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This doesn’t really undermine his point. In fact, kind of supports it. What made Dirk flourish and what makes Giannis special is that they are not traditional, back to the basket bigs.
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This doesn’t really undermine his point. In fact, kind of supports it. What made Dirk flourish and what makes Giannis special is that they are not traditional, back to the basket bigs.
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How is Giannis not a big man?
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The league knows that the only teams that were really able to compete with the Warriors dynasty all had length and a bunch of 6'9"-6-11" dudes who could guard 3 or more positions.
This is still a big man's sport
This is still a big man's sport
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Just because you're tall, doesn't make you a big man. Giannis is a traditional SF. You know that
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Giannis is a small forward lmao
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What's 2019 minus 1999? Either way, you still...
Took 1 statement out of context and...
Further made my point. Thx buddy
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Giannis is a big. He's 6'10-6'11". Just cause he doesn't play back to the basket doesn't mean he ain't a big. Dude averages a gang of rebounds and blocks shots no?
Call him a SF, call him a guard, I dont care. He's 6'11" with a center's wingspan.
Call him a SF, call him a guard, I dont care. He's 6'11" with a center's wingspan.
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Clippers should win 60+ or their season is a failure.
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Yes giannis is a small forward and a "small ball" 4. And in no way is he a traditional, back to the basket, big man
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I don't know that
. Pretty sure Giannis scores all his points in the paint and guards the rim on defense. Also is 7 foot tall.
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So if Giannis ain't a big, then what is AD, who is damn near the same height and plays a similar game? In fact, AD got better shooting from distance and mid range than Freak yet AD labeled a "PF" Lol
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these are trash period.
shows the effort to cash in on the mystique of a side of brooklyn that's quickly dying because of the very "renovations" to the many neighborhoods brought on by the construction of the barclays center in particular.
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destroy that very culture you took advantage of and replace it with some mallified version
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I'm ok with whatever you call him. But you can't put his name into a conversation as proof that you need rim protecting, brick wall screening, dirty work doing big men.
For the record, kd is a 7 footer with a 7 foot wingspan, that can rebound and defend...does that make him a center?
Don't lose sight of what YOUR original point was. Within your original point, the Lopez brothers, nurkic etc were good examples. Giannis is not, because he doesn't fit that mold.
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My OG point is this: teams need to stack their roster with bigs to help their respective superstars compete with the Lakers because LA just added the best all around big plus 2 former best bigs to a team that already had Lebron, McGee, and an emerging 6'9" Kuzma, whose defense will certainly improve this year.
No wonder Mil went out and got the twin to help Freak deal with the Lakers 4-headed monster inside. No wonder Bkln added DeAndre to help KD and Allen. No wonder Por decided to get Nurkic some Whiteside help knowing how Kanter all about that O.
No wonder Embiid said hell yeah when Big Al decided to join.
If the Clippers think they can contend with Zubac, Harkless, and Green guarding all of the aforementioned bigs and expect to win a series against the elite when Kawhi has nothing resembling the tandem of Gasol, Ibaka, and Siakam to help him muscle through the West, I'm sorry to say but they in for an unwelcoming surprise.
No wonder Mil went out and got the twin to help Freak deal with the Lakers 4-headed monster inside. No wonder Bkln added DeAndre to help KD and Allen. No wonder Por decided to get Nurkic some Whiteside help knowing how Kanter all about that O.
No wonder Embiid said hell yeah when Big Al decided to join.
If the Clippers think they can contend with Zubac, Harkless, and Green guarding all of the aforementioned bigs and expect to win a series against the elite when Kawhi has nothing resembling the tandem of Gasol, Ibaka, and Siakam to help him muscle through the West, I'm sorry to say but they in for an unwelcoming surprise.
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You think ad and Giannis play a similar game?
I don't ever see ad as the primary ball handler, bringing the ball up court and isolating to drive against smaller quicker defenders.
There's a lot of big men that shoot the ball better than guards or wing players, that doesn't make them shooting guards though.
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And just what do you think will happen on the other side of the floor when all these bigs have to guard smaller, faster, more athletic lineups?
As a Clippers fan, we will be just fine with zubac, green, Harrell...and we'll see what happens with our 2 6-10 youngsters.
No need to add anything at this point when nobody has shown or proven yet.
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NBA basketball on TV...
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lol at people talking about the LOLakers going to the finals...they have a better chance of missing the playoffs than that.
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Here's what I think. The Lakers veteran defenders are going to rely heavily on communication from their bigs while their ball hawking defenders (Bradley, Green, Cook, Caruso, and KCP) funnel those quick and athletic wings and guards into the paint where AD, Javale, and Dwight will rim protect while Lebron is free to play free safety.
This is why the DGreen, Bradley, and Cook signings are so important. Their ability to adequately defend quick guards and forwards allow AD, Javale, Dwight, and Lebron to focus on protecting the paint. And people don't even know about Caruso yet. Dude can play d.
I've said it on this thread before. It's gonna be a scary sight.
Teams gonna be chasing the Lakers once again. I can already see it happening.
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Similar in that they both big men who can play facing the basket and both can handle the rock and both can create for others.
AD for sure can isolate and take a big off the dribble. This year we gonna see a lot of mid range from AD off of iso's.
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Missing the playoffs based on what....last year's squad that had Ballboy, Hart, Bullock, Ingram, Muscala, Wagner, Bonga, and Zubac?
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I'll make a deal with you and all the other Lakers fans here...
If you can mention Avery Bradley, don't fire shots at Pat Beverly.
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Tuned in to watch Kawhi....
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It's only preseason but let's see how the Clips look inside against Hou
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