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Post by TNF on Apr 11, 2023 15:29:56 GMT -5
I don't know about any of you, but as much as I can feel sorry for a millionaire, I feel for Cousins. Of course we don't know what goes on behind closed doors, but on the surface, the worst thing DeMarcus ever did was scowl at the officials on damned near every call, but c'mon...so did Issel and Mutombo, and Joker is close behind them. Yet, he's banished from the league, even by his buddy Michael Malone, when he is CLEARLY a better player, even at his age, than MANY back-up bigs. Yes, DAJ is the opposite, we hear, as far as a locker-room presence, but it can't be just for scowling, can it? It seems so trivial.
Coach, I'm convinced of it per Jokic. He plays three-dimensional chess when the rest of the league plays checkers. If he wanted the MVP he would have the MVP. He purposely played badly so he wouldn't get it. Only thing in question is exactly why. I honestly think it was political. League/national/international. All are in play as possibilities.
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Post by nuggetshipster on Apr 11, 2023 15:59:47 GMT -5
He purposely played badly leading up to maybe the most important playoffs of his career to avoid being dragged into some racewar? Nah you are trippin
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Post by LotharBraunBrownBryant on Apr 11, 2023 16:03:59 GMT -5
Of course we don't know what goes on behind closed doors, but on the surface, the worst thing DeMarcus ever did was scowl at the officials on damned near every call ... Yet, he's banished from the league, even by his buddy Michael Malone, when he is CLEARLY a better player, even at his age, than MANY back-up bigs Yeah. I feel like there has to be something bigger going on, because if the Nuggets' bench this year was as good as they were with Cousins last year, we might be title favorites with how good the starting five is. And Cousins was clearly a significant part of the bench improvement last year, and was available all year this year. There's no way, with his level of play, that neither the Nuggets nor any other org in need of a backup C, wouldn't have created a roster spot -- unless there's something on the order of "has a major gambling problem" that could actually cost his team playoff games or smth. It just doesn't make any sense.
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Post by JB on Apr 11, 2023 16:09:47 GMT -5
Boogie was done when he blew up on Malone's beloved Barton. he probably told the FO he didn't want to deal with him any longer.
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Post by AbdulJabber on Apr 11, 2023 18:43:02 GMT -5
Boogie was done when he blew up on Malone's beloved Barton. he probably told the FO he didn't want to deal with him any longer. I'm not sure about the Barton love theory, but it definitely was not a good look for Boogie. He wasn't here long enough to have a sideline incident when he was already seen as a headcase. I'm sure it scared a lot of teams off.
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Post by passtheballquick on Apr 11, 2023 22:51:56 GMT -5
I can understand why Jokic won't win mvp this year. He was punting in on purpose and only fans who don't watch Jokic regularly wouldn't see it. But I just can't understand the fans that say that Embiid earned it more than Jokic lol. Those have zero understanding about the game and about the meaning of mvp. The coward should never win it and if it's not Jokic it should be Giannis
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Post by famicommander on Apr 11, 2023 23:22:26 GMT -5
Giannis didn't even play 65 games, which is the new minimum starting next season to win any individual awards.
Jokic is the only player with a case. That's the reality of it. They're giving it to Embiid, but he doesn't have a case.
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Post by Coach Sticky on Apr 12, 2023 2:41:02 GMT -5
Watch Jokic win 5 MVP’s in his career. third will be next season
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Post by passtheballquick on Apr 12, 2023 7:58:02 GMT -5
Giannis didn't even play 65 games, which is the new minimum starting next season to win any individual awards. Jokic is the only player with a case. That's the reality of it. They're giving it to Embiid, but he doesn't have a case. I know that Jokic has the strongest case. The 65 games rule doesn't apply to this year but looking at the overall team succes Giannis has a stronger case than Embiid
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2023 9:54:46 GMT -5
Well, at least Jokic won't have added media / casual fan pressure in the playoffs ...a la Giannis in the 2021 playoffs, when the Bucks won a title
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Post by jimijam28 on Apr 12, 2023 18:49:06 GMT -5
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Post by JB on Apr 12, 2023 19:22:51 GMT -5
Cousins is looking at the situation objectively, and there's wisdom in his take if we're being honest.
if Jokic is awarded 3xMVP and doesn't win it all, the level of hate he'd receive will be out of this world. it's sad the NBA has bee reduced to a "Ringz, Erneh" culture, but it is what it is. only a championship will silence his detractors.
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Post by duh88 on Apr 12, 2023 21:47:11 GMT -5
There isn’t a single white supremicist group that cheered for jokic. This was garbage generated by Embiid’s team, who are exploiting the stupid dnc talking points (its 2023, not 1955 - there isn’t even white suprecemist groups out there anymore).
Tucker and Candace won’t be covering this lol. If Embiid puts on a wig, declares himself a woman, and defects to the wnba (where he would definitely be mvp) then yes - it would captivate tucker’s good attention then. Considering the calamities happening, few in politics care about the mvp award.
Anyways - Happy for Embiid - that loser can now fly to San Francisco and be introduced to private equity groups as “The MVP” which was his goal all along - while Jokic will ride horses in Serbia with a championship ring.
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Post by duh88 on Apr 12, 2023 21:47:41 GMT -5
Re: cousins
Rumor in LA is that he’s a crip. I have no clue if it’s true, but that was the word around town.
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Post by duh88 on Apr 12, 2023 21:52:53 GMT -5
Boogie was done when he blew up on Malone's beloved Barton. he probably told the FO he didn't want to deal with him any longer. I think this is the correct answer, unfortunately. So Barton basically cost us cousins - lol - no good deed goes unpunished
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Post by Coach Sticky on Apr 13, 2023 2:13:57 GMT -5
This was news 7 weeks ago lmao
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Post by nuggetshipster on Apr 13, 2023 5:32:03 GMT -5
Cousins is washed. Its that simple. I was going hard on that take all summer. Victory. Lap.
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Post by blackhill on Apr 13, 2023 11:19:13 GMT -5
Re: cousins Rumor in LA is that he’s a crip. I have no clue if it’s true, but that was the word around town. I will say that the Crips I have known are cooler than the Bloods I met, albeit its a small sample size
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Post by duh88 on Apr 13, 2023 19:18:49 GMT -5
Re: cousins Rumor in LA is that he’s a crip. I have no clue if it’s true, but that was the word around town. I will say that the Crips I have known are cooler than the Bloods I met, albeit its a small sample size This is true.
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Post by passtheballquick on Apr 14, 2023 13:02:33 GMT -5
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