cybersoze:
Well, last night Kemba was great and if we can find the best way to use him, we’ll be fine. That, and to be able to hide him on defense, like the Hawks did with Trae Young in the playoffs.
But what really stood out for me was Mitch. Anyone remembers what Mitch tweeted in the offseason? It was “Mission DPOY”. With the total shutdown of Embiid las night, his credit for that goal has certainly improved by a lot.

One thing Mitch has going for him is he can defend Embiid down low and also can defend him when me shoots threes. I don’t think that’s easy to do

Did you guys watch this interview with Julius before the game? Brought a smile to my face, how he takes accountability immediately for what happened in the playoffs and just has the right mindset, heavy praise from Barkley and Shaq too. Of course he needs to show it on the court, but I will say it’s fun rooting for a guy like this.

TBH, I think Mitch rebuilt his body. I’ve always thought he had a very high ceiling. “Elite” is not out of the question. He has the god-given talent.

i don’t know if mitch is even at 80% yet, he’s a serious difference maker when he’s out of the court though…was great to see him not hitting the court so much…let embiid roll around on the floor all game…

I’ve had this game on in the background. My only comment about the 1st half is that Alec Burks had his first official “old man” moment— the one all of us post-prime individuals have experienced when we realized too late that we can no longer dunk.

hold on a moment now donnie, aren’t you some kind of endurance type fitness person – are you saying at one time you could also dunk…hmmmmmmmmm…

Definitely bad. Scoring from three at a high percentage just telegraphs to the other team your game plan. NBA teams have the best metrics and of course will key in on this. You need to pound the ball inside and take some mid/long-range 2 point shots.

It’s like hitting too many home runs in baseball. You need to spray the ball around, ground out weakly to the opposite side, pop-out every now and then.

this is legit funny…what’s up mike k., you been holding on to this good stuff…

Randle is allergic to easy buckets. He won’t even shoot when open, or rolling to the basket. It seems like he prefers to slow it down and shoot it contested.

weird but sadly true…

I have one other comment about this game: why does TikTok need to advertise? Crack never had to advertise back in the 80s. And oxygen still hasn’t spent a dime on name recognition.

Lol. Never change, Donnie.

Jason Kidd says Mavs played all 15 players vs. Rockets per request of Dallas’ three-man leadership council.

That is… wacky.