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what rookie ever comes in and has good shooting percentages across the board?
Official 2018 NBA Preseason Thread - Jimmy Butler Does Things
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your biggest stars arent even going to show up (lebron, steph, kd)
call me crazy, but i actually think PG enjoys playing with and alongside russ
steph and klay. especially with the high volume of 3s they hoist up
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Well Steph & KD ain't nominated for nothing
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Yes assuming he stays
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Leave Markelle alone
Not sure if I am reading comments on Fultz, or comments fat shaming a teenage girl. wth...
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Shout out the kid from Akron
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Leave Markelle alone
Man I hate social media. The man is like 20. How are people this despicable to a god damn teenager
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Less than the drinking age is a teenager imo
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Butler is PG with a ton of minutes on his body
Both of them have become overrated as **** on here.
Once you get past the top 3-5 guys you're pretty much splitting hairs anyway. A "PG vs Jimmy" debate is worthless. They both belong to the same tier.
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Wiggins averaged almost 24ppg at the age of 21. Has only missed 1 game in his entire NBA career so far. And has a work ethic issue? Man, the Wolves had a good thing going until they decided to bring in Jimmy Butler.
They're basically the same player or basically do the same thing. The dichotmy here is Butler is vocal and rough around the edges. Wiggins is a suburban kid who probably got his feeling hurt because he's not shooting the ball as much anymore.
I've always felt since bringing in Butler, it would result in the decline of Wiggins. At this point, the Wolves have to pick between the two and it looks like they're going to go with Jimmy. Trade Wiggins now for something and draft picks and move on.
They're basically the same player or basically do the same thing. The dichotmy here is Butler is vocal and rough around the edges. Wiggins is a suburban kid who probably got his feeling hurt because he's not shooting the ball as much anymore.
I've always felt since bringing in Butler, it would result in the decline of Wiggins. At this point, the Wolves have to pick between the two and it looks like they're going to go with Jimmy. Trade Wiggins now for something and draft picks and move on.
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Bringing in Shoot first Jeff Teague didn’t help much either...
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Alot of us called it. My own reservation about the basketball part of the move aside...it was obvious there was potential for Butler to come in and be a problem in the locker room and hide behind the "I work harder than everyone else and I'm just trying to bring the best out of everybody" excuse. Since when did he become the guy to show people how to win? What has he won?
The same thing happened in Chicago. Rondo called him on his **** 2 years ago. Why on earth anyone thought he'd be the right guy to bring into a young nucleus is beyond me. Yeah Wiggins might be soft, inefficient, whatever...but bringing in Butler wasn't going to help that at all.
I'm hoping they do trade him...he gets his wake up call and becomes who he's supposed to be. At 23 he's still practically a baby.
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The best game of basketball ive ever seen. The refs never got in the way. The intensity of the game red lining from the first second to the last.
We could still be watching NBA basketball tonight
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The best game of basketball ive ever seen. The refs never got in the way. The intensity of the game red lining from the first second to the last.
We could still be watching NBA basketball tonight
I wouldn't go that far. It was struggle ball for like a 6 minute stretch of the 4th qtr. Nobody could hit a shot on either side.
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tbh ive been meaning to go back and watch that entire game ever since and never have. I mean I still remember but I could use a refresher. The reason I think its the best game ive ever seen is because I sure as hell remember how I felt watching it. Was like the best thriller ever. Just my opinion.
Also struggle ball doesn't automatically make the game bad imo. Part of what made the game so intense, we knew how good both teams were and they knew how good eachother were, the context of the entire situation. Defense plays a role as well.
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i cant tell if you know what I meant or not
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The Wolves didn't have "a good thing going until they decided to bring in Jimmy Butler." They'd missed the playoffs for 14 straight seasons.
Jimmy Butler is the only reason they made the playoffs this season. They were headed for a 3-4 seed before his injury.
I'd want to get rid of Wiggins regardless of what Butler does or not. He's already s a bad contract.
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You could have been in the 3rd spot on a Monday, lose 2 games and be 8th by Friday in the West this past year. So what value does that really hold?
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You could have been in the 3rd spot on a Monday, lose 2 games and be 8th by Friday in the West this past year. So what value does that really hold?
They were a Taj Gibson mugging from not making the playoffs. Butler stymied the growth of your young guys all for 2 more home games
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