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Yea, Book just stuck to his role which was mostly knock in corner 3's.
Tatum deserved better but USA won so it's hard to complain.
I'm still a fan of Kerr.
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Kerr sucks. Love the guy, but he sucks.

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It's popular this year to shit on Kerr.
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pdub wrote: Mon Aug 12, 2024 7:56 am Yea, Book just stuck to his role which was mostly knock in corner 3's.
Tatum deserved better but USA won so it's hard to complain.
I'm still a fan of Kerr.
On a team as stacked as the US, it's impossible for someone not to be left out.

Haliburton has as much right to complain as Tatum imo. At least Tatum had KD and LeBron ahead of him, who are both arguably better than him. Haliburton has Jrue and White ahead of him, and he's absolutely better than both of them.
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Driving to the basket with unstoppable force is LeBron's specialty.
Midrange to long range jumpers are KD's specialty.
Tatum can do both but not to the degree of either of them.

KD came off the bench for most of the games this tournament - I think Tatum started as many games as he did ( Edwards didn't start a game ). I figured both Tatum and KD couldn't be on the court together. But it was Booker who came out ahead in that 2 spot ( which I called out might happen in April ) over Ant.

As far as Haliburton, he's just not as good a defender as Jrue and White...but he definitely is better than both of them.
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randylahey wrote: Sun Aug 11, 2024 10:54 am
pdub wrote: Tue Apr 30, 2024 10:31 am I think Tatum is a better player than Durant at this moment so I'd put him at the SF spot.
If you could somehow get Durant and Tatum on the court together, I'd do that, and bench Anthony Edwards ( he's a stud but so is everyone on the roster ).
Lol. That sure didn't age well
Not really a gotchya when I said I think Durant had a better chance at minutes and that I wouldn't be surprised if Booker starts.
( note the post you quoted reads "I think Tatum is better" not Kerr will play Tatum over KD )

Read up moran:

"One person we ain't mentioning is Booker. I could see him starting over Edwards as well. His metrics also are better than Edwards...Booker is an elite scorer and facilitator. For me, I think Tatum is a better player than Edwards and Durant but I’m guessing he has less a chance to start than either of them bc Durant gets first look at the spot bc he’s a vet and you want a bit more speed at SG."

viewtopic.php?p=400617#p400617
viewtopic.php?p=400630#p400630

Also, whoopsies.

"Benching Edwards is insane."

viewtopic.php?p=400596#p400596
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if i had nickel for every one of randy’s posts that didn’t age well…
Have we fallen into a mesmerized state that makes us accept as inevitable that which is inferior or detrimental, as though having lost the will or the vision to demand that which is good?
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Looping back to Embiid, he had one really important stretch in the end of the Serbia game - but it's that kind of shit ( taunting the fans after their win ), along with the aforementioned hustle on maybe half the plays, that makes it hard to like him.

I don't think peak AD is as good as peak Embiid but you get more from AD more consistently.
You could see how bad AD wanted gold throughout this tournament.
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Embiid enjoys being the villian. He loves the attention.

Tons to like about Embiid. He's undoubtedly a hard worker, as evidenced by how awesome he has become since entering the NBA.

But he's also a flopper and a whiner.


I like him. If he weren't a Jayhawk I probably wouldn't.
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Durant is still one of my favorite NBA players.
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Booker still has some messourah taint on him.
He is really good though.
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jhawks99 wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 11:12 am Booker still has some messourah taint on him.
He is really good though.
UK taint
Just Ledoux it
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TDub wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 11:23 am
jhawks99 wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 11:12 am Booker still has some messourah taint on him.
He is really good though.
UK taint
Melvin says hello.

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RainbowsandUnicorns wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 11:54 am
TDub wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 11:23 am
jhawks99 wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 11:12 am Booker still has some messourah taint on him.
He is really good though.
UK taint
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now do Devon.

he has double stank then...
Just Ledoux it
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Devon who? Dotson? I have no idea where his parents went to school.
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oh Jesus christ

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TDub wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 4:27 pm oh Jesus christ

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Kerr out as HC, per Sporting News
Have we fallen into a mesmerized state that makes us accept as inevitable that which is inferior or detrimental, as though having lost the will or the vision to demand that which is good?
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