battle of the hoops unicorns

but it wld be good to get a look at the zinger on a functional/team org, seeing dirk on that list of seven footers who managed big minutes and usage makes me wonder if his goto elbow shot wasnt just employed so much cause it was effective but also cause it didnt use that much energy, zinger shd just practice that shot lol

from Lowes piece:

• Porzingis has hit half of his shots in three of his past 16 games. He doesn't rebound or pass enough; his go-to move is catching the ball 15 feet from the rim, whipping around without taking a dribble or scanning the court, and launching. When he's going badly, Porzingis almost looks like a rich man's Harrison Barnes -- a guy who gets buckets one-on-one in the middle of the court, but doesn't really elevate his team in doing so.

anybody got insider access? http://www.espn.com/nba/insider/story/_/id/22665881/ranking-giannis-antetokounmpo-anthony-davis-25-best-nba-players-25

I voted KAT, who I predict is not going to be a consensus winner here due to his conspicuous defensive failings. otoh, I predict he will be extremely durable physically and have a long and very productive career, during which time, if he starts to get to the playoffs regularly, he'll improve his defense enough to not be a liability.

Embiid may surpass KAT in my esteem in the next few years, but his durability is open to doubt. As a Blazer fan, I've seen too many talented bigs go down in flames with shortened careers due to injury.

I get bad vibes from KAT

what kind of bad vibes?

Admittedly haven't seen a whole lot of him, but from what I have seen he strikes me as lacking qualities that old dudes like me value: heart, toughness, fire, things of that nature. I can't see building a champ-caliber team around him.

The unanswered question on KAT: is he Shaq-style unserious or Dwight-style unserious?

i was down on kat bigtime upthread for playing some of the worst defense ever but since then hes been totally better that fast improvement is heartening imho, on the flipside zingers stock is fn down exhaustion then injury does not bode well

yeah man zinger has dropped significantly.

https://www.theringer.com/nba/2018/3/23/17153784/giannis-antetokounmpo-nikola-jokic-unicorns-bucks-nuggets

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i voted

it’s fuckin embiid btw

it’s fuckin embiid btw

yup

embiid prob wld win unanimously if not for the injury concerns

this is the minors tho the real poll is giannis v brow

brow is def above giannis atm

lot of ppl like giannis long term tho

simmons
embiid
giannis
brow

might make a good pt 2

hmmm now you have to make the poll thats the rules

ill wait to see who wins this one then bump them up to the bigs

eesh

Knicks owner James Dolan says Kristaps Porzingis may miss all of next season while he recovers from ACL surgery. 😱 https://t.co/LhYBNKqbcZ pic.twitter.com/aAs8qana1f

— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) April 19, 2018

wtf, complications or is just cos he's a giant? horrible news.

sounds like it cld just be dolan running his mouth tbh

“I’ve been told everything from December to him being out for the season, so I don’t know what to expect on that,” Dolan told the New York Post’s Larry Brooks this week. “But we can’t just sit on our ass while he’s away. We need to develop a team and then integrate him into it when he comes back.”

love when dolan gets more involved

he shd def take on the project of developing a team

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battle of the hoops unicorns —2—

jokic last huh

I am shocked to think ilh may have failed to accurately predict the future

the thing u have to be able to do is project into the future

― lag∞n, Monday, December 25, 2017 3:28 PM (ten months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

told u but u dont listen

i definitely voted for jokic here even though there's no proof

unicornism is out of style now

jokic

just gonna post "jokic" to this thread every couple of weeks now to let everyone know that I always believed in and continue to support big honey

jokic averaging 25.5/12.2/8.5 this month on a .606 TS%, frankly absurd stuff

http://bkref.com/tiny/oJa02

the 20-7-7 club :o

im glad he's figuring out how to be assertive and act like he knows he's the best player on the court on most nights.

https://www.sbnation.com/nba/2020/1/15/21065775/jaren-jackson-jr-highlights-memphis-grizzlies-stats-video-unicorn

just gonna post "jokic" to this thread every couple of weeks now to let everyone know that I always believed in and continue to support big honey

― k3vin k., Monday, January 28, 2019 2:37 PM (two years ago) bookmarkflaglink

credit where its due kevin said jokic and he was right

but on the other hand he only said it because jokic plays for his team

kevin started saying jokic then everyone started saying it now hes gonna be mvp and hes still a beefy boi, gotta love it

technically i was the first person on this board to believe in jokic

also i only said zinger itt for fun

reread the first half of this thread and my my how much has changed in 3 and a half short interminable years

it’s fuckin embiid btw

― k3vin k., Wednesday, April 18, 2018 7:20 PM (three years ago) bookmarkflaglink

Kev you voted embiid tho