The Official NBA Season Thread: NBA Cup Begins | Embiid Debut | Klay Return
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He didn’t play 3 games without any starts in 2009- 2010 for them? Asking because I remember him subbing in mid 1st qtr and subbing out before the qtr was over and the scene between him and Lionel Hollins was Epic. It was against the kingsAI went to Denver then Detroit & was not the catalyst for each team’s downfall.
Never played a regular szn game in Memphis.
Went out on his farewell tour back home.
These two are not the same
AI ain’t never come off nobody’s bench, **** he look like?
Against the lakers that year he was yelling y’all need to double Kobe to the coaching staff and Hollins told him shut up before I make you guard him one on one.
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Grizzlies could've used Russ
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I would actually love to see Draymond on a different team.
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can never blame him for leaving or going to
GS. If he didn’t, he never would have have a chance to play real basketball at the highest level.
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You saw it the year Klay and Steph were hurt. Just another guy averaging less than 10 pts getting T’D up and losing games.
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Draymond as THE GUY (which he never be) on GSW without Steph and Klay =/= Draymond as a complimentary piece on another team
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Dawg has been BABIED for the past how many years.
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But I said this season
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What team draymond going to next year ?
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He exceeded the timeline for the injury by months and when he came back he had another setback. Don't know how that was expected. Part of the reason people (foolishly) picked them to win it all is because they expected him to be ready to go
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Meh, KD threw the series against GS in 16 and ran from the grind when they were going to have a much stronger team the next season to. He's not a leader which is fine. He went to the finals and multiple conference finals with Russ.
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He got another year left then he gon come home to KlutchTown on a vet minimum
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I’m not denying his timelines aren’t crazy. His minutes restriction got lifted a minute ago and he’s missed the games other stars have.
I say all that to say this, it’s #noexcuses
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People always talk about "KD went to the Finals with Russ" after him leaving in 2016 as if that **** was recent. It was 4 seasons prior 
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The grind was always going to be tough for him with Russ as his running mate. It was only going to get worse as his athleticism declined. After several years he’d had enough. The same Russ you see now was the same Russ back then. Many of us on here were on that early. People on here were blinded by the athleticism and dunks, all while we were called madmen. The bad decision making, no jumper and turnovers were there then as well. What you see now with Russ is what it has always been. Terrible basketball. Most athletic point guard ever though. No doubt.
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One of the most memorable moments of my TV life and NBA history period.
This "grind" talk is hilarious... Y'all dudes severely underestimate how good these dudes are. Even the worst player in the league would wash 98% of the ballers in high school/college. It's a grind just to be a role player with a few minutes. Imagine how much of a grind it is to actually become and stay an elite player for a decade plus. Fans today are a big problem with the product. Instead of talking about the game itself, cats will talk about people's legacies after every game. Y'all don't get tired of that shxt? At the end of the day KD, Westbrook, Steph, Bron, Kawhi and whatever other elite player y'all hate on will all be in the hall of fame.
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There have been worse teams than the 22-23 Houston Rockets but none more unserious.
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It's people on flat earth really usher sideways sliding to tell me his handles were as good as Kyries. Nasty stuff.
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