing is perfect for todays nba, vooc cant defend and gobert is slow as heck
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 23:23 (seven years ago) link
+obvs a total gamer
adams is great feel like he needs to add one more thing to his game to be elite. he prob could have some playmaking ability if he played on another team.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 23:27 (seven years ago) link
if he cld get his dive game stronger he cld be really good, he doesnt really explode out of the pnr like he cld, hed be unstoppable
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 23:28 (seven years ago) link
yeah that's one he could add too.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 23:31 (seven years ago) link
hes reasonable in the pnr now but he often doesnt use his athleticism like he cld
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 23:33 (seven years ago) link
feel like he's a younger version of current boguts.
― Spottie, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 23:38 (seven years ago) link
I think it's unconscionable that you lot are praising a guy with a hipster mustache.
― Jenny Ondioleeene (Leee), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 23:47 (seven years ago) link
why is adams so bad in the advanced stats
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 23:52 (seven years ago) link
advanced stats suck at evaluating centers also he wasn't that good until late in the season + playoffs
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 23:54 (seven years ago) link
he was really inconsistent all year.
― Spottie, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 23:55 (seven years ago) link
i always believed in him the archives will show
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 23:58 (seven years ago) link
he rebounded at a much higher rate in the offs is the biggest thing
― ciderpress, Thursday, 2 June 2016 00:00 (seven years ago) link
― ulysses, Thursday, 2 June 2016 00:08 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yr-TS44GqJY
― Spottie, Thursday, 2 June 2016 00:13 (seven years ago) link
dude put on real weight. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jubbI95bU2Y"they got tables? tables on planes? that's amazing."cf Adams' "Perkins' silverback" anecdote with his later "fast little monkeys" comment.
― ulysses, Thursday, 2 June 2016 00:25 (seven years ago) link
xp nice as those are (and he gets more elevation than adams), they don't quite have the ferocity of some of SA's playoff dunks think i saw about eight of these:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeiSZAgSggU
― ulysses, Thursday, 2 June 2016 00:30 (seven years ago) link
he's really strong, and only 22
― Spottie, Thursday, 2 June 2016 00:32 (seven years ago) link
dams is great feel like he needs to add one more thing to his game to be elite. he prob could have some playmaking ability if he played on another team.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, June 2, 2016 9:27 AM
imo a little david west style elbow jumper would be perfect
and yeah playing for carlisle or stotts
― micah, Thursday, 2 June 2016 11:20 (seven years ago) link
― Jenny Ondioleeene (Leee), Wednesday, June 1, 2016 1:59 PM
i still havent watched game 7 tbh
― micah, Thursday, 2 June 2016 11:25 (seven years ago) link
imo a little david west style elbow jumper would be perfect― micah, Thursday, June 2, 2016 7:20 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Was just thinking this, basically that short jumper ibaka used to use before they shoved him out to the line, could be a good option for Russell drives that get squashed or just a way to add some shell game to the p-n-r with Russ
― gis for westbrook shark jump (agent hibachi), Thursday, 2 June 2016 15:51 (seven years ago) link
i kinda love centers who never ever shoot from further than 3 feet
― lag∞n, Thursday, 2 June 2016 15:54 (seven years ago) link
its happening - the finals
― moullet, Thursday, 2 June 2016 16:09 (seven years ago) link
nervous
― marcos, Thursday, 2 June 2016 16:13 (seven years ago) link