If you’re Gobert, you’ve just gotta be happy that you didn’t get baptized w/ a pull up 3.

When you frame it for me like that, I think I big part of why I doubt Russ hates him may be because I think fairly highly of Russ’ character, which may or may not be to fault, the answer to which I’ll never know.

What was he supposed to wax poetic about Steph to make you feel good?

The two aren’t mutually exclusive and he didn’t imply they were.

Yup, that’s what happened. Aware of that but doesn’t change my opinion on the matter. Generally feel as though the emotions don’t run as deep for players as it does for some overly invested fans.

Well aware of the history. You can say you guarantee it, but neither of us are privy to their actual relationship or lack thereof. A hard-nosed defender will annoy people on the court, doesn’t mean it’s all that deep off the court.

Cool, thanks for sharing.

It’s possible, but doubt they even hate each other at all. Pat Bev is on record respecting Russ and his game, and imagine Russ respects Bev’s attitude and competitive edge. Their similar approaches to the game explain why they butt heads.

A healthy Nurkic could elevate their ceiling, but spot on analysis right here. The team got profoundly fortunate that Blake and CP3 went down with injuries, and even Rivers got busted up in the final game. They outkicked their coverage last year and this season, but have to improve their roster to avoid early playoff…

How can you look forward to something that’s already been a topic for awhile? Laughable that you compare their approaches when they really aren’t similar beyond being superstars that drive and expect calls. Harden is savvy, Westbrook is physical. All superstars search for calls but Harden is Manu 2.0 with the…

Which is a very fair stance, hard to deal in hypotheticals when reality shows that Harden runs D’Antoni’s system perfectly.

Tbh may be mixing you up, which, gain is on me. My thing is just that both guys make their teams better, as evidenced by Harden and Russ having numerous teammates post career highs in various diff categories.

Curious as to how citing a strawman is being defensive.

Nope, sounds like you’re projecting there, never called anyone stupid or even dumb. Big difference between poking fun at you regurgitating a cliche line that’s factually inaccurate and actually being defensive or on a high horse, especially when I agree that there’s a lot of nuance to this discussion.

Kanter is too much of a defensive liability to justify giving lots of burn in a playoff series, especially against a smart Houston team that baits fouls, but need more McBuckets. The unfortunate thing is that, Donovan has done great with the offensive strategy, but the inability to nail down the proper lineup sans…

Roberson isn’t below average overall, he’s an elite defender and good rebounder who can’t shoot, at all.

Except his teammates and advanced stats, but like, that’s not important.

Didn’t say it altered anything.

“I didn’t say Vegas just picks the line on their own, but solid strawman I suppose.”

“They’re projecting what the gambling public’s consensus is on what’s going to happen as far as win totals.”