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It's not like he's around scorers outside of KAT. He gets tunnel vision and telegraphs that jump pass going right off the high ball screen. But Gorgui and Brandon Rush aren't scorers.
C'mon, man. He's putting up Allan Houston stat lines. They aren't the deepest team, but Shabazz, Dieng, Casspi and now even Rubio are capable of putting the ball in the hoop. Who's Giannis playing with besides Middleton and he's averaging over 5 apg?
 

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That was an unnecessary pass but fukk it. It worked. Gotta take the good with the bad wit this nikka. Old Pete Marovich ass nikka :mjlol:
 

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Obviously they're better with Durant but I enjoy watching the GS so much more without Durant. With Durant they're just too good. Without Durant and with Curry doing Curry things there's just an organic feel you just can't buy.

People talk about feeling robbed from a competitive aspect but all year I've felt robbed from the perspective of being a fan of Curry. It's almost a waste.
 

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C'mon, man. He's putting up Allan Houston stat lines. They aren't the deepest team, but Shabazz, Dieng, Casspi and now even Rubio are capable of putting the ball in the hoop. Who's Giannis playing with besides Middleton and he's averaging over 5 apg?

I have no problem admitting he's one dimensional. But people aren't adding context all the time. There are times where he absolutely passes the ball to Rubio or Gorgui and Bazz and they just miss the shot.

Giannis has Middleton but I would say he has more shooters around him than Wiggins.
 

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Obviously they're better with Durant but I enjoy watching the GS so much more without Durant. With Durant they're just too good. Without Durant and with Curry doing Curry things there's just an organic feel you just can't buy.

People talk about feeling robbed from a competitive aspect but all year I've felt robbed from the perspective of being a fan of Curry. It's almost a waste.
Yup part of the fun of the Steph experience is the fun factor and the bad shots and ball movement. With Durant the ball moved but not nearly as much. Plus the Warriors seemed to play more controlled. With him out the Warriors are playing loose and just seemingly having a lot more fun out there. Steph is at his best moving around and with him as the focus of the offense everybody is moving more where with Durant you see more isos and less overall team movement.
 

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I have no problem admitting he's one dimensional. But people aren't adding context all the time. There are times where he absolutely passes the ball to Rubio or Gorgui and Bazz and they just miss the shot.

Giannis has Middleton but I would say he has more shooters around him than Wiggins.
What's the missing context though? Even Jabari was averaging more assists this season and Middleton was out pretty much the entire time he was playing. :dame:

I know Lavine's probably their best three point shooter and he's out, but it's a red flag to me. Towns is the clear #1 of that team and I think they need Wiggins to be a much better playmaker to reach their potential.
 

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What's the missing context though? Even Jabari was averaging more assists this season and Middleton was out pretty much the entire time he was playing. :dame:

I know Lavine's probably their best three point shooter and he's out, but it's a red flag to me. Towns is the clear #1 of that team and I think they need Wiggins to be a much better playmaker to reach their potential.

It's an area he needs to be better in along with team defense and rebounding but this is a really bad team. There just aren't many scorers around him and then he gets staggered with the bench which is the lowest scoring bench in the league.
 

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Nah, the Sixers have swap rights with them so it's pretty much a moot point for them to tank.

IIRC they lose the pick entirely if they go past #10. So there is a bit of incentive to make sure they stay within the top 10 or Chicago is gonna eat.
 
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